Wealthy Beauty in the 60s
Chapter 99 - 98 Big Brother = Old Dong (Monthly Ticket 185+)

Chapter 99: Chapter 98 Big Brother = Old Dong (Monthly Ticket 185+)

Xia Xiao was about to walk over when she saw the young man suddenly turn his head and look in her direction, pausing for a few seconds as if trying to recognize something.

"Big brother," Xia Xiao blurted out, feeling incredulous inside. She had the original owner’s memories, but the faces in those memories weren’t clear, and Xia Xiao only had a vague impression.

"Little sister," the young man finally exclaimed, looking even more astounded than Xia Xiao. He walked over and said, "You’ve changed so much, I barely dared to recognize you."

"Big brother, is your name Xia Chunrong?" Xia Xiao asked the question that had been on her mind.

"Yeah, I should have mentioned it in my letters to you, right? Ah, I’ve been so busy lately I can’t even remember if I’ve told you or not. Look at my memory. Dad went to get our fortunes told and had me change my name to Chunrong, so now I’m Xia Chunrong."

Xia Chunrong, damn, that was really her boss from her past life, Xia Xiao was shocked.

All the letters she wrote were sent to her family’s address, so she really didn’t know that her big brother had changed his name to Xia Chunrong. Before knowing that her big brother was Xia Chunrong, she hadn’t thought of the Old Dong from her previous life.

Xia Xiao stared at this man who was Old Dong in her past life and her big brother in this life. Did the world have to be so small, did it have to be so magical?

And the Old Dong from her past life was now a youth not even twenty years old, so young. Xia Xiao muddleheadedly followed her newfound big brother back home in a car.

"Little sister, you’ve changed a lot, mom and dad probably won’t recognize you when we get home. Even I couldn’t recognize you at the train station just now, if you hadn’t called out to me, I wouldn’t have dared to admit it," Xia Chunrong said, deeply surprised that his little sister had changed so much. Really, girls change so much when they grow up.

"It must be the mountain spring water that nourishes people," Xia Xiao said with a laugh.

Xia Chunrong then asked about Xia Xiao’s tasks on the production team, and Xia Xiao answered each question while looking at the street scenes that were both unfamiliar and familiar.

S City was where she went to college, living there for six years, so she was very familiar with it.

And now, Xia Xiao wondered if the reason Rongxia Group Photon Technology Co., Ltd., had recruited only her from her university was that her name was Xia Xiao.

Xia Xiao couldn’t help but think so; it was just too coincidental. The original owner was named Xia Xiao, and so was she; perhaps it was the name that had led Old Dong to hire her.

Although she was just a minor employee at a branch, Xia Xiao now couldn’t help but suspect this might have been the case.

It was just a thought for Xia Xiao, and impossible to know the truth about her past life now, but she was still quite shocked inside.

"Little sister, you haven’t seen our new home yet, it’s much better than before," Xia Chunrong said.

Xia Xiao replied with an "Oh." After the original owner had gone to the countryside, the Xia family had moved to a workers’ housing complex. The original owner’s memories didn’t include this home. But such housing wasn’t very large; how could a family of seven or eight fit?

Suddenly, Xia Xiao was taken aback; the Xia family now had six siblings, but she remembered that at the annual meeting, Old Dong’s parents were no longer alive, and she had heard that Old Dong had only two sisters.

This realization sent a shiver through Xia Xiao; from six siblings down to three, and the parents gone, could it be that the Xia family had faced a great disaster?

With these thoughts, Xia Xiao, full of contemplation, followed Xia Chunrong back to the Xia family home. At that time, there were no high-rise buildings. They were probably something that would come up in the 70s; now, the Xia family lived in the workers’ housing.

It was part of S City’s historic "twenty thousand households" workers’ residential project, and the Xia family was one of those households. Xia Xiao knew about this "twenty thousand households" workers’ housing because in later years, it would be designated as an area for urban renovation, and she learned about it from news reports.

The "twenty thousand households" residences were of brick and wood construction, typically with two stories and five rooms each, with a common kitchen and toilet on each floor.

Furthermore, not everyone was qualified to move into "Twenty Thousand Households"; the majority of those who could were model workers, advanced workers, or families with housing difficulties.

"Oh my, Rong, you brought someone home?" a voice rang out.

Xia Xiao saw a middle-aged woman emerge from next door, and then another woman stepped out from the opposite door, "Yo, Rong’s partner is quite pretty."

"No, he’s my big..." Sister. Xia Chunrong hadn’t finished speaking when a loud voice from behind called out, "Wenjuan, your Rong brought someone home."

Xia Xiao was speechless, wanting to explain, but not knowing how to address these neighbors, when she saw her mother rush out of the house, "Rong, didn’t you go to pick up your big sister? Where is she?"

"Mom." Xia Xiao quickly called out.

"Big sister?" Li Wenjuan came to a halt, sizing up Xia Xiao.

Xia Xiao’s heart tightened with nervousness, and then she was fiercely embraced by Li Wenjuan, "Big Sister, oh, how many years has it been since you came home? Mom has missed you to death, I’ve been so worried about you."

"Mom, here I am back, don’t cry," Xia Xiao said, her heart filled with a sour feeling, and her eyes reddened.

"Aunties, this is my big sister," Xia Chunrong introduced.

"So it’s Wenjuan’s oldest daughter. I heard she went to the countryside as an educated youth. She looks quite beautiful," someone remarked.

"It’s a shame, if she were in the city, she could’ve found a good partner. It’s harder in the countryside."

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In a moment, quite a few people had gathered at the Xia family’s doorstep, the neighbors chirping away, and Xia Xiao experienced the lively atmosphere among neighbors for the first time.

"Hello, aunties," Xia Xiao greeted everyone politely.

Looking at Xia Xiao’s tender and dewy face, the crowd of women lavished her with compliments.

But there were also sarcastic comments, "What’s the use of being pretty in the countryside? A lady’s looks with a servant’s fate."

Xia Xiao looked toward the woman, her face full of sharp and spiteful expression, and was then pulled into the house by her mother, "Don’t mind her."

"Mom, who was that woman?" Xia Xiao asked curiously. Initially, the neighbors had all been warm, but they all fell silent after the woman’s words.

"She’s one whose daughter went to university and has now found a good match. Because of this, she thinks she’s above everyone else."

Once inside, Xia Xiao saw her father, Xia Weiguo, and her younger brother, Xia Hua, sleeping on the bed.

"Dad," Xia Xiao called Xia Weiguo. She didn’t feel awkward; instead, it felt almost instinctive. At this moment, Xia Xiao even doubted whether the original soul was still present, as she was very excited to see her family.

"Big sister, it’s good that you’re back. Please sit down," Xia Weiguo nodded at Xia Xiao and then, looking her over, he sighed, "You’ve changed so much in a few years, dad hardly recognizes you."

A wave of sadness went through Xia Xiao. She had always been trying to adapt to the identity of the original host, but after all, she wasn’t the original. Her current appearance was a mixture of the original host and her own, though more like her own. And she was not truly their daughter, just her body was. Seeing the concern from her parents and brother, Xia Xiao felt somewhat guilty.