Mind reading saves the whole family; I'm firmly in the role of a charlatan.

Chapter 99 Is this something that can be said?
Poor Aunt Si had no idea what the trendy slang was for young people these days, so she could only look to Du's mother for help.

Du's mother was also stunned by this shocking news and didn't know how to explain it to Ruan Xiuru.

The worst part was that she could sense that the relatives who had reacted to Du Anrao's thoughts earlier were now stopping what they were doing and pricking up their ears to secretly listen to their gossip!

Du Anrao always reacted quickly to gossip. After learning the identities of Ruan Xiuru's two children, he immediately pulled up the sweet and angsty novel that combined elements of pseudo-incest, running away with a baby, and cute kids.

It's called a sweet and angsty romance novel because it's incredibly sweet when it's sweet, extremely angsty when it's angsty, and incredibly pampering when it's pampering. The main theme is a carefree and eccentric story with various split personalities.

[So that's how it is. When my fourth aunt's grandfather was young, he had a crush on the lady from a family he knew from a long-standing friendship. After being rejected and humiliated, he broke off all ties with her family. Years later, he learned that his friend's family had suffered a misfortune, leaving behind only a son and a daughter. His guilt towards his good friend and his unspoken feelings for his friend's wife were transferred to the two children of his friend's family. He took great care of them and even considered arranging marriages between them and his own children.]

The Du family members: "!!!" Is this something that can be said?

Onlookers: Wow!
Ruan Xiuru's face turned green. She wanted to refute it, but a voice inexplicably told her that these things might not be untrue.

The children of the family, who were old friends, had visited her once. Although she was young at the time, she could still sense that the aunt always deliberately kept her distance from her father when they were alone. She was indifferent and aloof, and her father was not warm towards her either, as if he was intentionally avoiding her.

Now, reminded by Du Anrao and recalling the scene at that time, Ruan Xiuru suddenly understood.

It's likely that when the two were young, the old man did something shady to bring them together, which backfired.

Sure enough, the next second, Du Anrao was already complaining in his mind.

[My aunt's grandfather was a truly rare oddball. To force two people who already disliked each other to be together, he went so far as to deliberately lock them in the same room. Fortunately, my aunt's father was a gentleman, and the girl was quite self-respecting, not harming them at all. After they were released, they quickly moved away from my aunt's house, far away from that den of wolves.]

Ruan Xiuru breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. Thank goodness, her father was truly a good man among bad apples; he managed to save face for her. Otherwise, she would have been too ashamed to face anyone when she got home today.

His plans to arrange marriages for his children fell through, and his grandchildren were also out of his control, but the old man still didn't give up. Before his death, upon learning that the grandson of a long-time friend had tragically died, leaving behind a daughter not yet six years old, he immediately hatched another scheme, leaving a will that his granddaughter should adopt the child.

Ruan Xiuru: "!!!"

That old scoundrel!! I knew she was going to make me adopt that child, so this is what she was planning!

However, at that time, he was willing but unable to do anything; he only wanted that person's offspring to become their family's children, fulfilling his obsession. Unexpectedly, his efforts were fruitless, while his unintentional actions yielded unexpected results. He only wanted the girl to be siblings with his fourth aunt's son, and the two actually fell in love.

"What?!" Ruan Xiuru couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, instantly attracting Du Anrao's attention, and the gossip was put on hold.

In an instant, Ruan Xiuru felt as if all eyes were fixed on her, almost turning her into a hedgehog.

Ruan Xiuru: "..."

No way! You guys are just eating my melon seeds and you dare to express your dissatisfaction with me personally? That's bullying!
However, she herself was also very curious, so she could only blush and take Du's mother's hand, forcibly continuing the topic that Du Anrao had mentioned before: "You said your daughter grew up in a Taoist temple." Du's mother immediately understood and agreed: "Yes, she was taken in by her master when she was a few years old and has been living in the Taoist temple ever since. She only came down the mountain not long ago."

[So that's what they were talking about. You startled me.]

Ruan Xiuru breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to herself, "You really gave me a fright!"
Unlike Du Junyan and Du Hexuan, who are cannon fodder characters with little screen time, Du Hongyun and Du Zixuan are the male and female protagonists of the entire book. Naturally, the author devoted a lot of ink to describing their daily interactions, emotional changes, emotional entanglements, misunderstandings, and conflicts.

Du Anrao skimmed the entire book, but only managed to summarize it in one sentence.

[Two beakless ducks falling in love again.]

Ruan Xiuru: "???"

The story of Du Hongyun and Du Zixuan is actually quite simple. When Du Zixuan was six years old, her father passed away unexpectedly. Her relatives were unwilling to take on another burden and avoided her like the plague.

Just as she was about to be sent to the orphanage, Ruan Xiuru's grandfather found her, took her back to the Ruan family home for a while, and then sent her to Ruan Xiuru's home, where she was adopted.

Because they were already old enough to remember things when they were adopted, they both knew that they were not related by blood and that the other was not their biological brother or sister. Therefore, after spending more than ten years together, they inevitably developed romantic feelings for each other.

At this point, no one dared to break the ice. One thought the other treated her like a younger sister, but if he discovered her feelings, she might not be able to stay in the Du family any longer.

The other person also thought that the other only regarded him as a brother. It was too disgusting for a brother to have such thoughts about his sister. If he were to expose her, he might scare her and make her feel disgusted with him. So he dared not do anything rash.

The two emotionally timid individuals remained locked in a stalemate until Du Zixuan went to university, when the truly vicious female supporting character appeared.

This vicious female supporting character is named Qiu Ludan. She is Du Hongyun's junior in the same club. On the surface, she is gentle, considerate, and understanding, but in reality, she is a scheming bitch.

She took advantage of a department dinner to get Du Hongyun drunk, and just in case, she drugged his drink, trying to force him to take responsibility for her.

Unexpectedly, Du Hongyun was thinking about her younger sister at home. She had strong self-control and managed to break free from Qiu Ludan's clutches, calling a car and running home by herself.

That very evening, Ruan Xiuru and her husband had gone back to the Ruan family home for some business and did not return. Only Du Zixuan was at home. The emotions that had been suppressed for many years surged forth under the influence of the drugs, and they naturally had sex.

However, due to the medication, Du Hongyun had no memory of what happened that night when she woke up the next day.

Thinking he had escaped Qiu Ludan's clutches, he took a taxi home and slept alone. He had a rather unusual dream and then put the whole thing out of his mind.

Upon hearing this, Ruan Xiuru nearly crushed her wine glass in her hand. How could she forget something so important? Is there any hope for this stupid son?

(End of this chapter)