Chapter 759: No One Expected It

"Han Yao" was clearly a moron, and Shi Youxuan was beating around the bush to insult her.

Han Yao:...

There was no way to respond to this; it was clearly aimed at her.

Furthermore, she knew that when Shi Youxuan was a child, there was no such person near her home; it was just something she had fabricated to annoy her.

However, she didn't get angry, and her voice was very calm: "Oh, so that's how it is; what a coincidence."

"I wonder where Miss Xuanxuan lived when she was a child? If there's a chance, I really would like to meet the other Han Yao."

She actually didn't lose her temper?

It seems she has indeed improved.

Shi Youxuan spoke with implication: "There will be a chance to meet; after all, there is plenty of time."

"Yes, in the future, I will need Miss Xuanxuan to give me more guidance. Han Yao felt like she had known Miss Xuanxuan for a long time at first sight; seeing you is just like seeing my own relative."

She took the initiative to show goodwill, but Shi Youxuan didn't accept it at all.

"Excuse me, please mind your words, Military Advisor; I am not familiar with you!"

Han Yao:...

She grumbled in her heart: Is it necessary? It was just a polite remark, why did you have to expose it?

Can't we just get along on the surface?

Would it kill you to leave others some face?

It wouldn't kill her, but Shi Youxuan wasn't willing.

She is not a child anymore, needing to avoid others' sharpness everywhere just to get a chance to survive in the cracks.

The tides turn.

Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river.

Now it is time for the roles to be reversed, to let her taste the feeling of being blatantly bullied... If Han Yao is exactly what they suspected, then Shi Youxuan did nothing wrong.

She made no effort to hide her hostility toward Han Yao.

But she acted as if she couldn't hear it, always deliberately avoiding the sharpness, and even when Shi Youxuan took the initiative to provoke her, she would yield if she could, not taking the bait at all.

For the first meal Shi Youxuan and her husband had at the Ji Family, Ji Yingjie had a sumptuous banquet prepared to entertain them.

It had a bit of a show-off meaning.

Although Ji Yingjie didn't say it explicitly, she used her actions to show the two: When I went to your house, I saw how you all looked like you were facing a formidable enemy; here on my turf, I treat you with warm hospitality to make you feel guilty.

She didn't stop to think that when she went to someone else's house, she was eyeing their child; could others not be on guard?

Han Yao originally didn't want to eat with everyone, but after being openly insulted and secretly belittled for a while, Shi Youxuan was satisfied, but she was very unhappy.

She didn't want to be the one to stick her hot face against a cold butt again, but Shi Youxuan was very "enthusiastic" and insisted on inviting her to accompany them; if she didn't come, it meant she wasn't giving them face.

Everyone acted as if they had discussed it beforehand.

They all agreed and persuaded her.

"Military Advisor, you must attend the banquet; you must give Miss Xuanxuan face."

"If the Military Advisor doesn't want to attend the banquet, is it because you don't like our Miss Xuanxuan? If you don't like her, not attending is a matter of course..."

With such a big label slapped on her, Han Yao couldn't bear it.

But attending the banquet meant she couldn't wear the veil anymore.

She had never seen anyone wear that thing while eating.

She had been at the Ji Family for half a month, and the veil on her head had never been taken off in front of anyone.

That was why rumors had been circulating outside that Han Yao was an ugly monster.

For this half month, the voices asking her to take off the veil had never stopped, and she had used all sorts of excuses to turn them all down!

With the Clan Leader backing her, others didn't dare to do anything.

If she ate with everyone, it meant she had to take off the veil; would she agree?

"I will respectfully obey; I will go change my clothes and come back."

She agreed!

She bowed to the Clan Leader and Shi Youxuan, then turned and left gracefully.

Ten minutes later.

Han Yao came out again, showing her face to everyone for the first time; the dining room went silent instantly, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop on the floor!

People gasped; no one expected it to be like this.

Han Yao took off her veil, but she was not an ugly monster.

Instead, she was a great beauty.

If she were just a beauty, the crowd wouldn't be so astonished; the main thing was that Han Yao and Shi Youxuan looked too much alike!

If you didn't look closely, they looked like twins.

Shi Youxuan had a twin sister—Jin Wan'er.

Now another one appeared?

What was going on?

Shi Youxuan also didn't expect this and turned her head to look at her aunt.

Her aunt spread her hands: "Yaoyao didn't want to show her true face because she was afraid it would affect you sisters. She was originally kind-hearted, but it led to others gossiping. Don't think I don't know what your purpose was in coming here; now that you've seen it, are you satisfied?"

Ji Yingjie's tone was not without blame.

Han Yao's face caught Shi Youxuan off guard.

All the words she had prepared now had to be overturned and reorganized; they were useless!

During the banquet.

Shi Youxuan discovered that Han Yao not only looked like her, but also had similar tastes in food.

Ji Yingjie understood Shi Youxuan's tastes; since they had traveled from afar, all the dishes at the banquet had been prepared by the chefs according to Shi Youxuan's preferences.

Shi Youxuan liked to eat seafood, but the Ji Family was very far from the sea.

Therefore, she had sent a purchaser out in a helicopter to buy seafood, just so her niece could eat the most top-tier, fresh ingredients.

Although the ingredients were precious, because the Ji Family was far from the coast, the people of the Ji Family were not in the habit of eating seafood and did not like it very much.

Han Yao liked it.

The table was filled with a dazzling array of delicacies, but it was impossible to eat everything; people always chose the flavors they liked to eat their fill and eat well.

Whatever Shi Youxuan ate, Han Yao ate as well.

Because the members of the Ji Family saw Han Yao's appearance, their favorable impression of her also increased significantly; the banquet was filled with joy, and it was the most harmonious time since she had arrived at the Ji Family.

After dinner.

The couple was arranged to rest in the same room as last time.

Entering the room and closing the door, Shi Youxuan first made sure no one was eavesdropping, then asked her husband, "Do you believe that woman really looks like this?"

Her husband scoffed, disdainful: "It's just a trick you played years ago; we just need to expose it."

The two of them thought of the same thing.

Both husband and wife suspected that Han Yao's current face was not her original appearance at all.

The suspicion that Han Yao was actually Shi Yuke in disguise had never disappeared; they were indeed shocked the moment they saw her face, but soon both of them still held to their original thoughts.

Moreover, during the banquet, Shi Youxuan had seemed unintentional, but she had been observing carefully the whole time.

That woman was deliberately trying to get close to her and cater to her in every way, while at the same time avoiding having certain habits discovered by others.

What she did not want to be discovered was very likely something flowing in her blood, something carved into her bones.

Han Yao and Shi Youxuan looked very much alike, which could fool others but could not fool the couple.

Shi Youxuan wanted to go tell her aunt, but her husband told her to observe for a while longer before saying anything.

From the very beginning, their suspicions had not changed, so their plan would not change either!

The next day.

Early morning.

Sheng Hanyu had a habit of morning jogging; originally, Shi Youxuan did not have such a habit, but today she was dragged out for a morning jog by her husband.

Running was not just for exercising the body, but also for hearing first-hand news from the clan.

The two of them listened as they ran.

Sure enough, it was being spread everywhere.

"Have you heard? The Military Advisor looks exactly like Miss Xuanxuan!"

"It's spread all over the clan; some people say the Military Advisor is also a child born to Miss Yingyin back then, left among the common people. Do you think that's possible?"

"It's possible. If that's really the case, if Miss Xuanxuan doesn't want to be the Clan Leader, I could accept the Military Advisor as Clan Leader."

"Me too!"

"Stop talking, Miss Xuanxuan is coming over."

The people deliberately lowered their voices, but Shi Youxuan had good hearing, and it was downwind, so she heard it clearly.