Zhou Yun Sheng didn't comfort her, he knew that these tears were just for appearance. In fact, Xue Jing Yi simply didn't care about her real relatives, otherwise, she wouldn't have waited until now to ask. But he didn't blame her for this, after all, they were strangers to her, people who'd abandoned her.
The old butler immediately stepped forward to gently pat her back, then scowled at Zhou Yun Sheng with cold eyes, "Miss is not in good health, please don't stimulate her in the future."
"Really? What illness does she have?" Zhou Yun Sheng pretended to be surprised and worried.
"Nothing serious, but her body is very weak, her mood cannot fluctuate too much. You should return to your room." The old butler left a notice to leave, then added when Zhou Yun Sheng reached the door, "Your parents voluntarily abandoned the Miss because they couldn't support her. Miss's outcome has nothing to do with you. In this way, the suffering you had to bear has nothing to do with the Miss. What a person should lose and should gain is already long destined, if someone covets things that shouldn't belong to them, beware that the losses outweigh the gains."
Is this a warning? He thinks I deliberately stimulated her because I was jealous of Xue Jing Yi's good life? Do these people really think Huang Yi is a stupid, short-sighted, spring chicken?
Zhou Yun Sheng sneered, but when he turned around, his expression was very sincere, "You're right, so if she's destined to lose something, it's also God's arrangements. If she insists on going against God's plans, defying natural order to alter her fate, the things that originally belonged to her will also be lost. I don't think of my former days as suffering, and I also don't think I would've had a better life if I'd been brought to Xue Jia. But I still want to thank you for bringing me out."
With a slight nod, he gracefully walked away.
When the old butler heard the words 'defying natural order to alter fate', his pupils had contracted drastically for a moment, his heart wandering if the boy had detected something, but he quickly denied it. He would never believe that a boy who'd spent his whole life in a rural backwater village would have such terrible insight, it must be a misunderstanding.
Xue Jing Yi slowly recovered from her sadness and walked up to pull the old butler's sleeves in imploration, "Fu Bo, Huang Yi didn't intentionally stimulate me, don't be angry with him. He really suffered for 16 years, please treat him better."
"I know Miss, go lie down and rest." Fu Bo helped the little miss pull up her quilt, then cautiously said, "If he asks what illness you have in the future, you must not tell him."
"Why?" Xue Jing Yi's eyes flashed.
"Although he is your brother, after all, this is the first time you've met, you're virtual strangers. If he sees Xue Jia's wealth and it raises bad thoughts, I'm afraid he'll treat you badly. You know Miss, Xue family are not common people."
Xue Jing Yi nodded after a moment of pondering, the joy of meeting a lost relative beginning to fade, leaving behind only restlessness.
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Zhou Yun Sheng only met the whole Xue family on the first day, except for the ill Xue Jing Yi, the others disappeared. Xue Rui was Xue Group's boss, very busy. Xue Li Dani was a famous violinist, flying all day, performing constantly. Xue Zi Xuan, like Xue Li Dani, basically had no spare time.
The house had only the twin brother and sister, old butler, family nurse and Xue Zi Xuan's assistant. The assistant had won Xue Jia's trust, and was specifically responsible for monitoring Zhou Yun Sheng.
Zhou Yun Sheng tried to talk the old butler into giving him a laptop, and the other side unexpectedly immediately agreed, he even sent one up to his room right away, plugging it in. In his view, Zhou Yun Sheng was thoroughly a country bumpkin, it'd be good if he could even learn to play Solitaire.
Zhou Yun Sheng really spent all day playing Solitaire under his observation, and from the next day, no one watched when he went online.
Xue Jing Yi found that he was very quiet, sitting in a daze and playing games all day, so she gradually put down her alertness. Unconsciously, two months passed, and Zhou Yun Sheng's hair had grown to the shoulder, he looked for the steward and asked him to cut his hair.
"No, you have to have the same hairstyle as the Miss, you are twins." The steward said while hanging a bunch of new clothes in his closet.
Zhou Yun Sheng picked one out, held it in front of his body, and frowned, "This looks like girls clothes."
"The Miss wears this style of clothes too, you are twins, you'll look good in it too. Ambiguous styles are very popular now, you can go online to check." The old steward explained with rare patience.
Zhou Yun Sheng sneered inside, but his face reddened in shame, as if his lack of knowledge on trends embarrassed him. He put on the outfit and walked into Xue Jing Yi's room, shyly pulling at his shirt, "The steward makes us wear the same hair style and the same clothes. Although we're twins, I'm male, and you're female, so doesn't it seem strange? And he won't allow me to go outside, like he's trying to lock me up."
Xue Jing Yi, whose long hair had just been cut shoulder-length short by the hair stylist, was feeling melancholy, after hearing these words, she couldn't help but freeze for a moment. She was aware of the steward's poor attitude with Huang Yi, he hardly showed him even the basic respect, so why would he bother with styling him? And they had indeed put him under house arrest, even sending someone to watch him 24 hours, as if afraid he would escape or be seen by outsiders.
This move alone was very strange.
Huang Yi was wearing a white crop-shirt, it felt like a mirror image when he stood near her, anyone who didn't live with them wouldn't be able to tell who was who. Xue Jing Yi stared at the teenager's slightly feminine face, her eyes filling with uncertainty.
Upon seeing this, Zhou Yun Sheng causally said a few words and left.
That night, Xue Jing Yi dialed Xue Li Dani's phone, but wanting to question yet not knowing how to ask, she ultimately gave up. She tossed and turned, sleepless, then in the middle of the night, she walked to Xue Rui's study and rummaged in his file cabinet. She knew that her father had saved all of her medical records, and if they really had that kind of plan, they would've brought Huang Yi to the hospital to do a match test, so the medical records would leave clues.
When this thought crossed her mind, her heart shook, and she almost fell limp to the ground. She remembered that Fu Bo had taken Huang Yi to the hospital the day after he'd arrived, saying it was a comprehensive physical examination, did they perform the match test at that time?
Her hands trembling, she pushed the documents back in place, reluctant to continue looking. But she accidentally knocked into the table, shaking the mouse, and the computer screen lit up. On it was a medical report, the lower left corner marked with eye-catching red font – Match Successful. Shockingly, the name of the test subject was Huang Yi.
Almost screaming in terror, she hurriedly shut off the computer and ran away in a daze. The next day, she started a high fever, and Zhou Yun Sheng accompanied her with careful care, his gentle attitude making even the family nurse sigh.
"Drink some hot water." Zhou Yun Sheng padded the pillows behind Xue Jing Yi's waist.
"Thank you." Xue Jing Yi took the cup, then paused hesitantly.
"What's the matter? You have something to say to me?" Zhou Yun Sheng encouraged.
Xue Jing Yi was just about to nod, when a sharp pain bit into her heart. This pain had been with her since the age of three, and the doctor had declared that she could live to 25 at most. 25, that was a woman's most beautiful year, her dreams, her love, all withered in the beginning stages of life.
Was she resigned? Of course not! How could anyone be willing to die?
Forcefully pressing down on her painful chest, Xue Jing Yi slowly shook her head.
Zhou Yun Sheng relaxed into the back of his chair with a slight smile. Oh well, he'd given her a chance, but she didn't take it. As long as she'd warned him to quickly leave Xue house today, even if she didn't supply a reason, he would've let her go.
Selfish people tended to live longer, he could understand Xue Jing Yi's pain, but never forgive her.