Qin Chu smiled, seemingly having finally regained his composure. "What do you think?"
Shi Miao put the photo back into her pocket. Her delicate and striking face showed little emotion as she said calmly, "It's fine if you don't want to talk. I don't plan to let you go this time. There's plenty of time in the future to waste on you."
The smile on Qin Chu's lips froze instantly.
He had suffered a lot in M ​​Continent last time, and what Shi Miao was saying now didn't seem like she was threatening him; she really intended to imprison him until he died.
"Will you let me go if I tell you?"
"No." Shi Miao crossed her arms and looked at him coldly. "You think I don't know what you've been doing behind my back?"
Qin Chu's face was ashen, but he knew he had no other choice but to appease her for the time being.
After a few seconds of silence, he said, "It wasn't me. Your brother was stillborn."
He wasn't lying about this; he genuinely had no intention of harming Gu Wanqing's child, otherwise he wouldn't have let her give birth in the first place.
Back then, Gu Wanqing said she wanted to go back to the Gu family in H City and take him to meet her family.
Moreover, since there were still some days left before her due date, he didn't refuse and went back to H city with her.
However, they secretly brought a considerable number of men with them just in case.
Upon arriving in H City, Gu Wanqing's water broke on the way to the Gu family home.
Seeing this, he quickly took Gu Wanqing to the nearest H City First People's Hospital.
The result was that the male twin was born dead.
He only glanced at it casually, took a picture, and then directly asked the nurse to send the stillborn baby to the morgue.
However, he never expected that Gu Wanqing would trick him, as she actually ran away from the hospital with the child.
Qin Chu composed himself, seemingly afraid that Shi Miao wouldn't believe him, and continued in a sincere tone, "If I really wanted to harm you back then, do you think you would still be alive and being taken out of the hospital? I could have gotten rid of you the moment you were born."
Shi Miao narrowed her eyes slightly, her extremely long eyelashes obscuring the bottom of her eyes, as if she was pondering the truth of what Qin Chu said.
Cheng Si, who was listening to the conversation between the two, was quite surprised. He didn't expect that Shi Miao had an older brother who died shortly after birth.
He got off his desk, took two steps, and, driven by curiosity, said to Shi Miao, "Let me see that photo you just put away."
Shi Miao turned her head to look at him, then took the photo out of her pocket and handed it to him.
Cheng Si took it and examined it carefully. His eyes darkened, and he said with some surprise, "The location of the mole on your brother's nose is the same as mine."
Upon hearing this, Shi Miao looked down at the photo in his hand, her eyes filled with surprise. She hadn't noticed the mole on the baby's nose in the photo before.
She glanced up at Cheng Si's nose again, and with such a direct comparison, they really were exactly the same.
"Indeed, it's quite a coincidence."
Cheng Si's eyes flickered slightly, his slender fingers stroking the photo in his hand, and he suddenly asked, "Which hospital were you born in?"
Shi Miao frowned imperceptibly. Although she didn't know why he suddenly asked this, she still patiently answered him, "The First People's Hospital of H City."
Cheng Si's fingers curled up unconsciously, and he looked at her with a serious expression. "Really? You're not lying to me?"
"Really, why would I lie to you?" Shi Miao snatched the photo back from his hand. "But why did you suddenly ask about this?"
"Nothing, just asking." Cheng Si put his hands in his pockets, the seriousness in his eyes vanished in an instant, and he returned to his usual nonchalant demeanor, tilting his chin slightly towards Qin Chu. "You continue."
Shi Miao calmly put the photos away, feeling that Cheng Si was acting strangely again, but she didn't think much of it.
Her eyes flickered slightly as she glanced at Song Ran, who had been keeping his head down and remaining silent. She slowly voiced her suspicions, "Are you the one who hypnotized people?"
Song Ran looked up at her slightly, surprised that she was so smart to have guessed it. She responded softly, "Mm."
Shi Miao touched her chin with her slender, pale hand. "I can let you go, but you have to do something for me on the condition that you do something for me."
Song Ran frowned, a hint of wariness flashing in her eyes behind her glasses, wondering what Miao was up to.
He asked hesitantly, "What...is it?"
"Don't worry, it's quite simple, definitely within your capabilities." Shi Miao's lips curled slightly, her clear black and white eyes looking quite pure, but what she said was surprising: "Hypnotize Qin Chu."
She paused for a moment, then said, "You do it for Qin Chu as many times as you do for her. I'm sure you have a record of it. Of course, I'll decide how to do it."
Song Ran wasn't stupid; she naturally knew who the "she" Shi Miao was referring to was. She just hadn't expected Shi Miao to be so ruthless. Rather than becoming delirious and not knowing who she was, she thought it would be better to just die quickly.
On one side are your friends and partners who have risked their lives for you for many years, and on the other side is your life and freedom. Any smart person knows what to choose.
Song Ran's eyes were now completely wavering. He knew in his heart that Qin Chu would not be able to escape unscathed once he fell into Shi Miao's hands.
Qin Chu's face was extremely pale, he almost couldn't catch his breath, his eyes were almost bloodshot, and he said sharply, "Shi Miao, don't go too far!"
"Too much?" Shi Miao casually squatted down to look him in the eye, her eyes devoid of any warmth, yet piercingly cold. "You should be glad I spared your life."
"You...!" Qin Chu clenched his fists, his face flushed red, and he was so angry that the veins on his forehead were bulging. He wished he had just strangled her to death back in the hospital.
Shi Miao ignored him, turned to Song Ran, and said slowly, "How have you decided? I think any smart person knows what to choose."
Song Ran pursed her lips and met her gaze. "Can I trust you?"
Shi Miao raised a beautiful eyebrow slightly, "Do you have a choice?"
Song Ran clenched her fists, remained silent for a few seconds, and then whispered, "I agree."
Qin Chu's eyes widened, and she called out to him in disbelief, "Song Ran!"
Song Ran closed her eyes and chose to remain silent.
Shi Miao stood up and flicked non-existent dust off her clothes with her fingers. "Not bad, quite high level of awareness."
As soon as she finished speaking, her phone suddenly rang with a "ding" sound in her pocket.
Shi Miao took out her phone and glanced at the message, then looked up at Cheng Si, who had somehow returned to his desk. "My people have arrived."
She pointed to the two people tied together on the ground, "I'll take them with me first."
Cheng Si raised an eyebrow, then suddenly remembered something and said with a smile, "Okay, don't forget to treat me to a meal."
Shi Miao's lips twitched slightly, and she said calmly, "Don't worry, I haven't forgotten."
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