Chapter 76, Exchanged Identities
Qiyuan was still thinking about Chu Yuan's words, but the man had already ended the topic on his own initiative.
"Let's not talk about those sad things." Chu Yuan casually changed the subject and put his arm around her shoulders. "I invited Brother Seven and the others to come to my house for a party tomorrow. Do you still have time now? Can you accompany me to the market?"
Qi Yuan was in shock because of the man's words. He passively followed him and blurted out, "Are you going to buy groceries?"
"What else?" Chu Yuan tutted his words. "I'm not Seventh Brother, who has some kind of perverted spatial ability—if you want to eat something, you still have to buy it yourself."
“…”
"Oh, by the way, if you have anything to buy, go buy it together."
“…”
Because of what Chu Yuan said, Qi Yuan had a dream at night. For the first time, he dreamed of the past that was lost deep in his memory.
Ever since the car accident four years ago, she has never remembered anything before the accident. All her current knowledge of the world was told to her by her parents after she woke up from the accident - including her name, her parents and relatives, and her twin sister who died in the car accident to protect her.
They never mentioned anything related to Chu Yuan, and she had no way of knowing whether what the man said was true or false.
However, after his seemingly sincere confession, she actually saw her former self and him in her dream.
It was a sunny May day. A girl with pigtails came down from upstairs carrying a thick stack of books, jumping and skipping with brisk steps.
"Miss, don't skip down the stairs. The master will scold you if he sees you." The butler who was waiting at the stairs frowned at the girl and reminded her sternly.
As soon as he finished speaking, the study door opened again, and the girl with a high ponytail came out, also holding a stack of books.
The two girls have almost identical faces, but when they appear together, their completely different auras allow people around them to easily distinguish their identities.
The butler was lost in thought by the two identical faces. He looked at the smiling one in front, then at the expressionless one behind, and suddenly realized, "It's the Second Young Miss."
He nodded to the girl in front of him, without further demanding her words or actions: "Second Miss, are you going out?"
"Yes." The girl said with a smile, "I heard from my father that Mr. Chu, who was engaged to my sister, is back from abroad and will come to visit us later. I'm going to my mother's studio and ask the designers to help me clean up so that my future brother-in-law won't look down on me."
The little girl spoke so innocently that the housekeeper smiled indulgently: "Okay, I'll arrange a driver for the second young lady right away."
After the housekeeper left, the girl turned around to look at her sister, quickly jumped in front of her, and patted her head with a book: "Sister, look at you, you look so cold - your future brother-in-law will definitely be scared away by you!"
Completely different from her lively younger sister, the elder sister, who has the same appearance and figure as her, exudes a cold and distant aura that keeps people at a distance. Only when her younger sister talks to her, her cold eyes have a hint of gentleness.
"I don't care."
"Not interested?" Qi Yuan shook his head exaggeratedly. "He's the only boy in the Chu family's direct lineage. In the future, the entire Chu family will belong to him. So many girls have come after him, but he still doesn't like them."
"Really?" The girl twitched her lips. "As long as it's a political marriage, no matter how outstanding the man is, he's just a puppet of the family."
"Sister, you are too serious!" Qi Yuan blinked and rolled his eyes. Suddenly he leaned closer to her and whispered, "Sister, I have an idea. What do you think?"
She always doted on her lively sister. The girl looked at her with a smile: "What's your idea?"
Qi Yuan looked around and made sure his father was not around, then he pulled his sister and sneaked back to the room.
Qi Yuan peeked in to observe the movements in the corridor like a thief, then carefully closed the door and locked it.
"You are so mysterious, what on earth are you trying to do?"
"Sister, look." Qi Yuan said with a smile, holding her sister's hand and standing in front of the mirror, "Do we look alike?"
The girl nodded: "Alike." Everyone who has seen the sisters said that they looked like they were carved from the same mold.
"I think they're quite similar too." Qi Yuan's smile became even more mysterious. "Sister, what if I replace you and become the marriage partner of the Chu family..."
"Ah?" The girl looked at her sister in surprise, puzzled, "If you are not joking, Qi Yuan, have you met the young master of the Chu family?"
As expected of twin sisters, their psychological endurance is equally strong. Qi Yuan stuck out her tongue: "I don't know him - but, wouldn't it be a pity to give such an outstanding boy to someone else?"
"..." The girl's eyelids twitched. "To avoid regret, you're going to sacrifice yourself?"
"How can you call it compensation?" Qi Yuan corrected his sister's words, "You are disgusted by arranged marriages and have a preconceived notion that the other party is not good. I am not disgusted by it. Maybe I even like that kind of outstanding boy. So..."
"No." The girl said coldly, "If Dad finds out, he will definitely be angry."
"If you don't tell me and I don't tell you, Dad won't know!" Qi Yuan grabbed his sister's arm and shook it, "Sister, let's try it. It will definitely be fun~"
"...You just want to have fun, right?"
"No!" Qi Yuan raised his hand and swore, "I just cleverly thought of a way to have the best of both worlds! Sister, believe me, as long as we don't tell anyone, no one will find out!"
"No one has noticed now, but what about in the future?" The girl found it funny. "Are we just going to keep swapping identities and live on?"
"Of course not!" Qi Yuan smiled complacently, "I'll first test the boy. If he's not good enough, I'll try to sabotage this marriage. If he's still okay, I'll make it a done deal—I don't believe that by then, Dad will still be able to change his mind."
The girl was shocked by her sister's idea, but hesitated after seeing her sister's bright eyes.
"Sister, you are unwilling to accept a political marriage no matter what, right?"
The girl answered without hesitation: "Yes."
Qi Yuan: "Look, that's it."
Without waiting for her sister to answer, Qi Yuan deftly untied her hair and styled it into a ponytail, imitating her elder sister. Her face turned cold, she glanced at the people around her, and said calmly, "Look at me, am I imitating it?"
“…”
"Come, come, come." Qi Yuan changed her sister's hairstyle into a double ponytail and pinched her face, "Smile, and you will become me~"
“…I can’t laugh.”
"You look at my cute face and you don't want to smile?"
"……hehe."
"Sister, your smile is so ugly."
“…”
The two sisters were still playing when there was a knock on the door. The servant's gentle voice came through the door: "Miss, Miss, Mr. Chu is here. The master asked me to come up and tell you to go down."
Stopping her sister who was about to reply, Qi Yuan cleared her eyes and lowered her voice slightly: "I understand, I'll go down right away."
"Yes, Miss."
After the servant left, Qi Yuan cheered, "Look, Ayan didn't even recognize my voice!"
(End of this chapter)
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