Qu Xiuxiang was also surprised by the arrival of Qingyou.

Suppressing her dislike and annoyance, she put on a joyful smile, as if it were before the apocalypse, and said, "Great, Qingyou, you're still alive."

Qingyou leaned against the door, looking at the two with a half-smile. "Your smiles are fake. Are you feeling really unhappy about how I'm still alive?"

Their smiles froze.

Shu Hengming quickly regained his composure, "How can you talk like that, girl? I'm your brother, of course I want you to be safe and sound."

Qingyou walked over, helped Shu Heng'an up from the ground, and used a dagger to untie the ropes binding him.

Then he produced another porcelain bottle and said to Shu Heng'an, "Brother, drink this."

Perhaps due to the blood ties between siblings, the original owner's relationship with her so-called older brother was actually quite ordinary from childhood to adulthood, not as good as it seemed on the surface.

She may have sensed that her older brother's kindness towards her was somewhat insincere, while her cousin's kindness seemed more genuine.

On the contrary, she had a very good relationship with her cousin from the second wife's side, and was closer to and more dependent on him than on her own brother.

Shu Heng'an was surprised by Qingyou's sudden appearance. Without any hesitation, he took the porcelain bottle and drank the water inside.

At home, his uncle and aunt were kind to him and would check on him from time to time, and his cousin also showed him warmth.

Once, when he was a child, he made a mistake and his mother threw him into the bathtub in the bathroom and soaked him in cold water for three hours. He then fell ill that night.

His mother ignored him, leaving him in the room before going out to play.

He lay in bed with a high fever and no strength, feeling like he was about to die.

Fortunately, his cousin came to help him with his homework and discovered his condition. She immediately asked his aunt to take him to the hospital, which saved his life.

During his few days in the hospital, his parents only appeared once, and their visit was entirely filled with accusations against him.

Only his cousin visits him in the hospital every day, bringing him food and comforting him.

In addition, he had always liked his cousin Qingyou since childhood, and after this incident, he treated her even more like a younger sister.

Therefore, he completely trusted Qingyou, even though she was Shu Hengming's sister.

Moreover, he sensed something was off from their conversation. According to Qingyou, Shu Hengming had also harmed her.

Upon seeing this, Shu Hengming frowned involuntarily. "Qingyou, what did you give Heng'an to drink?"

Is this the water my wife was talking about?

Qingyou raised an eyebrow. "What does this have to do with you?"

Of course, she wouldn't tell Shu Hengming and the others that it was spiritual spring water; she'd let them guess for themselves.

Of course, she wasn't afraid they would leak it.

After all, in the face of absolute power, all demons and monsters are nothing but fleeting clouds.

Shu Hengming said with a sense of helplessness, "I'm your brother, do you really want to treat me like this?"

Qingyou chuckled meaningfully, "Are you really my brother?"

Shu Hengming's heart skipped a beat, and he deliberately probed, "If I'm not your biological brother, then who is?"

Qingyou said bluntly, "Don't you know who my brother is? Didn't you just want to get rid of him?"

She wasn't going to play along with these two; she was coming to rescue people and was also going to completely break ties with them.

Upon hearing this, not only did Shu Hengming and Qu Xiuxiang's expressions change, but Shu Heng'an's expression also changed.

The bodyguards also looked surprised.

Shu Heng'an finally understood why Shu Hengming had suddenly killed him without giving a reason.

Thinking back on the emotional abuse his parents had inflicted on him over the years, he never received praise for his good grades, but instead was met with indifference. On the contrary, he would receive his mother's attention when he went out to play with his cousin.

However, because he was repeatedly disappointed by his parents' expectations from a young age, he eventually stopped having any expectations.

He also wanted to test whether his guess was true, so while he pretended to hang out with his cousin, he still studied hard in private, but deliberately did worse and worse on the exams.

Sure enough, his parents became more amiable towards him and even gave him double the allowance so he could go out and play.

This is exactly the kind of behavior that involves raising spoiled brats.

He couldn't understand why his parents treated him this way.

They didn't want him to get good grades and become an outstanding person; instead, they preferred to see him follow in his cousin's footsteps and become a dissolute playboy with all sorts of vices.

Now it suddenly dawned on me that he was actually Qingyou's biological brother?

After drinking that bottle of water, he felt much cooler and more comfortable.

So he couldn't help but look down at Qingyou and ask, "What's going on?"

Qingyou replied, "I also met a nanny who used to work at my home by chance today. She said she would exchange a secret for me in order to get me to save her."

This is obviously an excuse; otherwise, how could she explain finding out the truth all of a sudden in a single day?

She didn't need to explain to Shu Hengming, but she did need to explain the source of the information to her older brother and parents.

She continued, "Only then did I realize that Shu Hengming is not my biological brother, but you are."

“When you were born, your second aunt bribed the nanny to switch you with someone else.”

"She only wants her son to inherit the Shu family business, which is why she treats you so badly and often uses emotional abuse to lead you towards becoming a playboy."

After Qingyou finished speaking, she turned to look at Shu Hengming, "That's why Shu Hengming was afraid that your background would be exposed and would be detrimental to him, so he wanted to get rid of you directly."

Shu Heng'an confirmed his guess and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

It turns out I'm not that couple's biological son. How wonderful!

He looked at Shu Hengming and asked, "No wonder you've disliked me since we were little. So you actually knew about us being switched all along?"

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