I Conquered the Villain Boss Chapter 76
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 76: Swapped Identities
Qi Yuan was still thinking about Chu Yuan's words, but the man had already ended the topic on his own initiative.
"Let's not talk about those sad things." Chu Yuan casually changed the topic and put his arm around her shoulders. "I invited Seventh Brother and the others to come to my house for a party tomorrow. We still have time now. Can you accompany me to the market?"
Because of the man's words, Qi Yuan was in a state of shock. She passively followed him and asked, "Are you going to buy groceries?"
"Of course." Chu Yuan tsked twice. "I'm not Seventh Brother, who has a perverse spatial ability –– if I want to eat anything, I have to buy it myself."
"..."
"Oh, by the way, if you have anything to buy, we’ll buy it together."
"..."
Because of what Chu Yuan said, Qi Yuan had a dream at night. For the first time, she dreamed of the past that was lost in the depths of her memory.
Since the car accident four years ago, she had not remembered anything before the car accident. All her current cognition of this world was what her parents told her after she woke up from the car accident –– including her name, her parents, relatives, and her twin sister who died in the car accident to protect her.
They had never mentioned anything related to Chu Yuan, and she had no way of knowing whether the words the man said were true or false.
However, after his seemingly sincere confession, she actually saw her former self and him in her dream.
It was a sunny May. A girl with pigtails came down from upstairs holding a thick stack of books. Her steps were brisk and she was hopping.
"Senior Miss, don't skip down the stairs. The master will scold you if he sees it." The butler who was waiting at the stairs frowned and glanced at the girl, reminding her sternly.
As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the study opened again, and a girl with a high ponytail also came out holding a stack of books.
The two girls had almost identical faces, but when they appeared together, their completely different auras made it easy for people around them to tell their identities apart.
The butler was stunned by the two identical faces. He looked at the smiling girl in front, and then at the expressionless girl in the back, and suddenly said, "It turned out to be Junior Miss."
He nodded to the girl in front of him and did not continue to demand that she watch her speech and actions. "Junior Miss, are you going out?"
"Yes." The girl said with a smile, "I heard from my dad that Young Master Chu, who is engaged to my sister, has returned from abroad and will visit later –– I'm going to Mommy's studio and ask those designers to help me groom myself, so as not to be looked down upon by my future brother-in-law."
The girl said it naively, and the butler smiled indulgently. "Okay, I'll arrange a driver for you right away, Junior Miss."
After the butler left, the girl looked back at her sister, jumped in front of her quickly, and patted her head with a book. "Sister, look at how cold you are –– my future brother-in-law will definitely be scared away by you!"
Completely different from her lively sister, the sister with the same appearance and figure exuded a cold and alienated aloofness that kept people at a distance. Her eyes only had a hint of gentleness and warmth when her sister talked to her.
"I don't care."
"You don't care?" Qi Yuan shook her head exaggeratedly, "He is the only male in the direct line of the Chu family. In the future, the entire Chu family will belong to him –– so many girls have thrown themselves at him, but he doesn't like them."
"Really?" The girl twitched the corner of her mouth. "As long as it’s a political marriage, no matter how outstanding the man is, he is just a puppet of the family."
"Sister, you’re too serious!" Qi Yuan blinked, rolled her eyes, and suddenly leaned close to her and whispered, "Sister, I have an idea. See what you think of it."
The girl smiled at her lively sister whom she had always doted on. "What idea?"
Qi Yuan looked left and right to make sure that their father was not around. Then, she took her sister’s hand and sneaked back to their room.
Like a thief, Qi Yuan looked out to observe the movements in the corridor. She carefully closed the door and locked it.
"You’re acting so mysterious. What on earth are you doing?"
"Sister, look." Qi Yuan said with a smile while holding her sister's hand and standing in front of the mirror, "Do we look alike?"
The girl nodded. "Yes." Everyone who had seen the sisters said that they were like two peas in a pod.
"I think we look alike, too." Qi Yuan smiled even more mysteriously. "Sister, what do you think? If I replace you and become the object of the Chu family's marriage..."
"Huh?" The girl looked at her sister in surprise and puzzlement. "If you aren’t kidding, Qi Yuan, have you met the young master of the Chu family?"
As expected of twin sisters, they both had the same strong mental resilience. Qi Yuan stuck out her tongue. "I don't know him –– but wouldn't it be a pity to let some other girl have such an outstanding guy?"
"..." The girl's eyelid twitched. "Are you going to sacrifice yourself just because you find it a pity?"
"How could you call it a sacrifice?" Qi Yuan corrected her sister's words. "You’re disgusted with arranged marriages, and you have a preconceived notion that the other party isn’t good. I’m not averse to it and maybe I like that kind of outstanding guy, so..."
"No." The girl said coldly, "If Dad finds out, he’ll definitely be angry."
"If you and I keep it a secret, Dad won't know!" Qi Yuan grabbed her sister's arm and shook it. "Sister~ let's try it. I’m sure it will be fun~"
"... You just want to have fun, right?"
"No!" Qi Yuan raised her hand and swore. "I just cleverly thought of a way to have the best of both worlds! Sister, believe me. As long as we keep it a secret, no one will find out!"
"No one finds out now, but what about in the future?" The girl found it funny. "Are we going to keep living our lives with swapped identities?"
"Of course not!" Qi Yuan smiled proudly. "I’ll investigate the guy first. If he isn’t good, I’ll find a way to sabotage this marriage. If he’s okay, I’ll make it a done deal –– I don't believe that Dad will regret it by then."
The girl was shocked by her sister's idea, but hesitated after seeing her sister's bright eyes.
"Sister, you’re unwilling to accept a political marriage no matter what, right?"
The girl answered without hesitation, "Yes."
Qi Yuan, "Look, this is it."
Without waiting for her sister to answer, Qi Yuan quickly untied her hair and combed a ponytail like her elder sister did. She turned cold, glanced at the person beside her, and said indifferently, "Look at me. Have I imitated you well?"
"..."
"Come on." Qi Yuan changed her sister's hairstyle to a double ponytail and pinched her face. "Smile, and you’ll become me~"
"... I can't smile."
"You look at my lovely face and you don't want to smile?"
"... Hah."
"Sister, your smile is so ugly."
"..."
The two sisters were still playing around when there was a knock on the door. The servant's lukewarm voice came through the door. "Senior Miss, Junior Miss, Young Master Chu is here. Senior Master asked me to come up and tell you to go down."
Stopping her elder sister who was about to reply, Qi Yuan cleared her throat and lowered her voice slightly. "Okay, I'll go downstairs right away."
"Yes, Senior Miss."
After the servant left, Qi Yuan cheered. "Look, Yan didn't even recognize my voice!"