Shen Mingzhu acted as if she was ready to die, which really shocked Ma Sufen.

Her old face turned red and white, then white and blue. She wanted to refute, but when she met Shen Mingzhu's fiery eyes, she stammered for a long time and couldn't say a word.

"Brother Yang, sister-in-law, it's getting late, you should go back and rest."

Zhou Shuhuan, who had been silent all this time, spoke up at this time, but he did not ask Shen Mingzhu for an explanation on behalf of his mother, nor did he even say a word of blame.

When Ma Sufen saw her son, she felt like she had found a life-saving straw. "Shuhuan, look at her. She is bullying an old woman like me. You have to..."

"Didn't you ask for this?"

This short sentence was like cotton blocking Ma Sufen's throat tightly, and she could no longer howl.

Zhou Shuhuan looked at his mother expressionlessly, his eyes even showing annoyance, "Uncle Shan and Dad have been close friends for many years, and Brother Yang and I are also good brothers. When you gossip about Brother Yang everywhere every day, have you ever considered whether it is difficult for me to be his son? He treats me as a brother, but my own mother spreads his affairs around as a joke. Brother Yang didn't make a fuss about you because he respected you as an elder, but you are disrespectful and don't know how to restrain yourself."

"The baby in Baolan's belly is gone. You can't blame anyone else. This is God's retribution to you and our family!"

Ma Sufen stared at her son in disbelief, as if she had seen a ghost.

"Auntie, you should have a good rest. We will go back first."

Pei Yang said this lightly, then pulled Shen Mingzhu out of the ward.

Not long after walking out of the ward, Zhou Shuhuan caught up with him, "Brother Yang."

Seeing that the two brothers had something to say, Shen Mingzhu pulled her hand back from the man, turned around and left.

Zhou Shuhuan first apologized to Pei Yang for what his mother and daughter-in-law had done, and then mentioned Pei Yang's "problem", "I asked around, and the Second Affiliated Hospital of Medical University is good at treating this. You can go and have a look when you have time."

Pei Yang could confirm that there was nothing wrong with his body.

The one with a problem, or to be more precise, the one with a mental illness, is his wife.

But he didn't want to tell Zhou Shuhuan the truth, even though he was his good brother.

He didn't want outsiders to speculate or blame his wife for no reason. If someone had to take responsibility for this matter, it must be him, the husband.

"Okay, thanks."

——

Ever since they left the hospital, Pei Yang kept staring at her and smiling. Shen Mingzhu couldn't stand it anymore and glared back at him angrily.

"What are you laughing at?"

Pei Yang reached out and held her hand. His long, thick fingers passed through her soft palm and interlocked with hers.

Shen Mingzhu struggled twice but failed to break free, so she just let him do it.

Seeing this, Pei Yang clasped her hands even tighter, his handsome face filled with a cheerful smile.

"I'm smiling because I'm happy. I'm happy because you just stood up for me."

"You don't know how beautiful you are when you get angry. I was stunned by you."

Shen Mingzhu rolled her eyes at him and said nothing, but she felt a little guilty in her heart.

After all, Pei Yang was quite wronged in this matter.

It was late at night and there were almost no people on the streets. The dim street lights added a hazy atmosphere to the empty streets.

The two held hands and walked slowly back home.

"Everyone in the family compound is gossiping about you, aren't you angry?"

Pei Yang glanced at her and said, "Of course I'm angry. If it were my sister's temper, she would come to our house and argue with us one by one, but I have to consider you and Ziheng. If we really offend everyone in the family compound, what will we do if they join hands to bully you and your son when I'm not at home? Although my sister is here, she also has her own family and children. It's impossible for her to take care of you in everything."

Shen Mingzhu remained silent.

Although she is confident that she will not suffer any loss, the man's concerns are not entirely unreasonable.

As long as one lives, it is inevitable to deal with human relationships and worldly affairs.

Shen Mingzhu teased, "I really thought you were a Ninja Turtle. You didn't even talk back when she scolded you so harshly."

Pei Yang glared at her, "How do you want me to talk back? Argue with her? Or explain that it's not that I can't do it, but that my wife doesn't want to? Just let them misunderstand, anyway..."

He glanced at her before adding, "Sooner or later my innocence will be clear. Right?"

"That's not necessarily true."

Pei Yang stopped walking and stared at her, "What do you mean? Are you planning to make me a widow for the rest of my life?"

Shen Mingzhu rolled her eyes and thought to herself, who is the one who is left to be a widow? I am the unlucky one, to have to deal with a short-lived creature like you.

Pei Yang didn't know what she was thinking, and when he saw that she didn't say anything, he became angry.

"Why, do you still want to divorce me?"

Shen Mingzhu deliberately teased, "If we get divorced, I only have one request."

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"I want a son."

Pei Yang: “…”

"Shen Mingzhu, you need to understand clearly, that's my son! You've divorced me, and you still want to kidnap my son? You're dreaming."

Shen Mingzhu looked at her.

The two looked at each other silently for a while.

"If you don't give me my son, then we won't divorce." Shen Mingzhu said, trying to hold back her laughter.

Pei Yang was both happy and depressed after hearing this.

The happy thing is that he kept his daughter-in-law, but the depressed daughter-in-law only wanted her son and not him.

——

In the next few days, Pei Yang would go to the hospital from time to time to help take care of Zhou Shuhuan.

In a few days, the health of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law improved, so they were discharged from the hospital and returned home to recuperate. After all, staying in the hospital was too expensive.

After the miscarriage, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law became mortal enemies again.

Ma Sufen was given boards on her arms and calves, which greatly affected her mobility. On the other hand, Shen Baolan was young and in good physical condition, and she recovered to full energy in just two days.

Every day after Zhou's father and son went out to work, Shen Baolan would find ways to bully Ma Sufen.

Although Ma Sufen was a violent person, she was in poor health. Apart from cursing and crying and complaining to Zhou's father and son, she had no other way to deal with Shen Baolan.

But Zhou's father and son were helpless.

Zhou's father scolded Shen Baolan with a stern face, and Shen Baolan sat on the ground and cried, made a scene, and even hanged herself, crying that Ma Sufen had killed her son and making a mess of the whole family.

Zhou Shuhuan simply ignored the fight between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. He just did his own thing every day and lived like an outsider.

The Zhou family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law once again became the topic of conversation and jokes among the people in the family compound, but few people mentioned the gossip about Pei Yang and Shen Mingzhu anymore.

——

After sending Pei Ziheng to kindergarten, Pei Yang stopped by the photo studio to take home the photos he had taken earlier.

Shen Mingzhu picked out a few good ones, framed them in frames she had bought in advance, and placed them in various places in the house. The twelve-inch family portrait was hung in the most conspicuous place in the living room.

With the embellishment of photos, the home feels inexplicably warmer.

After hanging up the photos, Shen Mingzhu prepared to go to the bathroom to wash her hands. When she passed by Pei Ziheng's room, she saw the man stealthily putting something into his wallet.

"What are you doing?"