Chapter 170: What do you think I do?
Pei Yanning has to work during the day, and when he gets home, it is usually time for dinner.

Often before that, Lingxi would take a short rest. When she appeared in front of Pei Yanning, she looked sleepy, but not like she was about to faint.

Pei Yanning noticed that Lingxi didn't like to eat, but he just thought it was not to her liking, so he tried to change the dishes for Lingxi.

Or if he saw Lingxi was sleepy, he would also tell her to take a rest...

But he really didn't know that Lingxi was like this when he couldn't see her.

When Pei Yanning and Minghui returned, the lights were on in the room. Medicinal porridge was cooking in a casserole on a small stove, and Gu Si was picking out medicinal herbs. As expected, this was prepared for Lingxi.

Pei Yanning patted Minghui on the head and told him to go back to sleep.

Gu Si was cutting side dishes when he heard the noise and pointed to the tranquilizer warmed beside him: "Minghui, drink a bowl before going to sleep."

Minghui felt guilty for not taking good care of his aunt when he was looking after her. However, Minghui, who didn't like bitter things, drank the whole thing in one gulp before going back to the bedroom.

Only then did Gu Si turn his gaze to Pei Yanning.

This calming soup is mainly cooked for Pei Yanning.

Pei Yanning paused for a moment, then actually served himself a bowl.

"Did you see that?" He smiled bitterly.

When he rushed into the house and picked up Lingxi, the images flashed through his mind. Although it was a false alarm, he was still shocked.

The father-in-law and son-in-law didn't discuss Lingxi but they mentioned Lingxi everywhere. They both knew that no one wanted Lingxi to get into this situation, and what they needed now was not guilt and self-blame...
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The next morning, Pei Yanning had just arrived at work when Jin Qingyao knocked on his office door.

Pei Yanning's expression paused slightly.

"Secretary Jin, is there something wrong?"

Jin Qingyao's expression was serious. "Deputy Director Pei, what I'm going to say next may not sound good, but you also know that I used to work with women. Seeing these, I still want to say something."

Pei Yanning nodded, knowing in his heart what this person was here for.

Jin Qingyao continued.

"People are now in charge, and women hold up half the sky, but oppression of women has never ceased.

But it’s Deputy Director Pei!

You are the leader, and you and the factory director are the highest-ranking people in our factory.

You have to take the lead.

At the very least, shouldn’t we abandon the old ideas of oppressing, bullying and looking down on women in our leading families?
The older generation is a bit stubborn, but there are always more solutions than problems!"

Pei Yanning supported his forehead.

Jin Qingyao frowned, feeling a little unhappy at Pei Yanning's slightly negative attitude, but finally got to the point.

“I don’t know if you’ve heard about the rumors in the building a few days ago.

It is said that your mother, because she loves you as a son,...

I won’t say what others say. I will only say what I saw with my own eyes. Yesterday morning, I saw Lingxi almost fell on the stove in a daze. She was still pregnant with such a big belly…”

"Click..."

Pei Yanning calmly let go of his hand, and broke off a piece of the edge of the thick wooden table.

Jin Qingyao's pupils shrank, but when she thought of Pei Yanning's previous position, her expression quickly relaxed.

"There's nothing wrong with being filial, but there are times to be filial..."

Pei Yanning nodded: "Thank you for letting me know."

Jin Qingyao wanted to say something else, but seeing Pei Yanning's indifferent eyes, she swallowed back her words for a moment and had to leave.

Pei Yanning looked at Jin Qingyao's back with a calm expression and a slight smile on his lips, but his hand continued to bend the edge that he had just crushed little by little.

It was like breaking tofu, crushing it bit by bit easily. The edges that were originally polished smooth and coated with tung oil now looked like they were chewed by a dog.

Pei Yanning's expression gradually calmed down, and he waved to a young logistics man who was passing by in the corridor.

"Xiao Yuan, come and show me what's wrong with this table?"

Xiao Yuan was startled and looked at the crumbs on the table and the ground. "Maybe, probably, possibly... He stuttered and couldn't say it."

Gnawed by mice?
Or is the original wood of the table rotten?
"I'll change another table for you first, the other ones...

You didn’t lose anything here, did you?”

Comrade Xiao Yuan looked like he was about to cry. If something was lost here, it would be a big problem.

Pei Yanning shook his head: "Maybe someone is playing a prank on me. The important documents are all locked. I checked and they are all fine."

"That's good, that's good. I'll change a table for you."

Pei Yanning smiled: "It's okay, you guys take your time to change, I'll go for a walk first."

He didn't say where he was going, but people subconsciously thought he was going to the research institute. In fact, he turned around, walked out of the machinery factory and went to the supply and marketing cooperative.

Pei Xiaogu works here.

Aunt Pei got married early. When she got married, Uncle Pei was just over ten years old. Therefore, Aunt Pei really didn't realize that this uncle was not the younger brother but the older brother.

She smiled when she saw Pei Yanning coming, and pulled him aside, "You came just in time, I was just saying I was going to look for you, but your mother didn't even tell me she was coming, so I heard it from a young man in your factory.

I saved two pig's trotters for Lingxi, she'll eat that when she's pregnant..."

Pei Yanning looked at this sister who looked older than herself and now had an expression of concern for a child, and laughed, "I'm not here to get anything, I have something to discuss with you."

"Go back and ask your second brother to pick up the old lady."

Pei Xiaogu was stunned: "What's wrong?
Is our mother willing to go back? She loves Lingxi the most. She hasn't seen her little son for many years. She has only lived here for a few days!

You can’t be so arrogant, little one, that you despise me!” It was obvious that she was joking at the end.

Pei Yanning: “…”

He turned the non-existent ring on his finger and explained.

"The fourth son left home for a few days, and Lingxi needed someone to take care of her, so the old lady came over.

The fourth son came back last night, and it would be inconvenient for Lingxi to get up at night without someone to take care of her, and the old lady would have nowhere to stay at home."

Pei Yanning lowered his eyes.

All that was in my mind was the image of Lingxi holding her belly, being so careful not to make any sound or turn on the light.

My breathing paused due to the pain.

As a father, Pei Yanning would never care about how many times his daughter wakes up in the night, and Gu Si would never discuss this with Pei Yanning before.

But last night, Gu Si gave the first hint and he knew it.

Given Lingxi's personality, especially, Lingxi knew that the old lady had been suffering from insomnia for some time.

You can imagine what she did.

Aunt Pei frowned when she saw Pei Yanning: "Anything else?

Don’t hide it.”

Pei Yanning thought about it and finally decided to simply tell Lingxi about what had happened in the past few days and the shock that had happened to Lingxi last night.

Pei Xiaogu was so frightened that her heart almost stopped.

"What do you think I do? When that person was pregnant with Lingxi..."

Pei Xiaogu stopped talking halfway.

Ha, the person in front of me is not Lingxi’s biological father, so I have no idea what that person looked like when he was pregnant with Lingxi.

They are closer than father and daughter.

She subconsciously forgot about it.

Pei Yanning: “…”

He was her biological child, but that person… he really wasn’t the one who took care of her at that time!