Ruan Yaoyao: 【……】
【You’ve got some guts, huh? You actually dare to show up in front of Xu Anzhi, tsk tsk tsk…】
【Not only did you show up yourself, you even brought three kids with you.】
After hearing her inner voice, Ruan Tingting showed an extremely thick skin and simply pretended she hadn’t heard anything.
Anyway, even her husband hadn’t done anything to her—why would she be afraid of an outsider?
Even if it was her own elder sister, she still couldn’t do anything to her.
Leng Heguang and Leng Hejun exchanged a glance, both utterly shocked.
What…? Was the “huge secret” their father mentioned… this?!
Dad, you didn’t even explain it clearly?!
How were they supposed to stay calm in something this absurd?
As for the still-underage Leng Pianran, she didn’t hear anything. She was only confused—since when did her mother and Third Aunt get so close?
Xu Anzhi looked obedient and sweet as she smiled at the newly appeared three brothers and sisters.
“Wow! Anzhi is so cute~” Leng Pianran had always wanted a younger sister. Unfortunately, after giving birth to her, Ruan Tingting had no more children. Suddenly seeing such an adorable little girl, she instantly fell in love.
“Sister Pianran~” Xu Anzhi blushed shyly.
Leng Pianran hugged her immediately, feeling how soft and milky she was—she was practically her “dream little sister.”
Excited, she turned to share with her brothers.
“Big brother, second brother, look! Anzhi is so cute! Doesn’t she look like my real sister?”
The two little faces were pressed together, and at a glance—they really did look somewhat alike.
Leng Heguang & Leng Hejun: “……”
Did you forget that she’s Aunt Three’s biological daughter?!
They’re cousins—of course they’ll resemble each other a bit!
Meanwhile, Ruan Yaoyao looked at the four siblings sharing the same father and blinked.
【Blood ties really are different… they bonded instantly upon meeting.】
【Is Tingting planning this on purpose?】
【Even if she can’t bring the child back, as long as the siblings are close, then when Anzhi grows up and learns her real identity, even if she doesn’t acknowledge Tingting, she’ll still acknowledge her brothers and sister.】
【If she can’t benefit from Anzhi’s “lucky koi fate,” her sons and daughters can.】
【Impressive.】
【Truly impressive.】
Leng Heguang and Leng Hejun felt something was off.
What do you mean “blood ties are different”?
Isn’t she their mother’s sister? Isn’t it normal that they have blood relations?
But if that was the case, Third Aunt wouldn’t need to say something like that—she wasn’t only talking about Xu Anzhi.
As for the so-called “koi fate,” the two didn’t take it seriously at all, assuming it was just exaggerated praise for a beloved child.
Still, they had to admit—compared to the mischievous Xu Tiangong, Xu Tiancai, Xu Tianying, and even the baby Xu Lingxuan, this soft, chubby little girl was indeed very adorable. Round cheeks, big round eyes—she was naturally lovable.
If it weren’t for Pianran clinging tightly to her, they would’ve wanted to hold her too.
“Alright, so you’ve met Anzhi?” their father Leng Shuwen asked when they returned home.
Leng Heguang and Leng Hejun didn’t hide anything and recounted everything, even asking again about the “inner voice.”
They tried to express how shocked they were, but Leng Shuwen only said calmly: “This is just one thing. There’s another matter—tell me again in detail. What exactly did your Third Aunt say at that time?”
The two were confused but repeated it anyway.
“Blood relations… you didn’t understand?”
They shook their heads.
“If you don’t understand, forget it. You’ll understand after going a few more times. Just remember this: your mother and I are our business. You siblings are your own business. Don’t mix them up.”
The two nodded.
They added that only they had signed the “contract,” while their younger sister Leng Pianran hadn’t—so they weren’t sure if she simply couldn’t hear it, or if it had something to do with not signing.
“Pianran isn’t an adult yet. It’s normal that she can’t hear it. She’ll be fine after she grows up,” Leng Shuwen said.
The two were stunned.
So hearing the inner voice was related to age too?
Leng Hejun felt secretly relieved—good thing he was already an adult…
Otherwise…
At that moment, neither of them knew that when they later discovered what “blood relations” truly meant, they nearly exposed themselves.
Because they could never have imagined—
Xu Anzhi was actually their half-sister from the same mother but different fathers?!
And their father had known all along.
Yet with his temper, he had actually endured it.
By then, after witnessing Xu Anzhi’s so-called “koi fate,” they finally understood what their father meant.
They felt a bit awkward, but Leng Shuwen said: “What’s there to be awkward about? She’s not my biological child, but isn’t she your sister? I’ve said it before—your mother and I are our business, you siblings are your business. We separate the matters. Besides, Anzhi is innocent. She was abandoned at birth, spent years in an orphanage, and even ran into traffickers. If not for her koi fate leading her to your Third Aunt, who knows where she would’ve ended up?”
“Now that she’s with your Third Aunt, it’s already better than being with your mother. As for your mother…”
There was obvious dissatisfaction in his tone, but he restrained himself because they were his sons.
Leng Heguang and Leng Hejun: “……”
What could they even do?
They could only bear the consequences of their parents’ actions.
As for this sister who had grown up elsewhere, they could only try to treat her better in secret and make up for her a little more.
After all, she was an illegitimate child—it made sense their father didn’t want to acknowledge her.
But they truly hadn’t expected their mother to have such courage—to actually cheat on their father and even give birth to a child.
Didn’t she fear what their father might do?
Even more unexpected was that their father had so many women outside—and still “loved” their mother deeply enough to endure even this humiliation.
They couldn’t decide whether to see it as karma for their father or to sympathize with him for being wronged.
But looking at their unaware younger sister Leng Pianran, who was happily interacting with Ruan Tingting, they felt a faint envy:
Ignorance really is bliss.
Just like her—maybe that was better.
“Ah-choo…”
Leng Pianran sneezed.
She quickly apologized to a senior she had accidentally bumped into.
The senior smiled gently. “It’s okay, you didn’t do it on purpose. You’re in eighth grade, right?”
“Senior knows me?”
“Of course. I remember you from last year’s Outstanding Student Representative meeting.”
Leng Pianran became shy. “Senior has such good memory… it’s been so long.”
“You’re a top student. I remember all top students. I really admire you people—same humans, but why are your grades so good? Unlike me, a total underachiever who struggles just to get an A after exhausting all efforts.”
“But senior, you already got an A—that’s not bad at all.”
“That’s different. Your A is A+, mine is A-, sometimes even B, and I had to stay up late for it. How do you study so well?”
“Actually… I also sometimes stay up late…” Leng Pianran said.
Of course, she didn’t really—her parents didn’t allow it.
They would rather she got slightly worse grades than risk her health.
To be precise, the Leng family was somewhat “son-preferred.” If she were a boy, she would be expected to push herself hard; as a girl, it didn’t matter as much.
Even if she didn’t do well, she could still marry well in the future through business alliances.
But Leng Pianran refused to accept that.
She had seen her mother’s life and didn’t want to end up like her.
So she could only work harder and harder, trying to prove with her own strength:
She didn’t need a business marriage—she, like her brothers, was just as excellent.
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