Mind reading saves the whole family; I'm firmly in the role of a charlatan.

Chapter 88 If the sky falls, your mouths will hold it up.
Du Lianshuang seemed to wake from a dream, her face full of curiosity: "Oh right, there's more to it than that? So even though he's a bit dictatorial, he still compromises with you occasionally, doesn't he?"

Yin Bailu blushed and muttered, "It's a matter of principle, how can I compromise? And every time he makes me angry, I have to make him sleep in the study before he realizes his mistake. I think he's doing it on purpose, he compromises verbally, but who knows how much he's unhappy inside."

"..."

Du Lianshuang was completely taken aback by the display of affection. Having been through similar situations before, she could easily see that the so-called argument between the two was nothing more than the petty squabbles of a young couple.

"So, after all this time, I was part of your scheme too? Next time I'm so genuinely defending you, I'll be a dog."

Yin Bailu's expression stiffened slightly, and she refused to admit it: "This is something that's already very infuriating, why are you misinterpreting what I mean?"

"Ha ha……"

"Alright, alright." Mrs. Du glanced at the two grown men silently watching from a distance, and interrupted their argument with a faint smile, bringing the topic back to the main point, "An'an hasn't finished speaking yet."

"Right, right, we've gone off on a tangent. An'an, tell me quickly, what's this about being wronged by a villain?"

"Simply put, it's a problem with Uncle Liao's personality. He's prone to attracting the wrath of petty people. After all, Uncle Liao can't be as patient with everyone as he is with Aunt Yin."

He not only racked his brains to come up with a lot of things to explain to her and seek her approval, but he would also occasionally suppress his own nature and compromise for his wife's insistence.

"She has a strong personality and doesn't like to explain herself. Sometimes, unequal communication can easily lead to misunderstandings and misinterpretations. Even if her intentions are good, not saying anything can also cause misunderstandings and create irreconcilable conflicts."

Du Anrao said this because she knew that shortly afterward, Liao Yuqian would be betrayed by his most trusted brother, ambushed and severely injured, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down.

It was precisely because of this major change that the Liao couple had no energy left to manage their daughter's private life, giving Cui Chengye a great opportunity to get close to Liao Jingyi.

By the time Liao Yuqian's condition stabilized and he recovered, Liao Jingyi had already fallen for Cui Chengye's tender care and concern, quietly stepping into a place of no return.

Therefore, the turning point in Liao Jingyi's life came from this incident.

The reason why Liao Yuqian's brother betrayed him was entirely due to a misunderstanding.

Liao Yuqian's brother was named Zou Heng. Both his parents had passed away, leaving only his sister Zou Shan as his only relative.

Five years ago, Liao Yuqian's nemesis, in order to obtain the bidding documents in Liao Yuqian's hands, secretly extended his clutches to Zou Heng's only sister.

The other party sent a smooth-talking fake rich kid to get close to Zou Shan, pursuing her with flowers and gifts every day.

Although the two siblings had no parents, Zou Heng always protected Zou Shan very well and never let her suffer any hardship from childhood to adulthood.

This fostered Zou Shan's overly naive nature. The young girl was like a blank sheet of paper when it came to emotions, and she couldn't withstand the other party's premeditated and intense pursuit. Before long, she was moved by the fake rich second-generation and started dating him, and soon became pregnant with his child.

Zou Shan was too young when her parents passed away and didn't have many memories of it, so she always envied other people who had both parents and dreamed of having a complete family of her own.

The arrival of the child overwhelmed her with joy.

So much so that when the fake rich kid asked her to steal the bidding documents that were kept by her brother, she agreed without hesitation.

Fortunately, Liao Yuqian had anticipated these tricks from his arch-rival and didn't let them succeed. But he never expected that the person sent by his rival to steal the bidding documents would be Zou Shan!
When Liao Yuqian realized something was wrong and led his men to chase after them, what they saw was Zou Shan lying in a pool of blood, barely alive.

It turned out that when the fake rich kid realized he'd been exposed, he immediately fled with the confused Zou Shan, but in his panic, they got into a car accident.

Seeing that things were going badly, the scumbag ran away, leaving the seriously injured and unconscious Zou Shan in the car that could explode at any moment.

When Liao Yuqian arrived, Zou Shan was barely breathing. Looking at her brother, who had always taken good care of them since childhood, she finally came to her senses and realized that she had done something unforgivable.

She tearfully confessed to Liao Yuqian, explaining that the matter had nothing to do with her brother and hoping he wouldn't hold a grudge against him.

She also begged him not to tell her brother about this, so that she could leave a good impression on him. She hoped that until her death, she would still be the obedient, sensible, and understanding little sister in her brother's heart.

Liao Yuqian agreed, and was deeply saddened to learn that Zou Shan was pregnant with a newborn child when she died.

Fearing that Zou Heng would be even more heartbroken if he knew the truth, they kept the matter, along with Zou Shan's theft of the documents, from their minds. They only lied and said that the other party had accidentally kidnapped Zou Shan and then got into a car accident, which caused Zou Shan to die from her injuries.

This is the truth, just with some details omitted.

But for Zou Heng, these details were undoubtedly the most important.

Liao Yuqian's concealment aroused Zou Heng's suspicion and gave Liao Yuqian's enemies an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

The other party fabricated a series of evidence, telling Zou Heng that his sister was indeed kidnapped at that time, but the kidnappers made it clear that they would let his sister go as long as Liao Yuqian let them leave.

Liao Yuqian couldn't bear to part with the bid he had worked so hard to obtain, and disregarding his sister's life, he relentlessly pursued the bandits, which led to the car carrying his sister going in a panic and crashing into the vehicle.

Even worse, after Zou Shan's car accident, Liao Yuqian was in a hurry to chase after the thief who stole the bidding documents, ignoring Zou Shan who was already seriously injured, thus delaying Zou Shan's best rescue time, which led to Zou Shan's unfortunate death.

This lie was rather clumsy, and Zou Heng didn't believe it at first.

But after that, whenever he tried to bring up Zou Shan in front of Liao Yuqian, the other party would always change the subject.

After several such incidents, Zou Heng finally began to have doubts.

Once doubts arise, one's mindset becomes unbalanced, and it's only a matter of time before one turns against Liao Yuqian.

Du Anrao was speechless when he saw this. Are all your mouths just for decoration?

Each one is harder than a diamond drill bit; you can't pry them open!

It's like you guys are always there to hold up the sky when it falls, and sure enough, the sky really did fall!

However, she also knew that, generally speaking, according to the formula of most novels, the protagonist not having a mouth is purely to advance the plot, forcibly pulling out a melodramatic long novel of millions of words with the plot of "you torment me, I torment you, you love me, I love you; you torment me but I still love you, I torment you but I may not hate you".

The supporting characters, who are also meant to advance the plot, are basically just there to be stupidly reduced to act as cannon fodder and give the protagonist a cheat code. They are definitely tool characters.

(End of this chapter)