look familiar

Xiao Jin listened to his subordinates' report with a gloomy expression on his face, "You can see the woman's appearance clearly."

"No, she is extremely powerful, and I dare not get close to her."

After the Xu Zhuang family entered the mansion, Xiao Jin became suspicious, but when they took out the bracelet he had given to A'an, his doubts wavered for a moment.

In addition, Xu Yan said that she had dreamed that her mother gave her a bracelet, which alleviated Xiao Jin's doubts. However, he was very cautious. He not only sent people to Fuzhou where the Xu family lived to inquire, but also arranged spies around the Luo family in Xuzhuang.

If it weren't for what happened tonight, if Xiao Jin found out that the information in Fuzhou was consistent with what Xu's father and mother said, he would probably really believe that Xu Yan was A'an.

Therefore, the woman who suddenly appeared in front of Luo tonight was his sister.

"He was beaten and scolded by the Luo family since he was a child, and was washed away by the flood while trying to save Xu Yan. He has extremely high fighting skills." Xiao Jin repeated his subordinates' words, and his heart seemed to be cut by a knife. How much suffering did Ah Yan endure?

Thinking of A'an telling Luo that he would not come to recognize them, Xiao Jin looked up at the night and muttered to himself: "A'an, since you know your life experience, why don't you come back? Why don't you recognize us? But you are blaming us for losing you."

After leaving the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, Lin Yan went to find Song Yizhou.

Seeing Lin Yan coming to visit in the middle of the night, Song Yizhou was surprised. He put down the brush in his hand and said softly: "Yan, why are you here in the middle of the night?"

Lin Yan picked up a chair and sat in front of Song Yizhou's desk. He leaned on the desk, raised his head and looked at him with a lonely expression, and said, "Azhou, I saw my biological mother."

Song Yizhou was surprised. He didn't expect that Lin Yan could find his relatives so easily. After thinking for a while, he said, "A Yan, do you want to recognize her?"

Lin Yan was silent for a long time. She didn't know either. She was very happy that A Yue was her sister. She also knew that A Yue had been longing for her sister to come back all these years. But when Lin Yan thought of the reason why Madam Gu abandoned her, she felt extremely resistant.

When her biological parents learned that Luo's goal was to have Xu Yan replace herself as the second Miss Xiao, they understood clearly.

Her mother was Mrs. Gu, who was no different from a child when she was sick but insisted on treating her as her daughter and was always close to him.

Her biological sister is Xiao Yue, who has always longed to be her elder sister, and she couldn't help but feel close to her. It turned out that they were really relatives.

She also has a brother, the brave and warlike Duke Xiao Jin. The feeling of intimacy in her heart that day was not groundless, but because he was her brother.

But Lin Yan could never get over that hurdle. A Yue told her that her elder sister was replaced by someone else, but what Luo said back then was that Madam Gu replaced her because she was a woman.

A Yue was too young and didn't know many truths. Lin Yan believed what Luo said that she would not talk nonsense about this matter. Thinking of the scene where Madam Gu grabbed her and kept calling her, Lin Yan wanted to ask her: "Mother, since you regret it so much, why did you abandon me back then?"

Seeing Lin Yan's conflicted expression, Song Yizhou did not persuade her to recognize her biological mother, but said seriously: "Ayan, if recognizing her will make you let go of your previous obsession, then go. Maybe there is some hidden story in it. If you don't want to, just pretend that you have never seen her. No matter what decision you make, I support you."

Lin Yan thought about it for a long time. For so many years, her biggest obsession was that she was abandoned by her relatives, so she could not recognize the mother who abandoned her. Even if she regretted it now, so what? She was no longer the person who longed for her mother's love.

As for A Yue, let her never know that her sister is her. She will fulfill her responsibilities as a sister.

What we need to do now is to deal with the Xu family. Since Zhong Yuxi has intervened, Xiao Jin will probably not be able to find any problems with the Xu family.

As for Xiao Jin, when he found out that Xu Yan was not A'an, he did not expose it immediately.

One reason is that his mother had just recovered from her illness and could not bear the blow. If she knew that Xu Yan was not A'an and A'an refused to come back, her illness would probably relapse.

Secondly, he wanted to lure Ah Yan out, wanting to know how she was doing now and why she refused to come back and meet them.

One morning, Luo hurried to Xu Yan's room and told her that Lin Yan had come to see her last night.

After hearing this, Xu Yan's disguise in front of outsiders disappeared in an instant, and he said angrily: "She is not dead. Why is she not dead? Now she comes here to steal my wealth and glory."

She grabbed Luo's arm and said, "No, mother, we can't let her recognize the Duke of Zhenguo. If the Duke of Zhenguo finds out, we're finished."

Mrs. Luo was also very distressed, "But now we don't know who she is or where she is. God knows when she will show up."

At this moment, Xu Zhuang began to worry about the revenge of the Duke of Zhenguo and began to retreat: "Why don't we tell the Duke of Zhenguo the truth clearly? Maybe he will let us go."

"No, if the Duke of Zhenguo really finds out, he won't let us go. If Daya recognizes us as her relative, she will definitely not let us off easily. There's no turning back," Xu Yan screamed.

Luo sighed, "For now we can only take it one step at a time."

They were discussing inside the house, unaware that someone outside the door had overheard everything and ran away in panic.

This person was Mrs. Gu. Ever since Xu Yan brought the bracelet to recognize her as her daughter, she believed that Xu Yan was her daughter. She wanted to make up to her as much as possible, so she stewed soup and came to find her early in the morning, but heard this news.

Mrs. Gu thought that they had deceived her and not allowed her biological daughter to recognize her, and she wanted to cut them into pieces, but she held back. She was determined to find the real A'an.

After pouring out the soup in her hand, Mrs. Gu went to find Xiao Jin and told him what she had heard.

Seeing that Xiao Jin was not surprised after hearing this, but looked tired instead, Mrs. Gu realized something and said excitedly: "Is it that Yan'er refuses to recognize me, and she is still blaming me, right?"

Mrs. Gu held Xiao Jin's arms tightly on both sides and shook him tremblingly, "Ajin, can you help me find her? Let me see her once, just once. I just want to know if she is doing well."

Xiao Jin looked dejected. He had sent people to look for him for several days but there was no clue. That night, Ah Yan came quietly and left quietly, and never appeared again.

He received a letter telling him that Xu Yan was not Miss Xiao Er and asked him to go to Hengzhou to investigate. He knew that the letter was sent by A'an, and the purpose was to make him believe that she was dead.

She didn't want to come back and meet them.

Sending a letter was the best of both worlds that Lin Yan thought of. It could expose the Xu family and let Xiao Jin know that his sister was dead. So she asked someone to write an anonymous letter and send it to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.

As for Luo, she couldn't possibly tell Xiao Jin that she was not dead. A person like her, if her own daughter couldn't get her, she would hate for Lin Yan not to get her either.

In the letter, she wrote that Hengzhou had been hit by a flood more than ten years ago, and Miss Xiao Er died in the flood. Xu Yan was Xu Zhuang's biological daughter, and she wanted to impersonate Miss Xiao Er by using the bracelet. The Hengzhou flood occurred in Lin'an County, and if she sent someone to ask the people of Lin'an County, she would be able to find out.

After the flood that year, the Xu Zhuang family was afraid that the neighbors would say they were cruel, so they held a funeral for Lin Yan in Lin'an and then moved out of Lin'an. Lin Yan guessed that they would not think of this. As long as Xiao Jin checked, he would know that Xu Zhuang had another daughter.

As long as Xiao Jin finds out, he will know that Miss Xiao Er has died in the flood and will no longer look for her. From then on, there will be no Miss Xiao Er in the world.

Xiao Jin couldn't find out that Lin Yan was his sister, but he knew that Yan was not dead and that she didn't want to come back. He knew that Yan was in the capital, but he couldn't find her. This feeling of powerlessness surged in his heart, and his emotions were on the verge of collapse.

A'niang fell into endless self-blame again. Seeing that her illness was about to relapse, Xiao Jin seemed to fall into the abyss, just like when he learned that A'an had been replaced by a wet nurse, the feeling of self-blame and guilt surrounded him again.

If he had not been willful, but listened to his father's advice, and had not followed his father to the war, but had stayed in the capital and waited for A'an's birth, she would not have been exchanged. If he had been more cautious, he would not have been abducted, his father would not have fallen into a trap to save him, and the news of their uncertain life and death would not have spread to the capital, and A'an would not have been exchanged.

It's all because of him.

The atmosphere in the house was gloomy.

At this time, Xiao Yue ran over panting, "Xu Yan, Xu Yan..."

Xiao Jin was in a bad mood and had no mood to know where Xiao Yue heard it from. Since his mother already knew, there was no need to hide it from A Yue. Before she could finish her words, he said, "Xu Yan is not A Yan."

"How did you know?" Xiao Yue didn't notice the depressing atmosphere between her mother and brother. She was just surprised that her brother also knew that Xu Yan was an imposter and she didn't need to explain.

A few days ago, Xiao Yue saw Xu Yan secretly meeting Zhong Yuxi in a teahouse. Her elder sister had said that she should stay away from people and things related to Zhong Yuxi. She was worried about Xu Yan, so she secretly followed them and heard the conspiracy between the two. Only then did she realize that Xu Yan was an imposter.

Xiao Yue has been worried about this matter these days, but because she has no evidence, she has not dared to speak out.

Hearing her brother say this today, she felt relieved that her brother did not believe Xu Yan.

But she didn't come here for this. Today she went to Zhou Ningning's clinic to tell her about her recent troubles.

When Zhou Ningning heard her talk about Xu Yan coming to her house to recognize her relatives with a bracelet, she curiously asked what the bracelet looked like.

The bracelet on Xiao Yue's hand is almost exactly the same as Xu Yan's, except for one of the wooden beads. Her bead has "Yue" written on it, while Xu Yan's has "Yan" written on it.

Zhou Ningning took the bracelet and studied it carefully. She felt that it looked familiar. The bracelet was purple and black, and one of the wooden beads had a gold-engraved word "Yue" on it, which was very conspicuous.

"I've seen it," Zhou Ningning said with certainty.

Xiao Yue looked excited, "Where have you seen this?" If she knew, maybe she could get some clues about her sister.

"I forgot," Zhou Ningning said apologetically, "Give me some time, I will definitely think of it."

After chatting with Zhou Ningning, Xiao Yue decided to go back home and tell her brother about her discovery. As soon as she got off the carriage, she ran quickly to her brother's academy.

After knowing that her brother had discovered that Xu Yan's bracelet was fake, Xiao Yue felt relieved and talked about another important matter: "Aning told me that she had seen this bracelet, maybe she had seen my sister."

"Where has she seen the bracelet?" Mrs. Gu asked excitedly.

"She said she couldn't remember clearly, but she was deeply impressed by this bracelet and would definitely be able to remember it," Xiao Yue said honestly.

Xiao Jin also seemed to see hope, and the broken world seemed to see a ray of light. He said: "If Miss Zhou remembers it, you must tell me the first time."