Chapter 75

Chapter 75: Two Wives?

When Du Yu Xi saw how the two of them reacted, she knew at once that, just like her, they could hear Du An Rao’s inner voice.

She gave a light cough and, before they could speak again and make An Rao suspicious, she scolded them: “What nonsense are you talking about? An Rao is your sister, just like me. If you don’t want to call her ‘sister’, fine, but you still dare to threaten her? Where did you even learn that weird tone? I’ll tell Aunt later and let her deal with you.”

The edgy teen who had been so aggressive in front of Du An Rao just now instantly wilted like an eggplant hit by frost. His face fell, and he begged for mercy.

He said: “It’s my fault. I won’t do it again. Please don’t tell my mom.”

Du Yu Xi did not say anything. She only looked at Du An Rao.

Although Du Xiu Yuan was in his rebellious phase and a bit of an edgy teen, he was not completely clueless. Seeing this, he unwillingly muttered: “Sister An Rao…”

His voice was so soft that you would not hear it if you were not listening carefully. Du An Rao did not mind at all. In fact, she was a little pleased.

[He sounds so reluctant, but that’s fine. I like it when you can’t stand me but can’t do anything to me.]

Du Xiu Yuan: …

That line was really asking for a beating. It made Du Xiu Yuan so angry that he almost shut down on the spot.

Du Yun Ni, however, noticed something was wrong first. She lifted her head and looked at Du Yu Xi, silently asking with her eyes.

Du Yu Xi squeezed the hand she was holding, telling her not to say anything yet and that she would explain later.

Du Yun Ni looked at Du An Rao, then at Du Yu Xi. In the end, she chose to trust the sister who had always been close to her since they were little. She nodded and stayed quiet.

When Du An Rao and the others came downstairs, Father Du and Du Jun Yan had already gotten the news and rushed back.

Except for Du He Xuan, who had just hurried off to work in another province again, and Du Yi Han, who no one knew when he would come out of the lab, plus Du Lian Shuang’s family, the house was rarely this lively.

The moment Du Lian Shuang saw Du An Rao, she finally understood what Mother Du had meant before.

Honestly speaking, Du An Rao did not really look like her cousin and cousin’s wife. But for no reason at all, you just felt that she was truly one of the Du family’s children.

“Aren’t you An An? Aunt came here in a hurry today and didn’t have time to bring a proper meeting gift. Take this bracelet for now. When it’s your and Yu Xi’s birthday, I’ll make it up to you.” Du Lian Shuang said.

She had just come back from traveling in Province C and had bought a lot of jade. It was fine to give them away as local gifts, but using one as a formal meeting gift was a bit shabby.

After seeing Du An Rao in person and feeling a sincere liking for her, she felt the gift was really not grand enough.

Du An Rao glanced at the jade bracelet in the box. It was crystal clear with excellent water. In her heart, she sighed at how rich her aunt’s family was.

[This bracelet is so heavy it almost drags my hand down. One of these is probably worth my second brother’s whole jewelry set from before. And this still doesn’t count as a “proper” meeting gift? Rich people really show off in such a plain and simple way.]

The smile on Du Lian Shuang’s face froze a little. She widened her eyes in shock and looked around.

After coming downstairs, Du Yu Xi had quietly told Mother Du everything that had happened upstairs. Now, seeing Du Lian Shuang’s expression, she knew that this little cousin of hers was probably no exception.

She quickly grabbed her hand and said with a smile: “Hurry and put it away, and thank Aunt.”

“Thank you, Aunt. I really like this bracelet.” Du An Rao said.

“Alright, stop just standing there. Get ready for dinner.” Father Du said.

As soon as he spoke, everyone quickly stood up and headed toward the dining table together.

Taking advantage of the moment when no one was looking at her, Du Lian Shuang lowered her voice and asked: “What is going on? Just now…”

Mother Du replied: “This is what I told you earlier. An An grew up in a Taoist temple, so it’s normal she has some strange abilities. For now, only our family knows about this, and only our family can hear it. Be careful later. No matter what you hear, don’t react. An An doesn’t know we can hear these things.”

Du Lian Shuang felt dazed. She never thought that coming to visit relatives would let her bump into something that sounded so strange and supernatural. For a moment, she did not even know what to say.

Thankfully, the meal helped cover the weird mood. When she did not know what to say, she just buried her head in eating, and no one could see anything wrong.

“Slow down, slow down. No one is fighting you for food. There’s more here.” her husband reminded her.

Du Lian Shuang’s husband was a man in his early forties. He wore a snow-white shirt and had neat short hair. He looked very gentle and refined. People who did not know him would think he was only in his early thirties. It was hard to believe he was the father of two teenagers.

While Du Lian Shuang was eating, he kept an eye on her the whole time, helping her pick the dishes she liked as soon as he could. He looked every bit like a model husband.

People around them seemed very used to this. No one looked surprised at all, which clearly meant he always behaved like this.

But this scene looked wrong in Du An Rao’s eyes. When she had just sat down, she had noticed that there really was a red thread of fate tying Du Lian Shuang and her husband together, but in the middle of it was a big, tight knot.

More importantly, besides the red thread of fate he shared with her aunt, there was another, thicker, brighter marriage line tied to him.

Simply put, besides her aunt, this man should have another woman. That woman had most likely also married him in some way, and their marriage still existed even now.

[In other words, he married two wives at the same time. Doesn’t that count as bigamy?]

Clatter.

Du Lian Shuang was so scared that she dropped her chopsticks. She stared in disbelief at the husband she had lived with for almost twenty years.

Father Du, Mother Du, and the others were also shocked. They never thought that this man, whom everyone praised as a perfect husband, was secretly keeping another woman behind his wife’s back.

Seeing his wife drop her chopsticks, Cui Jue Yan also froze for a second. Then he complained gently: “How old are you and you still can’t hold your chopsticks right? I’ll go get you another pair.”

As soon as he said that, everyone in the Du family realized something else. It was clear that Du Lian Shuang and the two kids could hear Du An Rao’s inner voice.

But Cui Jue Yan could not hear it.

Mother Du’s eyes flashed. She exchanged a look with her husband and their two children, and she already had some guesses in her heart.

The two juniors were a beat slower. Du Xiu Yuan was startled awake by the sound of his father moving the stool. He stood up without thinking and was about to shout: “You’re talking nonsense… ow…”

Before he could finish, his sister stepped on his foot.

Du Yun Ni’s face was a bit pale, but she still forced a smile at Du An Rao and said: “We were talking about something at school. He got a little too worked up.”

Du An Rao nodded in a daze and went back to worrying about the situation between Cui Jue Yan and his wife.

Du Lian Shuang also noticed how her two children were acting. She took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down a little.

By the time Cui Jue Yan came back with a new pair of chopsticks, the mood at the table seemed normal again.

As soon as he sat down, Mother Du spoke up and called to him. She said: “Jue Yan, don’t just keep picking food for Lian Shuang. Eat some yourself too. The sweet and sour ribs we made today turned out pretty well. I remember you like them. Have more.”

The moment she finished speaking, everyone heard that familiar clatter again.

This time, it was Du An Rao’s chopsticks that fell from her hand.

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