After her mind was read, the spoiled brat became the darling of the whole group.

Chapter 226 Recognition

"Young Master Qiu, our master wants to see you." The servant urgently called out to Song Yingqiu.

Song Yingqiu was momentarily stunned, then pointed to himself: "See me?"

The servant smiled and said, "It's all thanks to Young Master Song's excellent ideas lately. Our master just wants to see what kind of person you really are."

Song Yingqiu's eyes darted around, and he immediately grinned: "That's great!"

"Let's go."

He followed the servant and headed up to the second floor.

The servant led Song Yingqiu to the innermost wing room on the east side.

Before he even stepped inside, Song Yingqiu heard a familiar voice enter his mind.

[Speaking of which, the eldest brother of the Song family has achieved the highest rank in the imperial examination! Shouldn't we inform the second and third brothers of this good news?]

The voice sounds somewhat familiar.

Song Yingqiu couldn't help but look around. Apart from the servant who was leading the way, he didn't see anyone else around.

Immediately afterwards, another extremely strange voice rang out: "[Since you left the Song family, the three Song brothers went off to take the imperial examinations, joined the army, and went into business.]"

[Second brother, you saw him last time too. I wonder where the third brother is begging for food somewhere right now.]

Bah!

Song Yingqiu jumped up.

He looked around suspiciously, his expression extremely serious.

"A demon! A monster!"

"There's a monster!"

The servant was startled by the commotion. He turned around and looked at Song Yingqiu with suspicion and uncertainty: "A monster? What monster?"

The servant was so frightened by the expression on Song Yingqiu's face that he also turned pale and looked around.

Song Yingqiu asked, "Didn't you hear anything?"

The servant shook his head: "No."

He glanced around. Guests were not usually allowed in this place, and there was no one else besides the two of them.

There's no one here, and certainly no monsters.

The servant breathed a sigh of relief, then said helplessly, "Young Master Qiu, don't scare yourself. There are no monsters in Yunyan Pavilion."

"Huh? You scared yourself?" Song Yingqiu touched his head. He listened carefully again, but the sound was gone.

What a hell.

The servant led Song Yingqiu through the door.

Upon entering, Song Yingqiu first saw a pale green figure from behind. It was the back of a young woman, accompanied by two maids. Her hair was styled in two buns, with the ribbons on her buns swaying gently with her movements.

She was leaning over the windowsill at that moment, unaware that someone was behind her.

"Miss, the person has been brought here."

Upon hearing the voice, the young woman turned around.

The two locked eyes.

When Song Yingqiu saw that familiar face, his eyes widened suddenly.

Xie Xing's eyes widened, his expression one of utter astonishment.

"younger sister?"

"Third brother?!"

System: [Didn't he go begging?]

The strange sound entered Song Yingqiu's mind again.

Startled, he instinctively blurted out, "Demon!"

Xie Xing: "..."

As soon as he uttered those words, Song Yingqiu instinctively covered his mouth.

What was he just saying?

"This...Miss?" The shopkeeper was taken aback.

Isn't Miss's third brother the third young master?

Why call this poor, stingy kid Third Brother?

Xie Xing came to his senses and immediately said to the shopkeeper, "You can go down now, I want to talk to him."

With that, he chased everyone out of the house.

Only Xie Xing and Song Yingqiu remained inside.

Xie Xing then looked at Song Yingqiu with a puzzled expression and asked, "Third Brother, what did you just call me?"

Song Yingqiu felt somewhat embarrassed.

How could he call Xing'er a demon?

That voice just now was clearly not Xing'er's voice.

Where did that sound come from?

Song Yingqiu was completely baffled.

Seeing Xie Xing's aggrieved face, he quickly explained, "No, I misspoke."

“You…” Song Yingqiu paused, then looked Xie Xing up and down.

Xie Xing is now a young lady from a wealthy family, and everything she wears and carries is of the highest quality.

In contrast, Song Yingqiu was dressed in patched-up clothes and had a cloth bag slung over his shoulder; he looked drab and dusty.

The contrast between the two immediately becomes striking.

Song Yingqiu's joy at seeing Xie Xing immediately faded. "I heard from my mother that you abandoned us to pursue wealth and status. Looking at you now, you seem to be doing quite well."

"We're not the same kind of people anymore. If we meet again, let's pretend we don't know each other, so as not to embarrass you."

Song Yingqiu still resented Xie Xing for rushing off to the powerful and influential.

They completely ignored their relationship of more than ten years.

Song Yingqiu and Xie Xing were close in age, so Song Yingqiu was naturally the one who got along best with the original owner of this body.

Hearing Song Yingqiu's words, Xie Xing felt a sharp pain in his heart, and an indescribable soreness welled up inside him.

In the story, after the original owner became a rich young lady, she was often ridiculed by the young ladies from noble families around her as a good-for-nothing and a country bumpkin.

Before she met Song Qingyang, she actually met Song Yingqiu first.

At that time, Song Yingqiu was destitute and wanted to rely entirely on himself. He was determined and preferred to beg rather than ask his family for help. He even became a beggar.

It was at this time that the original owner met Song Yingqiu.

However, at the time, the original owner was accompanied by other young ladies from noble families. Fearing that they would ridicule her, the original owner pretended not to know Song Yingqiu after seeing her.

Song Yingqiu was heartbroken.

However, if Song Yingqiu dislikes the original owner because of this, the original owner can understand.

After all, what she did was truly inhumane.

She was also pampered and spoiled growing up in the Song family.

Although Song Yingqiu did become distant from the original owner, after becoming the richest man, he not only sent money to the original owner every month, but also gave him several estates and shops.

Later, upon learning the devastating news of the original owner's torture, he exhausted his family fortune in an effort to rescue her.

But at that time, Song Qingyang was defeated, and Song Ci'an's fate was naturally not good either.

Song Yingqiu was already in dire straits, and then he went and provoked Luo Hanfeng.

He was tortured to death right in front of the original owner.

Overwhelmed by grief and guilt, Xie Xing felt as if her heart was being torn apart.

Her eyes immediately turned red.

Song Yingqiu was immediately at a loss, and his previously indifferent expression softened instantly. "Xing'er, what's wrong?"

"Are you feeling unwell?"

As he spoke, Song Yingqiu was about to step forward to help Xie Xing, but Xie Xing grabbed his hand.

She clutched her chest, her eyes red, and looked up at Song Yingqiu. "Brother, how could you say that?"

"I never felt that after leaving the Song family, we would become strangers."

Song Yingqiu's expression froze.

He pursed his lips, sighed, and said, "Xing'er, I'm naturally happy that you're living a good life now."

"I've heard rumors that the General's Mansion isn't treating you well."

Song Yingqiu looked at Xie Xing and saw that her eyes were red. He reached out and pinched her cheek, saying somewhat petulantly, "Although the family is not well-off, they always put you first in everything."

"You, on the other hand, went off to seek wealth and honor without saying a word, and even suffered injustice."