After taking two puffs, he said softly, "The thing I regret the most is not seeing her die with my own eyes. If time could go back, I definitely wouldn’t save her, just let her die like that, or even kill her whole family, at worst repay with my life."

Hearing such heartless and cold words, Qiu Mingxin’s heart leapt fiercely. She looked at Qiu Mingyan, stunned, "Brother..."

Qiu Mingyan, however, laughed more sarcastically, "Very cold-blooded, right? But this is my truest feeling, Mingxin. Ever since the day Yu Yu left, your brother died, so whatever happens in the future, don’t take it too hard. Mom and Dad can only count on you and Mingjun to take care of them in this life. If there’s a next life, tell them I will be filial to them."

Realizing what Qiu Mingyan was planning to do, Qiu Mingxin immediately knelt in front of him, shaking her head in despair, "Brother, don’t, don’t do anything stupid. Perhaps Miss Feng is still waiting for you, maybe Mr. Feng will also help you. Just wait, wait a little longer, and everything might turn around." 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

"I’m only afraid of getting news that makes me more desperate. Mingxin, do you know why the Feng Family hasn’t shown up yet?"

Mentioning that family, which indeed made their family anxious for several days—

In the days after his thoughts returned, he simply told them that given Father Feng’s temperament and mood, he would likely send someone to break his legs or cripple him soon. Feng Chengjin might help, but he could only handle the stance and couldn’t help with his injuries. He told his family if it came to that, not to argue, and left a phone number to call if needed.

During this time, Qiu Mingxin and their family lived in constant anxiety, and at that moment, Qiu Mingxin shook her head.

"Perhaps because it’s already ended, they decided not to pursue it?"

In an instant, Qiu Mingyan smiled.

Such a smile was full of despair and bitterness, like a walking corpse crawling out of hell, painful to the point where every nerve and bone ached.

"No, it’s because—if I’m not mistaken, Yu Yu should be pregnant."

"Pregnant?" Qiu Mingxin let out a sharp cry, and this sentence made Gui Lanzhi, who had just stepped out to the door from the main house, shudder.

Qiu Mingyan nodded: "Her menstrual cycle is always regular. During the days she stayed here, we were all busy with matters related to the Mai Family, didn’t pay much attention, and thinking back on her reactions during that time, she should have been pregnant."

"So, so..." Qiu Mingxin looked at her brother’s current reaction, her heart ached as if realizing something to the extreme.

Qiu Mingyan was bitter, and in an instant, his eyes welled up with tears, "So, I would rather her father come and beat me, or whatever they want, at least it would mean Yu Yu is safe, and they are venting their anger on me. But if they don’t come, it’s definitely because Yu Yu did something that made her father compromise. Mingxin, my child might be gone, or Yu Yu might have been sent to the United States or already chosen to marry someone else. This life between me and Yu Yu can never happen, and we might not even meet again, do you understand?"

Immediately, reflected in Qiu Mingxin’s teary eyes, was Qiu Mingyan’s equally trembling, misty gaze.

At this age, finally finding someone they liked, yet when happiness was so within reach, it couldn’t be touched anymore.

Is there anything more painful than losing a child and a spouse? Qiu Mingxin couldn’t imagine it, yet she could understand why her brother now harbored thoughts of wanting to kill the Mai Family.

So, in her eyes, this man was turning back and forth, hesitant and lost. Taking two puffs of a cigarette was not enough to dispel the despair and pain in his heart. As the tears fell, Qiu Mingyan extinguished the cigarette butt in the garden soil.

Turning around, Qiu Mingyan went into the woodshed, locking himself inside, and a suppressed voice was heard from within—

The entire Qiu Family all had tears in their eyes.