Chapter 49: Charm of the Heart (VII)

Yan Shu's face froze, and after a while he said, "Mom, has anything happened between you and Jiaojiao recently?"

Gan Lan hadn't confirmed whether An Cui was really the Shadow Lady, so naturally he wouldn't say anything. "No, why are you asking this suddenly?"

"Because I heard mom complaining before, but I seem to have rarely heard you say anything lately."

"I can't keep complaining about these things. You should practice calligraphy today, don't forget it." Gan Lan cares very much about Yan Shu's studies.

It seemed that there was nothing to be learned. Yan Shu had no choice but to go upstairs obediently, with a gloomy and twisted expression where no one could see him.

It is so difficult to get all the love from others. In fact, she would not have felt so impatient before. Just like birds need to find food and people need to work, filling their stomachs is not an easy thing in itself, not to mention that they have to fill their stomachs every day. But she was spoiled by the humans in this time and space. Yan Wenqing and Gan Lan actually gave her 98 points of love, just two points short of a hundred!

It is the instinct of all living things to push for more, and the witch who feeds on love is the same. When she gets 10, she only wants 20. After getting 98, she certainly wants 100. A senior once told her that if she gets 100, she will be reborn. Although I don't know what it means, it will definitely make her extremely powerful!

Since they couldn't get it from Yan Wenqing and Gan Lan, they gave 100 to Yan Cheng. Yan Cheng was their biological son, which meant that no matter what, they would have feelings for Yan Cheng and they couldn't snatch him away. Besides, he also gave her a lot of love, so she could tolerate him. But it was different for the Meng family. Blood relationship was extremely important among humans. Meng Jiao had no blood relationship with them, which meant that as long as she became annoying enough, she would be rejected. Then, as their only daughter, she would naturally get all their love.

She thought so, so she put all her focus on Meng's parents, originally wanting to cause dissatisfaction in the Meng family, triggering the ugliness in her heart, so that she would do some ugly and disgusting things later. However, she never expected that Meng Jiao didn't seem to mind at all, and unknowingly gained so much favor from Gan Lan! Feelings can change. Once given to more people, they will be scattered. If Gan Lan gives more love to An Cui, then she may have less love for her!

She had to figure out what An Cui had done that made Gan Lan suddenly have such a high liking for her, so after learning that Gan Lan had asked An Cui to come to her house for dinner on the weekend, she turned down the invitation to dinner at the Meng family's house that she had made with Mrs. Meng.

Gan Lan went to buy a lot of vegetables that day. Yan Wenqing, who accompanied her to the supermarket, couldn't help but say, "Why did you buy so many vegetables? Even if there was one more Jiaojiao, they wouldn't be able to finish them." Frugality is a virtue, and their family doesn't like to waste food.

"This is the first time Jiaojiao comes home, so as a mother, of course I have to prepare a table full of delicious food for her." Gan Lan continued to buy, buy, and buy.

Yan Wenqing was a little puzzled, "When did you become so close to her? Did she reply to your message on time?" He was too enthusiastic towards her.

"No."

"and you......"

"Oh, shut up." Who would care about such a small matter as not replying to messages on time? She was in a very complicated mood. When she thought that she was really the Shadow Woman, she always felt hot in her eyes and sour in her nose. She hoped that she was not, but also hoped that she was.

"..."

Because there was no delay this time, An Cui arrived at Yan's house on time.

Unlike the luxurious villa of the Meng family, the small building of the Yan family is full of literary and artistic atmosphere. There are many vines and flowers in the small garden, but they are all well-maintained. She rang the doorbell, and Yan Cheng, who was watching his phone in the living room, got up to open the door, but Gan Lan came out of the kitchen hurriedly with a shovel and ran to open the door. "I'm coming, Jiaojiao, why did you bring fruit here? There are plenty at home. Don't be so polite. We..."

Yan Cheng frowned and looked into the kitchen. Yan Shu was still helping inside.

An Cui was settled in the living room, and was handed some fruits and biscuits, saying that Yan Shu had baked them herself. Then she asked Yan Cheng to treat his sister well, and then hurried into the kitchen to work busily.

Sister? For now, he only has one sister, Yan Shu. In his opinion, whether one is a family member or not is not determined by blood alone.

"Have a glass of water and tell me if you need anything." Yan Cheng said.

"Thanks."

The conversation ended here. Yan Cheng was a person who was warm on the outside but cold on the inside. He didn't have a good impression of An Cui when he first met her, and he wouldn't be too enthusiastic towards her now. He cared more about Yan Shu's feelings than her.

He was browsing the web, but he still hadn't seen any news about Shadow Woman today. It had been relatively peaceful during this period, and there were no more space-time rifts in their country, so no one could see Shadow Woman. He had no choice but to watch the old videos and downloaded pictures again. He had never been a fan of stars since he was a child, but now he knows how hard it is to be a fan of stars.

There is no such thing in their country, but there are in other parts of the earth. Every time he sees foreign netizens climbing over the firewall to ask Shadow Lady to help them, there are also a lot of supporters. He can't help but want to curse when he sees them. Don't treat people as gods. Do you really think that she won't get hurt or tired?

He was playing with his phone, and An Cui was also browsing her phone. The military had guessed that she could always show up so promptly because she had hacked into the monitoring satellite, so they sent her a message via the satellite, hoping to meet her. But An Cui ignored it, as it was not a good time to expose her.

Gan Lan quickly prepared a table of dishes, Yan Wenqing also came back on time, and the five of them sat at the table.

"Jiaojiao, Wenwen said you like sweet and sour pork ribs. Why don't you try mom's cooking..."

"This fish is my mother's specialty. Do you like it?"

"Jiaojiao..."

At the dinner table, Gan Lan frequently picked up food for An Cui, and his eyes almost never left her, staring into her eyes.

Yan Shu watched as Gan Lan's actual favorability towards An Cui rose by another two points. He clenched his chopsticks, and his anxiety began to surface.

"Mom, her bowl is full, you should eat by yourself." Yan Cheng said with a bad look on his face. He also picked up a few of Yan Shu's favorite dishes with his chopsticks. Seeing that she was no longer calm and thanked him obediently, he felt that she must be feeling wronged, uncomfortable and frightened, and he disliked An Cui even more.

Gan Lan was also worried that her excessive enthusiasm would reveal something, so she finally managed to control herself.

After dinner, Gan Lan called An Cui to the study.

Yan Shu and Yan Cheng went outside to the garden. Yan Shu's eyes turned red: "Mom, don't you want me anymore?"

Yan Cheng's favorability towards An Cui suddenly dropped to negative, and he comforted her softly: "How could that be? Don't let your imagination run wild. Mom is only so enthusiastic because she is a guest."

"Really? I feel so bad, brother. She is mom's biological daughter, your biological sister. I think you will love her more one day..."

Yan Cheng felt very distressed, "No, brother doesn't like her, you are my sister."

Yan Shu finally felt a little better when she saw that Yan Cheng's actual favorability towards her increased from 95 to 98, while his favorability towards An Cui became negative 10 points.

...

In the study, Gan Lan held An Cui's hand and stared at her closely: "You...are her, right?"

"What are you talking about?" An Cui looked at her in confusion.

"Don't deny it. I've confirmed it. The smell on you is exactly the same as hers. The calluses on your hands and the muscles when you stretch out your hands. I've confirmed that you are her!" Gan Lan is indeed a very smart person.

An Cui didn't say anything. At this time, her mobile phone made a series of rapid beeps. It was the monitoring satellite that found the abnormal point. Gan Lan's eyes also fell on her mobile phone, and she vaguely sensed something.

An Cui said, "Sorry, I have something to do and need to leave right away." Then she turned and was about to leave.

"Wait a minute, you..." Gan Lan spoke hurriedly. Seeing An Cui pause slightly and turn her head, her black eyes were clear, calm and firm. She stretched out her index finger, pressed it against her lips, and made a gesture to keep quiet.

This action hinted at something, and Gan Lan was about to burst into tears. She admitted that she had kept it a secret.

An Cui hurried down and didn't have time to say goodbye to Yan Wenqing who was reading the newspaper. Yan Wenqing's mouth, which had just opened, closed dryly again. When Yan Shu came out of the kitchen, he saw that Yan Wenqing's favorability towards An Cui had dropped by 10 points, so he felt a little better.

When An Cui was going out, she was blocked by Yan Cheng who was about to come in.

An Cui was about to walk around him and leave, but he held her shoulder. She frowned slightly and looked over. He looked at her with a gentle expression and cold eyes, and whispered, "Don't come to my house anymore."

An Cui's eyebrows moved, "This is not your decision."

Then she pushed his hand away and walked away quickly.

Looking at her back, Yan Cheng thought, how annoying! Compared with his well-behaved, sensible and gentle sister Yan Shu, this person is rude and uncultured. I don't know what's wrong with my mother that she is so enthusiastic towards her today and even forgot about Yan Shu's feelings.

He was just about to go in and have a good chat with Gan Lan, but when he entered the living room, he saw the female anchor reporting the news on TV suddenly change her expression: "Now a news interruption, a large space-time rift has appeared in City B of Province M in our country, and a medium-sized intruder has invaded. The intruder has wings on its back. The whole country has entered a state of martial law. Everyone, please enter the safe house to hide..."

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