Chapter 797 - 796: Henpecked Husband
Listening to his colleagues lavish praise on Pei Ziheng, Pei Yang responded with a modest "Nonsense, nonsense" while he perked up his ears and listened more intently than anyone else, filled with amazement and pride.
If the other party hadn’t specifically mentioned his son by name, he would have doubted they were talking about someone else’s child.
In the end, they even broke the mold and flattered Pei Yang, the father, with a few words.
Pei Yang, humbly (and with a bit of an imposter syndrome), said, "This child has been bright and likes to stir things up since he was young. I haven’t really disciplined him much; it’s my wife who has been teaching the child. She’s more patient and better educated. The achievements of the child today, she has been indispensable."
Hearing him speak in such a way, Engineer Xu took the opportunity to praise him for his good fortune in marrying a virtuous wife and loving mother.
When it came to his own wife, Pei Yang became even more animated, spending eight out of ten sentences complimenting Shen Mingzhu’s virtues.
Not only that, but even when the conversation shifted to other topics, he would somehow steer it back to Shen Mingzhu.
Many years later, even though Pei Yang became a successful entrepreneur worth billions, everyone behind his back would joke: "Yeah, he’s utterly whipped by his wife."
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Upon arriving in London that day, without even having unpacked his luggage, Pei Tang couldn’t wait to get together with his buddies bearing gifts.