Rebirth: My Healer Wife Owns Superpowers-Chapter 432 - 433 Master of Acting
Chapter 432: Chapter 433: Master of Acting.
Chapter 432: Chapter 433: Master of Acting.
Qi Yue’s mind was buzzing like the beads on an abacus, yet her face reflected concern for Liu Zhinan.
“I say, Lord Liu, you mustn’t misidentify me… You know I’ve recently been at odds with that woman from the Wei Family. If you acknowledge me, who knows, you might get dragged into this!”
Liu Zhinan gave a slight smile.
“If I don’t acknowledge you, do you have a way to change the current situation?”
He paused, then added, “I’ve heard that Shen Gong has people watching you, haven’t I?”
Hearing this, Qi Yue was alarmed inside, but her lips were more stubborn than a dead duck’s.
“I naturally have my methods. Besides, what you’re saying isn’t right. If Shen Gong’s men were following me, wouldn’t I know about it?”
However, Liu Zhinan looked at her and smiled, his chin’s beard quivering.
“Niece, don’t underestimate the Longting Guard; they’re no worse than the men under your command… Besides, you’ve come from afar and are unfamiliar with Fengdu…”
Buzz…
It was as if her mind had been struck, and Qi Yue’s face suddenly changed, her hands gathering Divine Power, ready to strike at Liu Zhinan any moment.
“—Do you know who I am?”
“Of course.” Liu Zhinan calmly stroked his beard, a look of certainty on his face.
“The late Great General Qi Yunzhang’s daughter from Nanyue, Qi Yue— and I also know that your men are all from the Black Feather Guard.”
Qi Yue’s hands tightened even more.
“How did you find out? How long have you known? That day in the bookshop, you had already recognized me, hadn’t you?”
“My child, are you this wary even towards your uncle?” Liu Zhinan dismissively waved his hand, “Don’t be nervous, I only found out not long ago.”
“What?” Qi Yue twitched the corners of her lips, ready to draw her sword!
“When did you find out?”
“Don’t be nervous, make yourself comfortable,” Liu Zhinan, his face wrinkled, smiled like the big bad wolf from Little Red Riding Hood, “I’ll explain it slowly.”
“What do I have to be nervous about? Am I supposed to be afraid of you?” Qi Yue huffed, though she relaxed a bit.
Despite Liu Zhinan’s pleasant demeanor, she had no intention of trusting him.
It was too suspicious.
She began to suspect that perhaps the Nanyue Kingdom saw her capabilities and devised this strategy to win her over!
After reaping the benefits, they might totally eradicate her!
At this thought, she felt a chill in her mind, and couldn’t help but remember Qingzhu’s words.
The original owner’s mother had a clear and respectable background, with a known name. It was impossible for her to be related to the Liu Family in front of her.
Thus, she became even more certain that Liu Zhinan must have ulterior motives.
But on second thought, given the current situation, acknowledging Liu Zhinan as her uncle might not be a bad move.
It could be just the opportunity to stir things up in Fengdu.
“Alright, then please, do tell…” Qi Yue resumed her earlier position, smiling like a fox, “Dear uncle, you wouldn’t deceive me, would you?”
Liu Zhinan seemed very pleased with the address of dear uncle, and laughed out loud.
“Rest assured, your uncle might deceive anyone, but never you.”
Qi Yue also smiled, “Alright, then thank you, uncle.”
After a while, Qi Yue had a general understanding of the situation.
It was said that about forty years ago, the late patriarch of the Liu Family, Liu Zhinan’s father, had taken a famine-escaping orphan girl as a concubine.
That orphan girl was the original owner’s grandmother.
Her grandmother was no ordinary woman; although she married into the Liu Family, she was determined to return to her homeland.
After hearing that the disaster at home had passed, she decided to go back.
But by then, she was already pregnant, and the Liu Family naturally would not let her leave.
So, she gave birth to the original owner’s mother.
Everyone thought that once the child was born, they would not leave, but unexpectedly, during a family trip to the temple to offer incense, the original matriarch’s grandmother decisively left and took away the three-month-old original matron as well.
As a prominent clan, the Liu Family naturally could not allow their bloodline to be lost outside, so they kept searching.
Later, when Elder Mr. Liu passed away, this task fell upon his eldest son, Liu Zhinan.
By that time, the Liu Family had risen again in the business and court circles of Nanyue Kingdom, possessing an unparalleled network of information that greatly accelerated the search for clues.
However, by then, the original matriarch’s grandmother was no longer alive, and there was no trace of the original matron either.
But the Liu Family did not give up and continued searching until one year, Liu Zhinan, serving as an envoy, went to Beiyuan.
By a chance opportunity, Liu Zhinan at a court banquet noticed that the woman accompanying Qi Yunzhang closely resembled the person in the family portrait.
And he felt a strong sense of familiarity with the original matron.
With the attitude of better to verify than to miss out, the Liu Family started a long process of verification.
Of course, there were several reversals along the way, and at one point they even confirmed that the original matron was unrelated to the Liu Family.
But three years ago, things suddenly changed.
The Liu Family found an old woman.
She claimed to be a neighbor of the original grandmother and confirmed that that year, the grandmother returned home carrying a daughter and was taken in by her own brother.
Afterward, the grandmother never married to avoid scandal, and the girl grew up as the daughter of her uncle.
Later, the original matron grew up and somehow married the already renowned Qi Yunzhang.
Once everything was confirmed, the Liu Family was overjoyed and immediately returned to Beiyuan to recognize the original matron.
But by then, twenty years had passed since Liu Zhinan had seen the original matron.
That is to say, a year after Liu Zhinan saw the original matron, Qi Yue was born, but her mother died of postpartum illnesses.
“Yueyue, you blame your uncle, don’t you? In fact, these years your uncle has also been quite remorseful,” sighed Liu Zhinan, “If we hadn’t insisted on verifying at that time and had bravely recognized your mother, perhaps she might not have… Ah, and it also caused you so much suffering…”
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Qi Yue looked at Liu Zhinan’s sorrowful old face, feeling both bewildered and amused.
Did he think she was a three-year-old child, easily deceived?
This story was full of holes and simply untenable.
What about seeing the original matron at a court banquet?
What familiarity?
It was all made up.
She didn’t believe that verifying someone’s relation to one’s family could take twenty years.
It would be somewhat reasonable to say that they had been searching for twenty years.
But verification, that was absolutely unnecessary.
And Qi Yue always believed in the information Qingzhu had investigated; it wouldn’t be wrong.
The original matron was born into a lower-ranking military officer’s family, filled with males and without any old unmarried aunts or the like.
From a young age, the original matron had known Qi Yunzhang, being childhood sweethearts and inseparable friends.
It was also for this reason that even after Qi Yunzhang had joined the military and rapidly advanced, becoming a renowned figure, he still married the original matron and remained faithful to her.
Liu Zhinan’s words only seemed logically timely, but they really were not worth scrutinizing.
This brought up the issue.
Why would Liu Zhinan fabricate such a big lie, acknowledging her as his fake niece?
Unable to figure it out, Qi Yue decided not to think about it anymore.
What was there to fear? If Liu Zhinan offered his support to her, would she be a fool not to accept?
Determined, Qi Yue immediately transformed into a dramatic actress.
“Dear uncle, please don’t be sad anymore. I have just managed to recover from the pain of losing my mother, so please don’t bring up the past anymore, okay? I believe you, isn’t that enough?”
She feigned wiping away a tear, burying her entire face in Liu Zhinan’s arm, pretending to be heartbroken but almost bursting out laughing instead.
