Pei Ziheng and the original owner, who served as the villain control group, existed to set off the protagonist.

The author portrays the two men as one being a psychologically twisted sociopath and the other being vicious and stupid.

Perhaps in order to rationalize the plot of the villain's abused childhood, or to highlight the miserable childhood of the villain, Pei Yang and Pei Wenping, two relatives who are very important to Pei Ziheng, are just passers-by who are mentioned in passing in the book.

Pei Yang died young.

She just remembered that Pei Wenping died when Pei Ziheng was seven years old.

Pei Ziheng will be seven years old in more than a month, which means that Pei Wenping can only live for one year at most.

What’s infuriating is that the book only uses the word “passed away” to summarize, and does not specify the cause of Pei Wenping’s death.

She wanted to avoid it but didn't know where to start.

"Ding-ling-ling..."

The shrill ring of the telephone interrupted Shen Mingzhu's thoughts.

As soon as she picked up the phone, she heard Pei Wenping crying on the other end of the receiver.

Shen Mingzhu immediately called the father and son back home.

"My sister is asleep. You stay at home and look after her. Your father and I will go to your aunt's house."

"If you feel scared at home alone, you can call Zhao Yun to come home and play."

"good."

Pei Ziheng nodded sensibly.

After watching the couple leave, he closed the door, bolted it, and then returned to Shen Mingzhu's room. He sat down beside the bed, looking at his sister who was sleeping sweetly, and fell into deep thought.

…

Shen Mingzhu and Pei Yang arrived at Chen's house soon.

All the Chen family members were there, including Chen Liang and his wife who moved out after marriage. Except for Pei Wenping, everyone else was sitting on the sofa.

However, the atmosphere was not very good, filled with indescribable silence and awkwardness.

The arrival of the two added a bit of tension to the already awkward atmosphere.

Mother Chen stood up and said to Shen Mingzhu, "Wenping is in the room, Mingzhu, go and persuade her."

Shen Mingzhu didn't ask what happened. She took off her scarf and coat and walked straight to the room where Pei Wenping lived.

Pei Yang stayed in the living room. With his towering figure and sharp face, he brought considerable pressure to the Chen family.

He pursed his lips slightly, staring at the dejected Chen Yi with his sharp eyes, "Brother-in-law, what's going on?"

Mother Chen rushed to explain, "Pei Yang, please sit down first. It's nothing. It's just a misunderstanding..."

…

Shen Mingzhu knocked on the door before pushing it open and walked in, "Big sister."

Pei Wenping was sitting alone on the bed, and when she saw her coming, tears were about to fall from her eyes.

Shen Mingzhu hurried forward to comfort him, "Pei Yang is also outside, if you have anything to say, just tell me and we can solve it together."

Pei Wenping wiped her tears and choked up as she recounted what had happened.

After eating the New Year’s Eve dinner, Chen Yi took the twins downstairs to set off fireworks and firecrackers.

She was worried that the twins would be injured by the artillery explosion, and that sparks would burn the twins' new coats.

The new coat was bought by Shen Mingzhu. She would not favor one over the other between her niece from her mother's side and her nephew from her husband's side.

After Pei Wenping went downstairs with the smocks, the twins were playing with other children in the yard, but her husband Chen Yi was nowhere to be seen.

Her heart sank at that moment.

She searched for a long time near her home and finally found Chen Yi in a grocery store that was still open.

Chen Yi said he came out to make a phone call, but Pei Wenping didn't believe it.

There was a phone at home but it was not being used. He ran outside in the freezing cold to look for it. What could he be guilty of? She even thought that calling was just an excuse and Chen Yi went out to meet someone he shouldn't have met.

Two days ago, she found a strand of woman's hair on Chen Yi's scarf.

The hair was more than 20 centimeters long, while Pei Wenping had short hair.

Under Pei Wenping's hysterical questioning, Chen Yi admitted that he had met the woman he had an affair with two days ago, but they just met to make things clear and hugged each other when they parted, and nothing else happened.

As for going out to make a phone call tonight, it was to discuss a plot with the director. Since there were too many people at home and it was too noisy, I came outside to make the call.

But Pei Wenping refused to believe it.

After all, the trust between the couple has long since collapsed, and the slightest disturbance is like a panic.

After telling the whole story, Pei Wenping raised her hands, covered her face and shed tears silently.

Shen Mingzhu did not speak to comfort Pei Wenping immediately. Compared to talking, crying is also the best way to vent emotions.

Suddenly, a child's loud cry was heard outside the door.

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Then, the door was pushed open, and sister-in-law Yi Ling ran in anxiously: "Sister-in-law, brother and Pei Yang are fighting!"

Hearing this, both of them went out immediately.

In the living room, Pei Yang and Chen Yi were separated by Chen's mother and Chen Liang.

To be precise, it was Chen's mother and Chen Liang who were holding Pei Yang's arms tightly on the left and right.

Chen Yi's glasses fell to the ground, his hair was messy, and his left cheek was red and swollen, looking very embarrassed.

The frightened twins stood aside in panic, crying loudly.

Pei Wenping stepped forward, held the twins in her arms, and coaxed them in a low voice.

Pei Yang angrily questioned Chen Yi: "Have you forgotten how you knelt in front of my parents and said that you would take good care of my sister for the rest of your life? Do you think that now that my parents are gone, my sister will let your Chen family bully her? You're dreaming!"

As Pei Yang spoke, he struggled to rush up and beat Chen Yi.

Shen Mingzhu stepped forward and pulled Pei Yang, "What are you doing in front of the child?"

Pei Yang turned his head to look at his nephew and niece who were crying in panic, suppressed his anger, and shouted to Pei Wenping: "Sister, pack your things and come back with me! Take Xiaolu and Xiaochao back with you."

When she heard that Pei Yang was going to take the mother and her two children away, Chen's mother suddenly became anxious.

"Calm down, don't be impulsive. How can you go back to your parents' home on New Year's Eve? If outsiders knew, they would laugh at you."

Pei Yang sneered, "It's not my sister who did something wrong, so she's not afraid. I must bring my sister back today, and no one can stop me, or else don't blame me for not remembering our friendship."

"Mingzhu, take my sister back to the house to pack up."

Pei Yang played the white-faced role, and Shen Mingzhu played the red-faced role.

"Things have come to this point. If we continue to stay together, we will just get bored. Why not let my eldest sister take the children back to her parents' home for a few days so that we can calm down. And please rest assured, the children are with me and I will take good care of them."

"Let them go back." Chen Yi said guiltily.

Seeing this, the Chen family had no choice but to let Pei Wenping leave with the two children.

Seeing her grandchildren being taken away, Chen's mother burst into tears.

She raised both children by herself and they are the apple of her eye.

She cried and complained to Chen Yi, "Didn't you say you broke up with that woman? Why are you still seeing her? You have a good family, but you have to break it up to be happy, right?"

Father Chen stared at Chen Yi sternly and ordered the second son, Chen Liang, "Bring me my teaching stick!"

Chen's father has been teaching for his entire life. He is both a strict teacher and an even stricter father. With both the teacher and the father's authority, Chen Liang dared not not go.

When the blackboard stick came into his hands, Chen's father started whipping Chen Yi on the back.

Puff, puff, puff.

The starch-coated teaching stick was as hard as an iron rod. It hit the muscles hard through the thin cloth, making a dull sound.

(End of this chapter)