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

Chapter 110 The True Form of the Charismatic Female Lead

Du Hexuan had long disliked the father and son, and without Du Junyan even having to call him, he took the initiative to lift up Du Jizu, who was still unwilling to leave, and threw him out the door.

On their way back, they could still hear Du Jizu shouting outside the courtyard, yelling that they would definitely regret it in the future.

Unfortunately, nobody cared.

With the spoils gone, a whole host of relatives, who felt Du An had been greatly wronged, came to comfort her.

Du Anrao smiled so hard his face was stiff in response to everyone's kindness.

After finally seeing everyone off, I was about to lie down on the table to rest for a while when I was immediately drawn to a striking red figure in the crowd.

[Holy crap, why is that woman's head red?!]

The crowd of onlookers, who had already dispersed like a tide, suddenly stopped and perked up their ears again.

Red? What's red?
Only the Du family, who knew everything early on, understood that red represented bloodshed and disaster!
Realizing this, everyone's hearts skipped a beat.

Following Du Anrao's gaze, he met a young woman in her early twenties.

Du Bixiao came with her parents today. Her job is quite special, and she rarely has a vacation throughout the year.

The reason she accompanied her parents to a relative's house for this somewhat pointless dinner was simply because she wanted to spend more time with her family during the holiday.

Unexpectedly, I uncovered a major secret as soon as I arrived at the scene, and also got to know a lot of gossip about my relatives, which was a pleasant surprise.

When Du Anrao mentioned the so-called "young lady," she didn't pay much attention, only thinking that it was another unlucky relative who was going to suffer.

It wasn't until the people around her paused slightly and their gazes began to subtly fall on her that she suddenly realized the seriousness of the situation.

Du Bixiao: "..." The unlucky one is me?!
In contrast to Du Bixiao's dazed state, her parents' expressions changed and they became tense when they realized that the sister Du Anrao mentioned was their daughter.

It wasn't until a relative nudged them and suggested meaningfully, "Bixiao's profession is special. Why don't you ask our newborn niece to do a fortune telling for you, so you can have peace of mind?"

The couple's eyes lit up slightly, and they quickly grabbed their daughter and ran towards Du Anrao's direction.

As the others approached, Du Anrao showed a rare look of surprise.

【Huh? 】

Du Bixiao and her family paused slightly, their hearts pounding with anxiety.

What does this young lady do? She even seems to have accumulated merit.

Merit? Many people stared in surprise, but when they thought about Du Bixiao's profession, they suddenly understood.

Mr. and Mrs. Du exchanged a glance, then stepped forward to greet Du Bixiao's parents before introducing the family to Du Anrao.

"These are your distant cousins, your cousin's wife and your cousin. Like your eldest uncle, they usually live in City B. They came here today especially to celebrate your birthday."

Du's mother said this to tell Du Anrao that there were many guests coming tonight, including oddballs like Du Jizu who deliberately came to cause trouble and annoy people, but there were also many elders who had come from afar and were genuinely happy for the two of them. There was no need to let one bad apple spoil the whole bunch and ruin the mood. Hearing this, Du Bixiao's mother couldn't help but laugh: "Time really flies. It seems like only yesterday we were studying in City B, and now the children are all grown up."

Du Anrao was taken aback: "Mom, you went to school in B City? Then you..."

Du's mother also laughed: "I went to university in City B back then. I was in the same major and class as your aunt, and we even lived in the same dormitory."

At that time, she never imagined that the two of them would become relatives after many years.

Du Anrao glanced at his two old classmates, then at Ruan Xiuru not far away, and couldn't help but marvel at the wonder of fate.

[I have to say, Mom's connections are incredibly wide. Elementary school classmates, college classmates—they all ended up in the same family, almost on par with my fourth sister's biological mother. Thinking about it, with two mothers with such extensive networks, isn't my fourth sister the legendary chosen, universally adored heroine? On the other hand, that Li Qianxi seems more like a transmigrated woman in a Mary Sue novel, eager to steal the original heroine's spotlight.]

Du Yuxi, who keenly sensed the many intense gazes suddenly focusing on her, thought, "..." There's no need for that.

Some quick-witted onlookers have already extracted the key points from Du Anrao's rife-of-criticisms.

So the two girls are not twins, and the daughter the Du family raised for over ten years has another biological mother? Were the two children switched at birth?

Who exactly is Du Yuxi's child? And who is Li Qianxi?
This kind of gossip is so frustrating, it's unbearable!

Du's mother hadn't expected Du Anrao to suddenly reveal Du Yuxi's background. Seeing that many people's eyes were gleaming with greed, eager to rush to her side to find out what was going on, she quickly coughed lightly and got back to the main topic.

"This must be Bixiao, right? The last time we met was three years ago. She's become more mature and even more beautiful. Is she still as busy with work lately? You should take more time to rest."

As soon as Du's mother finished speaking, her aunt sighed in agreement: "You know what her job is like. She's busy 360 days a year. If there's no emergency on the remaining five days, it's fine, but if there is, she has to go back."

Du Yuxi overheard this and became curious: "What does your cousin do for a living? She's always so busy."

The aunt turned to look at her daughter, both proud and heartbroken: "She works at the police station, where she usually deals with vicious criminals. She's either catching criminals or on her way to catch them."

That's why they were so nervous when Du Anrao suddenly mentioned his daughter.

You know, if something really goes wrong at her job, she could really lose her life!

Du Anrao was also taken aback, a hint of understanding flashing in his eyes.

[So they're police officers, the kind who catch criminals. No wonder their appearance caused such a big commotion; this is troublesome.]

During the brief moment of conversation between Du's mother and Du Anrao, he had already searched through all the books in the library, but he couldn't find any plot related to Du Bixiao, nor could he find any female police officer with the surname Du.

This means that Du Bixiao and what she is about to encounter may not be included in any book, or like Du Hexuan, she may be used as a useful background character and her existence may be deliberately obscured by the author.

Du Anrao was in a terrible headache, and Du Bixiao's family's hearts sank as well.

[What I'm saying is, sis, if you don't consider it, at least for the time being, we should weld ourselves into bulletproof vests and avoid going to dangerous places unless absolutely necessary.]

But it's obvious that this is impossible. Moreover, there's the example of Tang Qianqian. Even with such detailed prior knowledge of the plot, there's still a chance of unexpected events and a return to the original plot point. Not to mention Du Bixiao, who has no plot and is even more popular than her!
How about we try that?

(End of this chapter)