After understanding animal language, the villainous girl is guaranteed to become a heartthrob.

Chapter 726 A Very Real Problem
Lin Miaomiao became more and more excited as she spoke, and sat up abruptly. "Your sister must care about you a lot! She spent sixteen years looking for you, just returned to Yunjing yesterday, and came to find you again as soon as she saw the test results today!"

Xia Lu also sat up, looking dazed. "But... I don't know how to face her. I feel strange."

“I think your reaction is normal,” Lin Miaomiao said seriously. “You’ve been separated for sixteen years and suddenly find out you have a biological older sister. Your reaction is actually quite good! I can’t even guarantee that I would have collapsed if it were me. So, you are actually very strong.”

"Really?" Xia Lu still looked confused. "Am I that strong?"

“Yes, you probably haven’t realized it yourself.” Lin Miaomiao nodded, then asked, “By the way, are you planning to go back to your hometown to find out?”

Xia Lu sighed, rested her head on her bent knees, and said softly, "I haven't thought about it. If it were you, what would you do?"

“As an outsider, it might sound easy for me to talk about this,” Lin Miaomiao said, hugging a pillow. “I probably want to find out the truth and ask them why they lied to me.”

She paused, her gaze falling on Xia Lu's melancholy face. "There's another thing, about your university trip. I don't know if I should say it."

Xia Lu pursed her lips. "It's okay, Miao Miao, you can say it."

"You said that when your father was laid off, your mother told you that the family couldn't afford to send two people to school..." Lin Miaomiao hesitated, "I was thinking, if you were her biological daughter, would she have treated you like that?"

Xia Lu's eyelashes trembled, the color drained from her face instantly, a sour feeling welled up in her nose, and her eyes reddened slightly.

This is a question she wants to avoid thinking about.

"I..." Xia Lu opened her mouth, then whispered, "I don't know."

"So I think you should figure this out." Lin Miaomiao blinked. "If they're not genuinely good to you, but adopted you with some ulterior motive, are you still going to transfer most of your salary home like before?"

Lin Miaomiao's words do make a lot of sense.

“This is indeed a very real problem.” Xia Lu nodded seriously. “Miao Miao, thank you for reminding me. I will think it over carefully.”

"Are you able to sleep tonight?" Lin Miaomiao tilted her head to look at her. "Want to have some beer? I'll treat you to barbecue and beer!"

Xia Lu usually refuses to drink alcohol because she has seen how others behave when they are drunk and is afraid that she will become like that.

But she readily agreed: "Okay, but I should be the one to treat you."

"Then you treat me to barbecue, and I'll treat you to beer!" Lin Miaomiao suggested.

Xia Lu: "Okay!"

The two men don't drink often, but each opened a 500ml bottle of beer, and their cheeks turned red after only half a bottle.

The bottle was empty before they knew it, and the alcohol slowly took effect. Xia Lu felt weak and lightheaded. She and Lin Miaomiao lay down on the bed, stared at the ceiling and giggled for a while before falling into a deep sleep.

The next day.

After washing up, Jiang Yuan came out of the bathroom and saw Xu Shiling sitting on the bed in a daze.

She walked over and said softly, "Shiling, send a message to Lulu and ask her and Miaomiao what they want for breakfast."

"Should I send it?" Xu Shiling looked at her, somewhat hesitantly, and said, "Yuanyuan, why don't you send it?"

“It’s okay, just ask.” Jiang Yuan raised an eyebrow and smiled. “You two need to communicate eventually, let’s start with small things.”

Looking into her gentle, smiling eyes, Xu Shiling seemed encouraged and nodded slightly, "Okay, I'll post it."

She picked up her phone, and Xia Lu's chat window was pinned to the top of her WeChat chat list.

Xu Shiling carefully edited a message and sent it: 【Lulu, good morning! Did you sleep well last night? What do you and Miaomiao want for breakfast? Tea and snacks, or congee, noodles, or soup?】

After sending the message, Xu Shiling stared nervously at her phone, the screen going dark and then being turned back on.

Time seemed to drag on endlessly; five minutes felt like an eternity. Five minutes later, Xia Lu replied: [Good morning, Sister Shiling! I slept quite well last night. Miaomiao and I are fine with whatever we want to eat; you can choose!]

Xu Shiling slightly curved her lips into a smile, her fingertip lightly touching the editing box: "Okay, we'll come over in half an hour to call you and Miaomiao."

Xia Lu: [Okay, sure.]

Xu Shiling replied with an adorable emoji, staring at the chat interface, her smile growing brighter and brighter.

Seeing this, Jiang Yuan's eyes also softened with a gentle smile.

She walked to the other end of the bed and woke up Fu Xiaoxiao, who was fast asleep, "Miss, get up."

Fu Xiaoxiao opened her eyes groggily and mumbled, "Um, I want to sleep a little longer."

Jiang Yuan said helplessly, "Okay, then you stay at the hotel and sleep. Shi Ling and I will take the two younger sisters to have breakfast first, and we'll bring it back for you when we come back."

"Wait a minute." Fu Xiaoxiao sat up with difficulty. "I'm not going to sleep anymore. I'll go eat with you guys."

Jiang Yuan turned and went into the bathroom, took a damp disposable towel and wiped her face a couple of times. "How are you? Are you a little more awake?"

"Yes." Fu Xiaoxiao nodded. "Two more times."

"Yes, Miss." Jiang Yuan wiped her face a few more times.

Fu Xiaoxiao stretched and then hugged Jiang Yuan's slender waist. "What do you mean, 'young lady'? I'm clearly your loyal fan."

"Alright, stop fooling around," Jiang Yuan reminded him. "You have twenty minutes left to get yourself ready."

"That's enough." Fu Xiaoxiao put on her slippers, yawned, and said, "I don't wear makeup, and brushing my teeth will only take five minutes."

Twenty minutes later, Jiang Yuan and the other two stood in the corridor and knocked on the door.

"Tuk-tuk-tuk-"

"They're here." Xia Lu came to open the door, a smile on her face, and greeted everyone with Lin Miaomiao.

Arriving at the elevator, Jiang Yuan looked at the two girls and asked, "Is it alright to have tea and snacks for breakfast?"

If the environment is nice, you can chat while drinking tea.

Xia Lu and Lin Miaomiao exchanged a glance and smiled in agreement: "Sure, Miaomiao and I aren't picky eaters."

Lin Miaomiao also said, "Yes, I'm happy no matter what I eat with my sisters."

Fu Xiaoxiao raised an eyebrow. "I love listening to Miaomiao talk."

Lin Miaomiao immediately gave a shy smile.

The tea restaurant was very close to the subway station, so we took the subway directly there. We chatted and laughed along the way, and we felt even more familiar with each other than yesterday.

Fu Xiaoxiao called ahead to reserve a private room, but because of the large number of people during mealtimes, she still had to wait for more than ten minutes after arriving at the restaurant before a private room was available.

After ordering, Jiang Yuan started a conversation, "What kind of work did Lulu and Miaomiao do that made them meet?"

"Supermarket checkout," Xia Lu replied.

Lin Miaomiao said, "At that time, I started working a month before Lulu."

Xia Lu smiled and said, "We were in the same dormitory, and Miao Miao helped me a lot back then."