Chapter 110

Chapter 110: The Real Popular Female Lead

Du He Xuan had already been sick of that father and son for a long time. He did not even need Du Jun Yan to call him. He went up on his own, picked up the still-unwilling Du Ji Zu, and threw him out the front door.

On his way back, he could still hear Du Ji Zu shouting outside the yard, yelling that they would regret this one day.

Too bad no one cared.

With the mood-ruiner gone, all the relatives who felt that Du An Rao had suffered a huge injustice crowded over to comfort her.

To repay everyone for their kindness, Du An Rao smiled so much that her face went stiff.

It took a lot of effort to send everyone off. She was just about to flop onto the table and rest for a bit, when a bright patch of red in the crowd caught her eye.

[Holy crap, why is that sister’s head red?!]

The onlookers, who had already started to scatter like the tide going out, suddenly froze and stopped walking, pricking up their ears again.

Red? What red?

Only the Du family members, who already knew the truth, understood. Red stood for a blood calamity.

Realizing this, their hearts all sank.

They followed Du An Rao’s gaze and saw a young woman in her early twenties.

Today, Du Bi Xiao had come along with her parents. Her job was a bit special, so she barely got any days off all year.

The only reason she followed her parents to this relative’s house for a dinner she found pretty pointless was that she wanted to use her vacation to spend more time with her family.

She had never thought that as soon as she arrived, she would uncover a huge secret, and on top of that, eat a whole pile of juicy family gossip. It could be called a pleasant surprise.

When Du An Rao first mentioned that “young lady,” Du Bi Xiao had not paid much attention. She only thought another unlucky relative was going to get hit with bad luck.

It was not until the people around her paused in their steps and their gazes started to sneak toward her that she suddenly sensed something was wrong.

Du Bi Xiao: “……”

So the unlucky one is me?!

Compared to Du Bi Xiao’s dazed state, her parents reacted much faster. The moment they realized that the “sister” in Du An Rao’s mouth was their own daughter, their faces changed and their nerves tightened.

A relative beside them nudged the couple and hinted meaningfully: “Bi Xiao’s job is special. Why don’t you ask our brand-new little niece to do a reading for her? It would help you feel more at ease.”

The couple’s eyes lit up. They quickly pulled their daughter along and hurried toward Du An Rao.

When they came closer, Du An Rao actually showed a rare look of surprise.

[Eh?]

The three of them slowed down, their hearts growing tight.

[What does this young lady do? She even has accumulated merit on her.]

Accumulated merit? Many people widened their eyes in surprise, but once they thought about what job Du Bi Xiao did, they suddenly understood.

Father Du and Mother Du shared a look. They walked up first to greet Du Bi Xiao’s parents, then introduced the family to Du An Rao.

“This is your distant uncle and aunt, and this is your cousin. Just like your uncle, they usually live in City B. They came all this way today just to celebrate your birthday with you.”

Mother Du said this to tell Du An Rao that there were many guests here tonight. Yes, there were oddballs like Du Ji Zu, who came on purpose to cause trouble and disgust people. But there were even more elders like these, who had traveled thousands of miles because they were truly happy for the two of them. There was no need to let one rat spoil the whole pot and ruin her mood.

Hearing this, Du Bi Xiao’s mother could not help smiling: “Time really flies. I can still remember clearly when we were studying in City B. In the blink of an eye, the kids have grown this big.”

Du An Rao froze: “Mom, you studied in City B? Then you and they…”

Mother Du also smiled: “Back then, I went to university in City B. Your aunt and I were in the same major, the same class, and we even lived in the same dorm.”

At the time, she never thought that after so many years of twists and turns, the two of them would end up as relatives.

Du An Rao glanced at the two old classmates, then looked at Ruan Xiu Ru not far away, and could not help sighing at how strange fate was.

[You have to admit, Mom really has a huge network. Grade school classmates, university classmates, they all ended up becoming family. She is on par with Fourth Sister’s birth mother. Thinking about it like this, with two moms who both have such wide connections, Fourth Sister is the real chosen Popular Female Lead, right? As for that Li Qian Xi, she feels more like a transmigration girl in a Mary Sue novel who loves stealing the original heroine’s halo.]

Sensitive to the heat in everyone’s eyes suddenly falling on her, Du Yu Xi: “……”

Please don’t.

Some of the quicker onlookers had already pulled out the key points from Du An Rao’s complaint full of jokes.

So the two girls were not twins. The daughter the Du family had raised for more than ten years actually had another birth mother, and the two children were switched at birth?

Whose child was Du Yu Xi really? Then who was Li Qian Xi?

Eating only half the melon like this really made one itch all over. How could they stop here!

Mother Du had not expected Du An Rao to suddenly reveal Du Yu Xi’s background. Seeing many people’s eyes shining green, as if they wanted to rush over and ask her for details, she hurriedly coughed and pulled the topic back.

“So this is Bi Xiao, right? The last time I saw you was three years ago. You have become steadier, and you look even prettier now. Is work still that busy? You need to pay more attention to resting.”

As soon as Mother Du finished, her old classmate, the aunt, followed up with a sigh: “You know what her work is like. Out of three hundred sixty-five days a year, she is busy for three hundred sixty. On the five days left, it is fine if there are no emergencies. If something suddenly happens, she has to rush back.”

Standing nearby, Du Yu Xi had heard everything and instead became curious: “What does Cousin do? How can she be this busy?”

The aunt glanced at her daughter with both pride and heartache: “She works at the police bureau. The people she deals with are vicious criminals. On normal days, she is either catching criminals or on the way to catch criminals.”

That was exactly why they had been so nervous when Du An Rao suddenly brought up their daughter just now.

Because if anything really went wrong with this job, she could lose her life.

Du An Rao was also shocked. Understanding flashed across her eyes.

[So she is a police officer, and the kind that actually catches criminals. No wonder a big event popped up as soon as she appeared. This is going to be trouble.]

While Mother Du and the aunt were chatting, Du An Rao had already searched through every book inside the Inner Library. She did not find any plot related to Du Bi Xiao, and she did not find any female police officer with the surname Du either.

That meant that what was going to happen to Du Bi Xiao might not be recorded in any book, or maybe, like Du He Xuan, she was just a handy background character whose existence the author had deliberately blurred.

Du An Rao’s head ached badly, and the hearts of Du Bi Xiao and her family sank with her.

[Look, Sis, maybe you should think about this. At least for the near future, how about welding a bulletproof vest onto yourself and not running toward dangerous places if you can help it?]

But she also knew that was impossible. Besides, there was already Tang Qian Qian’s example. Even when they knew the plot in advance and warned her over and over, accidents could still happen, and the story could still twist back to its original track. Not to mention someone like Du Bi Xiao, who did not even have a written plot, yet her red light was one shade darker than Du An Rao’s.

[Or maybe… I should try that?]