The moment the tree fell, Cui Xueheng's heart seemed to stop beating.
She was staggering, and when she saw Pei Sui turn around and seem to be walking towards the next tree, she cried out loudly and shrilly without control.
"Pei Sui, Pei Sui, stop it, stop it now! That's what your father planted for me. Pei Sui, you lunatic, lunatic! How dare you... How am I supposed to live? How am I supposed to live?!"
Pei Sui looked at the plum tree that had fallen to the ground, slowly straightened up, steadied his heavy and unstable breathing, raised his hand to wipe the sweat off his face, and turned around to look down at Cui Xueheng who was crying bitterly on the ground.
As if he was looking at some garbage, his tone was extremely indifferent, "If you can't live, then die! No one is stopping you!"
"you!"
Cui Xueheng stopped crying abruptly and looked at him in disbelief.
She resented her son, but after so many years, she felt that she understood him to some extent.
He has a cold personality and is indifferent to everyone in his family, but she knows that he has this family in his heart.
In the past, when she was ill and tormented him, Pei Sui usually endured it and usually ignored her.
But he had never been so harsh and angry towards her as he was today.
She didn't know how many times he had stabbed her with his words today.
"Second Young Master, how could you treat Madam like this..." Du Ping put her arm around Cui Xueheng's shoulders and looked at him in disbelief.
"Shut up! Do you have the right to talk here?!"
Pei Sui's eyes shifted slightly, and he interrupted her coldly, "You didn't stop her from going to the south of the city, nor did you persuade her. Is this how you take care of her? When she goes crazy, you go crazy too? As a normal person, can't you tell the difference between the seriousness of the matter? You just let her hurt others like this? If you can't even tell this, then go home as soon as possible."
"Second Young Master, you..." Du Ping's pupils trembled, and she moved her lips with some sadness and grievance. In the end, she said nothing, and lowered her eyes as if she was hesitant to speak.
Cui Xueheng and Du Ping were as close as sisters. Frustrated and furious, she grabbed a handful of dirt and hurled it at Pei Sui, shouting with all her might, "Is it your turn, a lunatic, to teach Ah Ping a lesson?"
"Do you know that these trees were planted for me by your father? How could you...how dare you? Aren't you afraid that your father will come to you in your dreams in the middle of the night to settle the score? Are you worthy of..."
Pei Sui turned his head expressionlessly to avoid the mud that was thrown at him, and without saying a word, he turned around and swung the military shovel in his hand hard at the plum tree two meters away.
The cut branches and leaves fell down immediately.
Cui Xueheng's heart tightened, and she immediately rushed over to grab his shovel, "Stop, stop! Don't touch my plum tree anymore."
But Pei Sui turned a deaf ear and didn't let her touch the shovel at all. He pushed her away again, and the military shovel hit the plum tree heavily.
He didn't stop until the plum tree had completely turned into a bare trunk.
"Is it fair to say that this is already happening? If you're not satisfied, just let him come find me and see if he can take me away with him. Then no one will be able to bother you anymore. I don't even want to see you again!"
The branches and leaves scattered everywhere, and Cui Xueheng felt suffocated. Her head, which had been held high and refused to bow, finally drooped under Pei Sui's coldness and ruthlessness.
She slumped her back weakly, tears streaming down her face, her voice hoarse from the intense shouting.
She begged humbly, "I was wrong, I was wrong, Asui, I really know I was wrong, Mom really knows I was wrong, from now on... please, don't hurt my plum tree again, it's the last hope your father left me, please, Asui..."
Pei Sui stuck the military shovel into the ground and rested his elbows on the handle.
He pulled the corners of his lips ridiculously, "Hope, do you deserve hope?"
She said word by word, "Cui Xueheng, remember this, you are my mother, even if I deny you, it won't change that, and I can't possibly teach you a lesson.
But it doesn’t matter. If you do something that makes me unhappy or dissatisfied in the future, I will cut down one of your plum trees.
If you dare to appear in front of Meng Sheng and his family again and say something unpleasant, I will order an excavator to flatten everything in this plum garden and smash and burn everything he left for you.
If you don't believe me, try it. I want to see whether you are more capable or I am more hard-hearted. You'd better remember the lesson you learned today, otherwise, there is no medicine for regret in the world."
"you!"
Cui Xueheng's tears kept flowing down, her chest ached slightly because she couldn't breathe, and her head was dizzy.
It looked like he couldn't catch his breath.
Seeing this, Du Ping panicked and shouted, "What are you still standing here for? Go call Doctor Zhao!"
"A Sui! What are you doing?!"
There was a commotion in the yard, but suddenly a familiar, kind, yet surprised voice of an old man was heard at the gate of the plum garden.
When the servants saw the person, they immediately nodded and bowed, "Old Madam, Young Master."
Pei Sui raised his head and looked at the two figures standing at the door. He was stunned for a moment, his cold expression did not change much, only his lips were pursed into a straight line.
With Pei Yu's support, the old lady slowly walked into the messy yard with her crutches.
My heart was shaken.
They were just away from home for one day, how... how could the situation change so suddenly?
When they approached, they saw Cui Xueheng, who was half-conscious, in a mess and looked crazy. Both of them had a look of surprise and worry on their faces.
After Pei Yu made sure the old lady was standing firmly, he hurried forward to look at Cui Xueheng and shouted to the servants beside him, "Why don't you carry the lady down!"
The old lady also ordered in a calm voice, "Remember to clean up her body and tell Doctor Zhao to hurry up."
The servants nearby were startled and immediately helped Du Ping carry Cui Xueheng away.
Cui Xueheng now has no strength left, but she can see the old lady and Pei Yu.
But now she could only raise her hand slightly to pull Pei Yu's clothes, but the distance was getting farther and farther, she couldn't reach him, and could only complain in a low voice.
"Ayu, Mom...my plum garden, Asui...I'm afraid..."
The intermittent sounds were blown away by a sudden gust of wind and dispersed in the air.
The old lady looked at Pei Sui, looking at the dirt on his body, feeling angry and distressed. "A Sui, what are you doing? Are you crazy? Look at what you've done to yourself?"
Pei Sui threw away the military shovel in his hand and laughed scornfully.
"Crazy? Maybe, but who's as crazy as her?! She went to the hospital and started gossip with Meng Sheng's father, nearly pissing him off to death. We finally managed to save his life, but now he's at risk of a stroke."
He raised his red eyes, his tone indifferent but resolute, "There are only two choices now. Either send her to a nursing home in the United States. I have already arranged it, and she will leave tomorrow.
Either I expose this matter, I help Meng Sheng with the lawsuit, send her to jail, or you kick me out of the Pei family's genealogy!"
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