"This is impossible, you’re lying to me, you must be lying to me!" Ye Qing’s eyes were a bit fierce, shouting loudly at He Xixian.

He Xixian raised her eyebrow, "Do I need to lie to you about this? Everyone at school knows that Ye Qiu took on many big company projects while he was still studying. Lots of famous company CEOs personally invited him, but he didn’t go. Ye Family Sister, you found the picture of Ye Qiu and me on our campus website, didn’t you check anything else? If you don’t believe it, you can check it now."

Seeing she genuinely didn’t seem to be lying, Ye Qing really started to panic, how could this be possible? How could her brother Ye Qiu be so outstanding? How could he earn so much money?

Ye Peilin and Han Hui gave each other a dubious look and then questioned Ye Qiu, "Is what your girlfriend said true?"

"Almost all true, the part about a million annual salary wasn’t wrong, but they’ve also promised a house and a car, which I refused." Ye Qiu openly said something shocking.

"Your girlfriend says the things she has are all bought by you? You even bought her a house?"

Ye Qiu laughed, "Not one, but two."

"You..."

He Xixian immediately snuggled happily next to him, "You’re so good to me."

Ye Qiu put an arm around her shoulder and tilted his head to look at her, "You’re my future wife, if I don’t treat you well, who will I treat well?"

"This must not be true, you must have partnered up to come back and deceive us." Ye Qing’s eyes were red, refusing to believe this fact. If it were true, she’d already deeply offended her brother and future sister-in-law, what else would be left for her in the future?

"Whether you believe it or not, I originally came back to talk to you properly. I didn’t expect you to give me the cold shoulder right away and even wanted me to break up with Xianxian. It’s impossible for me to break up with Xianxian. Mom and Dad, since you don’t like Xianxian, I’ll send invitations over when I get married." Ye Qiu said coldly.

"Hold on, you’re planning to cut ties with the family for a few hundred thousand? Did you really buy your girlfriend two houses?" Han Hui saw her husband’s dark expression and unwillingness to lose face, so she spoke as Ye Qiu and the others were about to leave.

"Mom, I made it very clear before; I don’t want to be subjected to unreasonable demands pretending to be for my own good without considering my own desires. The few hundred thousand include the living costs and tuition fees you provided since my childhood, the rest are my courtesy to you. I don’t mean to sever ties, these ties can’t be severed; I’m still your son and will fulfill my duties to care for you in the future."

"You’re so good to an outsider, yet leave your family behind. Ye Qiu, doesn’t your conscience bother you?" Han Hui at this point was rather aggressive.

Actually, in the family, Han Hui was the gentlest to Ye Qiu before, but her harm was no less than Ye Peilin’s.

Ye Peilin was genuinely biased; he completely looked down on Ye Qiu and never saw him as anything. Han Hui was different; she would comfort Ye Qiu after Ye Peilin was overly harsh to him, but just when Ye Qiu felt a sliver of warmth, she would naturally ask him to yield to Ye Qing, saying he was a boy and shouldn’t fuss too much.

Repeatedly, first offer a sweet date, then ruthlessly reveal the fact that he was nothing compared to Ye Qing in this family. The term ’Mom’ was a heavy shackle for him.

Sometimes he truly wondered, if they didn’t like him, why did they give birth to him? Was it just because of Ye Qing’s joke? Was his birth merely to amuse Ye Qing as a toy?

"Xianxian isn’t an outsider, she’s my girlfriend, my future wife, the future mother of my children, the one who will accompany me through life. What does it mean that I leave my family behind, Mom? Haven’t I sent money to show respect?" Ye Qiu confronted his mother, his tone very firm.

"You gifted your girlfriend two houses; can’t you gift your sister two as well? She’s your biological sister."

Ye Qing’s eyes lit up when she heard this, immediately lifting her head, only to see Ye Qiu and He Xixian’s mocking faces.

"She is indeed my sister, but so what? Has she ever yielded to me as a sister even once? Ever let me gain any advantage? Or, Mom and Dad, did you ever care for me even once?" Ye Qiu questioned.

He muttered the answer: "No. In this house, I was always the one to step back. She was the sister, she was the girl. It’s because of her words that I was born; these were the reasons I heard countless times when you asked me to yield to her. As a child, I could only use her leftover pencils and erasers, and as I grew up, I still had to eat her leftover strawberry tops, fetch midnight snacks, and pick up packages. She even went around speaking poorly of me. Even now, she’s urging you to get me back so that I break up with my girlfriend just because she’s my sister. Should these grievances be wiped clean? Want me to gift her houses? There’s no chance!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Peilin, Han Hui, and Ye Qing’s faces turned red with anger. They have always known Ye Qiu to be narrow-minded, but didn’t realize he was narrow-minded to this extent. His sister was always for his own good; he didn’t appreciate it and even remembered past trivial matters. Is this what an adult should be doing?

Yet, they would never understand how one small, transparent child suffered in a household where the adults were biased, and the one favored was harsh and arrogant.

"Your sister was doing it for your own good; if not for her training you, would you be so independent? Would you find ways to earn your own money?" Ye Peilin said angrily.

Ye Qiu laughed lightly, "Yes, I should really thank you for your biased treatment in growing me. Isn’t it you who said at first no help, no property granted to me? Even my sister said herself she looked down on these common things. Since that’s the case, I should spur her on as well. With my achievements in entrepreneurship, surely such an outstanding sister will be more successful than I am. If I really gifted her a house, isn’t that looking down on her? Isn’t that hurting her pride?"

Hearing his words, He Xixian almost laughed out loud. Exactly, Ye Qiu’s sister herself said she looked down on these common things, what face does she have to ask now?

Even upon entering, she threw a face at herself and insisted on separating Ye Qiu from her. Did she know how long she had worked to be with Ye Qiu? Don’t assume you can do whatever you want just because you’re an older sister; also take a look at the relationship with your own brother.

She felt so heartbroken listening to what Ye Qiu said; he never told her any of this before. She only knew his relationship with his family was bad, but clearly, this family had decent conditions, yet her boyfriend lived so harshly; no wonder he told her he only wanted one child, he was probably scared by his family!