Yan Qiao stayed at home for a few days and worked on the translation manuscript that Song Yinsheng had given her.
He doesn't have time to rush himself now, but if he waits until others urge him to give it to him, he'll be in a real hurry.
After staying at home for a few days, the property manager came to see her.
"These are things that Ms. Yan Shu left behind here. We can't contact her, so please pass them on to her."
Yan Qiao accepted it.
The manager did not leave, but seemed hesitant to speak.
"Just say what you have to say."
The manager looked ashamed. "Actually, our surveillance cameras weren't repaired before, but someone from above instructed us not to..."
Given that it was obvious those police officers were just going through the motions and both sides were putting on an act, he had no choice but to comply.
But that's just how society is; some people can cover up everything, while others have nowhere to seek justice.
Yan Qiao nodded. "I already knew that, but thank you for coming all the way here to tell me anyway."
The manager shook his head. "I didn't do anything. I was their accomplice. I'm really sorry."
Yan Qiao wasn't very angry. Everyone has a different perspective, and he was just following orders.
She closed the door, put her things aside for the time being, and did not rummage through other people's belongings.
Then, she received a call from Shen Zhou.
She had already blocked Shen Zhou's original phone number, and he probably knew that, so he used another number to call. Yan Qiao only realized it was him when he answered.
“I don’t think you have any reason to call me.”
Chen Zhou remained silent for a moment, as if he was preparing something difficult to say.
After a long silence, he finally said, "Yan Qiao, I've come to apologize to you."
Yan Qiao raised an eyebrow. "Apologize? Apologize for what?"
"She lied to me about protecting Yan Yaoyao this time, saying that you wanted to use Aunt Yan's matter to frame her. At the time, I didn't know the truth and couldn't believe that she could actually do such a heinous thing."
Yan Qiao scoffed, "To be able to bribe the police and the property management of our No. 5 compound, you're just as ruthless."
Shen Zhou: "...I'm sorry, we've already broken up."
"Oh, didn't you pride yourself on the invincibility of true love? How come you broke up so easily? Your true love is so fragile. So what if you broke up? Does that negate the fact that you were her accomplice? Yan Yaoyao has done more than just this one wrong thing, and you've been blind more than once." Yan Qiao mocked her without any politeness.
"I didn't know her before..."
"How come you only love a person's good points and not everything about her? You used to be willing to die for her, even disregarding your family's reputation, but now you say you don't know? Are you really blind?"
After making sarcastic remarks to Shen Zhou, Yan Qiao said, "Don't call me all the time in the future. I don't need your apology. I just need you to stay away from me. It would be best if we never contacted each other again. Don't fantasize that I'm hating you because of love. I'm just disgusting you guys."
After saying that, he hung up the phone and blocked the number in one swift motion.
Yan Qiao sat in front of the computer, leaned back in the chair, turned around, and looked at the night view through the floor-to-ceiling window, finding a moment of peace in her heart.
Shortly after, a sharp electrical sound appeared in my mind.
【Waaaaaah, I, Hu Hansan, am back!】
Yan Qiao suddenly stood up, "Xiao Qi!"
The system automatically started playing "Good Days," and if it weren't inanimate, I would be dancing along by now.
Hey, did you miss me?
Yan Qiao rolled her eyes. "Where have you been? I've missed you so much!"
Thinking about my huge retirement fund.
Didn't you notice? Something went wrong on the way back, and I ran out of energy.
"So how did you wake up?"
[Thanks to you, you changed the trajectory of the world, attracted the attention of the Time and Space Bureau, and got me recharged.]
Yan Qiao was puzzled. "The trajectory of the Great World? What trajectory?"
[Ahem... Anyway, you originally only had one fate: to be cannon fodder.]
Yan Qiao: "...I can tell."
Given her original personality, she would never have entered the entertainment industry, let alone made so many jokes and been plagued by scandals.
The problem I just mentioned stems from this very point. The grand narrative is a fusion of plots from multiple books.
"You're not trying to tell me that I'm just cannon fodder in every book, are you?"
No, not quite, but pretty much. Like Ruan Cha and Yan Yaoyao, both are female leads.
Yan Qiao was speechless. She could understand that Ruan Cha was the female lead, but what was Yan Yaoyao?
"If Yan Yaoyao is the female lead, then the male lead wouldn't be Shen Zhou, would he?"
[It was originally supposed to be him, but now the trajectory of fate has changed, and the male lead is tentatively cast.]
"So what role do I play in Yan Yaoyao's world?"
Xiaoqi: [Congratulations, you are the fake heiress in the story of the real and fake heiresses.]
Yan Qiao gave an "oh" and then suddenly jumped up.
"What did you say? What am I?"
In other words, you are not Chen Lan and Yan Yaohui's biological daughter; your parents are someone else.
Yan Qiao was quick-witted and soon figured it out.
If she's a fake heiress, then the real heiress should be the female lead, Yan Yaoyao.
Then wouldn't she be...?
"Yan Shu and Song Yinsheng are my biological parents!"
Bingo! Qiaoqiao is as smart as ever!
Yan Qiao: "..."
The shock she felt lingered for a long time.
If Xiao Qi had told her the truth as soon as she returned to this world, she might have been able to accept it calmly.
But during this time, she experienced the annulment of her engagement, witnessed Chen Lan's true colors, and saw how Song Yinsheng's family got along, leaving her with mixed feelings.
"Couldn't you have just said something this important from the beginning?"
Xiaoqi: [It's not too late to say now.]
Yan Qiao gazed at the world outside, her heart unable to find peace for a long time.
If the children from both sides hadn't been switched in the first place, if she had grown up with Yan Shu and Song Yinsheng from the beginning, she would definitely have been very happy.
But now, it's too late.
Song Yinsheng and his wife loved Yan Yaoyao very much, and even if they knew the truth, they might not be willing to switch the child back.
Yan Shu covered her forehead. If you don't have expectations, you won't be disappointed.
Xiao Qi remained silent, sensing that Yan Qiao was different, but she didn't know what had happened during her hibernation.
[Quietly...] It was thinking of saying a few words of comfort.
Then Yan Qiao asked, "What about my pension?"
With so much retirement money, she could squander it for several lifetimes; everything else is insignificant compared to her retirement income.
Xiaoqi: [How can you still be in the mood to collect debts! But I'm still communicating with the Time and Space Bureau because the world's trajectory has changed, so...]
Yan Qiao said in a sinister tone, "You're not going to tell me that your pension is gone, are you?"
Of course not, I promise. Even if I can't give it to you directly, I guarantee it will reach you in some other form.
Yan Qiao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as you have money, that's all that matters.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.
Yan Qiao lay in bed unable to sleep, tossing and turning, thinking about the matter of the real and fake heiress.
Such a melodramatic thing actually happened to her.
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