A sentence exploded like earth-shattering thunder, stunning everyone present. Inside and outside the office, you could hear a pin drop as all stood frozen in place.
What had they just heard?
Chaos? Disgusting? Them?
"Them" referred to Cheng Yue and Cheng Miao - weren't they siblings?
Everyone's skin instantly broke out in goosebumps as they all stared in disbelief at the family of four.
Faced with Qin Rong's accusation, Cheng Yue and Cheng Miao's minds first went blank. Then they felt the scorching gazes that seemed to burn like the fires of hell.
"What nonsense are you spouting? Have you gone mad? I get it, you're insanely jealous, even of siblings. You must have some delusional disorder," Cheng Miao's expression was panicked yet ferocious.
Cheng Yue's face turned ashen as he immediately shouted, "Qin Rong, if you keep this up, we're breaking up!"
"Hah, I was going to break up with you anyway. Just looking at you makes me sick now. Jealous? As if you're worth it. You're just sewer roaches, forever tangled together. Wait for the sun to come out and incinerate your filthy selves to ashes!" Qin Rong roared, her eyes blazing red, as if trying to expel all her pent-up anger.
[My goodness, she really is a steel-toothed little bunny. When she loses it, she really knows how to curse. Look at that, Cheng Yue and Cheng Miao are dumbstruck. They probably never imagined that when pushed to the brink, even a nice person can go wild in a way they can't control.]
It wasn't just them who were stunned. The Qin family also looked at Qin Rong in shock, never expecting their daughter to become like this.
Cheng's Father and Cheng's Mother's expressions flickered with doubt for an instant, but they quickly united against the outsider.
"You little girl, your mouth is spewing filth, spreading baseless rumors. How dare you make up such things? Be careful, or we'll sue you!"
"She's gone mad, absolutely mad. How can you throw such dirty water on our clean, upstanding family? You're trying to use rumors to destroy our children!"
The onlookers also regained their senses.
"If this is slander, it's going too far. How can you say such things about siblings? It's an absurd accusation no matter how you look at it."
"Come to think of it, some girlfriends get jealous even if there's a female mosquito near their boyfriend. Considering the crazy things Qin Rong has done for her boyfriend before, I suspect she might get jealous over anything."
"Maybe the siblings just have a good relationship, and she's making a scene out of jealousy!"
[This is bad. If things continue like this, everyone will think Qin Rong has gone mad. Whatever she says after this will lose credibility. But how did Qin Rong find out about this?]
Qin Rong's parents grew anxious. They knew Qin Rong was saying this because she had heard Ji Fei's inner thoughts, but they couldn't reveal Ji Fei's situation in this setting.
However, if they didn't provide some explanation, everyone would think Qin Rong was mentally ill.
Just as the Cheng family seemed to be regaining confidence, Qin Xian's deep voice cut through: "You're a blended family. They know they're not blood-related. Haven't you noticed anything strange? Why did the brother have to rent an apartment near his sister when she started university? The brother doesn't even have a proper job, so why doesn't he live with his parents to save money?"
In one statement, he laid out the cause, the logic, the suspicious points, and guided everyone's speculation. The situation instantly reversed.
Everyone felt as if their minds had been cleaved open, suddenly clear.
If they were biological siblings, everyone would instinctively think it impossible and unacceptable. But in a blended family? There had been quite a few TV dramas with such plots. Suddenly, everyone accepted the possibility of this gossip, especially after that last question.
"That's right, why move close to his sister? I have an older brother, and he doesn't look after me like that! Being too close actually feels restrictive!"
"Are they trying to do something behind their parents' backs that they can't let others see?"
"Come to think of it, his girlfriend has been living with him for so long and nothing's happened. No wonder she's suspicious. Maybe Qin Rong saw something, that's why she's making such a scene. Who wouldn't go crazy in that situation?"
"I'm in the same major as them. I've never heard that they were a blended family. Cheng Miao is Qin Rong's best friend and even set her up with her brother. If things are really like this, it's absolutely disgusting. If I were Qin Rong, I'd want to stab those two scumbags to death."
"Hey, tell us straight - are you a blended family or not?" someone in the crowd couldn't help but shout.
Inside, the Cheng family of four began to look uneasy. Cheng's Mother looked at her stepdaughter Cheng Miao, while Cheng's Father stared at his stepson Cheng Yue, their expressions changing repeatedly.
Some clues began to take shape in their minds. After all, every action leaves traces, and if you don't want others to know, it's best not to do it at all.
The ones involved feared this situation the most.
"Qin Rong, just because I won't touch you, you spread rumors about me?" Cheng Yue, terrified, began to frantically attack Qin Rong.
Cheng Miao also started hurling accusations, "My brother doesn't touch you out of respect for you. I never thought you'd be so impatient that you'd suspect us and even have your brother investigate our family's privacy. You really are sick!"
Faced with their twisted expressions, Qin Rong wanted to cry and laugh at the same time. They dared not face society's judgment, yet they dared to harm others.
"I saw it," Qin Rong suddenly said in her gentle voice, delivering the coldest fact.
"I saw with my own eyes. Do you dare say you didn't do anything in the rented room where I was staying?"
With these words, both the Cheng and Qin families were shocked.
The Qin family couldn't believe it. How could this be possible? If she had really seen something, how could she have waited until now to explode? Even if Qin Rong was naive and easily fooled, she wouldn't have reached the point of self-deception.
[She didn't actually see anything. Oh, I get it, she's bluffing them. Look at those two guilty ones, their eyes are darting around. They must be blank with panic. It seems Qin Rong's wild guess was right - they really did do something in the room where Qin Rong was staying temporarily. This... did they want to push their thrill-seeking to the limit?]
Qin Rong's eyes welled up with tears of anger.
Actually, after Ji Fei had mentioned it, she had recalled some suspicious details.
Why did she sometimes return to find things in the room slightly off? As art students, they were more sensitive to visual composition than most people.
Especially since she had decorated and cleaned that room herself, how could there be such discrepancies in the scene?
Unless someone had used the room while she was away.
Just thinking about that possibility made her want to burn the entire room down.
Because Qin Rong spoke with such certainty, and they had indeed done something, both of them short-circuited, not knowing how to refute.
Cheng's Father and Cheng's Mother's gazes towards each other's children turned fierce.
"No! You're spreading rumors, you're talking nonsense. My brother and I are innocent. You... do you have any evidence? If not, I'll sue you! Make you pay compensation!" Although Cheng Miao's expression had completely betrayed her, she still adamantly denied it verbally.
But by now, few believed her.
At this point, Qin Rong took out her phone and said, "You forgot, I have a habit of recording my painting process. So I secretly installed a camera in that room. Want to see the video? I can show it to everyone!"
