The lounge was so quiet it felt like the air itself had frozen.
The newlyweds, who had just been exchanging rings affectionately in front of everyone, were now sitting separately on chairs, about a meter apart.
The distance wasn't far, but for the newly engaged couple, it felt far too distant.
But neither of them noticed this. Qin Shen held his phone, his eyes wide, his lips moving as he murmured, "Impossible, how could this be..."
He had the same reaction as his father. His father had been raised by his maternal family for a few years when he was young and had suffered some hardships, but Qin Shen had been raised with utmost care from childhood to adulthood.
When he started to understand things, his father began to get cunning because his uncle refused to get married and have children.
Later, when I went back to the old house, I heard my grandfather and uncle arguing. It seemed that my uncle used to have a lover, but they had broken up, and my uncle still couldn't forget her.
Grandpa said angrily, "If you refuse to get married and have children, then Ah Shen will inherit the Qin family business!"
Back then, Qin Shen often heard his father muttering certain things and already understood the difference between his family and his uncle. He remembered his father getting drunk and angrily shouting at home: "We are all descendants of the Qin family, so why, why!"
Hearing his grandfather say this, Qin Shen's heart skipped a beat.
When he got home, he told his father what he had overheard. His father was overjoyed and asked him repeatedly what had happened.
After confirming it, he was overjoyed and couldn't contain his happiness. During that time, he had a smile on his face all day long and agreed to whatever he wanted without hesitation.
Therefore, Qin Shen has a deep memory of that period, and it was from that time that Qin Shen's ambition began to sprout.
The older he got, the more he understood what the identity of the Qin family heir represented, and the more unable he was to let go.
Especially as his uncle, year after year, day after day, he never married and had no children.
Qin Shen and his father went from being uneasy and secretly praying at the beginning to gradually feeling at ease and even regarding the Qin family as their own.
Now, Qin Shen has completely regarded himself as the heir of the Qin family.
He's the only third-generation member of the Qin family. If he can't inherit the family business, who else can? Those from the collateral branches? Grandpa definitely wouldn't agree.
But today, it's like waking up from a dream, so all delusions have come to an end.
His uncle has a child, his own child, so what does that make him? His visions and ambitions over the years seem like a joke.
Because his finger was pressing on the phone screen, it never went out. The enlarged image of the private jet was incredibly clear, and the vibrant colors were distorted into a grinning face, as if mocking his pathetic state and his overestimation of his abilities.
"ah----!!!"
Qin Shen was so overwhelmed by the illusion before him that he suddenly stood up and smashed his phone on the ground, shattering it into pieces.
Lu Sibai was startled and jumped up from his chair, his expression a mixture of fear and confusion.
Qin Shen felt he couldn't accept reality, and neither could he.
What happened to the promised heir of the Qin family? Why was someone suddenly changed?
He had been thinking a lot, even about Chu Tianze, who hated him to the core. Without the Qin family as a backer, Qin Zhengping's few small companies alone wouldn't even be as good as the Chu family.
Chu Tianze was completely infatuated with him back then, and even proposed to come out to his family and officially establish a relationship.
If he had known this would happen, he would have stood firmly by Chu Tianze's side when he was discovered, which would have been better than the situation now!
What does the Qin family have? Qin Zhengping looked at him with disdain and contempt. Originally, Luo Youqi treated him fairly well, but after that incident, she also harbored some resentment towards him.
Even Qin Shen, Lu Sibai felt that he didn't love him as much as before.
It's already difficult for men to be together. His family is unreliable, and Qin Shen is untrustworthy either. If he changes his mind in the future, he will have nothing left.
Just thinking about it sent chills down Lu Sibai's spine.
Perhaps because Lu Sibai's expression was so unpleasant, Qin Shen, who was already agitated and in a state of heightened sensitivity, immediately retorted, "What kind of expression is that?"
He grabbed Lu Sibai's arm and pulled him in front of him, his expression twisted and ferocious: "Do you regret it? Regret getting engaged to me? Let me tell you, you were the one who threatened to die, saying you couldn't live without me, that's why I agreed to forgive you. Now you want to go back on your word? Dream on!"
"No, no, Ah Shen, I didn't, I didn't believe me..." Of course he couldn't admit to this situation, Lu Sibai quickly retorted. Because he was too anxious and hadn't calmed down yet, he couldn't find the right words and could only explain it over and over again.
But at this moment, Qin Shen was so shocked by the news on the internet that he lost his mind. His dream of many years was shattered, and even his future had changed. This shock was too much for him.
"Why should I believe you!" Qin Shen shoved Lu Sibai away, his heart filled with resentment. He didn't hold back at all when he pushed her. Lu Sibai, with her small frame, was pushed back a few steps and fell to the ground with a thud.
Lu Sibai gasped in pain as his tailbone slammed heavily against the tiles.
Qin Shen, however, did not notice at all, and instead poured all his panic and helplessness into anger, which he then vented on Lu Sibai.
"You liar, you're a womanizer, you even seduce your brother's friends, you're shameless, and you still have the nerve to look down on me? Go out and see for yourself, besides me, who else would want you?"
He gave a bitter laugh: "My dad said I was a garbage collector, and I even argued back. How could I have the nerve to argue back to him..."
Lu Sibai was so shocked that he couldn't speak, and his face was frighteningly pale.
Does he really have no feelings for Qin Shen at all? How could that be? They grew up together, and Qin Shen has always protected him.
However, this slight affection couldn't outweigh his own feelings.
But in his heart, Qin Shen was different. Even when Ruan Bei appeared and his identity was revealed, Qin Shen stood by his side.
He never expected that one day he would hear these words from Qin Shen's mouth.
"How could you say that?" Lu Sibai's eyes were filled with tears; he was truly heartbroken.
Did I say something wrong?
After fiercely cursing Lu Sibai, seeing him saddened and shocked, Qin Shen felt a surge of satisfaction.
He vented all the frustration he felt on stage earlier, all because of Lu Sibai. Because of his restlessness, he had embarrassed Lu Sibai as well.
So was he wrong to scold him? No, he was telling the truth.
Lu Sibai burst into tears and rushed forward to hit Qin Shen: "How could you say that? We've been together since we were little—"
"We grew up together, and this is how you treat me? You cheated on me, you slept with your brother's brother?" Qin Shen interrupted him angrily, and his next words were even more malicious: "Looks like that banner wasn't wrong? You're a complete jerk, even your own cousin talks about you like that, think about how pathetic you are."
Lu Sibai's ears were ringing, and the person in front of him opened and closed his mouth, but the words he spoke were like knives that pierced his heart.
"I didn't, I'm not, you can't say that about me..." Lu Sibai covered her ears, tears streaming down her cheeks.
Qin Shen, however, had already experienced the pleasure of transferring his negative emotions. When he was unhappy, he just needed to see someone who was even more unhappy than him.
His scathing criticism of Lu Sibai stemmed from both resentment he had buried deep in his heart and genuine frustration, leading him to deliberately hurl insults at Lu.
When Lu Sibai saw the message online, he could still barely think about the current situation, but now he was being berated by Qin Shen and had completely broken down. He huddled in the corner of the lounge and cried so hard that he couldn't lift his head.
Meanwhile, the atmosphere in another room was warm and loving.
Ruan Bei was looking at the photos and videos Bai Miaomiao had sent him. He couldn't help but feel happy about them; in fact, he found them quite satisfying.
Although he thought it was good that Qin Shen and Lu Sibai, these two troublemakers, were paired up, wasn't it only natural to feel good when he saw them embarrassed and unable to save face?
"Wow, this kid knows how to play, not bad at all." Qin Gu raised an eyebrow and commented after peeking in.
Ruan Bei sighed, and Qin Gu snuggled closer to him: "Unhappy?"
Ruan Bei tapped on Song Jiaxi's photo on her phone, her voice muffled: "A bit annoying."
"What? Have you softened your heart?" Qin Gu knew about his past life and what Song Jiaxi had done to Ruan Bei.
"No, that's not it." Ruan Bei rested his chin on his hand, watching the video on his phone play as Song Jiaxi struggled to be dragged out.
His family and Kunkun both thought he was soft-hearted, but Ruan Bei knew very well that his soft-heartedness had its limits. No matter how much someone repented and tried to make amends for hurting him, he would never give his heart away again.
“He has never really changed.” Ruan Bei’s voice was very calm: “He has always been this crazy and ruthless. It’s just that his stance was different in the two lives. In the previous life, he stood on Lu Sibai’s side and used all his methods on me. In this life, it’s probably because I saved him by some twist of fate that he disregarded everything and went crazy targeting Lu Sibai without asking my opinion.”
He couldn't say he felt nothing about what Song Jiaxi had done for him, but her actions also troubled him.
Song Jiaxi was like a sharp sword that was always on the verge of going out of control; he had no thoughts of his own and only depended on where the swordsman would stab him.
In his previous life, Lu Sibai held this sword. In this life, he took the initiative to hand the hilt to Ruan Bei. When Ruan Bei refused to take it, he followed his own thinking and thrust the sword out for Ruan Bei.
Qin Gu frowned. If what Xiao Bei said was true, then Song Jiaxi was an unstable factor.
He's currently focused on helping Ruan Bei, but then what? He wants to get close to Xiao Bei, but she doesn't want to. Will he do something crazy because of this?
"I want you..."
“No need.” Ruan Bei took a deep breath. “I’ll find an opportunity to meet him and explain things to him this time.”
Previously, besides disliking Song Jiaxi, he also felt a bit of fear towards her. It wasn't for any other reason than that normal people are afraid of mentally ill people who frequently have fits of madness. He was afraid that if he provoked her, she would pull out a knife and stab her.
But now he has the confidence to confront Song Jiaxi head-on. He has the ability and a very strong backing, so he can be a little more unrestrained, right?
“Okay, I’ll go with you then,” Qin Gu said.
Ruan Bei nodded, swiped his phone a few more times, and suddenly laughed: "Why did Uncle Qin suddenly decide to order a colorful airplane for you..."
Some netizens commented that the Crown Prince of Qin might have a girlish heart.
Qin Gu's face immediately darkened, and his tone turned ominous: "How should I know?"
His dad said he would handle this for him, but he didn't expect it to be handled like this. He didn't even know the plane existed before, let alone that it was painted in rainbow colors.
The more he thought about it, the more unwilling he became. Qin Gu took out his phone: "I'll call him and ask."
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