Chapter 63

Chapter 63: We Don’t Agree!

Everything that happened next played out in Li Qian Xi’s eyes like a sudden slow-motion shot.

She had never thought that Du Yu Xi would leave City S and appear in the city where she lived.

She had never thought she would see, in her own home, this favored girl whose place she had taken for so many years and whose everything she had stolen, yet who still lived a bright, excellent life.

Because it was so sudden, for a moment, the expression on Li Qian Xi’s face slipped out of control.

Shock, panic, anger, and hatred all flashed across her face one by one, but she also clearly knew that these were exactly the emotions that should not show on her face right now.

After that brief real reaction, she forced her expression into a confused, blank look, but because she did it too fast and with too much force, her whole face looked twisted and strange, and the sense of wrongness doubled.

Seeing this, Du An Rao was so startled that she almost dropped her melon.

[Sob sob sob, so scary. I feel like I’m going to have nightmares tonight.]

…

The Du family members could not hold back their laughter, and with it, the bit of tension from finally facing the big boss behind everything and forcing out the source of all evil also vanished at once.

Li Zhan Yan and Zhang Wan Yin were very sensitive about Li Qian Xi’s identity, so of course they also saw clearly how her expression had changed.

Li Zhan Yan had long known the truth, and right now she only felt defeated and chilled. Zhang Wan Yin, however, frowned slightly and keenly sensed that something was wrong.

The two people being asked both stayed silent, and for a moment the scene froze in an awkward stalemate.

Unexpectedly, the one who finally broke the stalemate was Madam Xie, who had come downstairs arm in arm with Li Qian Xi.

“You…”

Earlier, Madam Xie had only seen Du Yu Xi’s back from afar and already found it strangely familiar. Now that she saw her face clearly, she became completely dazed on the spot.

Without noticing it, she let go of Li Qian Xi’s hand and walked toward Du Yu Xi as if her soul had left her body.

Looking at her now empty hand, Li Qian Xi could no longer hold her expression in place. She clenched both fists so tightly that she almost drew blood.

However, she seemed to forget that even though Madam Xie had run off and left her, Xie Jing Yao was still standing behind her.

Xie Jing Yao looked at the woman in front of him, whose mind was now completely filled with hatred and jealousy, and could not help thinking of the information he had investigated not long ago.

In the end, he had to admit that this sister he had watched grow up since childhood had changed in a shocking way. He could no longer even remember what that girl who once seemed so innocent and cute had looked like.

“You are…” When Madam Xie came closer and saw Du Yu Xi’s face clearly, she instead grew timid now that she was so close.

Watching this scene, a thought flashed through Du An Rao’s mind.

[Ah, how could I forget? This Madam Xie and Fourth Sister’s mom were college classmates and close best friends, their feelings deeper than sisters. Because they were so close, when Fourth Sister’s mom was pregnant with her, they joked and made an agreement: if the baby in her belly was a girl, the two families would become in-laws and their children would never be separated for life.]

The Du family members who were busy eating melon: !!!

What the heck, there was even something like this?! No way, no way. How can there still be arranged marriages these days? This engagement does not count. We don’t agree!

Not far away, Du He Xuan, who had been temporarily called into the little kitchen to cut steak, was already sharpening his knife. That pig Xie Jing Yue who had his eye on his family’s cabbage hadn’t even been taken care of yet, and now another one was coming?!

[This match was supposed to be Fourth Sister’s. But didn’t Li Qian Xi take over Fourth Sister’s identity? So of course the engagement ended up falling on Li Qian Xi’s head instead.]

Thinking of how, when they last met, the top of Xie Jing Yao’s head had been glowing green, Du An Rao suddenly looked at Madam Xie with more sympathy.

[Madam Xie would never have thought that the engagement she casually set for her son would one day give him a huge green grassland on his head, right?]

The Du family members: Pfft???

But then, when she thought about how he had defended Li Qian Xi and argued with Du Yu Xi when she had tried to warn him before, the little bit of sympathy she had left for him vanished at once.

[But it’s also true that one is willing to hit and one is willing to be hit. I even warned him that day, but he still pulled a long face at me and Fourth Sister. Forget it. With judgment like that, he can stay tangled up with the playboy. Let my Fourth Sister shine alone.]

Du An Rao: [Holds grudges.JPG]

The Du family members had already been extremely wary of Xie Jing Yao. After hearing this, they immediately struck him off the candidate list and firmly decided that from today on, he and Du Yu Xi were absolutely not allowed to be alone together!

When Du Yu Xi learned that the one who was supposed to be engaged to Xie Jing Yao was actually her, she was also very surprised. But once she thought of how their first meeting had ended in a tense quarrel and a bad parting, she instantly lost all interest in this engagement.

Madam Xie still had no idea that her son had already messed things up the very first time they met. She stared at Du Yu Xi for quite a while, and the more she looked, the more it felt like she was dreaming.

Seeing her look like this, Du An Rao understood everything.

[Tsk tsk tsk, yet another auntie who is charmed by Fourth Sister’s face. Speaking of it, Fourth Sister’s mom really was the white moonlight in the hearts of so many people! It’s such a pity she passed away so early. Otherwise, I’d really want to meet her once.]

When she had read the book before, Du An Rao had already noticed that more than half of Li Qian Xi’s charm to everyone was built on her identity as Su Ying Rong’s daughter.

You could say that over ninety percent of the elders who doted on her had once been fish in Su Ying Rong’s pond. But for most of these fish, what they felt for Su Ying Rong was not romance, but family love, friendship, or best friend affection… That showed just how charming she was.

Du Yu Xi lowered her long lashes, hiding the loss in her eyes. If she could, how could she not want to meet the person who had brought her into this world?

As Su Ying Rong’s close best friend, Madam Xie was also well acquainted with Zhang Wan Yin.

Seeing Madam Xie so lost, Zhang Wan Yin wanted to step forward and explain, but Li Zhan Yan pulled her hand back first.

She said: “This is Miss Du, Du Yu Xi, and the one next to her is her sister. The two of them are honored guests specially invited here by Zhao Yang.”

“Du… Miss?” The shock was too much, and Madam Xie was still in a daze.

On the other hand, because of Li Qian Xi’s appearance, Zhang Wan Yin calmed down a bit, and her brain finally came back online.

“Zhao Yang invited them?”

Li Zhan Yan lifted her head and met her eyes. The two women looked at each other, and some silent understanding passed between them.

On the other side, when Li Qian Xi learned that it was actually Li Zhao Yang who had brought them here, she was both furious and terrified, afraid that the Li family had noticed something.

Just then, Li Feng Xian and Su Rui Yin, who had already met up outside, also walked in. Seeing this scene, both of them froze.

At first sight, everyone thought that Du Yu Xi looked very much like Su Ying Rong. Only Li Feng Xian, in one glance, saw that her nose and chin looked exactly like his brother’s.

As for Su Rui Yin, there was even less to say. As one of the few people present who had no idea that Du Yu Xi existed, his reaction was almost the same as his wife’s. His first thought was that his sister had come back.

But soon, reason told him that the loved one he cared for most had already died on that rainy night eighteen years ago and could never again come home, act spoiled, and call him “Brother.”

The hidden pain buried by time suddenly attacked this man, who had always seemed able to do anything, once again after so many years, making him feel like he wanted to die from the hurt.