Pei's mother immediately looked at Pei Wang, "What does your sister-in-law mean by that?"
Pei Wang was truly wronged.
Pei Wang opened his mouth as if to say something, but his sister-in-law suddenly burst into tears first.
“Ah Wang, your sister-in-law knows that these two children are your children, and your sister-in-law never thought of taking them from you.”
"But the child is still young and needs someone to take care of him."
While crying, Sister-in-law Pei pulled the children over, saying, "Come on, call your father."
The two children were already somewhat bewildered when they saw Sister-in-law Pei crying.
Now, being pulled along by Sister-in-law Pei, she immediately burst into tears.
"Stop crying, call him Dad, or your dad won't let me take care of you."
Upon hearing this, the two children cried even more bitterly.
Pei's mother complained, "A-Wang, what are you doing? It's the New Year!"
Pei's mother helped Pei's sister-in-law up. "Take the child and go back inside first. I'll talk to A-Wang."
Sister-in-law Pei wiped away her tears, "Mother, if A-Wang really wants to take the child away, then let him take him away, just don't force me to raise someone else's child."
Pei's mother nodded and urged Pei's sister-in-law to take the crying child back into the house.
Sister-in-law Pei bent down, picked up one child in each hand, and went back into the house.
“Ah Wang, now everyone here is a member of the Pei family.”
“Lei Zi, Xue Lin, and Qing Yuan are not outsiders either.”
"You just saw it, your sister-in-law was carrying a child by herself. She's been taking care of the child like this for the past two years."
“Your mother is getting old, and it’s even harder to take care of two children. Your sister-in-law takes care of them the most, and the children are close to her. Your sister-in-law is also very sincere towards the children.”
"I understand what you mean, but you can't take care of the child by yourself. Instead of asking someone else to take care of the child, why don't you let your sister-in-law take care of him?"
"The child is also closer to your sister-in-law, don't you think that makes sense?"
After Pei's mother finished her long speech, she looked at Pei Wang.
By saying these things, Pei's mother had actually sided with Pei's sister-in-law.
For Pei's mother, the problem was that she didn't trust Pei Wang to take care of the child.
Moreover, the child is being cared for by Sister-in-law Pei, and is also her own grandson, so there's no difference.
Sister-in-law Pei is also willing to take care of the child, which saves A-Wang the trouble of hiring someone to take care of the child and making him feel uneasy. Isn't that a good thing?
Pei Wang pursed his lips, stubbornly refusing to speak.
Pei's father spoke up, "Your sister-in-law said you forced her to raise someone else's child, what's going on?"
Pei Wang retorted angrily, "How would I know what my brother said to my sister-in-law? That wasn't my exact wording."
Brother Pei quickly replied, "I already told her exactly what you said."
Pei's father slammed his hand on the table: "Then what did you say?"
“Ah Wang told me that there are many children in the orphanage in the city whose parents don’t want them, and asked me to adopt one.”
"I told her this, and she cried on the spot, saying she didn't want to raise other people's children."
Pei Wang muttered to himself, "If you don't want to raise someone else's child, you're going to try and steal mine?"
Brother Pei's expression didn't look too good after hearing that.
Pei's father slammed his hand on the table. "It's the New Year, and you're making such a scene. What are you trying to do?"
“Ah Wang, you can’t be a person like this.”
“Back then, you were unwilling to take care of the children, so you just abandoned them in the village.”
“Now that the child is older and easier to take care of, you want to take the child away again.”
Pei Wang tilted his head back and said, "But the child is my own flesh and blood. How can it be that he has been raised by my elder brother and sister-in-law all this time?"
"Why didn't you have this thought when you abandoned the child back in the village?"
Pei's mother said, "A-Wang, if I were to say it, you are still young."
Pei Wang was dumbfounded. "Mother, what do you mean by that?"
Pei's mother's voice was a little weak, "You'll probably get married again in the future, and after that, you'll definitely have to have children."
"Why don't you let your older brother and sister-in-law raise your two children?"
In fact, the eldest brother and sister-in-law of the Pei family had always had this idea.
Pei's mother and father shared the same idea, but neither of them dared to say it aloud.
Since things have turned out this way, we can only let Pei's mother play the villain.
"Mom, what do you mean by that?"
"Let's not talk about that yet. Whether I'll get married or not is still unknown."
“These two children are my own, how can I let my older brother and sister-in-law raise them?”
Pei Zhi, who had been silent until now, finally spoke up, "Big brother, what do you think?"
On New Year's Eve, the eldest sister-in-law knelt down in front of Pei Wang and cried.
Pei Zhi didn't believe that her older brother was completely unaware of the situation.
Brother Pei stammered and couldn't utter a single word for a long time.
"It's because I'm a useless older brother that the family has fallen into such a mess."
Brother Pei, his eyes red-rimmed, said, "If I had known it would turn out like this, I should have just divorced and remarried."
Mother Pei patted her eldest brother on the shoulder, "How can you be so heartless?"
"Your wife has worked hard and dutifully in our Pei family all these years, but she just hasn't had the chance to have a child."
Pei Zhi ignored her brother's words and asked, "Brother, I'm asking you, what are you planning to do?"
"Do you share the same thoughts as your mother, or are you willing to return the child to your second brother?"
Pei Zhi was very clever and could naturally see through what her older brother was saying about whether or not they should get a divorce back then.
What year is this? What's the point of bringing up things from back then?
Pei Zhi pressed on relentlessly, and Brother Pei could no longer pretend to be stupid.
“Ah Wang, I was thinking about what Mother said…”
Pei Zhi interrupted her elder brother, "Brother, don't mention what Mother said. Just tell me what you mean."
“What Mother said is Mother’s attitude. What we want to know is your attitude.”
Pei Zhi heard that her elder brother was going to use their mother's words to justify his actions, and he was unwilling to give him any face at all.
Brother Pei paused for a moment and said, "A-Wang, I really don't want to raise someone else's child."
"Moreover, these two younger ones have been calling me 'Dad' all these years, and I've developed feelings for them too."
"You're asking me and your sister-in-law to suddenly raise a stranger's child."
"Let's put aside the question of whether we can raise the child well. What if the child's parents come back in the future? Wouldn't that be the death of me and your sister-in-law?"
Upon hearing this, Du Lei quickly said, "We can adopt children who have no parents; that would put our minds at ease."
Brother Pei added, "We don't know what the parents of strangers are like."
"If we don't talk about temperament, what if the child is sick? What will we do then?"
Pei Zhi listened to her brother Pei's words, and it seemed to be that he simply didn't want to return the child.
Pei Zhi crossed her arms. "Big brother, do you mean you're the same as your sister-in-law?"
Brother Pei fell silent and lowered his head, seemingly embarrassed.
Pei Zhi raised an eyebrow at Pei Wang, "The child is yours, now it's your turn to say something."
Pei Wang had never experienced anything so absurd.
Suddenly, Pei's father said, "A-Wang, you need to think this through, child..."
Pei Zhi interrupted, her tone icy: "Father, can you let Second Brother make the decision himself?"
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