Pei Yang quickly explained: "Master, you misunderstood. You left in a hurry this afternoon and I didn't have time to tell you. I'm married when I go back this time. I have a partner."

When these words were spoken, Lin Guofu and Wang Xiuzhu were both stunned.

"You just went back to attend the funeral. It's only been a few days, and you've already resolved all the important matters?"

Pei Yang told Lin Guofu and his wife how he and Shen Mingzhu got married through a matchmaker.

Lin Guofu disagreed, "Xiao Pei, you are too careless. You just met once and you didn't even know the other person's character, but you hurriedly tore up the certificate. What if you make a mistake and find someone who is not suitable? Wouldn't that hurt others and yourself?"

As a husband, Pei Yang naturally had to say a few good words for Shen Mingzhu, "My partner is a very kind person. I feel relieved that she is taking care of the family."

Wang Huizhen glanced at her niece who was keeping her head down and not saying anything, and sighed secretly.

It can be seen that my niece likes Pei Yang very much, so why is she a step late?

Wang Xiuzhu had heard of Pei Yang a long time ago and knew his character and style. She had also seen his photo. She had a good impression of him before she met him.

After meeting Pei Yang in person tonight, she fell in love with him almost at first sight.

She was originally very confident and felt that Pei Yang would never reject such an outstanding person like her, but she never expected that Pei Yang would get married just a few days after returning to his hometown!

While she felt lost and embarrassed, she was more unwilling to accept the situation.

A rural woman who was inferior to her in education, family background and appearance, snatched Pei Yang away just because she saw him three days earlier than her.

Wang Xiuzhu couldn't swallow this humiliation, nor did she want to.

She raised her head and stared at Pei Yang with bold and fiery eyes, "Do you like her?"

This question really stumped Pei Yang.

He and Shen Mingzhu had been together for less than a day from the blind date to getting married, so he had no time to think about this question.

Seeing that he couldn't answer, Wang Xiuzhu smiled and said, "I understand. You didn't find a partner, but a nanny for your child."

Pei Yang felt uncomfortable when he heard Wang Xiuzhu compare his newlywed wife to a nanny, but he couldn't defend himself.

The reason why he hurriedly got married to Shen Mingzhu was indeed to find a stepmother for his son.

——Pei Yang, I don’t mind that you have been married before, and I don’t mind that you have a son. I will wait for you. I hope you will think carefully about whether you really want to spend your whole life with a woman you don’t love.

The night is like water.

From time to time, long whistle sounds could be heard outside the window.

Yang tossed and turned in bed, thinking about Wang Xiuzhu's words in his mind.

He couldn't say whether he liked Shen Mingzhu or not, but he was sure of one thing: Shen Mingzhu was special in his heart. When he mentioned this name and thought of that small, fair face, his heart felt warm.

Shen Mingzhu, who had no idea that someone was trying to steal her room, was sleeping soundly until she was awakened by the sound of the door opening with a click.

When she opened her eyes and saw a small dark figure walking towards the bed, her hair stood on end.

Is there a thief?

Play dead or fight back? Just as Shen Mingzhu was struggling with her conscience, a beam of light flashed outside the window, and she saw clearly who had sneaked into her room.

She flicked on the light in the room and angrily scolded Pei Ziheng, "What are you doing here in the middle of the night?"

Seeing that she woke up, Pei Ziheng was stunned at first, and then he said nothing, just staring at her with his dark eyes.

The mother and son looked at each other, and neither of them said a word.

As her sleepiness faded, Shen Mingzhu suddenly remembered that the original novel mentioned that the villain Pei Ziheng suffered from claustrophobia.

Could it be that he ran here to seek warmth because he was afraid of the dark?

Shen Mingzhu, who thought she had guessed the truth, gave up half of her bed and said, "Come up, let me make it clear that you are not allowed to urinate, otherwise I will punish you to wash the sheets for me."

Seeing the bad woman patting the bed and signaling him to go up, Pei Ziheng was filled with surprise.

In his previous life, the bad woman hated the smell of milk on him and didn't want him to get close to her, let alone get into her bed.

Thinking of what he wanted to do, Pei Ziheng walked silently to the bed, took off his shoes, and climbed onto the bed.

Seeing her stepson lying in a small ball on the outside of the bed, Shen Mingzhu was worried that he would fall off the bed, so she reached out to pull him to the middle of the bed. However, as soon as her hand reached out, her stepson suddenly turned over and jumped off the bed, staring at her with vigilance and caution on his little face.

Shen Mingzhu seemed to understand something, "Do you think I want to hit you?"

"I said I wouldn't hit you."

Seeing that her stepson didn't believe her, Shen Mingzhu had to explain patiently, "It's easy for you to fall if you sleep on the edge of the bed. What if you break your arms or legs? Come up and sleep in the middle. Hurry up and don't dawdle."

At her urging, Pei Ziheng climbed back onto the bed half-believingly, but did not get close to her. He just lay a little closer to her than before.

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Shen Mingzhu was too lazy to say more. She pulled a thin quilt to cover her stepson, then turned off the lights and lay down.

As a single person, Shen Mingzhu was not used to sleeping in the same bed with a member of the opposite sex, even if the other person was only four years old. Maybe because the child drank too much milk, she could smell a faint smell of milk coming from the child. It was not unpleasant, but very strange.

Pei Ziheng also didn't sleep. He wanted to wait until the bad woman fell asleep and then steal the key to the safe.

With the key, he could open the safe and take out the money. With the money, he could buy a ticket to find his father! After an unknown amount of time, just as Shen Mingzhu was drowsy, he suddenly felt a small claw touching his shoulder.

Shen Mingzhu pretended to be asleep and ignored him, wanting to see what he was going to do.

After a while, there was movement beside the bed.

In the dark, she saw her stepson carefully get out of bed, tiptoe to the clothes rack, and tiptoe to open her bag to look for something.

Besides the safe key, there were only tickets and money in the bag.

So he came here in the middle of the night just to steal money?

But her stepson was only four years old, and he probably didn't even know what money was, so what could he do if he stole it? But no matter what, stealing was no small matter, and she would have to call Pei Yang to talk about it tomorrow, as she didn't know if her stepson had any psychological problems.

The next day, Shen Mingzhu got up as usual, washed, made breakfast, tidied up the housework after eating, and then took her bag to go out to buy groceries.

As soon as Shen Mingzhu walked out the door, Pei Ziheng took the key and ran into Shen Mingzhu's bedroom.

As soon as she went out, Shen Mingzhu opened her bag to see how much money her stepson had stolen from her.

As a result, she counted the cash in the bag twice and found that the amount was not less. After wondering for a while, she suddenly remembered something and opened the inner layer of the bag.

Sure enough, the key to the safe was missing.

The safe locks of this era are quite simple. Insert the key into the keyhole and turn it clockwise three times to open it.

When Pei Ziheng saw the things in the safe, his little face showed indescribable disappointment and regret.

Apart from various ticket books, passbooks and household registers, most of the things on hand were tickets, not a single piece of cash.

"What are you doing?"

Pei Ziheng turned around suddenly and looked at Shen Mingzhu who had been standing behind him without him noticing, his face turning pale.

(End of this chapter)