At this moment, Qin Yicheng came up the stage with a handsome young man. Seeing him, Qin Muran's eyes lit up. Her classmates gave way to Qin Yicheng, "Muran, look who's here."
Qin Muran stared fixedly at Xi Yaohua. Her eyes were filled with tears of happiness. She didn't expect that he could make it to her party.
On the other side, Qin Yan also stared at the youth standing in front of her. She recognised him from the original owner's memories. He was a childhood friend of both the sisters, but initially he was closer to Qin Yan.
He would bring all kinds of toys and snacks for both of them, but he would feed Qin Yan with his own hands.
The original owner was also very fond of him and used to run around him calling him Brother Yao. The two of them had a very good relationship, so good that they had agreed to marry each other when they grew up.
Little Qin Muran grew jealous of her sister first time because of Xi Yaohua's behaviour. She was very fond of the little brother who used to come to play with her. But when he fed Qin Yan with his own hands, Qin Muran's little face would twist with jealousy.
She left no stone unturned in instigating Xi Yaohua against Qin Yan. Initially, her efforts were in vain but over time, she managed to plant a seed of distrust in Xi Yaohua's heart.
As the time passed, Xi Yaohua grew up into a handsome and talented young man. He excelled in his studies and took the responsibility of side branch of Xi family. He was a distant relative of main branch of Xi family in the capital.
At the same time, Qin Muran grew up into a beautiful and lively young woman. She was good at her words and was even talented in her studies. She was the campus belle of Shengyang High school and a very popular person.
Meanwhile, as the time passed, Qin Yan grew ugly and gained a lot of weight. If compared to little Qin Yan, she was miles apart. Also, because of the trolling she received, her personality turned anti-social.
She rarely interacted with anyone. But Qin Mufeng and Xi Yaohua were the only ones who Qin Yan liked genuinely.
She clinged to Xi Yaohua whenever he visited Qin villa, just like how she used to do in the childhood. But she could not see the disgust in his eyes which grew over time. Qin Muran's instigation had worked and looking how Qin Yan turned out, Xi Yaohua was disgusted with her.
But because of the family ties, he didn't say anything rash to Qin Yan and tolerated her. Xi Yaohua's parents were the family friends of Qins and also their business partners.
Even when they grew up, Qin Yan remembered the promise of her and Xi Yaohua getting married and mentioned it to him one time in front of the families.
Hearing this, Xi Yaohua grew furious. He insulted her in front of both the families, "Qin Yan, how can you still think that I'll get married to you. Just look at yourself and look at me. Do you deserve me? Stop dreaming and come back to your senses. Also, you must never mention our names together in the future. I feel utterly disgusted by you."
The original owner was heartbroken. She never expected Xi Yaohua's hatred and disgust. The remaining life within her was crushed by him and she became like a lifeless doll.
After a few days, Xi Yaohua's parents suggested to pair up their son and Qin Muran. Both the youngsters liked each other and were compatible. Qin Yicheng and Lu Yaran were extremely happy for their daughter.
But Qin Mufeng strongly objected to the arrangement. How could they insult the elder sister this badly and then propose the set up with younger one.
Qin Mufeng's objection was like a thorn in Qin Muran's heart. She thought that her brother was biased and only loved Qin Yan.
Her tantrums and some coaxing of Qin Mufeng made him agree to the arrangement but this made his impression of Xi Yaohua worse. Even till now, Qin Mufeng did not like Xi Yaohua.
Back to the present, Qin Yan saw Xi Yaohua and felt her heart ache. It seemed that these were the feelings of the original owner. She pitied the original owner even more now. But as she didn't want to dwell in these feelings anymore, she simply ignored Xi Yaohua.
Xi Yaohua walked to Qin Muran and handed her the bouquet of roses in his hand, "Wish you a very happy birthday, Muran."
Qin Muran smiled cheerfully, "Thank you so much, Brother Hua. You don't know how happy I am after seeing you after such a long time. I didn't expect that you could come."
"How can I miss such an important occasion of my girlfriend? Won't I be a jerk if I missed it?" Xi Yaohua remarked gently.
Qin Muran interrupted with an angry expression, "Who dares to call you a jerk? I will see who has the guts!"
Qin Yan stood at the side, 'I have the guts to call him a jerk. Isn't he one? Hmmph..But I won't spoil my mood by arguing with you people.'