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

Chapter 42 You said it yourself!

Xie Jingyao was slightly taken aback, his heart skipping a beat for some reason at Du Anrao's words.

"What do you mean by that, Miss Du?"

"Literally, it means that although you and your fiancée have feelings for each other, you are not destined to be together."

Even though Xie Jingyao had already decided that Du Anrao was a fraud, he still couldn't help but ask, "Is it because of me?"

Du Anrao's expression suddenly became somewhat indescribable.

[So, a true simp really does need to reflect on himself before anything happens? Your fiancée has cheated on you so many times, you're practically glowing green with envy, and you're still trying to convince yourself otherwise.]

"Ahem, it really isn't." Du Anrao hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

Perhaps feeling that the truth was too cruel to the person in front of him, he couldn't utter a single word for a long time.

Seeing Du Anrao's concerns, Xie Jingyao's eyes darkened slightly: "Miss Du, please speak your mind. I can handle it."

You said it yourself!

Du Anrao breathed a sigh of relief: "The main reason you two are not a good match lies with the woman; she already has someone else in her heart."

"impossible!"

"...and there's more than one."

Du Anrao's words and Xie Jingyao's angry shout came out almost at the same time, and the small corridor suddenly fell into dead silence.

Li Zhaoyang was already heartbroken after finding out the truth and no longer regarded Li Qianxi as his closest sister. So when he suddenly learned about this, he was mostly shocked.

After the initial surprise, the majority of the reaction was one of "There's such a thing? I had no idea!"—a typical gossip-loving mentality.

Compared to him, Xie Jingyao was much more shocked, and he almost instinctively wanted to go up and argue with Du Anrao.

Du Anrao was startled and reacted a beat too slowly.

Instead, Du Yuxi, who had been following behind her, quickly stepped forward, pulled her behind her, and faced Xie Jingyao's anger while shouting, "Step back!"

Xie Jingyao was caught off guard by Du Yuxi's sudden appearance. Her shout calmed him down slightly, but his face remained as dark as ink.

"Miss Du, please be careful with your words. It is unbecoming to fabricate such a crime against a young girl without any evidence. This is extremely hurtful to a young woman who has not yet entered society."

Du Anrao opened his mouth, but before he could speak, Du Yuxi retorted, "My sister never lies. Instead of questioning her, we should spend some time investigating to see if this is true."

"You were the ones who made her say those words, and you were the ones who had her calculate this marriage. Now she's just telling the truth, but you're scolding her without even asking what happened. In my opinion, she's suffered no less than your fiancée. Whether Mr. Xie believes it or not, it's not like we're the ones being cuckolded."

Everyone present was stunned by these words.

Li Zhaoyang was even more startled. My goodness, little ancestor, why did you say it so bluntly?

No, I have to stop him. I can't let my buddy beat up my sister!

Du Anrao looked at his fourth sister with admiration, inwardly showering her with compliments.

[Fourth Sister is awesome! Fourth Sister is amazing! Fourth Sister is so cool!!! Hmph, serves you right for questioning me, threatening me, and yelling at me! Fine, whatever else is fine, Li Qianxi and her boyfriend have already gotten in touch with that Minister Hong, and you're still here with no evidence? Do you have to wait until their two kids are practically running around on your head before you have any proof?]

[Oh, and Ye Mengzhen's brother too. Anyone who checked Li Qianxi's bank statements would find that their relationship wasn't just a simple one of pursuer and pursued. Hmm, his expression seems to be getting increasingly grim. Could he be planning to hit my fourth sister?]

Du Anrao and Li Zhaoyang had the same idea. The two were ready to act, waiting for Xie Jingyao to make a move so that one would step forward to pull him away and the other would help him fight back.

Surprisingly, Xie Jingyao, though angry, didn't lose his temper. After taking a few deep breaths, he turned to Li Zhaoyang and questioned, "Aren't you going to do anything about it? Don't you know who she's talking about?"

Everyone at the scene: "..."

[Haha, this is like someone who can't win an argument and has to call in family members for backup! How come I didn't notice how silly he was before?]

Du Yuxi: "..." To be honest, I didn't notice either.

Xi Jingyue was struggling to suppress his laughter; he never expected to witness such a good show just before he was about to leave.

Li Zhaoyang couldn't laugh. He couldn't understand why he had been dragged into this mess when he was just watching.
What could he say? Who could he control? Although a paternity test hadn't been done yet, Li Zhaoyang felt that the matter was clear enough just from that face.

Li Qianxi and all that are in the past; the one in front of him is the future ancestor of his family!

He had no doubt that if he dared to say something harsh to this little brat today, his mother would kick him out of the family register the next day when she found out the truth!

Left with no other choice, Li Zhaoyang could only offer an awkward yet polite smile: "The innocent are innocent. Why don't you go and bring Qianxi here to confront them?"

This was clearly a terrible idea, and instantly everyone's eyes were on him.

Xie Jingyao was even more incredulous, unable to understand why the person who usually doted on Li Qianxi had suddenly changed his personality.

Then, he got angry and left.

Watching Xie Jingyao's departing figure, Li Zhaoyang awkwardly touched his nose, trying to save face for his buddy: "He just can't accept it right now, he's not usually like this."

Du Yuxi glanced at him indifferently: "President Li doesn't seem surprised at all by these things."

Li Zhaoyang was stunned, and Du Anrao belatedly realized the incongruity in the situation.

Could it be that Li Zhaoyang already knew Li Qianxi was seeing several men at the same time, but because he was protective of her, he not only didn't tell Xie Jingyao, but also helped cover it up? If that's the case, Xie Jingyao seems even more pitiful, tsk tsk tsk...

Du Yuxi: "Heh..."

Xi Jingyue, the only one who knew the truth, did not expect that there would be an unexpected surprise even after the play had ended.

He suppressed a laugh and patted Li Zhaoyang on the shoulder with sympathy to comfort him.

Li Zhaoyang, completely unaware that his reputation had been damaged: "???"

Because of a slight delay on the way, it was already dusk when Du Anrao and the others left the company gate.

Li Zhaoyang wanted to invite the two of them to dinner and, at the same time, persuade Du Yuxi to accept his invitation to attend the banquet hosted by his mother next week.

Du Yuxi felt somewhat disillusioned with her cousin, whom she had just met, after a day of this, and desperately needed some time to recover. Therefore, she firmly and resolutely rejected him.

Having no other option, Li Zhaoyang had to settle for second best and said he would personally escort the two back.

Du Yuxi was extremely annoyed and was about to refuse when her phone suddenly rang.

The call came from an unfamiliar number she had never seen before, but out of caution, Du Yuxi answered it anyway.

"Hello, who is this?" The lazy voice suddenly changed tone after learning the identity of the person on the other end of the phone.

"You are... Ye Mengzhen?!"

(End of this chapter)