Seeing that Fu Wanning remained unmoved and only focused on eating, Pei Zexing was not angry. "Wanning, it's Dad who made you suffer. Dad will never let anyone bully you again. If you have any requests, just tell me. Dad will definitely fulfill them if he can."
"You talk a good game, but when Cui Hailu and the others bullied me before, why didn't you say a word?" Fu Wanning didn't give him any face and glared at him. "You have the guts to stop me from going to the countryside? You can influence the decisions of the educated youth office? You can kick Cui Hailu out of the Pei family because he's a man? You're nice to me not because you regret it, but because the neighbors all know about the Pei family's scandals and are all watching the Pei family. You just don't want to be gossiped about."
"If I were your own daughter, you wouldn't agree to me going to the countryside in place of Pei Antong, that outsider. So you think I'm easy to bully and fool?"
Pei Zexing was speechless after being rebuked. Although the Pei family was considered a prominent family in the capital due to their connection with the Lower Five Families, if anyone mentioned that they were relatives of the Lower Five Families, they would be respected. There were people who wanted to use the name of the Lower Five Families to pressure the educated youth office and save their younger generation from the fate of being sent to the countryside.
Unexpectedly, the educated youth office took a tough stance, declaring that even the presence of the five elders of the five families would not make a difference; those who were to go to the countryside had to do so, and any refusal would be investigated to the fullest extent.
Of course, the man was unwilling to give up. He used his connections to inquire and was kindly informed by a staff member of the educated youth office that the educated youth office was under the care of a special department. Those who tried to escape going to the countryside were all included in the special department's key observation list. Even members of the lowest-ranking families had to keep their tails between their legs and hide.
Insiders speculate that the special department is specifically targeting the lower five families, trying to find incriminating evidence against them. As a result, those relatives who are backed by the lower five families have been ordered to keep their children and grandchildren in check and not to act arrogantly.
Cui Hailu, looking like she was thinking of her husband's family, couldn't help but speak up for him, "You're not asking a question. You know the situation in Beijing. The special departments are cracking down hard right now. Who would dare to go against the grain? If you want to kill the Pei family, you should have said so earlier. People should be grateful. The Pei family raised you. Don't be as vulgar and ungrateful as your peasant brother."
Fu Wanning's contempt deepened, and she retorted without mercy, "If you have no ability, what are you talking about? You're a soon-to-be divorced woman. Pei Zexing doesn't want you anymore. What kind of attitude do you have to discipline me? Do you even have the right? It was my great-uncle who raised me. What does it have to do with your Pei family? You eat my food, use my things, and even the house you're living in now was given to me by my great-uncle. You still have the nerve to criticize me, your landlord? Believe me or not, I'll kick all of you ungrateful parasites out."
"Don't forget, the property certificate for this house is still in my hands. No wonder you're a member of the Cui family. You suck the blood of your own aunt, and now you're sucking the blood of me, who has no blood relation to you. You even want me, the owner of the house, to go to the countryside for you. You're really shrewd."
That's absolutely right. The money that the young master subsidized the Pei family was actually meant for him, so that she could live well in the Pei family. However, the Pei family took it all for themselves and didn't use it for her.
Pei Antong couldn't stand Fu Wanning's smug look. "It's your duty to send me to the countryside in my place. You have no right to criticize my mother. As long as my mother doesn't get a divorce, she is a member of the Pei family and your elder."
“But I’m not a member of the Pei family.” Fu Wan Ning glanced at the Pei family members and Old Madam Fu and her son. “Look at this, this is how tenants treat landlords. You think that just because you sent me to the countryside, I can’t reunite with my brother, and that you can take over my house without any restraint? Let me tell you, you didn’t even think about it!”
“When I leave, I will also dispose of the house. You are heartless, so don’t blame me for being ruthless. You will either wander the streets or move back to the old, dilapidated Pei family mansion. Don’t live in the villa anymore, don’t be a rich lady, young master, or young lady. You should just become beggars on the streets. Anyway, you’ve been seen naked, and no normal family will want you.”
“You, you, you…” Pei Antong angrily pointed at Fu Wanning’s nose, “Grandpa and Grandma, look at the nonsense she’s spouting! She’s just as ungrateful as her brother, she doesn’t respect the Pei family at all.”
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