Du Lei suddenly coughed, and Pei Wang raised an eyebrow, understanding what was going on.
"Girl, it's embarrassing to talk about."
“Look at these three brothers beside me.”
“They’re all still single. They had all agreed that their assets would be left to my children, and my children would take care of them in their old age.”
Pei Wang wailed, "Tell me, what if my child isn't my biological child? I don't know how any of us will survive."
Seeing that Pei Wang had conveyed the important information effectively, Du Lei's brows relaxed.
Seeing Pei Wang's pitiful state, Pei Zhi could only patiently comfort him: "If it's really not yours, you can just find another woman and have a few more, right?"
Pei Wang shook his head, "You're making it sound too simplistic."
"You don't know my situation, my family is really poor."
"Poor?" Pei Zhi was a little surprised. How could they be poor?
The stall she left behind, along with those design drawings.
These are all designs that are many years ahead of the market, as long as Pei Wang doesn't gamble or go astray.
Even if Pei Wang doesn't strive for advancement and doesn't live a life of great wealth and honor, he should at least be able to do quite well.
“I have elderly parents and young children to support, and my wife is a gambler who has lost a lot of money.”
Pei Wang doesn't even bother to think before he lies; after all, that woman has already cheated on him.
Being labeled a gambler isn't a big deal.
“Every time she lost money, she would ask me for it. For the sake of the child, I didn’t want the child to be without a mother, so I could only cover her losses time and time again.”
"But who would have thought that she would cheat me out of my money and then cuckold me?"
Pei Zhi listened with a worried expression, and the way she looked at Pei Wang changed.
"How...how could you turn such a perfectly good life into this?"
Pei Zhi shook her head, puzzled. "Your brothers seem to be doing well. Let them help you out a bit. After all, the children you have will have to support them in their old age."
Pei Wang choked for a moment, then his mind started frantically making things up again.
"You don't know, they may look glamorous on the surface, but they're actually not as good as me."
Pei Wang pointed at Du Lei and started spouting nonsense: "This guy looks tall and strong, and he holds a pretty high rank in the army."
"But what's the use? He's too loyal to his friends. He doesn't spend money in the army, but when his retired brothers ask him for money, he's very generous."
"I'm lucky if he borrows a lot and pays back little; I'm already grateful if he doesn't ask me for money."
Pei Zhi frowned as she looked at Du Lei. She seemed to recall Du Lei mentioning that he had lent money to his retired brothers.
Du Lei is a man of great loyalty, and Pei Wang was right.
“As for him,” Pei Wang pointed at Cheng Xuelin and shook his head, “he has a mother.”
"I committed a crime years ago and was imprisoned. Later, I fell ill and was imprisoned while receiving treatment."
"He's just an experimenter who has been paid in advance for who knows how many years. He probably has to pay back fifty or sixty yuan."
This was obviously made up. When Cheng Xuelin's mother fell ill, he did not stand idly by.
It was far from the point where they needed to get an advance on their wages, and besides, Cheng Xuelin's mother didn't stay in the hospital for long before she passed away.
"As for him, he is my brother-in-law. However, my sister passed away a few years ago, so he is someone who only needs to eat his fill and has no family to worry about."
"He listened to some nonsense from who-knows-who said that if I did more good deeds, my poor sister would be reborn into a better family in the next life."
"Over the years, he has used all of his salary to do good deeds in my sister's name."
Pei Wang wasn't lying; Jiang Qingyuan really hadn't saved much money over the years.
Jiang Qingyuan didn't think about the future. Anyway, he had no relatives and had no intention of getting married.
Pei Zhi shook her head repeatedly, somewhat suspecting that Pei Wang was deceiving her.
But Pei Zhi also thought that some people might actually do the things Pei Wang mentioned.
Pei Wang's words contained some truth, some falsehood, and some exaggeration.
Therefore, it's normal that Pei Zhi couldn't distinguish between the real and the fake for a while.
Pei Zhi asked, "So, you mean you can't pay me back the hospital fees you owe me?"
Pei Wang hadn't expected that after all he'd said, Pei Zhi was still fretting about the hospital fees.
After hearing this, shouldn't Pei Zhi think that these people are all living very pitiful lives without her?
Then, take off your mask and openly acknowledge them, right?
Pei Wang hesitated for a moment, then gave a wry smile, "Don't worry, I will definitely pay you back, but could you pay me back in several installments?"
Since Pei Zhi doesn't want to acknowledge them now, he'll create a few more opportunities.
If they meet a few more times, what if Pei Zhi softens and acknowledges them as family?
Pei Zhi shook her head decisively, "Forget it, if you can't pay it back, then don't pay it back. Just consider it a gift from me out of pity."
"Anyway, you're in a pretty bad situation right now, so hurry up and confirm if the child is yours."
Pei Wang was completely at a loss. He looked around at the other people, hoping they could come up with a solution.
“No way.” Du Lei shook his head. “I’m a soldier. I can’t owe money and not pay it back. It will affect my future performance evaluation.”
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Pei Zhi looked at Du Lei with an "Are you alright?" expression. "He's the one who owes me money. It has nothing to do with you, right? How could it affect your rating?"
Du Lei said without changing his expression, "He and I are as close as brothers. Who knows what will happen if you say you don't want him now, but then try to harm me when I become successful?"
"My move is called 'just in case'."
Cheng Xuelin quickly agreed: "Yes, yes, you're absolutely right."
Pei Zhi retorted instinctively, "What's it to you?"
Cheng Xuelin was stunned by the scolding and didn't dare to say a word.
Pei Zhi said helplessly, "How about I write you a note promising not to ask you for the money back, okay?"
Pei Zhi had never seen anyone borrow money and not have to pay it back, as humble as her.
Jiang Qingyuan seemed to realize something, "No, Pei Wang is my brother-in-law. If he can't pay back this money, I must help him pay it back."
"I have done so many good deeds over the years, I cannot do something I feel guilty about because of him."
Pei Zhi got tired of chatting, pulled out a chair and sat down. "Okay, you guys are really something."
“You have no money, yet you insist on paying me back. I don’t want your money back.”
"Then give me a specific solution, tell me what to do?"
Du Lei said, "We'll pay you back in installments, multiple times."
Pei Zhi was too lazy to bother with anything. "Fine, I'll borrow a piece of paper and give you a card number..."
After saying that, Pei Zhi paused for a moment, realizing that in this era, it seemed that such transfers were not allowed.
"I'll give you my phone number. You can top up my phone credit with the hospital fees in installments. Is that alright?"
Cheng Xuelin immediately said, "No, what if we accidentally enter the wrong number? Wouldn't that be a waste of money?"
Pei Zhi shrugged, "You guys who owe money are the ones in charge, aren't you?"
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