The mind-reading fake heiress changes her fate by eating melons.

After the pinky promise was made, the An family members withdrew their hands with satisfaction.

Seeing An Ling's flushed face, they finally had a change of heart and decided to change the subject to give An Ling some time to cool down.

"I'm sorry to have made you all laugh," Father An laughed heartily. "I forgot to mention earlier that not all of our family members have come today. My second son, An Yun, and fourth son, An Rui, are unable to come due to work commitments. We will definitely visit them together next time."

The Qiu family was aware of this matter, as Qiu Nian had already explained it to them when introducing the An family's situation.

An Jia has a second son who is a singer and is currently on tour, while her fourth son is participating in a boy band audition program. Since the program is completely closed, he naturally cannot leave.

Because there are many public figures in the An family, it's much easier for the Qiu family to understand them.

They mostly followed news about An Ling, and privately even watched all of An Ling's films and TV shows. They even watched An Ling's legendary live stream a few days ago. As a result, Qiu's parents' worldview was shattered and rebuilt, and now they can hardly help but look at An Chong with sympathy.

Of course, they wouldn't bring this up, but they echoed Father An's words:

"We are too. Our youngest son is still in school and hasn't come yet. After all, it's the most important year of high school, and his studies are quite demanding, so it's difficult for him to take leave. We will definitely bring him along to meet when he has a break."

"I understand, but the child's studies are still the most important thing," Mr. An said, picking up his glass. "Let's drink to this, from now on our two families are one family!"

The rest of the people also raised their glasses, ready to clink them together.

[So what if he doesn't want to acknowledge me as his older sister and doesn't want to come? He's just a stubborn little brat. I'm magnanimous and won't hold a grudge.]

An Ling's inner thoughts were like a pause button; everyone's hands holding wine glasses froze for a moment, and the smiles on the Qiu family members' faces became somewhat awkward.

"Come on, let's have a toast, hahaha." With An's father laughing it off, everyone could only clink glasses as if nothing had happened.

Seeing that Qiu's parents were too embarrassed to say anything, Qiu Nian took the initiative to break the awkward silence. She said to Qiu Li:

"Actually, speaking of family members, our family is about to have a new member, right, brother?"

The An family members all looked over curiously.

“Yes,” Qiu Li said with a happy smile, “I’m planning to propose to my girlfriend next month.”

"Congratulations!" The An family was also very happy. "We'll definitely be asking for a drink at the wedding."

"Welcome, welcome! You absolutely must come!" the Qiu family replied warmly.

【girlfriend?】

[Could it be that lawyer's assistant who had an affair with Qiu Li's friend, framed Qiu Li for taking money to fabricate evidence, ruining Qiu Li's reputation, nearly getting her imprisoned, and even getting stabbed to death?]

silence……

Silence again...

An Ling's words once again brought the joyful atmosphere to a standstill, but this time the awkward expressions shifted to the An family members. They had just said they were going to ask for the wedding wine, but it turned out that the wedding wine looked like it was poisoned.

They already knew that the Qiu family could hear An Ling's thoughts, but the An family already trusted An Ling's words completely. They knew that the information An Ling mentioned was not unfounded, and that as long as she spoke it out, it was basically a done deal.

But the Qiu family is different; they know nothing about the credibility of An Ling's inner voice.

Especially for Qiu Li, the person involved, his girlfriend, with whom he had a deep affection, was described by her younger sister, whom he was meeting for the first time, as a bad woman who was not only cheating on him but also capable of killing him. Naturally, his anger flared up.

Qiu Li's brows furrowed instantly, and his face showed some anger. He wanted to refute An Ling, but he knew that the current occasion was not appropriate.

First, An Ling didn't say it directly; she just thought about it in her mind.

Even if someone has the most outrageous thoughts in their mind, as long as they don't actually take action, the law won't classify it as a crime. Qiu Li, as a lawyer, understands this principle very well.

Secondly, although An Ling is his biological sister, they had no prior contact. An Ling was raised entirely by the An family, and the An family immediately regarded her as their own daughter and sister.

From both a moral and logical standpoint, Qiu Li, who has never taken any responsibility and is only related to An Ling by blood, cannot criticize An Ling in front of her parents and brother.

So he could only suppress his displeasure and pretend he hadn't heard anything for the time being.

But An Ling's next words forced Qiu Li to take the matter seriously.

Actually, this has nothing to do with Qiu Li at all; it's entirely a problem between his girlfriend Chi Lingling and her cheating partner Qi Yize.

[The case that led to Qiu Li's incident was a murder case that Qi Yize had taken on as defense counsel for a suspect. Because several years had passed since the crime, Qi Yize felt there was a chance of winning the case. So he took a large sum of money from the suspect's family and guaranteed that the suspect would be acquitted. To achieve this, he even had someone forge the suspect's alibi. However, the person who gave the false testimony couldn't withstand the investigation by the prosecution and confessed to everything.]

[It was clearly Qi Yize's own problem, but for some reason, Chi Lingling jumped out and claimed that Qiu Li was the one who took the money, and that Qiu Li was the one who fabricated evidence. She also stirred up a huge public opinion storm, ruining Qiu Li and their law firm's reputation. Qiu Li himself was taken in for investigation, and although the law eventually exonerated him, the damage to his reputation was difficult to repair.]

[However, the suspect's family in that case blamed Qiu Li for losing the case, and actually stabbed him to death.]

Everyone else who heard An Ling's words thought it was outrageous. If what An Ling said was true, what did this have to do with Qiu Li from beginning to end? Why was he involved?

Clearly, An Ling shared the same thought.

[But isn't this all too strange? Why would Chi Lingling suddenly pull this stunt, shifting public opinion onto Qiu Li?]

Is she truly in love with Qi Yize?

Even if we were to successfully prove Qiu Li guilty, Qi Yize wouldn't be able to escape punishment. At this point, a normal person would choose to leave Qi Yize and be with Qiu Li, right? Why would they do something that loses both the small thing and the big picture?

Unfortunately, this matter is not within the main storyline. In the original novel, there is not much description of the Qiu family's affairs outside the main storyline.

In the original storyline, the incident involving the Qiu family was merely a catalyst for Qiu Nian to return to the An family and initiate the main plot. Therefore, the cause and effect were not clearly explained, and An Ling was not yet clear about it either.

Could it be that the original novel believed the truth of the matter was completely unimportant, as long as Qiu Nian returned to the An family, and therefore didn't care about the logic at all?

But no, I have to get to the bottom of this.

After all, Qiu Li's accident was the trigger for the Qiu family's misfortune. Qiu's parents died in a car accident on their way to the hospital after learning that Qiu Li had been stabbed and was in critical condition.