Chapter 62

Chapter 62: The Ultimate Prophet

The one grabbing Du Yu Xi was a noble lady in a black evening gown. Light makeup hid some flaws on her face, but it could not fully cover the marks of time.

She held Du Yu Xi’s hand very tightly. Her eyes were red and full of tears, but she would not even blink, as if she wanted to carve the person in front of her into her memory.

At this moment, Du Yu Xi did not dare to move. Since this woman could call out her mother’s name, she must have known her mother, but Du Yu Xi still did not know who this person was.

Luckily, someone soon came to save her.

Madam Li called out: “Sister Wan Yin.” She had already told the people greeting guests at the door to pay attention to the Su family’s movements. After hearing that Madam Su had arrived, she rushed over at once, but she had still come a step too late and let her meet Du Yu Xi first.

As soon as Madam Li spoke, Du An Rao immediately figured out who this person was.

[Case solved. This person is Fourth Sister’s Aunt Zhang Wan Yin. In the original book, she was the only one who was never fooled by Li Qian Xi. From beginning to end she firmly believed that Li Qian Xi was not Su Ying Rong’s daughter, and she stuck to the idea that Li Qian Xi is just Li Qian Xi and Su Ying Rong is Su Ying Rong, and that Li Qian Xi is not worthy of being compared to Su Ying Rong. She is the ultimate prophet.]

“Aunt?” Du Yu Xi unconsciously tightened her hands, and her eyes kept drifting to the woman’s face.

When Madam Su saw Madam Li coming over, she did not let go of Du Yu Xi’s hand. Instead, she held it even tighter.

“Zhan Yan, Zhan Yan, come and look. Ying Rong, Ying Rong has come back.”

Li Zhan Yan glanced at Du Yu Xi. Seeing that she was surprised but neither scared nor angry, she could not help letting out a breath of relief.

She said: “Sister Wan Yin, calm down first. Don’t scare the child.”

“Child?” Zhang Wan Yin froze for a moment. Only then did she notice that, compared to the Su Ying Rong in their memories, Du Yu Xi really was a bit younger, not to mention that almost twenty years had already passed…

But the person she cared about had stayed forever at her most beautiful age. That was why, when she saw Du Yu Xi, she thought at once of the Su Ying Rong from back then.

Zhang Wan Yin forced herself to push down her emotions and finally let go of Du Yu Xi’s hand.

At this time, Du An Rao also rushed to Du Yu Xi’s side and asked: “Fourth Sister, are you okay?”

“I’m fine.”

“Are you hurt?” Li Zhan Yan also asked with concern. After making sure that Zhang Wan Yin had not hurt her, she helped explain for the other woman and said: “I’m sorry. Sister Wan Yin did not do it on purpose. She just thought she was seeing an old friend when she saw you and got too worked up. I apologize for her and hope Miss Du will not mind.”

“Old friend?” Du Yu Xi raised her brows and pretended not to understand as she said: “Is this the old friend you said I looked like, the one who seemed familiar to you from somewhere?”

“Yes, yes.” Li Zhan Yan had already planned to tell Du Yu Xi about Su Ying Rong, hoping to slowly get her to accept them as her relatives. Now that Du Yu Xi was asking on her own, it was a great chance.

“The old friend I talked about is called Su Ying Rong. She was my sister in law, my husband’s real sister. Eighteen years ago, my brother took his wife, who had already been pregnant for many months, on a trip to Y Province. They never thought they would run into a once in a century massive mudslide.”

As Li Zhan Yan recalled that tragedy, her eyes turned slightly red: “To escape the mudslide, my brother drove away with his wife, but they got into a car accident on the way. My brother died on the spot. My sister in law was barely breathing and passed away right after giving birth to the baby.”

By now, Zhang Wan Yin had calmed down. She looked at Du Yu Xi with a very complex gaze and asked: “Whose child are you? Why have I never seen you before?”

“My name is Du Yu Xi. I used to live in City S all the time. I only came to City J with my family recently because of some matters.”

“City S?” Regret showed on Zhang Wan Yin’s face. That was far from them, and even farther from Y Province. Maybe she really was just overthinking it?

Thinking more carefully, the girl in front of her was only about twenty. When Ying Rong died, this girl might have just been born. Could she really be the reincarnation of the old friend, come back to them?

Du Yu Xi and the others did not know how wildly her thoughts were running, but Du An Rao could vaguely guess what she was thinking. After all, this was the only clear-headed person in the original book, so she decided to give this clear-headed person a hint.

“You were just talking about that major mudslide in Y Province more than ten years ago? What a coincidence, my parents were also in Y Province then. They ran into that same mudslide and were so scared that the baby came early. If it hadn’t been for the natural disaster and all the accidents, with so many wounded people that the hospital could barely cope, my Fourth Sister and I would not have been switched.”

“What?!” Zhang Wan Yin’s expression changed, and the way she looked at Du Yu Xi completely changed as well. “You, you two…”

How could Du Yu Xi not see what Du An Rao was trying to do? She sighed and said: “The two of us were indeed born in XX Hospital of Y Province. At that time Y Province was hit by a massive mudslide. Many people were hurt and sent to the hospital. My mother and An An’s mother were both among them. My mother…”

Du Yu Xi paused here. In order not to make everyone suspicious, she grit her teeth and went on: “My mother was a human trafficker on the run. To give me a better life, she swapped me with An An, who was born in the same hospital at the time. My adoptive parents only found out the truth recently…”

Before Du Yu Xi could finish, Du An Rao was already shouting back in her heart.

[No she wasn’t, ah ah ah, Fourth Sister, don’t be sad! Your mom really isn’t that trafficker Wang Xue He! Aunt, Aunt, come on, this is your big chance to find the truth!]

“Pff…” If the occasion had not been wrong, Du Yu Xi would have almost laughed out loud. How could their little youngest be this cute?

Luckily, Aunt really did not let Du An Rao down. After hearing that the two girls had been switched by a trafficker, and that Du Yu Xi even thought she was that trafficker’s real daughter, Zhang Wan Yin looked at this face that was almost exactly the same as Su Ying Rong’s and exploded on the spot.

“What nonsense are you talking about? You are definitely not some trafficker’s daughter. You are, you are…”

For someone who has lost a close loved one, time does not always heal everything. A wound that looks healed may still be full of pus underneath. When it is touched again by new regret, it is torn open once more and bleeds all over.

Ever since she saw Du Yu Xi, Zhang Wan Yin had not been able to control her emotions. Now, when she suddenly realized that she might have lost the child that Su Ying Rong had risked her life to give birth to back then, she cried like rain and could not even speak clearly, feeling so guilty that she could not even say the name of the dead.

By now, the guests coming to the party had mostly arrived, and Li Zhan Yan, the host of the banquet, was right there. On top of that, Du Yu Xi had just said those shocking words about a baby switch and a trafficker. The corner where Du An Rao and the others stood had clearly become the center of the whole banquet, and more and more people were gathering around.

When Li Qian Xi came downstairs with Madam Xie, this was the scene she saw. From far away she could only see Madam Li and Madam Su, so she asked in confusion: “Aunt, Aunt, did something happen?”

When they heard her voice, everyone turned around without thinking, and this happened to reveal Du An Rao and Du Yu Xi, who had been hidden behind others.