Jiang Xiangyu's long, curly eyelashes fluttered up and down, and her tone was inexplicably filled with sadness. "Perhaps our relationship won't last long and won't lead to anything. We haven't made it public, and only you two know about this relationship."
"Actually, I haven't confessed to you. I'm actually the adopted daughter of the Jiang family. I was taken away by mistake when I was little. My father and my adoptive parents' real child have been found. The one who is engaged to Shen Ci is someone else."
Zhang Xiaoqing was stunned: "Huh? Then where are your parents?"
Jiang Xiangyu smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know. I did a paternity test with the other person's adoptive parents, and I'm not their child."
Shi Xirou put her arms around her and comforted her: "It's okay, I'm all alone here too, mom and dad are not here, but I have a little nest here that belongs to me, you're welcome to come to my home."
Zhang Xiaoqing: "I want to go too."
"Come on, come on, I'll order takeout for you all."
Jiang Xiangyu burst out laughing: "Xirou, I turned eighteen today, I am the elder sister."
Shi Xirou: No, I am. I’m already twenty.
Halfway through the party, Jiang Xiangyu's cousin Jiang Ziyi and cousin Jiang Junlang also arrived.
"Happy birthday, Xiaoyu. My uncle and his family are busy, so this is the gift they asked me to give you."
Du Jiarui said bluntly, "Ziyi, just be direct. My aunt and her family are celebrating someone's birthday and can't come."
"Sister, please say less." Du Jiayi looked at his sister helplessly.
"What did I say wrong? I don't know what drug that person gave them. He raised his daughter for seventeen years and now he wants her gone. Xiaoyu wasn't the one who initiated what happened back then, so she's innocent."
Shi Xirou nodded in a corner where no one was paying attention. Yes, she understood. It was the author's intention. The plot dominated everything.
"I think my aunt and uncle are truly possessed. They swarm around her like bees to a flower. How could Chu Xinyue change so quickly and so drastically? She was a dark-skinned girl with a pear-shaped figure when she first came back, but after just a few days, she's glowing with white skin. She's completely different. And the Jiang family's daughter, who's a good girl, insists on going into the entertainment industry to dance and sing. Did she learn these things before? Anyone with a discerning eye can tell there's something wrong."
Shi Xirou pricked up her ears and her heart skipped a beat when she heard what Du Jiarui said. Oh no, she had originally wanted to apply cream all over her body, but the cream worked so quickly that she had better be careful and make changes slowly. It would be troublesome if someone noticed something was wrong.
No, it seems there's no need to worry about that. Winter is coming! Even if she turns white, no one will notice.
At ten o'clock in the evening, Zeng Guangting, who had not spoken all night, drove Shi Xirou and Zhang Xiaoqing home. When he heard Shi Xirou say that she lived in Yufeng Jinmao Mansion, he took another look at her.
"Wangwang, there shouldn't be any problem with the house you gave me, right?"
[…Yufeng Jinmao Mansion is his family’s property.]
When getting off the car, Shi Xirou bowed very respectfully and said, "Thank you, Senior Zeng. You've worked hard."
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There is a single-person massage bathtub in the bathroom of the nest. After lying down for less than five minutes, all the fatigue in my body disappeared completely.
The bed was also very comfortable. Just when Shi Xirou was drowsy, Jiang Xiangyu called her via video.
"What's wrong?"
"Xirou, why doesn't this cream have a logo?"
"Oh, this is something I developed exclusively. It can whiten your skin, remove scars, and lighten spots. If you don't dare to use it, you can put it aside for now. Wait until you see the changes on me before deciding whether to use it or not."
"Oh~ You can also make face cream, that's amazing."
Shi Xirou felt guilty: "Hehe."
"Xirou, are you going to sleep?"
Shi Xirou heard the hidden meaning, blinked her eyes, and denied it: "No, I'm playing with my phone, do you want to chat?"
"Um."
The girl on the other side of the screen sighed, "Xirou, have you ever been in love?"
Shi Xirou: "My family says that I'm not allowed to date before I'm eighteen."
"So, do you have someone you like?"
Shi Xirou shook her head honestly.
Before college, she spent her time either studying or competing with her brothers, and had no time to find the opposite sex to spend time with.
During her freshman year, her roommate Liu Yue's best friend Xie Zhiying's boyfriend fell in love with Shi Xirou, an innocent passerby, during the cold war with her. He even confessed his love to Shi Xirou in a grand manner downstairs of the dormitory building.
In addition, Z University was celebrating its 90th anniversary, and Shi Xirou was arranged by the dean to be the host. She performed the opening dance with the famous Chen Chi, which completely angered Liu Yue.
Since then, Shi Xirou has been rumored to be a "mistress who knows three and acts like a mistress" and a "fake goddess who likes to play with multiple men at the same time". Shi Xirou, who still has her first kiss at the age of 20, says that she is very innocent.
Shi Xirou couldn't tell Jiang Xiangyu that "men will make herself unhappy". She could also see that Jiang Xiangyu had feelings for Chen Ci.
"Xirou, Shen Ci and I have known each other for a long time, but I don't know what he's thinking. When he found out we were engaged, he got angry and had a fight with his parents. He was sour-faced for a week, but when I told him I wanted to dissolve the marriage, he wasn't happy about it."
"But this engagement doesn't belong to me. I've enjoyed the treatment of the Jiang family's daughter for so many years. It's time to give it back. I also thought about leaving the Jiang family, but my mother cried and said she couldn't bear to let me go, and I didn't want to leave them either..."
However, Jiang Xiangyu didn't want to admit it. When she saw her parents and brother surrounding Chu Xinyue and asking about her well-being, with her no longer in their eyes, Jiang Xiangyu really wanted to escape.
"I don't know why this happened to me all of a sudden. That day we were chatting about where to go for National Day, and the real Jiang Xiangyu is back...
I'm so jealous of them talking and laughing. I feel so bad, but I know I shouldn't be angry or jealous. Chu Xinyue is their child. I don't have the right to be with her. But I can't do it. Xirou, what should I do? I hate myself like this.
I'm clearly dating Shen Ci, but I keep wondering when he'll break up with me. I don't know if I should continue loving him..."
Shi Xirou looked at Jiang Xiangyu, whose face was covered in tears, with mixed feelings.
Put yourself in her shoes. If one day, her life was exchanged with another person and the person who loved her slowly left her, Shi Xirou would also collapse.
"Emmm, your adoptive parents and Chu Xinyue are related by blood, it's normal for them to be close." Shi Xirou bit her lower lip.
No, this is not normal. Jiang Xiangyu's adoptive parents may be genuinely concerned about the original heroine, but they may also be affected by the Charmster System, otherwise their attitude would not change so suddenly as Du Jiarui said.
"Xiaoyu, I think your adoptive parents still have you in their hearts. Plus, they've truly loved you for so many years, so we should still be filial to them. If you're still feeling bad, try changing your environment and stop suppressing yourself."
"By the way, I'm very good at judging people. I think Chu Xinyue is very strange. Be careful when you're with her and don't be alone with her."
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