In the morning, Pei Shizhou took Xia Yichu and Lin Xingyuan to the train station.

"Brother, remember to call me when you arrive."

"Okay, I'll call Shi Zhou and have him tell you."

"Sure, I'll be home for a few days since I don't have much to do," Pei Shizhou said from the side.

"it is good"

Xia Yichu had no objections. She didn't know if she had returned to Pengcheng when her older brother arrived, as the house in Kyoto didn't have a telephone.

"I'm leaving. You all go back quickly. Xiao Chu, don't go out tonight unless you need to. If you need anything, find Shi Zhou. If not, go back to Pengcheng as soon as possible. Shi Zhou, thank you for your help."

"Um"

"It's no trouble at all, don't worry!"

Watching Lin Xingyuan board the train, Xia Yichu breathed a sigh of relief, but was also a little reluctant to part with him.

Where are you going? I'll take you there.

Her older brother and Pei Shizhou had only known each other for a short time, yet they were already so close.

"Pei Shizhou, what did my older brother ask you to do?"

"Let me watch you and keep you from running around. He's afraid something will happen to you again. Where are you going? I'll take you there."

"Go to Xia Zhiheng's house"

It was daytime, and Xia Yichu didn't mind Pei Shizhou following her; why not take advantage of a free driver?

"Come on, please get in the car."

Pei Shizhou opened the car door for Xia Yichu and let her sit down before getting in himself. The two of them didn't speak to each other the whole way.

"Pei Shizhou, take me home first. I need to get something from home."

Yesterday, she went to the mall to buy some clothes and milk powder for Su Qingyan's child, and also bought some tonics for Su Qingyan. She went home to pick up the items before going back to the mall.

"it is good"

"Gu Yunting went to Shanghai, why didn't you go with him?"

Xia Yichu felt the atmosphere was a bit awkward, so she started a conversation. She remembered seeing them inseparable on TV in her past life, unlike now. Several times she'd seen Pei Shizhou alone; Gu Yunting wasn't with him.

"Oh, he can handle the business over there himself. Let me know when you're coming back to Pengcheng, and your older brother will ask me to take you back."

"I'm not a three-year-old. You don't need to bother me. I can go back by myself."

"No trouble at all. Since I promised your brother, I certainly can't let you go back by yourself."

Just as Xia Yichu was about to refuse again, a woman suddenly darted out and blocked the car when they were almost at Pei Shizhou's house.

"Watch out, there's someone ahead."

Xia Yichu shouted, and Pei Shizhou saw it too. He slammed on the brakes, stopping the car just centimeters from the woman. The woman, however, paid no attention and threw herself against the car window, tears streaming down her face.

"Shizhou, you can't abandon your brother."

Pei Shizhou didn't look at the woman, but looked worriedly at Xia Yichu sitting in the passenger seat.

"Yichu, are you alright?"

"It's alright, who is she?"

Could she be Pei Shizhou's stepmother? The woman wore exquisite makeup and a dress. To be so unforgettable to Pei Shizhou's father, she must be quite beautiful and have a great figure.

"Shi Zhou, who is she?"

Xia Yichu was sizing up Feng Yarou, and Feng Yarou was also looking at Xia Yichu. She looked like a vixen, which made Pei Shizhou extremely nervous.

"Feng Yarou, if you don't want to live, go jump somewhere. Don't block my car."

"Shizhou, today is the last day for school registration. Hurry up and give your brother the money for tuition. I had no choice but to stop your car."

She arrived very early in the morning and knocked on Pei Shizhou's door, but he didn't come out to open it for a long time. She waited at the door for almost an hour, and just as she was about to leave, she saw Pei Shizhou's car arrive. Without thinking, she ran up to stop it; actually, she was quite frightened, and her legs were still a little weak.

"I don't have a younger brother, and I've already said that I'll consider paying for Pei Zongyu's tuition after his parents pass away."

Xia Yichu listened to their conversation with a gossipy expression. Pei Shizhou was acting more like the cold and ruthless character portrayed on TV than he usually was. He was nothing like the gentle and approachable person he was in front of her.

"Shizhou, Zongyu is your blood brother, you can't just abandon him."

Xia Yichu couldn't help but laugh when she heard this, and Pei Shizhou and Feng Yarou looked at her.

"Excuse me, I have to go now. Pei Shizhou, since you have something to do, I'll go to my sister-in-law's house myself."

Xia Yichu was afraid that if she listened any longer, she would burst out laughing again. Pei Zongyu was clearly Feng Yarou's child with another man. She deliberately got pregnant with another man's child so that Pei Shizhou's father would raise it, in order to get revenge on him for abandoning her and the child in her womb.

"Sit still, don't move, I'll go with you."

"No, Pei Shizhou, if you don't give me the money today, I won't let you leave."

Feng Yarou clung to the window, preventing Pei Shizhou from driving. Her son had been on a hunger strike for a day, and Pei Feng wasn't coming to Pei Shizhou for money. He didn't care about their son, but she did.

"Yichu, you get off the bus first."

"it is good"

Xia Yichu got out of the car and watched from the side. Pei Shizhou closed the window, and Feng Yarou moved her hand away before the window closed. Pei Shizhou drove the car to the side, parked it, and got out.

"Pei Shizhou, how dare you treat me like this?"

"Yichu, let's go."

When Feng Yarou saw him get out of the car and prepare to leave, she immediately went up to stop him.

"No, Pei Shizhou, you haven't given me the money yet."

"Get out of the way"

"No, you're not leaving today unless you give me the money."

"Feng Yarou, aren't you afraid that your son might have the life to take the money, but not the life to spend it?"

"What do you mean?"

Feng Yarou felt a little intimidated by Pei Shizhou's gloomy gaze. It reminded her of something: when Pei Shizhou was thirteen and in sixth grade, Xiao Yu was seven and in first grade; they happened to be in the same school.

The Zhou family somehow found Pei Shizhou a model airplane, which he took to school to play with with his classmates. Xiao Yu saw it and wanted to play too. Xiao Yu went to borrow it from Pei Shizhou, but Pei Shizhou ignored him.

When her son came home crying, he told her what had happened. The next day, she and Pei Feng waited for Pei Shizhou at the school gate after school. Sure enough, they saw him holding a model airplane. Pei Feng said he would take him out to eat and asked him to lend the model airplane to Xiao Yu to play with.

Pei Shizhou smashed the model airplane in front of them without saying a word, and even laughed as he watched Xiaoyu cry. Pei Feng was so angry he wanted to hit him, but he didn't run away. He then used his grandparents to threaten Pei Feng, and in the end, the whole family slunk home.

The next day, Xiaoyu was accidentally knocked down the stairs, breaking his leg and spending half a year in bed. Feng Yarou suspected Pei Shizhou was responsible and went to the school to investigate, but he had an alibi, so she couldn't do anything about it.

After this incident, Feng Yarou told her son not to provoke Pei Shizhou. Pei Shizhou skipped grades in junior high and high school, graduating in just four years; he originally wanted to study medicine.

Feng Yarou harbored resentment towards him for harming her son and instigated Pei Feng to cause trouble at Zhou Wenbin's workplace. She also prevented Pei Shizhou from studying medicine, and after two such incidents, Pei Shizhou ultimately joined the army.

Feng Yarou was overjoyed at the time. Serving in the army was dangerous, and she hoped Pei Shizhou would die and never return. She waited and waited, but to her surprise, Pei Shizhou survived and rose higher and higher in rank. Whenever others mentioned Pei Shizhou, Pei Feng was filled with pride and even told Xiaoyu to learn from Pei Shizhou.

Just when she was extremely disappointed, news suddenly came that Pei Shizhou had been discharged from the army, apparently due to injury. However, after observing him several times, she couldn't find any injury on his part.

Now that Pei Shizhou's business is thriving, she's unwilling to let her son be inferior to him for the rest of his life.

"It means my money, and you can't take advantage of me easily. Ask Pei Feng if he has gotten anything out of me over the years."

While Feng Yarou was still in a daze, Pei Shizhou and Xia Yichu had already left.

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