On the third day after the concert, Qi Lang went home for a meal. Qi Feng and Liu Ercui were very happy. Qi Feng even took his son to have a few drinks.

After dinner, Qi Lang wanted to leave again.

Liu Ercui glanced at Qi Feng and said, "Just sleep at home and watch TV with your dad later."

Qi Lang shook his head, "No, I'd better go back to my place."

Liu Ercui was speechless for a long while, and finally sighed: "Child, the older you get, the more distant you become from us."

Pepe nodded in agreement: "Yes, brother, we are all family, don't be so distant."

Qi Lang curled the corners of his mouth and said nothing.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to live at home, he’s just afraid that the longer he stays with her, the less satisfied he will be.

But what are his qualifications?

It's just a despicable delusion.

Peipei offered to take Qi Lang downstairs. Liu Ercui opened her mouth to say something but didn't say it.

Qi Feng saw it all and suddenly said, "Don't worry, if that guy dares, I'll break his legs."

Liu Ercui was stunned for a moment, and then panicked, "I, I didn't..."

Qi Feng raised his hand to interrupt, saying: "How can I, as his father, not understand what he is thinking? Er Cui, I understand your heart."

Liu Ercui knew that Qi Feng must think that she looked down on Qi Lang, but she didn't know how to explain it. No matter what the reason was, she really didn't want Qi Lang and Peipei to be together. The more she explained, the more obvious it seemed.

I just don't say anything.

Downstairs, after sending Qi Lang down, Pepe wanted to turn around and go back, but Qi Lang stopped her.

"You..." Qi Lang held it in for a long time before saying, "The corridor is dark, please be careful." He paused and said, "How about I take you upstairs?"

Pepe laughed out loud, "You send me, I send you, when will it end?"

Qi Lang was infected and started laughing too.

The dim street lights added a layer of blurry soft light to the scene in front of me, making it look particularly beautiful.

Zhou Qi in the car had a blank expression on his face, his eyes behind the glasses were dark, staring fixedly over there.

Suddenly, he turned on the headlights of the car.

A dazzling light shone over there, and a man and a woman looked over at the same time.

It was not until Zhou Qie got out of the car that Pepe saw clearly that it was him.

"Little brother Xiaochi, why are you here so late?"

Zhou Qi walked over slowly, stopped, and said in a deep voice: "I came to find you. Peipei, we are the same age, so don't call me brother from now on."

Pepe said embarrassedly: "I'm used to it."

She glanced furtively at Zhou Xi.

Zhou Xi was wearing a black coat and had a tall stature. Just standing there, he gave people a feeling of calmness, courtesy, elegance and nobility.

Not like a brother indeed...

Fortunately, the street light was dim and no one noticed the blush on her face.

The three of them were inexplicably silent for a while, and Zhou Qi was the first to speak: "Qi Lang, if you have something to say, please go ahead. I'll talk to Pepe."

Qi Lang didn't say anything and didn't move.

Until Pepe said, "Yes, brother, you go back first."

Qi Lang lowered his head slightly.

Ever since Zhou Qi appeared, Peipei's body involuntarily moved towards that side. Originally, she was closer to him, but now it seemed as if there was a galaxy between the two of them.

Qi Lang was a little taller than Zhou Xi, but at this moment he suddenly felt that Zhou Xi was standing on a high place looking down at him.

Qi Lang laughed at himself in his heart. Family background, education, ability... no matter in which aspect, he could not compare to Zhou Qi.

He could guess what his parents were thinking.

No one will value his feelings except himself.

Including Pepe.

He shouldn't have had this thought.

Qi Lang turned and left. His thin jacket could not keep out the cold night wind, and he was hunched over due to the cold.

Zhou Qi pulled Pepe into the car, but didn't say anything, just looked at Pepe.

Peipei's heartbeat quickened, and he pretended to be calm and said, "Is there something on my face? You're looking at it so seriously."

Zhou Qi suddenly smiled, "I was just reminiscing about the past, and felt like we had missed a lot of time."

Pepe was puzzled, "What do you mean?"

Zhou Xi didn't say anything, but his eyes gradually became hot as he looked at Pepe.

When Peipei's face became redder and redder, Zhou Qi looked away and asked, "I heard that your family is going back to the countryside to celebrate the New Year this year?"

Pepe secretly breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "Yeah."

"You don't want to go back?"

Pei Pei nodded again. "Whether it's grandpa or grandma, they all want to show their dislike for me on their faces. What's the point of me going back?"

Liu Ercui earned money and was not stingy in spending it on her daughter. Pepe was truly raised in wealth.

After the business grew, Liu Ercui would take her children back to her hometown every year. Both the elderly on the Zhang side and the elderly on the Liu side had a lot of opinions about Peipei, who lived a comfortable life. They said, "Why do you need to raise a little girl so delicately?" They even suggested that Peipei stay in the countryside and they would help discipline her. Otherwise, such a delicate girl would not be able to get married in the future.

It was also said that Pepe stayed in the countryside and let the twin sons follow Liu Ercui into the city.

The twins didn't make it to university, so they came to the city to help out in Liu Ercui's company. Otherwise, such a large family business would have belonged to Zhang Minyong in the future. Zhang Minyong was not close to the people in his hometown, so it was impossible for him to give too many benefits to the elderly - they took it for granted that even if Pepe was raised in wealth, it would be impossible for her to inherit the family business.

Liu Ercui refused outright without even trying to beg her answer.

It was also clearly stated that half of the shares of the housekeeping company and the restaurant chain had been transferred to Pepe when she was eighteen years old, and she would manage the annual dividends herself.

The remaining shares are still under Liu Ercui's name, and will be given to Zhang Minyong when Liu Ercui retires.

In short, shares will not be given to the twins.

Liu Ercui admitted that she just didn't have much affection for the twins.

It was fine before the divorce. Liu Ercui left the twins in the countryside. Although she was reluctant, she was willing to do so because her parents-in-law liked the twins so much. Raising them in the countryside was also a way for her to show filial piety to her parents. She felt guilty and treated the twins better than Zhang Minyong.

After the divorce, the twins followed Zhang Lei, and it was certain that they would become estranged from her. She was prepared for this and planned to bring the twins to Jiangcheng to play once a year so as not to let the mother-son relationship become completely estranged.

However, as they grew older, the twins always spoke on their father's side, complaining about Liu Ercui's fault, saying that it was Liu Ercui's fault for wanting to divorce that made them motherless children. Especially as Liu Ercui became richer, Zhang Lei's life became increasingly poor. They also accused Liu Ercui of not wanting to help their father.

The debt that Liu Ercui felt towards the twins was gradually filled by their complaints year after year, and her heart grew cold.

But after all, she is her own child, and just because the feelings are weak doesn’t mean they don’t exist, and Liu Ercui is not stingy with money.

When the twins got married, Liu Ercui bought a house for each of them in her hometown county, and all wedding expenses such as the betrothal gift were also paid by Liu Ercui.

But even so, she didn't get a good name. The twins felt that this was Liu Ercui's due. They were her biological sons, so it was natural for them to spend her money.

Liu Ercui had originally prepared an account for each of the twins, with a considerable amount of money saved in it. However, when she overheard the twins discussing privately how to get more money from her to buy a Santana for their father, Liu Ercui immediately decided not to give them any money.

......

Pepe started talking about things in his hometown. It took him a long time to realize what was going on. He said embarrassedly, "I shouldn't have said such trivial things. I'm sorry."

Zhou Qi hurriedly shook his head, "No, I like to listen to it."

Pepe was surprised, "Is it true?"

Zhou Xi chuckled, "I love to hear everything about you."

My heart, which had just calmed down, started beating wildly again.

Zhou Xi said: "Then don't go back to your hometown, come to my house to celebrate the New Year."