[Second Male Lead Wins Her Heart + Scumbag Chases His Ex in Vain + The Heroine Never Looks Back] Everyone in Lincheng knew that Meng Ying, the Shen family's adopted daughter, had been dating Pei family's second young master for four whole years. She stayed by his side for four years, willingly trailing after him like a shadow.
Everyone thought the second young master would marry her into the Pei family and make her its rightful young madam. Even she innocently looked forward to that day.
But on the day the Pei and Shen families announced their marriage alliance, she saw with her own eyes that the woman in his arms was her maternal half-sister, the true daughter of the Shen family.
On the rainy night she took the initiative to break up with him, she got drunk alone by the roadside. With nowhere to go, she watched as a black car stopped in front of her, then a man stepped out with an umbrella.
She knew him: the Pei family's heir apparent in Lincheng, and her ex-boyfriend's older brother.
He tilted the umbrella toward her, then crouched down and asked, "Do you want to come home with me?"
Drunk on alcohol, she boldly reached out to him. "Hug me, and I'll come home with you."
As soon as she finished speaking, the man bent down and lifted her into his arms.
The next day, sober and blushing with embarrassment, she said, "Mr. Pei, thank you for taking me in last night. I'll repay you..."
His eyes were deep and unreadable. "There's nothing I need you to repay me for. But if you really want to, I'm missing a woman..."
Later, the second young master of the Pei family regretted everything. With red-rimmed eyes, he blocked her path. "I was wrong. Please come back."
Pei Yuzhi stepped forward from behind her and drew her into his arms. "Allow me to introduce my wife. You should call her sister-in-law..."