Chapter 138 Revealing the Secret
Pei Lie snorted coldly, "If you restrain yourself a little, I might still feel sorry for you, but how did you treat him?! Wasn't what I said clear enough? Why should Pei Cheng be held responsible for your death?"
Pei Lie seemed to feel no pain.
Shi Wan's nails were turned over, but she didn't feel any pain. She just wanted to break free from Pei Lie and survive.
"I can't do it anymore! I can't do it anymore! Please don't take my life! I beg you!" Shi Wan pleaded at the top of his lungs.
Pei Lie did not listen to her pleas and easily dragged her to the living dead.
"Ahhhhhh!!!" Shi Wan was afraid of the living dead, and also afraid that they would take his life, so he screamed in panic.
"She is Shi Wan...?"
The voice of the living dead came vaguely to the ears of the two.
Pei Lie was full of righteousness, standing straight, and responded: "Yeah."
"Pei Cheng is willing to give up his life just because of her..."
"Yeah." Pei Lie said without hesitation.
The living dead slowly raised his damaged hand and slowly placed it on top of Shi Wan's head.
Shi Wan was shaking all over, and screamed helplessly once again: "Ahhhhhhhh!!!"
She wanted to hold her head, but she hugged Pei Lie's thighs tightly.
The man's hand was still above her head. She used all her strength to hold Pei Lie's legs, as if she would not die as long as she held on tightly.
The man's hand slowly left Shi Wan's head.
She shivered and raised her head, her lips trembling violently: "Pei Lie... Pei Lie... I don't want two years, one year will do, no, half a year, Pei Lie... I'm willing to do anything you want me to do, just give me half a year, I beg you..."
Pei Lie held his head high and said, "I'm just getting everything back on track."
Suddenly, a figure appeared at the door.
Dressed in white.
Shi Wan saw hope for life, and her originally weak legs regained strength. She crawled on her knees to Pei Cheng, as if she had forgotten that her legs could stand.
Her tears blurred her vision, her mouth was wide open, and it seemed as if something was stuck in her throat. She could only make babbling sounds and could not utter a complete word.
Pei Cheng's eyes instantly turned red, and he slid his wheelchair hard to greet her.
Shi Wan hugged his legs and rested her head on his knees obediently without saying a word. Only her trembling body told Pei Cheng how scared she was just now.
Pei Cheng raised his hand and gently stroked her back, looking at Pei Lie with sharp eyes.
Pei Lie's gaze was dodging.
"Have you been brainwashed again?" Pei Cheng's voice was cold and chilling.
But it made Shi Wan feel relieved, her body finally gradually warmed up.
"The interests of the Pei family are what you should consider..."
The vague voice came again, and Shi Wan's body began to tremble again.
Pei Cheng stroked her back with his warm palm and said softly, "Don't be afraid, Wanwan."
Shi Wan suddenly felt very sleepy and couldn't open her eyelids at all. She subconsciously grabbed Pei Cheng's clothes and said, "Don't kill me, don't kill me."
She wanted to speak, but slowly lost consciousness.
Pei Lie stood straight: "The Pei family cannot be destroyed in my hands. Since she messed up the situation, she should put everything back to its original place."
Pei Cheng looked at Pei Lie with pale eyes, showing his disappointment without disguising it: "Pei Lie, the Pei family is the one that shouldn't be in this world. Since he can tell fortunes, then let him see what the fate of Shi Wan and Zhan Xu would have been if I hadn't intervened."
"Brother! You have been misled by Shi Wan! The correct path is that she dies! Zhan Xu also dies! The Jin family and the Pei family join forces to get rid of the Zhan family! From now on, the Jin family will grow stronger with the power of our Pei family! In the end, we will have a say in the whole world!"
Pei Cheng smiled faintly, not looking at the stubbornness in Pei Lie's eyes.
Then he looked at the living dead calmly, "Then did you tell him what the Jin family's background is?"
The vague voice of the living dead came again: "As long as the Pei family can grow stronger...it doesn't matter what the Jin family's background is..."
Pei Cheng smiled contemptuously: "Without a country, there is no home. Pei Lie, the Jin family is from R country. It's just that they have been lurking for too long, and their roots cannot be traced. I will tell you the real ending of the previous life. Shi Wan died, Zhan Xu died, the Zhan family retaliated against the Pei family, and the Pei family had no choice but to marry the Jin family. The Jin family learned of the Pei family's ability, firmly grasped the next generation in their own hands, and completely controlled the economy of the entire Jing City."
Pei Cheng coughed lightly and continued, "You should know the Jin family's style of doing things. Those who go against us will die. The Yuan family discovered the clues and returned to Beijing. However, the Jin family has both the ability of the Pei family and the financial resources of the Zhan family, as well as the external support of the R country consortium. Guess what the outcome will be?"
Pei Cheng raised his hand and coughed again, and the cuffs of his white clothes were instantly stained red with blood.
"Stop talking!" Pei Lie said nervously.
He knew that this was the backlash for Pei Cheng leaking the secret.
Pei Cheng lowered his head and glanced at Shi Wan who was already asleep: "I'm afraid that if I don't explain clearly, you will target her again."
"I'm not targeting you anymore!" Pei Lie was worried that Pei Cheng would die after saying this.
"I don't believe you anymore." Pei Cheng said with a faint smile.
Pei Lie's whole body was stiff.
"I saved her just to keep Zhan Xu alive. I saved her to atone for my sins. Zhan Xu has his own business in Country A, which you know, but what you don't know is that he is teaming up with the ancient families of Country A to deal with Country R. Country R's power in Country A is deeply rooted, and they are all confident of success. Why is it that when he came to our country, he was harmed by his own people?"
Pei Cheng raised his lips sadly and looked at the living dead on the bed again: "Do you remember why the Pei family has this power? What is the ancestral precept? Since which generation has the family been profit-seeking?"
"If you've forgotten, let me tell you. That year, Country R invaded, and my great-great-grandfather was forced into a desperate situation. The city he promised to defend was broken, and he knelt down to beg for strength. He used his life to exchange for the temporary safety of the people in the city. The people who escaped set up a monument for him, and later built a temple. The people named him a god, and his divine power was inexplicably passed down."
Pei Cheng slowly recounted the past, and at the end his light-colored eyes were unusually firm.
"Our ancestors' teachings are that anyone who offends China must be punished no matter how far away they are."
Pei Lie shuddered all over.
Pei Cheng looked at the living dead on the bed and said, "If you brainwash Pei Lie again, I don't mind giving you a ride."
Then Pei Cheng looked at Pei Lie calmly: "I still like the time when you and Zhan Xu can play together. At least your values are positive. If you still want to be a responsible person, you should put the ancestral precepts in the Pei family ancestral hall, break off the engagement with the Jin family, kneel in the ancestral hall for three days, and reflect on yourself."
"I..." Pei Lie hesitated to speak. How could he dare to go against the decision of the people in his family?
"Take care of yourself."
"I won't have children with Jin Tiantian!" Pei Lie was eager to prove himself in front of Pei Cheng.
"Can you guarantee that Pei Mo will never return to the family tree? His child can also be the eldest son."
"I promise!"
Pei Cheng raised the corners of his mouth slightly, his pale eyes showed no emotion, he just said calmly: "Help me pick her up!"
Pei Lie picked up Shi Wan and placed her on Pei Cheng's lap.
Shi Wan leaned in Pei Cheng's arms. Pei Cheng turned around and left in a wheelchair.
