The Male Wife

Pei Cheng walked to the door, paused in his footsteps, and looked vaguely at Xiaomei Pei who was still lying by the door and eavesdropping.

Pei Xiaomei tugged at the corner of her skirt in embarrassment, and when she saw the slap on Pei Cheng's face, the expression on her face suddenly changed, like sympathy and pity, it was very strange no matter how you looked at it.

Pei Cheng ignored her and walked towards his courtyard.

After being slapped, Pei Cheng really didn't have the face to go to the main hall again, so he went back to the courtyard alone, and he didn't let his servants follow, he just walked around by himself, and then turned to the back mountain.

Several servants gathered around and muttered something softly, Pei Cheng seemed to hear the servants talking about him vaguely, he lost the intention to continue walking for a while, turned around and went back along the way he came.

It was only when Pei Cheng just returned to the yard that he saw Jiang Linzhi standing at the door staring at his face, Pei Cheng raised his hand belatedly and covered his face.

Jiang Linzhi's eyes were gloomy, he glanced at Pei Cheng coldly, turned and entered the room.

Pei Cheng embarrassedly followed.

Dong Lai came out of the house in a hurry, saluted, and came back shortly after with a few hot boiled eggs.Sitting on the low couch, Pei Cheng frowned involuntarily when he saw Dong Lai coming in with hot eggs.

Jiang Linzhi, who happened to see this scene, pursed his lips and said, "Go out."

Dong Lai put the hot eggs and gauze on the round table, without daring to ask any more questions, and exited cautiously.

Jiang Linzhi came over with a tray. He wrapped the hot egg in gauze, then motioned Pei Cheng to let go of his hand covering his face, and said, "I'll apply it for you."

However, Pei Cheng shook his head and refused, "The mark will disappear overnight, it doesn't matter if it's enough or not. Second Master, don't worry too much about it."

Where did Jiang Linzhi have time to dawdle with him, he pulled his face, "Let go."

Pei Cheng silently let go of the hand covering his face, and then watched Jiang Linzhi help him apply hot eggs to his face, and the heart that had been completely cooled by Pei's family gradually began to warm up again.

"Second Master, let's go back after father's birthday, it's meaningless to stay here." Pei Cheng endured the pain and hurriedly shifted his gaze.

Jiang Linzhi pursed his lips, carefully applied the egg to Pei Cheng's face, and said, "I thought you would never come back with me after you returned to Pei's house."

Pei Cheng was stunned, and said: "Since I am the second master's man now, naturally I won't think about going back to the past."

"My father-in-law mentioned some business matters to me just now." Seeing that it was almost done, Jiang Linzhi put the eggs aside and said, "I don't understand business matters, but what my father-in-law means is that he intends to let me go back. I want some shops from my brother to do my own business."

Pei Cheng looked remorseful, he was still thinking that his father hadn't mentioned this matter to him, so he should have given up, but he never expected that he would skip himself and directly tell Jiang Linzhi about it.

"If the second master finds it difficult, then ignore him." Pei Cheng said forcefully, he knew Jiang Linzhi's position in Jiang's family very well, so he was even more annoyed by his father's recklessness.

But Jiang Linzhi didn't seem to take this matter to heart, he looked at Pei Cheng with a half-smile, and after Pei Cheng felt uncomfortable, he said lightly: "The body has been bad all these years, and it didn't I take these things too seriously, but now that I have Madam and Yanzhi, even if I don’t want to take care of it, I still take care of it.”

Pei Cheng blushed, he had no affection for Jiang Linzhi, but the other party was his nominal husband after all...

"And I also think that my father-in-law's analysis on this matter is not unreasonable. After we go back, I will mention this matter to my elder brother. Madam can rest assured." Jiang Linzhi didn't seem to see Pei Cheng's face Change, he said on his own.

Pei Cheng felt inexplicably embarrassed.

Pei Cheng took a deep breath, he interrupted what Jiang Linzhi wanted to continue, Pei Cheng looked at Jiang Linzhi seriously, and said, "Second Lord, if I mention this matter to the uncle, I don't think it will work."

Jiang Linzhi was a little surprised, he thought that when he took the initiative to mention the "good thing" that Father Pei said, the other party would agree.

Pei Cheng's reaction was beyond his expectation, Jiang Linzhi thought casually in his heart, he originally thought that Pei Cheng, a filial son, would follow the same requirements of Pei's parents, and made demands on himself verbatim.

But now it seems that Jiang Linzhi feels that he should re-examine Pei Cheng.

Pei Cheng didn't notice that Jiang Linzhi looked at him with tentative eyes, he analyzed on his own: "I am also aware of the situation of the second master in Jiang's family. If it is for daily expenses, the uncle and the old lady will naturally not be in debt East courtyard, but if the second master proposes to share the work of the shop with the uncle, I am afraid that even if the uncle agrees, the old lady will never agree."

With a look of sadness on his face, Pei Cheng continued: "What's more, this Xiyuan is not just an old lady who is a difficult woman."

In fact, in Pei Cheng's opinion, Hu Xiayun is not much easier to deal with than the old lady.

The Jiang family now has two relatively strong women, one is the old lady and the other is Hu Xiayun.In Pei Cheng's view, no matter how strong the old lady is now, she is just a person who is about to enter the coffin with both feet. Even if she really can't understand herself, she will not be able to survive herself in the end.

But Hu Xiayun is different.Although Hu Xiayun is not as skilled as the old lady, she is still young, and if there are no accidents, in a few years, the power in the backyard of the Jiang family will be completely handed over from the old lady to Hu Xiayun. superior.

Therefore, Hu Xiayun must not be underestimated.

Jiang Linzhi didn't seem to react. He thought that Pei Cheng wouldn't think about the right and wrong in the backyard, but he didn't expect that the other party would think more than he thought.

"Ma'am, don't worry too much about this." Jiang Linzhi poured a cup of tea, took a sip and stopped drinking.

The tea from the Pei family is not as good as the tea from the Jiang family, and the second master of the Jiang family is not very picky in many places, but this tea is the only one that is very picky.Therefore, the Pei family's tea, which can't be put on the table at all in front of rich people, naturally can't make Jiang Linzhi like it.

Pei Cheng looked at Jiang Linzhi silently. Although he didn't pay much attention to tea, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that the tea in this pot of tea was not good tea at all, especially the tea in this yard was even worse.

"Father was worried about my future before he passed away." Jiang Linzhi looked calm. He was reluctant to talk about the deceased Master Jiang, but in order to explain to Pei Cheng, he could only explain to him patiently.

"What did he leave for the second master?" Pei Cheng heard the subtext in Jiang Lin's words.

Jiang Linzhi lowered his eyes and suppressed the haze that flashed in his eyes. If the old man hadn't left anything for himself, maybe he wouldn't have hoped for it, but the old man not only kept it, but what he left behind made Jiang Lin I feel embarrassed.

Because of his different backgrounds, Jiang Linzhi knew very well that he was incomparable with Uncle Jiang and Third Master Jiang.But this does not mean that he can face the differences between the three of them frankly.

Jiang Linzhi said indifferently: "Three shops, one food shop, and two clothing shops."

Pei Cheng licked the dry corner of his mouth, and his excited heart gradually cooled down. These three shops are not bad for ordinary people, but for the Jiang family, they are just a little minced meat.

Jiang Linzhi stared at Pei Cheng, with a curved mouth, and half-jokingly said: "My entire wealth is only these three shops, Madam will not despise her husband."

Naturally, Pei Cheng didn't dislike him. In fact, he was almost the same as Jiang Linzhi, so no one could dislike anyone.

But Jiang Linzhi didn't know what Pei Cheng was thinking, he didn't get a reply from Pei Cheng, and the relaxed look on his face gradually faded.

Pei Cheng stood up suddenly, as if he had made some kind of decision, he took a deep breath, took a deep look at Jiang Linzhi, then ran to the door in front of Jiang Linzhi, and hung the door bolt , and then went to pick up a round chair and walked to the bookshelf.

Jiang Linzhi vaguely sensed what Pei Cheng was going to do, but he still didn't want to believe it. He stood up and watched Pei Cheng climb up the round chair. Dusty book.

Pei Cheng was not tall enough, so he touched it on his toes for a long time, until his face was covered in ashes, and then he touched the familiar pattern on a book cover. His face was filled with joy, and he took the book down directly.

Jiang Lin then took a step back, and involuntarily opened his hands slightly sideways.

Pei Cheng landed safely.

Jiang Linzhi put his hands behind his back again, coughed dryly, and pretended nothing happened.

The crescent white long gown that Pei Cheng was wearing was already stained by dust, but he didn't take it seriously. He walked to the low couch with a thick book of ghosts, took a deep breath, and his face was covered with dust. magnanimous.

He wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with Jiang Linzhi, but Pei Cheng knew that the other party had never believed in him, and if he wanted Jiang Linzhi to trust him, Pei Cheng knew that he had to pay something.

For example, little secrets.

Jiang Linzhi probably guessed that Pei Cheng's little secret should be hidden in this book, but he didn't say it clearly, but asked knowingly, "Why did you take this book down?"

Pei Cheng's eyes are now full of heart-to-heart talk with Jiang Linzhi. Where did he have the heart to observe Jiang Linzhi, he lowered his head and said to himself: "I have also saved some money over the years. Although it is not much, but... ...Since we are husband and wife, I think there are some things that I should tell you clearly."

Jiang Linzhi raised his eyebrows, and the brows were full of relief, "Ma'am, what do you mean is that this book contains your family background?"

Pei Cheng lowered his head, nodded lightly, and let out a faint breath after a while.

Now that he has decided to confess his heart, he can't be too careful, and he can't regret it.

but……

Pei Cheng looked at the book in front of him with a sad face, but if he really exposed his family fortune, he was not very willing.

What's more, is Jiang Linzhi really worthy of his trust?Pei Cheng asked himself this in his heart.