Qiao Chuchu rubbed her eyes frantically, but the cream she had gotten into them only made everything blurier, and she still couldn’t see clearly.

A handkerchief was suddenly presented to her: “Here, wipe it off.”

Qiao Chuchu was taken by surprise. Through her blurry vision, she vaguely saw Lin Shen’s concerned gaze.

【Am I hallucinating? I think I just saw Lin Shen?】

The Pei brothers looked at Lin Shen in confusion.

Lin Qing also looked at Lin Shen in surprise.

Lin Shen shook his head, feeling a bit puzzled.

Qiao Chuchu didn’t speak, but he could hear her voice?

Finally, Qiao Chuchu managed to rub her eyes clear, just in time to lock eyes with Lin Shen’s strange gaze.

She was so shocked she staggered backward, losing her balance, and fell right onto Xia Xuechun’s lap!

Xia Xuechun let out a horrified scream, then passed out again!

Qiao Chuchu, with a face full of disbelief, thought: 【When I have a flawless makeup on, I can’t see a single familiar face, but now, with my face covered in cream and no makeup, I run into my first love?!】

Lin Shen froze.

The others were even more stunned!

First love?!

Lin Qing was the most shocked, and she shot a hard jab at Lin Shen: “What’s going on with you—”

She stopped midway, realizing that what she had heard was Qiao Chuchu’s inner voice, and the topic abruptly cut off.

Lin Shen, bewildered, vaguely sensed something was wrong.

He... seemed to be able to hear Qiao Chuchu’s inner voice.

And it seemed his sister could hear it too.

Lin Shen looked toward the Pei brothers.

Pei Yuan and Pei Bu Xian stared at him with deep, dark eyes, their gazes cold and foreboding.

Qiao Chuchu was oblivious, awkwardly lowering her head and saying, “I’ll go wash my face.”

She effortlessly picked up Xia Xuechun, carrying her like she was carrying a half-pig, and walked steadily away.

Lin Shen watched her retreating figure, his gaze fixed.

Suddenly, his line of sight was blocked by Pei Bu Xian.

Pei Bu Xian, holding the dog, gave him a sinister smile, his pale face twisted: “Lin Shen, you can hear that voice, right?”

The atmosphere instantly grew tense.

Aunt Wang and Xiao Xie, who had been in the room, disappeared at some point, leaving only a few familiar faces in the living room.

Lin Shen frowned, confused: “What voice?”

Pei Bu Xian didn’t let him deny it and directly said, “It turns out, the eighth miss of the Pei family’s first love is you.”

He scrutinized Lin Shen, his eyes full of criticism: “Is Qiao Chuchu blind? How could she possibly like someone like you?”

Lin Shen: “?”

Lin Qing hissed, standing up to defend: “What are you saying, Pei Old Seven? My brother is gentle, rich, and handsome, isn’t it normal for Qiao Chuchu to like someone like him?”

She looked at Lin Shen: “I support you two being together. From now on, Qiao Chuchu will be my sister-in-law!”

Pei Bu Xian’s face darkened: “No way!”

Lin Qing retorted sharply: “What’s wrong with that? You guys are all obsessed with your sister, and now you want to drag her down with you? Isn’t that a little too much?!”

The more Lin Shen listened, the more confused he became: “What exactly are you all talking about?”

Lin Qing explained to him: “We’re talking about the inner voice, the one that echoes in your head from Qiao Chuchu.”

Lin Shen couldn’t believe it: “You all can hear it too?”

Lin Qing nodded: “Of course we can hear it. But only a select few can hear it. We suspect that those who can hear Qiao Chuchu’s inner voice are all doomed.”

She pointed at herself: “My fate was going to prison, spending a few years in the big house before losing my mind and dying by suicide.”

Then she pointed to the Pei family: “The seven of them all went bankrupt and died horribly on the streets.”

Pei Yuan calmly took over the conversation: “Since you can hear Qiao Chuchu’s inner voice, let me explain the current situation. After all, you’re Lin Qing’s brother, and from now on, we’ll need to cooperate.”

Lin Shen stood frozen, stunned, staring at the group of people, each with a serious expression that didn’t seem like they were joking.

He carefully nodded: “Alright.”