A Marriage in Name Only? My Stepbrother Won't Let Me Go Chapter 123: Do You Want Me to Abandon My Wife and Daughter?

Pei Yan stared at i Wanying and Ling like a hawk, looking as if he wouldn’t rest until he got what he wanted.

Mrs. i and Nanny Liu exchanged a look. ’What was he doing all this ti!’

If he had just married Ah Yin from the start, she wouldn’t have had to go through so many hardships.

Ah Yin had suffered through everything, and now he was back to snatch her away. How utterly shaless!

Mrs. i said, "Let’s just pretend today’s farce never happened. Your Highness, you should hurry back to the Capital City."

With so many people present to witness this fiasco, you could guess with your eyes closed what sort of rumors would start spreading through the city.

If this entanglent continued, there was no telling how many more complications would arise.

This Pei Yan feared nothing.

But they did!

After a few more commotions like this, they feared Ah Yin wouldn’t even be able to stay in her own hotown.

To Pei Yan, nothing was more important than i Wanying.

Why would he return to the Capital City?

Wherever i Wanying was, he would be.

"Farce? So many people can testify that Ah Yin and I are married. Mother, you want to return to the Capital City now? Are you telling to abandon my wife and daughter?"

Mrs. i was startled to hear him use the term "Mother."

’What is he shouting about!’

’What wife does he have?’

’What daughter?’

’Ah Yin doesn’t want him, and Ling doesn’t acknowledge him!’

’And she is not his mother!’

Pei Yan’s expression was perfectly natural; he didn’t seem to think there was anything wrong with how he had addressed her.

’From long ago, he was the i family’s son-in-law. Today, he even perford the wedding ceremony, centing his status.’

’The i family raised him, so calling her ’Mother’ was more fitting than ’Mother-in-law’.’

Mrs. i was so incensed she felt like going to the General’s morial tablet to burn incense and ask him why he ever brought Pei Yan ho in the first place.

Seeing the ss he had made, if the General’s spirit was watching from the heavens, he likely wouldn’t be able to rest in peace.

i Wanying was furious as well. She had t thick-skinned people before, but never anyone this shaless.

’Knowing full well he’d obtained this through improper ans, yet still shalessly calling her that. His skin was as thick as the city walls!’

i Wanying’s expression was glacial. "The i family’s son-in-law is Gu Xun. Have so decency!"

Pei Yan countered, "I was the one who perford the ceremony."

i Wanying sneered. "Sothing obtained through deceit doesn’t belong to you in the first place."

’He only dared to pull this blatant stunt because he knew my eyesight is poor and I couldn’t see clearly through the veil.’

’If she had known Pei Yan was the one at the other end of the red silk ribbon, she definitely wouldn’t have let it get to the point of lifting the veil.’

Pei Yan ground his teeth. ’She was trying to provoke him again.’

’Setting aside their marriage in their past life, in this life, he was Ah Yin’s child husband, which constituted a marriage contract.’

’Was an interloper like Gu Xun even worthy of the title of the i family’s son-in-law?’

’What was happening now was rely setting things right!’

In any case, Gu Xun had already been taken back to the Capital City, so he would just pretend he hadn’t heard any of that.

’Wasn’t Ah Yin saying these heart-stabbing things just to make him leave?’

’He wouldn’t fall for it.’

Pei Yan went ahead and sat down right next to i Wanying.

He wanted to hold the daughter i Wanying had borne.

However, the mont he sat down, i Wanying stood up, holding the child, and moved to the seat furthest away from him, as if he were the plague itself.

The presence that soothed his heart was suddenly distant, and a bitter pang surged through Pei Yan.

’He truly knew he was wrong. He would never again hurt Ah Yin with words that contradicted his heart.’

His emotions churned, and the lingering poison he had just suppressed began to stir again. A fine, sharp pain spread through him, the worst of it centered in his heart.

Fortunately, he had taken his dicine, so he didn’t reveal his pathetic state.

Pei Yan was determined to stay by i Wanying’s side. He would cast aside all face and dignity.

He subconsciously wanted to move next to i Wanying again.

They had been apart for so long that it still didn’t feel real.

Only by sensing i Wanying’s presence could he feel at ease.

’This isn’t a dream. I’ve really seen Ah Yin.’

Pei Yan’s gaze followed i Wanying, completely glued to her.

eting i Wanying’s chilling gaze, Pei Yan didn’t dare make another rash move.

He comforted himself. ’i Wanying is alive right in front of . She’ll curse , glare at ... It’s better than her being lifeless. I should be content.’

’I can’t push Ah Yin any further, or I’ll just drive her farther away.’

Because no one welcod Pei Yan’s presence, no one made a move to ease the tension. The air was overwhelmingly oppressive.

Only little Ling, who understood nothing, lay in i Wanying’s arms, blowing spit bubbles.

Every so often, she would let out a soft, milky gurgle.

The room was so quiet that even the slightest sound was magnified.

Listening to her, Pei Yan felt his heart lt into a puddle.

He was convinced that this was the child from their previous life.

’Ah Yin chose to keep her. She must want to make up for the regrets of their last life, right?’

Pei Yan subconsciously ignored one thing: i Wanying had chosen a path completely opposite to her previous life.

That night, she had intended to drink abortion soup.

If he hadn’t intercepted Ding Xiang, taken the prescription to be filled, and had a doctor verify it, this child truly would have been lost.

Reason told Pei Yan that i Wanying’s decision ant she wanted no more entanglent with him.

But emotionally, he couldn’t accept it.

The stalemate couldn’t last forever. Mrs. i spoke again, "The mansion has no guest rooms prepared, Your Highness. The hour is late; you should leave now."

The Pei Yan of the past might have left the i Family’s old house, found another place to stay in the city, and watched over i Wanying from a distance.

But he wasn’t that person anymore.

He had lost i Wanying once before; he knew what it was like to live a life worse than death.

He would absolutely not go through that a second ti!

Pei Yan said, "No matter. I’ll have my n prepare a room."

Not daring to push them to their limit, he added, "I’ll stay in the courtyard next to Ling’s. That way, I can be aware if anything happens to her."

Ling was still tiny and needed to be fed several tis a day, so she stayed with i Wanying.

Pei Yan’s words all but declared that he intended to live next door to i Wanying.

How could Mrs. i dare to let him stay? ’It’s easier to invite a demon in than to send one away.’ If she let him stay today, he’d dare to move into Ah Yin’s courtyard tomorrow.

The man’s skin was simply too thick.

In all her years, Mrs. i had never t anyone like Pei Yan.

For Ah Yin to have t him was truly a calamitous fate!

She said with a smile that didn’t reach her eyes, "Your Highness, you should really leave now. Don’t make things difficult for Ah Yin."

Being driven away ti and again, Pei Yan felt the bitterness in his heart intensify.

In the General Mansion in the Capital City, they still kept a courtyard for him.

But this old house, as large as it was, no longer had a place for him.

The man lowered his gaze. "Mother, I just want to watch over Ah Yin and the child. I won’t hurt them again."

Mrs. i was at a loss for words.

’So after all she’d said, her mouth going dry from talking, had he not heard a single word?’

"Your Highness, don’t make things difficult for us. I cannot bear the title of ’Mother’ from you."

Pei Yan was insistent. "I perford the wedding ceremony with Ah Yin."

Mrs. i suddenly understood her daughter’s feeling of helplessness.

Pei Yan did everything according to his whims. In the past, when he didn’t like Ah Yin, he desperately pushed her away.

Now that he’d had an epiphany and wanted her, he was clinging to her for dear life, regardless of anything else.

The hard approach wasn’t working, so she could only try a softer one.

Mrs. i said, "Matters of the heart require mutual feelings. Ah Yin does not want to be with you right now. For the sake of the fact that you grew up together... Ah Yan, will you let her go? Please?"

The man’s eyes were downcast, hiding his deep gaze and making his emotions impossible to read.

Everyone waited for his answer.

Even knowing how stubborn Pei Yan was, they still held onto a sliver of hope.

The air was silent for a long ti.

Suddenly, Ling burst into tears. Pei Yan instinctively shot up and hurried over to i Wanying’s side.

His expression was one of helplessness. "What’s wrong with her?"