Seeing that his son was stubborn and refused to apologize, Pei Yang had no choice but to apologize to Shen Mingzhu himself.
"Mingzhu, I'm sorry. I've been away from home for a long time, and Xiaoheng has been living with my parents. He's been spoiled by them. Please be more tolerant. I'll take good care of him when I come back."
"Oh, so how are you going to deal with him?"
While asking the question, Shen Mingzhu glared at her stepson, who glared back at her fiercely, like a little wolf ready to pounce and bite someone at any time.
"You have the final say, as long as you can calm down."
Pei Yang on the other end of the phone said this, his deep voice somehow sounding doting after being filtered through electromagnetic waves.
Shen Mingzhu was satisfied.
"Pei Yang, although I am not Xiao Heng's biological mother, I will not do anything to mistreat him."
"Well, I believe you. Is everything okay at home?"
"Very good. I was just about to tell you that I'm going to replace some of the old furniture in the room and add a dressing table..."
Before she could finish her words, Pei Yang interrupted her and said, "You can make your own decisions on these small matters."
Shen Mingzhu was very pleased with the man's trust. She couldn't help but curl up her lips and said teasingly, "Aren't you afraid that I will spend all your wealth?"
"It's not me, it's us. We've really been exhausted. You can only live a hard life with me."
The two of them chatted back and forth on the phone, and Pei Ziheng on the sofa looked like a piece of background with no sense of existence.
Before hanging up the phone, Pei Yang finally remembered his son.
"Mingzhu, give the phone to Xiaoheng. I want to talk to him."
"Your dad wants to talk to you."
After saying that, Shen Mingzhu put down the phone and went to the kitchen.
When Shen Mingzhu came out of the kitchen with the dishes, she saw her stepson slumped on the sofa, looking dejected, like an eggplant hit by frost.
It was probably because Pei Yang scolded him. He deserved it! Shen Mingzhu was secretly happy, "It's time to eat."
In contrast to Shen Mingzhu's joy, Pei Ziheng was filled with depression.
He warned his father that he would be in danger, but his father didn't believe him at all and instead told him to listen to the bad woman.
What should I do? Should I watch my father die young and be buried in the sea like in his previous life? Although he hated Shen Mingzhu, Pei Ziheng did not refuse to eat out of anger.
Only when you are full will you have the strength to fight against bad women.
However, he still maintained his vigilance and would wait until Shen Mingzhu had picked up a piece of the dish before he would eat it.
I don't know how this bad woman's cooking skills suddenly became so good? Every dish she cooked was delicious, and he ate so much that his belly was full.
I feel so full and uncomfortable.
The bad woman must have deliberately cooked such delicious food in order to make him die of stuffing!
If Shen Mingzhu knew what was going on in her stepson's mind, she would definitely touch his forehead with pity: paranoia is a disease and must be treated.
After cleaning up the kitchen, Shen Mingzhu went back to the bedroom, wiped her hands with some Baiqueling, and then went to knock on her stepson's door.
After knocking a few times without any response, Shen Mingzhu shouted, "I'll count to three. If you don't open the door, I'll send someone to pry it open."
Just as I counted to three, the door opened with a click.
When she met her stepson's dark eyes, Shen Mingzhu suddenly realized that her stepson seemed to have more than just rejection and dislike for her, but also hostility and hatred.
If this is true, then the only way for her to save her life is probably to divorce Pei Yang and get rid of the role of stepmother.
But when she thought of the man's perfect figure, Shen Mingzhu felt reluctant to let him go.
Moreover, Pei Yang has a good personality. At least for now, she has a good impression of him.
"Come here, let's talk."
Pei Ziheng had a cold face, wondering about Shen Mingzhu's motives, but he still followed her to the living room.
Shen Mingzhu got straight to the point. "If you don't like me, I won't force you. As for why you don't like me, I won't ask too much. Of course, if you want to talk about it, I'd still be happy to listen."
Pei Ziheng lowered his eyes and sneered in his heart: What a pretentious woman.
Seeing that her stepson had no intention of revealing his true feelings, Shen Mingzhu continued, "Your father and I are already married. Legally, I am your parent. I have the responsibility and obligation to take care of you. Of course, if you really hate me and don't want to live under the same roof with me, then I can only send you away."
His father wasn't dead yet, but he was already thinking of kicking her out of the house! Pei Ziheng raised his head with a fierce look in his eyes, "Stop dreaming, I won't leave! This is my home, and if anyone wants to leave, it's you, a bad woman!"
Shen Mingzhu snorted, "Your father and I are a legal couple. It is only natural for me to live here. If you don't want to live with me, then you have to leave. Of course, if you are willing to wrong yourself and live with a bad woman like me, then I will also fulfill my duty as a stepmother. So, it's up to you whether to leave or stay.
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But if you stay, it means you recognize me as your stepmother. As your elder, I have the responsibility to take care of you and the right to teach you. You can disobey, but you must respect me. Otherwise, I don't mind educating you the way other biological mothers educate their children."
Pei Ziheng was very angry, but there was nothing he could do.
He is too weak now and cannot fight against the bad woman. Besides, his most important thing now is to find a way to prevent his father from getting into a shipwreck.
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Although Pei Yang calmed the mother and daughter down over the phone, he was still worried, so he called his elder sister Pei Wenping and asked her to come home more often to look after them when she was free.
After making the call, he returned to the dormitory, washed up and cleaned the room. As it was getting dark, Pei Yang changed his clothes, packed his things and went to his master Lin Guofu's house.
"Xiao Pei is here, come in quickly!"
Seeing Pei Yang outside the door, Master's wife Wang Huizhen couldn't stop smiling.
As soon as Pei Yang stepped into the Lin family's house, he saw a tall young girl standing in the living room. He nodded politely to her, and then handed the gift in his hand to Wang Huizhen.
"Master's wife, these are some specialties I brought from my hometown for you and Master."
Wang Huizhen laughed in annoyance and said, "Why are you carrying anything when you come to our house for dinner? Aren't you being too polite?"
"Just two bottles of wine, some apples and fruit candies, which are our specialties. They are not worth much."
"Okay, then I won't be polite to you."
Wang Huizhen accepted the gift with a smile, then turned around and introduced him to her niece Wang Xiuzhu.
Wang Xiuzhu's face turned red as soon as Pei Yang walked in. After Wang Huizhen introduced the two of them, her face became even redder, even redder than the apple that Pei Yang brought.
Looking at Wang Xiuzhu's shy appearance, Pei Yang's mind unexpectedly emerged the face of his newlywed wife, with almond eyes, snow-white cheeks, and rosy cheeks, like a pink and tender peach, making people want to take a bite.
After introducing the two people, Wang Huizhen used the excuse of being busy in the kitchen to leave the space for the two.
Seeing that Pei Yang had no intention of chatting her up, Wang Xiuzhu pursed her lips and took the initiative to speak: "I am 20 years old, a junior student majoring in economics and trade at the Maritime University, what about you?"
Pei Yang smiled and said, "What a coincidence, you are the same age as my boyfriend."
Wang Xiuzhu was stunned for a moment, then she covered her mouth with her hands and chuckled in a scolding tone, "I haven't agreed to be with you yet."
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