After exchanging pleasantries, the group continued their previous conversation.

The adopted daughter closed her eyes and lay down on the massage bed next to her, saying, "Yes, I've been so busy lately."

"We know you're busy, so we've been waiting for you to make the first move, without bothering you. By the way, have you heard about the Li family in Kyoto lately?"

"It turns out the Li family's rise to prominence was thanks to his ex-wife. I heard that she later died a violent death, along with her two children..."

High-end beauty salons naturally won't leak their customers' privacy, and wealthy women aren't afraid of their secrets being spread around.

After all, the best way to build rapport is to exchange gossip.

Another lady, upon hearing this, spoke up: "You know the Qian family, right? I heard that the founder of the Qian family once had a..."

The adopted daughter closed her eyes and enjoyed the beautician's facial massage.

While listening to the wealthy women recount their secrets about high society, he would only occasionally chime in with a few words.

She felt a mixture of irony and disdain. Indeed, one must have real ability to integrate into the upper echelons of society.

Back when my sister was still alive!

The noble ladies in Kyoto looked down on her and wouldn't even bother to greet her; they all fawned over her sister.

Oh!

Yes, the older sister is the old man's biological daughter, while she is just an adopted daughter, and an adopted daughter with no blood relation whatsoever.

These noble ladies from distinguished backgrounds, how could they possibly see themselves?

But now, things are different!

These days, adopted daughters don't have the leisure of these wealthy women. She's busy managing her adoptive father's company, whose health has been deteriorating lately...

That's why, having tasted the power, she became even more eager to seize control of her adoptive father's rights.

The ladies chatted about this and that, and suddenly the topic turned to the hottest news on the internet.

"Speaking of which, I just remembered, have you seen that trending news online?"

"I never expected that Luzhou, a second- or third-tier city, would be so lively."

"You know what, that heir named Zhou Yi is quite good-looking. If he were in Kyoto, I might just be keeping him as a mistress."

In their circle, it's perfectly normal to secretly keep a man as a mistress.

After all, most marriages in wealthy families are arranged between people of similar social standing.

After marriage, the task is considered complete as long as an heir is born. If the couple cannot get along, they can maintain a facade of affection while each going their own way in private.

Upon hearing that someone wanted to keep Zhou Yi as a sugar daddy, the others joked:

"Tsk, you have a sharp eye. She's still a college student, and you're already trying to make a move on her."

The elegant lady smiled and said, "Although I am over fifty years old, I am well-maintained, and young girls can't compare to me."

“If he were any older, he would be too old, and I wouldn’t be interested. He’s at the perfect age to be young.”

The adopted daughter squinted, turned her face to the side, and joined the ladies' conversation.

She chuckled and interjected, "Sister is right. Once a man is over twenty-five, he's old and his stamina isn't what it used to be. Young grass is much tastier."

I completely agree with that.

The ladies around burst into laughter, jokingly saying, "Oh, you two really have similar tastes."

"Take a look at this young man, see if he suits your taste. Even though we live in a second or third-tier city, it's still fun to meet up occasionally. Don't let the two of you end up fighting over him."

The adopted daughter came later than the others.

The others had already sat up and were enjoying their final neck and shoulder massages.

Someone took out their phone, opened a photo of Zhou Yi online, and casually flashed it in front of their adopted daughter.

It was just a joke, and the adopted daughter was only teasing him, not paying much attention to such a nobody. But suddenly, when the adopted daughter caught a glimpse of the photo out of the corner of her eye, her expression changed drastically.

Ah, those familiar eyes and eyebrows...

Why does it feel so familiar?

"Let me see it one more time," the adopted daughter said, barely managing to suppress her heart pounding with fear.

Everyone looked at the adopted daughter in confusion. Usually, she always talked about work and rarely showed any interest in these romantic things. Was she falling for someone today?

The wealthy woman who had just picked up her phone covered her mouth and chuckled before showing the photo to her adopted daughter again.

This time, the adopted daughter saw things clearly!

Single-eyelid eyes, deep-set eyes, and sharply defined facial features—it's mainly that feeling... how could that feeling be so similar?!

In that instant, the blood in her body seemed to boil as if it were about to burst out of her body the moment she saw the photo.

This man named Zhou Yi looks so much like her sister who has been missing for over twenty years!

Looking into those eyes, she felt as if she were seeing her older sister from back then.

But she knew all too well that her sister should have died more than twenty years ago, and it was she who had asked the old man's confidant to kill her!

"Oh, so you've actually taken a liking to him?"

The wealthy women joked about their adopted daughter.

Suppressing her shock, the adopted daughter smiled and said, "He looks quite good from a distance, but after taking a closer look, he's not to my taste."

As he spoke.

The adopted daughter took out her phone, pretended to look at it, and said to the ladies:

"I remembered I need to accompany the old man to the hospital for a check-up later, so I'll be leaving now."

Ever since seeing Zhou Yi's photo, the adopted daughter has been on edge.

There couldn't possibly be two people who look so alike!

She had a strong premonition that Zhou Yi... must have some issues that she didn't know about.

After leaving the beauty salon, the adopted daughter went straight back to her company.

After thinking for a moment, he sent one of his young confidants to investigate.

Investigating the identity of a group's heir is much faster than investigating an ordinary person.

Furthermore, with his identity and photos circulating widely online, and recently trending on social media, the investigation has become even easier.

A few hours later, the results were in.

"President Su, according to our investigation, the reason the Zhou family concealed Zhou Yi as their heir is because of an incident that occurred more than twenty years ago..."

"This Mr. Zhou and Mrs. Zhou of the Zhou family passed away shortly after his birth..."

"then......."

"President Su, this is why Old Mrs. Zhou concealed his identity." As her trusted subordinate recounted the story, the adopted daughter's expression grew increasingly grim.

The unease in my heart gradually became a reality.

President Su! President Su!

Yes, even now, her surname has not changed; she still follows her biological father's surname, Su.

The old man said he treated her like his own daughter, but in reality, she knew very well that an adopted child was an adopted child and could never be compared to a biological child.