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Mother Li responded. Not long later, she came back with a steaming hot bowl.

Pei-Luo Yi straightened her clothes and calmly sat down. She indifferently glanced at the man sitting opposite her without saying a word. In the end, she calmly called out, "Dad."

Pei Mingyuan was in the middle of drinking the soup, and upon hearing her words, he paused for a moment as he held the spoon in his hand, and lifted his eyelids to meet her gaze.

"Yes." A brief note escaped his throat, and he lowered his head to continue his soup.

He had always been a straightforward person, and the Pei family knew him well. The father and daughter duo had never interacted with each other in such a way in the past.

She was already used to it.

Heh, can there be any change? Could it be that she was hoping that he had a guilty conscience?

It was obvious that the carefully prepared dishes were being served. Only Luo Yun could be seen jabbering away at the dishes for Pei Luoyi. The others all had indifferent expressions on their faces.

Pei Jingman sat beside Pei Mingyuan, watching the woman quietly enjoying her meal. The chopsticks in her hand were about to break.

Except for the time she glanced at her at the door, Pei Luoyi didn't look at her again. Of course, since she didn't take the initiative to speak, she naturally wouldn't do so either.

The atmosphere at the dining table had become very quiet. It was clear that the dining table was filled with a family of guests, but the atmosphere was very cold and cheerless.

Halfway through, Luo Yun put down her chopsticks. She looked hesitant and didn't say anything for a while.

Pei Luoyi quietly cast a sidelong glance and saw her anxiously staring at Pei Mingyuan and Pei Jingman, the hesitation on her face had already turned into a difficult expression.

She paused for a moment with the food in her hand, then put the bowl on the table and wiped her lips with a tissue.

"Mom, if you have anything to say, just say it."

If he had known earlier that it wouldn't be so simple to call her back twice in a row for dinner, since that was the case … If she said there was no difference, why did it have to be said so late? Why did she have to make a gesture that she wanted to say something, but was unable to do so?

Luo Yun wanted to say something, but was hesitant as if she had found a way to vent her feelings. She was also afraid because of her sense of danger, but she lowered her voice and said, "Yiyi, mother wants to talk to you about your brother-in-law …"

Pei Luoyi immediately scoffed.

She and Jia Yu Shu?

Was there anything worth discussing between them?

Pei Jingman's attention was already on Pei Luoyi when she opened her mouth. Only Pei Mingyuan acted as if nothing had happened and continued eating.

Hearing her mocking sneer, Pei Jingman bit her lower lip. What was she laughing at? What right did she have to laugh?

Luo Yun was also a little dissatisfied with her words, but she did not immediately reveal her displeasure. She only frowned, "I know what Mom has said, you definitely won't want to hear it. But for the sake of you two sisters, I still have to say it."

She took a deep breath, and said somewhat bitterly and sincerely, "Yiyi, between you and Yushu … After all, it's just a matter of the past. I thought you would have let it go long ago, but he also let it go long ago. In the future, besides being a family, you shouldn't have any immoral feelings towards each other. "We're already married …"

Pei Luoyi sneered coldly, as her sneer was even colder than the previous one. As soon as she opened her mouth, she interrupted the woman's words.

"The Cheng family?" She placed the crumpled ball of paper on the table and raised her head, staring fixedly at her mother's tightly knitted brows. "Mom, let's not talk about brother-in-law's matter first."

"Let's talk about me and my husband, shall we?"

She looked at the woman's pale white face, and smiled from the corner of her eyes, but her eyes were still cold. "I've been married into the palace for several months already, you and dad don't seem to care about me at all."

"Yiyi, I …" Luo Yun opened her mouth to explain, but her eyes were wet with tears and she could not say anything.

Pei Luoyi smiled faintly as he watched her cry. Seeing that she was crying without a sound, his eyes remained as cold as ice.

His heart had long ago turned cold. How could he be moved?

"Pei Luoyi, you're done."

The chopsticks that were thrown onto the table bounced off the table. Pei Jingman couldn't help but push her chair away, glaring at the unmoved woman.

"Why are you doing this? What makes you think your parents owe you? " She pointed at the tip of her nose and swore hoarsely and sharply, "Do you think you don't have to pay for all these years of studying abroad, traveling to other places to see art exhibitions, and collecting paintings that are worth a lot of money? Furthermore, your parents gave birth to you and raised you. So what if you're marrying into the palace and changing for 10 million? Did the Wealthy Class, which all the women in the Cloud City envied, let you marry into their family, have you been wronged? Look at the clothes you're wearing. What you're wearing right now, don't you dare act like an obedient child! Mom and Dad never owed you anything! "

The smile on her face deepened as she closed her eyes and thought back to the scenes of how she almost lost her life.

Ten million.

Ten million in exchange for her nearly losing her life, in exchange for her kidnapping, in exchange for the disasters that she had experienced …

Heh, so her life was only worth ten million …

Should he say that her life was valuable or not?

She closed her eyes and did not say anything for a long time. Pei Jingman naturally thought that she had nothing to say. Immediately, she became even more arrogant, "You have always been like this. It seems like everyone owes you, just like me …"

"You don't owe me?" Pei Luoyi sneered again and opened her eyes. Her cold gaze lightly landed on Pei Jingman's face, "Sis, ten million …" If it was you, would you marry, or not? "

Pei Jingman obviously did not expect her to ask this question so suddenly. Of course, she could not possibly have thought of it.

Ten million was not a small sum even for the entire Pei family, much less her.

However, the answer clearly appeared in her heart. She was unwilling.

Putting aside the fact that she had heard that the man had been in a car accident and that both his legs were crippled, she didn't love that man at all.

A trace of guilt flashed past her eyes as she spoke with certainty, "Your question has no meaning. That man sought you out, not me. Moreover, I already married Yu Shu, so how could …"

"I don't care if this question has any meaning, but I do care about your answer. So, are you willing or not?" Pei Luoyi maintained his faint smile from beginning to end.

Pei Jingman bit her lower lip. Seeing her smile, she felt a chill run down her spine. She curled her hands on the table and said, "I …"

"Enough."

With a sound that was neither light nor heavy, Pei Mingyuan placed the chopsticks down.

Pei Luoyi indifferently looked over, waiting for his next words.

He always said something when he was sitting here. The head of the family couldn't just stand by and watch.

Pei Mingyuan looked at her indifferent expression, and sighed in his heart.

"I have nothing to say to you after signing that agreement. However, the point that I have to say is not this. Explain to me exactly what happened between you and your brother-in-law."