Chapter 169 Give him long-lasting love.
Shen Zhiyi returned to the main building with the photo, still a little dazed.
She confirmed with the housekeeper and other servants that the young man in the photo was Pei Yu. At that time, he had been away with Pei's father for more than a month. After returning, he not only developed a rash due to allergies, but also repeatedly refused Pei's father's arrangements. The father and son had many quarrels, so that he was kicked out of the main building and moved to the villa alone. It was because of these things that the old servants who had stayed in Huating for several years still remembered it vividly.
But Shen Zhiyi didn't understand why Pei Yu didn't tell her this even though he had obviously been to her hometown and met her before.
Shen Zhiyi now knows Pei Yu very well. Since he hid this from her, he must have felt that he had a reason to hide it from her.
What is the reason?
Shen Zhiyi felt that this incident was also related to why his relationship with Pei's father suddenly turned bad.
In order to understand this, she first called Qin Fang and confirmed once again that Pei Yu had indeed been to her hometown.
"You have known each other for a long time?" Qin Fang was quite surprised, because Pei Yu not only kept it a secret from Shen Zhiyi, but also from them. "Brother Pei never told me."
"So I want to find out why he kept it from me," Shen Zhiyi knew that he didn't know the inside story, so he had to ask, "Do you know the address of Pei Yu's father's nursing home?"
If she asked Pei Yu, he might not tell her everything without reservation. Shen Zhiyi wanted to ask Pei's father, who was most likely to know the reason.
The last time she met Pei's father, he called a car to pick her up. She didn't know the exact address, but only remembered that the place was very remote and quiet.
"Are you going to see Uncle Pei?" Qin Fang was very hesitant. He didn't know whether he should tell her the address without Pei Yu's knowledge. Pei Yu really disliked his father.
"What if Brother Pei comes to settle accounts with me..."
Shen Zhiyi was helpless, "I won't let him do that."
After struggling for a while, Qin Fang finally told her the address and told her, "If Pei Ge asks, just say that Song Zhi told you. It has nothing to do with me anyway."
According to the address, Shen Zhiyi went to the sanatorium.
When I saw the old man again, I felt that he looked more haggard and less imposing than the last time we met.
"Hello," Shen Zhiyi was a little scared the last time she saw him, but now she didn't feel anything. She just wanted an explanation, so her attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, but a little distant. "Did Pei Yu and I meet a long time ago?"
She actually wanted to ask, is she the girl that Pei Yu had liked that Pei's father had mentioned before?
In response to her question, Pei's father confirmed her guess.
"I thought you would never know."
Shen Zhiyi pursed her lips with mixed feelings. She really didn't have a very deep impression of Pei Yu at that time. If it weren't for that photo, she would never have known him in her life.
"Why didn't Pei Yu tell me?" Shen Zhiyi didn't understand why this matter was kept from her.
Father Pei was somewhat cheered up by her sudden visit. "I am happy to explain this to you."
He recounted the past events slowly, "...He wanted to take you away, but I stopped him. He got angry with me because of this matter and repeatedly opposed me. However, his little tricks were not good enough, so in the end he still had to listen to my arrangements."
It was raining heavily outside the window, and his voice was a little hard to hear amid the heavy rain.
The last time he mentioned this, Shen Zhiyi said it was impossible for him to not mind at all, but this time, realizing that he was the protagonist of this story, Shen Zhiyi was filled with mixed emotions.
She didn't know that Pei Yu wanted to take her away at that time, and she didn't know that he was against his father because of this. "The reason why I didn't tell you is because he always hated me and himself. He hated the part of himself that failed to take you out of the mountains and failed to resist me."
Father Pei chuckled. "He has a very twisted personality, right? He is a bit extreme, and in this respect he is like his mother."
Shen Zhiyi didn't say anything for a long time. He changed his tone and advised like a real elder, "Pei Yu is very similar to his mother. They are both very paranoid. It's not easy to be with him. Sooner or later, you will feel tired. It's better to get out of it as soon as possible."
Just as he forced Pei Yu to give up Shen Zhiyi back then, he now also intends to let Shen Zhiyi leave Pei Yu.
Shen Zhiyi was silent for a long time. She needed time to digest his words and time to think about what Pei Yu was feeling for hiding these things from her.
He had clearly met her before, but he still fabricated a false first meeting with her. He had clearly loved her for many years, but he was willing to give up those memories.
Did he hate himself for being weak back then, or did he hate himself for not taking her away?
"He's very good," Shen Zhiyi, who knew all this, found it difficult to find an appropriate word to describe Pei Yu in her eyes. She said hoarsely, "Pei Yu is very good."
Looking at the old man in front of him, Shen Zhiyi was confused from the bottom of his heart, "You said Pei Yu was as extremely paranoid as his mother, but before his mother chose to end her life, did you think so too? Do you think you have always loved a paranoid woman?"
Stunned by her question, Father Pei remained silent for a while.
He was passionate but also fickle. He chose to marry each of his wives out of love, and this was especially true for Pei Yu's mother. He ignored the huge gap in status between them and gave her the title of Mrs. Pei. How could it be said that he did not love her?
He loved her gentleness and obedience, her virtue and thoughtfulness. When he loved her, she was a perfect wife, never showing any signs of paranoia or extremism.
It was after she chose to commit suicide that the impression of her in his mind changed all of a sudden. The sweet memories dissipated like fireworks, and the woman left him only a bloody corpse, which made him feel that her love was equally disgusting.
Shen Zhiyi answered for him, "Because you don't love her anymore."
Everything is just because of the word "love".
Because of the lack of love, the woman who is not loved becomes extreme. Because of the lack of love, he forgets the vows they made and only thinks that she is paranoid and terrifying.
"I won't let Pei Yu become what you describe him to be."
Shen Zhiyi whispered, "I will always love him."
In fact, she knew Pei Yu as well as Pei's father. She did not love him because she knew nothing about him. She knew Pei Yu's cruelty and understood what Pei Yu was afraid of and what he was avoiding.
This is the kind of Pei Yu she loves, the somewhat despicable Pei Yu, the Pei Yu who can never be separated once they decide to be together, the Pei Yu who loves her to the point of unconditional compromise.
She received a lot of love from Pei Yu and knew how to love him.
Pei Yu is an unwise businessman in this regard. He does not consider personal interests and does not ask Shen Zhiyi to love him as much as he loves Shen Zhiyi. He only asks her to love him long enough.
Shen Zhiyi happens to be a very nostalgic and persistent person, and she is willing to promise Pei Yu a long-lasting love.
After learning all this, Shen Zhiyi just felt fortunate, because raising Pei Yu was very simple. As long as she gave him long-lasting love, he would not be like his mother who changed beyond recognition because of love.
She had promised long ago that she would love him more and more every day, but now, she wanted to add a qualifier to this number of days, that is - to end at the end of her life.
I updated the post late today because I sorted out the details of the second half and found that I had prepared three fantasy extra chapters. One is that Pei Yu suddenly becomes a teenager and doesn't recognize his wife and children, the other is that Zhizhi suddenly loses her memory and her memory stays in her teenage years, and suddenly finds herself married and has children, and the other is what would happen if the two of them had been together since teenage years.
Everyone wants to write hh I'm really a fanatic