Would she slap him hard, lock him in a closet, or punish him by not eating for three days...

In just a few seconds, all the abuses he had experienced in his previous life flashed through his mind. His heart seemed to ache as if it was spasming, and his breathing became rapid.

He wanted to run, but his body was unable to move as if he was under a spell.

He could only close his eyes in despair and fear, waiting for the violent torture to come.

One second, two seconds...

Time seemed to have stopped.

He felt a warm hand fall on his head, and a familiar gentle voice with a smile sounded in his ears.

"Little troublemaker, who did you learn this from?"

Pei Ziheng slowly opened his eyes and saw the bad woman looking at him with a surprised smile.

What's going on?

She didn't lose her temper or hit him?

After discovering that the cash in the bag was not missing, Shen Mingzhu realized that she had misunderstood her stepson. As for the incident of her stepson stealing the safe, she put herself in his shoes and believed that he was just being naughty.

Because when she was a child, she also liked to rummage through things at home, and even stole her mother's jewelry and took it outside to exchange for snacks with her friends.

But she was able to get her mother's jewelry when she was a child because the jewelry was placed on the dressing table, and she was not smart enough to steal the key to open the safe.

Thinking of this, Shen Mingzhu couldn't help but pinch her stepson's smooth and chubby face, "You're quite smart. You can even open a safe."

Is she praising him?

Pei Ziheng couldn't believe his ears.

Shen Mingzhu, who had no idea of ​​her stepson's mental activity, began to lecture him with a stern face, "Don't open the safe again. It contains important things in the family. If you lose them, your dad will spank you."

Pei Ziheng stared at the bad woman's fair and beautiful face, watching her pink lips opening and closing, feeling like he was dreaming.

Shen Mingzhu locked the safe again. Seeing that her stepson was still sitting on the ground, looking at her stupidly, she bent down and carried him to the sofa in the living room.

There is a knock on the door.

Shen Mingzhu went to open the door, and it turned out to be her elder sister-in-law Pei Wenping.

Shen Mingzhu was still hesitating about how to greet the other party, but Pei Wenping spoke first and walked towards the door while talking, not looking shy at all.

"Sister-in-law, I came to see Xiaoheng. Is his cold getting better?"

"Much better. I still have one dose of medicine left to take."

"That's good."

Pei Wenping said this as she put down her bag and walked up to Pei Ziheng. She touched his forehead and his face. Seeing that his face was rosy and his eyes were bright, she turned around with satisfaction and spoke to Shen Mingzhu with a smile.

"Sister-in-law, you have worked hard these past few days."

"It's not hard, it's what I should do."

Pei Wenping quickly glanced around the living room, then went into the kitchen under the pretext of washing her hands.

After coming out of the kitchen, Pei Wenping slapped her head and said to Shen Mingzhu with a smile: "Oh, look at my memory, sister-in-law, I brought you some beef, but I forgot it in the motorcycle bed. Go get it. It's so hot, or you'll get suffocated. My motorcycle is red, and there's a black helmet on the front."

After Shen Mingzhu left, Pei Wenping came to sit next to Pei Ziheng and asked him in a low voice, "Xiaoheng, has Aunt Shen been treating you well these days?"

If Pei Wenping had asked the same question yesterday, he would have answered without hesitation.

But his previous experiences and various signs in the past few days made him realize that the bad woman was different from the one in his previous life.

Not only did her cooking skills improve, her temper also improved, and she was even willing to sleep with him.

Seeing that her nephew didn't say anything, Pei Wenping changed her approach and asked him what he had eaten in the past few days and whether he had taken his medicine on time.

Shen Mingzhu was not stupid. She guessed that Pei Wenping sent her away because she wanted to question her stepson alone.

Although Shen Mingzhu had only been married into the Pei family for a few days, she went out to buy groceries every day. Many people in the family compound were familiar with her. When they saw her strolling around carrying beef, they all looked at her with envy.

"Hey, Pei Yang's family, are you having beef for lunch?"

Shen Mingzhu did not hide it and answered with a smile: "Yes, my elder sister-in-law sent it specially."

"You are so lucky to have such a good sister-in-law. Unlike my sister, who brings several mouths to feed and goes back to her parents' home every few days to beg for money, and she also takes away food and money."

It is a taboo to talk about deep things with someone you just met. Shen Mingzhu smiled and did not respond, but started talking about the other person's newly permed hair.

When Shen Mingzhu returned home, Pei Wenping's attitude towards her was obviously much warmer. She held her hand and talked to her for a long time. Before leaving, she took out a few movie tickets from her bag and gave them to her.

It seems that this time the stepson did not deliberately say bad things about her.

This realization made Shen Mingzhu in a good mood, and she prepared to make two delicious dishes at noon to reward her stepson.

As soon as Pei Wenping returned home, she called her brother Pei Yang and told him everything she had seen and heard.

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"…The house is tidy, there are no footprints on the floor tiles, the stove and cupboards are clean, I asked Xiaoheng, she said she cooks fresh meals every day, I see Xiaoheng's face is plump, are you relieved now?"

Pei Yang was indeed relieved. He got married in a hurry just so that someone would take care of his son.

Now, he can go out to sea with peace of mind.

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Today is the big fair that happens once every two weeks.

Qin Jinlian went out in a hurry with her bag in the early morning, before the dew had dispersed. She was going to the market to buy red paper, pillowcases, quilt covers and other things for her second son's wedding.

As a result, as soon as I walked out of the village, I heard someone calling behind me. When I turned around, it turned out to be Liu Cuihua.

Liu Cuihua no longer looked sad, and chased after Qin Jinlian with a smile on her face. "Are you going to the market? Let's go together."

Qin Jinlian looked at Liu Cuihua and asked, "You look so happy. Have you decided on the date for your Baolan's birth?"

"It's settled. It's on the 30th of the month. If you come to the wedding, I won't go to your house to inform you."

“So soon?”

"There's nothing we can do. The Zhou family is pushing us too hard."

Seeing Liu Cuihua's delighted expression, Qin Jinlian secretly curled her lips, thinking that Zhou Shuhuan, a divorced man who had been in jail, was far inferior to Pei Yang, yet he was acting like he had found a treasure and she didn't know why he was so proud of himself.

"When are you going to do the work?"

When Qin Jinlian heard Liu Cuihua's question, she answered without hesitation, "On the 28th of next month."

Liu Cuihua was surprised, "Will Pei Yang be able to come back next month?"

Qin Jinlian then realized that Liu Cuihua was asking about her daughter Mingzhu. "Oh, ask Mingzhu. She's not in a hurry."

Liu Cuihua smiled with an ambiguous meaning, "It's better to get married sooner rather than later. We can't just keep dragging it out. It's obviously not right and proper."

"Why is it so unreasonable? My Mingzhu and Pei Yang are married!"

"We just got the certificate but didn't hold a wedding. What if... Oh, I just said it casually, Jinlian, don't take it to heart."

Qin Jinlian didn't say anything, but she felt uncomfortable in her heart. Soon she met people from other villages going to the market, so she left Liu Cuihua and chatted with them.

Liu Cuihua was not angry. She looked at Qin Jinlian walking in front of her and felt secretly happy.

Qin Jinlian, Qin Jinlian, you thought you had a good son-in-law, but you didn't know that your son-in-law is a short-lived ghost. In half a year, your daughter will become a widow with a burden, and she will never marry a good husband in this life. And her son-in-law will become a multi-millionaire in a few years, and her Baolan will become a rich lady, and the whole family will benefit from it.

The more Liu Cuihua thought about it, the more beautiful she became, and the corners of her mouth almost stretched to her ears.

(End of this chapter)