Zhao Baiping felt like she had lost her mind to actually ask such a terrible person for help. The Cui family was rotten to the core, so there was no reason for them to help the Pei family instead of their grandson.
Ironically, Pei Guangzong was truly ruthless, abandoning even his own parents.
"Old Mrs. Cui, over the past twenty-odd years, your Cui family and your daughter have taken so many benefits from my Pei family. You clearly promised to help the Pei family, how can you go back on your word?"
Old Mrs. Cui glared with her triangular eyes, always one to throw a tantrum and act like a rogue. "Mind your own business! So what if I repay kindness with enmity? My Cui family are country folk, we haven't read many books. We don't understand your grand principles. I was just saying it offhand, you can believe it if you want. It's none of my business. I'm warning you, stay away from our Cui family. Otherwise, if the special department raids your house one day, I'll be the first to report you."
"Your Pei family isn't exactly clean to begin with. Like father, like son. I was blind back then and misjudged your Pei family. They're utterly useless. I should have switched the child with the Du family back then. At least they're a legitimate branch of a fifth-generation family. Unlike you, Pei Tai, who's just a gigolo."
Grandma Fu loved watching the Cui and Pei families turn against each other, and she added fuel to the fire, saying, "Cui Hailu, after your divorce, your parents won't kindly help you find a partner. As long as the other person is powerful and rich, it doesn't matter if he's old, ugly, or disabled. As long as you can bring benefits to the Cui family, and you suck up to your own family until you have nothing, your existence will be a sacrifice for the Cui family. If you keep sucking up, what are you waiting for? Will you choose your parents or Pei Guangzong? Or will you choose neither and just be yourself?"
Regardless of whether she chooses her parents or Bae Kwang-chung, Choi Hae-ro's only fate is death.
Pei Tai hated nothing more than being humiliated as a "son-in-law," even though he was indeed a gigolo. "Shut up! Even if my Pei family is down on its luck, we are still a prominent family in the capital. The investigation results came out recently. Old Madam Fu had no so-called life-saving grace at all. It was clearly your Cui family who orchestrated this whole thing, using her kindness to get revenge and making my son marry Cui Hailu. You are heartless. Don't blame the Pei family for reporting you for fraud and marriage fraud!"
Old Cui's nonchalant attitude showed no concern for his younger sister's safety. "This was done by Cui Cuiyu. You can hold her accountable, but we've already severed ties with her."
The last bit of affection that Old Lady Fu had for her brother completely vanished. "You ordered me to do it. You are the real culprits. Otherwise, how could a country woman like me have so many schemes? How could I have done it all by myself?"
"In the end, it's your Pei family that's stupid. You didn't even bother to investigate, and you just blindly believed me. If you had been more careful, would there have been any child-swapping incident later on? Don't pretend to be virtuous, Pei Zexing is promiscuous and a womanizer. I didn't force Pei Zexing to marry Cui Hailu. It was Pei Zexing who lacked self-control and was fickle. He openly loved Fu Qingning, but in private he was entangled with Cui Hailu. It was your Pei family who willingly married Cui Hailu."
Pei Zexing's eyes burned with rage. He deeply regretted his past actions, regretting that he had provoked the Cui family's daughter and pushed the Pei family to the brink of ruin. If he had stayed with Fu Qingning's two children, if he had accepted his parents' arrangement and remarried a daughter from a powerful family, perhaps the Pei family would not have fallen into decline.
“If I, Pei Zexing, do not divorce, Cui Hailu will never be able to get rid of the Pei family in this lifetime. If the Cui family tries to persuade Cui Hailu to remarry, I will report her for having an affair.”
While Cui Hailu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, she was also worried about her future situation in the Pei family. The so-called kindness was no longer there, and the Pei family hated the Cui family to the bone. Even if she gave birth to Pei Yaozu, her future life would definitely not be easy.
The Cui couple objected. Cui Hailu was the most beautiful of their daughters, a walking dowry. Even if she were to be given to a high-ranking official as a mistress, it would be well worth it, let alone marry her off again.
Now tell them that the Pei family will not let her go. As long as there is a marriage certificate, Cui Hailu's life or death can only belong to the Pei family.
With the Du family as his backer, Pei Guangzong no longer cared about his aunt's situation. "People always advise reconciliation, not separation. You two old folks, you want to sell my mother for a dowry, did you even ask for my opinion?"
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