Jiang Shi looked at Yu Tanqi and frowned slightly: "If you are not Yu Tanqi, who else could it be?"
Yu Tanqi pursed his lips, closed his eyes, and decided to say everything that had been hidden in his heart at once.
She confessed, "My name is Yu Tanqi too, but I'm not your fiancée, Yu Tanqi."
"Haven't you ever been confused? Last year, I suddenly wrote to you, saying that I wanted to fulfill our engagement and come to the capital from the Xie family in Chenjun to cultivate our relationship. Is this something a noble lady who grew up in an aristocratic family would do?"
"Before you came to the Xie family in Chenjun, your fiancée had already drowned, and then I became her. The reason I was in a hurry to leave the Xie family in Chenjun was because I was afraid that the Xie family would find out that their cousin had changed her heart, and I was afraid that I would be burned to death as a demon."
After finally revealing the secret hidden in his heart, Yu Tanqi suddenly felt relieved.
She opened her eyes, and although she was nervous, she still wanted to see Jiang Shi's reaction.
However, to her surprise, Jiang Shi did not show any expression of shock or disbelief. His dark eyes stared at her without blinking.
The boy's voice was like a waterfall flowing down a mountain stream, with a clear, soft and majestic sound.
He said, "Then have you ever thought that compared to the Xie family, the people who have been with Yu Tanqi longer and understand Yu Tanqi better are actually Linlang and Taohua. In the past two years, have they ever suspected that you are not Yu Tanqi?"
Yu Tanqi was stunned.
She had naturally thought about it and worried about it, and even initially thought about finding an excuse to marry Linlang and Taohua off and keep them in the Xie family in Chenjun.
However, as the days passed, she found that they did not doubt that she was not the original owner, and she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that her personality was indeed similar to the original owner's, so they had not recognized her.
But now when she heard Jiang Shi mention it, she suddenly realized it, but became even more confused.
She murmured, "Perhaps it's because Yu Tanqi and I have very similar personalities that they never suspected me."
Jiang Shi looked at her pale little face without any blood, and his eyes flashed with heartache and regret.
He hadn't seen a pale look on her face for a long time. He had worked so hard to raise her to have rosy lips and white teeth, but he had never noticed that she was actually harboring anxiety in her heart.
He always thought that he had to respect her and not do anything that would displease her, so he never asked her why she was distracted and let her anxiety grow.
Jiang Shi slowly stretched out his hand and held her in his arms. She did not struggle and was as obedient and soft as a cat slave.
He whispered, "There are no two leaves in the world that are exactly the same, nor are there two people who are exactly the same. Even if they are twins and look exactly the same since childhood, their personalities will be different. Even if they can pretend to be someone else, people who are familiar with them will quickly tell the difference."
"Before you wrote to me, I had never seen you before, and I had no idea what you looked like. So in my eyes and in my heart, you have always been this cute and well-behaved person. You are my fiancée, Yu Tanqi."
"I don't know what you look like in the eyes of others."
He paused, thinking of what Yun Xuan had said to him, and pursed his lips slightly. He still didn't believe what Yun Xuan said.
"You are Yu Tanqi, my fiancée."
Yu Tanqi asked softly, "Aren't you going to ask me why I said I'm not Yu Tanqi?"
Jiang Shi said slowly: "Of course I want to ask, but if you don't want to say it, I won't force you."
Yu Tanqi felt his hands holding her, gentle and strong, as always.
In his arms, she suddenly felt a little safe.
He has always been a gentle person. Even when he is angry, it is not visible. He always takes care of other people's emotions first. He is emotionally stable and very responsible.
But she couldn't help but wonder, in his heart, was emotion greater or responsibility greater?
She unconsciously asked, "If I really am not Yu Tanqi, and the real Yu Tanqi appears in front of you, who will you choose as your fiancée?"
He hugged her tightly and said firmly: "There is no if, you are Yu Tanqi, my only fiancée."
But she insisted on getting an answer: "There is no if, this is the fact. I am not Yu Tanqi. The real Yu Tanqi is back. Between me and her, who will you choose?"
Yu Tanqi knew that he was being unreasonable. The difficulty of this question was probably the same as "If your mother and I fell into the water, which one would you save first?" He was forcing Jiang Shi to make a choice.
But she wants him to choose between love and responsibility.
But he still insisted: "You are Yu Tanqi, my fiancée."
No matter what she said, he insisted on answering like this.
Finally, Yu Tanqi was tired first, and gave up on herself and said, "I know you really like me. The Yu Tanqi you really met at the beginning was also me. Your preconceived notions made you firmly believe that I am Yu Tanqi.
But I'm really not Yu Tanqi. If I really marry you, and Yu Tanqi's father comes to the capital to see me, he might not recognize that I'm not his real daughter. Then I won't end up well."
"Since you insist that I am Yu Tanqi, then I will tell you in detail who I really am. I am not from this world. I come from another world. In that world, my country has no emperor, no slaves, no male superiority, and no female inferiority. All people are created equal under the law."
When talking about the world he once lived in, Yu Tanqi's eyes became tearful and filled with nostalgia.
"In that world, I had no family, an orphan, and was able to grow up thanks to the help of kind people. There, women could also study and become officials.
After I finished school, I found a decent job and was able to support myself. However, I never imagined that I would suddenly come to your world and become the Yu Tanqi of this world.
She smiled, somewhat puzzled.
"Strangely enough, my real name is also Yu Tanqi, exactly the same as the Yu Tanqi in this world, and even our appearance is very similar."
She reached out and touched her smooth cheek, sighing a little.
"It's just that I'm not as pretty as her, nor do I have her family background, nor do I have so many relatives who care and love her. I wish I were her more than you do, but I really am not her."
Jiang Shi listened quietly.
He didn't think Yu Tanqi was making things up. In fact, he had already noticed the clues in what she said.
Everything has a traceable history.
But he still didn't believe that she was not Yu Tanqi.
"The Buddha said, 'One flower, one world; one leaf, one Bodhi.' Just as there are countless flowers and leaves in the world, there are also countless worlds."
Everything in the world is inherently full of mysteries. I know someone who might be able to answer our questions and tell you whether you are the real Yu Tanqi.
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