Even though Cen Yu wasn't interested in the plot, after hearing Pei Heng's words, she noticed something amiss about the whole thing.
Whether it was a ghost marriage or the adoption of Pei Leyun, it was all related to the old lady's dream.
"The old lady passed away not long after Pei Lejun returned home." Pei Heng said this without any particular emotion. "She was old, so it was a happy occasion."
The two events were unrelated, and given that the old lady had always believed in this, it was inevitable that she would believe in such things even more as she got older... Pei Heng simply took it as fulfilling her wish and did not think too much about it.
However, in Wen Jingyao's words, two seemingly unrelated things were connected in some other way.
Pei Heng's father also replied quickly after seeing his message, only asking what was wrong.
Under everyone's gaze, Pei Heng still chose to call his father. He didn't beat around the bush and only talked about Pei Leyun and seeing his uncle at the funeral hall. Then he asked if the old lady had hidden anything back then.
His direct question caused Pei's father on the other end of the phone to fall silent for a moment: "Is there anyone else with you?"
“Xiao Le’s lover is here too,” Pei Heng said. “And Chu Yichen too.”
"Who else?" Pei's father asked again.
“Mr. Pei, and me too.” Wen Jingyao said, looking at the phone on the table.
Pei's father remained silent for a moment before saying, "Master Wen..."
Clearly, they had communicated before. Pei Heng seemed surprised that his father knew Wen Jingyao, and couldn't help but glance at him again.
Cen Yu sat on the edge of the sofa. Pei's father was so hesitant, it was clear that he had indeed concealed some information back then. Seeing his father's hesitation, Pei Heng simply recounted what had happened at the Pei family villa.
"Father, that kind of thing has also entered the Pei family's villa." Pei Heng didn't understand what the Pei family was hiding, which was why they were so secretive about it.
"Actually, it's quite simple to explain." Under some kind of psychological pressure, Pei's father finally told him what the old lady had kept hidden back then—not that she deliberately hid it, but Pei Heng was too young at the time, so she didn't let him know.
“Your uncle did like to talk to himself in his room back then… People in the old house said he was possessed by evil spirits, but actually he was communicating with his brother.”
"You know your uncle has a special destiny, unlike the rest of the Pei family."
The other members of the Pei family were all full of yang energy, as if they were naturally immune to these ghosts and gods. But Pei Baijun was different. The old lady was not young when she gave birth to this youngest son. Everyone said that this pregnancy was definitely twins, and the diagnosis results were also the same.
However, when Pei Bojun was born, there was only one fetus. What was even more frightening and unsettling was that Pei Bojun's tiny body had an extra arm and a nose.
“…There’s something the old lady found out later,” Mr. Pei said. “Pei Baijun wasn’t breathing when he was born.”
"He only started crying after the old lady was so frightened that she accidentally fell onto the bed."
"As for his other brother, he was slowly 'eaten' away, leaving only an arm and a nose that hadn't been completely eaten."
Cen Yu had heard of such things before... but such things rarely happen when twins have already been diagnosed. Even if the testing methods when Pei Baijun was born were not as advanced as they are now, it shouldn't have led to such a mistake.
"The doctor also explained the reason for this. As Pei Baijun grew up, the arm and nose gradually disappeared. At least he looks no different from an ordinary person."
"But as Pei Baijun grew up, strange things began to happen in the Pei family. The corridor was always wet, as if something had crawled across the floor."
"Furthermore, Pei Baijun would talk to himself in his room, and when others asked, he would say he was chatting with his brother."
"The old lady couldn't take it anymore, so she sought out a master..."
"The master said that Pei Baijun's brother, whom he ate, already had his own consciousness when he was eaten, so the other party has been there ever since."
"In addition, their fates are special, and they will become extremely fierce ghosts after death. Only Pei Baijun himself can restrain the brother who died young." Pei's father continued, "Then, as you know, your uncle went to a temple to cultivate in order to suppress the evil aura on his body."
"The master also said that his fate was not something a living person should have. That thing was extremely resentful of the Pei family. Only Pei Baijun could suppress it. Even the master dared not deal with it."
Cen Yu then spoke up, "But Pei Baijun died when he was 15 years old."
He discovered that Pei's father truly had no feelings for his brother. Throughout the conversation, he only referred to Pei Baijun by his full name and never called him his younger brother.
“Yes,” said Pei’s father.
“Given his fate, it’s already quite remarkable that he’s lived to be 15,” Pei’s father said in a low voice. “To ensure he lived that long, the old lady has always been thinking about praying for him and has specially sponsored several welfare homes.”
Cen Yu knew this was far from over.
Pei Baijun is dead, so what will happen to his vengeful brother?
"Pei Baijun is dead, and then what? Doesn't the Pei family have any other options?" Cen Yu asked.
Perhaps sensing the ill intent in Cen Yu's words, Pei's father simply said, "There's no other way."
Pei Heng still remembered that he was only five years old when his uncle passed away... He thought of two things the old lady had told him, "What was the deal with my uncle's ghost marriage?"
"After your uncle died, the old lady specifically asked a master to help her communicate with her youngest son. Pei Baijun only said that he would stop his brother because he was grateful for the Pei family's kindness to him. After that, nothing strange happened."
“The old lady burned incense and prayed to Buddha in the old house every day until that year, when she received a dream from Pei Bojun, who said that he had found a marriage for him and hoped that the old lady would grant his wish.”
“Pei Baijun hasn’t performed any miracles for so many years, so it’s only a rare opportunity to do something for him, so naturally we have to do it for him.”
Pei Heng couldn't help but look at Cen Yu, remembering the marriage certificate he had burned with his own hands back then... If he had known the truth about the Pei family back then, he would never have done it.
Wen Jingyao felt something was off. If the other party was really as fierce and menacing as the Pei family said, how could Pei Baijun have kept him in check for so many years?
"What about Pei Lejun?" Pei Heng asked.
There was another moment of silence on Pei's father's side before he finally spoke—
"The old lady asked Pei Baijun where his brother went."
“Your uncle said that the other person has already been reincarnated... but his life was full of misfortune, and he ended up in an orphanage. If the Pei family still remembers this child who died young, why not go to the orphanage and bring him back to the Pei family?”
"He is Pei Lejun."
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