Chapter 152: Chapter 152: Blood Relations

Since Ji Yuqiao had once again failed to confess her feelings to Xiao Yu last time, she had been downcast ever since.

“Cheer up, it’s not like this is the first or second time you’ve been rejected,” her roommate commented nonchalantly.

“…” Ji Yuqiao glared at her resentfully.

Realizing she might have hit a sore spot, the roommate chuckled awkwardly, “I happen to be going to the supermarket to buy some necessities, why don’t you come along? It might help take your mind off things. If you focus on something else, it won’t feel so bad.”

Ji Yuqiao thought about it and decided it made sense, so she went along.

However, Ji Yuqiao never anticipated that she would run into her two brothers at the supermarket, along with that wicked woman who was playing with their feelings and two-timing them!

She had investigated for a long time before, even trying what Lin Xu suggested about checking the shopping mall’s surveillance.

But the manager of the mall was particularly rigid and wouldn’t let her check the surveillance, no matter what excuse she provided.

“Unless the police are involved, we cannot allow you to view the surveillance.”

Ji Yuqiao couldn’t exactly report a fake emergency, so she had to give up.

But today, encountering this dreadful woman again, she couldn’t afford to lose track of her.

Ji Yuqiao abandoned her roommate and followed the woman all the way to the villa.

Before entering, she hesitated. On her own, she didn’t stand a chance, so she pulled out her phone to call for backup, “Lin Xu, hurry over, let’s catch them in the act together!”

Lin Xu: “Calm down for a second, I’ll be right there.”

“There’s no time, I’m going in. Just wait a bit and…” Ji Yuqiao abruptly pushed open the door, froze on the spot upon clearly seeing the woman’s figure.

Lin Xu was also stunned.

It was so quiet, they could even hear each other’s breathing through their phones.

After a while, Ji Yuqiao gathered her senses, her mind rusting as it struggled to make sense of the situation, “You got here so quickly, I didn’t even send you the address.”@@novelbin@@

“The wicked woman you mentioned lives here?” Lin Xu was equally baffled.

“Yes, I followed them all the way here,” Ji Yuqiao said dryly.

“So, the ‘brother’ you mentioned?” Lin Xu’s heart skipped a beat, a suspicion forming in her mind.

Before Ji Yuqiao could answer, her question was confirmed.

“Didn’t you say you needed to focus on the competition this term and asked us not to contact you and disturb you? Why are you back today?” Ji Zeqiu’s voice resounded behind Lin Xu.

“I, I just missed you all…” Ji Yuqiao said with a hint of guilt, then quickly wrapped her arm around Ji Zeqiu’s, whispering, “Brother, is there another woman at home?”

“What woman?” Ji Zeqiu asked, puzzled.

“It’s just… it’s just…”

Ji Yuqiao scratched her head, pondering over what she should say when she suddenly heard Lin Xu calling out her old name.

“Lanyue?”

“Huh? What’s up?” Ji Yuqiao turned around.

Lin Xu stared at her blankly, walking toward her in a trance, not even noticing when her body bumped into the corner of the table.

The cup that was knocked off balance wobbled perilously before falling to the floor beside Lin Xu’s feet, shattering into pieces.

With a slight hiss from Lin Xu, Ji Zeqiu’s composed expression instantly turned anxious, he quickly stepped forward, helped her to a chair, “Did it hit your foot? Where are you hurt?!”

Hearing the noise, Ji Tingyang also rushed over and, seeing the situation on the floor, his eyebrows knitted tightly, his voice filled with disdain for Ji Zeqiu, “I leave for just a moment and she gets hurt, can’t you take care of someone properly, are you useless?”

He knelt down, lifting Lin Xu’s foot to check the injury.

Typically, if Ji Tingyang said two words, Ji Zeqiu could retort with ten, but now, facing his contempt, Ji Zeqiu couldn’t muster a single reply, a flicker of annoyance passing through his eyes.

Ji Yuqiao watched her two brothers fussing over Lin Xu, her rusty mind gradually starting to turn.

She had followed that bad woman back to the villa, and Lin Xu was in the villa…

Ji Tingyang and Ji Zeqiu were so concerned about her…

Was Lin Xu that bad woman who toyed with the emotions of her two brothers?!

All the pieces seemed to fit together.

Ji Yuqiao gasped in shock.

She had originally wanted that woman to leave her brother, and if the woman was unwilling, to beat her up.

But now the bad woman had turned out to be Lin Xu, and Lin Xu was her good friend.

What should she do now?

Ji Yuqiao’s thoughts were in a tangled mess, and she stood frozen, not knowing what to do.

The Lin Xu, who was pressed into the chair, also stared blankly at Ji Yuqiao and whispered softly, “Is she Lanyue? Is she your sister?”

Ji Tingyang knew how much Lin Xu longed for a sister, and now that Ji Yuqiao was at home, he didn’t want to hide it anymore and nodded in response, “Yes.”

Lin Xu’s breathing became rapid, her face showing a mix of tension and excitement.

Lin Xu pushed the two brothers aside, ran to Ji Yuqiao, and held her hand with excitement and remorse, “I’m sorry, I didn’t recognize you earlier. I can’t believe it’s been so long since we last met, our Lanyue has grown up so much and become so beautiful.”

“Huh?” Ji Yuqiao looked confused, “Didn’t we just meet a couple of weeks ago?”

It hadn’t been that long, had it?

The things Lin Xu said sounded so strange.

“You’ve met?” Ji Tingyang was surprised.

“Yes, she’s the friend I mentioned to you before, and she’s also the fan of the second brother,” Ji Yuqiao nodded.

Lin Xu had helped her a lot and even gave her gifts, she truly liked Lin Xu.

But…

Thinking of her two brothers, Ji Yuqiao looked at Lin Xu with a complex expression in her eyes.

“I have something to say to you.” Ji Yuqiao pulled Lin Xu to the backyard.

Only when Ji Tingyang and Ji Zeqiu were out of sight did Ji Yuqiao whisper, “Lin Xu, what is your relationship with my elder brother and second brother?”

“We…”

Lin Xu had not finished speaking when Ji Yuqiao pursed her lips in displeasure, “Both my elder brother and second brother are very good to me, and although I really like you, you can’t hurt them.”

Lin Xu paused for a moment.

She belatedly realized why Ji Yuqiao was here—it was because she was chasing after that so-called two-timing bad woman.

So that bad woman was herself?

Lin Xu choked, “It’s not like that, my relationship with them is not what you think.”

“They aren’t chasing you, are they?!” Ji Yuqiao panicked, “Don’t they know you are already married!”

“They aren’t chasing me, don’t worry,” Lin Xu smiled helplessly.

“That’s a relief!” Ji Yuqiao’s furrowed brows relaxed, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as Lin Xu said it wasn’t so, she believed Lin Xu.

“So why are you here?” The question came back around.

If it was said that Lin Xu was incredibly eager to see her daughter before meeting her, after meeting her, she became anxious and started to fear that her daughter might not accept her suddenly appearing mother.

Lin Xu hesitated, “Actually, we have a blood relation…”