On the day I was kicked out of my parents’ home, I had a flash marriage with the richest man.

"What promise did I believe?"

Meng Zhidong is quite puzzled.

Is Pei Jiayin drunk?

Does she know what she is talking about?

Meng Zhidong was not angry with Pei Jiayin. Instead, he thought that her inexplicably angry look was very cute.

"Are you driving? If not, I'll take you home." Meng Zhidong said.

"Don't change the subject! I just want to ask you, you guys..."

Pei Jiayin was still full of vigor and momentum a second ago, but suddenly lost his momentum in the middle of his words.

What qualifications does she have to question Meng Zhidong?

What is their relationship?

Why does she care about Meng Zhidong’s private affairs?

Wouldn't that make people laugh at her in their hearts?

never mind!

Better not ask.

No matter what kind of relationship Meng Zhidong and Jiang Yimo develop, it has nothing to do with her, Pei Jiayin.

“I didn’t drive!”

After Pei Jiayin finished speaking, she opened Meng Zhidong’s car door and got in.

In fact, Pei Jiayin drove, but there were too many cars in front of the restaurant and all the parking spaces were occupied, so she parked the car in front of a gym ten meters away.

Meng Zhidong smiled with the corners of his lips raised. He sat in the driver's seat, started the car, and sent Pei Jiayin home.

They didn't speak along the way.

Meng Zhidong didn't know what to say. He was afraid that if he said too much, Pei Jiayin would misunderstand him and distance herself from him again.

It would be nice if we could still meet and talk now.

There's no need to bring up the embarrassing and awkward relationship again.

Pei Jiayin was sulking, looking out the car window all the way, deliberately acting angry. Since Meng Zhidong didn't talk to her, there was no need for her to talk to Meng Zhidong.

Just like that, neither of them spoke a word until they reached the downstairs of Pei Jiayin's house.

Pei Jiayin opened the car door and said without turning back, "Thank you very much, Mr. Meng, for sending me home."

Meng Zhidong opened his mouth and finally said, "Mr. Pei, you're too polite."

When Pei Jiayin heard this, she became furious.

Before, Meng Zhidong was not allowed to call her Miss Pei, so Meng Zhidong started calling her Mr. Pei.

Doesn't she have a name?

Doesn’t he know her name is Pei Jiayin?

Pei Jiayin was so angry that she walked straight into the unit door without even turning her head and slammed it shut.

Pei Jianguo was upstairs, and when he saw Meng Zhidong personally sending Pei Jiayin back, he couldn't help but smile so much that wrinkles appeared on the corners of his eyes.

He also said that he didn't like Meng Zhidong.

If she really didn't like him, with Pei Jiayin's personality, she would have stopped associating with Meng Zhidong long ago.

Pei Jiayin has plenty of ways to prevent someone she doesn't like from approaching her.

Pei Jianguo was at the door, waiting for Pei Jiayin to come in.

Pei Jiayin was getting angry, and was startled when she suddenly saw Pei Jianguo's face full of wrinkles when he smiled.

"Dad, you're scaring me here!"

"Dad, no, I'm waiting for my baby daughter to come home. You can't be mean to an elderly person left behind." Pei Jianguo brought a pair of slippers to Pei Jiayin.

Pei Jiayin was in no mood to joke with her father. She changed into slippers and threw her bag and coat on the sofa.

"You're still throwing things around. You're so old!" Pei Jianguo muttered, picked up the bag and coat and hung them on the clothes hanger.

Pei Jiayin was in no mood to care about all this. She slumped down on the sofa, continuing to sulk.

"Who made my baby girl angry? Talk to Daddy."

Pei Jiayin didn't want to say it, otherwise her father would try to match them up again!

She lied that her work was not going well. Pei Jianguo knew she was lying and said slowly.

"Jiayin, you have been like this since you were a child. Ever since your mother got into a car accident while trying to buy you your favorite doll when you were twelve, you have never spoken out loud about anything you like! You even reject everything you really like in your heart!"

"You have been blaming yourself and feeling sad about your mother's death, but that was a long time ago. It's time for you to move on. Your mother in heaven wouldn't want to see you living in self-blame."

Pei Jiayin didn't say anything and buried her face in her knees. After a while, she spoke in a muffled voice.

"If I hadn't pestered Mom and told her that I liked that doll and asked her to buy it for me, Mom wouldn't have..."

Pei Jiayin's voice choked.

She didn't want to continue, nor did she have the courage to continue, because only she knew in her heart that she had done it on purpose.

She is not the biological daughter of Pei Jianguo and his wife, but the daughter of Pei Jianguo's comrade-in-arms.

Pei Jianguo and his wife were unable to have children, so after their comrade-in-arms passed away, they adopted Pei Jiayin.

Pei Jiayin was seven years old at that time. She had just arrived at the new home and she rejected this family and her new father and mother in every way.

She felt that since she was not their biological daughter, they would not be truly kind to her. No matter how well the couple treated her, she felt that they were acting and did not treat her as their biological daughter.

She often deliberately makes things difficult for new mothers.

At that time, Pei Jiayin was like a rebellious and love-deprived animal cub. She was always trying hard to prove that her new father and mother loved her.

With the love and care of her new father and mother, her childhood was still very happy.

Whether or not Xu was Pei Jiayin's biological child, they tried their best to meet all of Pei Jiayin's requirements and would buy her anything she liked.

That day, Pei Jiayin saw that her classmate had a beautiful Barbie doll, which was a limited edition, so she told her mother that she wanted one.

She just expressed her liking for it, and her mother immediately put down her chopsticks and went to buy it for her.

Pei Jiayin was extremely happy at the time, and she even boasted to her classmates about how good her mother was to her and how much she loved her.

As a result, my mother never came back after this trip.

Since then, Pei Jiayin no longer dared to say what she liked. Even if she liked something, she would say she didn’t like it and push it away from her.

"Jiayin, it's not your fault! Your fate is determined by heaven, it's not anyone's fault, but mommy and daddy's love for you will never change! I believe that if your mom could do it all over again, she would still buy you a Barbie doll that day."

Pei Jianguo gently held Pei Jiayin, whose shoulders were shaking from crying, in his arms, stroked her long hair, and sighed softly.

"In Daddy's heart, you are his biological daughter! Mom and Dad will never blame you. Let go of your self-blame, let go of your obsessions, and live a good life. This is what Mommy in heaven wants to see the most."

Pei Jiayin hugged Pei Jianguo tightly and burst into tears.

She was really scared, terribly scared.

She no longer dared to approach anything she liked, for fear of hurting the people closest to her.

She was also afraid that Meng Zhidong's child would be the same as she was in the past.

She could understand too well the feeling of a person who was not her biological mother and who tried every possible way to find fault and prove that she was loved.

Pei Jianguo comforted Pei Jiayin and let her go back to her room to rest.

There are some things that Pei Jiayin needs to figure out and let go of on her own. No matter how nice other people's consolation is, it will be isolated by the hard shell she is wrapped in.

Pei Jianguo could see that Pei Jiayin liked Meng Zhidong.

It was just the childhood trauma that made her afraid to easily admit her love.

Pei Jianguo could understand Pei Jiayin’s feelings when she was young. Her biological parents passed away suddenly, leaving her an orphan with no one to rely on.

Moreover, Pei Jiayin's biological parents sacrificed themselves to save Pei Jianguo, so she hated him at the beginning.

Pei Jiayin loved her parents, but they passed away. She loved her adoptive mother, but she also passed away.

After such continuous blows, how can you dare to easily fall in love with anyone or anything?

This is also the main reason why Pei Jianguo is anxious to find a good home for Pei Jiayin, so that Pei Jiayin can get out of her childhood psychological trauma as soon as possible, dare to face everything she likes, instead of always restricting herself and being cold to herself.