THE FAKE DAUGHTER BECAME THE FAVORITE - CHAPTER 186

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Chapter 186: Alright, I'll Cooperate with You

"..." The expression on Wen Yan's face was a scene of helpless confusion plus deep perplexity.

"You came looking for me? To verify or recover a portion of memory that belongs to you? But if I remember correctly, before filming this drama, we shouldn't have known each other, right? No, no, no..."

After saying that, Wen Yan changed her tune: "Just act like I didn't say that last sentence."

Because she didn't remember the things that happened to the original host back then either; who knew, maybe the two of them really had met face-to-face a long time ago.

However, Qin Yulong quickly refuted this guess of Wen Yan's.

"That's right, before joining the crew with Fu Yiqing, the two of us indeed didn't know each other, nor had we ever met face-to-face before. But in my memories, there is a river; I feel as though I once appeared there."

"...Is that all? No more memory details? Yours is way too vague—over the course of a person's life, they'll pass by rivers, lakes, and seas to some extent, so having a river in your memory is a very common, ordinary thing."

"It's not ordinary," Fu Yiqing shook her head, "At least for me, it's very unusual."

"Oh? Talk about it in depth?"

"That was when I was small, around eight or nine years old—I was still a little kid, but I went to jump into a river, wearing a patient's gown from a hospital on my body. I find it very strange, because in my parents' memory, I never had such a severe illness growing up that required hospitalization and wearing a patient's gown, yet that memory is simply too real to me, as if it had truly happened before. I don't know if you can understand that kind of feeling."

Eight or nine years old? And jumping into a river wearing a patient's gown?

Isn't this exact experience what happened to Shen Zhirou back then? Could it be her?!

Thinking up to this point, Wen Yan couldn't help but carefully size up Qin Yulong.

However, she looked neither like Su Yang nor like Shen Yuan.

Though... she looked like Su Yang's Second Brother. This wasn't just her own thought alone, Shen Jinghe and Su Yang both thought so too.

Isn't there an old Chinese saying that a niece resembles her uncle?

If it's like this... Wen Yan immediately pulled out her phone and searched online.

She didn't remember wrong; there indeed was such an old saying.

"You!" Wen Yan stared at Qin Yulong in front of her in disbelief, yet didn't dare be certain.

‘Could she actually be the real Shen Zhirou? Wearing out iron shoes in a fruitless search, only to find it without any effort?’

This inner thought of hers was heard by Qin Yulong at the exact same time.

However, to the current Qin Yulong, the name Shen Zhirou was very unfamiliar.

Yet at the same time, she knew clear in her heart that this feedback from Wen Yan was valid, which also proved that her behavior of obeying her own inner heart to find Wen Yan was correct.

"What did you check on your phone just now?" Qin Yulong asked Wen Yan curiously.

"Just a saying," Wen Yan replied casually, then eagerly asked, "You said it was a river just now, is there any possibility that it was actually a large river or river system? Do you have any other impressions of that body of water?"

Qin Yulong shook her head: "No. I only know the body of water in my memory was very wide; I have no clear impressions of anything else."

"Then let me ask you another presumptuous question. Are you... biological to your current parents? Could you have been picked up by them, or bought and sold? I know my words don't sound very pleasant, but we can't rule out this possibility, right?"

Qin Yulong still shook her head: "No, I've looked at my own birth certificate and old video recordings, and I've also indirectly asked many relatives; no one has ever disclosed that there was any problem with my background. My family also has a bit of financial foundation, and even when it comes to property issues, no one has ever brought this point out to attack me."

"Then could it be that due to some unspeakable reason or hidden trouble, your parents chose to conceal it from you?"

"That shouldn't be either. Ever since that memory appeared, to speak the truth, I've been deeply plagued by it; that scene often loops uncontrollably in my mind, which has already caused an adverse impact on my daily life. My family members also know about this predicament of mine, and they really want to help me as well. I used to have the same suspicion as you, but right up until my mother passed away, she never disclosed any so-called secret to me. If I really weren't her biological child, I think she shouldn't have hidden it from me for a lifetime. The period before she left was particularly peaceful, and she also instructed family members on many matters, yet she never mentioned my background, she merely urged me to see a psychiatrist on time, thinking I was just sick."

"Is that so?!"

Wen Yan felt strange

‘If so, there's no problem with her background either. No, that's not right—perhaps she and her family were influenced by the power of the plot, only that she's suddenly awakened right now.’

Wen Yan thought for a bit, then spoke up once more: "Then let me ask you another presumptuous question. Have you and your parents done a paternity test?"

Qin Yulong fell silent for two seconds, because she heard Wen Yan mention the 'power of the plot' and 'awakening' in her inner thoughts, which were things she could not comprehend.

As for the paternity test: "...No."

"Good! Then let me ask you another question. Why do you feel that by getting to know me, you would recover these memories of yours? Did some person or some object give you some indication in the dark?"

"Because..." However, right as her words started, Qin Yulong fell into silence once again.

If she confessed frankly that she could hear her inner thoughts, wouldn't she intentionally avoid disclosing her inner thoughts then?

This was a form of privacy after all; no one should like having their mind read by a stranger, right?

If she really closed off her inner thoughts, wouldn't it be possible that she herself would lose a channel to understand the truth?

Seeing Qin Yulong stop halfway through her sentence, Wen Yan got a bit anxious.

"Because of what?"

‘This person—we've already chatted to this step, why is she still holding back and hiding things?’

Hearing Wen Yan's inner thought, Qin Yulong snapped back to reality: "You're right, it's just that a voice in the dark directed me toward you."

"What kind of voice?" To speak the truth, Wen Yan was very curious.

"A voice that you don't know and can't hear, one that only I can hear."

"......Are you teasing me, unwilling to tell me the truth?"

"If you've already believed what I said earlier about the memory of jumping into the river, why would you question this now?"

"Alright, you make sense. Fate, metaphysics—I get it, I really get it. I understand very well; I couldn't understand it more."

Qin Yulong nodded: "Thank you. Then now it's my turn to ask you, right?"

Wen Yan spread her hands, making a 'please' gesture.

"I'd like to learn about your family situation; I want to confirm whether there's a bloodline or an even more mysterious connection between us. After going through some things, I do believe in metaphysics a bit; even if someone tells me about past and present lives now, I wouldn't reject it outright."

"Understood! But if you're bringing up metaphysics, before answering your question, I still want to ask you another question—I feel this question is pretty important."

"Go ahead and ask."

"You told me just now that one day you almost drowned at the seaside, and then the memory of jumping into the water as a child suddenly surged into your mind, right?"

"That's right."

"Then do you still remember roughly when that happened?"

"In May—specifically speaking, May 12th, because that day was a day of experiencing life and death for me, so my memory is particularly profound."

"!!!" This was way too coincidental! Wen Yan was stunned; she had also arrived in this world on May 12th.

The original host had also awakened and left this body on that exact day.

Stringing all of these together, Wen Yan even derived a complete logical chain.

Because the awakening of life produced a series of changes, she with the same name arrived, and at the same time Qin Weiran also awakened.

If the original host hadn't awakened back then, she herself might not have come, nor might Qin Weiran have awakened, and she would have been fixed as Qin Weiran instead of Qin Yulong who changed her name; that imposter Shen Zhirou back then would also have been fixed as Shen Zhirou.

If it were really like this, everything seemed to make complete sense.

However, currently all of this was merely Wen Yan's speculation; she needed to verify it!

Thinking up to this point, Wen Yan looked seriously at Qin Yulong—aka Qin Weiran—sitting across from her, her tone solemn:

"I can answer your question now. My family indeed had an older sister who, at eight years old, jumped into the water due to falling gravely ill with no hope of cure, but after she jumped into the water, my family was never able to find her body. So many years have passed, and my family has never given up searching for her either.

Recently, someone even pretended to be my sister to try to defraud our family's property, which once made my parents extremely sad and upset. Now, regarding that memory of yours, it's also clear as mud, and I don't have any evidence either. But I am also unwilling to give up on this hope, what if you really are my family member?

So I'd like to ask you to cooperate in doing a paternity test first. As far as our conversation right now goes, although some things cannot be explained by science, I believe the biological traits on a person shouldn't go wrong; there shouldn't be any metaphysics inside this kind of thing. Do you agree?"

Qin Yulong didn't hesitate in the slightest: "I agree; doing a paternity test holds no downside for me."

"Yes, it's painless and harmless. However, if you really are my family member, I suspect you might have undergone a bone marrow transplant."

"Why? Because your sister had a blood disease? But I was always very healthy as a child."

"Then maybe there's a mistake in your memories? We'll know once we take your blood and biological samples to compare later on."

"That works. Thank you for your frankness and help! No matter what the result is, I thank you."

"No need—if you really are my family member, my mom will be super extraordinarily happy! Oh right, you saved me last time, and I still haven't figured out how to thank you properly."

"No need—if it were any other girl who fell down, I would have saved her too."

Wen Yan chuckled softly: "Why only emphasize girls? You really favor girls a bit more, don't you?"

"If a guy fell down, I'd jump down if there really were no one else to save him, but if it were a girl, I'd jump down at the very first moment."

"..." Good grief. Haha, when mentioning females it's 'girls', but when it comes to males it's 'a guy'.

"You really don't need to thank me; your willingness to invite me in to have this talk with me tonight is already enough."

"Then let's schedule a paternity test first. Do it as soon as possible; inform me once it's scheduled, and then I'll go back to get my parents' biological samples. When the time comes, I'll treat you to a meal."

"That works. Oh right, there's another matter I need to explain to you. Regarding this trending search, I didn't do it, but who exposed it and for what purpose I'm currently not clear yet. As you know, I've just arrived here, unfamiliar with the place and people; to tell the truth, I simply have no connections to do these things."

"Oh, I already know about this." Wen Yan just remembered this matter, "Just when wrapping up work, I already received a message from my brother; he's already investigated the matter clearly. The video was posted by a netizen who went to the waterfall scenic area for team-building that day, mainly to gain clout. The news about your sexual orientation was also exaggerated and spread by floating crew members for heat. Then recently an idol happened to fall from grace, so they twisted the facts to push this news of ours to the top of the trending list, directly dragging us out as a shield. Not to mention, the effect was pretty good."

"So that's how it is," Qin Yulong smiled faintly, "It seems your family background is quite extraordinary too; back when I searched everywhere online without finding news about your family, I knew it. But don't misunderstand—just now I heard you say someone pretended to be your sister for your family's property before, but I have no such intention."

"Not afraid! It's mainly because we're cautious this time; anyway, we're going to do the paternity test first, whether it's a yes or a no, the data will speak."

However, thinking about the family's attitude and impression toward Qin Yulong prior to this... Wen Yan suddenly felt a tiny bit guilty.

Because of some misunderstandings on her part, it had led to the family members disliking and feeling repulsed by Qin Yulong, and that day everyone was even scheming on how to chase her back to her original country.

If the paternity test proved that she was Su Zhirou when the time came...

Then wouldn't she, Wen Yan, become that vicious, green-tea fake heiress in novels where the copy writes: 'I am the real heiress; because I was dragged out as a shield and inadvertently smeared the fake heiress, I was despised by my biological parents and older brothers.'

'The moment the fake heiress cried, they accused me without distinguishing right from wrong on why I was harboring improper designs toward the fake heiress, and wanted to kick me out of the house!'

'They doted on the fake heiress, yet treated me, their biological daughter, like dirt'?

No way, she had to quickly contact Eldest Brother so he wouldn't think of ways to deal with Qin Yulong anymore.

After sending the message, Wen Yan also rapidly exchanged contact information with Qin Yulong.

Qin Yulong's efficiency was very high; the next morning, she made an appointment with an appraisal agency, set for the following morning.

In that case, on the day before the appraisal, Wen Yan had to ask for leave to go back and retrieve biological samples from Su Yang and Shen Yuan, and then meet up with Qin Yulong at the agency the next morning.

Obtaining her parents' biological samples was very easy; after arriving at the appraisal agency, Wen Yan even stared closely at the staff taking samples from Qin Yulong to eliminate any potential error that could occur.

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