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"Brother, where are you going?"

Just as Pei Xingzhi reached the door and was about to open it, Pei Lingxuan suddenly opened the door from the outside, bumping right into him.

His eyes were lowered, and his usually gentle face was now as cold as ice.

"I'm going to the studio." He leaned on his cane and walked past Pei Lingxuan without looking back.

"Huh?" Pei Lingxuan turned around, looking at his back with some surprise. "Your leg isn't healed yet, why are you going to the studio? Can't you just call and resolve this?"

Pei Xingzhi ignored her.

Even with a cane, he could walk briskly, disappearing into the corridor outside the door in the blink of an eye.

“…Hmm?” Pei Lingxuan was full of question marks, but she didn’t think much of it.

She turned her head back, and as she entered the room, she looked up at Qin Song in front of the sofa, only to see that Qin Song's eyes were red and he looked like he was about to cry.

"Sister-in-law?!" Her heart tightened, and she almost ran to Qin Song.

"Sister-in-law, what's wrong?" She grabbed Qin Song's shoulders, asking worriedly, "Did you have a fight with my brother? Or did my brother misunderstand you because he doesn't believe you?"

Qin Song shook his head, then raised his hands to rub the corners of his moist eyes: "Neither."

"No...then what happened?" Pei Lingxuan reached out and wiped away the tear that she had missed, her heart leaping into her throat.

But Qin Song still shook his head: "Don't ask anymore, go after your brother first. He went out in a huff, I'm afraid something might have happened to him."

“Okay.” Pei Lingxuan agreed immediately, then turned and ran.

"Sister-in-law, you stay home and I promise I'll keep my brother safe—"

"Oh!"

Before Qin Song could answer, Pei Lingxuan slammed the door shut.

"Eh……"

She lowered her head and sighed heavily. She stood there blankly for a while, then sat back down on the sofa, clutching her stomach, looking utterly dejected.

In fact, she knew this day would come. From the moment she told Pei Xingzhi her first lie, she knew this day would come when conflict would erupt.

Pei Xingzhi's reactions were all within her expectations, yet she was still bewildered and at a loss...

"elder brother!"

When Pei Lingxuan caught up with Pei Xingzhi, he had already gotten into a taxi at the entrance of the residential area.

"Brother, where are you going? Aren't you going to take care of your wife?" Pei Lingxuan leaned against the car window, sweating profusely with anxiety.

Pei Xingzhi had a cold face, his gaze lowered and he didn't look at anyone.

“I’m not ignoring her, I really have to go to the studio to take care of some things. You should go back quickly, don’t leave her alone at home, she hasn’t had lunch yet.”

Pei Lingxuan refused to leave: "I'll go back if you want, but only if you come with me!"

"..." Pei Xingzhi was too lazy to explain, so he simply opened his phone and showed Pei Lingxuan the WeChat message that Ye Ci had just sent him.

Pei Lingxuan glanced at it once and then consciously released her hand from the gap in the car window.

"Oh, something really did happen..."

Pei Xingzhi put away his phone and gave a cold "hmm": "Stop fooling around here, hurry back and keep an eye on your sister-in-law. She's prone to overthinking when she's alone, so comfort her for me."

“You…” Pei Lingxuan looked at him with a headache, her mind seemingly a complete mess.

"Your sister-in-law was worried something might happen to you, so she specifically asked me to come out and check if you were safe. And you, one minute you're worried she's hungry, the next you're afraid she'll overthink things. You two clearly care about each other, so why do you have to argue like this? Can't you talk things out?"

Pei Xingzhi: "...I didn't argue with her, and I couldn't bear to argue with her."

Pei Lingxuan put her hands on her hips, looking incredulous: "If you two weren't arguing, why did you rush out? And why was your sister-in-law wiping away tears with red eyes?"

"...wiping away tears?" These three words made Pei Xingzhi panic instantly. He finally raised his head to look at Pei Lingxuan, but her eyes were clearly even redder than Qin Song's.

Did she cry?

Pei Lingxuan shook her head: "She didn't cry, but she looked very sad."

"..."

Pei Xingzhi's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, was put at ease again.

"Go back and spend some quality time with her, don't let her continue to be sad."

Pei Lingxuan: "Are you really not coming back with me?"

Pei Xingzhi gripped his phone tightly: "The matter at the studio is quite urgent, I have to go there now. You should go back quickly, don't keep your sister-in-law waiting too long."

“…Alright.” Pei Lingxuan took two steps back, knowing that she couldn’t persuade Pei Xingzhi.

"Then be careful and send me a message when you arrive."

Pei Xingzhi hummed in agreement, then closed the car window and quickly disappeared from Pei Lingxuan's sight.

"Eh……"

Pei Lingxuan looked at the road and sighed deeply before turning around and starting to walk home.

"Buzz-"

"Buzz-"

The phone vibrated twice, briefly bringing Qin Song back to his senses from his jumbled thoughts.

She picked up her phone, which was lying to the side, but didn't see Pei Xingzhi's name in the message notification section.

A slight sense of disappointment welled up inside her, and she unlocked her phone and went straight to WeChat.

Jiang Mian and Duan Jialu seemed to have planned it together, both bombarding her with messages at the same time.

Jiang Mian: ? ? ? What happened? What's the story behind that news?

Jiang Mian: Pei Dahua, who did you offend this time? How did you suddenly end up with such a terrible accusation?

Duan Jialu: ??? My dear teacher Qin, are you okay? Do you need legal aid?

Duan Jialu: Teacher Qin, I'll post a Douyin video to show my support for you. I've already edited the content, please take a look.

These two friends are very loyal. After seeing the negative news about Qin Song, their first reaction was not to doubt or gossip, but to urgently want to help Qin Song.

Qin Song looked at these messages and finally a smile appeared on his face.

She opened the chat window, just about to reply, when a call from an unknown number suddenly came in on her phone.

She hesitated and didn't dare to answer, because before that, she had already received two deliberately abusive phone calls from strangers and a gossip reporter's phone interview.

"Buzz-"

My phone vibrated again; it was a message from Song Yihuan.

—Teacher Qin, answer the phone. This call is from me.

"..."

"Phew..." Qin Song breathed a sigh of relief.

She answered the call and then turned on speakerphone.

"Hey……"

"Teacher Qin!!!"

"Pei Dahua!!"

She was answered by three voices.

"..."

Qin Song was taken aback, and asked with some surprise, "The three of you are together now?"

“Yes!” the three women answered in unison.

Song Yihuan: "Teacher Qin, I'm serious, do you need legal aid? Just say 'yes' and I'll immediately arrange for someone to come and help you!"

Duan Jialu shouted at the top of her lungs, "We'll help you too! We only have one Teacher Qin, those idiots might make you depressed."