Pei Guangzong was secretly delighted. As expected of a leader, he resolved his predicament with just a few words.
He would never become the second Old Lady Fu and Cui Hailu, having everything exploited and bleed dry by the Cui family. He was determined not to give his awful relatives the chance to manipulate him.
This outcome was something neither the Cui nor the Pei families had ever expected!
The Pei family then realized that Pei Guangzong had completely lost control, and even the arrival of Cui's grandparents couldn't make a difference.
Cui Hailu was conflicted. She hoped that Guangzong could bring glory to the family, but she didn't want her family to become a burden to him. In fact, she always knew that her parents, brothers and sisters-in-law cared more about their children and grandchildren in the countryside. She and Guangzong were just tools and stepping stones for the Cui family to get rich and become superior.
She couldn't help but wonder, when the day she and her niece succeeded and replaced the Pei and Du families, would the Cui family immediately kick them off the stage and let other children and grandchildren take charge?
If she supports her parents, Guangzong will complain.
If she supports Guangzong, she will be accused of being unfilial.
Neither of them was what she wanted.
If it were Pei Antong, she would be eager to kick out the Pei and Cui families.
Grandma Cui was furious and extremely dissatisfied with her grandson's disobedience. "Guangzong, what do you mean? We are your own grandparents! Don't you even listen to us anymore? Look at you, you've fallen for Fu Jingchen and Cui Cuiyu's tricks."
Old Master Cui said with a serious expression, leaving no room for refusal, "You must be the young master of the Pei family. If you don't, our Cui family will not have this grandson. Your grandparents will not harm you. You are a member of the Cui family by blood, and your grandparents naturally want you to live a good life. The Pei family has raised you for twenty years. If you anger the Pei family, what if they don't give you connections and break off the engagement? Have you forgotten that it was your in-laws who acted as matchmakers so that you could get engaged to the battalion commander's daughter?"
“I do not agree to you changing your surname. I am your grandfather, and the words of an elder are law. You must obey me unless you do not want to return to the Cui family and acknowledge your ancestors in the future.”
They tried to intimidate Pei Guangzong with the air of elders, but little did they know that Pei Guangzong would immediately turn on them, saying, "You two old fools, who cares about the poor, peasant Cui family? What does it have to do with me? Yes, I was born to the Cui family, but did you ever raise me? If you didn't raise me, why do you expect me to raise you? Why don't you just ascend to heaven? The Cui family is the least qualified to lecture me."
“I, Pei Guangzong, am not a victim of injustice. I will not allow you to leech off me. The Cui family wants to acknowledge me, but I am not happy about it. Your family of country bumpkins will only drag me down. Don’t even think about taking advantage of me. Apart from that blood relation, we are not close at all.”
“Don’t think I don’t know. You all favor your children and grandchildren in the countryside. If you truly cared about me, you wouldn’t have hidden away a savings account with ten thousand yuan and wouldn’t even let me spend a thousand yuan. Even if I bring glory to my ancestors, it’s for myself. Why can’t I create my own family tree? I’d be stupid to stick with the Pei and Cui families.”
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