Abstinence Pei, don't be too sweet when chasing your wife

The "fiancé" incident, which Long Weiwei had staged and directed herself, had caused a sensation on the Internet and had spread throughout the streets and alleys of Hwaseong. Pei Luochuan, who had just landed on a business trip abroad, naturally saw the report.

When he rushed into the Pei family villa with righteous indignation, the tablet in his hand had red marks from holding it too tightly.

He kicked open the door to the living room. Grandma Pei was sitting on the armchair, twirling her Buddhist beads, while Father and Mother Pei were checking the quarterly report beside them. The silence in the room was shattered by his loud noise.

"Grandma! Dad! Mom! Look at this!"

He pushed the tablet in front of the three people, and on the screen was a photo of Long Weiwei holding a longevity lock. The title was bold and red - "Long's daughter confesses her love for Pei Luonan, the ancestral golden lock witnesses the engagement", and the small words below were even more glaring: "The two elders had an agreement long ago, and the woman surnamed Gu was suspected to be the intervener."

Grandma Pei's Buddhist beads suddenly stopped, slipped from her fingers, and rolled on the mahogany table, making a series of crisp sounds.

She put on her reading glasses and zoomed in on the photo of Jinsuo on the screen. She stared at it for a long moment before looking up. Her voice was filled with disbelief and anger. "This...wasn't this the birthday gift your grandfather gave her twenty years ago, according to custom, on her third birthday? How did it become an engagement token?"

"and this!"

Pei Luochuan scrolled to the next page and pointed at a screenshot of Long Weiwei's interview.

"She said that Grandpa made an engagement with Old Master Long over a banquet. Is that true? Why have I never heard of it?"

Pei's mother put down the report in her hand, picked up the tablet and watched the interview over and over again, her fingertips turning white from the pressure.

"What engagement? That's pure nonsense! When the Long family held a birthday party, your grandfather got drunk and held that girl in his arms, jokingly saying, 'You'll be Luo Nan's wife in the future.' Everyone in the room was laughing, and Grandpa Long even said, 'Old Pei is drunk, don't take this seriously!' It was clearly a joke at the table, how could it be taken seriously?"

Father Pei had been silent all this time, but at this moment he suddenly closed the report, his eyes fell on Long Weiwei's face on the screen, and his eyes gradually turned cold.

"The Long family is feigning ignorance despite knowing the truth. All of Long's projects have lost over 2 billion yuan. If they don't find a backer, they'll go bankrupt. Now, digging up drunken talk from 20 years ago is nothing more than an attempt to use our Pei family's reputation to turn things around."

"Even a comeback can't be nonsense!"

Pei Luochuan was so angry that he walked around in circles in the living room.

"What did Sister Fanxing do to offend anyone? Now she's being called the 'third party climbing up the social ladder'. If she knew about this, how aggrieved would she be?"

"Yes, the more I see her, the more I like her. She knows the rules and isn't ostentatious. When Luo Nan is with her, he can't even hide the smile in his eyes. Now that her reputation has been ruined like this, we can't just sit back and watch!"

Mother Pei grew angrier as she spoke, with obvious pity in her voice.

Grandma Pei picked up the Buddhist beads again, but she didn't want to twist them again. She just held them tightly in her hand.

"We must not let this girl suffer this injustice! It's not the place for outsiders to gossip about the people we, the Pei family, have adopted! Luo Chuan, go find the gift book from that year and show everyone that the lock was a birthday gift. Seven children received the same lock that year. It wasn't a token of love for her alone!"

"I'm going right now!"

Pei Luochuan turned around and rushed to the storage room. Not long after, he came back holding a wooden box wrapped in red silk. After opening it, the words "A longevity lock as a gift to the third-year-old daughter of the Long family" were clearly visible on the yellowed gift book, and the names of the other six children were listed below.

"and this!"

Mother Pei remembered something and took out a photo from the album. It was a group photo of the Long family's birthday party twenty years ago. Grandpa Pei and Grandpa Long were standing in the middle, surrounded by a group of guests, each with a drunken smile on their face.

"This is what she called an 'engagement party'. The whole room is full of people coming to celebrate the birthday. How can it look like an engagement at all?"

Father Pei looked at the photo and tapped his finger on the table.

"Contact everyone who was present back then—President Zhang, Professor Li, Boss Wang... They all watched Luo Nan grow up. Have them come out and testify whether the phrase 'marriage' was drunken talk!"

"Okay," Pei Luochuan typed quickly on his phone.

Ten minutes later, Chairman Zhang replied: "I was sitting next to Mr. Pei back then. It was a drunken joke. Mr. Long even laughed and said, 'Mr. Pei is drunk and talking nonsense!'"

"And Long's financial report." Pei's father added.

"I had the finance department sort it out overnight. Their project lost 2 billion and they're stuck with cash flow. If I release this, everyone will see that this 'engagement' is a scam!"

"What's going on in Luonan?" Pei's mother asked worriedly.

"I called him," Pei Luochuan said, "He told us not to worry and not to let Sister Fanxing know about these terrible things. He is looking for evidence to fight back and will never let Long Weiwei hurt Sister Fanxing. After dealing with Long Weiwei, he will definitely find Sister Fanxing to explain everything clearly."

"This is more like a kid from our Pei family."

Grandma Pei nodded, her tone softening a little.

"But we can't rely on him alone. We are a family. He protects Fanxing, and we protect them both."

She looked at Pei's father and mother.

The statement should clearly state:

First, the lock is a birthday gift, not a token of love.

Second, it was just drunken talk, not an agreement.

Third, Long’s financial crisis, this farce is for financing.

fourth……"

She paused, her eyes extremely serious.

"The child that our Pei family has chosen is Gu Fanxing, not Long Weiwei."

Pei's mother suddenly grabbed her cell phone and called Pei Luonan again, her tone full of unquestionable firmness.

"Luonan, we have all the evidence at home, but you have to uncover all of Long Weiwei's secrets for me!

How was she found? What had she done in the past three months? Had she done anything shameful?

I want to see what kind of person she is. How dare she so shamelessly cling to our family and even slander Fanxing!"

After hanging up the phone, she turned to Pei's father and said, "Once we get the dirty laundry on Long Weiwei, don't rush to release it. First, throw out the 'evidence' like the gift book and the testimony, so everyone knows the engagement is fake. When Long Weiwei gets it and wants to strike back, we'll reveal her true colors and make her completely embarrassed!"

Pei Luochuan sent all the evidence he had compiled—scans of the gift book, photos of the banquet, Uncle Zhang's testimony, and Long's financial report—to Kong Haoyu, with a note: "Tell my brother to have everyone at home on standby. I guarantee that this woman's lies will be shattered to dust!"

The moment the message was sent successfully, he seemed to see Long Weiwei standing in front of the camera holding a golden lock, but she was defeated by the pieces of hard evidence, her face as pale as paper.

Father Pei looked out the window in the direction of the Long Building. The lights there flickered in the night, like a soap bubble about to burst.

He slowly clenched his fists: "If the Long family wants to use our Pei family as a stepping stone, they should consider whether they are worthy enough. They are calculating our reputation and want to destroy Luonan and Fanxing. We will slowly settle this account."

The atmosphere in the living room was no longer the initial shock, but had turned into a united and determined one.

Everyone's face showed pity for Gu Fanxing, and even more so, a firm attitude of "one's own people cannot be bullied."

This counterattack is not only to clarify the truth, but also to protect the girl who deserves to be treated gently - she should not be sad about such a lie, nor should she be involved in this unnecessary disaster.

The moonlight outside the window grew brighter, shining on everyone's determined faces.

They not only have to win this battle, but also win it beautifully, so that when Gu Fanxing comes back, he will see only warmth and peace, as if those bad things had never happened.

Because the Pei family will do their best to provide her with a roof over her head so that she and Luo Nan can walk happily in the sunshine.