She called her mother yesterday, and her mother said that Yang Yuanting had not remarried. They all thought Dong Lianxin was dead. Now that Dong Lianxin has reappeared, what exactly went wrong?

Now that Dong Lianxin is still alive, the crisis for her and her mother has become even greater.

That woman was already dead in her heart, but her sudden appearance now gave her a feeling of being on high alert.

My subconscious thought was to eliminate this rival.

Seeing that she was stunned and seemed lost in thought, Lin Sisi asked her, "Xinning, what's wrong?"

Xu Xinning recovered from her shock and panic, "It's nothing, I just felt a little dizzy for a moment, but I'm fine now."

Now that Dong Lianxin has appeared, she should go in and meet her first, find out what the other party's background is, and then call her mother to discuss countermeasures.

Lin Sisi led her into the house and introduced Xu Xinning to Fang Huilan.

"Mom, this is Xinning."

Fang Huilan looked up at Xu Xinning and smiled at her, "You must be the doctor friend that Sisi met here. Please sit down."

At this moment, Xu Xinning was stunned again, because the Dong Lianxin sitting in front of her was not the Dong Lianxin she saw in the photo at all.

They don't look alike at all; they're completely different people.

So, is she Dong Lianxin?

Fang Huilan noticed that she was staring intently at her, so she asked, "Young comrade, have you seen me before?"

"No, no." Xu Xinning sat down on the sofa, lowered her eyes for a moment, and then looked up at Fang Huilan again. She was sure that the other woman did not look like the woman in the photo.

To avoid arousing any suspicion from the other party, she explained, "I've never met you before, but I think you look a bit like someone I've met before."

“There are plenty of people in the world who look alike, so it’s not surprising,” Fang Huilan said.

Yes, yes, yes.

Lin Sisi handed Xu Xinning a handful of sunflower seeds: "Xinning, have some sunflower seeds."

"Thanks."

Xu Xinning ate sunflower seeds and chatted casually with Lin Sisi and Fang Huilan. She mentioned Lin Sisi's illness, but Xu Xinning was absent-minded and thinking about other things.

The woman in front of her didn't look like Dong Lianxin at all, and she wondered if it was because of the change in age that her appearance had changed.

However, after observing Fang Huilan carefully for a long time, she still felt that there was a big difference between her appearance and Dong Lianxin's.

As a person ages, the collagen and moisture in their face gradually disappear, causing the facial skin to sag and leading to corresponding changes in facial features.

But no matter how much the skin changes, a person's facial features will not change much.

Fang Huilan and the woman in that photo are really two different people.

Is she Lin Sisi's stepmother?

She then compared Lin Sisi's appearance with Fang Huilan's and found that the two looked about 50% alike. However, Lin Sisi and Dong Lianxin did not look alike, so Lin Sisi and Fang Huilan were undoubtedly mother and daughter.

Fang Huilan is Lin Sisi's biological mother, so how did Lin Sisi obtain Dong Lianxin's jade pendant?

At this moment, new questions arose in her mind, and she quickly made guesses about them.

First, Dong Lianxin's fate is unknown, and this jade pendant was lost by Dong Lianxin and picked up by Fang Huilan or Lin Sisi.

Secondly, Lin Sisi or Fang Huilan snatched the jade pendant from Dong Lianxin.

Third, Dong Lianxin took the initiative to give away the jade pendant.

Or perhaps Lin Sisi obtained the jade pendant through other means.

She didn't know how the jade pendant ended up in Lin Sisi's hands, and it wasn't convenient for her to ask Lin Sisi right now.

But one thing she was certain of was that she was determined to take the jade pendant back.

In order to prevent the Dong family from seeing the jade pendant and then using it to find Dong Lianxin, or even Dong Lianxin's children.

Fang Huilan said, "Dr. Xu, you are a doctor and Sisi's good friend. You must take good care of her and help her get better as soon as possible so that I can hold my grandson soon."

Xu Xinning nodded obediently, "Auntie, I definitely will."

It was lunchtime, so Lin Sisi got up.

"Xinning, you and my mom chat for a bit, I'll go cook."

Xu Xinning suddenly thought of something: perhaps she could take advantage of the opportunity to cook with Lin Sisi and ask her about the origin of that jade pendant.

She then stood up as well. "Sisi, let's do it together. It'll be faster if two people do it."

Lin Sisi didn't intend to refuse, but Fang Huilan said politely, "You're a guest, how can I let you do it?"

"Sisi and I are already very familiar with each other, so I'm not really a guest. Auntie, please don't treat me like a guest, just treat me like family."

"You're a very eloquent and hardworking girl. But I'd really feel bad asking you to do the work," Fang Huilan said politely.

"It's alright, Auntie. I wanted to chat with Sisi when I got there."

"Alright, you guys go ahead. I'll see if there's anything I can do to help later."

Lin Sisi and Xu Xinning entered the kitchen one after the other. When Xu Xinning was at home, the Dong family doted on her, and there was always a nanny at home. She basically never did housework, and she had never even stepped into the kitchen.

Lin Sisi didn't do housework before, but since she went to the countryside, no one took care of her, so she started to "be self-reliant". Later, when she arrived here, Gu Mingzhou didn't spoil her at all. She had to do the laundry, cooking, and cleaning herself. Gradually, she got used to it.

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