After understanding animal language, the villainous girl is guaranteed to become a heartthrob.

Chapter 719: Let's do a DNA test?

Jiang Yuan then introduced Xu Shiling, who was standing next to her, to her, "This is my friend, her name is Xu Shiling, and she is a police officer."

"Police?" Xia Lu's eyes lit up instantly, her tone filled with excitement, "Wow, that's amazing! And the name sounds so nice too!"

Xu Shiling, what a poetic name.

"Thank you," Xu Shiling said softly. "Your name is also very beautiful."

"Hehe." Xia Lu smiled shyly, "Thank you for the compliment. May I call you Sister Shiling?"

Xu Shiling tried hard to suppress her excitement and nodded in a nonchalant manner, "Of course, then I'll call you Lulu too."

Xia Lu smiled happily: "Okay~"

The waiter brought over three drinks first.

Jiang Yuan took a couple of sips and asked softly, "Lulu, where are you from?"

“I’m from Nancheng,” Xia Lu replied.

"You look so young! Are you even twenty?"

"Not young at all." Xia Lu held up two fingers. "I'm exactly twenty years old. Yuan Yuan, you're amazing!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Shiling's heart skipped a beat—twenty years old, only one year younger than Mei Bao, the chances were very high!
She quietly clenched her fingers, a sense of anticipation rising within her.

Jiang Yuan smiled. "So, are you still studying or working?"

When this topic came up, Xia Lu's eyes unconsciously showed a hint of sadness. "I... started working right after finishing high school."

Xu Shiling looked at her, a hint of worry in her eyes, "Why? It's too early to enter society right after graduating from high school."

"Well... our family's financial situation isn't that good, and we can't afford to send two people to school." Xia Lu said in a seemingly relaxed tone, "I was thinking it would be good to start working as soon as possible."

"Two people?" Jiang Yuan's eyes flickered slightly. "Do you have any siblings?"

Xia Lu nodded: "I have a younger brother who is three years younger than me."

As the waiters brought out the dishes one after another, Jiang Yuan stopped talking about the topic.

"Won't calling you out today disrupt your travel plans with your friends?"

"No, that's not true." Xia Lu shook her head and explained, "There are three of us, but only the two of them went to eat lunch today."

"That's good," Jiang Yuan said with a smile. "Luckily, it didn't affect you."

When they were almost finished eating, Jiang Yuan brought up the important matter, "Lulu, didn't I say I had something important to tell you?"

"Yes." A hint of doubt crept into Xia Lu's eyes. "What is it?"

Xu Shiling clenched her hands tightly on her knees, and her heart pounded uncontrollably.

Jiang Yuan looked into the other person's eyes and said seriously, "I have a post on my homepage that looks for a girl named Xu Shili."

"Xu Shili?" Xia Lu blinked, then suddenly realized something and her gaze shifted to Xu Shiling. "Could it be that she's Sister Shiling's..."

“Xu Shili is Shiling’s younger sister,” Jiang Yuan explained. “Shili was abducted by human traffickers when she was three years old.”

Xia Lu frowned, a look of pity on her face, her tone filled with anger, "Those human traffickers are truly hateful! They have no conscience!"

“Shili has been abducted for sixteen years.” Jiang Yuan’s voice was tinged with heartache. “In these sixteen years, Shiling has never stopped thinking about Shili. She has been searching for Shili.”

Xu Shiling pressed her lips tightly together, her eyes burning hot, and tears welling up, but she forced them back.

Xia Lu looked at Xu Shiling, her gaze softening instantly, her eyes filled with undisguised pity.

Jiang Yuan continued, "Shiling became a police officer to find Shili and catch the human traffickers who kidnapped Shili back then." Xu Shiling didn't have the courage to meet Xia Lu's gaze. Her eyelashes trembled, and she slowly lowered her eyes.

"Although Shiling hasn't found Shili yet, there's some good news," Jiang Yuan said. "The human traffickers who kidnapped Shili have been caught."

Xia Lu breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but ask, "Did the trafficker say where she sold Shili?"

Jiang Yuan sighed and shook her head regretfully, "We asked her, and she didn't know anything. Shili was the first child she abducted, and she handed her over to someone else at the time."

"Ah..." Xia Lu pouted, looking sadly at Xu Shiling. Her lips moved, but she didn't know how to comfort her.

“But now we see new hope,” Jiang Yuan said again.

Xia Lu's eyes widened excitedly, "Is there a clue about Shi Li?"

“Yes.” Jiang Yuan nodded slightly, a faint smile playing on her lips. “Just last night, when Shiling saw you.”

"What?" Xia Lu was stunned.

“Shiling thinks you remind her of Meibao.” Jiang Yuan glanced at Xu Shiling and said gently, “And coincidentally, you have a small red mole on the web of your right hand.”

Upon hearing this, Xia Lu looked down at her right hand and indeed saw a red mole on it.

She only noticed it when she grew up. It was so small.

She pursed her lips tightly, her heart pounding wildly like a drum, making her feel uneasy.

“So…” Jiang Yuan pursed her lips, “we’re thinking, could you possibly be Xu Shili?”

She added, "This may seem abrupt; I hope it hasn't offended you."

Xia Lu opened her eyes wide, clenched her fingers, and couldn't react to this sudden news for a long time.

Xu Shiling mustered her courage and opened her eyes to look at her.

It's amazing.

She felt that Xia Lu's expression at this moment was almost identical to that of Mei Bao sixteen years ago.

Her heartbeat grew heavier in the silence, making my eardrums buzz.

After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Yuan spoke again, breaking the silence, "Lulu, did I scare you?"

Xia Lu took a deep breath, trying to make her voice sound calm, "I... I'm actually fine."

Upon hearing this answer, Jiang Yuan and Xu Shiling both breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's good," Jiang Yuan said.

Xia Lu awkwardly picked up her drink and took a few sips, staring at the lemon slices inside, and slowly said, "Because I once doubted that I was not my parents' biological child."

Xu Shiling's eyes trembled as she asked urgently, "Why? Are they treating you badly?"

“It’s not that it’s bad.” Xia Lu frowned, looking conflicted. “It’s just that compared to how much they dote on my younger brother, it makes me feel like I’m not their biological child, but many people say I look like my mother.”

"I see." Jiang Yuan thought for a moment and suggested, "Lulu, if you don't mind, how about we do a DNA test first?"

Xu Shiling stared intently at her, her eyes filled with anticipation.

Xia Lu replied readily, "Of course."

After all, there's nothing she would lose by doing a DNA test.

“But…” she looked at Xu Shiling with concern, “I’m afraid the result will disappoint you, because my parents always bring up the time when I was born, so… I don’t think I could be an adopted child.”

(End of this chapter)