Chapter 22
Faced with her cousin who was as weak as a dog-skin plaster, Xu Yinyin wanted to knock him out and stuff him into the trash can.
Why is he like this? Where is the rebellious son of a wealthy family?
Xu Yao continued to pull at her clothes, met her disgusted and speechless eyes, and said shamelessly: "Stop struggling, you can't get rid of me."
Xu Yinyin gritted her teeth and spoke slowly, "I can take you with me, but no matter what you see or hear, don't make a sound, understand?"
Xu Yao nodded very understandingly: "I'm very tight-lipped, don't worry."
Xu Yinyin looked at him solemnly, then turned and stepped into the mall.
[Are you really planning to take this burden with you? ]
[I didn't expect him to be so clingy, but rather than dumping him, I'd rather go find Yaoyao and see what tricks her mother will play. After all, this is a Xu family affair, and Xu Yao will find out sooner or later.]
But what if he goes and tells your Second Aunt? Your Second Aunt dreams of kicking your wealthy father out of the house. If she catches on and uses this as an excuse, it would be a disaster. Besides, looking at his miserable appearance, like a tadpole looking for his mother, he must be a mama's boy!
Xu Yao: “…”
I just want to eat some melon, is there any need to be so mean to me?
Even a mama's boy needs his mother's approval. Do you think my second aunt cares about him? His father is a playboy, and his mother is only focused on her career. Xu Yao is basically a left-behind child from a wealthy family.
【明明没什么生存本领却一心想脱离家族闯荡社会，这一看就是缺爱又缺认同感，沉升后妈虽然德行有问题，但妈妈的角色演的很到位，一听儿子在学校挨揍，风风火火就来了，那就是沉升敢这么嚣张的底气啊。 】
"Look at my second aunt's family. You let me, an outsider, handle it. Do you really think she doesn't know the situation? She's afraid of embarrassing herself by coming here. My second uncle's behavior is truly unfaithful to a parent. If I were in a family like that, I'd also want to sever ties and leave."
Xu Yinyin's words touched Xu Yao's heart directly.
He hated his entire family because of his parents' unscrupulous behavior, and at the same time he suffered from his own limited abilities.
Therefore, the only way is to study hard, get into college, and acquire a skill, then you can really go far.
As for his grandfather's property and the struggle for power, he has never been interested in it, and he doesn't want to be like his parents, who are dominated by desires and money, either muddle-headed or unscrupulous.
Although Xu Yinyin's words were hurtful, most of them were indisputable facts.
[Oh, it's all Xu Yao's fault, that burden! Yaoyao got lost!]
Xu Yinyin's frustrated and resentful voice brought Xu Yao's wandering thoughts back to normal.
He followed her movements of looking around and took a look around. Although it was not the weekend, the mall was still very crowded. It was difficult to track down a person in the crowded scene.
"What are you doing sneaking around like that? Are you here to catch someone cheating?" Xu Yao deliberately threw a smoke bomb to tease her.
"Catch you, you big-headed ghost." Xu Yinyin was worried about where to vent her anger.
"Then you just told me not to say anything about what I see or hear. If it's not something as ugly as catching an adulterer, what else could it be?"
Xu Yinyin didn't answer but asked, "Did your parents tell you that Xu Yao and I were taken away by mistake?"
"Yes, but he only gave a general idea and I didn't ask in detail."
"Of course you didn't ask any further questions. You didn't care about anything at home anyway. You just wanted to get away."
"But it's not that I don't care, but I feel that asking won't help. After all, this is your family matter, and it's wrong to pry into your privacy." Xu Yao quickly added.
[Yoyo, look at how great and glorious you are. What's the point of life without eating melons! ]
Xu Yao complained quietly in his heart, Hmm, I have learned a lot today, eating melons is so delicious!
"Since you think our family affairs are private, then just leave." Xu Yinyin seized the key point and took advantage of the situation.
"No, I can't leave because you've aroused my thirst for knowledge. I have a bad habit of not letting doubts stay overnight. They must be resolved on the same day, otherwise I will suffer from insomnia."
Xu Yinyin was completely speechless.
[If you want to eat melon, just say it directly. Why are you pretending to be so high and mighty? ]
"Are you familiar with this mall?"
"Generally, I've been here a few times."
"Now think about it, if you want to meet someone to discuss something important, which store would you most likely choose? One that's private."
What Xu Yinyin lacked most was a local guide, so Xu Yao's presence was also a helper. Moreover, although she knew some inside information, given her current situation, it was difficult for her to say anything wrong about Yaoyao.
She couldn't even mention her meeting with her biological mother to her wealthy parents, as it would be easy for them to misunderstand that she had ulterior motives. It would be even more troublesome if Yaoyao misunderstood that she was trying to sow discord.
The timing and circumstances of her return were so sensitive that she had to be handled with caution.
But watching my sister being instigated by her biological mother to turn against her wealthy parents made me feel guilty.
She actually really needed an "informer" who could tell her parents about Yaoyao's meeting with her biological mother and draw their attention, but at the same time not let her parents and Yaoyao mind. Xu Yao was just the right person.
He was already a member of the family and his grandfather's favored heir. He had no desire to fight for power, and his identity and status far exceeded her, the real daughter who had returned halfway.
Under her guidance, it would be most appropriate for him to say it.
"I only know there seems to be a private club on the top floor, but it's a membership-only place, so you can't get in without a membership card. There's also a pub next to the club, which is also a membership-only place, but my dad has a membership card, so he can come and go as he pleases. Some of the pub's private rooms face the club, so you can see people in the club, but you can't hear their conversations. No other place is as suitable as these two."
After a few seconds of deliberation, Xu Yinyin decided, "Let's go to the pub. At least we can see who's coming in and out of the club. We just need to know who she met. As for the content of the conversation—"
Xu Yinyin automatically hid the rest of the words, she still chose to believe Xu Yao.
Because her parents treated her well and she never showed any ill will towards her, she would not be easily bribed.
"Like you said, that's private, it's not good to pry into. I'll just take a look from a distance and leave."
Xu Yao raised an eyebrow and boldly guessed, "Are you worried about your cousin coming to see her biological mother?"
Xu Yinyin was a little surprised: "Did you guess it?"
"Come on, do I look like a fool? You've said it so bluntly, okay?"
Xu Yao was speechless. She really thought he was a fool.
"Go find someone first. I'll tell you in detail when I find him."
"Okay, the elevator is over there."
Xu Yao quickly took her to the pub's luxury room with the best view, and asked the waiter for a telescope.
After everything was ready, Xu Yinyin began to look for people with a telescope.
【Xiao Qi, come with me to look for it, hurry up.】
[There are two female figures at 7 o'clock, behind the white gauze curtain. Do you see them?]
I see.
Yaoyao went to the company this morning wearing a white dress with a light yellow silk shirt underneath and a headband in the same color.
Xu Yinyin looked carefully according to the description and found that there was indeed a goose yellow figure behind the white gauze curtain, and the position of the hairband was particularly conspicuous.
[Found it, it's at seven o'clock.]
Xu Yinyin breathed a sigh of relief, and then cast her gaze on the person opposite Xu Yao. She could vaguely see that the person opposite her was sitting gracefully, and the movement of pouring tea also revealed a calm elegance.
[The one across from me is probably Zhou Xinyi. Judging from her behavior, she's a lady of high rank.]
[The information I have here is that after she and your father were forcibly separated by your grandfather, she disappeared for a while. When she reappeared, she was married to someone who seemed to be a mysterious tycoon, rumored to be worth more than your wealthy father.]
[See, what did I say? She just wanted to show off to her father and grandfather. Even if she did marry someone better than her ex, it made sense for her to do something like switching partners.]
Xu Yao was almost frightened to death by this explosive news.
All along, my uncle's family raised Xu Yao as their own child. When she was 25 years old, they were suddenly told that she was not their child. Anyone would be shocked. But behind this, it turned out to be the revenge plan of my uncle's ex!
Oh my god, is this a distortion of human nature or a decline of morality?
This melon is really choking! Burp~
Xu Yao calmed his trembling heart and asked her casually, "Did you find it?"
Xu Yinyin handed him the binoculars and pointed to the private room across the street. "That one, the one with the light yellow figure."
Xu Yao took it and looked at it carefully. It was indeed his cousin.
He put down the binoculars and asked, "Is that person over there her biological mother?"
Xu Yinyin nodded: "It must be. Such a private place, and during working hours, it must be a secret meeting."
"That's right. My cousin has never liked socializing since she was a child. She's the type who won't attend anything unless it's absolutely necessary. She usually just reads at home during her free time and doesn't have many friends. Someone who can get her to a place like this must be quite important."
"Xu Yao, I hope you won't tell your parents what I'm about to say. You know the situation at home, and Grandpa just recovered not long ago. I don't want him to get upset over any family matters. Even if he will find out about this sooner or later, I don't want him to worry until I come up with a good solution."
Xu Yao was eager to eat the melon, so he nodded in agreement.
Xu Yinyin then told him the truth about the conspiracy of the true and false daughter in the plot. When it came to the plot of traveling through a book and predicting the future, she used her own life experience and guesswork to fill in the logical flaws.
After listening to the whole story, Xu Yao couldn't recover for a long time.
He even looked at Xu Yinyin with some surprise and said bluntly, "After all, this is just our first meeting. You trust me so much, aren't you afraid that I'll sell you out? After all, you and I are the biggest rivals for inheritance."
Xu Yinyin smiled and said, "You won't. You give me the impression of someone who is not bound by any rules or people, who has an independent personality and simple thoughts."
[After all, you're truly reckless for someone who has nothing and yet dares to threaten to leave the family and venture out into the world. There aren't many fools like you.]
The corners of Xu Yao's lips, which were about to rise, suddenly flattened. He knew that she had nothing good to say!
"You're telling me this because you want to use me to tell my uncle so he can take action in time and thwart the other party's plan."
Xu Yinyin smiled and clapped, "Wow, you're truly a top student! You understood everything so quickly. Amazing!"
Xu Yao: “······” Thank you, I’m not a kindergarten kid, I don’t need flattering encouragement!
"But this kind of thing, your words carry more weight than mine, so why go so far?"
Xu Yao was puzzled. Since Xu Yinyin's analysis was so clear and logical, wouldn't it be quicker to just tell his uncle directly?
"You don't understand. My situation is actually quite awkward, and I came back at the wrong time. If I suddenly go and tell Mom and Dad that my sister went to see her biological mother, wouldn't that be a clear sign of trouble? Yaoyao already feels guilty about my return. If I say that, wouldn't that just add to the conflict and push her away?"
"Besides, don't you think the timing of my being recognized as a wealthy family is too coincidental? It just happened to be when Grandpa was drafting his will. This is very tempting, isn't it?"
She was also part of the conspiracy. She suddenly realized this when she was reconstructing the real and fake daughter incident with Xu Yao.
If there were no conspiracy of the fake daughter's parents, the previous incarnation's suicide alone would not seem to have much meaning. The author must have laid a big foreshadowing, but after the previous incarnation was eliminated, her memory of this world was cut off.
Xiaoqi is just a melon-eating system and does not have a God's perspective.
"So, you suspect that even bringing you back here was part of their plan?"
After Xu Yao finished speaking, he was shocked. Such a conspiracy was too deliberate.
"The Xu family is a leading business family. Anyone thinking of offending such a person would have to think twice. Moreover, a super-rich person with a net worth of hundreds of billions is inherently unattainable. Grandpa is wise and shrewd, and his methods are lightning-fast. No one can play tricks on him, unless they are hiding something from the public. Therefore, the other party must have endured hardships and even risked everything. Twenty-five years of planning is enough to prove his determination."
The more Xu Yinyin thought about it, the more she felt that the mastermind behind the scenes was meticulous and very patient.
"But, to be able to plan such a thorough revenge, how deep must the hatred be? Is it really just because Grandpa forced the separation of Uncle and his ex?"
Xu Yao became more and more fascinated by this matter. He had never encountered such an incredible thing in his life.
"You don't understand. Some people's hatred can drag the whole world down with them. 'The deeper the love, the deeper the hatred.' That's what it means. You've never experienced passionate love, so you naturally don't understand the depth of hatred that can arise after being hurt."
"You talk as if you've loved her before." Xu Yao retorted unconvinced.
"I've never been in love, but I've watched a lot of novels and movies, and the villains' evilness often has no reason or logic."
Xu Yao scoffed, looked back at Xu Yao, and asked, "Since you've seen who she met, is there any need for us to continue waiting?"
Xu Yinyin glanced across at the other side and sighed, "I don't have to wait, but you have to wait, and you have to let her see you so that you can mention it to my parents."
"Okay, then I'll wait to meet her by chance." Xu Yao agreed.
"Thank you for your hard work. I will speak well of you to Second Aunt." Xu Yinyin promised in return.
"No need, she doesn't care." Xu Yao's eyes dimmed, and his calm demeanor was clearly filled with mockery. "My existence is only to gain more benefits for them."
Xu Yinyin was about to comfort him when Xu Yao interrupted her, saying, "Don't bother comforting me. I'm not that fragile. Go back quickly. I promised you, so I'll take care of things. Although I don't like the two people who gave me life, I care about Grandpa very much. He shouldn't be overworked by household chores."
"Okay, I'm leaving now. Bye."
"Well, let's go."
Zhou Xinyi looked at Xu Yao, who was concentrating on drinking tea opposite her, with some trepidation. She had been messaging her every day since their last unpleasant meeting.
From simple good morning and good night, to brief care after confirming that you have not been blocked, asking if you are tired from work, whether you have eaten well, etc.
Although these insignificant concerns may not have much effect, they at least show the mother's care for her daughter, as well as her urgent and cautious tests, which are humble and persistent.
Although Xu Yao never replied, as long as she was not blocked, it meant that she could see it. The fact that she saw it but did not block it only proved one thing - Xu Yao still could not be as cruel to her as she appeared.
So, after continuing to greet for a few days, she bravely squatted at the door of Fengyi Building.
Sometimes it was in the coffee shop around the corner, sometimes it was in a restaurant she occasionally visited, and sometimes she would park the car in a roadside parking space just to take a look from afar.
But these seemingly nostalgic encounters were all carefully designed by Qian Chuan, just to show his mother's persistence and determination to beg for forgiveness.
Fortunately, hard work paid off. At noon on the fourth day, she finally walked towards her car parked on the roadside, knocked on the window, and asked her if she had time for a cup of tea.
Although she didn't know why she suddenly showed her affection, she couldn't suppress her excitement and agreed hurriedly.
But at this moment, facing her silence all the way, she began to feel uneasy again. It was obviously her who took the initiative, so why did she suddenly become indifferent?
Xu Yao seemed to be drinking tea, but in fact she was silently observing the other person's actions.
Not just now, in recent days, private detectives have been reporting her whereabouts, and Xu Yao knows everything about her actions.
Seeing that the other party was getting more and more uneasy, she finally spoke: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have met with you privately. I think I should go."
After saying that, he got up and left.
Zhou Xinyi was confused. What was going on?
"Yaoyao, don't go. It's so rare for me to see you. Can you let me take a good look at you?" Zhou Xinyi's pleading voice was full of sadness and reluctance.
"No, I shouldn't have done that. I'm just a little confused. Sorry!"
Xu Yao struggled, but her strength was obviously insufficient.
Zhou Xinyi immediately grasped the key point, "Yaoyao, did you encounter something? If you don't mind, why not tell me about it? If I can help, I will definitely help you. If I can't help you, just treat me as a tree hole. If you finish talking to me, you may feel better, okay?"
Zhou Xinyi held her hand tightly, tilted her head back, tears in her eyes, and a hint of uneasiness in her humble plea.
Xu Yao looked into her eyes, struggled for a few seconds, and finally sat back in her seat.
Zhou Xinyi breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. She finally moved her with her sincerity. Thank goodness.
Xu Yao lowered her eyes and used a spoon to stir the liquid in the cup, looking embarrassed, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.
Zhou Xinyi took the initiative to guide: "Is it about work?"
Xu Yao shook her head, took a deep breath, and said in a panic: "My aunt got divorced and personally sent my uncle-in-law to prison. My aunt loved my uncle so much that she could make the whole world her enemy for him, but in the end, she still sent him to prison. My uncle-in-law did make mistakes, but it didn't deserve this."
She burst into sobs after she finished speaking. Zhou Xinyi took the seat next to her, hugged her in her arms, and gently soothed her back, "Good child, don't cry, I'm here, don't be afraid."
Xu Yao continued to shake her head: "You don't understand my pain at all. Ever since I found out about my life story, I haven't been able to sleep peacefully. I'm always afraid that one day I'll be kicked out of the house. My parents only love me because they mistakenly thought I was their own daughter. Now that the truth is out, will their love still be the same as before?"
"Will they be like my aunt? When they stop loving me, will they just drive me away and take back everything I have? What will I do then?"
"My dear daughter, you still have me. I am your mother. I will never abandon you again. I am now capable enough to raise you. You don't have to live in fear anymore. As long as you are willing, you can go with me anytime."
Xu Yao stood up from her arms, looked at her with tears in her eyes, and begged: "Can you take me away now?"
"Ah? Now? Now?" Zhou Xinyi was caught off guard by her, and her surprise was completely instinctive.
Xu Yao frowned and pretended to be wronged: "Don't you want to?"
"No, no, no, I'm not unwilling. Mom would love it. I'm just, I'm just too happy. I didn't expect you to forgive me so quickly. I, I'm a little incoherent."
Zhou Xinyi was so panicked. Why did that little girl never play by the rules? She always scared her half to death.
Damn, what should I do next?
If I really take her away, how can I encroach on the Xu family? Damn it!
"I'm going back to pack my things and write my resignation letter. I've figured it out. Instead of waiting to be kicked out, it's better to leave on my own accord. Anyway, I never wanted their things. They didn't belong to me in the first place. I can leave with dignity and at least retain some dignity."
After she finished speaking, she suddenly looked at Zhou Xinyi, her eyes scrutinizing her seriously: "Will you take me with you? Will you always stay with me and never leave me? Will you really never abandon me again?"
The three fatal questions, each one was like a knife, stabbing into Zhou Xinyi's unprepared heart, making her helpless and retreating step by step.
She racked her brains to think of how to gently dissuade her from being impulsive without touching her emotional breaking point.
But the incident happened suddenly, and her brain was like a computer that suddenly crashed. She completely lost the ability to think and everything went blank.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door behind me.
Xu Yao quickly wiped away her tears, adjusted her mood, and then said, "Please come in."
As the door opened, Xu Yanwen pushed it open with a smile on his face.
Seeing Xu Yao, he said cheerfully: "Dad has an appointment to discuss something, and the manager said you were here with your friends, so I thought of coming to talk to you--"
The rest of his words were interrupted by Zhou Xinyi who suddenly turned around.
Xu Yanwen was shocked: "Why are you here?!"
Without waiting for the other party to answer, Xu Yanwen's mind suddenly flashed through Xu Yinyin's thoughts--
[Your sister's biological mother is your white moonlight, and her biological father is your mortal enemy! ]
Xu Yanwen's eyes went dark and she almost fainted. Was he trying to snatch the child from her?
They all came to my door? ! ! !
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