Chapter 0026 – Sacrifice (2 / 2)

“Tang…Sister Jiang Xia, you’re back so early…you knocked even when you entered, you scared me to death…”

“Why are you imitating my tone accent?” Jiang Xia questioned.

It was a long time before Tang Ei poked her head out from under the covers.

“Did my sister hear that…was I a particularly bad imitation…”

Jiang Xia sat down on the edge of the bed and gently looked at “Tang Ei” as she stared at her, trying to see her true appearance.

“With the name calling earlier, you actually know the truth of the matter, don’t you?”

“Tang Ei” nodded gently.

“It was Mr. Xu and Mr. Butler who picked me up from the hospital, and they told me to take your identity instead, treating me as if I were you… I didn’t even figure out who I was, and so as not to reveal that I hadn’t accepted this identity, I practiced in secret, learning my sister’s mannerisms.”

“Did they bring you here by force? Why didn’t you resist? Why didn’t you tell me earlier…”

“I’m afraid…” “Tang Ei” suddenly cried out hysterically, and only then did Jiang Xia notice that her eyes had already filled with tears.

“I originally refused, but gradually I realized that they seemed to be genuinely good to me, they would care about my every word and action, they would take care of my living and living, Mr. Xu or the housekeeper, even if I didn’t know why they were doing this, they really cared about me…allowing me to regain, even I didn’t know where I had lost my values.”

“I’m afraid…I’m afraid that if I don’t do enough, they’ll abandon me like my parents did…and I’ll be thrown back into that dirty, run-down asylum, back into a cage, to die a meaningless death.”

“Sister…I didn’t mean to hide it from you, it’s just that I don’t know what to do right myself…”

The way she was trembling with fear, she looked like a helpless kitten left behind in the pouring rain, shivering as the rain drenched her body.

Jiang Xia hugged “Tang Ei” tightly and comforted her softly.

“Don’t worry, how could sister be angry with you? Look at us now, aren’t we working well together? The design drawings for the low-cost housing are so well done, Aunt Li Chunxia will be able to live in a new house in a few days, and these two understanding children of hers will be able to have a better living environment, this is the change that your value has brought about.”

“Really?” “Tang Ei” wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled shyly.

“Sis…you really won’t get mad, will you.”

Jiang Xia nodded solemnly.

“So…I just cried so hard that I accidentally wiped snot on your new clothes…”

“You’ve got an inch, don’t you!”

With this side of the situation resolved for now, it was necessary for her to contact another person than first speaking about this with Cheng Yu who trusted her.

Jiang Xia looked for the Mediterranean Sea to ask for Ran Yi’s personal information when he applied for the job, and with the mindset of trying it out, she dialed the number on the form.

Earlier Ran Yi said that he was applying for the job for her sake, at that time Jiang Xia only took it as a joke, now when he thought about it carefully maybe he wasn’t joking.

Ran Yi can learn so much information, there must be a channel, and the most reliable channel is Xu Yin, who single-handedly arranged the substitute program!

Jiang Xia did not expect this guy to pick up the phone, she had not yet opened her mouth, Ran Yi jumped the gun.

“Meet me again in the square below the office building in an hour; I have the information you want.”

I have the information you want…Jiang Xia repeatedly recited these words along the way, always feeling incredibly familiar.

When she reached the square, the figure in the ill-fitting brown coat had long stood there.

“Since you’re going to ask about the stand-in, aren’t you in a hurry, not worried at all that I’ll blow off the appointment?”

Jiang Xia was used to being guessed by Ran Yi’s thoughts, but he still couldn’t help but ask why.

“Other than that, I can’t think of a reason for your haste to find me at this hour.”

With that, he handed a thick file bag to Jiang Xia.

“That’s all the information on the girl, but I’m also curious as to why, exactly, you rejected your identity.”

Jiang Xia was slightly more relieved, at least this guy wasn’t a retcon like her.

“There are things in this world you don’t know.”

“The more you know, the more you don’t know, and that’s a truth that’s been around forever.”

Jiang Xia had no intention of flirting with him and seemed to look back after watching Chen Jieyi’s sad experience.

“This isn’t even about them saving her, it’s about finding a talking sheep to be expendable!”

Ran Yi shrugged in agreement.

“You know the inside story, don’t you, and you knew I wouldn’t be an enabler before you helped him find a double exactly like me.”

“Same?” Ran Yi frowned slightly, seemingly sensing something.

“Pretty much, but you’re thinking simplistically, this guy Xu Yin never cared about any kindred spirits, he now, merely lacks a bait.”

Ran Yi told Tang Ei about Xu Yin’s plan in its original form, including the fact that he wanted to use it to threaten the Mo Lin Group and force Cheng Mo Lin to let him bring capital into the stock, and now, Jiang Xia finally understands exactly who is behind the scenes, who incited Auntie Li Chun Xia behind the scenes to die with her, who poisoned the children’s spice packets, and who wants to make a big deal out of all this that has caused a lot of people’s deaths and pushed the Mo Lin Group into an endless abyss.

“Since both Chen Jieyi and I are ready-to-be-discarded victims to her, and since you’re involved in his plans, why tell me all this?”

Ran Yi smiled slightly.

I’ve already said ah, it’s for you ah, whether it’s you or Jieyi Chen, as long as there’s a sacrifice.”

Why can’t it be her?