Shen Qingqing took a deep breath and said again, "He is your brother."
Pei Xi seemed a little impatient. He clicked his tongue, "So what? He's my brother, but we didn't grow up together. Even if we did, as long as I can achieve my goal, it's not impossible to use him."
Shen Qingqing shook her head, unwilling to look at him anymore.
Pei Xi, however, was somewhat displeased. He sat up from the bed, "What's with that expression? You look down on me?"
"Do you think anyone would approve of what you're doing?" She really couldn't hold back and said sarcastically, "Anyone with a conscience wouldn't treat their own brother like that."
Since they met, Pei Ji had never done anything to wrong him.
Even when he poisoned Pei Ji, Pei Ji didn't pursue it. It was only when he knew he had poisoned the queen that he developed a killing intent towards Pei Xi.
"Stop lecturing me with these platitudes."
Pei Xi didn't think he was wrong at all. He said righteously, "If I don't do this, I'll die. I just want to survive!"
"You are beyond saving."
Shen Qingqing didn't want to argue with him about right and wrong. Talking to someone who had completely lost their humanity was meaningless.
She turned to Pei Ji's side, took a piece of gauze from the medical kit, dampened it with mineral water, and wiped away the dirt on his forehead.
He had already taken fever reducers, but he still hadn't woken up.
If the fever continued, they would really have to go to the hospital, and the medical conditions here were too poor.
She thought this, but didn't say it, knowing that even if she did, Pei Xi wouldn't agree.
She didn't want to talk to this person either!
Pei Xi sat on the bed, looking at her with a gloomy gaze, "Are you that worried about him? I thought you only had Fu Jingshu in your heart."
Shen Qingqing ignored him.
Pei Xi casually grabbed something from the table and threw it over. It was a half-empty beer can, with half the beer still inside.
The beer can arced through the air and landed on the ground with a bang, spilling beer everywhere.
The air was filled with the unpleasant, pungent smell of alcohol.
Shen Qingqing frowned and dodged to the side, "Are you sick?"
Pei Xi's lips pulled into a smile, but there was no mirth in it. He looked like he was smiling, but he wasn't. "I'm sick, and you all drove me to it!"
"Do you think everyone owes you something?"
Shen Qingqing turned her head and looked at him with a strange expression.
Pei Xi said as a matter of course, "Yes, all of you owe me!"
"I think you've really gone mad."
Shen Qingqing dared not speak for others, but she and Fu Jingshu had absolutely no grievances with him. They didn't know each other before this!
Where did the idea of owing come from?
"Because of you, the plan on the island failed. Because of the old man, my plan to ascend the throne failed!" Pei Xi's expression was somewhat crazed. "The King never considered looking for my mother and me in the mainland. When they said my mother was dead, he believed it."
"Why should I live in constant fear while they can live happy lives?"
Pei Xi suddenly started to laugh as if he had heard a joke, shaking his whole body. He raised a hand to cover his forehead, hiding the expression on his face.
"I hate you. Every one of you is my enemy!"
Shen Qingqing wiped the sweat from Pei Ji's forehead and said faintly, "Then hate me. It's just that your plan probably won't succeed."
Pei Xi suddenly stood up and walked behind her, bending slightly, "What do you mean?"
As he spoke, his hot breath sprayed into her ear. Shen Qingqing flinched forward, glaring at the person behind her in anger.
"Stay away from me."
Pei Xi was enraged by the disgusted and repulsed look on her face, "Do you know your current situation?"
Shen Qingqing listened to his angry voice but remained remarkably calm, "I advise you to calm down. Losing your mind won't do you any good for your upcoming escape."
"Stop pretending to be so noble," Pei Xi voiced her inner thoughts. "You probably hope I'll be caught immediately so you can go back, and Pei Ji can be saved."
"Think whatever you want."
She didn't argue.
Pei Xi suddenly calmed down and said, "What about the book?"
Shen Qingqing's voice was cold, "Do you think I would give you the book before we are safe?"
Pei Xi sized her up. When she changed her clothes in the car, he had observed her carefully, but he hadn't seen the book.
"Where exactly did you hide it?"
The book was a little larger than a palm. It was impossible to hide it on her person without being discovered.
Shen Qingqing, tired of squatting, simply sat down on the ground and looked up at him, "When I was a child, I participated in a competition."
Pei Xi didn't understand why she suddenly mentioned a competition and listened without expression.
"And I came in first place," Shen Qingqing recalled her childhood and couldn't help but smile. Her mother was still alive then, cherishing her like a treasure. Even that scumbag had to pretend to be a loving father.
But later, her mother had an accident.
Everything changed.
She shook her head, casting aside the complex emotions, unwilling to reveal any abnormality in front of Pei Xi.
Pei Xi, not understanding, said, "What are you trying to say? Do you want me to congratulate you?"
Shen Qingqing shook her head, "No, I just want to tell you that the name of the competition was the Memory Competition."
"Skill?"
"No, memory," she tapped her forehead and hugged her knees, quietly watching his expression change in an instant.
First place in the Memory Competition...
In a flash of lightning, Pei Xi understood everything, "The book is in your head."
Shen Qingqing nodded, "Yes."
The first time she saw the book on the car door, and after getting it from the old man, she felt that this book would definitely be useful. So, with the old man's consent, she memorized all the contents of the book.
Just before receiving the call from Pei Xi about the meeting point, she was still silently reciting the contents of the book.
She did all of this in secret.
Besides Fu Jingshu and the old man, she didn't trust anyone else.
It was precisely this caution and consideration that allowed her to successfully deceive Pei Xi and catch him off guard at this moment.
Pei Xi was indeed surprised, "You actually thought of this."
Shen Qingqing hummed, a little smug, "I knew that if I brought the book with me, you definitely wouldn't let us leave."
Once she had obtained everything she wanted, she and Pei Ji would have no value.
Pei Xi gnashed his molars, his heart filled with extreme anger. So angry that he actually laughed, "You've truly exceeded my expectations."
Shen Qingqing glanced at Pei Ji and said softly, "He needs treatment, needs medication."
"What if I don't give it to him?"
"Then it depends on whether you want that book."
The situation had instantly reversed.
Pei Xi, who had been so confident and in control of everything, now had reservations about Shen Qingqing, "Then what will it take for you to give me the contents of that book?"