?Chapter 63: Chapter 63 Staying with Her to Live Through the Days   Chapter 63: Chapter 63 Staying with Her to Live Through the Days                                   Someone said something, and suddenly dozens of pairs of eyes in the family living quarters turned towards the entrance all at once.


    After riding on a train for a day and a night, Shen Mingzhu was exhausted and could hardly wait to go home and lie down to rest.


    But as soon as they entered the gate of the family living quarters, she found a courtyard full of people giving them a three-person salute.


    It gave her the feeling of walking down the red carpet under the gaze of the audience, and she subconsciously straightened her back even more.


    Suddenly, a round “object” rolled to Shen Mingzhu’s feet.


    Upon closer inspection, who else could it be but Shen Ban!


    After not seeing her for half a month, she had gained anotheryer of fat.


    Just as Shen Mingzhu was about to mock her, Shen Ban dashed towards Pei Yang in one fell swoop, her face full of shock, as if she had seen a ghost.


    “Pei Yang!?


    Why have youe back?”


    Pei Yang stared at the woman in front of him for a while before he hesitantly spoke, “You are?”


    “Me?


    You don’t recognize me?


    Shen Ban!”


    Pei Yang looked puzzled, “Shen Ban?


    Who’s that?”


    “Pfft!”


    Shen Mingzhu couldn’t hold it in and burst outughing, which made Pei Yang nce at her, as if wondering what Shen Mingzhu wasughing at.


    Pei Yang had truly forgotten who Shen Ban was.


    Initially, during the blind date, he had only nced at a photo, and Shen Ban’s name was something he had heard from the matchmaker a couple of times.


    Moreover, once Shen Ban had not taken a fancy to him, he quickly got married to Shen Mingzhu and then hurried off to Xicheng Port,pletely tossing Shen Ban out of his mind.


    Now that the person had suddenly appeared before him, he really couldn’t remember her.


    Seeing that Pei Yang had genuinely forgotten her, Shen Ban’s face turned red and white, providing quite the spectacle.


    With a resentful gaze, she stared at Pei Yang, “I’m from Shenjiagou.


    You and Zhou Shuhuan even visited my house back then.”


    Upon mentioning the blind date, Pei Yang remembered, and his expression turned to one of disbelief.


    That was because the Shen Ban standing in front of him was so unlike the girl in the photograph, she was hardly recognizable.


    He greeted Shen Ban verbally, but inwardly he wondered if the Zhou family had struck it rich, given the good food they must have provided to fatten up a daughter-inw to such roundness in just half a year.


    “I’m pregnant!”


    Guessing Pei Yang’s thoughts, Shen Ban hurriedly exined.


    “Congrattions.”


    Pei Yang responded briefly, then wanted to take his wife and son home.


    First, he wasn’t acquainted with Shen Ban, and second, all the people in the family living quarters were watching.


    He didn’t want to stir up idle gossip with Shen Ban.


    However, Shen Ban stubbornly blocked his way, “Pei Yang, why have youe back?”


    Pei Yang felt it absurd.


    Did he need to report to an outsider about returning home?


    “Came back to visit rtives.”


    After saying that, without giving Shen Ban a chance to speak again, he said to Shen Mingzhu, who was watching the drama, “Let’s go,” and then quickened his pace, striding past Shen Ban.


    Shen Mingzhu couldn’t care less about Shen Ban either, and she led Pei Ziheng following behind Pei Yang.


    As for Pei Ziheng, he cast a thoughtful look at Shen Ban.


    The family of three quickly walked away.


    Shen Ban stood there, supporting her waist, staring dumbfounded at Pei Yang’s tall and majestic back, unable to recover for a long time.


    Pei Yang had actuallye back.


    Why did hee back?


    The people in the family living quarters watching Shen Ban’s dispirited state could not stop snickering to themselves.


    “Tsk, tsk, tsk, look at her, her eyes nearly sticking to Pei Yang.”


    “Indeed, as soon as she saw Pei Yang, she pounced like a dog after a bone.


    She has never shown this much interest in Zhou Shuhuan.”


    “Strutting around with a big belly, not even knowing to avoid suspicion.


    Pei Yang doesn’t even want to pay attention to her, yet she’s still insisting on getting in his face.


    These country bumpkins really have no shame.”


    “What was she thinking?


    Originally, she was the one who rejected Pei Yang, choosing Zhou Shuhuan instead.


    Could it be she regrets it now?”


    “Looking at the pot while eating from the bowl.”


    Pei Yang returned home and dropped his luggage before suddenly turning around.


    Shen Mingzhu and Pei Ziheng, who followed him inside, were both startled.


    “What’s wrong?” Shen Mingzhu asked.


    Pei Yang looked at her, half-joking, half-earnest, “Are you a bit foolish?”


    “You’re the fool,” Shen Mingzhu retorted, puzzled by the insult.


    “What did I do?”


    “It’s exactly because you did nothing—that’s the problem.


    Just now, I was entangled by that Shen Ban, and you didn’t help me out,” Pei Yang said with a hint ofint in his tone.


    Suppressing augh, Shen Mingzhu said, “She wanted to catch up with you.


    If I had interfered, wouldn’t the whole family courtyard be gossiping about how jealous and petty I am?”


    Pei Yang frowned in dissatisfaction, “Don’t talk nonsense, I have nothing to reminisce with her about.


    Today was the first time I met her.”


    Shen Mingzhu was somewhat surprised.


    She had thought Pei Yang pretended not to recognize Shen Ban out of a desire for revenge or a prank.


    When Pei Yang and Zhou Shuhuan went to Shen Ban’s house for a blind date, Shen Ban chose Zhou Shuhuan, which must have hurt Pei Yang’s pride.


    “Didn’t you meet Shen Ban during the blind date before?”


    Pei Yang briefly recounted the events of the blind date day and then curiously asked about his buddy Zhou Shuhuan, “What’s Shuhuan been up totely?


    Is he busy making a fortune with business?


    Seems like he’s keeping his wife pretty well.”


    The house was as cold as an ice cer.


    Shen Mingzhu changed her shoes, immediately turned on the heating, went to boil water in the kitchen, and then finally sat down on the sofa to rest.


    Meanwhile, she began telling him about the important events that had happened at the Zhou family over the past six months.


    After hearing everything, Pei Yang eximed in amazement, secretly grateful for Shen Ban’s refusal to marry.


    That woman was just too much trouble.


    He was often away from home, and who knows, one day he mighte back to find his home had been turned upside down by her.


    His Mingzhu, on the other hand, was gentle, generous, and virtuous, always meeting his expectations in every way.


    With these thoughts, the gaze heid on Shen Mingzhu grew a few degrees warmer.


    Feeling uneasy under the man’s gaze, Shen Mingzhu made an excuse to pour water and went to the kitchen.


    Seeing her leave, Pei Yang also stood up and carried his luggage into the bedroom.


    As soon as he entered, he paused for two seconds, then put down his luggage and started to carefully examine the bedroom.


    The luxurious curtains had been reced with light purple little florals, the bed linens were pink and blue checked pattern, and a dressing table sat in the corner of the room by the window, with a desk beside it.


    In addition to these, the bedroom now contained many more small items and decorations.


    For instance, vases, cacti, tablemps, photo frames, books, and so on.


    Compared to before, the bedroom now had a greater sense of warmth and schrly aroma; it also carried a light fragrance, reminiscent of an ancientdy’s boudoir.


    Though he had no idea what an ancientdy’s boudoir was like, he imagined it must resemble this.


    Pei Yang bent down to touch the soft and clean bed sheets before lying down on them.


    Soft, clean, and morefortable than he had imagined, his nose also picked up a faint fragrance, identical to hers.


    A home with a wife, he thought, really was different from one without.


    He just wanted to lie there forever, never leaving, and simply live his days by her side.


    Pei Yang thought this as hey there with his eyes closed.


    Shen Mingzhu came out of the kitchen with a thermos, noticed that the man wasn’t in the living room, and the luggage was gone as well.


    Guessing that he must have gone to the bedroom, she put down the thermos and headed that way.


    The moment she reached the bedroom door, she saw the shameless man sprawled out on her bed.


    Yes, her bed.


    Not just the bed—the bedroom, the house, even the stepson next door, she hade to regard them all as her own possessions.


    And Pei Yang, the man of the house, seemed like an superfluous decoration instead.


    Just like now, seeing him lying on her bed, she felt an inexplicable sense of unease as if her territory had been invaded.


    “Pei Yang.”


    Pei Yang opened his eyes and stared at Shen Mingzhu standing at the bedroom door for two seconds, then raised his hand.


    “Come in and talk.”


    Shen Mingzhu walked over, about to speak, only to be unexpectedly pulled onto the bed by the man.