AMRWFA -Chapter 387 The Love-Brained Childhood Sweetheart

Lao Jianian wasn’t surprised at all that Fan Yi would investigate Dai Yudie’s background—he would’ve done the same himself.

The only difference was, his people hadn’t found anything.

Thinking back to how Dai Yudie had subtly hinted that she had “run away from home,” Lao Jianian found himself unable to refute it.

After all, that was exactly what he had assumed—what kind of sheltered, out-of-touch rich young lady leaves home just to “experience life”?

But if you said it was Dai Yudie’s fault, that didn’t seem quite right either. She might not have been trying to mislead them—perhaps she simply hadn’t expected them to misunderstand her.

As soon as Lao Jianian said this, Fan Yi let out two cold laughs. “Heh. Heh.”

He truly hadn’t expected that this guy—who had grown up with his sister and was supposedly her destined match—could be this naïve.

Destined match? This guy wasn’t worthy of his sister at all.

“If you think it’s a misunderstanding, then fine—call it that,” Fan Yi said indifferently. “It has nothing to do with us anyway. So why did you come looking for us? Just stay with your Dai Yudie. Why drag us into it? Or is it that the reason you’re with her isn’t just her questionable background, but also her connection to our family? You’ve got quite the appetite—trying to kill two birds with one stone.”

“Brother Fan…”

“Don’t call me that.” Fan Yi cut him off sharply. “I let you call me that before because I thought you and my sister were a couple. Now that you already have a girlfriend, stay away from both me and my sister.”

Lao Jianian looked deeply shaken. “Brother Fan, did Xinxin say something that made you misunderstand? There’s nothing like that between me and her. Yes, we studied together from kindergarten through high school, but I’ve always treated her like a little sister…”

“I didn’t say anything!” Fan Xin immediately jumped in. “I don’t even like you—why would I say something like that to my brother? My brother… my brother heard it from someone else.”

Lao Jianian didn’t believe her at all.

Dai Yudie had long hinted that Fan Xin had feelings for him and had even misunderstood that he liked Fan Xin, which was why she had been reluctant to accept his pursuit.

If it weren’t for the fact that she had nearly been misunderstood by Fan Xin as two-timing—being with him while also being involved with her brother—she wouldn’t have agreed so quickly to admit her feelings and try dating him.

Dai Yudie had even told him in advance: her feelings for him weren’t that deep yet. She just didn’t want the Fan siblings to misunderstand her, so she wanted him to pretend to be her boyfriend—and at the same time, see if they could truly work out.

If, in the end, she still couldn’t fall in love with him, she would be honest about it and not hurt him.

Lao Jianian thought—how could there be such a gentle and kind girl in this world?

Comparison really did reveal everything. Compared to her, Fan Xin—with her “insincere words” and tendency to “stir up trouble”—didn’t seem nearly as likable anymore.

Looking at her, his face filled with pain, he said, “Xinxin, I never thought you were this kind of person!”

Fan Xin: What did I even do?

Seeing his expression, Fan Yi instantly understood—wasn’t this exactly how he had once misunderstood his own sister?

So now this guy had also fabricated a whole story in his head about his sister harming others?

Fan Yi couldn’t bear to watch.

Was he really that stupid back then?

He stepped forward again, shielding Fan Xin, and told Lao Jianian to leave immediately and stop being an eyesore.

He had made it clear long ago—he and his sister wanted nothing to do with Lao Jianian and Dai Yudie. They could date each other all they wanted, while the siblings lived their own lives. There was no need for any overlap.

What he couldn’t understand was—why were Lao Jianian and Dai Yudie so determined to drag them into this?

Fan Yi thought he had made things clear.

But to his surprise, the power of “the plot” was strong. Not long after, the siblings crossed paths with Lao Jianian and Dai Yudie again.

So when Fan Yi attended someone’s party with his sister and saw the two of them there, he was speechless.

Even more speechless—this so-called birthday host stepped forward as a “peacemaker,” acting as though the siblings had misunderstood Dai Yudie, and asked them to reconcile for her sake.

Looking at the crowd urging them to “make up,” Fan Yi suddenly understood what his sister must have felt when she was once abandoned by everyone.

It felt utterly absurd.

Without a word, Fan Yi grabbed his sister and left.

“Fan Yi, stop right there!”

The birthday girl exploded in anger.

But neither of the siblings turned back.

Her eyes instantly reddened, and others rushed to comfort her.

Looking guilty, she accepted the tissue Dai Yudie handed her. “I’m sorry!”

Dai Yudie shook her head, putting on a pitiful, innocent expression. “It’s not your fault. The one unwilling to forgive me is Brother Yi. I truly treated him as a brother, but I didn’t expect him to fall for me… and then get angry when I got together with Jianian.”

“How is that your fault?” someone immediately snapped. “It’s not wrong for you to like Jianian! Love doesn’t have a first-come, first-served rule. You two are genuinely in love—he’s the third party!”

The crowd quickly turned indignant, criticizing the Fan siblings for being unreasonable—one resenting others because her feelings weren’t returned, the other angry because his confession was rejected.

Why should the world revolve around them?

Why couldn’t Lao Jianian love someone else?

Why couldn’t Dai Yudie be with the person she loved?

They vowed to defend the “Die-Nian CP” to the end.

More people gathered, comforting Dai Yudie, telling her not to be upset—people who couldn’t empathize with others weren’t worth being friends with anyway. There were plenty of kind people in the world.

Dai Yudie looked “moved,” but in a corner where no one could see, she frowned slightly.

She couldn’t understand what had gone wrong. How had the fish that had already been caught managed to slip out of the net?

This was a female-oriented romance novel—if the female lead slipped away, what was the point of only hooking the male lead?

The female lead was the foundation of the world.

Right now, Lao Jianian was the male lead—but if Fan Xin fell for someone else, then the male lead would simply change.

If she wanted to successfully “conquer” this world, she had to completely crush the female lead—only then could she seize the “female lead halo” and replace her as the irreplaceable heroine of this world.

“I like you!”

Fan Xin rejected yet another young man confessing to her, her expression growing colder.

As expected of the master—just as predicted, romantic prospects kept appearing one after another.

Refined, lively, sunny—every type showed up. If she hadn’t been prepared, she might have been dazzled by the choices.

Being dazzled wouldn’t matter—but if these were the “rotten romances” arranged by that woman, it made her furious.

Had she dug up their ancestors’ graves in her past life?

Why target her like this?

Ruan Yaoyao was also puzzled.

She had thought that telling the Fan siblings the truth and helping them stay away from Dai Yudie would allow them to break free from her.

But despite their efforts to distance themselves, Dai Yudie still insisted on getting close?

If she couldn’t approach them directly, she’d arrange for others to do it?

Looking at the siblings’ faces, Ruan Yaoyao fell silent.

【Why is she so determined to destroy Fan Xin?】

【What has Fan Xin ever done to her?】

【She didn’t steal her male lead, nor interfere with their relationship…】

【Is it just because she refused to hand over her own parents and brother… that she deserves to die?】