The butler was stunned. He knew that the eldest young master was suspecting that his wife had been bewitched and used by someone to do what she did today.
He stood up, holding the box and nodded slightly, "Yes, Master, I'll check it out right away."
Pei Sui took a very quick bath, only fifteen minutes, and even washed his hair without drying it. He just changed his clothes and came out.
The two brothers walked side by side to the old lady's yard, separated by a distance of ten fists.
When the old lady saw them, she immediately smiled and said to the nanny beside her, "People are here, serve the food."
She waved at Pei Sui, "Did you just take a shower? Why didn't you blow dry your hair before coming here? The wind was so strong on the way here, aren't you afraid of getting a headache?"
As she spoke, she reached out to grab Pei Sui's hand, and noticed the Band-Aid and gauze on it with some surprise and worry.
"What's wrong with his hand? Is it injured? Is it serious? Have you asked Doctor Zhao to take a look? Is there any broken bone? Ayu, take your brother to the hospital..."
Pei Suihui held the old lady's hand and said in a low voice, "It's okay, grandma, it's just a few blisters. I've squeezed them. It's nothing serious."
As the old lady looked at him, she remembered what he had said in the Plum Garden, saying that he had been wanting Meng Sheng for thirty-one years, and her heart ached.
It was also accompanied by a throbbing pain.
She had been so proud of her grandson for thirty-one years, but she had never truly owned anything permanently.
Who would believe it if I told others?
This is the child of their Pei family.
She suppressed her emotions in her cloudy, vicissitudes yet loving eyes, and took his hand, as if she was holding him when he was a child, and walked step by step to the family dining table.
"Come on, let's go have dinner with grandma. Tonight I specially asked the kitchen to make those crab meat lion's feet and Longjing shrimp that you loved when you were a child. You have to eat two more bowls of rice."
At the dinner table, the old lady picked up a lot of dishes for him, just to get him to eat more.
Pei Sui wasn't in a very good mood, but he still managed to finish all the dishes that the old lady brought to him.
When the old lady was about to pick up some food for him, he put down his chopsticks and whispered, "Grandma, I'm done eating."
The old lady frowned and said dissatisfiedly, "How much have you eaten? Ah Sui, no matter what, you can't be mean to your body..."
"No, I've really finished eating." Pei Sui said helplessly.
Judging from the old lady's constant tendency to pick up food for him, he did eat a lot, but he just didn't eat the staple food.
As soon as he finished speaking, Pei Yu on his left pushed over half a bowl of vegetable and seafood porridge. His voice was indifferent, without any concern in his voice, but instead there was a sense of strong command from his long-term position as a superior.
No one can refuse.
"I drank it."
Pei Sui stared at the bowl of porridge that suddenly appeared in front of him, and subconsciously glanced at the man next to him who was eating calmly and leisurely, with an equally cold look on his face.
After a two-second pause, he didn't refuse this rare kindness.
He picked up the spoon and drank it mouthful by mouthful.
After dinner, he didn't stay in the old lady's yard for long. When he was about to return to Zhishuiju, the old lady grabbed his hand.
"You must be tired today. Get some sleep and don't overthink it. Your eldest brother and I will go to the hospital to visit Shengsheng's father tomorrow."
Pei Sui pursed his lips, said "hmm" softly, said nothing more, and went back to Zhishuiju.
As he stepped into the room, he took out his cell phone and the screensaver showed a chat box with Meng Sheng.
Meng Sheng did not reply to the message, and the chat box seemed particularly lonely in this silent atmosphere.
He fell into a state of inexplicable hesitation again. After a while, he typed a few words in the dialog box and sent it slowly.
--Have you got a meal yet?
But this message and the previous one fell into oblivion, without any response or even a ripple.
He stared at the background picture for a long time, and finally came to his senses because of the reminder that his mobile phone battery was less than 10%. He got up and found a charger. After plugging it in, he didn't touch the phone again.
He hardly slept that night. Even the night he had an argument with Meng Sheng last time, he didn't find it as difficult as tonight.
The next morning.
The campus, which is surrounded by houses, is covered with a layer of light golden sunlight. The branches of the old locust trees in the yard are full of new green leaves. The sunlight filters through the gaps between the leaves and dances on the brick ground like broken gold.
On the surface of the pond, where dozens of lotus leaves and half-opened buds were floating, there were also tiny ripples.
After Pei Sui washed up, he sat in the octagonal pavilion in the yard and enjoyed the cool yet comfortable summer morning breeze for a long time.
Meng Sheng still didn't reply.
It was not until the servant came to call him to have breakfast in the old lady's yard that he retracted his gaze from the distance, put his cell phone in his trouser pocket, stood up and walked towards the old lady's yard.
He and the old lady were the only ones at the table for breakfast.
Last night, Cui Xueheng tossed and turned in the fifth hospital for a long time, mainly because she was a little unconscious. As Doctor Zhao said, her consciousness went back to the year when she got married and planted the plum garden.
But after going crazy for a while, she would regain consciousness, but only for a short time.
He was sometimes lucid and sometimes confused, but he insisted on going to the plum garden and recognized Pei Yu as his father.
The lights were on all night long as the fifth patient was admitted to the hospital. No one slept and stayed up all night. Later, when there was really no other way, Doctor Zhao gave her an injection of tranquilizer and she finally calmed down.
Qingheyuan, which had been bustling all night, became a little quieter.
Pei Yu and Pei Huan were able to sleep for more than three hours. Once Cui Xueheng woke up, they could no longer sleep.
Pei Sui didn't ask about their progress in packing or when they would leave. After listening to the nanny report to the old lady about what happened last night, he just curled the corners of his lips sarcastically and ate breakfast quietly.
He was not at all disturbed by Cui Xueheng's illness last night.
His face was torn apart. As he said yesterday evening, he and Cui Xueheng would have nothing to do with each other anymore, and she could no longer use her identity as a mother to pressure him in the slightest.
There is no such opportunity.
The old lady felt tired just listening to all this and shook her head slowly.
He sighed helplessly, "Xueheng's illness is like a shackle that binds her to the past. She is also a bit stubborn and won't listen to advice."
After she finished speaking, there was silence at the table.
She glanced at Pei Sui, who was concentrating on eating breakfast, and didn't think about repairing their mother-son relationship. She always felt that they should just muddle along and consider each other's face.
But the situation today is really too ugly.
But she would not scold the grandson she raised. As for Cui Xueheng, although she would feel dissatisfied and blame him in her heart, now that it has come to this, she can't say it.
One reason was her illness, and the other was her deep love for her son.
No matter what, she couldn't blame him anymore.
Before the grandparents and grandchildren had finished their meal, they heard the nanny calling "Miss" from the door.
Upon hearing this, Pei Sui slowly raised his head and looked towards the door. Pei Huan, who was wearing a simple white T-shirt and jeans, appeared in his cold and deep eyes.
Maybe because he was really exhausted last night, Pei Huan didn't look very good, but he was in good spirits.
"Huanhuan, have you had breakfast yet?" the old lady was the first to wave. "Hurry up and sit down and eat. Bring the eldest lady a bowl of sweet porridge, a serving of steamed dumplings, and a fried egg..."
"No, Grandma, I've already eaten."
Pei Huan couldn't help laughing, so he got straight to the point and said, "I came here to talk to Asui and say goodbye to you. Big Brother booked us a flight for 10:40, so we should be leaving soon."
"Okay, you two siblings can talk while I go see your mom."
The old lady glanced at Pei Sui, who had an indifferent and calm expression, nodded slowly, and stood up with the help of a cane.
Pei Huan took a few steps forward to support her, but the old lady waved her hand, "It's okay, sit down and eat something together. You've been working hard all night and haven't had a good rest. You still have to fly and drive all day today. If you don't eat well, your body won't be able to hold on."
Pei Huan finally forced a smile out of the old lady's concern.
She thanked him and watched the nanny help her out of the restaurant. The servant also brought a set of bowls, chopsticks and steamed dumplings.
She pulled up a chair and sat down. Noticing the bandage and gauze on Pei Sui's hand, she frowned and asked, "What's wrong with your hand?"
Pei Sui glanced at his hands and said calmly, "I cut it while chopping trees."
Pei Huan was speechless. "You're really good. Doesn't it hurt to make your hand like this?"
Pei Sui said nothing.
The dinner table suddenly became quiet.
Neither of them spoke.
Pei Huan simply picked up her chopsticks and started eating. She knew that Cui Xueheng was wrong, but she cared about Cui Xueheng's current condition and the care and love she had received from Cui Xueheng since she was a child.
She couldn't yell at her adoptive mother.
But as a thief who had stolen his parents' love for nearly thirty years, she could not ignore the hurt and pain Pei Sui had suffered in this incident, nor could she not feel guilty.
After eating a few bites, she asked, "How is Shengsheng's father? Is he awake?"
Pei Sui shook his head. "I don't know. She didn't reply to my message."
She pursed her lips, her eyes were complicated and her mood was heavy. She guessed that the relationship between Pei Sui and Meng Sheng would most likely be affected by this incident and undergo some changes.
It was a little difficult to speak, "I'm sorry, Asui, for all these years..."
"Let's not talk about this between us." Pei Sui interrupted her.
This matter cannot be explained clearly, and I don’t know where to start.
From the very beginning, it was a mess.
Pei Huan smiled and said lightly, "Yeah, why bother talking so much? We're so unfamiliar with each other."
As she spoke, the smile on her face faded again.
After all, she couldn't judge right or wrong in this matter. She looked at Pei Sui with deep apology, "I'm sorry, Ah Sui, I can't completely stand on your side and blame Mom... I'm sorry for making you feel wronged.
I will also apologize to Shengsheng on behalf of my mother, and when I come back, I will visit Shengsheng in person."
Pei Sui put down his chopsticks and took a sip of tea. "How long do you plan to stay there?"
"I originally wanted to take two months off, but the higher-ups wouldn't approve it. They only approved one month. I'll go back and see. I have to wait until Mom's condition stabilizes before I can come back."
Pei Huan didn't want to eat anymore. He glanced at his watch and said, "It feels like we came here and said nothing..."
When she came, she felt like she had a lot to say.
But in front of him, I didn’t know what to say.
"It's almost time. I'll go over first to see how they're cleaning up." She waved her hand, turned around and left without saying anything pretentious.
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