No reconciliation, no forgiveness! Mr. Pei leaves with nothing.

Pei Zhan sat in the car, watching the dramatic scene unfold not far away through the half-lowered window, a slight smile playing on his lips.

Kagel: "You brought your wife here this time, and she witnessed this scene. I think she will discipline the young master more this time."

He clenched his fist and coughed a few times. "I don't think so. She will always be soft-hearted about things she cares about, including this time."

Kagel: "Normally, when the young master falls down, it is the madam who helps him up with heartache. This time, it should be the first step in setting rules for him, so that the young master can learn to get up on his own."

Pei Zhan: "You're wrong."

“I told you, she would soften her heart.”

The moment Pei Zhan finished speaking, Jiang Hua also wanted to harden her heart and let him stand up on his own, but as soon as the child's tears fell, she immediately surrendered, picked him up with heartache, patted the dust off his body, and wiped away his tears.

"You can't play this kind of game anymore, you know?"

"You absolutely cannot hit other children. They also have parents. If they found out, they would feel sorry for them too, just like if you were bullied at school, your parents would also feel sorry for you."

"I understand, Mom. Dog Egg won't do it again next time."

Even from a great distance, it was impossible to hear what the mother and child were saying. All that could be seen was Jiang Hua holding her child's hand and walking happily towards them.

A loving mother often loses her sons.

Jiang Hua opened the car door and saw a pair of smiling eyes falling on her. She glared at Pei Zhan, feeling both angry and helpless. "What are you laughing at? Don't laugh."

"That's right, no laughing." Holding Jiang Hua's hand, Pei Xun knew that this matter was over and done with, and that his mother definitely believed that he wouldn't bully his classmates.

"You shut up too."

Jiang Hua still grits her teeth when she thinks about what happened last night, as if she's never seen a woman before. Today, Jiang Hua is wearing a silk scarf around her neck, all to cover the hickeys on her neck.

Dog Egg obediently covered his mouth immediately.

Gou Dan climbed up and sat between the two people in the back passenger seat, separating them. When Jiang Hua got in the car, Gou Dan hugged her waist, creating distance between himself and Pei Zhan.

Pei Zhan: "Drive."

After the words were spoken, there was a moment of silence, accompanied by the occasional soft cough.

Jiang Hua glanced at the person next to her. Pei Zhan was looking down at the tablet in his hand, browsing stock market information.

"Mom, I want to sleep."

"Mommy will hug you."

There was supposed to be a lunch break at school, but he used it all to play games.

Pei Xun leaned against Jiang Hua's chest and soon fell asleep.

The roads in the main urban area were congested, and it was still rush hour; it took me an hour to get home.

Pei Zhan: "I'll take care of it, you rest for a while."

“This dog seems to have gained weight again. He really needs to lose some.” As Pei Zhan took the bag, Jiang Hua rubbed her slightly numb legs.

Pei Zhan: "He really should exercise. This is unhealthy and will affect his development."

“Yes, what if he doesn’t grow tall and becomes a dwarf? That would be such a waste of such good genes.” Jiang Hua had also worried about this. He was chubby and quite cute when he was little, but what if he grew up to be disabled?

"They're too ugly, I don't even want them anymore."

Pei Zhan looked at her, his lips curving into a smile. This was something he had never changed; physical appearance always came first.

When they got home, Pei Zhan carried the child in one arm, went upstairs, and returned to the room. He then placed the child on the bed and covered him with a blanket.

After leaving the room, Kagel immediately reported to the person who came out, "The matter you asked me to investigate last night has been clarified. It turns out that a few people were gossiping behind the young master's back. Fortunately, no one dares to spread such rumors. It was probably something the young master overheard at the banquet."

The kids at school don't know anything about illegitimate children. Aside from a few individuals, no one would say such sarcastic or open remarks.

"Clean it up in one go."

"Yes."

When Jiang Weiguo saw the people returning, he said, "It's not time for school to end yet, why are you back so early?"

Jiang Hua plopped down next to her father, picked up some fruit from the fruit plate, peeled an orange, and told him what had happened at school.

"Since we can't control him, we might as well find him a study companion to keep an eye on him."

"It's not like we haven't tried. We just ended up driving people away."

...

In the following days, Jiang Hua only gave him a minor punishment, keeping him at home to reflect on his actions.

Inside the villa, Pei Xun sat in front of the television, holding a large watermelon in his hands. He sat cross-legged on the floor, scooping out the watermelon flesh with a spoon. He was quiet and well-behaved, his chubby face beaming. His attention was entirely on the television, and he looked extremely docile with his head tilted up. Who would have thought that he would turn into a little devil when he started causing trouble?

Pei Zhan, dressed in a black suit with a gray suit jacket draped over his arm, glanced down at the empty hall, where only the television was lit and playing sound. Pei Xun sat in front of the television, holding a large watermelon. His gaze swept past the figure. "Where's Huahua?"

Xu Qiulan was tidying up the toys Pei Xun had scattered on the ground: "Young Master Pei, Miss has gone to the Jiang family's old residence and won't be back for a while."

"I'll tell her when she gets back that I'm going to the company."

"Yes, Mr. Pei."

Pei Zhan left the villa immediately, and Gou Dan's gaze followed the departing figure.

The little guy's eyes were filled with confusion and a complex mix of emotions that were hard to decipher.

If he sits this close to watch TV, his mother will definitely scold him.

Does he really not care about him anymore?

Two days ago, Jiang Hua teased her child and lost a game, so she asked him to take his English workbook to the study to find his father and ask him to help him with the exercises.

Pei Zhan is currently in a multinational video conference.

When he saw a small figure standing in front of a table, holding an exercise book, looking up at him without saying a word, Pei Zhan only glanced at him and did not respond, continuing to ignore him, as if waiting for him to speak first.

He was angry, and the man wouldn't talk to him.

Pei Xun turned and left in a huff, but returned shortly afterward.

He clearly looked unwilling.

"I don't know how to do this problem, so my mom told me to come and find you."

Pei Zhan: "The meeting is adjourned."

Turn off the audio.

Pei Zhan then turned his attention to him.

"You don't like it, so I'll teach you?"

"Do you think I wanted to find you? I just lost a game."

Pei Zhan narrowed his deep eyes, crossed his long legs, placed his other hand on the table, and tapped the surface lightly with his index finger. "If you're asking me for help, you should show humility and respect. That's basic etiquette. Even if I'm your father, I won't agree to all your requests unconditionally like your mother did. I also have the right to refuse you."

"Only when you can speak to me properly and learn to respect the word 'respect' will you have the right to make demands of me."

Pei Xun didn't quite understand what these words meant, but in his understanding, he felt that this man who had disappeared for five years and made his mother sad didn't seem to like him, but he didn't like him either.

"You're not going to care about me anymore, are you?"

“Even if I tried to control you, I couldn’t. Considering your mother’s soft heart and the time and energy she’s wasted on you, I can buy her a set of jewelry she likes. Pei Xun, you have no right to be willful and arrogant. What you possess, including what you will have in the future, is wealth that countless ordinary people could not obtain even after a lifetime of hard work. Your destiny is different from that of ordinary people, and the responsibilities you bear are thousands of times greater. Your abilities will determine how far you can go in the future with the wealth I give you.”

Even if I give you everything, how long can you protect it?

"If one's virtue is not commensurate with one's position, one will surely be condemned; if one's conduct is not commensurate with one's position, one will surely suffer misfortune."

Pei Xun's eyes showed confusion and bewilderment. "I can't remember what you said. I'm still young and don't understand. But I don't need your things. I have my mother, and that's enough for me."

"It would be best if you didn't care about me. I don't want someone like you to be my father."

Upon seeing the person turn and run away, Pei Zhan felt a tightness in his chest and coughed a few times, clenching his fist.

After all that talking, I still didn't hear a single word.

Rebellious son.

...

The servants were all busy with their own tasks. Pei Xun ate most of a watermelon, his belly bulging. He wiped the watermelon juice from his mouth with his sleeve. His mother wasn't there, and the man didn't pay any attention to him. He put down his spoon, put his hands on the ground, stuck out his bottom, and ran upstairs happily.

Under her pillow in her room, she found a smartwatch that could send voice messages. She found a contact and said, "Mommy's not home today, and I'm home alone. Can I come play with you?"

"I miss you."

The little guy is looking forward to their contact.

Bai Ze. Shen Yebai wasn't busy today; he was handling official business in his study.

Since Bao'er got married, only Shen Yebai has been living in the huge Bai Ze. Hearing his phone vibrate, he picked it up and opened the voice message. A somewhat aggrieved and dejected voice came through.

"I'll come pick you up."

"Okay. Have you eaten yet? Grandma Xu made a lot of delicious snacks, I'll take them to you."

"I've done all the homework you gave me."

...

Shen Yebai looked at his phone and saw that more than a dozen voice messages had been sent in just one minute. He listened to them one by one patiently, and finally sent him a text message: "Bring it here, I'll check it for you."

Pei Xun immediately put his watch and phone under his pillow, quickly took out several notebooks from under the bed sheet, stuffed them into his schoolbag, slung his schoolbag over his shoulder, and hurriedly ran downstairs, taking advantage of the nanny and maid's inattention.

He crawled out through the dog hole on the other side of Yulong Bay, because there were people watching the gate, and his mother would definitely know as soon as he went out.

The uncle he went to see was supposed to be kept secret.

With its short legs, it ran incredibly fast, but it got tired after only two minutes. Soon, it saw a familiar car driving by.

Xie Huai parked the car on the side of the road, opened the passenger door, and Pei Xun climbed into the car by himself.

Shen Yebai, dressed in a white suit, exuded a noble and refined air. Five years had passed, and his face showed no signs of aging; only his eyes had become even more imposing. "Your father is back?"

Pei Xun took off his schoolbag, unzipped it, and took out his workbook. "It wasn't Dad who came back, it was that big bad uncle."

"You...don't like him?" Shen Yebai took his homework from his hand, his words tinged with a hint of probing.

Pei Xun asked innocently, "I don't want to like him. Uncle Ye Bai, if I chase him away, can you be my dad?"

Shen Yebai tightened his grip on the white-tinged object, and in a not-so-calm tone, gently uttered two words: "No."

Pei Xun felt a little disappointed. "Why? Sigh, if only you were my dad. Besides my mom, you're my favorite person."

Shen Yebai's lips curled up slightly as he reached out and patted the top of his head. "You have a father, and your mother loves him very much. Don't forget what you promised me: our meetings will always be a secret."

Pei Xun nodded vigorously, "Don't worry, I didn't tell Mom that I ran away secretly."

Shen Yebai: "I heard you bullied other kids at school, and she told you to stay home and reflect on your actions?"

Pei Xun pouted, lowered his head, and said, not daring to look at him, "I was just playing a game with them. Now I'm really powerful, and no one dares to bully me."

Shen Yebai: "You don't need to make yourself strong. With your parents around, no one will dare to bully you."

Pei Xun: "But they used to call me a child without a father, and they also called me Er Zhu (Second Pig)."

Shen Yebai smiled slightly and said in a meaningful tone, "No, your father is back and hasn't dared to bully you again."

"Hmph!" Pei Xun crossed her arms over her chest. "I don't acknowledge him."

"I want you to be my dad."

The drive from Yulong Bay to Baize takes only a few minutes.

Pei Xun was carried by Shen Yebai. After getting out of the car, he saw a boy wearing the uniform of a private aristocratic school standing in the hall. When he saw the person who had returned, his expression was a little nervous and hurried. "Father."

Shen Yebai looked at him coldly, "What is it?"

When Shen Yanli saw the child being held in his arms, the light in his eyes gradually dimmed. "Today I got first place in the Chinese classics exam, and the teacher wants my parents to sign it."

Shen Yebai glanced at him lightly, walked past him and went upstairs. "For such a small matter, you don't need to make a special trip to Bai Ze next time."

"Xie Huai, bring the test paper up."

Xie Huai, who was following behind, nodded: "Yes, Mayor."

Pei Xun rested his chin on Shen Yebai's shoulder, looking curiously at the person standing in the hall below. He had seen this person before, when he went to Madam Shen's house last time, but he had never spoken to him during the New Year.

Pei Xun ignored him.

Shen Yebai carried the child into the study and placed him on his lap to sit. "I'll take you back after I've checked your homework."

Pei Xun: "Can I stay with you a little longer this time?"

Shen Yebai: "No, your mother will worry if she sees you're not home."

Pei Xun: "Alright then."

Shen Yebai took the test paper from Xie Huai, signed it, and didn't look at it again.

Xie Huai left quickly, making sure to close the study door behind him.

Shen Yebai had a custom-made pear wood children's study desk and chair for him next to his own desk. He was checking homework, while Pei Xun practiced calligraphy in a very serious manner.

Seeing the airplane placed beside him and the titanium silver bracelet on his wrist, he asked, "Did your father give this to you?"