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

Chapter 373 Don’t I want to lose face?
What could it be?
All eyes turned to them, and the hall fell into a deathly silence.

Yue Yang keenly noticed the strangeness of everyone and subconsciously looked around. For some reason, he suddenly felt a chill run down his spine, and even his arms broke out in goosebumps.

A sudden flash of inspiration led him to break the silence and try to salvage the situation: "Zhaoyang, is this the Miss Du you mentioned before...?"

"Yes, she's my little cousin's sister, which means she's my sister too. You can call her An'an. An'an, this is Yue Yang, you can call him..."

"Yue Yang".

Li Zhaoyang was interrupted before he could finish speaking, and looked at his cousin with a face full of question marks.

"His name is Yue Yang, you can just call him by his name."

"okay."

Li Zhaoyang: "..." He felt something was off, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

Seeing Du Anrao obediently agree, a smile flashed across Xi Jingyue's eyes. He secretly leaned closer to Du Anrao and asked in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Do you still remember that peacock blue glazed porcelain from Zhaoyang Company?"

"remember."

[Is that the PR manager, Li's cousin, who's drowning in gambling debts, who stole it to sell for money, and then even made a fake to put in his office, making it look like the real antique ceramic?]

Everyone present turned to look at Li Zhaoyang at the same time, signaling with their eyes: Is that so?

Li Zhaoyang was a little embarrassed, then nodded helplessly.

"That antique was something he entrusted to Zhaoyang."

Du Anrao suddenly realized.

[Oh, it was him!]

“You just said that you started your business together after you graduated from university, and you’ve been working together for two or three years.”

"Yes, we met through a friend's introduction and have been working together on a business for almost three years. We've always had a very pleasant working relationship."

As Li Zhaoyang spoke, he turned to look at the person next to him, gritting his teeth and saying, "You agree, right, Yue Yang?"

Perhaps it was Du Anrao's questionable tone when mentioning Yue Yang, and the earlier remark, "You treat him like a good brother, but does he want to be your brother-in-law?" that completely raised Li Zhaoyang's guard.

He had begun to suspect that the friend who introduced them might also have ulterior motives towards him, and his attitude towards Yue Yang had also changed slightly.

The poor visitor, who had no idea what had happened from beginning to end, looked at Li Zhaoyang's drastically different attitude and had no idea what he had done to offend him. With a head full of question marks, he stammered, "...Yes."

[We've only known each other for two or three years, no wonder you didn't suspect anything.]

Li Zhaoyang narrowed his eyes, his gaze toward Yue Yang growing increasingly dangerous.

Suspicion about what? Did this guy really do something bad behind his back? Or... is he in cahoots with that ingrate Li Qianxi, also one of her fish in her pond?!

It's no wonder Li Zhaoyang had such a wild imagination; he was just terrified of being pranked. It was only in the last six months that his family realized that their "little sister," who rarely went out since childhood, actually had such a wide circle of friends. It was impossible to avoid running into her admirers anywhere!

Du Anrao was unaware of Li Zhaoyang's inner thoughts. She stroked her chin, carefully scrutinizing Yue Yang, and finally couldn't help but inwardly admire him. [Look at his looks, his physique—model height, idol face, wasp waist, perky butt, long legs—fat people really do have potential. Looking at him now, who could imagine that he weighed two or three hundred pounds just a few years ago?]

Wasp waist, perky buttocks, and long legs? Xi Jingyue squinted and looked Yue Yang up and down, his expression quite unfriendly.

Others, however, focused on the last sentence.

Two or three hundred catties? That quantifier sounds familiar... could it be...?

The Li and Du families suddenly turned to look at Li Yuesheng.

Li Yuesheng was equally bewildered by this unexpected turn of events. She stared wide-eyed at Yue Yang's face, trying to find any trace of her past memories.

Unfortunately, I really couldn't see it at all!
Li Zhaoyang was also stunned. He had been thinking about this for a long time, but he never expected that his good brother was the kind person who had saved his sister's life back then!
"you……"

Before Li Zhaoyang could say anything, Li Yuesheng interrupted, "Have we met somewhere before?"

"Hmm?" Du Anrao's ears perked up immediately.

[My little cousin remembered? She looks so different, yet she still recognizes me. You two are truly in love!]

Li Yuesheng: "..." No, if you hadn't reminded me, I really wouldn't have recognized you.

Yue Yang was taken aback by her question, then chuckled and said, "Were you traumatized by the car accident a couple of days ago? Haven't we met several times before? Or is it that I have a very common face and you didn't remember me the last few times we met?"

Li Yuesheng looked embarrassed as she listened to the other person's teasing: "That's not what I meant. I meant to say that we might have met before?"

Yue Yang was stunned again, and after a while, he said with a hint of surprise, "You remembered?"

"So you did recognize me before this?"

Upon hearing Li Yuesheng's words, Du Anrao couldn't help but mentally complain.

[Little cousin, isn't that obvious? He looks completely different, you can definitely recognize him at a glance.]

Li Yuesheng choked for a moment, but was still somewhat unconvinced: "Since you recognized me a long time ago, why didn't you tell me?"

"Tell you what?" Yue Yang had calmed down by now, and smiled somewhat helplessly. "Tell you that I'm the big fat guy you met when you were kidnapped? It sounds like you're trying to take credit. Who would rush to claim credit for helping someone before the person in question has recognized them? That's so tasteless. Don't I have any dignity?"

Onlookers: Pfft... You guessed it, someone actually rushed to claim it, but now they've ended up in the hospital claiming it.

Hahaha, this guy's mouth is really something... He accidentally hurt someone who is still lying in the hospital as soon as he opened his mouth. Although I know he didn't mean it, why does he say such an annoying thing?
But seriously, if you had just been willing to swallow your pride and speak up, the little cousin in the original story wouldn't have been ruined by those two bastards, Li Qianxi and Gong Haoming. Your benefactor has to take full responsibility for this. To fulfill that responsibility, why don't you repay him with your body?

Li Yuesheng: "???"

The Li family members: "!!!"

The Du family members watching the show: Pfft... Hahahaha...

The Du family members, who were enjoying the gossip of others, turned around and saw that someone had quietly walked up to Du Anrao's side, staring intently at their little cabbage with a helpless yet indulgent look, and smiling shamelessly.

The Du family: "!!!" When did this person run over there? Stay away from our little cabbage! Back off! Back off! Back off!