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

Pei's father's gaze was deep: "Continue."

Luo Huai: "Second, all the dowry must be given to me before the wedding. That is to say, Uncle Pei and Aunt Pei must transfer all the dowry to my name before next month."

The second point should have been included with the first, but she was worried that the Pei family would try to evade the issue, so she specifically singled it out.

"Third, I want to marry out of my parents' house. Although I will marry into the Xing family as a daughter of the Pei family, I will always be surnamed Luo. After all, I am my parents' biological daughter."

“There’s no problem with her marrying into the Luo family, but the second condition won’t do.” Mother Pei was the first to object. She hadn’t expected that the seemingly soft and easy-to-manage little girl would be so opinionated and so calculating.

"Once you marry into the family, these things will be given to you. Our Pei family is not a family that goes back on its word."

“No.” Luo Huai always spoke gently and politely, as soft and resilient as a willow branch, clearly not one to be broken or yield.

“If the dowry is given to me before the marriage, it belongs to my personal property. If it is given to me after the marriage, it belongs to the joint property of the couple,” she said. “I don’t want the bride price given by the Xing family. It’s all yours. I just want you to prepare the same dowry for me as Pei Youyou.”

Pei Youyou could no longer sit still and stood up again, saying, "Why should you have the same dowry as me? And why should it be registered in your name before the marriage? What if you run off with the money?"

“My parents’ graves are here, I won’t run away. As long as all three conditions are met, I’ll stay home and wait to get married.” Luo Huai was clearly well-prepared and said calmly, “If you’re really worried, just find someone to watch over me. I’ll be at home working on my graduation project.”

Pei's father's eyes deepened, and he nodded in agreement.

“I agree to all three of your conditions. I won’t have anyone watching you. You can do your own thing and just be happy to attend the wedding on time in your wedding dress.”

"Let me be frank from the start: we have prepared a lot of dowry for Youyou, and with only about twenty days until the wedding, we may not be able to complete everything."

Luo Huai smiled and bowed slightly, maintaining a degree of respect for his elders: "I would appreciate it if Uncle Pei and Aunt Pei's staff could expedite this process. People with low efficiency are not suitable to work for Pei's company."

Luo Huai stood up, smiled and nodded at the three of them: "I'm going back to my parents' place for the time being. Thank you so much, Uncle Pei, Aunt Pei, and Miss Pei, for taking care of me all these years."

Her words sounded extremely ironic to the three of them.

The only one who truly cared for her was Pei Yuanzhou.

When Luo Huai first entered the Pei family's gate, Pei Youyou pushed her away, and Pei's parents rushed to comfort their crying daughter.

It was Pei Yuanzhou who helped Luo Huai up.

Luo Huai remembers it very clearly.

Pei Yuanzhou, dressed in a suit and bow tie like a little gentleman, smiled and said to her, "Welcome to my home. You can call me Brother Pei Zhou. I will take care of you."

“Brother Pei Zhou…”

If I remember correctly, this was the first thing she said after learning of her parents' passing.

She called Pei Yuanzhou "Brother Yuanzhou" for seventeen years.

Pei Yuanzhou also took care of her for seventeen years.

She and Pei Youyou rode in the same car to and from school. Pei Youyou would deliberately squeeze her towards the window, and if it rained or snowed, she would always open the window on Pei Youyou's side.

After Pei Yuanzhou found out, he began to personally pick them up and drop them off at school.

Actually, she didn't have deep feelings for Uncle Pei and Aunt Pei; the only person she had deep feelings for was Pei Yuanzhou.

She thought Pei Yuanzhou was the same, but that he was just playing around.

……

Luo Huai stayed quietly at a resort in the north of the city for two or three days.

After returning home, she cleaned the house and decorated the bridal chamber.

No matter what, it's my own wedding, so it should be festive.

Try to be happier, so your parents in heaven won't worry.

She was putting up "double happiness" characters on the window when her phone on the bed kept ringing; the caller ID showed Pei Yuanzhou.

"Hey."

"Xiao Huai, what were you busy with that took you so long to answer?"

"Put up the 'double happiness' character." After Luo Huai finished speaking, there was a long silence on the other end of the phone until she finished putting up the character and asked him, "What's up?"

"Your dowry included a set of jewelry worth 300 million, which my father bought for Youyou. Youyou couldn't bear to part with it, so he gave you a different set. You're not angry, are you?"

Luo Huai was completely bewildered.

"Xiao Huai, I'm very tired today."

Luo Huai noticed the fatigue in his voice and instinctively wanted to ask him if he was working too hard, but she held back.

Even though she had accepted that she was marrying someone else, and had seen clearly that Pei Yuanzhou had always treated her like a fish.

But seven or eight years of unrequited love and that sincere affection cannot fade overnight.

Especially since the two of them had lived, ate, and traveled together for seventeen or eighteen years, many things had become habits.

Changing a long-standing habit is like cutting off a piece of flesh.

Luo Huai accidentally bit her tongue and bled a little.

She said, "As long as I didn't miss it, that's fine."

Luo Huai wasn't the only one who developed this habit over the years; Pei Yuanzhou did too.

He had gotten used to Luo Huai anxiously asking about his well-being and then appearing in front of him whenever he said he was tired.

there's no more.

The only comment regarding the dowry was, "As long as nothing is missing, that's fine."

Pei Yuanzhou felt as if a stone was pressing on his chest. "Xiao Huai, don't you have anything else to say?"

"I am very busy."

"What are you so busy with? Putting up 'double happiness' decorations!" The person on the phone sounded visibly angry. "Are you so eager to marry into the Xing family? Are you desperate to climb the social ladder by marrying into their family?"

Those words were very hurtful.

Luo Huai felt a lump in her throat.

"President Pei, have you forgotten? You were the ones who told me to obediently marry into that family, and I refused. You then demanded that I repay your kindness, and I agreed, obediently waiting to get married. Now you're accusing me of trying to climb the social ladder..."

She no longer called him Brother Yuanzhou, nor did she call him Pei Yuanzhou as she did when she was angry; instead, she called him President Pei.

Pei Yuanzhou's pupils contracted. Hearing her soft sob, he panicked and explained, "I'm sorry, Xiao Huai, I didn't..."

Beep, beep...

Luo Huai hung up the phone.

Pei Yuanzhou's fingers tightened around the phone, turning white, before the phone was finally slammed heavily to the ground.

Luo Huai tossed her phone onto the bed and gently nestled into a small depression.

She didn't take her phone with her when she went out.

They headed towards the Luo family's house in the university town.

She hasn't been to Uncle Luo's house yet this month, so this is a good opportunity to go and talk about the wedding.

There are no other elders to talk to; these past few years, my uncles and the others have seemed to have vanished into thin air.

The university town is bustling, with many listed companies nearby, and it's rush hour, so most people are in a hurry.

It wasn't until Luo Huai entered Binjiang Bay that these things were shut out.

It's getting late.

Luo Huai knew the place well and spotted a familiar, short figure at a pavilion. The figure sat down on a small plastic stool, took out jar after jar of acacia honey from a cloth bag, arranged them, and set up a small stall.

"Grandma?" Luo Huai walked up.

Grandma Kuang exclaimed with delight, "It's you, little girl! Would you like to buy some locust honey?"

"Buy it." Luo Huai agreed without thinking, his eyes glancing at the small blackboard next to him, where "Locust honey forty-one jars" was written in marker.

The handwriting is vigorous and powerful, with sharp and unrestrained strokes.

Luo Huai couldn't help but think of someone.

It must have been written by him.

"Grandma, what are you doing selling acacia honey here?" She took out her wallet and gave her a fifty-yuan note.

Grandma Kuang also took out her wallet, and while looking for money, she said, "I made these at the beginning of this year, and there are only a few jars left. I originally wanted to keep them for myself, but my brother said he wanted to take me abroad to get a check-up, saying that there are more advanced facilities abroad. Sigh, what do you mean by advanced? I think I'm perfectly healthy."

"Here you go." She handed over a neatly folded, worn ten-yuan note. "You need money to go out, so every little bit helps."

Luo Huai put the money away and held a jar of locust honey in her hand; you could smell the fragrance of locust blossoms even when you got close.

"Grandma smells so good."

"Oh dear, this old lady doesn't find it fragrant." The old lady smiled at her.

Luo Huai was immediately infected by his grandmother's smile and asked with a smile, "Did Mr. Kuangye take you abroad?"

"It is not……"