Chapter 119

Chapter 119: Little Logic Genius

Du An Rao glanced at Ye Meng Zhen, who was hiding in a corner of the hall and trying very hard to stay low-key, and asked in confusion: “When did you get here? I don’t think I saw you before.”

“When that so-called distant relative of yours was making things hard for you.”

“So you came pretty early. Why didn’t you come over to find us?” Du An Rao’s eyes turned, and she poked Ye Meng Zhen’s arm, eager to watch the drama: “You saw my Third Brother just now, right? So? Do you still think he’s your male god? Do you feel like your idol just collapsed?”

Ye Meng Zhen’s whole body went stiff. She glared at her in anger and shame. She had already tried very hard not to think about what happened tonight, but this person just had to bring it up!

While she was still sulking, Du Yu Xi finally escaped from the Li family’s endless small talk and walked over: “What are you talking about?”

The moment Ye Meng Zhen saw Du Yu Xi, her eyes lit up: “Sis, from now on you’re my real sister with a different father and a different mother. I never thought you were actually the young lady of the Li family, and Li Qian Xi turned out to be a human trafficker’s daughter! She stole your nest for so many years, took your place, grabbed your fiancé, and went around flirting and ruining your family’s name. Now it’s great. She has nothing left, and she even got kicked out. Retribution, that’s real retribution!”

When Du Yu Xi heard her mention that so-called fiancé again, the corner of her mouth twitched. She didn’t respond.

Ye Meng Zhen didn’t notice anything strange about her at all. She was full of excitement.

“Hahaha, thank you for inviting me to your birthday party. I got to watch such a good show for free tonight. I might laugh myself awake in my sleep when I get home.”

“Do you have to exaggerate like that? Speaking of which, doesn’t your home city happen to be City J? Li Qian Xi has already been kicked out of the Li family and cut off from them. You didn’t hear any rumors beforehand?”

Ye Meng Zhen said regretfully: “But I’m studying in City S now. My useless brother is the one in City J. His leg still hasn’t healed, so he’s probably rotting at home every day. His news is probably not as fast as mine anyway.”

“Don’t worry. Even though I’m not in City J, I still have some connections. I promise that before you step into City J again with your uncle and aunt, I’ll spread everything that happened about you at tonight’s banquet all over the city. I’ll let everyone in City J see the true face of that green-tea black-lotus flower.”

Du Yu Xi’s eyelids twitched. She said helplessly: “It’s all true anyway. Say whatever you want, just don’t exaggerate.”

“I know, I know. The truth is already explosive enough. Too much is as bad as too little. I get it, I get it.”

“As for that ‘real sister with different parents’ thing, that’s not necessary. I already have An An. I’m not planning to take another sister.”

Ye Meng Zhen looked disappointed, but she didn’t push it.

Instead, Du An Rao chimed in at just the right annoying moment: “Yeah, yeah. If you really take my Fourth Sister as your sister, then you can’t become our sister-in-law in the future.”

Ye Meng Zhen’s little face turned bright red. She raised her hand, ready to smack her, but then seemed to think of something. She muttered softly: “Then forget it.”

Du An Rao: “???”

Du Yu Xi was also a bit surprised: “You still like my Third Brother? I thought you liked those pale and gentle scholar types. In private, my Third Brother is nothing like that.”

“But he’s so handsome, even more handsome up close!” Ye Meng Zhen covered her face and wailed, then suddenly froze: “Wait, how do you know what type I like?”

Du Yu Xi paused, then reacted quickly and said: “Please. My Third Brother only went to our school once, when he took me to register. You fell in love with him at first sight. However he looked back then, that’s obviously the type you like. But in private, he’s really not like that at all. If you’re not mentally prepared, you might regret it later.”

“I already thought it through. I’ll never regret it.” Ye Meng Zhen looked like someone who wouldn’t turn back until she hit the wall.

“At first I really was a bit shocked, but… um…” Ye Meng Zhen covered half her face, unable to bear it: “Every time I look at that face of his, I forget everything again. So maybe the type you just talked about isn’t what I like. As long as he has that face, I like whatever type he is. At the very least, with that face, I could eat an extra bowl of rice.”

Du Yu Xi: “…”

[She can eat an extra bowl of rice just looking at his face. Is this what they call ‘so pretty it’s a feast for the eyes’? Is this the power of a face tyrant over a face-obsessed girl? It’s over, she’s so in love!]

Du Yu Xi: “Pfft…”

In front of the two sisters, Ye Meng Zhen talked big, acting like she wanted to drag Du Yi Han out and deal with him on the spot. But in reality, she was a total coward. She only dared to secretly look at him twice from far away and didn’t even dare to go near.

Before Du An Rao and Du Yu Xi could take her over to meet Du Yi Han, she used the excuse that she had to hurry back to spread the news and ran away early.

As the night grew late, the guests who had come to the banquet started leaving one after another.

Xi Jing Yue, who hadn’t taken part in all the drama at all, only showed up when he was about to leave. Du An Rao personally walked him out to the Du family’s front gate.

“There were too many guests here tonight. I didn’t even notice you, Mr. Xi. That was rude of us.”

“It’s not your fault. You’re the birthday girl. This is your first time seeing all these family relatives since you came back to the Du family. You already have a lot of people to deal with. You can’t take care of everyone. And I came with Zhao Yang and the others. We arrived pretty late.”

“You came with Mr. Li and the others, then why weren’t you with them just now…”

“They had family matters to deal with. What would I be doing tagging along? Enough about me. I heard from them that you fainted just now. Are you okay? Does anything still feel uncomfortable?”

When she heard Xi Jing Yue bring up her fainting spell, Du An Rao felt a little embarrassed. She gave two dry laughs and said: “It was just low blood sugar. I was busy and didn’t eat dinner, so I fainted for a bit. After I ate something, I felt much better.”

“Really?” Xi Jing Yue had already heard what happened from other guests and had more or less guessed why she fainted. Hearing her say this, he didn’t expose her.

“Then you need to be more careful from now on. Eat on time. Don’t starve yourself until you pass out again.”

The corner of Du An Rao’s mouth twitched. She didn’t know which was more embarrassing: fainting from hunger, or passing out because she couldn’t handle a Hexagram Divination.

The two of them were standing there, chatting in a pretty friendly mood as they said goodbye, and didn’t notice that not far away, a few people were staring at them like tigers watching prey.

“So that’s the guy? He looks decent enough, but who knows what his behavior is like in private. I’ll look into him later. If he’s two-faced, just wait and see how I deal with him.”

Du He Xuan rolled his eyes at him: “You? Check him? With your ‘seven days in the mountains, a thousand years pass in the world’ lab connections?”

Du Yi Han also gave him a disgusted look: “For something this small, why would we need them? I can handle it myself.”

Du Jun Yan saw right through his brother’s little thoughts and frowned: “Don’t mess around.”

“How is that messing around? If he’s the same on the inside and outside and hasn’t done anything shady, he won’t be afraid of someone checking into him. If he is afraid, it means he has a guilty conscience. Then I should check even more.”

The two brothers: “…”

Leaving everything else aside, you really are a little logic genius.

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