After being kicked out of the wealthy family along with her yandere childhood friend

When Pei Jin arrived home, Bai Tao had not yet returned.

This was one of the few times he returned home and Bai Tao wasn't there.

He cooked dinner, not wanting to seem too clingy, and turned on his computer to look at the design plans sent by the renovation company. He waited until 7 p.m. before finally giving in and calling her.

"Feed?"

When the call connected, Bai Tao's voice came from the other end, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Why aren't you home yet?"

Bai Tao glanced down at the open notebook in front of her and the neatly arranged fabric swatches on the shelf opposite her. Her anxiety grew, and her voice became muffled.

"Still studying."

Pei Jin could tell she wasn't feeling well and was a little worried.

Send me your location, baby.

"Okay, are you coming to pick me up?"

"Um."

"I drove the car away, why are you here?"

Bai Tao sent the location, and Pei Jin opened it to take a look. It was quite far.

"I'll take a taxi there."

He hung up the phone, searched around the house, and finally found a transparent plastic box that Bai Tao had left behind when she ordered takeout.

He packed the rice and freshly cooked potato and pork ribs into an insulated delivery bag, held it in his arms, and went out the door.

He took a taxi to the vicinity of the location, and after circling around for a while, he finally found the two-story building whose exterior walls were covered with hand-painted murals and exaggerated dolls.

He stood at the door for a while, but didn't go in. Instead, he called Bai Tao.

Bai Tao didn't come out for quite a while, and she looked a little tired.

The moment she saw him, she quickened her pace, and when she reached him, she leaned into his arms, resting her chin on his chest.

"So tired..."

Pei Jin caught her, took her bag, and carried it on his own back.

"Do you want to carry it?"

Bai Tao looked around and saw that only a few streetlights were on. She nodded.

Pei Jin squatted down in front of her, and she knelt down on him.

He gently lifted her by the knees, helping her to her feet to steady herself.

"Where is the car parked?"

Bai Tao pointed in a direction, and Pei Jin walked to the car and gently patted her bottom.

"Car keys."

Bai Tao lazily lay on his back, reached out to the bag strap around his neck, and handed him the keys.

On the way back, Bai Tao sat in the passenger seat, feeling completely drained, not even wanting to lift a finger.

Pei Jin frowned as he looked at her, thinking that maybe she should stop doing it. The company had already started to make a profit, and there was no need for her to work so hard.

But once the words were spoken, they became a sentence.

"Are you hungry? I brought you some food."

"Huh? Where is it?"

Only then did Bai Tao move.

Pei Jin reached into the back seat and grabbed the insulated food delivery bag.

"here."

When Bai Tao opened the peach and saw that it contained potatoes and pork ribs, her eyes lit up.

Pei Jin tested the temperature of the lunchbox with the back of his hand. It was a little cold, but still warm enough to eat.

Bai Tao picked up a piece of pork rib and put it in her mouth. The meat, stewed until tender, fell off the bone with just a touch. The potatoes mixed with rice were also especially delicious.

She closed her eyes briefly, then opened them again, said nothing, and began to eat in silence, one bite after another.

Pei Jin glanced at her sideways and decided to let it go.

As long as she's by his side, she can do whatever she wants.

When Bai Tao got home, she saw a message from Shen Wanyin on WeChat.

How's it going, Xiaotao? Is everything going smoothly?

She lay on the sofa and replied,

【Yes, thank you, Auntie~】

Then he stared at Pei Jin's back in the kitchen for a while.

The Xie and Shen families are both very wealthy, she thought for a moment,

Xie Lingyun is from the Xie family, such a virtuous and upright person. If Pei Jin hadn't been sent away, wouldn't he be happier than he is now?

Pei Jin.

He was wiping the stove with his back to her.

"Um?"

"If one day you meet my biological mother."

She didn't know how to face you, but she's been secretly caring for you all along.

And if you find out my family is incredibly wealthy, even wealthier than the Pei family, will you tell me?

Pei Jin didn't react at first, and just thought it was funny that she was reciting a tongue twister. He didn't stop wiping the rag in his hand.

After wiping the table, he washed his hands, took out a tissue and wiped them a couple of times, then paused.

Bai Tao wouldn't ask such a question for no reason.

Wait, she just said she's even richer than the Pei family?

If what Bai Zhenzhen said is true, her nanny mother has already passed away.

Then there's only one possibility: Bai Tao met his biological mother.

Thinking of the three hundred million she suddenly took out, and the details he hadn't had time to ask about, he stood there without saying a word.

Bai Tao waited for a while, but didn't hear a reply. She looked up.

"Pei Jin! Pei Jin Pei Jin Pei Jin."

He snapped out of his daze and turned around.

"Hmm, what's wrong?"

Bai Tao rested her chin on the back of the sofa, pouting.

"You haven't answered me yet, why are you ignoring me?"

Pei Jin carried the washed grapes over and placed them in front of her.

"I don't think there's much feeling involved, right?"

Bai Tao glanced at him with some displeasure.

How can you be so heartless?

What if I had been lost since I was a child, and she actually loved me very much and had been searching for me but couldn't find me?

Pei Jin's lips curved slightly; he was amused by her assumption.

He didn't reply, but simply pushed the grapes toward her.

Bai Tao punched him.

Why are you always smiling and never saying anything?

Pei Jin chuckled and looked down at her.

"So, baby, you saw my mom?"