Rebirth Counterattack with Space
Chapter 341 - 329: Got Married

Chapter 341: Chapter 329: Got Married

Thinking about how he had been so patient, it irritated him to no end that Zhang Min simply would not let go and even dared to point at his nose in front of everyone and scold him for "using public office for private gain," embarrassing him so much that he became the butt of everyone’s jokes after meals.

Pei Qingyuan was extremely helpless and muttered resentfully, "Women and small-minded men are indeed the hardest to deal with."

"You have the nerve to say you’re handsome? You’re just old, old, and it’s only because you’ve gotten more wrinkles on your face that you look somewhat indistinguishable from others. When you were young, tsk tsk, any man pulled off the street would have been more pleasing to the eye than you."

Not bringing up that part of the past would have been fine, but once it was mentioned, Zhang Min couldn’t help but fume. Back then, because of his "using public office for private gain," not even a male mosquito dared to come near her. Those men would see her from a distance as if they saw a flood or wild beast, not daring to even say hello, scurrying away faster than rabbits, very quickly making her the laughingstock of the neighborhood, truly a humiliation.

So, she dragged Lu Yun into it and began to air Pei Qingyuan’s dirty laundry, bringing up all sorts of old and trivial grievances. Pei Qingyuan wasn’t going to show weakness either and angrily exposed Zhang Min’s ’crimes’ without mercy.

The more they talked about the past, the more agitated they got. Each was convinced of their own reasoning; it eventually turned into a war of words, completely ignoring Lu Yun and Shitou at their sides.

...

"Haha..."

Lu Yun, piecing together the situation from the back-and-forth verbal sparring, couldn’t help but lean on Shitou with her hand over her mouth, trying to stifle her laughter, almost collapsing into Shitou’s arms.

Although it was somewhat impolite to laugh like this in front of her grandparents, seeing the two of them caught up in their argument, she couldn’t help herself.

After laughing, she became extremely envious. Her grandparents’ relationship was so full of love. Although they seemed unyielding to each other, she could still see from their words and actions that there was an unbreakable net of trust, dependence, and understanding tightly binding them together, a world where outsiders could not intrude.

Gradually becoming lost in thought, Lu Yun felt Shitou quietly take her hand. She was touched and turned to give him a radiant smile. In a voice so faint only they could hear, she said, "Till death do us part, a promise made together."

"To hold your hand and grow old with you."

Shitou held her hand tighter and his smile uncontrollably grew. In the same soft whisper, he responded, and the two shared a knowing smile.

"Stop bickering. The kid finally comes home for a visit, and you old man, are still so muddled, worse than when you were young." Zhang Min stopped talking and gave Pei Qingyuan an annoyed swat.

Pei Qingyuan also snapped out of it as if suddenly waking up, both of them feeling a bit embarrassed looking at each other.

"It’s all your fault." Zhang Min used an annoyed tone to cover up her unnaturalness.

"Ahem."

Pei Qingyuan also cleared his throat unnaturally, a hint of blush on his face. He tried to sound stern as he said to Shitou and Lu Yun, "You two come with me to the study first, I have something to say to you."

Lu Yun and Shitou, holding back their laughter, nodded and followed without another word.

"You old coot, why do you need to talk in the study now that we’re home? The kids won’t be staying for long, they haven’t even gone to see Xinxin yet." Zhang Min was extremely dissatisfied.

Ever since soaking in the medicinal bath, Pei Qingyuan and Zhang Min felt an endless surge of energy throughout their bodies, rejuvenated physically as well as mentally, their personalities gradually returning to the "vigor" of youth. Unconsciously, the banter and playful arguments between them at home had also increased, though, of course, most of the time Pei Qingyuan "dared not" but let Zhang Min have her way.

"Just a moment, a short moment, I really have something to say, and as soon as it’s done, they can go check on Xinxin, who might still be asleep, right?" Pei Qingyuan, knowing he was at fault, softened his voice considerably.

"If you don’t come out in half an hour, I’ll kick the door in," Zhang Min threatened.

"I promise I’ll be out," Pei Qingyuan nodded emphatically, then urged Shitou and Lu Yun in a low voice, mixed with grievances and complaints, "Hurry up, your grandma has become younger on the outside and her temper has risen lately. She’s no longer maintaining her calm and composed demeanor to cultivate her character like before, she’s returned to being a fierce shrew. She really will come and kick the door down when the time comes."

"Pfft."

Lu Yun couldn’t hold back again and quickly covered her mouth with her hand.

"Laugh if you want to laugh, I’m used to it by now. Pretending not to see it is hard. You come back so infrequently, you don’t know how many hundreds or thousands of times the people at home have laughed. At first, they tried to hide it, but now none of them even bother to make an effort," he said, leading the way with a tinge of helplessness in his voice.

This time, even Shitou couldn’t stop himself from chuckling.

The study.

Pei Qingyuan looked across at the golden pair seated opposite him, feeling more and more satisfied as he watched.

After watching for quite a while, just as Lu Yun and Shitou were about to ask proactively, he shifted his gaze to Lu Yun, with a hint of unease and apology, "Xiaoyun, Grandpa did something without your consent, acting on his own initiative. I don’t know if you will blame Grandpa?"

Shitou raised his eyebrows, skeptically eyeing the old man, feeling that his apologetic expression was fake, but the uncontainable excitement in his eyes could not fool anyone.

He pondered what on earth Grandpa could have done.

"I know Grandpa would never do anything to harm me and Shitou, so I definitely won’t blame Grandpa," Lu Yun replied thoughtfully, her face alight with a smile, obediently speaking.

"If you’re going to blame anyone, blame only Grandpa, Shitou didn’t know anything about it, don’t blame him," Pei Qingyuan said happily as he quickly composed himself and took out an envelope from the desk drawer, pushing it toward Lu Yun.

Lu Yun picked it up with a puzzled look, opened it, and then pulled out two bright red marriage certificates. She was stunned, as was Shitou, who snatched one and opened it.

The two marriage certificates were indeed theirs, dated the day after their engagement, and in them, Lu Yun’s ID number had her birth date artificially increased by two years.

"Don’t worry, all the procedures for the wedding ceremony and the dowry that Grandpa and Grandma should provide won’t be missed. Actually, with this, even if someone finds out that you’re ’cohabitating’ now, it’s not a big deal. You’ve already got the marriage certificates and just haven’t had time to hold the wedding yet, so it’s perfectly reasonable and legal for you to live together," he said with a shrewd gleam in his eyes that revealed his satisfaction with his successful plan. "Rest assured, all of your records from childhood to now have been altered, not a single detail was missed."