Pei Zhuoyun's funeral was extremely grand, and all parties, including Chu Nanxiong, Zhao Shiming, Zhang Yuan, Mu Zhiyun, and even Yao Yuan, who had been defeated, sent Bang Lian and sent representatives to participate. Among those who came to mourn in person were Chen Gongqing, Guo Qichang, and Pei Zhuoyun's former business partners and close friends. And Zhao Shiming did not come in person because of the war with the Yao family, and Zhao Kangping had no time to doppelganger.

The Board of Directors of the Commercial Press decided to erect a bronze statue of him, but Yuan Qian politely refused and donated the money to schools, kindergartens and orphanages.

There are different theories about the cause of his death, some say that he died because of overwork and exhaustion, and some say that he offended the Japanese. Because when it came to recovering the equity, it was inseparable from the Japanese side. The Japanese settle accounts after the fall.

There is another theory that Zhao Shiming sent someone to assassinate him. The reason is that when the Zhao family entered Shanghai, they were boycotted by the Commercial Press, and the area around Baoshan Road in Zhabei was the compilation office of the Commercial Press, and the concentration of factories and dormitories, and it was also the Chinese border, and it would suffer in the event of a war.

For the sake of safety, Pei Zhuoyun and other merchants invited the international merchant group of the concession to set up defenses at the entrance and exit of Zhabei, which blocked the route of Zhao Shiming's attack, and it is also said that Yao Yuan escaped here, and it was precisely because of the time that Pei Zhuoyun bought that Yao Yuan was able to escape smoothly.

In addition, Zhao Shiming personally borrowed military funds from Pei Zhuoyun, but Pei Zhuoyun rejected him on various pretexts, so he held a grudge. "Warn first, then act."

And the directors of the Commercial Press did receive warnings......

All kinds of speculations, just when rumors were flying, Pei Yuanqian, Pei Yongqian, and Zhiqian, who rushed back from abroad, dealt with the aftermath together.

In the end, regarding the cause of Pei Zhuoyun's death, the outside world hoped that the Pei family would stand up, but the people of the Pei family chose to remain silent.

Because of their silence, the outside world speculated that Pei Zhuoyun's death must have something to do with Zhao Shiming. For some reason, the wealthy Pei family will not announce the cause of Pei Zhuoyun's death.

After all, with the current status of the Zhao family, the Pei family is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg. Even if there is Chu Nanxiong behind the Pei family, it will not help. The Chu system, which had just experienced the war in the south, was repairing, but at this time, it would not act rashly.

So there is only one reason, the Pei family has met an opponent. This opponent is stronger than them.

The outside world speculated that the people of the Pei family had no time to take care of it, because they were all immersed in grief.

Mrs. Pei washed her face with tears all day long, because she saw Pei Zhuoyun bleeding to death after being shot in the chest.

When the servants carried him back, Mrs. Pei saw that the hole in his chest was covered with blood, and she walked over timidly, holding on so that she did not faint.

Except for a few servants in the family, none of the closest people were there, she was busy asking people to send telegrams to Yuan Qian and Yongqian, and the pillars of the family were gone, so she had to stand up.

So when Yuan Qian and Yongqian came back, she couldn't hold it anymore, and she was sick. Even the ceremony was not attended.

Tao Tao, Yun He, Yun Yi, these three children took turns to serve her. Tao Tao's eyes were swollen from crying, she patted her hands, and had to comfort her, "Don't be afraid...... Mother is still ......"

Tao Tao burst into tears, hugged Mrs. Pei and cried loudly......

She also knew that in the past few days, Tao Tao was very independent, deliberately did not cause trouble for a few brothers, and did not shed tears in front of them.

Mrs. Pei stroked her back, "Good boy...... This level ......," she said, choking up.

Yuan Qian heard the crying, his footsteps paused, and he didn't come in, his father's death was a big blow to his mother, so why shouldn't he?

He remembered the scene of that night, when the father and son were playing chess. His father asked him if he hated it, and then he didn't regret his choice. He didn't answer him, in fact, he didn't hate it for a long time. How can there be an overnight feud between father and son?

He has refused to bow his head for such a long time, and if he says something from his heart, he doesn't dare. Because he felt depressed, and before he knew it, he was living as he hated.

It's a pity that he didn't tell him what was in his heart. To this day, he fully understands his father's original choice, just like he had to choose to give up Tao Tao. It's not cowardice, it's involuntarily. If his withdrawal can be exchanged for Yongqian's happiness, how can he not make concessions?

I regret not sitting down with his old man to drink tea and talk about my heart......

Zhiqian's return can be regarded as a comfort to Mrs. Pei, after all, this little son has the least time to stay by her side, even Mrs. Pei didn't expect him to come back so soon, Germany, you can't come back in a month or two, and now it's only a few days away.

"It was my sister-in-law who entrusted a friend, and I came back by special plane." Zhiqian explained to Mrs. Pei.

"It's good to be back." Mrs. Pei held Zhiqian's hand and didn't let go, Yunhe signaled Yunyi, and the two of them quietly withdrew.

Tao Tao doesn't like to talk much these days, only when she is in front of Mrs. Pei, she smiles, and the rest of the time she sits quietly alone, and she responds after being called several times.

Yun Yi looked at Tao Tao in a daze and asked Yunhe, "It is said that my father's death is inseparable from the Zhao family, if this is really the case, then Tao Tao and Zhao Kangping?" ”

"Hey......" Yunhe sighed. Who knows? ”

Now the two most abnormal people in this family are Pei Yuanqian and Tao Tao, when he received the telegram, Yuanqian came back first, it was Tao Tao who Yunhe went to school to pick up, and told her, she only knew, and the two sisters-in-law came back by steamer.

Tao Tao never believed it, and he didn't believe it until he arrived at Pei's house......

One night, she came back from Mrs. Pei to find Yunyi, passing by the back garden, she saw Tao Tao sitting quietly alone from a distance, she just wanted to come forward to say hello, Yuan Qian came over, no one of them spoke, after a while, Tao Tao's head was tilted on Yuan Qian's shoulder, that picture, so that Yunhe can never forget, there are only two people, and the picture of the third person cannot be accommodated......

She didn't know how to describe the mood at that moment, she was inexplicably envious.

She couldn't bear to disturb the two of them, and quietly left. And the two people in the painting broke the silence, Tao Tao opened his mouth first, "At that time, how old am I?" That's just six years old, right? My father hugged me to buy sugar gourds, and at that time, the second brother was very tall. Following my father's side, the three of us came here by boat and came to Pei's house. Giving me a surname allowed me to rediscover the warmth of home. Over the years, he has been very busy, but no matter how busy he is, he will never forget my birthday. ”

Second brother...... "Do you know?" The day he left was my birthday. I won't ever have a birthday again. ”

Yuan Qian remembered it at this time, yes, he forgot her birthday. In the past few days, the family has been busy inside and out, and no one has cared about her.

"Tao Tao ......" he stretched out his hand to take her into his arms, but he still gave up and let her cling to it like this, "You are doing well, he can rest assured." ”

"yes...... I think he will look up at the stars in the sky, and some of them may be looking at us. ”

This is what he taught her, but she didn't expect her to comfort him instead.

After dealing with Pei Zhuoyun's funeral, Yongqian stayed at home with Yunyi for two days and returned to Nanjing because of military affairs. Yuan Qian had to return to Shanghai early because of the internal director election of the Commercial Book Company.

When Yuan Qian was leaving, he wanted to take Mrs. Pei to Shanghai together, after all, it was close to him, and it was convenient for him to take care of him. But she refused. Yunhe also followed a few words of persuasion, but she insisted on her own thoughts.

As a last resort, Tao Tao went to be a lobbyist, "Mother, the second brother and second sister-in-law will leave tomorrow, they don't worry that you are here alone." ”

"What's not to worry about, isn't it usually me alone. Let them go back as soon as possible, and you will go back with you. ”

"Mother......" Tao Tao has to persuade again, and Mrs. Pei will drive people away.

"Those boys asked you to come over as lobbyists? I know," she patted Tao Tao's hand, "they are also kind, but our roots are here, and we are not as comfortable as our own home." ”

"Mother...... Why don't you go to Germany with me? Zhiqian smiled and came in from outside.

"I won't go to your second brother, so why bother to go to your sinful and unfamiliar life."

Zhiqian touched Tao Tao's hair, this is his habit since he was a child, the difference between the two is 5 years old, Tao Tao was just taken back to Pei's house, he bullied Tao Tao, and did everything while adults were not paying attention.

Once, because of a trivial matter, he quarreled with Tao Tao, Zhiqian pushed Tao Tao, which Cheng thought, Tao Tao's forehead was broken, and the blood did not stop. Zhiqian, who was frightened, didn't care about Tao Tao, and ran away.

The servants were busy reporting to Mrs. Pei and found a doctor, but finally the bleeding stopped, Tao Tao's eyes were swollen from crying, and it was distressing to look at. Only then did everyone think of the culprit's humility.

It was Yongyuan Qian who pressed Zhiqian to come over and apologize to Tao Tao, looking at the gauze wrapped around her forehead, Zhiqian was cowardly, and whispered, "I just pushed it gently, and I didn't make any effort...... How is it so serious. ”

Yongqian kicked over, "Are you embarrassed to say?" ”

He lowered his head at this time, "I'm sorry......" reluctantly. Because of this, Pei Zhuoyun punished him to confinement and didn't let him out of the house for a whole week.

Yuan Qian didn't say anything, he has been with Tao Tao's side, the doctor said that he was afraid of leaving a scar, so he couldn't get wet, Yuan Qian has been taking care of it, and Mrs. Pei has tried her best to visit famous doctors.

Mrs. Pei used the excuse of resting to drive away the brother and sister. Out of the main room, Zhiqian stopped Tao Tao, and regardless of whether she agreed or not, he immediately lifted her bangs, "Oh...... I really can't see it. ”

"Third brother, what are you doing?" Tao Tao knocked off his hand and straightened his bangs with his hand.

"I just want to see if the scar on your forehead is still there......"

Although Mrs. Pei searched for a lot of home remedies and did work, she still left a scar the size of a grain of rice. You can't see it if you don't look closely.

This scar also reminded Tao Tao of the turmoil when he was a child, "Third brother, I still owe an apology." ”

Zhiqian flicked her forehead, "Because of you...... You don't know that the second brother hasn't paid much attention to me for almost half a year. ”