Chapter 82: Gambling (Thanks to Susu SSSS Diamond)
When Zhao Lanrong followed Pei Zongyou's subordinates into the private room, Pei Zongyou was already sitting there waiting for Zhao Lanrong, and he got up and personally pulled the chair on his side for Zhao Lanrong.
"Thank you." Zhao Lanrong nodded lightly to Pei Zongyou, and then sat down.
Pei Zongyou's lips hooked a smile, his thin fingers pinched the red wine glass, and his deep eyes were always locked on Zhao Lanrong, just like when she met him again after she got married many years ago, he was like a wolf staring at his prey, his eyes were full of possession and plunder.
Zhao Lanrong drank tea, lowered her eyes and didn't look at Pei Zongyou, her fingers clenched little by little in silence, she had always had a fear of Pei Zongyou in her heart all these years.
The meals were served one after another, all according to Zhao Lanrong's taste, and the two of them ate separately, and after a while, Pei Zongyou opened his mouth and asked, "Wei Chengshu and the eldest lady of the Du family have already arrived over there?" β
"Yes."
Pei Zongyou nodded, "That's good." β
In fact, it was Bae Jong-woo's people who shot at Wei Chengshu.
For the whole thing, Pei Zongyou first planted the two bodyguards in Du's house, and asked one of them to encourage Du Shixian to commit suicide, telling Du Shixian that as long as she symbolically cut her wrist, Du's mother would compromise.
Du Shixian didn't dare to joke with her life at first, and she was even more reluctant to let her mother be frightened, but when Du's mother told her to send her abroad, Du Shixian was desperate and accepted the bodyguard's suggestion.
Pei Zongyou knew that Du's mother wanted to fulfill Wei Chengshu and Du Shixian, but he couldn't pass Du's father's level, so Pei Zongyou offered to help Du's mother at this time.
Du's mother chose to cooperate with Pei Zongyou, who had a ghost in her heart, and acted in that scene, during which Du's mother tried her best to stop it, and forced Du Shixian to turn back with death, but it still didn't change the result, so Du's father had no reason to blame Du's mother anymore, and he didn't have time to send someone to take Du Shixian back to Du's house.
Of course, Wei Chengshu is Zhao Lanrong's son, Pei Zongyou can't really hurt Wei Chengshu, so the pistols and bullets used by his subordinates are very ordinary, and they can't really shoot Wei Chengshu's body.
The real target of that shot was actually Pei Shuyi, but in that case, everyone else seemed to think that Pei Shuyi was blocking bullets for Wei Chengshu.
And the reason why Pei Zongyou attacked Pei Shuyi is very simple, he didn't want to adopt Pei Shuyi three years ago, and now seeing that the relationship between Pei Shuyi and Pei Tingqing is a little abnormal, he doesn't want to keep Pei Shuyi.
Of course, even if Pei Shuyi doesn't die, but she is injured, it will not affect the overall situation.
Because Pei Shuyi was injured, she couldn't take the college entrance examination, so Pei Shuyi had no reason to go to Japan to study at university, and Pei Zongyou kept Pei Shuyi in order to get Pei Shuyi engaged to the eldest son of the Jiang family's chaebol.
Back then, Huo Huiyuan insisted on adopting Pei Shuyi, and Pei Zongyou agreed considering that Pei Shuyi had value for him, so in his eyes, Pei Shuyi was just a tool and a commodity that could be bought and sold.
If Pei Shuyi hadn't broken up with Wei Chengshu, for the sake of Zhao Lanrong's affection, Pei Zongyou would have asked Pei Shuyi to marry Wei Chengshu.
It's just that when Pei Shuyi went to see Zhao Lanrong for the first time, Zhao Lanrong saw that Pei Shuyi was not a man and a woman for her son, coupled with Pei Shuyi's complicated family background, Zhao Lanrong didn't agree with her son and Pei Shuyi being together.
On the contrary, she liked Du Shixian very much, and she could see Du Shixian's affection for her son at a glance in the hospital, so she gave Du Shixian the opportunity to be alone with her son.
After knowing that her son was with Du Shixian, she called Pei Zongyou that night to wonder if Pei Zongyou would attack Wei Chengshu because he robbed the daughter-in-law of the Pei family.
At this moment, Zhao Lanrong thought that a girl as young as Du Shixian betrayed her parents and followed her son to a foreign country without hesitation, Zhao Lanrong was very distressed, and hesitated for a moment and said to Pei Zongyou: "On the side of the Du family, you should be merciful." β
Although Du's mother had a lot of prejudices and misunderstandings about her, she didn't think about taking revenge on the Du family in turn, after all, her son Wei Chengshu liked the daughter of the Du family.
Pei Zongyou agreed to Zhao Lanrong without thinking about it, "Okay, just listen to you, and I'm not such a bad person, there is no need to hurt the interests of the Pei Du family for this trivial matter." The rumors spread by Huo Huiyuan in school have also been suppressed by Tingqing, and it will not affect your daughter-in-law's reputation, you can rest assured. β
Huo Huiyuan did this because she wanted to take revenge on Zhao Lanrong, Zhao Lanrong liked Du Shixian very much, and naturally hoped that Wei Chengshu could be with Du Shixian, so Huo Huiyuan wanted to destroy Du Shixian, and under the pressure of the outside world, Du Mu had to send Du Shixian abroad, so Zhao Lanrong couldn't get her wish.
But the sad thing is that Pei Shuyi first intervened to help Wei Chengshu and Du Shixian, and finally Pei Zongyou went to Zhao Lanrong's side, Pei Zongyou controlled the whole game, so the struggle between his wife and his old love, Huo Huiyuan failed miserably, and because of this incident, Huo Huiyuan lost Pei Tingqing.
Pei Tingqing and Huo Huiyuan have come to the point where they are now incompatible, and Pei Zongyou is happy to see it, Huo Huiyuan is too naΓ―ve, and wants to make Pei Tingqing, a non-biological son, her own, her own, of course he will not allow it.
Zhao Lanrong turned her head to look at Pei Zongyou at this time, her tone was sarcastic, "You transferred Ting Qing to South Africa, did you want Huo Huiyuan to lose asylum, and in the past few years when Ting Qing was away, you used this to divorce Huo Huiyuan and correct the women outside?" β
Pei Zongyou put down his chopsticks when he heard this, looked at Zhao Lanrong and asked with a smile: "Who is the woman outside?" If you are willing to be the eldest wife of the Pei family's chaebol, I will be able to let Huo Huiyuan leave the house in minutes. β
"But if you don't have this idea, then you should keep Huo Huiyuan, after all, the Pei family chaebol can't do without a hostess."
Zhao Lanrong didn't say anything, she simply stopped beating around the bush, "What is the real purpose of you letting Tingqing go to Southern Africa?" If I just trained him, I would have gone over to accompany him. β
"It's an experience, and there's no other purpose." Pei Zongyou frowned and looked at Zhao Lanrong, he patiently explained: "I'm worried that something will really happen between Ting Qing and Pei Shuyi, he did everything possible to mess up the engagement and almost cut off the relationship with me, and I don't dare to force him too much, so I want to find a high-sounding reason to get Ting Qing away, so that Pei Shuyi and the son of the Jiang family can get engaged and cut off all the back roads of the two of them." β
"Of course, I can't let Tingqing go for as long as five years, at most it's only a year. I promised you that Tingqing would be the next controller of the Pei family's chaebol, and this will not change no matter what. Pei Zongyou said in a low voice, raising his hand to touch Zhao Lanrong's face.
Zhao Lanrong pulled out a chair and stood up suddenly, "I've finished eating, please help with Chengshu and Shixian's affairs." After she finished speaking, she took her bag and was about to leave.
Pei Zongyou quickly grabbed Zhao Lanrong's wrist, "Rongrong, in short, don't go to South Africa with you, if you are really reluctant to Tingqing, as long as I deal with Pei Shuyi, I will let him come back." β
Zhao Lanrong glanced down at Pei Zongyou, didn't say anything, pulled back her arm hard, and she walked out quickly and closed the door.
At this moment, Pei Zongyou's mobile phone there vibrate, he retracted his gaze, answered the phone and asked irritably: "What's the matter?" β
The subordinates said on the phone that Pei Shuyi had gone to take the college entrance examination, and not long ago they saw Pei Shuyi coming out of a certain school.
Pei Zongyou frowned a little when he heard this.
What's going on?
Isn't Pei Shuyi injured? How can you still cope with the exam when you are physically weak?
Pei Zongyou groaned slightly, "Check what's going on, and then tell me." β
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When it was almost dark, Pei Tingqing drove to the hospital to find Pei Shuyi.
Under the light in the ward, Pei Shuyi sat at the head of the bed, flipping through a comic book in one hand, and a needle in the other left hand, her long chestnut curly hair was lazily draped down, she looked quiet and soft.
Pei Shuyi heard the footsteps, raised her head and greeted Pei Tingqing with a smile, "Big brother, you're here." Did you go to work today? β
"Hmm." Pei Tingqing responded in a low voice, and put the blazer hanging from the crook of his arm on the sofa.
Before going to South Africa, he had to work in the company, Pei Zongyou was the boss, and he naturally couldn't skip work easily.
Pei Tingqing walked over and sat at the head of the bed, took out Pei Shuyi's mobile phone, and prepared to send a message to Huo Huiyuan saying that he would stay at Du's house tonight.
For something like the elopement of the eldest lady of the Du family with a man, the Du family will definitely try their best to cover it up and not let the outside world know that Pei Zongyou is also helping the Du family, so Huo Huiyuan should not know about it.
It's just that Pei Shuyi's mobile phone is out of battery, and it has already been automatically turned off, Pei Tingqing connected the charger and turned it on again, and received a reminder text message from Wei Chengshu calling.
Pei Tingqing's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and his complexion softened a little, and suddenly sank again.
Wei Chengshu still has the courage to contact Pei Shuyi? If he knew where Wei Chengshu was now, he would definitely not let Wei Chengshu go easily.
"Big brother." Pei Shuyi was originally going to talk to Pei Tingqing, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he looked at her with a sneer.
Pei Shuyi was shocked, her fingers clenched, she was a little afraid of such an uncertain big brother, she hurriedly buried her head again, "It's okay." β
Pei Tingqing stared at Pei Shuyi silently for half a minute, but he didn't say anything, took out his mobile phone to call his subordinates, and asked his subordinates to buy food and send it over.
Pei Shuyi sat there waiting for Pei Tingqing to hang up the phone, she dragged Pei Tingqing's arm, her dark pupils were full of grievances, and she stared at Pei Ting without blinking, "Big brother, can you stop staying in the hospital?" Anyway, it's all rest, shall we go back to your residence? β
"Not good." It was rare for Pei Tingqing not to obey Pei Shuyi once, a touch of scarlet was in his obscure eyes, and he did not hide his anger at all, and said coldly and sarcastically: "Now that I know that I am uncomfortable in the hospital and want to go home, I was so brave when I blocked the bullet for Wei Chengshu at that time?" Pei Shuyi, I have to let you remember this lesson. β
Pei Shuyi looked at Pei Tingqing in a daze, and after a while, she withdrew her hand a little stiffly, and tears slipped out of her face, Pei Shuyi bit her lip tightly, and couldn't help but say, "I said a long time ago that I don't like Wei Chengshu, and you still doubt me." β
Pei Tingqing's chest shook violently when he heard this, his eyes were tightly twisted on Pei Shuyi's side face, and after a while, a trace of bitterness curled up on his lips.
Sure enough, in her eyes, he cared about this matter, that is, he was stingy and unreasonable.
"Okay, I'm not going to say anything." Pei Tingqing nodded vigorously, without arguing with Pei Shuyi, he turned around and walked to the inner room, slamming the door shut.
He stood at the glass window, the lights were not turned on in the room, the neon lights of the city were shining one after another, Pei Tingqing kept smoking in the shadows, only to feel that his chest was pressed by a stone, it was very dull, full of emotions could not be vented, his fists were clenched together, and it was a little difficult to breathe.
Ten minutes later, his subordinates knocked on the door outside, and when Pei Tingqing walked out, Pei Shuyi was about to get out of bed and open the door.
Pei Tingqing still felt too sorry for her in the end, pursed his lips and said in a low voice, "You sit down." Then he strode over, took the food that his subordinates had bought, and locked the door from the inside.
Pei Tingqing set up the table on the bed, holding a bowl of rice to feed Pei Shuyi.
Pei Shuyi bit her lip, "I'll eat it myself." β
Pei Tingqing ignored Pei Shuyi, frowned and said in a low voice, "Don't be angry." β
Pei Shuyi turned her face away, "I'm not hungry, I want to sleep." β
Pei Tingqing's face sank a little, he put down the bowl, and his dark and hot eyes locked on Pei Shuyi's bitten lips, "Let me break your mouth and stuff the rice in, right?" β
Pei Shuyi trembled when she heard this, turned her face to look at Pei Tingqing, and said stubbornly with her chin high: "Then you break it, I just don't want to eat it anyway." β
"Okay." When a word fell, Pei Tingqing suddenly reached out and held Pei Shuyi's little face, leaned over and kissed her on the lips fiercely.
"Hmm.........." Pei Shuyi subconsciously struggled, but was controlled by Pei Tingqing and couldn't move, the smell of tobacco on his body surrounded her in an instant, Pei Shuyi gradually lost her strength, reached out to hug Pei Tingqing's neck, closed her eyes to meet him.
Pei Shuyi's charging mobile phone vibrated at this time, endlessly, Pei Ting let go of Pei Shuyi with a dark face, and took it and saw that it was Wei Chengshu calling from abroad.
Pei Tingqing made a move, and then he directly took down the mobile card, threw it out of the window without saying anything, and threw the mobile phone there with a "bang", Pei Tingqing stood up and said, "Change the number in the future." β
After the fire, Pei Tingqing's heart was finally a lot more relaxed, he went to the inner room to bring water and prepared to wipe Pei Shuyi's body, and his mobile phone also vibrate.
Originally, I thought it was Wei Chengshu who called him, but after seeing that it was Huo Huiyuan, Pei Tingqing sat down at the bedside to answer the phone, "You have something to do with me?" β
Huo Huiyuan said on the phone: "Just now I heard from your father that the eldest lady of the Du family did not take the college entrance examination and had gone abroad with Wei Chengshu. In that case, what is Shuyi still doing in the Du family? Just as you are about to eat, you go to pick up Shuyi and come back, waiting for you to be together. β