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

Knowing that he was worried about his mother, Zhu Tingyue quickly said, "Dad, don't worry, I've already called her."

Zhu Mingchuan ignored her calling him "Dad" and turned to look intently at his wife, afraid that she might make a mistake.

Qin Rouan calmed down a bit and said softly, "I'm fine, don't worry!"

She was speaking to him, but pushed him away and looked at "Shen Yanqiu".

Zhu Mingchuan was filled with resentment and helplessness. He stared wide-eyed at his wife, his eyes revealing deep longing and anticipation.

However, to his great disappointment, his beloved wife wouldn't even look at him.

She acted as if she was completely unaware of Zhu Mingchuan's presence, keeping her eyes fixed on "Shen Yanqiu" and ignoring Zhu Mingchuan's gaze.

Zhu Mingchuan felt as if his heart had been stabbed, and the feeling of being ignored and neglected surged into his heart like a tide.

"Shen Yanqiu," this kid? Or this girl? They're not considerate at all. Don't they know they should give this opportunity to me? What's "he" doing going up there?

Zhu Tingyue had no time to concern herself with Zhu Mingchuan's palace intrigues; her eyes were only on her mother.

A person hurriedly walked in from outside the door; it was the Zhu family's family doctor—Tong Qishen.

Upon seeing the person who arrived, Zhu Mingchuan hurriedly said, "Dr. Tong, please come quickly, Rou'an just fainted."

Without saying a word, Dr. Tong immediately examined her and soon gave a diagnosis: "There's nothing seriously wrong, just excessive fright. She may have been worrying too much lately. Just let her relax!"

Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Shen Yanqiu was in charge of seeing the person out, and Zhu Mingchuan took advantage of this opportunity to squeeze in front of his wife.

Zhu Tingyue was speechless. Was this the time to fight for a position?

As if seeing through her inner thoughts, Zhu Mingchuan gave her a disdainful look, then turned his head and looked at his mother with deep affection.

Zhu's mother smiled helplessly, held her "daughter's" hand tightly, and asked, "Yueyue, why did this happen? Such a big thing happened, and you didn't even tell us!"

Zhu Tingyue lowered her head, unable to utter the answer she had prepared, and tears flowed silently down her face.

The mother wiped away her tears and said with heartache, "You must have been so scared when this happened! Yueyue, Mom doesn't blame you! It's my fault for not noticing in time!"

Zhu Tingyue hurriedly shook her head: "No, Mom, it's my fault... I should have... told you right away. I'm sorry for making you... worry! It's all my fault!"

She sobbed, tears streaming down her face. Seeing her like this, her mother felt as if her heart was being torn apart.

Zhu Mingchuan was overwhelmed by the tears of the mother and daughter. He was flustered and tried to wipe the tears from one to the other, but he couldn't get any of them clean.

Shen Yanqiu saw this scene as soon as she entered the door.

He strode forward, walked to Zhu Tingyue's side, and said softly, "It's alright, sweetie, don't cry, Mommy isn't blaming us."

Zhu Tingyue rested her head on his shoulder, still crying silently. Shen Yanqiu gently patted her back, offering silent comfort.

With her hands free, Zhu's mother saw her "daughter" hugging her "daughter," the two of them embracing tightly and intimately, a bond that could not have been formed overnight!

She gave Zhu Mingchuan a look, and he immediately understood. He grabbed his real daughter, "Shen Yanqiu," and began to cry: "Yueyue, have you suffered? Has the Shen family abused you? It's all my fault for not discovering it in time!"

His grief was genuine. How wronged he must have felt that his precious daughter had suddenly suffered such a tragedy!

Zhu Tingyue was pulled away from Shen Yanqiu's arms by her father. She was heartbroken and didn't care about Shen Yanqiu's ugly expression. She buried her head and cried.

Zhu Mingchuan smiled at his wife, indicating that he had successfully completed his mission.

Then, she was immersed in sadness again.

Shen Yanqiu's arms felt empty. Zhu Mingchuan and his mother's love for him was genuine. Although they treated him as Zhu Tingyue, the scene before him made him unable to hold back his tears.

In an instant, the father and his "daughter" burst into tears again. Zhu's mother, who had just stopped crying, looked at the three of them crying with their heads in their hands and felt very helpless.

After the three of them had finally finished crying, Zhu Tingyue and Shen Yanqiu explained to their parents the whole story of how they switched identities (some details were omitted).

Zhu's mother's eyes welled up with tears as she listened, and Zhu Mingchuan's eyes were also filled with tears.

My dear daughter has suffered!

Seeing that the family was about to cry again, Shen Yanqiu quickly interrupted, "Dad, Mom, it's my fault. If it weren't for me, Yueyue wouldn't have had to go through this. I'm sorry for making you worry, it's all my fault!"

Zhu's mother looked at him, not knowing what to say.

If you have to blame him, it's true that this happened because of him. But he also protected Yueyue very well, not letting her suffer at all.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Mingchuan's face instantly darkened, and his thick eyebrows furrowed tightly together, as if they were about to form two straight lines.

He glared at Shen Yanqiu, his eyes wide with anger, and reprimanded her mercilessly: "Hmph, you actually know this is your fault! Then I'd like to ask you, where were you all this time? As a man, don't you even understand the most basic sense of responsibility and duty? It's one thing if you can't solve the problem yourself, but why didn't you tell us sooner? You're utterly useless and more likely to cause trouble than anything else!"

Zhu Tingyue rarely saw her father so angry at home, so she quickly comforted him, "Dad, I told you, I'm fine. It's not just his fault, I was wrong too."

Her words completely enraged Zhu Mingchuan: "What? You're wrong too? What wrong have you done? How could my daughter, Zhu Mingchuan's daughter, be wrong? If there's any fault, it's all Shen Yanqiu's fault?"

Zhu Tingyue realized she had said the wrong thing and immediately apologized: "Okay, okay, it's all his fault. He knows he was wrong, please don't be angry!"

Shen Yanqiu kept her head down the whole time, and no matter how harsh Zhu Mingchuan's words were, she never uttered a word in rebuttal, at most saying, "You're right!"

Zhu Mingchuan felt like he was punching cotton, with nowhere to vent his anger. What's more, the man said those words in front of his daughter, which made Zhu Mingchuan even more frustrated.

Looking at him, Zhu's mother said calmly, "Alright, alright, what's the use of getting angry now? You should think about what to do next!"

Her words successfully quelled Zhu Mingchuan's anger, and the group began to consider their next steps.

Zhu Mingchuan glared at Shen Yanqiu with resentment and said, "The most important thing right now is to get them to switch back. I'll contact Mr. Qin later and have him come and see what's going on."

Zhu's mother stopped her, saying, "No need. He came last time, and there was nothing he could do."