Nan Xiao hesitated for a moment, "Can we wait a few more days?"
Lan Yuxi knitted her brows slightly, "Why wait a few more days?"
Nan Xiao's thin lips pressed into a straight line, "She's emotionally unstable. I'm afraid she won't be able to handle seeing you."
Lan Yuxi looked at him with scrutiny for a moment, "You've been with her at the hotel until now?"
Nan Xiao smiled, "You're finally showing some spousal vigilance. But you're overthinking it. How could I possibly stay with her alone for so long? Xiang Dong was here the whole time."
Lan Yuxi pouted, "Seeing someone who looks exactly like me, what were you thinking?"
"Awkward. Oh, by the way, do you have any medicine that can remove a mole? My appearance can't be changed for now, but at least I need to get rid of that mole. It's really awkward looking at it."
"I do have medicine. Is she really identical to me? Even you can't tell the difference?"
"I can tell at a glance. For others, it's hard to say."
"How did you tell?"
"Your eyes. Your eyes are as clear as spring water. Her eyes hold too many things. This is also why I'm reluctant to let her rejoin the team immediately."
"Is that all?"
Nan Xiao thought for a moment, "Her aura isn't like yours, and her demeanor is also off. But these are things only someone very familiar with you could discern."
"I won't go see her for now, lest she learn all my best qualities." Lan Yuxi lay back down, "I'll have someone send the medicine to her tomorrow. Give me the address."
"Huaxia Hotel, room 1001."
"Send it to me on my phone later, otherwise, I won't remember it." Lan Yuxi turned over, "I'm going to sleep. You go take a bath."
Nan Xiao leaned down and kissed the top of her head, then took his pajamas and entered the bathroom.
That night, Nan Xiao was exceedingly honest, he just held her and slept.
The next day, Lan Yuxi forwarded the address Nan Xiao had sent her to Ying. Ying, following her instructions, personally went to the hotel. Besides the mole-removing medicine, he also brought her a tube of scar-removal cream.
At noon, Lan Yuxi received a video from Ying. She opened her computer and watched for a while. The woman really looked astonishingly like her, even the mole at the corner of her eye seemed to have been pasted on.
Lan Yuxi paused the video on the frame where Ying was personally removing her mole. She clearly saw resistance in the woman's eyes, yet she kept smiling throughout.
Lan Yuxi knitted her brows slightly, what did this mean?
Lan Yuxi picked up her phone and called Ying, "After interacting with her for so long, have you discovered anything?"
"She's too alike. If this mole on her face isn't removed, many of our brothers will mistake her for you."
"If I stood next to her, could you tell who was who?"
"Standing together, definitely. But separated, it would be hard to say."
Lan Yuxi propped her chin in her hand and pondered, "Issue an order. From now on, you will relay my commands for Mei Xi. And I will add a secret code to every command I give you. Without the secret code, do not execute anything."
"Yes, what will the secret code be?"
"The Three Character Classic. Add a sentence from it in order to each command. Once we've used them all, repeat them, or we can switch to something else."
"Alright."
Lan Yuxi pinched her temples and asked softly, "Ying, can I trust you?"
"My life is yours. I would never do anything to betray you."
"With your words, I am at ease. Ying, my amnesia can act up at any time. If I forget you all, you must constantly remind me that I love my family and you."
"Okay!" Ying's voice was a little heavy.
"If I lose my memory, Mei Xi will be entrusted to you. You must not let anyone with ill intentions take advantage of the situation."
"Understood."
"You've planted the chips properly, haven't you?"
"They're all planted."
"Good. I'll leave the matters over there to you."
"Don't worry, I'll keep a close eye on her."
Lan Yuxi hung up the phone, glanced at the time, and then opened her computer to send three encrypted messages consecutively before closing it and calling Lan Muxi, who was still standing foolishly by the window, to go to the dining room.
Lan Muxi clearly had no appetite. Lan Yuxi looked at him several times before finally unable to help but ask, "Are you missing Sister Zixin or Peipei?"
Lan Muxi glared at her impatiently, "Don't talk nonsense!"
"So you're not thinking of anyone?"
Lan Muxi knitted his brows slightly, "After class earlier, I called Old Six. Zheng Peipei's fever has broken, and she can go home this afternoon."
Lan Yuxi asked amusingly, "Didn't any of her family members call you?"
"No."
"Second brother, tell me the truth. Do you like Zheng Peipei more, or Sister Zixin more?"
This time, Lan Muxi didn't give his sister a dismissive look. Instead, he said very solemnly, "I stayed up all night yesterday thinking about this. Finally, I figured it out. My feelings for Zixin are purely platonic liking, but towards Zheng Peipei, there's more. Tell me, who do I love in this situation?"
Lan Yuxi curved her lips and smiled, "You already have the answer, why are you asking me!"
"So, can you help your second brother?"
Lan Yuxi pursed her lips and smiled, "You don't need my help. The Zheng family has already decided to visit our home this afternoon."
Lan Muxi's hand holding the chopsticks tightened slightly, "Really?!"
"Mmm."
"What about Zheng Peipei? Does she agree too?"
"I don't know about that, because my people can't get into her ward."
"Beep beep..." Just then, Lan Muxi's phone rang.
Lan Muxi looked at the unfamiliar number flashing on the screen and hesitantly answered the call.
"Hello..."
"Lan Muxi, it's me."
"Peipei?!"
"Mmm."
"Is there something you need?"
"Can we meet? Before some things are confirmed, I don't want my family to presumptuously go to your house."
Lan Muxi tightened his grip on the phone, "I know what you want to ask me. Before I met you, I did like a girl. However, I thought carefully last night, and my feelings for that girl were purely platonic. For you, it's true love. If you don't believe me, you can see it in my future actions."
"I know that girl looks very much like me. It's true, I don't want to be anyone's substitute."
"You are no one's substitute. Although you look very similar, you are two completely different people. You are pure and passionate like fire..."
Lan Yuxi smiled and mouthed Lan Muxi's words: ...you are two completely different people. You are pure and passionate like fire. (I love you~)
Lan Muxi glared at her impatiently.
"...Is there someone next to you?" Zheng Peipei asked suspiciously.