13: Chapter 13: Say the Important Things Three Times!
13: Chapter 13: Say the Important Things Three Times!
“I’m so sorry for being late, I just finished cooperating with the police investigation.”
Yan Qianyi gracefully took a seat and gave Han Yarong a slight smile.
“Aunt Han, I already know about you and my dad.
Congratulations to you both, from now on we’ll be family in every sense of the word.
I’ve always fantasized about it, wishing I could be real sisters with Ruyi, and now my dream has come true.
Ruyi, you must be happy too, right?”
Caught off guard by the comment, Yan Ruyi was taken aback.
She was secretly sizing up Yan Qianyi.
Yan Qianyi had changed out of her wedding dress and was now wearing a white casual outfit.
This outfit looked very simple, but it looked great on Yan Qianyi, making her fair skin seem to glow.
Strangely, she had not noticed this outfit in the dressing room earlier.
Looking at Yan Qianyi’s bright smile, Yan Ruyi found it particularly irritating.
Ever since she met Yan Qianyi at the age of twelve, she had always been relegated to a supporting role beside her.
Yan Qianyi had always shone so brightly, highlighting her own dullness.
During her two years living with the Yan Family, she had worked hard to transform herself.
From the hairclip in her hair to the socks on her feet, everything was a luxurious brand name.
But in this moment, facing Yan Qianyi, she suddenly felt as if all her efforts had been in vain.
She blamed herself for not being born with a golden key, which always seemed to make Yan Qianyi’s innate elegance overpower her own.
Yan Ruyi struggled to suppress the sourness in her heart and managed to force a smile, “Of course I’m happy.”
“I’m glad you’re not mad at me.
This morning when I returned, I didn’t mean to speak that way; I was unaware the ‘unclean thing’ in the bedroom was you,” Yan Qianyi said.
Yan Ruyi was stunned, and Han Yarong’s expression also stiffened.
Yan Qianyi quickly corrected herself, “What I mean is, I didn’t know that you were the ‘unclean thing’, I…
Oh dear, I just can’t phrase it right.”
Han Yarong’s face had turned completely black, “Qianyi, what do you mean by that?”
Yan Qianyi looked pleadingly at Yan Hong, anxiously trying to explain, “Dad, I didn’t mean it, after being in a vegetative state for two years, it seems I’ve forgotten how to speak.
I really didn’t mean that, I just wanted to clarify, I truly didn’t know that the ‘unclean thing’ I mentioned was Ruyi.”
The faces of Han Yarong and Yan Ruyi grew even more troubled.
Yan Qianyi quickly grabbed her rice bowl and hung her head low, looking utterly aggrieved, “It seems the more I explain, the messier it gets.
I’m bad with words, I better just keep quiet.”
She had repeated the important thing three times, and now it was time to eat!
Yan Hong hurriedly tried to smooth things over, “I understand what Qianyi meant; she just wanted to clarify that she didn’t know Ruyi was staying in that room.
It’s a trivial matter, and Ruyi is a forgiving and generous person; she won’t take it to heart.
Let’s eat, or the dishes will get cold.”
Han Yarong didn’t care whether Yan Qianyi was truly tongue-tied or intentionally insulting, she was already seething with anger and had lost all appetite.
“Qianyi, there’s something you might not know yet?
Your engagement to Qu Yang has been called off; he’s now Ruyi’s boyfriend.”
After saying this, Han Yarong took a satisfying sip of water, waiting to see how Yan Qianyi would react with heartbreak and despair.
Instead, Yan Qianyi, who was enjoying her meal, didn’t even look up and merely mumbled indistinctly, “Oh.”
This calm reaction was not what Han Yarong and Yan Ruyi expected to see.
Yan Ruyi asked, “Qianyi, are you upset with me?”