Cui Hailu was momentarily tempted by her daughter's idea. She understood the principle of keeping the wealth within the family. Rather than letting Fu Jingchen marry someone else, it would be better for him to marry her daughter. In the future, when her daughter became a military officer's wife, the entire Cui family would benefit from her success.
Pei Antong knew her mother was wavering, so she pressed on, "As long as you're willing to help me, Mom, we can work together to figure out Fu Jingchen. If all else fails, we can use our connections to contact the military and say that I'm Fu Jingchen's new girlfriend, that Gu Wanwan has already broken up with him, and that if Fu Jingchen dares to abandon her, he can forget about his military career!"
Despite being humiliated by Fu Jingchen in every way, she still strongly wanted to marry him. Even though nothing was going to happen, she was already fantasizing about her happy life with him after he joined the army.
Just as Cui Hailu was about to be persuaded, Pei Guangzong spoke up, shattering the mother and daughter's dream, "Fu Jingchen doesn't even want Du Lixue anymore, why would he want a penniless, unattractive, and unreputable woman like you? Don't be delusional. If you had even a fraction of Gu Wanwan's beauty, you wouldn't have been rejected by your former blind date. You used to look down on her, and now you're trying to go back to her. People around here are saying really bad things about you. I beg you to shut up and not drag me down and ruin my marriage with Du Lixue."
"Mom, don't get involved with her. Pei Antong is trying to get revenge on me and ruin you and the Cui family. Fu Jingchen already hates the Cui family to the bone. Do you think he would marry the daughter of his enemy? If you anger him, he'll definitely destroy the Cui family. Don't forget what happened to the Cui family. My own parents are still living in a cowshed and can't get out of poverty. Who caused this?"
"Fu Jingchen already hates you and your daughter. He also has a vicious partner who doesn't even flinch when someone cracks his skull open in public. Do you want that crazy woman to give you a good beating?"
"You can try to fight against Fu Jingchen, but at least wait until I become the son-in-law of the Du family first."
In fact, Pei Guangzong didn't have much affection for his biological parents. On the contrary, he disliked them and wished he could sever ties with them. After all, they had never spent a single day together, so he naturally didn't care about the Cui family's plight of living in a cowshed.
He really didn't want people in Beijing's social circles to know that he, Pei Guangzong, had some humble, peasant relatives.
After thinking it over, Cui Hailu felt a chill run down her spine. She had almost forgotten that there was a 20-year-old feud between the Cui family and Fu Jingchen, and that switching lives was like killing one's parents.
Fu Jingchen came with a heart full of revenge. He wanted nothing more than to destroy the Cui family. How could he possibly marry the daughter of his enemy? If his daughter really succeeded, given his and Gu Wanwan's madness, they would surely massacre the Cui family.
Pei Antong glared hatefully at Pei Guangzong, "He hates the Cui family, not me. How can you be so sure that Fu Jingchen doesn't hate you? You've usurped his status and position, why should he be kind enough to help you? Maybe he's just setting a trap for you!"
Pei Guangzong explained in a self-righteous manner, "Because he wanted to get rid of Du Lixue's entanglement, he had to use the matchmaking between me and Du Lixue. What's wrong with us using each other? Although Fu Jingchen and Gu Wanwan spoke up for me, I'm touched, but I will never become friends with Fu Jingchen in this lifetime."
"I admit that I, Pei Guangzong, am an absolute ingrate. I will use Fu Jingchen's power to conquer Du Lixue. Once the entire Du family is mine, I will no longer have to be at the mercy of the Pei family. What is the Pei family? Once I become the Du family's son-in-law, who will still care about being the Pei family's true young master? The Pei family will only acknowledge me as their true young master when I am useful, and they will abandon me in the blink of an eye when I am no longer useful. On my wedding day, I will definitely publish a notice in the newspaper to sever ties with the Pei family and will not let them gain any benefits!"
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