Chapter 66

Chapter 66: There Are Villains Who Want To Hurt My Goddess

Plop.

The sound of a tear falling pulled Du Yu Xi’s mind back. Only then did she realize that at some point, her face had become covered in tears.

Realizing she had lost control, Du Yu Xi quickly wiped her face and said awkwardly: “Sorry, I got your photo dirty.”

Li Zhan Yan’s heart ached for her and she quickly said: “It’s okay, it’s okay, this album is waterproof. Do you like this photo?”

“I just think this photo is really beautiful. The people look good, and the scenery looks good too.”

“Since you like it, do you want to take it with you?”

Du Yu Xi froze: “C-can I?”

“Of course you can. We still have the negatives at home, and we printed many copies before. Taking one won’t matter.” Li Zhan Yan said this and could not help sighing. “No matter what, the way you look so much like Ying Rong is also a kind of fate. Let this photo be a small gift from us to you.”

No matter what the Li family’s true goal was, this offer was a huge temptation for Du Yu Xi.

She pressed her lips together, but in the end she could not resist. She took the photo Li Zhan Yan handed her and said softly: “Thank you.”

Watching this, the smile on Li Qian Xi’s face froze again.

She belatedly realized that she had relaxed far too early. The Li family’s attitude toward Du Yu Xi was really startling.

In the end, it was still because of that face! The way Li Qian Xi stared at Du Yu Xi was full of hatred, as if her gaze had been soaked in poison.

If she had known things would turn out like this, she should have listened to that man earlier and cut the grass and pulled up the roots, so there would be no future trouble.

Right now, Du Yu Xi’s whole heart was on her parents’ photo, so she did not notice Li Qian Xi’s strange look. But Du An Rao saw it clearly.

[The way Li Qian Xi is looking at my Fourth Sister is so scary. Is she thinking of something really dangerous?]

The faces of the Du family members all changed a little. They silently decided that they had better find a few more bodyguards for Du Yu Xi.

Xi Jing Yue narrowed his eyes in a dangerous way. It seemed he really did need to deal with this woman as soon as possible.

The two Du sisters did not stay long on the second floor. But they had gone up with the Li and Su families, and the commotion before they came down had only stirred up more curiosity.

So when the two of them went downstairs, the lively noise below suddenly went quiet, and only after a moment did it return to normal.

Most of the guests present were locals from City J, with no business dealings with the Du family. They could not guess the sisters’ identities and did not dare come over and talk to them on their own. But some people did not have that concern.

“You two finally came down. How was it? They didn’t give you a hard time, did they?”

Du An Rao’s head was full of question marks: “Who would give us a hard time? Why would they?”

“The Li family and the Su family. You don’t know? The rumors outside are crazy right now!”

Du An Rao blinked, full of curiosity: “What rumors?”

“The rumors…” Ye Meng Zhen looked around. After making sure no one was paying attention to them, she lowered her voice and said: “The rumor is that your sister might be the real child of the Li family.”

Du An Rao dragged out her voice and said: “Oh~~~”

[Rumors really do spread fast. Fourth Sister and I only went upstairs for one trip, and this already spread all over the banquet?]

Her reaction made Ye Meng Zhen so frustrated she almost smoked from her ears: “So is it true or not?”

Du An Rao smiled and asked back: “Well, do you want it to be true?”

Ye Meng Zhen stared blankly, then after a long time glanced at Du Yu Xi. She muttered awkwardly: “Of course I want it to be true.”

“Because of Li Qian Xi?”

“You could say that, but it’s mainly because of Auntie Su.”

“Auntie Su?” Du Yu Xi looked at Ye Meng Zhen in surprise and asked: “You know my… you know Second Madam Li?”

“I’m the same age as you. How could I know her? My mom mentioned her before.”

Ye Meng Zhen paused and said: “Back then, Second Madam was like a legend in City J. Even people like my mom, who doesn’t like social events with madams and wasn’t very close to Auntie Li at the time, would talk a lot more when they mentioned her. You can imagine how likable she was back then.”

“A charming elder like that, how could that green-tea little bitch Li Qian Xi be worthy of her? It should be your sister…”

The more she spoke, the softer her voice became, until it faded out completely.

Du An Rao gave her a knowing smile and said: “Oh~ so you think my sister is pretty charming too, and just barely worthy of being Auntie Su’s daughter?”

“…At least more worthy than Li Qian Xi!”

“I never thought my Fourth Sister’s image in your heart had already become this good.”

This sentence hit Ye Meng Zhen’s weak spot and made her explode on the spot: “What nonsense are you talking about? I just… I just heard that your sister looks a lot like Auntie Su when she was young, and I also heard you were born in the same hospital. That’s why… that’s why…”

Du An Rao chuckled and, knowing when to stop, did not tease her anymore.

“So right now, does everyone think my Fourth Sister is the Li family’s child?”

“Not everyone.” Ye Meng Zhen snorted and pointed ahead. “Isn’t there a fool over there who won’t turn back until he hits the south wall?”

The two sisters followed the direction of her finger and saw Xie Jing Yao helping Madam Xie down the stairs.

Madam Xie’s expression was dazed. Clearly, seeing Du Yu Xi had shaken her badly.

Even if they still could not be sure for now whether Du Yu Xi really had anything to do with Su Ying Rong, Madam Xie was already feeling a bit resistant toward Li Qian Xi.

Just then, as they were watching, a young man about the same age as Xie Jing Yao rushed over.

“Cousin, Auntie, what happened? I heard… I heard…”

Xie Jing Yao had never had a good impression of this so-called distant cousin. Hearing him stutter for so long without getting to the point, he frowned impatiently and asked: “Heard what?”

“I heard a woman who looks a lot like the late Second Madam Li showed up at the banquet, and they said… they said she was born in the same hospital as Qian Xi.”

Hearing this, Madam Xie finally reacted and said: “That part is true.”

Hou Wei Kun got anxious right away: “How could there be such a coincidence? It must be some trick she planned on purpose, using the name of someone who has already passed away to fool people.”

“As for why that woman looks like Second Madam Li, the world is huge and full of all kinds of strange things. There are so many people who look alike. Do they all have blood ties? And also… also, plastic surgery is so advanced now. As long as you have money and the nerve to do it, it’s easy to get a face exactly like Second Madam Li’s. Auntie, Cousin, please talk to the Li family. Don’t let them get fooled by that liar and wrong a good person.”

It was obvious that he was really anxious. He rattled off that long speech without even stopping to breathe, and even Du An Rao could not help feeling a bit of respect.

[What a perfect example of self-brainwashing. No matter when or what happens, he can make the logic work and find a new way to whitewash her. In short, in the end every mistake is someone else’s fault, because his goddess can never be wrong. There are always wicked people trying to hurt my goddess. He perfectly fits the basic professional standards of a bootlicker. Is this guy also one of the fish in Li Qian Xi’s pond?]