After serving Pei Yang breakfast, she cleared away the dishes and went downstairs.
When I came back up, I heard Pei Yang talking on the phone: "Grandpa, I'm not going back today."
Upon hearing this, Xu Jiayue suddenly remembered that she was supposed to go to the Pei family today to serve tea to the elders. Yesterday, she arrived late, and Old Master Pei seemed quite unhappy.
“It’s not what you think, it has nothing to do with Jia Yue.” Pei Yang frowned when he heard the old man criticize Xu Jia Yue, and defended him, “Grandpa, I’ve said before that I don’t want to hear a single bad word about Jia Yue, not even from you.”
"Pei Yang, do you really think you're all grown up? I'm not dead yet, and it would be easy for me to take back your power in the Pei family." Old Master Pei was furious. He was originally very satisfied with Xu Jiayue, after all, she was Xu Haicheng's daughter, and their social status was quite good. However, because of Xu Jiayue, his grandson disobeyed him, and he was no longer satisfied.
This especially goes against the creed of the Pei family men: to value a woman too much and be influenced by her is not a good thing. Men should be decisive and ruthless, and women are just supporting characters.
"I don't think I'm that powerful, but I can still protect my women. If Grandpa wants to take back power, let him try. I'd be happy to let you help me test whether they're truly loyal or just pretending." Pei Yang already holds one-third of the group's power, the most among all his uncles and brothers, even more than his father.
"You!" The old man stomped his cane in anger.
"Grandpa, don't be angry. It's really my fault that I can't go back this time. I'll definitely apologize another day." Pei Yang said in a gentle tone. After a pause, he said seriously, "But please remember, I'm not allowed to say a single bad word about Jia Yue or do anything that would make Jia Yue unhappy."
Jia Yue stood outside, staring blankly at the door. She never expected that Pei Yang would defy the old man like this for her sake.
Old Master Pei was notoriously ruthless and decisive. His sons and grandsons were all kept in check, just like an autocratic emperor, and no one dared to offend him.
Pei Yang is going against the old man like this, isn't he afraid that all his hard work over the years will be for nothing? It's really...
Xu Jiayue lowered her eyes, pursed her lips, and felt that she had hurt his balls, which seemed to be going too far.
She took a deep breath, pressed the doorknob, and pushed the door open to go inside.
Pei Yang had just put away his phone and smiled at her as if nothing had happened.
Xu Jiayue pretended not to hear anything, sat down on the edge of the bed, and said, "Aren't we going to serve tea today?"
“That was true at first, but it’s fine now. Grandpa just called and said that since we’re newlyweds, we can hurry up and give him a great-grandson.” Pei Yang held Xu Jiayue’s hand and replied with a smile.
Looking at his smile, Xu Jiayue felt even more sorry for him. He had clearly withstood the pressure, yet he spoke of it so casually in front of her.
"What's wrong? Who made you unhappy?" Pei Yang asked, stroking her cheek when he saw that she wasn't smiling.
"You." Xu Jiayue threw herself into Pei Yang's arms, hugged him, buried her face in his chest, and mumbled, "Why are you so nice to me? It makes me feel like I'm some kind of awful person."
“How could you be so awful?” Pei Yang cupped her face and praised her sweetly, “You are clearly cute and beautiful. I can’t be too good to you.”
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