A skin-thirsty episode occurred, in her brother's arms.

Qin Ge made a phone call, while Xu Xingchen remained standing still.

They did not go forward.

Xu Xingchen's mind went blank, and the immense fear made his limbs stiffen.

What will Qin Ge do if he sees this?

She looked down at her hands, her long eyelashes fluttering.

What will Qin Ge do if he finds out? Will there be any future between them?

Xu Xingchen's lips turned even paler.

Qin Ge hung up the phone and took Xu Xingchen's hand.

She forced her way between his fingers, intertwined her fingers with his, and led Xu Xingchen away from where they stood.

Neither side spoke first along the way.

Qin Ge took Xu Xingchen back, and Xu Xingchen's hands were very cold.

The kind that just won't get warm no matter how you try to warm it up.

He sat there, taking up only a small part of the sofa.

So small and... well-behaved, it doesn't say a word, just sits there.

His hair hung down, plastered to his scalp.

Qin Ge poured a cup of hot water for Xu Xingchen, who took it but didn't drink it, just held it.

Qin Ge stared at him for a few seconds. "Drink some hot water."

Xu Xingchen slowly raised his head, his eyes filled with confusion.

He had imagined countless conversations between them, but was this really going to happen?

He pursed his dry lips, slowly brought the cup to his lips, and took a sip.

The warm water slid down his lips and into his stomach, warming his entire body.

After finishing his drink, he just sat there holding the cup.

What's done is done, he's done it all, and Qin Ge has seen it all. So be it, he'll accept all the consequences.

Qin Ge, "Are you really planning to just stay like this and never speak to me again?"

Xu Xingchen's eyes were still blank.

"You saw it all."

It was an affirmative sentence, not an interrogative sentence, which is why he was puzzled as to why Qin Ge would ask that question.

Shouldn't he... get to know him better and then leave?

Qin Ge realized that he wasn't the kind of person he had imagined, and saw another side of him, yet he could still act so nonchalantly?

Qin Ge: "I saw it, I saw it all."

Xu Xingchen's heart clenched, and he lowered his eyes, staring unconsciously at his fingertips.

Her whole face was pale.

Qin Ge used the back of his hand to test the temperature of his face. "You're so timid, yet you dare to do something like this?"

In one sentence, everything was revealed, completely shattering Xu Xingchen's last shred of hope.

Before this, he kept comforting himself, thinking that maybe Qin Ge hadn't seen it.

He kept this matter secret, and even though Qin Ge had been following him, it didn't prove anything. He was quite far away when Qin Siyuan had the car accident.

Xu Xingchen fell silent again, not saying a word.

He could no longer deceive himself.

Qin Ge: "Qin Siyuan isn't dead; he's been taken to the hospital."

Xu Xingchen: "Mm."

He remained silent with his head down, the knife above his head still not falling. Even though Qin Ge's current attitude was somewhat different from what he had expected, he dared not be careless.

Qin Ge cupped his entire face in his hands and looked him in the eye.

Qin Ge's obsidian-like eyes were dark, reflecting his own image.

Feeling flustered by being seen through and having nowhere to hide, Xu Xingchen reached out to pull Qin Ge's hand away, not wanting to look at him like that.

Qin Ge remained motionless, holding his head still. "Look at me, Xu Xingxing, I need to have a serious talk with you."

"First, tell me, what are you thinking, taking action against Qin Siyuan now?"

Qin Siyuan is such a scumbag, it's hard to describe him with just the word "disgusting".

Qin Ge witnessed it when he was five or six years old.

Even now, recalling those scenes still makes Qin Ge feel physically uncomfortable. After taking some medication, they were completely transformed into beasts driven by desire.

Their sexual intercourse, like that of wild beasts, pushes the boundaries of human morality.

Qin Ge couldn't recall those days at all; just thinking about them made his whole body feel nauseous and repulsed.

He wanted to kill Qin Siyuan more than once.

When he was young, this thought was exceptionally strong; he would rather die with Qin Siyuan in the dark of night.

And they want to take action.

Qin Ge was intelligent from a young age, and he was patient.

Qin Bei locked Qin Siyuan up in an attempt to prevent this tragedy from happening in some way.

Qin Siyuan hated him, and he blamed all his current miserable fate on him.

He and Qin Siyuan loathed each other, each wishing the other could be killed.

Unfortunately, Qin Siyuan was a spoiled rich kid who had been pampered. He had only learned about the pleasures of being a rich kid before, and after thirteen years, he was out of touch with everything.

Qin Siyuan knew perfectly well that he had no chance of competing with him now, so he did everything he could to disgust him.

They kept coming up with all sorts of little tricks.

After Xu Xingchen came into Qin Ge's life, the nightmare he had experienced gradually subsided. He didn't want Qin Siyuan to ruin his and Xingxing's future.

The company and the entire Qin family have fallen into his hands. Once Qin Bei is gone, Qin Siyuan's future will be decided by him.

So Qin Ge held back and waited quietly. He never expected that Xu Xingchen would give him such a big "surprise" at this time.

Xu Xingchen lowered his eyes, refusing to communicate with Qin Ge.

Qin Ge laughed in exasperation. "You've really gotten bold, Xu Xingxing. Do you know what would have happened if I hadn't gone out with you today?"

Xu Xingchen's plan was not foolproof; a closer look would reveal its flaws.

He just didn't know how Xu Xingchen managed to lose control of the car at the end.

Because of the intelligent driving system?

Qin Ge's guesses were useless; Xu Xingchen didn't say a word, his lips tightly pursed.

A stubborn little cat with a bad temper.

Qin Ge, "Tell me, why did you do these things?"

He went through all the possible reasons in his mind, and only one remained. His expression changed little by little: "You know everything."

What he told everyone back then was that he accidentally stumbled upon Qin Siyuan fooling around with other people and was tied up by him.

He has not revealed any further details.

He didn't want Yun Ci and the others to worry more.

Yun Ci felt guilty about this for a long time.

He knew better than anyone what Yun Ci had given up.

Yun Ci divorced Qin Siyuan when the Yun family was at its most difficult time, and the Yun family's situation instantly plummeted.

Countless people outside were speculating that the Yun family was completely beyond saving, which was why the Qin family began to sever ties with them.

Those who were initially observing began to panic, cutting ties with everything they could and frantically selling off everything related to the Yun family.

The stock market crashed, almost all upstream and downstream supply chains were cut off, the financial chain collapsed, and the company was once on the verge of bankruptcy and liquidation.

Yun Ci is the only daughter of the Yun family. She was raised as the heir from a young age, and it took the Yun family more than a hundred years to reach where it is today.

Before the Qin Ge incident, she was just one step away from securing cooperation in Southeast Asia, which would have revitalized the Yun family, which was facing a crisis.

She spent more than two months preparing for the collaboration and dealing with probing from various parties.

She was just a hair's breadth away from resolving that crisis.

But she chose to make a tough decision, taking the most resolute approach.