Chapter 329: Encounter

People might really have a problem. Because there are two identical people, yet they aren't actually the same person.

Guo Yingbai's fiancée is clueless; after the Guo family arranged Guo Yingbai's marriage, he obtained a lot of information, so much that he even knows who his fiancée had a crush on in childhood.

Therefore, Guo Yingbai invited his fiancée over, and she accepted. He talked with her briefly and quickly determined that she was a fake. Yet the fake had a face identical to the real one.

Even if he were to tell anyone, no one would believe that the person is a fake.

The fake was arranged by the fiancée's family; how could her family possibly cooperate in a paternity test to prove that she is fake?

Guo Yingbai is extremely worried!

He doesn't even know what the fiancée's family hopes to achieve with this scheme. Ji Yan doesn't understand why Su Yi is worried, and asks, "Do you care about this?"

Ah, I don't have many friends I can truly confide in; missing even one hurts.

"Missing?"

"Exactly! His fiancée's family is making such a big move; could it possibly be for his benefit?"

Su Yu, listening, felt something was off, 【"No, if there's a fake, why would they sacrifice the real one?"】

Wulongcha calmly stated a painfully true fact, 【"Parents who force a child to death bear no responsibility and few will pursue it, but killing a stranger lands you in prison."】

The families that can marry into the Guo clan aren't small; they are watched by many! Finding someone whose physique and appearance roughly match the elder daughter for plastic surgery is already very difficult.

And then to silently kill the person, keep the relatives from seeking accountability, and prevent anyone nearby from noticing? Impossible!

Between "protecting a useless family heiress while bearing a murder charge" and "using a useless family heiress to trade for power," they chose the latter.

If the matter were exposed, the blame would fall on Guo Yingbai's fiancée. A dead person—who could still do anything to her? The dead are already gone; could the Guo family still cling to a corpse? 【"Damn, that girl is so stupid; can't she see her family's scheming?"】

Wulongcha, dejected, leaned on Su Yu's shoulder, 【"I see it, but she wants to repay her parents' upbringing. Having enjoyed the family's resources, she feels she should devote everything to the clan, even her life. That's her thinking; when I found this chat log I was full of confusion."】

The world Wulongcha inhabits also cares about group interests, but it wouldn't make such a needless sacrifice. From the data it investigated, that girl was merely a casualty of a power struggle; she and her sister had to sacrifice one, and the sister, being more selfish, chose the person first, causing her to be the one sacrificed.

Su Yu was so shocked by that person's line of thought that she was silent for a moment.

"Sweetie, what's wrong?"

Held in her mother's arms, Su Yu comfortably lounged in her lap, 【"Good thing, if my dad forces me into an arranged marriage, I'll smash his dog's head!"】

Su Yi:??? What does this have to do with me?

Su Yi, who considers herself the family's biggest grievance, muttered, "She's doing fine!"

"Mom, I'm sleepy!"

"Alright, let's go bathe and sleep!"

When Su Yu grows up she won't need Ji Yan to help her bathe, but she will need Ji Yan to coax her to sleep. Every night before bed she basically has to hear Ji Yan speak. If Su Yu lives away from home, she still calls Ji Yan to chat before she can sleep.

Ji Yan and Su Yu leave, and Su Yi goes to find his older brother. His mind can't process it; the older brother can definitely handle it! …

"Sister, why aren't you going in?"

After school Su Yu returns home, sees a car at the community gate, and tells the driver to stop.

Su Yu, Liang Yan, and Tang Can get out together and look at Xu Mo Bai and her sports car.

"Sister, is the security guard uncle not letting you in?"

The guard shakes his head vigorously, "She herself doesn't want to go in!"

The guard is wrong! With a registered car like this, how could he dare block it? Clearly the guest herself doesn't want to go in.

Xu Mo Bai craned her neck to glance at the car behind Su Yu and the others, saw no familiar figure, and let out a sigh of relief.

"Are the three of you done with school?"

"Mm-hmm!"

Su Yu doesn't understand, isn't it obvious? "Fortunately you didn't finish school with Guoguo."

Xu Mo Bai sees that Guoguo's face already carries a psychological shadow. At first she thought raising a child was fine, mainly because Su Yu is good‑looking, cute, obedient, perfect in every way.

But after spending some time with the two Shi Family daughters, she became certain she must have sinned in a past life, and this life she voluntarily offered herself at the door to teach Guoguo homework. No, not homework, it's a family task or after‑school practice? Anyway, in Xu Mo Bai's eyes it's all homework.

However, school after‑class practice is really hard! She can't even tell whether it's the kids who are attending school or the adults. Is assigning tasks to kids really reliable? They might never understand in the end!

"Did sister run away before because of Guoguo and Jiu Jiu?"

Su Yu drags Xu Mo Bai's hand toward their car. The guard looks eager. Does that guest want him to help drive it inside? He hasn't experienced the feel of a luxury car yet!

Xu Mo Bai gets into the car, sits on the soft cushion, relaxed, "Right, the two kids are both beyond my expectations!"

Xu Mo Bai had previously taken care of her own nephew, and indeed it wasn't easy. When she played with Su Yu, she still thought girls were a bit cuter.

But after the incident of coaxing Jiu Jiu, Xu Mo Bai understood that even cute kids need teaching. After the incident of teaching Guoguo, she realized that making kids do homework can also drive one crazy.

"Then why isn't sister going in?"

"Afraid you'll, Uncle Shi and the others, seize the strong men."

At that time Xu Mo Bai boasted that she liked every kind of child. Now she just wants to say, "Sorry for the disturbance."

Tang Can tilted his head, "Sister, you have something soft‑hearted?"

"No, just came to take a look!"

"But we also have to do homework!"

Xu Mo Bai: …

Tang Can added, "She's a second‑year middle schooler, sister, will you teach us?"

Tang Can doesn't mind changing teachers, after all she already knows! Liang Yan, also tired, says, "Sister only wants to teach little Xiao Yu, we can audit."

Xu Mo Bai: …

Su Yu understood the two companions' meaning, "Sister, come in with me; Dream Aunt said last time they hired a teacher for Guoguo and Jiu Jiu!"

"Alright then!"

Xu Mo Bai knows Su Yu has a teacher, so she certainly doesn't need to teach! Xu Mo Bai drives forward, Su Yu's car goes in first, and Xu Mo Bai follows to the villa.

"Good afternoon, Uncle Guo!"

Liang Yan doesn't know Guo Yingbai, and Tang Can has no impression of him, so he imitates Su Yu and shouts, "Good afternoon, Uncle Guo!"

"Hello, everyone!"

Guo Yingbai really wants to argue, and it's already almost dinner time—where did this "good afternoon" come from? Shouldn't it be "good evening"? But when he sees Tang Can, he doesn't dare to speak up, fearing that this little ancestor will scold him.

Su Yu finished greeting Guo Yingbai, then led Xu Mo Bai upstairs.

"Sister, last time you came I didn't take you to see the study."

Su Yu's study is not small; it contains books and workbooks from all ages, and Su Yu has always been very proud.

"Baby, you're really amazing!"

Su Yu smiled warmly and accepted Xu Mo Bai's praise. She studies together with Liang Yan and Tang Can under the tutor's guidance.

Xu Mo Bai watched from the side. She found that Su Yu and the others were truly, truly well‑behaved!

While Su Yu and the others were organizing their homework, Xu Mo Bai leaned over to ask the teacher, "Why are they so obedient?"

The teacher frowned, "They've always been like this!" "Huh? I taught a child not long ago, and it didn't go very well."

The kind that makes you want to lose your temper at any moment.

"Not everyone can be a teacher."

The tutor who taught Su Yu and the others left after saying that line. He can teach this family's guests the techniques for interacting with and instructing children, but he doesn't want to teach his own competitors, lest he become unemployed later.

Xu Mo Bai began to doubt: could she really be unsuited to be a teacher?

But she wants to raise a child on her own once she has one. If she's not fit to be a teacher, does that also mean she's not fit to be a parent? Parents are a child's first teachers.

Xu Mo Bai wanted to find Ji Yan; she has more experience.

"Huh, she's not in the study!"

Xu Mo Bai didn't find anyone in the study, so she went downstairs to look.

She had just gone downstairs when she happened to hear Guo Yingbai and Su Yi complaining.

"I want to know what Luo Yashi and the Luo family actually want to do?"

Guo Yingbai felt he had followed the basic in‑circle son‑in‑law guidelines thoroughly, and the Guo family was very satisfied with his behavior.

Why does the Luo family act so weird! And they even gave him a fake fiancée?

If the Luo family doesn't want an alliance, they can refuse; he's not without suitors! Xu Mo Bai knows this: "Luo Yashi's sister is pregnant, and your brother's child—I saw them go to the prenatal checkup together!"

At the time, Xu Mo Bai still found it odd that the Luo family would marry both daughters to the Guo family; that doesn't align with the Luo family's long‑standing big‑family interest rules.

Who would have thought, who would have thought, the Luo family actually pulled this off! Guo Yingbai looked up, "Are you serious?"

"Of course, it's a public hospital, there are cameras. You wouldn't be incapable, would you?"

Guo Yingbai, of course, did have the ability; he quickly left to find someone to investigate.

Xu Mo Bai only then remembered her purpose; she was about to ask when Ji Yan and Mingmeng arrived. They also brought a tag‑along—Guo Guo.

"Big sister, are you looking for me?"

Guo Guo was excited! She really liked this big sister—so super gentle! "No, I have something else to do, so I'll go first!"

Xu Mo Bai ran so fast that even Guo Guo, who thought she was quick, couldn't catch up.

"Mom, does big sister not like me?"

Mingmeng retorted, "How do you know she doesn't have something to do and can't stay? She ran away in a hurry."

Mingmeng didn't want to lie to her daughter, so she could only respond like that.

"Right!"

Guo Guo wanted to go up and play with the three sisters, but the three sisters were doing homework.

She was bored, so she went to listen to Mingmeng and Ji Yan talking, and fell asleep under the hypnotic sound of their voices.

"The first episode's response was pretty good; everyone complained it was a bit short. Should we make a longer one and do a live stream?"

Previously, to highlight contrast, they used only photos and videos. Now it's popular, and Mingmeng thinks they can use a live‑stream format.

"Who wants to watch ordinary daily parenting? They only want to see funny, terrible, exciting stuff, etc.; they just don't want to see normal, steady content."

As netizens say, they go online to look for fun; without fun, they aren't willing to watch, and watching makes them angry.

Live streaming requires both child and parent to cooperate. Parents are fine, but children can't manage it.

Mingmeng changed the subject, "I heard Yan Le Yuan has many sponsors; should we try to bring one into our program?"

Investment is never too much! Cosmetics during work hours, after‑work makeup remover, skincare products, etc., can all be inserted as brand ads.

"If you proactively negotiate, the price will drop; it really does drop."

When Ji Yan previously rushed to negotiate, the brands squeezed her, giving a contract that treated her as a total sucker.

Ji Yan isn't short of money, but couldn't stand the insult, so the cooperation was paused.

Fortunately, Yan Le Yuan proved its worth quickly, showcasing its commercial value.

At first, merchants who joined on Xu Mingyue's behalf made a huge profit.

And those guys who try to act high‑handed with big brands, they approached proactively, negotiating with Ji Yan using a normal contract. When Ji Yan refused, they even increased the stakes.

"We still need stable traffic now; we need more people to watch!"

…

Su Yu finished her homework, completed the self‑study course, and went downstairs to eat.

"Dad, why are you alone?"

Tang Can and Liang Yan also lifted their rice bowls, imitating Su Yu, holding bowls filled with vegetables, and stood beside Su Yi, watching him curiously.

"Your mother is busy with her career."

"What about you?"

【Calculating, Dad is the only one at home with free time. Let me think how to get Dad busy?】

Su Yi wants to stamp his foot! When everyone gets busy, who will look after you!

"Anyway, I've finished my work, shouldn't I take a break?"

"Alright!"

Su Yu, Liang Yan and Tang Can, after finishing their meal, were about to each return home, and Guo Yingbai went out and then came back! "Feeling great!"

The marriage contract was dissolved, and the couple who were supposed to hold a wedding now have to hold a wedding, and Guo Yingbai also discovered a major matter.

"Do you know? Luo Yashi is about to die, and she's still scheming against me!"

Guo Yingbai didn't understand; he had caused the death of Luo Yashi's entire family, and she was that ruthless!

"On the wedding day, the bride died; such an inauspicious thing, they still did it!"

Guo Yingbai knew he shouldn't only blame Luo Yashi, but all he could say was to blame her.

Su Yi crossed her legs and said, "After she dies, who cares about the flood raging!"

Since they're not even afraid of death, what else are they scared of? The murkier the water gets, the more delighted they must be in their hearts! "Uncle, is it because you're too stingy that you can't marry a wife!"

Tang Can asked Guo Yingbai with great curiosity.

Guo Yingbai replied solemnly, "No, I'm very generous!"

Guo Yingbai truly is generous; whenever he has money, he saves a portion, intending to provide a respectable dowry for his new daughter‑in‑law. If the dowry is unsatisfactory, he will proactively offer to supplement it. Perhaps the new daughter‑in‑law is dissatisfied with his little nest after marrying in; he can also use that money to set up a new little nest.

When going out with a girl, whether buying something or eating, Guo Yingbai always pays.

He really isn't stingy!

Tang Can tilted her head and then asked sincerely, "Then why can't you marry a wife?"

Having money and not being stingy, why hasn't he married? Liang Yan also wants to know. Their three parents are all married! How come Guo Yingbai, who is about the same age as their parents, hasn't married? Can she go collect red envelopes?

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