Sharing Dreams with My Bestie’s Cousin
Chapter 173 - 173 To see the true face

Chapter 173: To see the true face Chapter 173: To see the true face “Damn it, shut your mouth! Don’t force me to slap you on such a good day,”

Old Zhou was so angry that smoke seemed to be coming out of his ears.

However, Zhou Congjie completely ignored his elder brother’s warning and his father’s anger, walking up to Zhou Qin and unabashedly sizing her up.

With her face painted in thick Peking opera makeup and her eyes bright and upturned, Zhou Qin was a little scared facing Zhou Congjie’s close inspection and hid behind Zhou Nanli, the heavy costume seemingly cumbersome.

Zhou Nanli shielded Zhou Qin behind him, glaring coldly at the nonchalant Zhou Congjie, “Don’t scare your sister.”

“What my sister? I don’t acknowledge her,” Zhou Congjie scoffed disdainfully and, after taking a good look, turned and walked away with his hands in his pockets.

Zhou Nanli looked back at Zhou Qin, seeing that she was quite frightened by Zhou Congjie, and quickly patted her shoulder to comfort her, “It’s okay, Congjie just has a tough exterior. You’ve only just come back; you’ll get used to him eventually.”

Zhou Qin nodded, not showing any weakness, “Yeah, I know.”

Feeling sorry for his daughter, Old Zhou said, “Qinqin, you’ve been rehearsing day and night for my birthday celebration, it must have been hard.”

Zhou Qin choked up, “As long as you’re happy, I’m happy too.”

Old Zhou’s eyes welled up, and he quickly waved someone over, “Quick, take Qinqin downstairs to change.”

“Well, I’ll go down to change then,” Zhou Qin said.

“Yes, okay.” But Old Zhou was still a bit worried and signaled Zhou Nanli at his side, “Nanli, accompany Qinqin.”

Zhou Nanli nodded.

This interlude came to a close at this point.

Everyone knew without having to wait until tomorrow; the news of Old Zhou recognizing his daughter would spread throughout the families’ circles.

As the banquet concluded, Wen Zhi followed Shang Hexing out of the front yard, and Shang Hexing asked Chen Jinhai to prepare the car, Wen Zhi asked, “Where to?”

Shang Hexing glanced at her, “Didn’t I say I’d take you back to Qionglou after dinner? You forgot.”

“I don’t want to go back yet,” Wen Zhi said.

Shang Hexing asked, “Are you curious to see the Zhou family’s daughter or do you have other plans?”

Both.

Wen Zhi was puzzled as to why Chong Wanyin hadn’t attended the Zhou family’s birthday celebration today, especially since Gu Rang had told her in advance that Chong Wanyin would be there.

Could it be that Gu Rang lied to her?

With the car ready, Shang Hexing asked Wen Zhi, “Leave or stay?”

After pondering for a while, Wen Zhi decided, “Let’s go, but I want to go somewhere else.”

“Okay, I’ll accompany you,” he said, his tone leaving no room for argument.

Wen Zhi said, “I want to visit the Shang family.”

Shang Hexing looked at her sideways, “Are you sure?”

“Yes, I want to go.” Since Chong Wanyin hadn’t come today, she would brazenly visit the Shang family.

She had to meet Chong Wanyin.

Naturally, Shang Hexing did not ask why Wen Zhi wanted to visit the Shang family now; he would just go along with her.

Once in the car, Wen Zhi still felt a bit regretful, “It’s a pity I couldn’t see Zhou Qin’s real face. I wonder when I’ll have the chance to meet her.”

Shang Hexing just curved his lips into a smile, not continuing the conversation.

At that moment, Wen Zhi leaned in closer to him and asked, “It was you who helped Zhou Qin return to the Zhou Family, wasn’t it?”

Shang Hexing neither denied nor confirmed, his lips curled in an enigmatic smile that was hard to read.

Wen Zhi knew she had guessed right, “I thought so.”

But thinking of how Shang Mingshu had gotten into trouble and Shang Jing had been implicated, all because of this Zhou Qin, Wen Zhi couldn’t understand what secrets were entangled in the middle of all this?

Had Zhou Qin been mistreated by Shang Mingshu, and did Old Zhou know about it?

What would Old Zhou do if he knew?

Shang Mingshu might end up behind bars permanently, and what about the recently freed Shang Jing? Would he be implicated again?

Moreover, Wen Zhi was puzzled by Zhou’s attitude; Zhou was after all her long-lost sister of over twenty years. Regardless of whether Zhou Qin was real or not, Zhou’s attitude shouldn’t have been that way.

Perhaps there really was some doubt about Zhou Qin’s identity?

“What are you pondering so intensely?” Shang Hexing interrupted her thoughts.

Wen Zhi, “Something I just can’t figure out.”

Shang Hexing, “If you can’t figure it out, don’t rack your brains. We’re almost there.”

The Zhou Family home was not far from the Shang family, just about five or six kilometers. There was no traffic on the road, and they quickly arrived.