"This is a ghost," Pei Heng thought. If it weren't for Cen Yu's natural expression, he would have suspected that the man was possessed.
“I won’t object if you want to go back,” Pei Heng said.
"You can make the decision yourself." He thought for a moment and then added, "From both a moral and practical standpoint, you have a room here."
Cen Yu thought to herself, "That goes without saying, I am your aunt."
He and Pei Heng never really got along, and now that Pei Leyun, the go-between, was gone, they had even less to say to each other. After quickly finishing his meal, Cen Yu put down his chopsticks and prepared to leave.
“I’ve finished eating, Mr. Pei,” he said, preparing to push back his chair and stand up.
Pei Heng looked up and nodded to indicate that he understood.
Although this villa was not the Pei family's old residence, it often seemed too deserted because only Pei Heng and the maid lived there all year round. Cen Yu remembered the location of Pei Leyun's room, so he followed the direction in his memory to find it.
Pei Leyun's room is on the third floor. Perhaps because it is cleaned regularly, even though Pei Leyun has not been home for a long time, there is still no dust in his bedroom.
The interior layout was exactly the same as what Cen Yu had seen last time.
After thinking for a while, Cen Yu went to the other person's bookshelf and took out the photo album that Pei Leyun had shown him last time.
The album only contained photos of Pei Leyun after he turned 5. He was adopted by Pei Heng when he was 5 years old. Cen Yu remembered that he was curious at the time why Pei Leyun was in the orphanage. Logically speaking, it would be difficult for a boy with normal intelligence and good looks like him to be abandoned. Even if he was abandoned, he would be able to find an adoptive family quickly. It would not be necessary to wait until he was 5 years old to be adopted by the Pei family.
At the time, Pei Leyun just looked at the photo of herself at age 5 and pondered for a moment, "Maybe it's because I couldn't speak before."
Cen Yu opened the photo album and found the photo that Pei Leyun showed him.
The photo shows Pei Heng holding Pei Lejun's hand. He is wearing a suit and seems to have just finished some meeting... His appearance is not much different from now. The welfare home is also one of the institutions funded by the Pei family. The place where they took the photo is at the entrance of this welfare home.
"Silver Star Welfare Home".
In the photo, Pei Leyun looks somewhat timid in front of the camera, while Pei Heng remains expressionless as always.
"You couldn't speak before?"
“That’s how it was before I was 7 years old,” Pei Leyun said after thinking for a moment. He smiled apologetically at Cen Yu. “I don’t have a very good memory, so I can’t remember many things from before.”
"However, Mr. Pei said that I suddenly started speaking when I was 7 years old."
Contrary to Cen Yu's imagination of a loving father and filial son, Pei Leyun and Pei Heng had a distant relationship. Most of the time, they addressed each other as Mr. Pei, just like Uncle Sun.
The outside world has been curious as to why Pei Heng would suddenly adopt a son.
At first, some people suspected that Pei Leyun was actually Pei Heng's illegitimate son, but as Pei Leyun grew up, the two completely different faces quickly dispelled this speculation.
It seems that no one in the Pei family questioned Pei Heng's actions.
Cen Yu's understanding of this is—
The main character's buff has taken effect.
He continued flipping through the remaining photos, which were some scattered records: photos of Pei Leyun playing games with her friends when she was in middle school, photos from her high school graduation, and photos of her with her roommates shortly after starting university.
Everything after that is related to Cen Yu, so the photos won't appear here.
In Pei Leyun's bedroom, besides these photos of himself, there are many more landscape and portrait photos he has taken.
He said he liked to use his camera to record everything... After getting together with Cen Yu, he also took a lot of photos of Cen Yu's life and put them in the house they rented.
Cen Yu watched for a while, and just as he was about to leave, a hand gently patted his shoulder.
"!" Cen Yu almost jumped up in fright.
“It’s me.” Pei Baijun’s voice came to Cen Yu’s ears.
“…” Cen Yu turned his head and didn’t see Pei Baijun. “Do you think you’re Liuwa?” Playing hide-and-seek with him here?
"I can't show myself." Pei Baijun's voice sounded a little aggrieved.
Cen Yu shoved the photo album back onto the bookshelf. "What are you doing in Pei Leyun's room?"
"I just wanted to tell you... I discovered there's a place in the Pei family's residence that I can't get into."
"Your nephew's room?" Cen Yu asked, knowing that Pei Hengyang's aura was strong enough that Pei Baijun couldn't get close.
“No.” Pei Baijun’s voice sounded a little confused. “It’s a semi-basement.”
Cen Yu became interested upon hearing this, "Where?"
...
Following Pei Baijun's instructions, Cen Yu arrived at the place that was supposedly a semi-basement.
“…Isn’t this a home theater?” Cen Yu pushed open the door and took a look.
"No, inside." Pei Baijun was getting anxious.
Cen Yu went inside and looked around. Amid Pei Baijun's shouts, he discovered the door that was almost hidden in the wall.
He tried pushing the door and found it was completely locked. He asked the maid outside, who only said that this was the young master's secret base and that only Pei Leyun knew the key and password.
"Only the young master has the key."
"Isn't Mr. Pei curious?" Cen Yu asked.
"Mr. Pei respects the young master's privacy and secrets."
Cen Yu: "..."
So he became the villain who disrespected Pei Leyun's privacy and secrets?
Cen Yu waved for the maid to leave, then turned to try out the password. "Don't all ghosts know how to walk through walls?" Cen Yu asked Pei Baijun as he tried, "Why aren't you the only one who doesn't?"
"Can you try a little harder?" Cen Yu said to Pei Baijun.
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