"You have no idea, all I wanted was to take a wedding photo with him, do you know what he said to me?" Lin Xiuxiu complained, feeling wronged, as if she had found family.
"Let me guess, you mean, what's so great about taking pictures? I'm not taking any," Xia Lan said, feigning a cool and aloof tone.
Lin Xiuxiu's eyes widened.
"You're amazing! Your reaction was exactly the same as his!"
"He told me that taking photos is a woman's job, so he wouldn't take any and told me to take them myself!" Lin Xiuxiu said angrily, pursing her lips.
Xia Lan nodded in understanding; she was getting it.
"I told him I was so scared being home alone..." Lin Xiuxiu said, feeling wronged.
"He told me that if I turned on the light, I wouldn't be afraid."
"..." Xia Lan covered her eyes, barely suppressing the urge to roll them.
“When I told him I wasn’t feeling well, all he would say was to drink more water.”
Seeing that Xia Lan understood her, instead of just advising her to cherish Meng Jianguo like the other women she had encountered before, Lin Xiuxiu became even more enthusiastic.
She wanted to tell Xia Lan everything Meng Jianguo had done, and in fact, she did just that.
“He actually asked me to return the clothes I bought for him, saying that he would be fine with his military uniform.”
"Once he said he would take me to see a movie, but he took me to see Tunnel Warfare."
"You've worked so hard..." Xia Lan didn't know how to comfort her; she was truly speechless.
"Although he doesn't always show it to you, you can tell he loves you very much," Xia Lan said with a smile, glancing at Lin Xiuxiu.
"His gaze has been fixed on you ever since you appeared."
Lin Xiuxiu was taken aback, her cheeks instantly flushing red, and she lowered her head shyly. "Is...is that so?"
“A person’s eyes can’t lie. You didn’t want to go back so soon, and he understood with just one look. He said he wanted to stay for a day and leave tomorrow,” Xia Lan said with a smile.
The look in your eyes when you love someone cannot be hidden.
"I'm really curious, how did you two get together?" Xia Lan looked at Lin Xiuxiu with curiosity, wondering how such a beauty could have been won over by Meng Jianguo.
“Once, I was harassed by a man at a party, but Jianguo saw it and saved me.” Lin Xiuxiu’s eyes reddened.
Recalling the incident, she said that she had gone with her father to a banquet hosted by an uncle when a man grabbed her and insisted that she had accepted his gift, even though she didn't know him at all.
Everyone was watching her make a fool of herself; no one came to her aid. They all just stood by, letting the man pull and tug at her.
At this moment, Meng Jianguo stepped forward like a hero, saying that she was his fiancée and had never received any gifts from that man, questioning whether the man had mistaken her for someone else.
The man then admitted he had mistaken the person for someone else and ran away.
She still remembers the despair she felt at that time. If Meng Jianguo hadn't appeared and saved her, she felt she would never have the face to show her face in public again.
"You've been set up, haven't you? Obviously, that man was instructed to deliberately target you." After hearing this, Xia Lan felt that this matter was not simple.
“How could this be…” Lin Xiuxiu paused. She had never thought of it this way before. She always believed that the person had really mistaken her for someone else.
"Think about it, with so many people at the banquet, why did he specifically target you, and why is he so knowledgeable about your affairs, leaving you speechless? If your husband hadn't intervened, you would have been left with a bitter pill to swallow, and all the blame would have been thrown on you," Xia Lan explained to Lin Xiuxiu.
The more Lin Xiuxiu listened, the more she felt that Xia Lan was right.
"But I haven't offended anyone... Why would someone want to harm me like this?" Lin Xiuxiu said, feeling wronged. She really didn't understand.
She has clearly not had any conflicts with anyone, so why is she being treated like this?
“Jealousy,” Xia Lan affirmed.
"The person who framed you is very likely someone you know. She is jealous of you, jealous of everything about you, so she wants to smear you and push you into the abyss."
"How could there be such a terrifying person..." Lin Xiuxiu's face turned pale with fright.
"Don't think too highly of people, but don't think too badly of them either. Human nature is complex and multifaceted, but the biggest reason she bullies you must be that you are in her way."
Xia Lan patted Lin Xiuxiu comfortingly. "Think about this person, she must be right next to you, and very close to you."
Just as Lin Xiuxiu was about to say no, the image of her younger sister Lin Weiwei suddenly flashed through her mind.
“It seems… there is such a person…” Lin Xiuxiu grasped Xia Lan’s hand and told her about Lin Weiwei.
Xia Lan frowned after hearing Lin Xiuxiu's words.
"From what you're saying, even Meng Jianguo doesn't really like her, so why do you always help her?" Xia Lan asked curiously.
"Because she looks so pitiful?"
“Because she’s so cute…” Lin Xiuxiu hadn’t finished speaking when she heard Xia Lan’s guess, and her eyes blinked in shock.
"Is she always so carefree and easygoing in front of you, like she's heartless? But in front of outsiders, she's all gentle and vulnerable?" Xia Lan asked.
"How did you know?" Lin Xiuxiu asked, her eyes wide.
"Is she always trying to get close to you, always pretending to be hurt and pitiful in front of your Meng Jianguo, and always interfering in everything you do?"
Without Xia Lan saying anything, Lin Xiuxiu's expression was enough to prove that Xia Lan's guesses were correct.
"If this weren't our first meeting, I would have thought you knew Weiwei..." Lin Xiuxiu felt that Xia Lan was amazing, looking at her like a little fangirl.
"When Qiqi was abducted this time, did she say she would help you find her or want to come with you?" Xia Lan asked, thinking of Meng Qiqi's situation.
Lin Xiuxiu froze.
“Before we came, Weiwei kept pestering me to let her come along, but I felt that she wouldn’t be of any help, so I refused.”
"And I'm not sure if it's just my imagination, but she seems very curious and concerned about this matter, and keeps asking about Qiqi."
"It seems you sensed it too." Xia Lan looked at Lin Xiuxiu. "Didn't you tell your husband, Meng Jianguo, about your thoughts?"
“…I was afraid I would misunderstand her, so I wanted to investigate before telling him.” Lin Xiuxiu lowered her head.
“I think he will give you an accurate analysis, you might as well tell him,” Xia Lan advised.
“That makes sense, I’ll go right now.” The more Lin Xiuxiu thought about it, the more she felt that Xia Lan was right, so she immediately got up and ran out of the room.
Seeing Meng Jianguo sitting in the courtyard, Lin Xiuxiu ran over and said to him.
“Jianguo, I suspect that Weiwei is involved in Qiqi’s abduction.”
Lin Xiuxiu told Meng Jianguo about Lin Weiwei's every move before the trip, as well as the strange things she felt.
Meng Jianguo listened silently to Lin Xiuxiu's words and smiled with satisfaction.
"I'm glad you finally noticed that something was wrong with your sister."
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