Zhou Wenbin eventually went home with Pei Shizhou, and sat on the sofa in silence.

"Uncle, tell me, what exactly do you plan to do at the Pei family's house tonight?"

Zhou Wenbin remained silent, and seeing his expression, Pei Shizhou's mood sank to the bottom.

"You won't tell me, is it related to my mother?"

Zhou Wenbin remained silent. A-Zhou was smart; he was afraid that he would make a mistake if he said too much.

"uncle"

Pei Shizhou raised his voice, "Even if you don't tell me, I can investigate myself."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Wenbin hurriedly said, "A-Zhou, you're really alright."

"Uncle, you..."

At this moment, Xia Yichu interrupted Pei Shizhou, saying, "I know why Uncle Zhou wants to go to the Pei family."

Zhou Wenbin and Pei Shizhou both looked at Xia Yichu. Zhou Wenbin didn't believe that Xia Yichu would know, but Pei Shizhou knew that Xia Yichu must know.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have repeatedly asked him to keep an eye on her uncle, and she wouldn't have been so worried about her uncle going to the Pei family.

"Because Shi Zhou's mother's car accident was not an accident at all, but rather Pei Feng's hired man hit her, and Uncle Zhou wanted to kill Pei Feng to avenge her."

Upon hearing this, Pei Shizhou's body trembled slightly, his eyes filled with shock and anger. He hadn't expected the truth to be so cruel; he had harbored a lingering suspicion all along.

At the time, although he was young, he vaguely felt that the truck was coming for him and his mother, but he thought he was seeing things.

Unexpectedly, I heard the truth from Xia Yichu today, and most importantly, his uncle also knew about it.

"Xiao Chu, you also received a call from the mysterious person, didn't you?"

Zhou Wenbin stared at Xia Yichu in astonishment, then immediately voiced his guess. If the mysterious person could call him, then it was possible he could also call Xia Yichu.

"right"

Xia Yichu was stunned at first, but after realizing what was happening, she happily agreed. This surprise came too suddenly.

One second she was thinking about what excuse to use, and she even wanted to tell Pei Shizhou that she had dreamed about it, but the next second Zhou Wenbin came to her rescue.

"What call?"

Pei Shizhou asked, his voice trembling slightly. Xia Yichu took a deep breath and said, "Two or three months ago, I received a phone call. The caller said that your mother's car accident wasn't an accident, but actually that Pei Feng hired someone to kill her."

Pei Shizhou clenched his fists, his knuckles turning white. Pei Feng, that beast. Pei Feng not only wanted his mother's life, but also his. If his mother hadn't reacted quickly and pushed him away with all her might, he would have died in that car accident too.

Zhou Wenbin said guiltily, "Azhou, your uncle shouldn't have kept it from you. I just didn't want you to be in danger."

"Uncle Zhou, did they say anything else to you?"

Xia Yichu asked curiously, "In my previous life, Zhou Wenbin only said that he found out on his own, and he never said that someone else called him to tell him."

"Just tonight, the mysterious man called me again, urging me to kill Pei Feng and Feng Yarou."

If I didn't do as he said, he would tell A-Zhou about it. I didn't want A-Zhou to know, so I went to the Pei family myself.

So there were these hidden stories. If that's the case, then perhaps Zhou Wenbin's actions against the Pei family in his previous life were out of necessity.

"Uncle, do you know what you're doing? Even if you avenge my mother, what about you? Is it worth risking your life for Pei Feng?"

Even if you don't think about yourself, have you thought about your grandparents? They're so old; do you really want them to experience the pain of outliving their child again?

"A-Zhou, if I don't do this, I'm afraid you'll do something like patricide."

Pei Shizhou might have done so before, but now his hand has fully recovered, and he's with the girl he likes again.

What would drive him to commit murder? If there is no evidence, and Pei Feng cannot be brought to justice...

He could find a way to slowly torture Pei Feng and his family, making them experience a fate worse than death. If there was evidence, it would be even easier; he could simply send him to jail and let the law punish him.

"Uncle, the mysterious person has called you several times."

Pei Shizhou sensed that the person who called his uncle and Xiao Chu had ill intentions, but he didn't know what his purpose was.

"Twice. The first time he called me, I paid someone to investigate and found that what he said was true."

However, too much time has passed, and I have no evidence. I originally intended to investigate and deal with Pei Feng at the same time.

Just before I went to the Pei family, he called me again. At first, he urged me to kill Pei Feng, but when that didn't work, he started threatening me. "By the way, Xiao Chu, did the mysterious man threaten you into doing anything?"

Xia Yichu was listening intently, but Zhou Wenbin's question almost caught her off guard.

"No," she quickly shook her head and said.

"That's strange. Why did he call you? Just to tell you these things?"

Zhou Wenbin was completely puzzled, as this was the first time he had received a call from a mysterious person. He hadn't sensed any malice before, but this time, he could feel the man's overwhelming hostility.

"The person making the call must have some secret, Uncle. You can't believe everything he says." Pei Shizhou frowned, his eyes full of vigilance.

"Ah Zhou is right, and we can't act rashly. He's in the shadows, and we're in the open, so it's best to be careful."

Zhou Wenbin agreed. Xia Yichu fell into deep thought; she couldn't say too much. After all, the phone call was fabricated, and saying too much might influence Pei Shizhou and the others' judgment.

"Whatever his purpose is, let's find the evidence first."

Pei Shizhou said calmly, a resolute glint in his eyes.

"But evidence is hard to find, it's been so long." Zhou Wenbin said with some concern.

"I'll figure something out; there will always be clues."

Pei Shizhou said firmly, and Xia Yichu suddenly thought of something.

"By the way, the mysterious person seemed to have told me that Feng Yarou has evidence that Pei Feng committed murder."

Xia Yichu didn't know if Feng Yarou had gotten Pei Feng drunk or recorded him. She could only say that she had evidence, but she didn't say anything more.

After some time, she lied and said that the mysterious person had called her again. She told Pei Shizhou and the others that the evidence was Feng Yarou's recording pen, and asked Pei Shizhou to go to the Pei family to find it.

"Really, that's great. When I asked him tonight, he still wouldn't tell me, telling me to just kill them."

Zhou Wenbin said happily, but Pei Shizhou fell into deep thought. He didn't know why, but he felt something was off, though he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

"Uncle, you must not kill impulsively again. You should think more about your grandparents."

If Xiao Chu hadn't insisted on him going to the Pei family tonight, who knows what would have happened?

"Okay, I understand. Ah Zhou, don't overthink it. Your mother has been gone for so many years, she certainly wouldn't want you to suffer for the rest of your life because of her."

As for Pei Feng, I've already gotten rid of his and his two older brothers' jobs. The Pei family is all struggling; even Pei Zongna's recent business ventures have been completely wiped out by me, leaving her with a mountain of debt.

At first, Pei Zongna did make some money selling clothes at a street stall, but her ambition grew. She borrowed money from relatives and friends and then invested all the money she had earned from selling clothes.

They spent all their money on purchasing goods from the wholesale market and even rented a shop, preparing to make a big splash.

Right after she finished decorating her shop, she went to the wholesale market to buy goods. On her way back, a large batch of clothes was stolen by people hired by Zhou Wenbin.

Zhou Wenbin sent the clothes to children in impoverished mountain areas, and Pei Zongna is now practically penniless.

Although she reported the incident to the police, these kinds of things happen all the time, and it's not easy to find out the truth. She was just unlucky to have encountered this, and could only wait anxiously.

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