Xu Qingyun felt as if she had a fishbone stuck in her throat.
Ji Hanchen's eyes held a resolute light, giving Xu Qingyun a sense of indestructible strength.
It felt as if a giant wave was surging in her heart, the rolling waves constantly crashing against her chest, leaving behind waves of burning shivers.
"Ji Hanchen, thank you."
Ji Hanchen reached out and brushed the hair from her forehead, cupped her face in his hands, and said in a voice full of heartache, "I should thank you for letting me meet you."
Xu Qingyun's eyes were slightly moist as she reveled in his tenderness. "Ji Hanchen, why do you like me so much?"
Ji Hanchen gently kissed Xu Qingyun's lips, and after a long while, he murmured softly, "Because you are her."
"Her?" Although Ji Hanchen's voice was very soft, Xu Qingyun still heard it and immediately asked.
In that instant, Xu Qingyun felt an indescribable anger, because she had been used as a substitute!
Ji Hanchen's affection and infatuation with her were all because she was a substitute?!
Just as Xu Qingyun was going through a series of thoughts, Ji Hanchen suddenly took out a handkerchief and asked, "Do you remember?"
Xu Qingyun was taken aback. The handkerchief was embroidered with a bellflower, which was the very one her mother had left her years ago!
"How did it end up here?" Xu Qingyun asked urgently.
Ji Hanchen's eyes softened, and he said tenderly, "Yunyun, you saved me back then. When you were sixteen, I had already engraved you in my heart. I have loved you for six whole years."
Xu Qingyun was shocked and confused for a moment, "I was only sixteen years old six years ago, how could I have saved you?"
Hearing her say that, Ji Hanchen felt a little sad. She had indeed completely forgotten about it.
“Fool. Six years ago, I was being chased, and it was you who bravely scared them away and saved me.”
Xu Qingyun's eyes widened. "You are...you are that person?"
"Yes, if it weren't for you that day, Ji Hanchen would not exist in this world."
“Yunyun, you saved my life, so I belong to you.”
**
"So, he's grateful to you?" Qin Shuang asked, raising an eyebrow.
Xu Qingyun was stunned for a moment. After all, she had little experience in relationships, so she not only couldn't distinguish between them, but she also hadn't thought of this point.
However, when Qin Shuang and Xia Chu came to visit her, the three women inevitably talked about their relationship progress when they got together.
Xu Qingyun is aloof and doesn't usually share her feelings with anyone, but when Qin Shuang asked, she didn't brush it off like she used to.
She was very close to Qin Shuang and Xia Chu.
Qin Shuang gave this answer because she recounted her initial encounter with Ji Hanchen.
Xu Qingyun shook her head. "I'm not sure."
"Go ask," Qin Shuang said boldly, like a big sister. "No matter what problems you encounter in the future, don't keep them to yourself."
"Someone as inexperienced in relationships as you, with a cold personality, is the least suitable person for hiding things and testing each other."
As soon as she finished speaking, Xia Chu couldn't help but chuckle, "Do Xiao Yun and Ji Hanchen need to test each other?"
Qin Shuang was taken aback for a moment, "That's right, Ji Hanchen is too innocent, he's really devoted to you."
Both of them looked at Xu Qingyun, and she couldn't help but feel her cheeks flush and feel slightly awkward.
"What about Sister Shuang and Lu Chuan?" Xu Qingyun rarely asked about other people's relationships.
Qin Shuang curled her hair, her smile ambiguous. "Still the same. My daily routine with that jerk is just doing it. Today in the bedroom, tomorrow in a bath together, the day after tomorrow in the swimming pool, and the day after that in the car."
"Lu Chuan is like a reincarnated teddy bear. He raises his flag whenever he sees me. But his technique has improved. Except for the first time, I usually get a good time. And you know what that word is, right? Hehe, it's so exciting."
Although they were best friends and she had a straightforward personality, Qin Shuang still restrained herself a bit, after all, she still had some sense of shame.
Xu Qingyun blushed completely; she probably shouldn't have brought up the topic.
Xia Chu was both annoyed and amused, but she had been intimate with Shen Luo countless times in bed and was very experienced in this area, so she didn't care.
While the three best friends were chatting, Ji Hanchen was also with Lu Chuan, Bai Ruiting, and Shen Luo.
However, this time their gathering took place at the testing center that the Bai family had opened in Nancheng.
Bai Ruiting, wearing a white lab coat, was working diligently in the laboratory. Ji Hanchen and the other two were sitting on a sofa outside the laboratory, with top-quality foreign liquor and several exquisitely plated side dishes on the coffee table.
Shen Luo glanced coldly at Ji Hanchen, "You even summoned us to Nancheng for your sake."
Ji Hanchen's gaze was cold as he retorted, "It's not shameful to admit that you came here because you followed Xia Chu."
Shen Luo scoffed, "That kind of woman, is she really worth me chasing all the way to Nancheng?"
Lu Chuan was overjoyed. "Let him pretend. Wait until the day he really divorces Xia Chu and Xia Chu remarries someone else, then let's see if he'll still be so stubborn."
Shen Luo frowned deeply, "Lu Chuan!"
Lu Chuan gave Shen Luo a smug smile, "I'm different from you. I really like Qin Shuang right now. I'm planning to wait until she's addicted to my body and my skills in bed, then I'll tell her, 'Baby, I'm your dead husband whose grave is already covered in grass two meters high. Surprised? Unexpected?' Hey Lao Ji, do you think Qin Shuang will be happy?"
"What's there to be happy about? Happy that after five years of living like a widow, your dead husband has suddenly come back to life, wanting you day and night?"
Before Ji Hanchen could speak, Shen Luo retorted.
Lu Chuan glanced at him, "I didn't ask you, Lao Ji, you tell me."
Ji Hanchen smiled and said, "With your wife's fierceness, she'll beat you so badly you can't take care of yourself."
Lu Chuan's smile widened. "No matter how fierce she is, she's still my wife. By the way, Lao Ji, when are you and Yunyun getting married? Shen Luo and I are both married. Even if Shen Luo divorces, it's still her second marriage."
Ji Hanchen's eyes darkened slightly. "Wait for the results."
While beating Ye An yesterday, he took the opportunity to grab a few strands of Ye An's hair to use for a paternity test.
Just then, Bai Ruiting came out of the laboratory.
"What was the result?" Ji Hanchen asked.
Bai Ruiting handed him the results, "Just as you thought, Ye An and Xu Qingyun have no relation; they are not father and daughter at all."
Ji Hanchen's dark eyes narrowed instantly, and he couldn't help but let out a sinister snort: "Despicable scoundrel!"
Lu Chuan and Shen Luo exchanged glances. Lu Chuan sneered and asked, "It's strange, isn't it? Why did Ye An stop you from being with Xu Qingyun? Was it because of Ye Jianjia?"
"But it doesn't seem right to say he loves Ye Jianjia so much. How could he treat Xu Qingyun like that?!"
"And Xu Qingyun isn't Ye An's daughter, could it be..."
Lu Chuan paused, then didn't continue.
However, everyone knew that Shen Luo was investigating Ye An and Huo Xize, so they naturally knew that Huo Xize and Huo Yan went to pay their respects at Ye Jianjia's grave after the funeral.
So what Lu Chuan was trying to say was that Xu Qingyun is Huo Xize's biological daughter!
But how did Ye Jianjia end up with Xu Qingyun after being with Huo Xize?!
Moreover, did Huo Xize know that besides the two children Ji Yaxuan bore him, he also had a stunningly beautiful daughter?
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