Chapter 105: Suspicion Resurfaces
"Yilan, I have something to ask you. Where are you now?" Chu Siran called Lin Yilan directly after leaving the Chu family. His words lacked the previous enthusiasm.
Lin Yilan clearly heard that Chu Siran was different from usual: "Something is going on at Haida University. I'm at school now. What's up, Siran?"
"When are you free? I'll wait for you at the coffee shop next to Ocean University." After Chu Siran said that, he hung up the phone with Lin Yilan.
She was really in an extremely irritable mood right now. Chu Xi was actually her sister. Wasn't this really a joke God was playing on her? Ha, how could she, a lady of the Chu family, have such a sister?
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When Lin Yilan arrived at the coffee shop, Chu Siran had been waiting here for more than an hour.
"I'm sorry, school has been a bit busy lately."
"Yilan, I don't want to beat around the bush with you. Chu Xi is my sister. Didn't you already know about it?"
Lin Yilan was still feeling sorry for making Chu Siran wait for so long. When she heard Chu Siran speak directly and sit down opposite her, her expression became serious.
"Um."
"Then why didn't you tell me at first? Did you never consider me a friend?"
"No, Siran, I accidentally learned about this from Huo Juncheng. I couldn't believe it when I first heard about it. I wanted to tell you, but Huo Juncheng said that this matter was not certain yet, so he asked me to keep it secret from you for the time being."
"Well, since you've already arranged for the in-person appraisal, and since this has become a fact, why didn't you tell me?"
Lin Yilan was speechless for a moment. She also wanted to tell Chu Siran, but when she thought of Chu Siran's attitude towards Chu Xi, she was afraid that Chu Siran would not be able to accept it for a while, so she never told her.
However, Lin Yilan had forgotten that Chu Xi was the eldest daughter of the Chu family. As a member of the Chu family, Chu Siran would definitely know about this matter immediately. Even if she didn't say it, Chu Siran would know it.
"Yilan, Huo Juncheng asked you to keep a secret from me, so you kept silent, right? Do you know how heartbroken I was when I learned from my mother that this matter was discovered by you and Huo Juncheng?"
Chu Siran drank the remaining coffee in front of her. Although it had been left for too long and had already gone cold, she seemed to no longer care about it.
"You and I are good friends, so I should be the first to know about this. But Huo Juncheng actually went to the Chu family and told my parents in person. I ended up being the last to know..."
"Siran, can you listen to my explanation?"
"I'm a little confused right now. Let's talk about this later. I still need time to calm down."
Looking at Chu Siran's departing figure, she felt inexplicably lonely. Lin Yilan knew that this was definitely not because she knew Chu Xi was her sister. If that was the case, this girl would definitely find Chu Xi and curse her out.
There could be no other reason that could make her so depressed except her disappointment in herself.
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"Yilan, I heard from Sister Xiu that you only ate a few bites of dinner today. That's not how you lose weight. Aren't you torturing yourself?"
When Huo Juncheng returned home, he heard Sister Xiu say that Lin Yilan almost didn't eat dinner. Sister Xiu was still worried that the meal she cooked today was not to the young lady's taste.
However, what they cooked today were indeed Lin Yilan's favorite foods. So she couldn't figure out what was going on for a while, so she had to report it to Huo Juncheng.
So, Huo Juncheng put down his coat and ran straight to Lin Yilan to ask about Lin Yilan's situation.
Lin Yilan was currently engaged in a heated fight with a sandbag in the room, completely ignoring Huo Juncheng. Seeing this, Huo Juncheng remained unperturbed. He continued to smile at Lin Yilan.
"What's going on? Who made you angry? Tell me and I'll help you beat him up."
"Just you? If we really come to a fight, do you think you can handle someone who can't even beat me?"
"Yes, yes, my fiancée is so outstanding, I don't need to do anything at all..." Huo Juncheng followed Lin Yilan's words, as if he was a master smoothing the fur of his furry cat.
"So, who made you angry, and what exactly happened?"
"It's all because of you!" Lin Yilan wiped the sweat from her forehead boldly and glared at Huo Juncheng fiercely. Now, it was Huo Juncheng's turn to be dumbfounded.
"Me? What does this have to do with me?"
"It's all because of you that you insisted I keep it a secret from Siran. Siran found out Chu Xi was her sister and she's angry at me for not telling her from the beginning. She says I'm not a good friend. What do you think we should do now?"
"I thought it was something else, but it's just this. Just talk it out with Chu Siran. She's not that unreasonable. I guess she just found out about this, so her thoughts are somewhat affected."
"But now I'm too embarrassed to ask her out again. This was definitely my fault. I should have told Siran from the beginning, and things wouldn't have ended up like this."
Huo Juncheng walked up to Lin Yilan, picked up a towel beside her, carefully wiped her sweat, and comforted her softly:
"I can't blame you for this. After all, you chose not to tell her at first because you were afraid she wouldn't be able to accept it, right? But who could have expected her to find out so soon? I didn't expect the Chu family to be so well-informed."
"It's all because of you. If you hadn't told the Chu family, how would they have known about it so quickly!" Lin Yilan said with some resentment, taking the opportunity to knock away Huo Juncheng's hand that was wiping her sweat.
"Me?" Huo Juncheng paused, "I didn't tell the Chu family that Chu Xi was their daughter."
"What? But Siran told me herself that you were the one who told her parents about this. Siran doesn't seem to be lying."
"Well, Chu Siran probably didn't lie, but we need to investigate what exactly is going on."
Huo Juncheng was actually also confused. He only asked his men to check Chu Xi's identity and did not ask him to do a paternity test. However, he acted first and asked for permission later, and the paternity test was directly sent to him.
Moreover, it seems that this personal appraisal was not only delivered to him, but also a copy was sent to the Chu family?
It seems that the doubts about this matter are growing bigger and bigger.
"Yilan, contact Chu Siran tomorrow. Whether Chu Xi is the daughter of their Chu family may still be unknown."
When Lin Yilan heard Huo Juncheng say this, she raised her delicate little face, looked at the man with strong features in front of her, and responded slightly.
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