Disciple, please come down the mountain soon. Your senior sister can’t wait any longer.

Hearing Pei Runnian's words, Pei Xinggao couldn't help but perked up.

"What's the reason?"

Pei Xinggao looked at Pei Runnian expectantly, but Pei Runnian glanced at him and changed the subject.

"This is not something you should worry about. You just need to do your part."

"Also, boss, have you been very critical of me recently?"

Pei Xinggao's vest suddenly felt cold, his whole body suddenly became tense, and his eyes began to flicker.

Could it be that Pei Runnian knew about his recent private complaints?

At this thought, Pei Xinggao became more and more panicked. On the surface, he could still be calm, but a cold sweat broke out down his back.

Pei Runnian stared at Pei Xinggao with cold eyes and spoke word by word.

"I know that you are dissatisfied with me taking care of your younger brothers. You think I am partial, and you even think I am too harsh on you."

"Do you still think that I might depose you and pass the position of head of the family to one of your younger brothers?"

Pei Xinggao's face visibly stiffened, and his heart was already roaring with fear and anger.

"Which bastard was the one who accused me behind my back and let me know that I had to peel off his skin!"

However, under Pei Runnian's cold and stern gaze, Pei Xinggao did not even dare to think of lying.

A good father is like a son. If he honestly admitted it, Pei Runnian's punishment would not be very severe.

But if he dared to perfunctory or even deceive Pei Runnian, then he would be doomed.

In a flash of thought, Pei Xinggao already had an idea. After a moment of panic flashed across his face, he was silent for a moment, and then spoke with a slightly aggrieved tone.

"I was wrong, father. I am narrow-minded. Please punish me."

Before he finished speaking, Pei Xinggao fell to his knees with a thud and allowed Pei Runnian to punish him.

Although Pei Xinggao's face was full of regret and sorrow, his heart was uneasy and uneasy.

His move was completely risky, and he took the initiative to admit that he had bad thoughts, so as to bet that Pei Runnian didn't completely want to change his mind.

If Pei Runnian took advantage of the situation and really used this as an excuse to punish him severely and even shake his position as the heir of the family, then he would have shot himself in the foot and there would be no place to cry.

Silence spread, and Pei Xinggao buried his head deeply. The sweat on his forehead dripped down his cheeks, falling to the ground and making it wet.

After an unknown amount of time, Pei Runnian's voice sounded in Pei Xinggao's ears as if coming from the horizon.

"You do deserve punishment."

As soon as these words came out, Pei Xinggao's heart suddenly sank.

But immediately Pei Runnian's words made all his anxiety disappear, and his heart completely fell into his stomach.

"As my eldest son and the heir of the family, you don't care about your brothers, but you are jealous of them. I wish I could slap you to death, you idiot."

"You think if I get close to them they will replace you?"

"How stupid!"

"You don't have to think about it with your walnut-sized brain, who is good for me to pamper them and be close to them?

"If we can exhaust the strength of the third, fourth, and fifth houses this time and take back all their power to the big house, then who will fill the power vacuum?"

"If you don't count on your own brothers, how can you count on outsiders?"

"I cultivate them and get close to them, just to pave the way for you!"

"I am old now, how many years can I still serve as the head of the household?"

"When I get old and die, and you inherit the family, your brothers will take over the power of each house as your wings. In this way, you, the head of the family, will be the real head of the family, not like me now. Almost ignored!"

"You don't hurry up to get close to your brothers, but you still hate them. How could I choose a stupid guy like you as my heir!"

"If I couldn't bear to have so many years of hard work in vain, I really wish I could completely replace you!"

Pei Runnian roared angrily and cursed Pei Xinggao bloody.

"I was wrong dad, it's all my fault for being narrow-minded, I deserve to die!"

Pei Xinggao burst into tears, kowtowed his head in pain, and looked like he regretted and wanted to die immediately, but his heart was completely stable.

Although Pei Runnian cursed fiercely, he didn't mean to replace him, which was enough.

As long as he can keep his position as the heir of his family, it doesn't matter if Pei Runnian curses or bows to his brothers.

After he becomes the head of the family, he can get all of this back with interest!

By then, none of those bastards whose fathers had children with different women will be able to stay in the Pei family. They will all go out and beg for food!

Pei Xinggao was furious in his heart, but his face was not the same at all. He cried bitterly and begged Pei Runnian for forgiveness.

Pei Runnian continued to curse for a few more words before he stopped, feeling angry.

"Why are you still kneeling there? Why don't you get out and do some work?"

"Cooperate with the second room to suppress Chu Longtu, and at the same time, keep an eye on the people in the third, fourth, and fifth rooms. If there is any abnormality, report it to me immediately."

"Whether the Pei family can rise again depends on this time, do you understand?"

Pei Runnian shouted sternly, and Pei nodded happily, stood up carefully, turned around and left dejectedly with his red and bleeding forehead.

Looking at Pei Xinggao's back, a stern look flashed across Pei Runnian's eyes.

"How can a fool like you inherit the Pei family's century-old heritage?"

"If you become the head of the Pei family, I'm afraid it won't take more than ten years for the entire Pei family to be defeated by you!"

"I'll let you be happy for two days first. When the work is done, we can re-elect the family heir!"

Pei Runnian stood up and left the ancestral hall. The ancestral hall, which had been noisy for a while, finally returned to its original dead silence.

……

Let’s go back half an hour.

While Pei Runnian and Pei Xinggao were having a secret discussion in the ancestral hall, Pei Qingwu, who was leaving the ancestral hall with a cold face, was stopped by an unexpected person.

"Qingwu, wait."

Pei Qingwu heard the sound, stopped and turned around, and saw Pei Qinghai with a smile on his face.

Pei Qingwu frowned immediately.

"What are you doing here?"

Pei Qinghai was not affected by Pei Qingwu's unkind attitude and still spoke with a smile on his face.

"I'm waiting for you to have something to do, and I want to discuss it with you."

However, Pei Qingwu didn't listen at all and simply said.

"I have nothing to discuss with you, please come back."

After saying these words, Pei Qingwu turned around and prepared to leave.

However, just as he turned around, Pei Qinghai's voice could be heard faintly behind him.

"I want to join forces with you to deal with Chu Longtu, are you not interested either?"