If we swapped lives, I'd be the CEO and you'd take care of the kids.

Zhu Tingyue, however, was trapped in her grief and unable to extricate herself.

Neither her parents realized that someone else had taken her body. They showed genuine concern and care for Shen Yanqiu, while she had to face the Shen family, a den of wolves and tigers, all by herself.

Just as she was feeling heartbroken, Shen Yanzhen's voice came from behind her: "Yanqiu, why are you still standing here?"

"It's my choice, what's it to you?" Zhu Tingyue thought of Shen Yanqiu's instructions and was quite impolite to Shen Yanzhen.

Shen Yanzhen looked at the other person blankly, completely unaware of what she had done wrong, and was inexplicably subjected to a barrage of angry rebukes.

He originally meant well and wanted to help her solve the problem, but he never expected that his good intentions would be so ruthlessly trampled on and misunderstood. It was as if his sincerity was being treated as worthless!

So he turned to leave, leaving that ungrateful fellow standing there dumbfounded.

Butler Li offered a way out: "Young Master, it's chilly at night, why don't you go inside?"

One shouldn't hit a smiling face, and besides, one can't afford to offend everyone. Zhu Tingyue gave a soft "hmm" and walked back.

The reception room was deserted, with only servants cleaning. Zhu Tingyue stood there blankly, not knowing where to go or what to do.

No one told her where Shen Yanqiu's room was. If she searched every room herself, wouldn't that be too noisy? But she didn't know anything about his room either! Damn Shen Yanqiu, leaving her with such a huge problem!

She kept muttering to herself, her mind filled with dissatisfaction and resentment towards the current situation: "What am I going to do? How could this happen? This is absolutely terrible luck!"

However, despite her constant muttering, her mind was not idle; it was racing, racking her brains for a solution.

Just when she was about to despair, a brilliant idea suddenly flashed into her mind! This idea was like a beacon in the darkness, instantly illuminating the confusing road ahead and bringing her hope and confidence.

She pointed to a maid beside her and said, "Could you please get me a glass of water and bring it to my room? Thank you!"

The person being pointed at lowered his head and agreed, quickly fetching water and delivering it to a room on the first floor. Zhu Tingyue followed him inside.

Upon entering the room, Zhu Tingyue frowned in disgust: Shen Yanqiu's status is really not that great. Everyone is saying that he is coming back to inherit the Shen family company, but what kind of heir lives in such a dilapidated room?

A bedroom of 30-40 square meters only has a bed, a wardrobe, a desk and a chair in the corner, and nothing else! Even a rented room is better than this, right?

She went to the bathroom, and her disgust only intensified.

How did Shen Yanqiu manage to live in such a tiny place? Shen Yanqiu could tolerate it before, but she couldn't tolerate it now!

She went outside, asked the cleaning staff for Shen Yingchu's location, and knocked on the door without even taking a breath.

"Did you need something?" Shen's father's tone was ambiguous, but it was definitely not one of liking.

"I want to change rooms!" Zhu Tingyue said bluntly.

"Didn't you choose this room yourself?"

What? Shen Yanqiu chose this himself? Is he a masochist? What's the point of living in this old, run-down place?

"I want to choose again!" Despite her lack of conviction, Zhu Tingyue was not at all guilty.

"It's up to you. You can stay in whichever room you like."

"it is good."

Zhu Tingyue achieved her goal without even entering the room. Feeling smug, she didn't go downstairs but simply pushed open the door to a room on the second floor and went inside.

The person inside was shocked that someone would enter without knocking, and the person outside was also shocked that someone was inside. Both were stunned and looked at each other with anger.

"Shen Yanqiu, why didn't you knock before coming in? No, what are you doing in my room?"

"I can come whenever I want, it's none of your business!"

Zhu Tingyue had originally intended to leave, but upon hearing his words, she stopped and said as if it were the most natural thing in the world, "By the way, I've chosen this room, so you should move out quickly!"

She sat down on her own, completely ignoring Shen Yanzhen's cracked expression.

"What do you mean? Who are you telling to leave? Open your eyes and look carefully, this is my room! Who are you telling to leave?"

She was already magnanimous enough not to argue with him after being insulted downstairs, but now he's going even further and telling her to leave? Has Shen Yanqiu lost her mind?

"Who cares whose it is, it's mine now! Can't you understand human language?"

Zhu Tingyue narrowed her eyes, completely disregarding him.

"You...you get out of here."

"I'm not leaving! If anyone's leaving, it's you! Your dad said I can stay in whichever room I want. Go ask him yourself if you don't believe me!"

She has a legitimate authority; she's not just making baseless accusations.

"Fine, fine, Shen Yanqiu, you just wait."

Shen Yanzhen was so angry that his face turned red. He couldn't win the argument, so he stepped forward to pull her up, but he couldn't budge her. Zhu Tingyue remained as steady as a mountain.

Shen Yanqiu is 1.87 meters tall, and Shen Yanzhen is no shorter than him. Both of them work out regularly, so their strength should be about the same!

He refused to believe it and pulled again with all his might, but it still wouldn't budge. Not only him, but even Zhu Tingyue couldn't believe that Shen Yanqiu was that strong? Even Shen Yanzhen couldn't move him? Impossible!

After failing to budge the rope twice, Shen Yanzhen felt embarrassed and, ignoring her, coldly said, "Get out!" He stopped calling her by name.

"Hmph! I won't leave!"

The two were at an impasse when Mr. Shen heard the commotion and came over.

"What's going on? Why is it so noisy?"

The two looked at each other, but neither spoke.

Arguing over a room is embarrassing to talk about, and Shen Yanzhen didn't want to.

Zhu Tingyue felt she was right and didn't need to say anything more.

Father Shen's patience was running out. He glanced at "Shen Yanqiu" and asked Shen Yanzhen, "Yanzhen, you tell us."

"It's nothing serious, Yanqiu just wants to stay in this room, and I'm just asking why."

He wanted to downplay the incident, but Zhu Tingyue disagreed. She immediately shouted, "You said I could choose whichever I wanted, and I like this one. He told me to get out!"

“I know I’m disliked. Your family was all so harmonious, and I just barged in. But do you think I wanted to be a bastard? Don’t I want a legitimate identity? Do you know what it feels like to be called a bastard?”

"If you don't want to see me, I'll leave. I don't want to come to this awful place! I'd rather beg on the streets than eat a single bite of food offered by the Shen family!"

"Enough!" Mr. Shen was panting heavily, his chest heaving. Wasn't his implication that he hadn't treated his father well? He'd made him suffer before, and now he was being wronged!

"What have you suffered? Who said you're not well-liked?"

"Yes, you didn't say anything, but it's even more painful for me to stay silent than to say anything. Have you ever felt the strange looks from everyone? What did you say back then? Now you're making me suffer these cold stares. I don't want to stay here anymore. I want to go home."

Zhu Tingyue mostly made things up. She didn't know how Shen Yanqiu and Shen Yingchu got along. To avoid revealing her true identity, making a big scene was a good way to prevent anyone from noticing the difference between her and Shen Yanqiu. As she spoke, she also thought of her parents, and her words became more heartfelt.

"Nonsense! Where do you think you're going? This is your home!" Shen's father glared at her. He had gotten angry twice that night, both times with Shen Yanqiu. If he continued to let him cause trouble, he was getting old and his heart couldn't take it.

Shen Yanzhen tugged at his father's arm, telling him not to be angry, and then relented, saying, "Don't make Dad angry. If you want to stay, then stay. I'll go to another room."

He was packing his things to leave, and Zhu Tingyue didn't really want to stay; she was just angry and taking it out on him.

Seeing that he was serious, she quickly said, "You don't need to pack, just let me stay here. I don't even want to live here! What do you mean, a second-hand house? You want me to stay here? Humph!"

She turned and left, leaving the father and son standing there trembling with anger. The father, who had been pointing at her, lowered his trembling hand. He sighed helplessly, "What a tragedy!"