Just three seconds later, Song Xingchen burst into tears.
She stood beside Chu Yunxing with a wronged expression, her eyes lowered, her voice trembling.
"I've been by your side for a year, don't you really have any feelings for me at all?"
These words, coupled with her resemblance to Song Mai, would undoubtedly soften Chu Yunxing's heart. This has been Song Xingchen's trump card over the past year.
However, Chu Yunxing was completely unaffected by this performance and casually flicked away his cigarette ash.
Have you said enough?
"What?" Song Xingchen was stunned and didn't react for a moment.
Chu Yunxing stood up, looked down at her, and said softly, "If there's nothing else, you can leave."
"Ah Xing—" Song Xingchen shouted anxiously as she watched his resolute back.
"Alright, do you really want Ah Xing to say something even more unpleasant?" Liu Jia'er's voice came from the side.
She leaned against the doorframe with her arms crossed, her eyes filled with disdain.
"Don't embarrass yourself before things get any worse." Liu Jia'er spoke with the air of a mistress of the house, her words full of sarcasm.
She has now won the favor of Chu Yunxing's parents, so she has nothing to fear.
In her eyes, the position of Mrs. Chu was already secure, and there was no need for any worries. Song Xingchen was merely a playmate that Chu Yunxing had taken a liking to, and was not worth considering.
As a proper fiancée, no matter how outrageous Chu Yunxing's behavior was, she shouldn't say anything.
Song Xingchen wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, showing no trace of the wronged and weak appearance she had just displayed.
"At least I'm Ah Xing's girlfriend now, so who are you?"
Liu Jia'er stood up straight, furious and embarrassed: "You!"
In the blink of an eye, she adopted a victor's stance: "I don't care, after all, I'm already Aunt Qin's approved daughter-in-law, and I'll marry A-Xing sooner or later."
"Stop dreaming. How could Ah Xing allow a murderer to marry him?"
The car accident years ago remains an indelible stain on Liu Jiaer's life.
She desperately wanted to rush up and tear Song Xingchen's face, which resembled Song Mai's, to shreds, but she couldn't. Now, in the Chu family's old mansion, she needed to maintain her image no matter what she did.
Liu Jia'er took a deep breath, suppressing her anger, and nodded coldly: "What you said makes some sense, but it's completely wrong. Believe me or not, I can kick you out right now?"
“Of course, you were once the renowned heiress of the Liu family.” Song Xingchen walked step by step to Liu Jia’er’s side and lowered his voice, “I just don’t know how capable you are as a heiress.”
Before she could finish speaking, Song Xingchen suddenly grabbed Liu Jia'er's hand and slapped it hard on her own face, then grabbed Liu Jia'er's hand and slapped her face as well.
The series of movements was completely fluid and without any pauses.
Liu Jia'er quickly realized that she was being tricked. But it was too late; Song Xingchen immediately took two steps back and screamed.
The Chu family heard the noise and rushed over immediately.
Qin Jizhi stood beside Liu Jia'er with heartache and asked with concern, "Jia'er, what happened to your face?"
"Song Xingchen actually dared to hit me!"
Song Xingchen waved her hands repeatedly: "It wasn't me. She slapped me and then slapped herself to slander me."
Both of their delicate, fair faces bore the imprint of slaps. Qin Jizhi was no fool; he immediately noticed something was amiss.
She frowned, but used the excuse that it was Chu Yunxing's birthday to quickly resolve the matter.
Jiang Jibai, who was standing on the rooftop with Chu Yunxing, watched this scene with a smile on his face.
"How amusing! Aren't you going to help this poor Miss Liu?" he joked with a playful expression.
Chu Yunxing scoffed dismissively, "There's no need."
"Don't ask him anymore, all he can think about right now is that designer Bai." Xie Xing approached the two men with a wine glass in hand and said with a smile, "In our Master Yun's heart, neither of these women is important."
This was exactly what Chu Yunxing was thinking.
Liu Jiaer harmed Song Mai, and this matter has not yet been resolved.
However, he had plenty of time to patiently wait for Liu Jiaer to fully reveal her true form, since he now strongly suspected that the autopsy had been tampered with.
The most suspicious person is Liu Jia'er.
“I’ve seen Designer Bai’s photos, and he does look a lot like Song Mai. But if you look closely, their expressions and habits are completely different.” Jiang Jibai frowned and continued to offer his analysis, “I think it’s just a coincidence.”
“If there really are two people in the world who look so alike, the only explanation is cloning.” Xie Xing turned and leaned against the railing, looking at the two of them mysteriously. “I have made a major discovery, and it’s about Song Mai.”
Although Xie Xing is a womanizer, he is an expert in computer networks.
Over the past five years, he has brought back many news reports about Songmai intermittently.
Although not many of the rules applied, Chu Yunxing still looked at him with anticipation as usual.
“A staff member who had participated in the autopsy suddenly received a large sum of money in his account after the results were announced. He took the money and fled far away, and is now living a carefree life in the South.”
Xie Xing has been persistently investigating for so long.
Although each piece of information contained errors, it was still a conclusion he reached with all his might.
Chu Yunxing put down his wine glass, his expression serious: "What about this person's information?"
"It has been cut off, and the investigation is still ongoing."
Chu Yunxing and Jiang Jibai immediately realized the seriousness of the situation; they hadn't expected that another force was secretly obstructing them.
"But don't worry, we'll have results soon." Xie Xing was very confident in his abilities.
"Could it be related to someone here?" Jiang Jibai suddenly voiced his guess, then glanced warily at Chu Yunxing before immediately rebuking himself, "This is just a personal thought, don't take it seriously."
"Let's continue the investigation." Chu Yunxing already had a general conclusion in mind, but since there was no evidence at the moment, he dared not make any hasty judgments.
At the ensuing birthday party, everyone acted as if nothing had happened, just like any other day.
Chu Yunxing's forced smile vanished the moment he opened the door.
The drawer contained the ring he had prepared, a one-of-a-kind piece in the entire world.
If the accident five years ago hadn't happened, this ring would be safely on Song Mai's finger now.
Thinking of this, Chu Yunxing lay down wearily. The moment he closed his eyes, his mind was filled with memories of Song Mai.
Could Bai Wan'er really be Song Mai?
Chu Yunxing couldn't understand it, but he didn't know whether he should pray that she was Song Mai.
Next came the meeting with YJ Company.
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