Not only was the house decorated inside and out, but even the children invited were carefully selected. They either came from financially strong families or were leaders of important departments.

Seeing that most of the invited guests had arrived, but Shen Mingzhu and Pei Ziheng were missing, Zhou Hui was unhappy, but did not show it in front of the guests. Instead, she smiled and told her daughter Liang Xiaowen to go to Pei's house to invite Shen Mingzhu over.

However, Liang Xiaowen refused to go.

The shadow of being "taught a lesson" by Pei Ziheng still looms over her heart, and now she even has to take a detour when passing by Pei's house.

There was no other way, Zhou Hui had to ask the nanny to go to Pei’s house to ask for help.

The stepson disappeared early in the morning and would not listen to her even when he was at home.

The nanny came back quickly, along with her stepson and Pei Ziheng, but Shen Mingzhu was missing.

Zhou Hui hurriedly asked Pei Ziheng: "Ziheng, where is your mother?"

Zhao Yun rushed to answer: "Aunt Mingzhu is busy today and is not at home."

After saying that, he pulled Pei Ziheng upstairs.

Zhou Hui was annoyed, but she had to suppress her anger and went to explain to Mrs. Liu and others.

She was able to invite these powerful ladies to her home because of Shen Mingzhu's reputation. Now that Shen Mingzhu didn't come, it was simply embarrassing for her.

Rather than losing face, she was more worried that these ladies would blame her, which would affect the Zhao family's business.

If it really comes to that, Zhao Dafa would probably not even get a marriage certificate with her.

Meeting the questioning looks from Mrs. Liu and others, Zhou Hui quickly formed an idea in her mind.

"Alas, Mingzhu had to go out for something urgent, so she may not be able to come today."

Sure enough, when they heard that Shen Mingzhu was not coming, Mrs. Liu and others all looked unhappy.

They came today because they wanted to exchange ideas with Shen Mingzhu about teaching children.

"She must have something urgent, otherwise she would have come to tell me. She promised yesterday, and I even reminded her to bring the child over earlier."

"Mingzhu is young, so it's inevitable that she won't be so cautious in her actions. Please be understanding."

It seems that he is trying to excuse Shen Mingzhu, but in fact, every sentence he says is accusing Shen Mingzhu of being dishonest.

The ladies didn't say anything, but from their expressions, they were obviously dissatisfied with Shen Mingzhu.

There is nothing to be proud of as the boss of a small factory.

…

At the corner of the stairs, Pei Ziheng turned around expressionlessly and went back to the second floor.

…

In the yard, Liang Xiaowen and several girls who attended her birthday party were jumping rubber rope and having a lot of fun.

Until Zhao Yun led a group of boys into the yard.

When she met Pei Ziheng's ink-black eyes, she panicked and fell to the ground.

Zhao Yun laughed without any hesitation.

Liang Xiaowen got up from the ground with a red face and yelled at him: "What are you laughing at? Aren't you afraid of laughing your teeth off?"

"I'm just laughing. What's it to you? Just go somewhere else. We want to play basketball."

In order to practice his shooting skills, Zhao Yun persuaded Zhao Dafa to shovel the flower bed, pour concrete floor, and set up a backboard on the courtyard wall. When he had nothing to do, he would practice shooting at home.

Liang Xiaowen was naturally unhappy, "We were playing here first, why should we let you?"

Zhao Yun twirled the basketball in his hand and threatened, "If you don't let me, don't blame me if the ball hits you."

As he said that, he threw the basketball in his hand heavily into the basket, and the basketball hit the backboard and bounced back.

Liang Xiaowen was so scared that she covered her head and hid to the side, obviously afraid of being hit.

Zhao Yun caught the basketball steadily, glanced at Liang Xiaowen who was hiding far away, and threw the ball to Pei Ziheng with satisfaction.

The basketball rolled around the rim twice and then rolled smoothly into the rim.

"nice shot!"

The cheers of Zhao Yun and several boys were heard in the yard.

Liang Xiaowen stared blankly for a while, then turned to the girls who were playing together and said, "Let's go upstairs and play catching stones."

A girl stared at Pei Ziheng shooting the basketball, her face full of excitement, "No, you guys go play, I want to watch them play basketball."

The other girls also said that they didn't want to play anymore and wanted to stay in the yard to watch Pei Ziheng shoot basketball.

In the hearts of these girls, Pei Ziheng is simply a male god and idol.

She is good-looking, smart, has good grades, and is even good at playing basketball.

In the past, Liang Xiaowen also liked Pei Ziheng in her heart, but now, Pei Ziheng seemed to her like a devil, and she wished she could stay away from him.

But since her playmates didn't leave, she had no choice but to stay. However, she stood far away from the basketball board, fearing that Pei Ziheng would throw the basketball at her if he got unhappy.

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Pei Ziheng made several shots and hit the target every time, which made everyone in the yard bow down to him.

"It's boring. I don't want to play anymore."

Zhao Yun was watching with great interest, and immediately said, "How about we go to the game room?"

"Not in the mood."

"What's the matter?"

Pei Ziheng didn't say anything. He just threw the basketball to others and walked aside with a dull look on his face.

Zhao Yun followed him eagerly, "Tell me, what happened?"

"Aunt Hui is angry with my mother."

"What is she angry about?"

Pei Ziheng hesitated to speak, "Aunt Hui came to our house last night and invited my mother to attend Xiaowen's birthday party, but my mother had an appointment with someone in advance and couldn't come, so she rejected Aunt Hui, and Aunt Hui seemed very angry."

Zhao Yun naturally didn't know Zhou Hui's little calculations, so he said indifferently: "Let her be angry if she wants to, who cares about her."

Pei Ziheng held his chin with his hands, frowned, and looked unhappy.

…

After the birthday party, the wives took their children home.

Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Chu lived in the same neighborhood, and Mrs. Liu enthusiastically invited the other to give her a ride.

On the way, Mrs. Liu talked about Shen Mingzhu, and her tone was very unhappy, "... She looks like a smart person, but she does things without any rules. She said she would not come, and she did not come without even saying a word."

Mrs. Chu: "That's right. It's just a small factory. How busy can it be? You are too self-righteous."

Liu Baona and Chu Lin were playing flipping flies. When they heard what the adults said, they turned around and asked, "Mom, are you talking about Pei Ziheng's mom?"

Mrs. Liu was angry and didn't treat her daughter well. "Just play your own game. Don't interrupt when adults are talking."

After being scolded for no reason, Liu Baona became angry and turned away angrily.

But the next second, the boy's cold and handsome face and his furrowed brows appeared in her mind, and she turned around again.

"Mom, you misunderstood Aunt Shen..."

When they learned that Shen Mingzhu had never agreed to attend the birthday party, Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Chu became even angrier.

But the one who was angry was not Shen Mingzhu, but Zhou Hui.

How ridiculous it is that a widow with a lot of burdens actually treats them like monkeys and plays with them!

That night, Mrs. Liu whispered in her husband's ear and stopped cooperating with Zhao Dafa. This is a story for another time. (End of this chapter)