Chapter 23: CH 22

As soon as she got off the plane, Yu Yurou put on a mask, wrapped her coat tightly, and looked around. She quickly dragged her suitcase and exited the airport, seeing that no one had noticed her.

If she wasn’t afraid that Shen Man would send someone to watch her, she wouldn’t have sneaked all the way back to the country like a thief.

Fortunately, all the preparations were worthwhile, and she finally avoided Shen Man’s eyes and ears. She could ask Ye Huan and the others for help!

Yu Yurou wanted to see Ye Huan and Ye Xu right away, but she hadn’t had any contact for more than half a year, which made her very worried about whether their feelings for her had changed. If she really followed Shen Man’s request and stayed abroad for a few more years without returning to China, then things would have been out of her control.

Although Yu Yurou believes that her charm won’t make men forget her easily, she can’t guarantee that a man who hasn’t spoken to her for several years won’t change his mind. It had only been more than half a year now, and it would too late to restore the relationship!

Yu Yurou took a taxi and went home first to drop her suitcase. She didn’t know if it was her delusion, but there seemed to be some changes in her room. However, she didn’t take this change to heart, and hurriedly put out her luggage and left the house.

Yu Yurou decided to go to Ye Huan.

In order to avoid Shen Man, she didn’t go to the company or Ye Huan’s house to find him. She knew the places Ye Huan often went, and she could always meet him when she searched one by one.

The first thing she went to was the golf club that Ye Huan and his friends in the circle visited most often.

Yu Yurou accompanied Ye Huan to the club many times so the person in charge of the club knew her. As soon as he saw her, he asked someone to drive a golf cart to take her to the exclusive golf course where the rich young masters were.

The person in charge told her that Ye Huan hadn’t been to the stadium for a while, but Ye Huan’s group of friends came today, so her trip was not in vain.

Yu Yurou’s arrival caught everyone by surprise. The wealthy young men looked at each other, and greeted Yu Yurou.

“Isn’t this Yu Yurou? Why did you return to China?” Jiang Chenrui spoke first. He had a good relationship with Yu Yurou before, but compared to his enthusiasm in the past, his attitude at the moment was much more perfunctory.

Hong Jun’s attitude did not change. He laughed and called, “Sister Yurou”.

The other wealthy young masters only nodded and did not waste any extra energy entertaining her.

Yu Yurou felt uncomfortable. She remembered that she had put in a lot of effort to integrate into this circle in the past. Ye Huan’s friends had always been much closer to her than others. What happened after they did not see each other for half a year?

“Young Master Jiang, I came here to find Ye Huan. To tell you the truth, going abroad is not my idea. I want to know how Ye Huan has been doing in the past six months…” Yu Yurou had an elegant and beautiful face, making it hard to refuse her plea.

Jiang Chenrui was not an unkind person, and seeing Yu Yurou miss Ye Huan after all these years made him very emotional: “It’s embarrassing that you still miss Ye Huan. I’ve always been very optimistic about you guys , it’s just…”

“What’s wrong?” Yu Yurou asked hastily.

Jiang Chenrui sighed: “Oh… There is someone else by Ye Huan’s side.”

Yu Yurou almost felt heartbroken, “What other person? He fell in love with someone else?”

For half a year—only half a year—she put in countless efforts. Why did the man who was firmly in her control have someone else?

Thinking of Yu Ling’s identity, Jiang Chenrui looked at Yu Yurou with complicated eyes, “I don’t know if he’s in love with that person, but I’m sure he still loves you.”

“That person is…” Yu Yu Rou’s heart, which had been suspended in the air, slowly returned to earth. As long as Ye Huan still loved her, Yu Yurou didn’t think anyone could threaten her status. The women around Ye Huan were probably just to help pass time.

“She is your sister Yu Ling.” Jiang Chenrui didn’t hide it from Yu Yurou, because this news is not a secret in the circle. If he doesn’t say it, others will always say, “Ye Huan regards your sister as your substitute, because you two look so much alike!”

Sister…

In Yu Yurou’s impression, her younger sister Yu Ling was an inconspicuous and gloomy person. Yu Yurou even forgot what Yu Ling looked like.

Being able to be considered by Jiang Chenrui as someone who looked like her, it seems that Yu Ling has been blessed by her and inherited a good face.

If it was any other woman, Yu Yurou would still inquire in many ways to see how that woman attracted Ye Huan, but if it was Yu Ling….

No one can understand her sister better than her. Yu Ling was just a loser, an idiot. As long as she coaxes her, she will do everything obediently. Yu Yurou looked down on Yu Ling.

Presumably, Ye Huan just took a fancy to the face similar to hers. Yu Yurou thought about it, and most of the nervousness dissipated immediately.

“It’s too much for Ye Huan to use Xiaoling as a stand-in!” Yu Yurou looked filled with righteous indignation, and her tone was full of love for her sister: “I can’t let Ye Huan continue to hurt Xiaoling. Young Master Jiang, can you contact Ye Huan for me? I want to have a chat with him alone.”

“You can’t contact Ye Huan?” Jiang Chenrui realized after blurting out the question. “Oh, It’s Mrs. Shen “

Yu Yurou nodded, and said sadly,”Mrs. Shen may have misunderstood me. She doesn’t like me very much. I think it must be that I am not good enough. But I will try my best to make her accept me.”

No matter how much Yu Yurou hates Shen Man, she would never speak ill of her in front of others. By putting all of the blame on herself, she could first elicit sympathy and then give the impression that she was gentle and understanding. Usually when she said that, people around her would comfort her with a few words.

Sure enough, as soon as Yu Yurou finished speaking, Hong Jun next to him comforted him. “How can you get blamed for not being good enough? It’s because Mrs. Shen is too demanding!”

Just as Yu Yurou was about to smile, Hong Jun went on, “Not everyone can be as elegant, dignified and generous as Sister Yu Ling. Let alone you, those rich and famous ladies don’t have that aura.”

Yu Yurou: “???”

With question marks all over her head, Yu Yurou said with a stiff smile, “Haha. Hong Jun, you really know how to joke. You don’t have to praise Xiaoling so much for my sake. She’s fine if she doesn’t cause trouble.”

“What? Are you kidding me? I’m not joking. Sister Yu Ling is very temperamental. I don’t know how your family cultivated her. By the way, why did I think you were so pleasing to the eye, Sister Yurou? You only have three parts to her charm.”

Hong Jun couldn’t stop boasting about Yu Ling. After meeting Yu Ling and looking at other women, he always felt that something was missing.

“It’s a pity that Ye Huan didn’t bring her out later, otherwise it would be good to look at her a few more times.”

Yu Yurou couldn’t maintain her smile anymore. She almost wanted to pry Hong Jun’s head open to see if the woman he was talking about was her sister.

“But how could Ye Huan bring someone out after such a big incident.” Although that banquet happened a long time ago, no one who attended the banquet will forget how the young master of the Song family confessed and got rejected that day. What’s more, Yu Ling disappeared that night. Even though the young master of the Song family clarified, there was still some gossip behind his back. Jiang Chenrui could still understand why Ye Huan didn’t bring her out to socialize.

Yu Yurou was confused, “What happened?”

“It’s nothing.” Jiang Chenrui didn’t want to mention the banquet, so he changed the topic casually. “Aren’t you looking for Ye Huan? I’ll try calling him, but there is no guarantee that he will have time to come out.”

“What is Ye Huan busy with?” Yu Yurou asked tentatively, “He hasn’t even been here for a long time.”

“He doesn’t just hang around like we do now. After becoming the heir of the Ye family, he was so busy that he didn’t even have time for entertainment, and we couldn’t call him out.” Jiang Chenrui shrugged, sympathising with Ye Huan’s miserable life.

Who in the circle was unaware that the Ye family’s recent incidents had occured one after another, the entire enterprise was in turmoil, and how the Song family and Ye Xu had formed a relationship and cooperated? They confronted the Ye family openly, causing Ye’s business to encounter obstacles everywhere. As the heir, Ye Huan might have a severe headache.

Fortunately, the Ye family had a profound background, and Shen Man was also an entrepreneur with outstanding ability. Otherwise, if an ordinary company was targeted this way, it might have already closed down. But Jiang Chenrui himself didn’t know whether the Ye family would be unable to survive one day. Of course, Jiang Chenrui just thought about these things in his heart. He would not just say his guesses casually.

Yu Yurou heard that Ye Huan had become the heir, and wanted to see Ye Huan even more. She stood on the side and waited anxiously for Jiang Chenrui to contact Ye Huan. Imagining Ye Huan’s expression after knowing she had returned to China, her heart was filled with anticipation.

Jiang Chenrui dialled Ye Huan’s phone. As soon as the call was connected, he got straight to the point, saying that Yu Yurou wanted to see Ye Huan after returning to the country.

Jiang Chenrui originally thought that even if Ye Huan had a change of heart, he would never be indifferent to the news of the return of the woman he liked. But who would have thought that the other party would just open his mouth and say, “Are you playing a prank?”

“I’m not lying to you, she’s just right beside me. If you don’t believe that I can let her talk to you.” Jiang Chenrui said.

“No, if it’s the one who came back from abroad, she doesn’t need to see me, just ask her to go home.” Ye Huan didn’t quite understand how his girlfriend’s sister found Jiang Chenrui and proposed to meet in private. It was not good thing at first glance.

Ye Huan originally wanted to thank his girlfriend’s sister for going abroad instead of his girlfriend, but after seeing her sister’s consumption bills, he felt that he had paid back everything that should be paid back. Since the two were separated, there was no need for any contact between them.

“Ye Huan, are you sure you don’t see her?” Jiang Chenrui turned away fromYu Yurou, walked a few steps and lowered his voice, “Okay you, you really changed your mind! Have you fallen in love with Yu Ling? You don’t even want Yorou!”

Ye Huan rubbed his eyebrows irritably, the company’s affairs were enough for him to worry about. How could he have so much energy to explain this matter to Jiang Chenrui?

“You don’t know the specific situation. In short, I have nothing to say to that woman. I’m hanging up.”

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Chenrui turned around to face Yu Yurou, who was full of earnest eyes, with a little embarrassment on his face. Earlier, he had stated with certainty that Ye Huan still loved Yu Yurou, but he was slapped in the face in the blink of an eye.

“Cough…Yurou…..” Jiang Chenrui didn’t want to get involved in their mess, so he simply made an excuse for Ye Huan. “Ye Huan is very busy. I don’t think he has much time to meet you right now. Why don’t you go home and rest first?”

Yu Yurou didn’t expect to get such a result when she contacted Ye Huan. Recalling Jiang Chenrui’s evasive gesture when she just made a call, she couldn’t help but have a though: Did Ye Huan not want to see her on purpose? But why?

Did that woman Shen Man say something behind her back, causing Ye Huan to misunderstand her?

How could Yu Yurou go home with peace of mind? She begged, “Please call again Young Master Jiang, this time I will talk to him personally.”

Jiang Chenrui wanted to persuade Yu Yurou to give up, because Ye Huan’s attitude was very clear. He hated women’s entanglements but seeing Yu Yurou’s firm attitude, he could only try to be the good person.

“Okay, you talk to him.” Jiang Chenrui dialled the number once again. He waited a long time this time before Ye Huan responded.

“Don’t, don’t, don’t hang up.” Hearing Ye Huan’s irritated voice, Jiang Chenrui hastily handed the phone to Yu Yurou and said, “You tell him.”

Yu Yurou gripped the phone tightly and said softly: “Ye Huan, it’s me, Yurou.”

Ye Huan shook his head, her voice really resembled his girlfriend’s, who said that her younger sister would imitate her best, this sentence seemed to be not exaggerating.

“What do you want from me?” Ye Huan was not in a hurry to expose the identity of the other party, and reserved a little respect for his girlfriend’s sister.

“Can’t we meet? About my going abroad, about Yu Ling, and Mrs. Shen’s misunderstanding of me, I think we should have a good chat.” Yu Yurou said coquettishly to her lover like before: “Ye Huan, you don’t even want to see me? I really miss you!”

Ye Huan’s ears tingled from the soft voice, and he couldn’t help being a little annoyed when he thought that the person on the other side of the phone who seduced him so bluntly was his future sister-in-law.

What kind of person was his girlfriend’s sister! It’s nothing more than spending extravagantly abroad, and she shamelessly tried to seduce him, she didn’t take her sister seriously at all!

“Miss Yu, please respect yourself!” Ye Huan’s voice cooled down: “You should know the relationship between me and your sister. For the sake you being of Yurou’s sister, I won’t argue with you this time.”

“Also, don’t imitate Yurou anymore, your pretentious voice is nothing like her!” With a “click”, the phone was hung up mercilessly.

Before Yu Yurou had time to recover, she was politely invited out by Jiang Chenrui and others.

“Yurou, you go back first. If you have anything to do, you can contact Ye Huan yourself. We have something to do here, so we won’t entertain you.”

After Yu Yurou was invited out of the club, she realised belatedly that the two calls made the other wealthy young masters look at her in the wrong way. That kind of look, as if she was a woman who didn’t know how to keep her distance and tried to pester. They didn’t even show any politeness on the surface, for fear that she would cause them trouble!

Yu Yurou couldn’t care less about being angry, at this moment her mind was being swiped by Ye Huan’s words.

What is “my relationship with your sister”, and what is “for the sake of you being Yurou’s younger sister”? And the sentence “don’t imitate Yurou”, either Ye Huan’s mind was not clear, or something was wrong with her ears!

There must be something that she overlooked, it’s too strange, everything was too strange…..

Since her return to China, the uneasiness and strangeness that had lingered in her heart have slowly spread again.

Yu Yurou wanted to understand what was going on with Ye Huan’s change, and there is only one who would be able to give her the answer.

As Ye Huan’s good brother, Lu Yue would always tell her the news about Ye Huan without reservation. If it weren’t for their lack of contact, Yu Yurou would not be caught off guard by Ye Huan’s strange reaction.

Fortunately, Yu Yurou had investigated Lu Yue’s situation earlier and knew where Lu Yue’s company was.

Immediately, she rushed to her destination, and as soon as she entered the company’s gate, she was immediately greeted by everyone’s eyes. Whether it was the front desk or other staff walking around the company, as soon as they see her, they greet her enthusiastically.

“Manager Yu, you are here!”

“Is Manager Yu coming back to work?”

“Manager Yu, would you like some coffee? I especially learned how to make coffee from Secretary Xu, and I’m waiting for you to come back and make it for you!”

Yu Yurou stopped in place, and everyone’s reactions made her feel that indescribable sense of absurdity once again.

Who did they think she was? Yu Ling? How could Yu Ling work in Lu Yue’s company and be called “Manager Yu”? Looking at their dog-legged attitude, how capable was Yu Ling to gain the respect of this group of people?

It’s ridiculous!

“Let me look for Lu Yue.” Yu Yurou did not deny this identity. She wanted to see what kind of status the Manager Yu had in Lu Yue’s company, and what kind of relationship she had with Lu Yue.

“Boss Lu is in the office. Manager Yu, you can just go over there.” A staff member hurriedly replied.

“But won’t I disturb him?” Yu Yurou fiddled with her long hair, and asked with a smile that didn’t reach her eyes. “Why don’t you ask him if he has time to see me?”

“Manager Yu, you are not an outsider, Mr. Lu will be very happy to see you.”

Not only one employee answered this way, but other employees expressed their affirmation of this sentence.

Surrounded by everyone, Yu Yurou walked into Lu Yue’s office in such a meandering way. During this period, no one felt that there was anything wrong with her.

Yu Yurou sneered inwardly, she opened the door, and stood quietly observing Lu Yue’s reaction.

“Lingling? Why do you…” When Lu Yue saw the person coming, a smile automatically appeared on his face. But as soon as his eyes made contact with Yu Yurou, he quickly realised that this woman was not his Lingling! She was…

“Lu Yue, the Lingling you’re referring to is Yu Ling?” Yu Yurou closed the door, went to Lu Yue’s desk and sat down.

“…..” Lu Yue knew very well that it was her younger sister Yu Ling who went abroad instead of Yu Yurou, but why did her younger sister act with familiarity when she saw him? And… Why did she come here?

At this time, Lu Yue, like Yu Yurou, was full of doubts.

“You don’t even recognize me?” Seeing Lu Yue’s surprised face, Yu Yurou raised her eyelids, her tone was very bored: “Lu Yue, you and my sister get along very well. Everyone here takes good care of her.”

“Yurou?” Lu Yue asked uncertainty.

This was Yu Yurou? No, how could Yu Yurou be like this?

Lu Yue’s heart was extremely confused. He felt that a layer of gauze covered his eyes, making him somewhat unable to see the truth of the matter.

“I’ve been wanting to contact you abroad. I called you, but you didn’t answer any of them. Later, you become unreachable. Why?”

How could Yu Ling, who was abroad, know his private number? Could this really be Yu Yurou?

Lu Yue didn’t want to make a judgement so quickly, he planned to hang around for a while, “There are too many people looking for me, so I changed my number.”

Lu Yue deleted other women’s contact information from his contact list, leaving only Yu Yurou’s account, in order to avoid his former lovers.

For this reason, those women kept calling and sending messages to him. Lu Yue was so annoyed that he finally canceled his number and changed his account. Only then did he calm down.

Yu Yurou felt that her luck was too bad. Apart from being unable to contact Ye Xu and Song Xingyi, even Lu Yue, who was the easiest to contact, happened to change his number. What the hell!

“You haven’t told me yet. What’s the deal with you and my sister? How did she become the manager?” Yu Yurou couldn’t help but ask.

“And why did Ye Huan say that I am Yurou’s sister? He even told me not to imitate Yurou? He told me not to imitate myself, isn’t that too ridiculous!”

This woman acted so naturally, as if she was Yu Yurou herself! Lu Yue’s heart went tense. In order to verify the conjecture in his heart, he asked a question that only he and Yu Yurou would know; “Do you remember the scene when we first met?”

Yu Yurou frowned in wonder, “Why are you asking this?”

“Answer me first.” Lu Yue stared at the woman in front of him, not like, too unlike. Her cheeks were not fair enough, her eyes not seductive enough, and her figure was not beautiful enough. Despite their similar facial features, he could tell this wasn’t his Lingling at a glance.

She was like Yu Yurou in the past, boring and vulgar. She obviously wanted to get news from him, but she couldn’t even hide her emotions.

Yu Yurou didn’t know what Lu Yue was up to, so she could only recall, “The first time we met was at the racetrack. Ye Huan took me there, and he introduced you to me as a good friend.”

“I was busy learning how to ride a horse that day, so I didn’t say much to you. But I remember you said that my posture was not standard, and you showed me how to mount a horse.”

And unlike those other rich young masters who had high and mighty attitudes, Lu Yue treated her kindly and considerately. He did not dislike her clumsiness at all. He was unline Ye Huan, who only hired a professional equestrian coach for her, and then rode on the horse and ran on the track, without caring whether or not she was used to it.

Lu Yue’s heart sank. Unless Yu Yurou told Yu Ling all the details of their acquaintance, Yurou’s sister would never know about these things.

“You said you couldn’t contact me, so did your account send me a message?” Lu Yue asked again unwillingly.

Yu Yurou became angry when she thought of this, “My account? My account has been stolen! Mrs. Shen has done too much, she cut off all my networks. For more than half a year, I have not been able to contact any domestic accounts!”

No, not Shen Man. Yu Yurou was not worth Shen Man’s efforts. The person who was sent abroad by Shen Man has not changed from the beginning!

So his Ling Ling was the real Yu Ling, and he had been kept in the dark like a fool all this time!

“What’s wrong?” Seeing that Lu Yue’s expression was not quite right, Yu Yurou became inexplicably nervous, “What’s wrong?”

Lu Yue’s loss of composure lasted for a moment, and he soon returned to normal and said, “It’s nothing. I just felt that since Shen Man treats you like this, it seems that she really doesn’t want to see you appear. You shouldn’t have come back.”

“I have to come back. If I didn’t come this time, how would I know that Ye Huan found a substitute, and that substitute is my sister!” Yu Yurou really wanted to pour out the bitterness, “but Ye Huan thinks I’m Yu Ling, am I crazy or is he crazy?”

Of course, Lu Yue knew why. That woman took Yu Yurou’s identity after Yu Yurou went abroad, not only deceiving him, but also deceiving everyone close to Yu Yurou.

That woman… could always surprise him. Lu Yue originally thought that after such a long time, he should know her better, but he never thought that he had misidentified her from the very beginning. Even though he has been fooled for so long, he didn’t feel angry. Such a woman…how could he be bored?

As he thought of this, Lu Yue couldn’t help laughing.