There was an awkward silence the mont Li Chuntao entered Mu Jianyu's apartnt, the very sa one he shared with Ying. Looking around, Li Chuntao wasn't surprised by the elegant taste of the interior design which she assud was her twin sister's work.
Everything around her painfully reminded her of Ying and why she was here pretending to be her. To live as Ying, to lure out the person responsible for her death, Li Chuntao had to cast aside her life for her twin sister's sake.
A huge wedding portrait hung in the living area, catching the eyes of anyone who visited the place. In it, they seed like a happy couple, ready to start a new chapter of their life. It would have been their 5th year of marriage if not for the 'pending' divorce and Ying's death.
"Ying?" Mu Jianyu's voice reached Li Chuntao's ears. She'd been standing in front of the portrait for a while now. "What is it? Did you recall anything?"
It would be nice if she started rembering so of their happy mories. He barely made any progress in getting on her good graces and he was hoping she would co back to him eventually.
It took Li Chuntao several seconds before she broke in her trance. She might be missing Ying too much because she couldn't look away from her sister's smiling face. She couldn't even rember when was the last ti she saw Ying smile.
"Nothing," she responded. "I just think we looked happy before."
Of course, she knew Ying was really happy that day. In Li Chuntao's opinion, Ying was the most beautiful bride she'd seen in her life, coupled with her wide smile on her wedding day, Li Chuntao prayed in her heart that Ying would always be this happy but who would have thought that this bastard would crush her hopes?
"We were," Mu Jianyu admitted too easily which Li Chuntao took advantage of.
"We were?" She blinked curiously. "Does that an we were really not on good terms before my accident?"
'Ah, Mu Jianyu. How could you be this stupid?'
Mu Jianyu wanted to smack himself for being stupid. Ying had just co ho after weeks of trying to convince her to move back in with him. Why the hell was he giving her a reason to suspect his extramarital affair.
"It's normal for married couples to argue once in a while, Ying, but we were trying our best to work things out,"
"Ahh," Li Chuntao nodded but didn't say anything, a reaction that Mu Jianyu had been forced to endure since he discovered about her mory loss. His wife was rarely this silent whenever she was in his company.
In his mory, Ying was a cheerful and kind woman who could always lighten the mood and brighten soone's day with her warm smile. Mu Jianyu wasn't used to this indifferent treatnt he was receiving from Ying right now.
Had Li Xiuying always been like this before she t him? He had no idea and he couldn't exactly bla her. Ying must be having a hard ti convincing herself to accept the reality that she was married, but not with Shen Zichen.
A woman ca with her today, claiming to be her personal maid that will look after her needs from now on. Mu Jianyu wasn't pleased that the Li family wasn't making it easy for him to nd his relationship with Ying.
It was pretty obvious that this woman wasn't just a simple maid that the Li family planted her in his own ho. He would need to be careful around her and Ying from now on.
Li Chuntao continued to look around. The books, artworks, and photos her twin had left behind were on display. Mu Jianyu's house felt like a shoebox to her compared to her huge apartnt overseas and to her penthouse, but she supposed this place was large enough for the two of them.
As if sensing her thoughts, Mu Jianyu couldn't help but comnt. It wasn't lost to him how Ying squinted her eyes whenever she looked at sothing that got her attention.
"I know it's not as big and luxurious as your place but we've been living here together for years,"
Li Chuntao stopped when she reached the bookshelf in the living area. A photo fra caught her attention and picked it up. It was a photo of her and Ying during their eighteenth birthday. Both were wearing two identical evening dresses, the only thing differentiating them was the colors they were wearing.
Ying was wearing a pristine white dress with a long tailback while Chuntao was the pitch-black version.
"My sister… have you t her?" Li Chuntao was suddenly curious as to how Mu Jianyu perceives her as Ying's twin sister.
"Your sister Chuntao?" Mu Jianyu wasn't expecting that Ying would ask him about her sister. "Honestly, I've only t her once, and that was during our wedding. I rember she specifically dyed her hair so people wouldn't be confused about who's who between the two of you."
Li Chuntao humd and nodded. What he said was true. After moving overseas, she only ca back to attend Ying's wedding and was forced to be reconnected with Shen Zichen after two years of not having any communication between them.
For those two years, Li Xiuying was the only one who had direct contact with her. Even Li Yuren and Zheng Yue weren't able to reach her. She didn't think she would be able to tell them her grievances and pain during those two years of absence and she was sorry for making them worry for too long.
"So you don't know what she's like?" She raised a brow at Mu Jianyu. She was reminded of how Qin Linfeng was aware of her existence and was able to recognize her while Mu Jianyu couldn't.
Mu Jianyu shrugged and buried his hands in his pocket. He never got a chance to be familiar with his wife's twin sister after all. The woman he'd t years ago shared his wife's face but the first impression he had of Li Chuntao was like a ticking bomb that he had no idea how to deal with.
Li Chuntao's impassive face reminded him of Li Yuren's indifference. It wasn't like she was looking down on him, it was more like she was trying to see past his mask. It made him uncomfortable and wary of his sister-in-law, that is why he never bothered to get familiar with Li Chuntao.
"Is that so? My sister… She's my twin, so she is obviously the closest person to . Why did you never try to befriend her?"
"It's not that I don't want to," Mu Jianyu was starting to feel the sweat trickling down his neck as Ying continued to question him. "There was no opportunity for and your sister to get to know each other," which was true.
However, he didn't think he and Li Chuntao would get along well even if she was Ying's sister. Being with her felt like there was a tigress watching his every move and he didn't like it one bit.. He didn't know if it was because the Li family was suspicious of him or Li Chuntao was just overprotective of Ying.
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