The obedient girl glances up, and the tyrannical tycoon kneels down to pamper her.

Xing Zhengyu's eyelids twitched, and he narrowed his eyes almost imperceptibly.

Luo Huai suddenly remembered the conversation he had vaguely overheard in the hospital restroom.

Grandma and Xing Yanzhao had been in a car accident before, and they suspected that Xing Zhengyu was behind it.

Looking at Xing Zhengyu's ever-smiling face, a chill ran down her spine.

Mrs. Xing became angry again: "What do you mean by that? Our Xing family would never do such a thing."

"Who knows?" Old Mrs. Kuang glanced around, raised her chin and said, "You, come here, Yanzhao's younger sister, I'm talking about you."

Xing Yuru pointed at herself and said, "Me?"

Grandma Kuang nodded.

Xing's mother and Xing Zhengyu each held one of Xing Yuru's hands and hid her behind them.

"No."

"I said nothing would happen, and nothing will happen. Don't even think about taking my daughter away." Mrs. Xing squinted. "Old lady, don't push your luck."

The tension instantly escalated again.

Grandma Kuang's attitude was firm: "Then I'll call the police and say that someone is trying to harm us, my grandson and me. The car accident hasn't been investigated yet, maybe it was you who did it!"

"Nonsense!" Xing's mother ordered her men to chase her away.

Xing Zhengyu reassured his mother once again: "Mom, I'll take them back."

"You're the most dangerous, I don't want you."

"Grandma, it's not safe for Yuru to go out alone."

"Hypocrite." Old Mrs. Kuang didn't give her any face at all and asked, "Yanzhao's sister, are you leaving or not? If you don't leave, I'll call the police. I'm not afraid of losing face. I wonder if your Xing family is afraid?"

For wealthy families, the most important thing is to save face.

Xing Yuru was aware of this.

She went around to the other side, saying with a mix of fear and courage, "I'll go."

Xing Yuru followed.

Xing Zhengyu immediately said, "Sister-in-law, please take good care of Yu Rou."

Luo Huai pulled Xing Yurou with one hand and helped his tough grandmother out of the Xing family home with the other.

The old lady deliberately left behind a dirty and smelly mop, just to disgust them.

"Sister-in-law, your hands are so cold!"

Luo Huai let go.

"It's okay, you can hold on to it." Xing Yuru pulled it back, as it made her feel safe.

My brother's grandma is terrifying!

A car was waiting for them by the roadside, and the driver opened the door.

The three of them sat down one after another.

Grandma Kuang made Xing Yuru sit in the middle and deliberately threatened her, "You'll regret it if you don't behave."

Xing Yuru: "What fruit?"

Grandma Kuang: "..."

Did your mother squeeze your head when you were born?

"No!" Xing Yuru understood this sentence, snorted and turned to look out the window, "Sister-in-law, it's Young Master Pei."

Luo Huai, who was closing the car window, stopped and looked up, then saw the person through the narrow gap.

Pei Yuanzhou raised his hand and knocked on the car window, "Xiao Huai, come down and let's talk."

Grandma Kuang: "Who do you think you are? What are you talking about?"

Pei Yuanzhou was not one to disrespect his elders. He said to Grandma Kuang, "Grandma, it'll only take a few minutes."

Even though Grandma said to go to the hospital for his foot injury, Yuanzhou still wanted to have a talk.

Just like the day she braved the rain to return to the Pei family, she had a high fever, but her brother Yuanzhou didn't ask about it.

Actually, this wasn't the first time Yuanzhou had ignored her low spirits and poor health.

I was just blinded by my feelings before.

Stepping outside of the ambiguous relationship allows for a clearer perspective.

Luo Huai felt bitter.

She got off the bus.

"Brother Yuanzhou, let's finish what we need to say today."

"What do you mean? Are you planning to cut all ties with me?" Pei Yuanzhou frowned unhappily and ordered, "Remove me from the blacklist."

Luo Huai recalled Xing Yanzhao telling her not to be too obedient and to "seize the day."

After a moment of silence, she lowered her eyes and said, "I won't move."

"Brother Yuanzhou, did you just ask me if I was still Luo Huai? Yes, I am. I've always been like this, you just didn't know it." Luo Huai forced back her tears and looked up.

"I really, really hate Pei Youyou. I've never been willing to apologize to Pei Youyou. I'm never the one who's wrong. I..." She choked up.

“I didn’t hide the blankets in the kindergarten. She was scared because she wet the bed, so she lost them herself, which is why she caught a cold.”

“I didn’t tear up her fifth-grade summer homework. She didn’t want to do it, and you were watching her every day so she couldn’t find someone to do it for her. She secretly tore it up and hid it in my backpack.”

"I didn't push her when she sprained her ankle before the junior high school sports meet. I went to help her up. Later, I heard her complaining to her classmates that the girl who ran the 1,000 meters had trained and they couldn't bribe her even with money. She didn't want to be second."

"besides……"

Too much.

She could talk about it endlessly.

"Also, in our senior year of high school, the day before you sent her abroad to study, I had a peanut allergy and almost died. The tissue with peanut powder on it was given to me by her. She told me herself that I should die and not to fight with her for my brother."

Tears, against my will, still rolled down my cheeks.

Pei Yuanzhou frowned, seemingly disbelieving.

He reached out to wipe her tears, saying, "Xiao Huai, there's no certificate..."

"Evidence?" Luo Huai stepped back. "And you? Brother Yuanzhou, have you found evidence of why you're so good to me? Why you let everyone think you're my boyfriend?"

"I'm doing this for your own good!"

"Who do you think you are to me if you're not doing me a favor?"

"I am you!..." He couldn't even say the words "brother".

Luo Huai gave a bleak smile.

"From now on, I don't need to. I have people who are good to me. I have my own room in the Luo family. Grandma will come to support me today. Brother Zhao..."

"My feet were injured, but as long as Brother Zhao was there, he never let my feet touch the ground."

Pei Yuanzhou couldn't stand her calling Xing Yanzhao "Brother Zhao," and said with bloodshot eyes, "He's just having a fling! He wouldn't have met someone as well-behaved and beautiful as you in his previous environment."

"Don't project your thoughts and actions onto others," Luo Huai reminded him. "You also said that you don't have anyone like me around you; I'm the most special one."

Pei Yuanzhou did indeed say that.

During the summer vacation after Luo Huai finished his college entrance examination.

Pei Yuanzhou had a racing club, which was always a gathering place for a group of rich kids. At that time, Luo Huai was secretly in love with Pei Yuanzhou and didn't want to be too far away from him, so she also wanted to go.

Pei Yuanzhou refused.

"How can a well-behaved girl play with something as dangerous as racing cars?"

Luo Huai said, "There are girls who race cars too."

"It's different. You're too well-behaved and pretty to play this game."

"No one said it's not allowed, right?"

Pei Yuanzhou laughed: "Xiao Huai, what if you get scared or hurt somewhere? I'll be heartbroken. Where can I find someone as well-behaved as you?"

Don't you have any with you?

"No, yours is the most special one."

At that moment, he reached out and pinched Luo Huai's cheek, his hand not knowing his own strength, pinching Luo Huai's face until it turned bright red, as red as the sunset.

"You remember now, Brother Yuanzhou?" Luo Huai's tears had dried, and his eyes were bloodshot.

Pei Yuanzhou fell silent.

Luo Huai turned around.

He instinctively reached out, but Luo Huai, as if anticipating his move, quickly shook him off.

"Xiao Huai, do you really intend to never contact me again?"

"Relationships can't be severed, and so can human relationships. You owe the Pei family a favor, and the Pei family owes you one too. You say that marrying Xiao Huai off is repaying a debt of gratitude, but no, human relationships are never truly repaid."

"Xiao Huai..."

"Ha, Brother Yuanzhou." Luo Huai showed his phone. "Other people's favors may be hard to clear, but my relationship with the Pei family is really something else."

Pei Yuanzhou was puzzled.

"Why did the Pei family adopt me? Doesn't Brother Yuanzhou know perfectly well?" At this moment, Luo Huai was more like a hedgehog. "I heard it and even recorded it. Just based on Aunt Pei's tone of voice, plus the truth about my adoption, it would be enough for the media to give me a bonus if it got out. Our rival company wouldn't let this opportunity pass either."

"The Pei family used my adoption to build connections and enhance their reputation. Have they ever considered the day when things would be exposed?"

"Luo Huai!" Pei Yuanzhou was angry at her sharp retort and at her daring to threaten him with this matter.

"I had no idea you had this side to you."