Chapter 88 - I am not childish at all!
Pei Ge fetched the key to the door from her bag once she got home. However, upon opening the door, she was greeted by the quiet and dark living room. She called out in confusion, “Mom?”
Silence was her only reply.
“Did she go out?” she muttered under her breath. Switching on some lights and changing into her indoor slippers, she went straight to her bedroom.
Her hand phone rang just as she put down her handbag.
Retrieving the hand phone from her handbag, her mouth curled up and her eyes wrinkled at the corner at the caller ID she saw.
“Hello, Xiaoyu—” Before Pei Ge could speak further, a series of blathering came through the phone first.
“Pei Ge, I tell you; no matter how cowardly you are, you must look for that man tomorrow!”
“Mom, we are all connected by blood. There’s nothing wrong with us treating them to a meal.” Pei Shishi smiled, obviously understanding her mother’s mentality.
“Why does that lunch date need to be held in our house, though? I don’t want those two polluting our house.” Liu Yan did not hide her disdain.
“Alright. That’s enough, Liu Yan. No matter what, Manhua is still my elder sister-in-law and Ge Ge is still my blood-related niece. You should stop saying this kind of things.” Pei Zhenghui, who was who sitting on the main seat, chided.
“Yo, ‘Manhua’! How close you two sound! Pei Zhenghui, what’s wrong with me talking about her?! Don’t tell me that you actually have feelings for that jinx of a widow!” Liu Yan mocked while she stared intensely at her husband.
“You – you, stop spouting nonsense!” Pei Zhenghui was so enraged that his face turned ghastly white. Forget about eating, he even smashed his chopsticks on the table.
“You yourself know it best whether or not I’m spouting nonsense!” She coldly harrumphed at his display of anger and smashed her chopsticks on the table as well.
“Dad, Mom, what are you guys talking about?” Pei Shishi was perplexed by her parents’ argument. Everything was fine and dandy just moments ago, so how did the topic develop in this direction? She totally did not believe that her father would be in love with Zhang Manhua.
“Let me tell you, Liu Yan. You should not spit garbage every single day! Even if you don’t care about your face, I do!”
“You’re saying that my mouth is full of rubbish? Touch your conscience and answer me; how much money have you given Zhang Manhua all these years?!”
Seeing her parents start to quarrel again, Pei Shishi did nothing to stop them but merely continued eating with poise.
She was very clear on what her parents were like. They had quarreled many times over this issue of her father giving Pei Ge’s family money.
Nonetheless, she also thought it was rather odd for her stingy father to help Pei Ge’s family and give them so much money time and again.
Could there be a secret behind this?