The Return of the National Goddess

Chapter 18 She is the one being played

As expected, when Xia Ying and Xia Mengyan got out of a luxury car together, they attracted countless onlookers from their classmates. Later, Xia Mengyan also generously admitted to the class that she was Xia Ying's sister. The Xia family, who was born into one of the four noble families, is not as arrogant as ordinary rich ladies, but is very approachable. Xia Mengyan unconsciously gained another wave of favorability for herself.

Xia Ying ignored the commotion around her. She opened the paper she made yesterday and carefully read the analysis that Yu Lingfeng left for her. Yu Lingfeng's writing style is domineering and sharp, and just like him, he is unpredictable.

 After class, Xia Mengyan walked out of the crowd and sat next to Xia Ying. Xia Yan glanced sideways and noticed that Xia Ying was studying seriously. Xia Mengyan couldn't help but frown. Judging from her investigation of Xia Ying, Xia Ying was not a serious person in study. However, her observations over the past two days revealed that Xia Ying had been studying very seriously. Even yesterday, she stayed in the study and never came out. Could it be that her previous investigation was wrong?

"Sister Xiaoying, I just told them that we are biological sisters. You won't blame me for lying, right?" Xia Mengyan asked cautiously and tentatively.

Xia Ying's writing paused, and she silently raised her head to look at Xia Mengyan, whose face was full of sincerity.

 In her last life, Xia Mengyan also told her classmates the same thing. Because she was afraid that the title of illegitimate daughter would ruin her reputation, she declared that she and Xia Ying were biological sisters. It was because something happened when they were young that they were separated.

Xia Ying curled her lips and showed an intriguing smile, "No."

 Then, Xia Ying continued to focus on her test paper.

Xia Mengyan then explained: "Sister Xiaoying, you also know that if I tell someone about my status, I will be looked down upon by others. So... I had no choice, so I lied..."

"Um."

Xia Ying hummed softly and said nothing more.

During class, Xia Ying didn't say a word to Xia Mengyan. Although Xia Mengyan sometimes took the initiative to talk to her, Xia Ying only responded to her perfunctorily. Xia Mengyan gradually felt that Xia Ying was not so approachable...

School was over. Xia Ying said she wanted to go to the comic shop and asked Xia Mengyan to go home first.

 “Sister Sakura.”

Xia Mengyan stopped Xia Ying.

Xia Ying was stunned for a moment, then looked back at her, "What's wrong?"

 “You don’t like me? Can’t you accept me?”

Xia Mengyan blinked her big watery eyes and looked at Xia Ying with an innocent face.

Xia Ying frowned and recalled that she was indeed a little indifferent to her unconsciously. Of course, she treated her like that in her last life, and Xia Ying gritted her teeth with hatred when she saw her face. It was of course impossible for her to pretend she didn't know anything and be as close to her as she was in her previous life.

However, Xia Mengyan was also scheming, and she actually asked such a question in front of so many classmates. It was obvious that she did this on purpose. It was to create a phenomenon where Xia Ying did not accept her as a younger sister and excluded her.

Xia Ying looked at the pointing eyes of the classmates around her and gave a faint smile. With her acting skills from her previous life, Xia Ying smiled brightly and said softly to Xia Mengyan: "How is that possible, Xiaoyan? I don’t know how much I want a sister. Growing up, I was really bored, so when I knew I had a sister like you, I was really happy.”

 “Really, Sakura-chan?”

 Xia Mengyan became excited. From her investigation of Xia Ying, she found that Xia Ying was very soft-hearted and kind-hearted. In other words, she was easy to deceive. She thought that Xia Ying was speaking from her heart and that she was moved by her, but she never expected that she was the one who was being manipulated by Xia Ying.

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 (End of this chapter)