Chapter 685 - Your second uncle scammed your father his company.
“Ge Ge, at the end of the day, we’re still relatives. Don’t make things look too ugly.”
When she saw the deep furrow between her daughter’s brows, Zhang Manhua thought that she was mad at Pei Zhenghui’s family again, so she began to counsel her.
“No matter what, your second uncle helped us quite a bit. Regardless of what they think, we can’t repay their kindness with ingratitude.”
She said a lot of things, but after a while, she realized that her daughter was not listening and was, instead, in a daze.
“Ge Ge? Ge Ge?”
“Huh?” Pei Ge came back to herself when her mother patted her on the arm.
“What are you thinking about? You were so lost in thought,” her mother asked curiously, staring at her in confusion.
She smiled in self-mockery. The expression on her face became increasingly sad.
“It was only in the years after – after our lives have stabilized – that it occurred to me. Back then, something seemed off.
“… Still, I didn’t dare to dwell on it. It’s only today, when you brought it up, that I faced it – faced the fact that your father’s company had likely swindled away by your second uncle.”