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Chapter 75: The Mother is Gone, the Son is Still
Upon seeing this, Mingwei immediately glanced at Tong Ziyan's expression. Of course, she would protect such a good sister-in-law as Tong Ziyan.

“Excuse me, Pei Ming and I did not invite any unauthorized persons to our engagement party, and also…” Ming Wei also took two steps forward and walked up to Xu Ling, “Pei Ming is not familiar with you, so please do not try to establish a relationship with him in public.”

“I may not be familiar with Pei Ming, but I am familiar with Pei Ming’s brother, Pei Cheng.” As Xu Ling said this, he deliberately glanced at Pei Cheng.

Pei Cheng could have predicted this scene with a grain of salt. Xu Ling deliberately chose the day of Pei Ming's engagement to come to their family, just to embarrass the Pei family and let everyone in the family know that he has an illegitimate child.

"Xu Ling, you did this on purpose, didn't you?" Pei Cheng didn't give Xu Ling a friendly look either. Today was Pei Ming's engagement day, but now his private affairs were making everyone unhappy.

Xu Ling still didn't answer Pei Cheng's question. Instead, she looked at Tong Ziyan with a smile and said, "I've long wanted to see what kind of woman Pei Cheng would marry. After seeing her today, I'm truly ashamed of myself."

Seeing Xu Ling turn her attention to Tong Ziyan, Wen Lan couldn't hold back any longer. "Xu Ling! Don't try to cause trouble here. I'm telling you right now, no matter what methods you use, Pei Cheng's father and I will absolutely not acknowledge that this child has any connection with the Pei family!"

After saying that, Wen Lan glared at Xu Ling and left with her sisters. She didn't want to stay there for another second in such an embarrassing situation.

Xu Ling had just mentioned Tong Ziyan, so Tong Ziyan couldn't afford to lose face in front of Xu Ling. Her gaze towards Xu Ling was full of disdain.

"I've heard a little about you, but there's nothing good about you. I used to think that the Pei family's evaluation of you was too one-sided, but after meeting you today, I can see that it's even worse."

After uttering those words, Tong Ziyan turned away angrily, intending to leave this place that had made her incredibly angry.

"Zi Yan! Zi Yan..." Pei Cheng knew that Tong Zi Yan must be furious right now, so he quickly chased after her.

Ming Wei also stood still and looked into the distance. She saw Pei Cheng holding Tong Ziyan's hand and not letting go. Moreover, Pei Cheng forcibly put Tong Ziyan into the car.

Immediately afterwards, Mingwei withdrew her gaze and looked at Xu Ling and her child again, "You see, your brother only has eyes for his sister-in-law, he doesn't care about you and your son at all. I advise you to go back to where you came from."

"But blood is thicker than water, and who knows what will happen tomorrow?" Xu Ling smiled calmly. Anyway, she had plenty of time to slowly wear down the Pei family.

"All I know is that if you insist on coming to the Pei family to continue causing trouble, I will not care who the child's father is. You know in your heart what will happen to your family!"

Pei Mingcai wouldn't tolerate Xu Ling's smug attitude, and he was certain that Pei Cheng must not have known about the child's existence before.

"you dare!"

Xu Ling knew that none of the Pei family members were kind-hearted, but she gambled that Pei Cheng would be soft-hearted towards this child, and that the son she gave birth to would be the eldest grandson of the Pei family.

"I do what I say!"

Pei Ming glanced at Xu Ling with disdain, then with a cold face, he grabbed Ming Weiyi's hand and left the place.

In the afternoon, the sun was shining very brightly, and there wasn't much traffic. Wenlan and her family were traveling smoothly on the road.

"I'm going to tell Zhenhua about what happened today, and let him teach that shameless Pei Cheng a lesson!"

The thought of Xu Ling standing in front of her with the child, looking so smug, made Wen Lan furious!

"Second sister, since that woman has already given birth to Pei Cheng's child, why do you have to make things difficult for the child? That child looks exactly like Pei Cheng when he was a child." The middle-aged woman sitting next to Wen Lan began to persuade Wen Lan.

Wenlan knew what her sister meant, and she resolutely replied, "Impossible, I will absolutely not let Pei Cheng acknowledge this child." "Ziyan and Pei Cheng have been married for almost two years, haven't they? And there's still no sign of a baby in Ziyan's belly. What if…"

"Don't talk nonsense to me. I agreed that Ziyan didn't want to have children these past two years!" Wenlan angrily stopped her sister from speaking.

"That child is so adorable. With your abilities, keeping the child and terminating the mother's pregnancy is no problem. Your Pei family just needs the child, right?"

"Why keep the child? To give that woman a chance to disrupt Pei Cheng and Zi Yan's lives? Besides, keeping the child is unfair to Zi Yan."

The younger sister felt that Wenlan was just angry right now, and that she would still want the child back once she calmed down. "Forget it, calm down first."

“I am very calm right now, and what I said today will absolutely not change.”

Wen Lan's tone was firm and her attitude resolute. She was certain that she could absolutely not acknowledge the child, but she was a little unsure how Pei Cheng would treat the child.

On another highway leading to other places, Pei Cheng, with Tong Ziyan in tow, showed no intention of going home. Fortunately, Tong Ziyan, sitting in the passenger seat, remained relatively calm.

The car was very quiet. Pei Cheng had been carefully observing Tong Ziyan's condition the whole way. He felt really guilty towards Tong Ziyan for Xu Ling suddenly appearing in front of her with a child today.

The black car finally stopped by the river, a spot where there were few people and it was easy to talk.

The moment the car came to a stop, Pei Cheng locked all the doors with a single button.

“Ziyan, I really didn’t know that Xu Ling was pregnant with my child when we broke up, and I didn’t know that she gave birth to this child alone abroad.”

"But this child is already in front of you, isn't he?" Tong Ziyan's dark face was one that Pei Cheng had never seen before.

"The appearance of this child caught me off guard, but I will handle this matter well." Pei Cheng spoke very politely, and now he only wanted to appease Tong Ziyan.

"How are you going to handle this? Blood is thicker than water, how can you not acknowledge this child?" Tong Ziyan looked sharply at Pei Cheng.

The fact that Pei Cheng has an illegitimate child is now undeniable, so what Tong Ziyan wants now is Pei Cheng's attitude.

“I will pay child support, but I will make sure that Xu Ling and the child stay abroad and never appear in front of you or me again.”

Although Pei Cheng had no idea he had a son before, the fact was now in front of him, and as the child's biological father, he could only fulfill his responsibility with money.

"So, you still admit that the child is your son, right?" Tong Ziyan was somewhat disappointed by Pei Cheng's answer, but she knew that this was the best answer Pei Cheng could give.

Pei Cheng understood what Tong Ziyan meant, and he said frankly, "I can't be so heartless; the child is innocent after all."

"Get that woman and child out of my sight as soon as possible."

Tong Ziyan's heart felt like it was being torn apart, but she truly loved Pei Cheng, and at this moment, she chose to compromise.

Even when love leads to compromise, the story cannot be rewritten.

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