This news is too painful, too cruel, and too hard to accept.

She even wondered if this could be a farce orchestrated by that girl Minmin to get more attention.

But deep down she knew, it was impossible.

Minmin was too good, she would never cause trouble.

"Gu Jin, tell me, what exactly happened? Is it Minmin, is it her?"

Not getting a response, Qiu Qianghai reached out and squeezed Gu Jin’s arm, shaking her.

An Mingji, sitting on the sofa, saw this and quickly walked over, pulling Qiu Qianghai’s hand away from Gu Jin.

He shielded her behind him, facing Qiu Qianghai’s anxious and uneasy expression.

The fact that Gu Minmin was in trouble was something everyone found hard to voice, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t say it.

An Mingji looked at Qiu Qianghai with sympathy and said word by word, "Minmin sacrificed herself, and her body is nowhere to be found. Her ashes will be sent over shortly."

"Impossible!"

Qiu Qianghai’s reaction was the same as Gu Jiajie’s, immediately denying the fact.

He stepped back a few steps, muttering, "How is that possible? She wouldn’t be in trouble. That girl must be playing hide and seek with me—"

The three brothers of the Wanqi Family were well aware of who Gu Minmin was.

Using the word ’sacrifice’, they understood how heavy the story was.

The three Wanqi brothers, Yu Shuo, Jiang Hanyi started persuading everyone in the room to leave.

In the silent sobs of Gu Jiajie and Qiu Qianghai’s dazed mutterings, only they were left in the large room.

Yu Shuo walked to his uncle’s side, helping him sit down on the sofa.

He wanted to offer some comfort, but words failed to form a sentence.

His usually mature and stable uncle was now lost and trembling slightly, with an expression of deadness and madness on his face.

Yu Shuo finally uttered a weak, pale sentence: "Uncle, don’t be like this."

Qiu Qianghai tightly grabbed his arm, gritting his teeth, "Minmin wouldn’t be in trouble. She’s so timid. Sacrifice? She’s only nineteen this year, still so young, how could she sacrifice? Xiaoshuo, don’t you think there’s a mistake? There’s definitely a mistake, it must be!"

Facing his frenzied eyes, Yu Shuo felt a deep discomfort in his heart.

He suppressed his conscience and nodded slightly, "Mm."

This nod gave Qiu Qianghai hope.

He collapsed onto the sofa, "I said, how could anything happen to Minmin? She’s always so timid, she would sneak a glance at me with such shyness, that girl deserves to be loved and pampered.

You wouldn’t know how good she was, she would cling to me after drinking, just holding onto me. When I put her down, she whimpered, and when she woke up, she was extremely shy. Every time she was with me, she would secretly glance at me, thinking I didn’t know. Such a silly girl—"

At this point, Qiu Qianghai couldn’t continue, choking up.

He regretted it, he truly regretted it!

What used to be scruples now seemed like bullshit to him!

Why didn’t anyone keep her by their side, why treat that girl’s passionate feelings with feigned ignorance, why not accept her.

If he had accepted Minmin, and kept her by his side forever, would none of this have happened?

How could he possibly accept this!

He hadn’t even told that girl about his feelings for her.

Not accepting didn’t mean he didn’t like her.

Qiu Qianghai painfully covered his face, tears streaming through his fingers.

Not far away, Gu Jiajie’s hoarse cries echoed, large drops of tears rolling down onto the carpeted floor.