Looking at the pale ghost face slowly turning around in the front seat, Lao Zhang's eyes gradually turned red, and finally he collapsed.
He covered his face and cried, "Master, why are you still here? Haven't you been reincarnated yet?"
This shout stunned Pei Yaori.
The memories of their childhood, when they were like brothers and father and son, came flooding back.
"Lao Zhang, let me ask you, what exactly happened in the car accident that year? Was it Lin Jing who asked you to hurt me?" Pei Yaori asked with red eyes.
Old Zhang seemed unable to believe what he heard: "Master, what did you say? The eldest wife wants to harm you?"
Pei Yaori frowned. "Before you became my dad's driver, you were a racing driver. My accident with that kid Zhou Nan happened on the exact same road, with the exact same story. Do you still dare to say that my accident wasn't a premeditated murder?"
Old Zhang shook his head: "No, Zhou Nan's accident was indeed a replica of your accident, but Master, your accident back then really had nothing to do with me!"
"You and your father are both my family. I am loyal to the Pei family. How could I possibly harm you?"
Pei Yaori was even more confused: "What happened back then?"
Old Zhang looked out the window, his eyes gradually becoming distant: "That incident seemed like a coincidence to me."
"There were road repairs in many places in the city that day, and you were in a hurry to go to a meeting in the next city, so I took you on the national highway. In a hurry, I drove a little fast, and ended up overturning the car on a dead-end road."
"You have no idea how much remorse I felt when I woke up from the hospital bed and heard the news of your passing!"
At the end of the story, Lao Zhang burst into tears.
"Over the years, in order to make up for my guilt towards you, I have been doing things for the eldest wife and Young Master Sun, even if they were some dishonorable things."
"I just hope that one day Young Master Sun will be able to take back everything of the Pei family on your behalf. Only then will I feel a little comforted!"
Pei Yaori frowned and glanced at Qiao Ruoxi beside him. Qiao Ruoxi shook her head, and Pei Yaori understood.
"Lao Zhang, do you really still have feelings for me?" Pei Yaori asked.
Old Zhang nodded repeatedly: "Of course, I burn paper money for you every year, just in case you don't have enough to eat or wear warm clothes in the afterlife."
Pei Yaori sneered: "I died in an unclear manner and cannot enter the reincarnation cycle, so I can't receive the paper money you burn. If you really still care about the relationship between us, then admit your mistakes and expose Lin Jing's actions."
Old Zhang's expression was somewhat complicated, and it was unclear what he was thinking. After a long while, he stumbled and said, "But, if this happens, Young Master Sun will be left without anyone to rely on. How can he get back everything that originally belonged to you?"
Pei Yaori's face darkened. "Old Zhang, have you ever thought that everything in the Pei family shouldn't belong to me? And certainly not to A-Yan? So..."
Old Zhang angrily interrupted Pei Yaori: "Master, you are the eldest son of the Pei family, and Master Sun is the eldest grandson of the Pei family. Of course, the Pei family should belong to you."
"It was Master Pei who took away everything from you. Do you know how the eldest wife has lived these years, being looked down upon by others?"
Pei Yaori looked at Lao Zhang, and the light in his eyes gradually dimmed and turned into disappointment.
"But you shouldn't commit murder, arson, and theft in the name of doing good for me."
"Old Zhang, honestly, aren't all these things you've done for yourself?"
Old Zhang was stunned and speechless for a long time.
"You've seen it, right? A-Yan and I don't look alike, and he's probably not even my biological child. Everything you said was just to make your conscience feel better. You're just being selfish!"
Old Zhang seemed to be stimulated, holding his head and shaking his head: "No, it's not like that..."
"Lao Zhang, go to the police station and turn yourself in. If you tell Lin Jing about this, the police will give you a lighter sentence." Pei Yaori's voice was low, and there was even a hint of pleading in his tone.
He hopes that his childhood memories will still be beautiful, rather than covered by a veil that can never be lifted.
Old Zhang slowly lowered his head and said, "Master, you've been gone for so many years. If it weren't for the First Madam, we wouldn't have been able to survive. This is a road of no return."
"If I go to jail, what will happen to my daughter? Master, I can't do what you said..."
After saying that, Old Zhang looked up at Qiao Ruoxi and said, "You are Mr. Pei San's wife, right? If you want to send me to the police station, I have nothing to say, but I will never betray anyone."
Qiao Ruoxi glanced at Pei Yaori and said, "Drive, follow the address Lao Zhang gave you."
Lao Zhang was stunned: "You won't take me to the police station, are you willing to let me go?"
Qiao Ruoxi raised her red lips slightly: "You are very smart. You didn't leave any evidence in what you said just now. Since you are unwilling to speak, it is meaningless for us to send you to the police station."
Old Zhang looked Qiao Ruoxi up and down, and he actually saw the shadow of the former Old Lady Pei in the girl in front of him.
The girl in front of him was even calmer and more composed than Old Lady Pei was back then.
"But I still want to remind you that you are no longer of any use to Lin Jing. If she can get you to get rid of Zhou Nan, she will find someone to do the same to you. Are you sure you still want to go to her now?"
Old Zhang insisted, "That's impossible. How can I compare to that pretty boy Zhou Nan? I'm much more useful than Zhou Nan."
Qiao Ruoxi raised an eyebrow: "The greater the effect, the faster the death."
These four words lingered in Lao Zhang's ears like a curse, causing him to have a hint of doubt, but he eventually dispelled it.
Just like he said, he was loyal to the Pei family and to Lin Jing as well. She had no reason to harm him.
The taxi stopped at an intersection near the address.
Old Zhang glanced at Qiao Ruoxi, pushed the door and got out of the car. The person who came to pick him up was Xu Liang, Lin Jing's bodyguard.
"I've been waiting for you for an hour. Why did you come just now?" Xu Liang was obviously a little impatient.
Old Zhang leaned on his cane and smiled: "I'm old and sleepy. I overslept."
Xu Liang sneered: "You are old, it's time to retire. Come on, I'll take you to see the first wife."
The van was driving on the main road.
Old Zhang joked, "I never thought that after being a driver for half my life, I would one day be able to ride in a car assigned to me by the eldest wife."
Xu Liang lit a cigarette, his face behind the smoke unclear: "Feel it well, this is the last time."
Old Zhang was stunned and scratched his head. "Yes, the first wife agreed to let me retire early, but this is the last time I will ride in the car sent by the first wife."
Xu Liang didn't say anything, just smiled and puffed out smoke.
The car drove for another half an hour before Old Zhang suddenly realized something was wrong: "Xu Liang, this isn't the direction of the eldest wife's house. If we go any further, we'll be out of town."
Xu Liang raised his lips and said nonchalantly, "Yeah, the city is repairing the road, so we have to take the national highway."
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