The kidnapper heard the four men's choices.

He nodded. "Since three of you chose the same person, I will let her go."

He put down the dagger he was holding against Gu Fenghua and pushed her away.

Gu Fenghua walked quickly to her parents' side.

The man then said to Qingyou, "If you have any last words, hurry up and tell us."

With a hint of sympathy, she provoked her, saying, "You're pitiful too. You're a daughter too, but your family abandoned you so readily."

“The Gu family are all cold-blooded animals, and your fiancé is no better.”

"In my next life, even if I have to choose a poor family, I don't want to be born into a wealthy family that looks glamorous on the outside but is corrupt on the inside."

Upon hearing this, Mr. and Mrs. Gu's expressions turned grim.

Mr. Gu sternly rebuked, "Shut up. You have no right to sow discord in the affairs of our Gu family."

Gu Fenghua was about to speak to the kidnapper when Qingyou spoke first, "He's not wrong!"

She looked at Gu's parents and Gu Fenghua and said, "It's my bad luck to have a family like yours."

Her tears had dried, and she now looked cold and aloof.

In the original owner's previous life, Gu Fenghua kept persuading the kidnapper, and finally moved him to release the original owner.

Qingyou naturally wouldn't give Gu Fenghua a chance to make a move.

Mr. and Mrs. Gu looked at their usually well-behaved and sensible youngest daughter in disbelief. "How could you say such a thing?"

With a hint of disappointment, Gu's mother said, "We chose your sister only because she had been kidnapped before and barely escaped. We don't want her to suffer the same pain again."

Qingyou scoffed, "So I deserve to suffer like this?"

Gu's mother choked, "We wouldn't let you die, so why do you resent us?"

Qingyou knew what she meant by "not letting her die"—the Gu family had arranged for a lifeboat at the bottom of the cliff.

She sneered, "Shouldn't I harbor resentment?"

"How did you treat me during the three years from when Gu Fenghua was kidnapped until her return?"

"Not only did she make me give up my favorite major, but she also used me as a substitute for her."

She looked at Gu's mother with a hint of sarcasm, "To take care of your feelings, I endured the disgust and played the role of Gu Fenghua. For the sake of so-called family affection, I worked hard to learn a profession that was useful to the Gu family. For your sake, I learned to cook and stew medicinal dishes."

"When you mistook me for Gu Fenghua, you cared for and looked after me, but when you found out it was me, you spoke harshly to me."

"He even said things like, 'Why wasn't I the one who was kidnapped and killed back then?'"

Is this the kind of thing a mother should say to her own daughter?

She said what the original owner of this body wanted to say: "Am I not your daughter? Why should I pay the price for Gu Fenghua's matter? I didn't kidnap her."

"Now, when both of your lives are in danger, you still chose her and abandoned me."

"Since you already have a precious daughter like Gu Fenghua, why did you even give birth to me and my brother?"

"I don't have parents as cold-hearted as you."

“From the moment you chose Gu Fenghua, I made up my mind that I would sever ties with you and the Gu family.”

At this moment, Gu Qingxing raised his hand and clapped, "Qingyou is right."

He looked coldly at Mr. and Mrs. Gu, "People like you don't deserve to be our parents."

He was completely heartbroken this time.

"Do you really think we siblings care about the Gu family and the Gu Corporation? If you want to give it to Gu Fenghua, then give it to her."

“If it weren’t for family ties, we would have left that cold, lifeless home long ago.”

He then said to the kidnappers, "Release my sister, and I will take her place."

He's a man, and a decent swimmer, so his chances of surviving a fall off a cliff are much higher.

The kidnapper shook his head. "That won't do. Your parents have already made their choice and decision, and I won't change it."

Qingyou also shook her head at Gu Qingxing, "Brother, you don't need to take my place."

Hearing their conversation, Gu's parents' faces turned even uglier, filled with disbelief.

They guessed that Qingyou would harbor resentment, but they never expected it to be so intense that they would want to sever ties.

They wanted to say something, but Qingyou didn't want to argue with them anymore.

She looked at Xie Ling with cold eyes, "So you are also an admirer of Gu Fenghua, and you are pursuing me just to use me as a substitute?"

This guy hid his feelings for Gu Fenghua very well, so the original owner of this body was kept in the dark until then.

Xie Ling's heart clenched as she noticed Gu Fenghua looking at her.

He pursed his lips and said to Qingyou, "Sorry!"

He had just made a choice, which meant that the fact that he was using Qingyou as a substitute would come to light, so he no longer hid it.

But after admitting it, he didn't feel as relaxed as he had imagined; instead, he felt depressed.

Qingyou expressed one of the original owner's wishes, "Then let's break up and annul the engagement."

Xie Ling looked straight at her, with a look of astonishment, clearly not expecting Qingyou to make such a choice.

During the time they spent together, he knew how much she liked him.

Gu Fenghua had noticed Xie Ling's attention towards her before, but she never expected him to get together with her sister after she returned.

Now I realize that he was using his sister as a substitute for her. No wonder.

When she returned, she found that many things had changed. Her loving and caring parents and family began to revolve around her younger sister.

Her fiancé and former admirer both went on to pursue her younger sister.

This was difficult for her to accept, causing her to feel psychologically unbalanced.

Although she regained the most attention and importance from her family, everyone was pleasantly surprised that she was still alive and cared about her as before.

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