May we die of old age without ever meeting again!

  "Shen Xuan covered her mouth, unable to bear the voice and words of the person on the other end of the phone anymore. She burst into tears, 'Shen Kai, you bastard! I hate it when you talk like that! I want to cut ties with you! I want to sever all relations with you! Never see each other again in this lifetime!'"

  Shen Kai sighed and said with a smile, "Xiao Wu, I won't tease you to cry anymore. I'll hang up now. You sleep, you have a busy career, I won't bother you. Let's talk when you're free. Anyway, you're the big boss, and I'm just a civil servant. I'm freer than you, so I'll come find you..."

  Xu Xuan said "good" and hung up the phone, tossing it to the ground, causing the battery to fall out. She leaned on the stool, closed her eyes and silently shed tears, preparing herself to continue enduring.

  Ji Rong saw Shen Xuan hang up the phone and was about to take another shot with the board, Jin Yue was already squatting beside Shen Xuan, just as she was about to stand up to stop her, Pei Li had already taken the lead and slapped the armrest forcefully. After standing up, he only said two words, "Enough!"

  Suddenly no one dared to oppose.

  Those two words fell to the ground with a loud noise, stern and majestic, allowing no one to resist in any way!

  Pei Jin Cheng lifted his foot and retreated, his clenched fist slowly relaxed, and he almost imperceptibly let out a breath.

  Bai Jinrui slumped his shoulders, he could hardly stand straight, he didn't know what to do, watching Shen Xuan cry in front of so many people, he didn't know what to do, his heart ached to death.

  It's been more than half a year since I last called Haicheng, who in this family would know?

  The Pei family was reluctant to contact the Shen family during the period when the eldest brother was in a coma, and left Shen Xuan alone in G City. Such bitterness is all Pei Jin Cheng's fault! It's all the fault of the main house!

  Bai Liwei glanced at Pei Li, feeling discontented in his heart, but he didn't dare to speak too loudly either, because Pei Li's prestige was too overwhelming, and he only dared to ask in a low voice, "Old master, what about this matter?"

  Pei Li said with a somewhat arrogant tone, "This is the rule of our Pei family, three rods! What, do you have any objections?"

  Pei Li didn't even glance at Bai Liwei, and strode away. He didn't even greet Pei Zong, but instead told Ah Sheng beside him, "Call the people from the medical department to come over and take a look at Ah Xuan."

  Bai Liwei was choked by Pei's words and felt unhappy, but he had already agreed to the family law. Now that the other party said that the Pei family's law is three rods, what else could he say?

  Wen Zhu pulled his hem and was very annoyed in his heart. He growled, "Get away from me!"

  Perhaps it was too tight, wanting to be strong and yet very afraid, Shen Xuan suddenly relaxed and fainted.

  "Big brother!" Pei Zong chased after Pei Li!

  One thin and one strong, there is a desire to win with gentleness, "Big brother." Pei Zong's attitude towards Pei Li was also quite humble.

  "Hmm." Pei Li responded, glancing at the back of Ah Sheng as he exited the temple gate. He himself stood with his back to Shen Xuan, who was still unconscious. He had never been one to smile easily when meeting people, especially after achieving success and fame, it was always others who bowed their heads in respect to him.

  His presence naturally overwhelmed Pei Zong, "What's wrong, is there something else?"

  "This matter you handled is not quite appropriate, the rules of the Pei family..." Pei Zong's expression was ambiguous and unclear, with a hint of implication, although he didn't say it outright, but the listener could still discern the meaning behind his words, indirectly implying that Pei Li was biased.

  Pei Jin Cheng heard this and didn't wait for the elder to finish speaking, he took a few long strides to Shen Xuan's side, picked her up and started walking. As they passed by Pei Li, "Grandfather, I'm taking Ah Xuan to the medical center."

  "Go ahead." Pei Li said calmly.

  Pei Li and others took Pei Jin out, then smiled at Pei Zong with a raised corner of his mouth. He patted Pei Zong's shoulder with an empty hand, and although he was old, his spirit remained. When his hand came down, the hand holding the Buddhist beads rose slightly higher, leisurely fiddling with them. "Old Second, what is the family law of the Pei family? You tell me."

  Pei Zong was taken aback for a moment, then said, "This family rule is twenty lashes..."

  "Haha!" Pei Li laughed even louder, "Second brother, where did this family's method come from?"

  "This was decided by the ancestors of the Pei family."

  "Ancestral law?" Pei Li sneered coldly, "Who else would be setting the ancestral law of the Pei family?"

  Pei Zong was stunned again, Pei Li snorted and said in a deep voice, "This ancestor's method is determined by the master of the Pei family for generations! I'm not dead yet! The Pei family's house rules are what I say they are! If I say it's three rods, then it's three rods! If I say it's one rod, then it's one rod! Who else can comment on this?"

  Who is beside you?

  Pei Zong took a deep breath, and Pei Li's tone immediately softened. "It's all because the eldest daughter-in-law doesn't understand things. Such trivial family matters still need to trouble second brother to run this errand. Let's have dinner together later."

  Pei Zong gritted his teeth and swallowed the insult, but he couldn't show his ugly face in front of Pei Li, who had humiliated him in public.

  After Bai's family and Pei Zong had dispersed, in the Xingyuan study of Pei Li, stood Ji Rong and Pei Xianwen, husband and wife.

  Pei Li stood in front of the desk, not sitting down, with his hands behind his back, but the sound of the Buddhist beads colliding could still be heard. He asked in a low voice, "Do you know where you went wrong today?"

  Ji Rong was actually not a quarrelsome person, but the past few years of being in a daze due to Pei Jin Cheng had made her biased. She didn't have much of her own opinions and everything was decided by her husband, so when Pei Li asked her questions, she naturally didn't know how to answer.

  "Today's matter is a bit impulsive," sighed Bae Sun-woo.

  Pei Li had one hand behind his back grasping a Buddhist rosary, and with the other he slapped his nanmu wood desk heavily. His palm was thick and powerful, making a loud "pa" sound. "It's simply infuriating!"

  Ji Rong was so startled that he shrank back and leaned against Pei Xianwen's body.

  Pei Li raised his hand and pointed, pointing at Ji Rong gnashing his teeth, his fingers trembling with rage, "What are you hiding from! You dare to do it, what are you hiding from!"

  Although Ji Rong is almost fifty years old, she still has a deep respect for Pei Li, with both reverence and fear. However, when she was truly wronged, she would argue for reason, "Dad! Shen Xuan did such a thing, you're still biased towards her! It's not like I made a mistake!"

  The study had windows on two sides, the light was transparent, and everyone's eyes and complexion were very clear. Pei Liqi exploded in anger, loudly scolding, his face was burned red by the flames of indignation, "You still haven't made a mistake! Was I shielding Ah Xun?"

  "Since when did you dare to talk back to your father!"

  Ji Rong's eyes reddened with humiliation and he didn't dare speak again.

  Pei Liyi slapped the table, opening Pei Xianwen's words, and let Ji Rong stand alone in front of him. He shouted loudly, "You actually called your relatives over! Don't you know that Pei Zong and I parted ways decades ago? Aren't you afraid that this will be spread throughout G City by tomorrow morning? You clearly know that your second uncle is eager to see the joke on our side of the mansion, yet you still brought him here! You disregarded the interests and reputation of the mansion, entrapping it in injustice for personal grievances! Are you wrong?"

  "Bring the Bai family's people over! You clearly know that the Bai family has relatives in the top position of the Provincial Public Security Department, you clearly know that this matter will cause trouble and our Pei family won't get any benefits, you clearly know that involving the Bai family will make us vulnerable, regardless of whether Ah Xuan is guilty or not, our Pei family will be at a disadvantage! You disregard the interests of the family and lead the family into injustice for personal grievances! Are you wrong?!"

  Ji Rong listened to Pei Li's scolding, and was so frightened that she trembled all over, her body shaking uncontrollably, feeling as if she had made a big mistake!

  Pei Li still glared at Ji Rong with anger, her voice still loud and stern. "You beat your own daughter-in-law in front of so many people! You have no virtue as a woman! You're simply a shrew! You don't care about Xian Wen's face, making yourself look like an evil mother-in-law, losing all face for Xian Wen! Are you wrong or not?!"

  "If I hadn't stepped out to end this matter today, the entire Pei family mansion would have been a stage for outsiders to perform a show of infighting! A play with elbows pointing outward!"

  "Pei Li stopped for a moment, took a deep breath, glanced at Pei Xianwen, and then looked at Ji Rong. "I'm telling you, no matter whether Ah Xuan kidnapped Bai Xue or not, she is the daughter-in-law of the Pei family. As her parents-in-law, you can punish her as much as you want behind closed doors, but in front of outsiders, you slap her face! That's slapping your own faces! And it's also slapping my face!"

  Pei Li is now just one slap away from hitting Ji Rong's face! Those eyes are simply ferocious, like a beast. Even after all these years of holding Buddhist beads in his hand, he still can't wash away the evil energy emanating from his body. When Pei Li takes a step forward, Ji Rong is so scared that he retreats and says timidly, "Dad, I was wrong, I was wrong."

  After taking a deep breath, he let out a heavy hum and said, "Others would be eager to clear their family members' names, even if Jin Cheng was beaten by A Xuan and became a vegetable for three years. He knew that without evidence, he could find A Xuan privately to settle the matter, and he could endure it for the sake of the overall situation! But you, you still want to reveal the evidence! Even Jin Cheng, who harbors such deep resentment towards A Xuan, knows not to send her to the police station in G City. Who doesn't know that the White family has the final say there? Sending her in would mean severe punishment, possibly even imprisonment. Having a wife in prison would be glorious for the family? You're actually siding with the White family against the Pei family. Are you really a member of the White family or the Pei family?"

  Ji Rong heard this and with a "thud" knelt to the ground, scared and crying loudly. He looked up and pleaded, "Dad, I was born as a member of the Pei family, and when I die, I'll be a ghost of the Pei family! Dad, please forgive me!"

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