Qin Suyuan's mood was terrible, absolutely terrible. She was so close to flying far away. She had already planned to book a plane ticket, and then this mess happened.
Right now, Qin Suyuan had no other thoughts; she just wanted to equally ruin everyone's day.
The police had checked Qin Suyuan's background. They didn't find her words particularly outrageous. If they had gone through what Qin Suyuan had experienced, they'd probably be even more unhinged than she was.
Zhou Suxia wasn't good to Qin Suyuan after taking her in. During the first couple of years, Zhou Suxia's relationship with her ex-husband was still okay. With him around, he could share some of life's burdens, and Qin Suyuan could live a decent life for those two years.
But the year Qin Suyuan turned three, Zhou Suxia met a wealthy businessman outside. She packed up and became his mistress. After being discovered, Qin Suyuan's adoptive father divorced her immediately.
Zhou Suxia clung fiercely to Qin Suyuan's custody rights. Every time he mentioned taking Qin Suyuan away, Zhou Suxia would go berserk. The worst incident involved her chasing her ex-husband with a knife and even sending her ex-mother-in-law to the hospital. After enough episodes, her adoptive father became too scared to fight for custody anymore.
To be fair, Zhou Suxia's ex-husband had been decent to Qin Suyuan over the years. Every year, besides paying child support to Zhou Suxia, he would also deposit money into an unused bank card under his own name.
That bank card was directly in Qin Suyuan's possession. The amount inside depended on her adoptive father's financial situation. If he earned more, there might be one or two hundred a month; if he earned less, there could be thirty or fifty.
There was never more than that because her adoptive father had remarried after the divorce and now had a twelve or thirteen-year-old son, so his money didn't stretch far.
While these monthly sums didn't seem like much, when the original host was being abused by Zhou Suxia and her part-time job wages were being confiscated, this money wasn't just her living expenses; it was her lifeline for continuing her education.
Zhou Suxia grew old and lost her looks. The businessman she had attached herself to had long since dumped her. Accustomed to a life of easy money without hard work, the quality of the men she followed kept declining. By the time she was kidnapped, she had sunk so low that even an old vegetable seller could afford to keep her for a few days.
By the time the fake heiress Qin Susu was reborn and started targeting the original host, Zhou Suxia had already set her sights on the original host herself.
She knew many men and planned to go into the procurement business. After all, it wasn't her own daughter, so she felt no pain at all.
In her previous life, the original host, caught off guard at this time, almost fell victim.
Qin Suyuan leaned back in her chair. She believed the police officers must have already investigated all these things.
"Ms. Zhou Suxia is not in life-threatening danger now, but she has suffered many inhuman tortures." When the police officer said this, his face wore an expression of pity and sympathy. Zhou Suxia was still in the hospital; there truly wasn't a patch of good skin on her body. The female officer who went to see her came out with swollen eyes.
Qin Suyuan looked at the officer in front of her and slowly rolled up her sleeve.
"So you think I haven't been harmed either, Officer?" The effect of the Scar Pill was immediate. Just this short while after taking it, scars large and small had already surfaced on her body. Some had scabbed over with new flesh growing, while others still had raw, gaping wounds.
To make the act convincing, Qin Suyuan had bought plenty of medicine from pharmacies these past few days—scar removal creams, healing ointments, anti-inflammatory drugs—a whole pile. She kept some in her space for emergencies and sent the rest to her friends in the group chat. After all, she couldn't just keep taking things from others without giving something back.
The police officer hadn't meant anything particular by his earlier statement. Being rebutted by Qin Suyuan like this, he didn't get angry.
The two officers continued their questioning. During the process, Qin Suyuan also learned the details of Zhou Suxia's situation.
Qin Susu hated the original host, the true heiress, and she also hated Zhou Suxia, who had switched them at birth but failed to kill the original host.
Especially since in her past life, Zhou Suxia's identity was disgraceful, always a professional mistress. With such a biological mother, Qin Susu, who married into the wealthy He family, could never hold her head high. Because Mrs. He, who had been very satisfied with her initially, would subtly imply something about a crooked stick casting a crooked shadow when criticizing her shortcomings.
After being reborn, Qin Susu not only wanted to nip the true heiress in the bud but also to dismantle the ticking time bomb that was Zhou Suxia, who would always come asking for money after the truth came out.
Qin Susu was particularly vicious. The kidnappers she hired for the original host were one group, offered a price of five hundred thousand. Compared to five million, the difference wasn't small, and their treatment was similarly worlds apart.
The original host was beaten and violated, while Zhou Suxia became a plaything for a group of men, suffering even more injuries than the original host.
After Qin Suyuan escaped, those kidnappers, afraid of being discovered, planned to kill Zhou Suxia and flee. Zhou Suxia took advantage of the night when they weren't paying attention and simply ran away.
Her luck was incredibly good. Not long after escaping, she ran into police officers returning from a mission in another city.
Hearing how Zhou Suxia was rescued, Qin Suyuan couldn't even muster a smile. Truly worthy of being the "person of great fortune" capable of swapping a wealthy heiress, to escape under such conditions.
If she hadn't been taken in by Lin Xi for emergency shelter back then, the grass on her grave would have been nourished by her flesh and blood to grow a meter tall by now.
Qin Suyuan couldn't understand these damned worlds, just like she couldn't understand why Mrs. Qin, a wealthy socialite, insisted on going for a countryside outing when she was about to give birth, nor why, with all her money, she chose to stay in a shared hospital room.
Before crossing over, even her somewhat simple-minded cousin from the countryside knew to get a private room for his wife when she was giving birth. Couldn't such rich people afford a single room?
Are the preferences of the wealthy that bizarre? Do they find private rooms too lonely, forcing them to squeeze in with others?
Or did the wealthy socialite Mrs. Qin go out without money and couldn't afford a private room? That's just nonsense. Who goes out these days without money or a phone? Mrs. Qin didn't seem mentally challenged. Could it be that this so-called wealthy family was so hard up they couldn't even scrape together the money for a private delivery room for the lady of the house?
It's somewhat understandable if a child was swapped while unconscious and unaware, but being switched two whole days after birth without anyone noticing any difference between the two babies? Come on. It's one thing if the wealthy socialite wife was blind, but did the doctors and nurses also have something wrong with them?
And what about surveillance cameras? Aren't there security guards monitoring the hospital's CCTV?
Qin Suyuan simply couldn't wrap her head around it. It was utterly absurd!
This reminded Qin Suyuan of something from before her transmigration. Back then, after reading those popular novels about switched identities and fake heirs, she refused to believe anyone could fail to recognize their own child. Coincidentally, she had a close middle school friend working as a nurse in obstetrics. Bored, Qin Suyuan decided to conduct a field investigation.
That day, she followed her friend and saw several newborns who had just been delivered. Those babies were all tiny, but they really didn't all look exactly the same.
At the time, Qin Suyuan felt complicated but didn't dwell on it, simply assuming the authors writing those switched-identity stories were unmarried young women who didn't know any better, which was normal. But after transmigrating into this world of switched identities, Qin Suyuan realized it: this world really does have idiots.
And not just one. How terrifying. Qin Suyuan was truly exhausted by this incredibly brain-dead world and desperately wanted to go home.
Qin Suyuan was also a victim. Under police questioning, she cooperated and recounted what happened during the days she was kidnapped.
The kidnappers didn't hide their faces from Qin Suyuan, nor did they conceal the information about the person who hired them from her.
They never intended to let Qin Suyuan leave alive.
So, as Qin Suyuan exited the interrogation room, she ran into the entire Qin family stepping out of a luxury car.
Qin Susu wore a pink princess dress, her long, straight black hair hanging down. Her looks weren't exceptionally beautiful, but her skin was very fair, glowing almost luminously under the fluorescent lights of the police station.
Qin Susu's expression was terrible. She hadn't expected Qin Suyuan to escape, nor had she anticipated Zhou Suxia's incredible luck. The moment she saw Qin Suyuan, she couldn't hide the hatred in her eyes.
Qin Suyuan's gaze fell upon her biological parents and brothers. Their expressions weren't good either.
They couldn't believe Qin Suyuan would hire a killer, let alone believe she would target her own biological mother and their daughter.
What they found even harder to believe was that the daughter they had pampered and doted on all these years was not their biological child.
But the moment Su Jing saw Qin Suyuan, she knew—this girl named Qin Suyuan really was her daughter. Looks couldn't lie. Compared to Qin Susu, Qin Suyuan looked more like her, and even more like her own mother.
Qin Susu didn't resemble anyone in the family.
Su Jing's heart leaped into her throat at that moment. She glanced sideways at her husband, and both their expressions instantly turned grave. The original host's elder brother, Qin Susong, looked at his sister with concern.
The original host's dear younger brother, Qin Suyang, was full of indignation.
Unlike their parents, the two brothers hadn't noticed at all how much Qin Suyuan resembled them. All they knew was that their innocent, simple-minded younger sister, their gentle and kind-hearted older sister, had been falsely accused by Qin Suyuan.
Qin Suyang was twelve this year, at that age where he thought he ruled the world. He strode up to Qin Suyuan. "So you're the one who falsely accused my sister? Listen, if you know what's good for you, go tell the police right now that you were lying about my sister, or else you'll regret it."
The Qin family was wealthy, and Qin Suyang had lived a fearless life since childhood. In his limited understanding, his family could do anything. Just like when he got into trouble at school, his parents could always use money to smooth everything over.
In some ways, Qin Suyang was clever. From all those incidents where his parents cleaned up his messes, he deduced the principle that with money, you could do whatever you wanted.
Qin Suyuan glanced at him. This younger brother was truly as stupid as in the original host's memories. In her memories, this fool was always used as a pawn by Qin Susu, and even now he couldn't shake off that damn temperament.
Qin Suyuan couldn't be bothered to argue with fools. She looked at Qin Susu and the others, then directly addressed the officer at the duty desk. "Officer, someone is threatening me."
Seeing Qin Suyuan speak up, Qin Zhenzhou, Qin Suyang's father, immediately glared fiercely at his son and stepped forward to explain with an apologetic smile to the officer. "Sorry, officer. Our child is young and doesn't know any better. He didn't mean it."
As Qin Zhenzhou said this to the police, his gaze was fixed on Qin Suyuan. Qin Suyuan kept a cold expression and walked straight out of the police station's main entrance. Her connection to this case was minor; the police's main purpose in questioning her was to understand what happened.
They even hinted at wanting her to be a witness for Zhou Suxia. Qin Suyuan sensed this and flatly refused. She had two reasons for refusing. First, both Zhou Suxia and Qin Susu were her enemies. She couldn't possibly help one enemy attack another.
What she most wanted to see was the two of them fighting like dogs, pulling out each other's fur—better yet, if they would just kill each other!
The second reason was that Qin Suyuan had already received her admission letter from Sam University. Sam University's status in this world was comparable to that of Harvard or Oxford in her previous life.
Ever since her brief encounter with the original host, she had figured things out. Not counting her age in this world, she was only 20. At her age, she should be enjoying campus life at school, building up her own survival skills, not sinking into the mire and wallowing in the mud with a bunch of rotten people.
Those people weren't worth her wasting her precious youth. The original host wished for her happiness, and being with the Qin family would definitely not bring her happiness.
Outside the police station entrance, Qin Suyuan encountered someone she never expected to see.
When Qin Damin saw Qin Suyuan, he stamped out his cigarette and strode towards her. He looked her up and down; her injuries were visible through her clothes.
Qin Damin was furious. "Animals. They're all animals."
Qin Suyuan fell silent, unsure how to interact with the original host's adoptive father. In the original host's memories, her impression of Qin Damin was limited to brief monthly visits before she was taken away by the Qin family.
The meeting places were sometimes a noodle shop, sometimes a KFC or Wallace (a Chinese fast-food chain) outlet. This man didn't actually earn much. When the original host was young, he only made three or four thousand a month. For him, a thirty, forty, or fifty-yuan meal at KFC was a luxury.
After the original host was taken back by the Qin family, Qin Damin came to see her a few times. Knowing she wasn't doing well, he tried to console her. But by then, the original host was already mentally and physically exhausted by the Qin family, and her psychological state had deteriorated significantly.
Later, after leaving the Qin family, the original host went to find Qin Damin. He took her home for a meal. His wife and son were both gentle and polite. It could be said that if this world had ever shown the original host a sliver of kindness, besides her childhood best friend, it was Qin Damin.
In her previous life, before committing suicide, the original host transferred a sum of money to Qin Damin. It wasn't a huge amount, but it was enough for a down payment.
The original host never told Qin Suyuan about Qin Damin, afraid it would burden her psychologically. She already felt guilty for dragging Qin Suyuan into her own negativity; she didn't want Qin Suyuan to spend her life carrying the weight of someone else's kindness to her.
Kindness is such a difficult thing to repay.
Qin Suyuan thought it over and decided to go with Qin Damin. Qin Damin drove a well-worn, multi-owner Wuling Hongguang van and took her to a nearby lamian (hand-pulled noodle) restaurant.
They found a corner seat by the window. Qin Damin ordered two bowls of noodles: a regular large portion for himself, and another with extra meat for Qin Suyuan.
Peeling garlic, Qin Damin said to Qin Suyuan, "I've called you many times over this period, and I've called Zhou Suxia many times too. After I couldn't find you at her place or at your usual part-time jobs, I reported you missing to the police."
Qin Damin and Qin Shichun were two completely different types of fathers. Qin Shichun was witty and refined; in his interactions with Qin Suyuan, he would gently guide her to think about various issues. Qin Damin was taciturn and reserved, but within his means, he did his utmost to care for the original host.
He might not have been perfect, but he did fulfill his responsibilities toward the original host. Zhou Suxia had a big appetite; the child support for the original host was eight hundred yuan a month. Qin Damin wasn't particularly capable, with a monthly salary of only three or four thousand. Eight hundred yuan in child support was not a small sum.
Don't forget, besides that eight hundred yuan in child support, the original host also had a bank card.
Qin Suyuan replied as she always did; this was already the routine of their interactions. Qin Damin continued, "I've just finished getting the information from the police. I never imagined Zhou Suxia would do such a thing. Child, you've suffered, being with her and me."
The biggest wrongdoing Qin Damin had ever committed in his life was stealing fruit from a neighbor's house when he was seven or eight.
His marriage to Zhou Suxia was arranged by a matchmaker. After meeting, Qin Damin thought Zhou Suxia was young and beautiful, while Zhou Suxia coveted the fact that he owned a house in Haibin City, so she wouldn't be driven out.
They hit it off and got married, but life after marriage wasn't good. Zhou Suxia had worked as a maid for the Qin family, and having glimpsed the extravagance of high society, she could no longer bear ordinary life.
She began to despise Qin Damin's low-paying job, she began to scorn his meekness and silence. For a long time, even his breathing seemed an unforgivable sin in her eyes.
It only got slightly better after she became pregnant. Qin Damin was happy then; he thought Zhou Suxia had finally settled down to live with him.
Unexpectedly, after the child was born, she reverted to her old self. Qin Damin endured it all for the child's sake, until Zhou Suxia found a wealthy lover. Wanting to be "clean" for her new man, she left with nothing but the child.
Qin Damin had always known Zhou Suxia treated Qin Suyuan poorly. He had gone to confront her, but each time he was shouted at and driven away, sometimes even beaten. His current wife didn't oppose him being good to his child, but over time, she also developed opinions. Gradually, Qin Damin stopped intervening.
He just deposited money into the card on time every month. When it was time to pay for tuition or meals, his wife would tacitly give him an extra few dozen yuan as pocket money.
It wasn't until today that Qin Damin learned Qin Suyuan was not his daughter. Zhou Suxia had done a despicable thing by swapping the two babies.
His biological daughter was the one who had Qin Suyuan and Zhou Suxia kidnapped. Regarding Zhou Suxia's kidnapping, Qin Damin felt a sense of grim satisfaction. As for Qin Suyuan, his heart truly ached for her.
Qin Damin now knew Qin Suyuan's true identity and how wealthy her biological parents were. After all, during all those years Zhou Suxia berated him as useless, Qin Zhenzhou was held up as his opposite—how good Qin Zhenzhou was, was how rotten he was.
After some thought, Qin Damin still said, "Your biological parents will surely take you back. When you go back, you must listen to them more..."
"Dad, I won't go back." Overcoming a psychological barrier, Qin Suyuan called Qin Damin 'Dad'. She had seen many divorced and remarried fathers, and few reached the level Qin Damin had. Of course, this might also be influenced by the original host's feelings.
Ultimately, it was because the original host had received too little love.
Qin Damin finally looked up, his expression dazed. Qin Suyuan said, "I've already applied to a university abroad. In a couple of days, I'm leaving to study. The school I'll be attending is Samwell University."
Qin Damin never liked studying; he dropped out before finishing high school. Only after entering society and struggling to find good work did he understand what a high education represented, but it was too late for regrets.
Therefore, when Qin Suyuan was in middle school, Qin Damin started quitting smoking. The monthly cigarette money he saved went to Qin Suyuan as living expenses. He hoped she would have a promising future.
Qin Suyuan didn't disappoint him either; her exam results were always near the top every year. Whenever her grades came out, Qin Damin would happily treat himself to a drink.
The reputation of Samwell University was no less than that of Hua University or Guo University. Qin Damin was overjoyed, not knowing what to do with his happiness.
He stood up and, for the first time ever, went to get a side dish of cold appetizers. "Eat up. When I get back, I'll have your aunt buy some pork ribs. We'll have a proper feast."
His joy affected Qin Suyuan. She smiled and said, "Okay." After they finished the meal, Qin Damin drove her to the entrance of the small inn where she was staying and then left.
Qin Suyuan continued walking towards the upstairs room. The proprietress of the small hotel sat at the front desk watching her. Qin Suyuan paid her no mind; after all, she had paid for a monthly rental.
If the landlady tried to evict her before the rent was due, she'd have to pay a penalty.
Qin Suyuan's mood was still quite good. This time, there were no messy people loitering outside her room. After washing up in her room and purchasing a plane ticket to leave the day after tomorrow, she mentioned in the group chat that she had been found.
Her message caused an uproar in the group.
【Domineering CEO Villainess Ye Bingbing: What did they say? Suyuan, maybe you should buy a ticket to the neighboring city? See if you can actually leave that world?】
As someone who had been controlled by plot forces before, even if Qin Suyuan's world wasn't a book world, what if it was? What if Qin Suyuan herself didn't know she was living inside a book?
After all, with the whole switched-at-birth trope and the rebirth element, the buffs were stacked a bit too thickly.
【Period Drama Stepmother Xu Huixin: I strongly agree with Bingbing. You were just about to leave, and now this happens all of a sudden. It's hard to say if it's not some kind of self-correction function of the world you're in.】
Among the dozen or so people in the group, only Xu Huixin and Ye Bingbing were deeply troubled by matters of the heart.
Since both of them said so, everyone else also felt it was quite a coincidence.
【Whole Family Transmigrated into ABO Wen Wan: I think that's right. You definitely have to go and check.】
The time flow in Bai Qingting's world was several times faster than others. In her plane, nearly two months had passed since she last had the spy mice keep an eye on the demon clan.
Just like in the book, Tang Jin had still become Chi Yan's most loyal subordinate, working for him during the day and warming his bed at night.
Every time Bai Qingting heard about this, she found it profoundly subtle. The "anti-cliché" novel she had transmigrated into was truly "anti-." It simply swapped the male lead's typical traits onto the female lead.
For instance, things like killing the male lead's parents, wiping out his entire clan, having had other men before him, yet the male lead, from beginning to end, had only the female lead.
It was only now that Bai Qingting truly understood—how was this not a form of anti-cliché?
Bai Qingting also supported Qin Suyuan testing for any so-called boundary. After sending her message of support, she immediately issued an order: she must ensure the news that Tang Jin killed the Heavenly Emperor and Empress spread throughout all three realms.
She also ordered people to keep a close watch on Yu Xiao. She wanted to see if Yu Xiao could still achieve a happy ending with Tang Jin after his most beloved woman killed his parents.
Qin Suyuan hadn't considered this possibility before. Jolted as if from a deathbed dream, she sprang up, grabbed her bag, and left in a whirlwind.
She took a bus directly to the high-speed rail station and chose the nearest out-of-province train. After buying the ticket, she held her phone, feeling particularly nervous.
Finally, it was boarding time. Qin Suyuan passed the ticket check and got on the train, which departed quickly. She sat by the window.
Four hours later, she stood in a northern city of Xia Country. The moment she stepped off the train, she was almost moved to tears of joy. She posted this news in the group, and everyone was happy for her. But the consensus remained the same: going abroad was different from domestic travel. Until she actually reached a foreign country, she still couldn't let her guard down.
This sentiment resonated deeply with Qin Suyuan. It was her first time in a northern city; it was very cold, but it couldn't extinguish the fire of hope in her heart. It was already late at night. She walked around near the station, took some photos of the surroundings with the original owner's old digital camera, and ate a bowl of sliced meat soup at a late-night street stall.
The meat soup was warm and comforting, flavored with seaweed, cilantro, and dried shrimp, tasting very fresh and delicious.
Qin Suyuan stayed overnight at a budget hotel near the station. The next day, she visited all the local tourist spots.
True to her design student background, her photo compositions were beautiful; several shots could even be used as wallpaper.
Qin Suyuan didn't return to Haibin City until evening. But not long after getting off the high-speed rail, she received a call from the police.
All of Qin Suyuan's happiness vanished. With a fallen expression, she went to the public security bureau. Before entering, she fumbled to start a live stream in the group chat.
In the lobby of the public security bureau, the entire Qin family had gathered, including Qin Zhenzhou's parents, Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin.
Qin Zhenzhou stood with Su Jing, whose anxious gaze kept darting toward the entrance.
The brothers, Qin Susong and Qin Suyang, stood together, faces grim as if someone owed them eight million.
As for the fake daughter, she was presumably already detained.
After all, she had spent a total of 5.5 million to hire assassins. That 5.5 million couldn't have been paid in cash, nor could it have not been paid—those kidnappers weren't running a charity.
Any wire transfer would leave a record. Since the police had detained Qin Susu, they must have evidence.
Seeing the whole Qin family assembled, Qin Suyuan knew exactly why they were there.
Sure enough, the moment she stepped through the door, Su Jing rushed toward her with large strides. By the time she reached Qin Suyuan, her eyes were already brimming with tears.
"Yuanyuan, my Yuanyuan, it's Mom who failed you. If I hadn't been so careless back then, Zhou Suxia wouldn't have had the chance to switch you. We mother and daughter wouldn't have been separated for so many years." Su Jing had spent a whole day digesting the fact that Qin Susu was not her daughter and had tried to hire someone to kill her own biological daughter.
"She's truly wicked, causing us mother and daughter to be apart for all these years. Yuanyuan, can you forgive Mom?"
To be honest, Su Jing was disappointed in Qin Susu. From the time Qin Susu could walk, Su Jing had been determined to raise her into Haibin City's premier socialite.
Over the years, Qin Susu had been diligent and hardworking, sweet-tongued and adept at pleasing people, with friends throughout their social circle. Su Jing had been satisfied with her.
But her most accomplished child had actually done something like hiring a killer! This was what Su Jing could not tolerate the most. She could have accepted Qin Susu being mediocre, or having some petty schemes, but she could not accept Qin Susu going to jail.
Raising a daughter who ends up in prison would undoubtedly be a stain on Su Jing's otherwise perfect life.
The paternity test with Qin Suyuan had been done. A report on Qin Suyuan's life over the years had also been investigated and placed in the Qin family study.
Su Jing had flipped through it, her brows remaining furrowed the entire time. Qin Suyuan's life resume was too ordinary, lacking any of the qualities she desired in a daughter.
It wasn't until she reached the end and saw that Qin Suyuan had been accepted into the jewelry design program at Sam University that Su Jing finally smiled.
The Qin family's fortune began in the 1930s. Back then, their ancestors were sand dredgers who secretly kept a portion of the treasures they unearthed.
When turbulent times arrived, the Qin ancestors embarked on a journey to acquire gold and jewelry. As the situation grew tense, they hid all those items away.
By the 1980s, her father-in-law, riding the wave of reform and opening-up, founded a jewelry company. He quickly expanded the business, and it is now a well-known jewelry group in the country.
Although Qin Suyuan was not raised in the Su family, she truly is a child of the Qins—so outstanding, even her choice of major perfectly suits the family company.
Once she goes to Sam University to study and befriends a few classmates who have already made a name for themselves in the jewelry world, won't the Qin family rise to even greater heights?
Not only was Su Jing satisfied, even Qin Zhenzhou was pleased. After all, Qin Susu's academic performance was far from good.
From childhood, she had always been at the bottom of her class. This time was even more extreme—she scored a single-digit mark in mathematics.
This incident deeply shocked the Qin family.
Looking at Su Jing's teary-eyed expression, Qin Suyuan found the world utterly ironic.
In her previous life, the original host had just been admitted to university and was working a summer job when she was found. On the day she was brought back, only Su Jing and Qin Susu were home waiting for her.
At their first meeting, Su Jing scrutinized the original host from head to toe, even making her take a bath and change clothes, fearing she might have lice.
To be honest, apart from that Sam University acceptance letter, her current self wasn't much better off than the original host back then. She was still wearing cheap street-vendor clothes that cost less than fifty yuan in total.
She glanced at the Qin family members. Except for Qin Suyang and Qin Susong, everyone else had red-rimmed eyes.
That feeling of absurdity washed over her again. She reaffirmed it: the Qin family—what kinship was there to speak of?
In the previous life, the original host was inferior to Qin Susu in every way, so she was the one abandoned. Now, Qin Susu had landed herself in prison.
And she, holding the Sam University acceptance letter, had become the coveted one.
These people were probably thinking, "She truly is a seed of our Qin family, so excellent even without being raised among us!"
Qin Suyuan took a step back, watching as tears rolled down Su Jing's face. "Ms. Su, I don't think we have anything to say to each other. I'm eighteen now, past the age of needing a guardian. The Qin family never raised me. I won't go back, and I don't want to."
"Moreover, why should I forgive you? This entire situation was your negligence to begin with. How poor was the Qin family back then? Couldn't even afford a private hospital room? Mrs. Qin, nearly due to give birth, still had to go out for a spring outing? Haibin City is evergreen all year round—what spring exactly were you going out to appreciate?"
"The Qin family has such a vast business, yet couldn't even take proper care of a pregnant woman. They might as well file for bankruptcy. Losing and having your child swapped—you brought it upon yourselves."
"Enough. I know your purpose for coming today. I am not leaving with you. I have a flight to catch soon, so I won't waste any more time with you." Qin Suyuan turned and walked away, ignoring the calls from behind. She had no interest in hearing the Qin family's professed joy and remorse over finding her. To Qin Suyuan, all that joy and remorse were nothing but crocodile tears.
Qin Suyuan had booked a ride-hailing car in advance. As she exited, the car arrived. She got in and left. Shortly after arriving at the airport, she boarded her flight. As the plane soared through the azure sky, Qin Suyuan finally left this godforsaken place.
Qin Suyuan swore that when she returned from abroad, she would bring down the Qin family and avenge the original host!
