The girl was Chu Yanhan and Xuan Yu’s eldest daughter, Chu Xinyu.

"Mommy, why are you calling me so early in the morning? I’m not even awake yet."

Chu Xinyu rubbed her eyes coquettishly, still grumpy from just waking up, and pouted her luscious red lips impatiently.

Xuan Yu snapped, "Everyone, leave the room."

The lady of the house was always graceful and gentle, so the servants trembled with fear, knowing she must have had something important to discuss alone with the young mistress and bowed their heads as they retreated.

Once the servants had left, Xuan Yu slapped the newspaper down in front of her daughter, "Just look for yourself!"

Chu Xinyu, annoyed, picked up the newspaper. Upon recognizing the person on the entertainment page, she was startled, "This is..."

No, it couldn’t be, right?

It should just be someone who looks similar, not the same person, right?

But—there absolutely couldn’t be someone else in the world this similar!

In the newspaper, the little Taoist nun was featured in several photos—every frown, every smile, every blink—it was obviously... Jiayi, that girl!

Seeing that her daughter had also recognized her, Xuan Yu asked coldly, "Didn’t you say that she sneakily ran off while traveling with you and Xinyue in China? Why then is she appearing in Ye Yongning’s new movie?"

Chu Xinyu was breaking out in a cold sweat, "Really, Mommy, she did run away! That day, we took Xinyue shopping. When we returned to the hotel, she was gone. If she didn’t run away, what, did she just vanish into thin air? She ran off because she didn’t want to marry that cripple from the Ya Family in my place!"

Xuan Yu’s eyes flashed with suspicion, "If she truly ran away, she’d be hiding her identity now, fearing discovery. How could she then be brazenly acting in films? Did you do something to her? Be honest with me. If your daddy finds out, I can still cover for you. But if you don’t come clean, and your daddy gets angry, I won’t be able to protect you!"

Chu Xinyu protested her innocence, "Mommy, I swear I never harmed her!"

Xuan Yu snorted lightly, "Everyone in Nanga City knows how much you dislike her. Your fiancé, Nie Yixiao, was once her boyfriend. Are you sure you haven’t harbored any thoughts of harming her? If you really did, while in China, it would be fine, but you need to tell me everything so I can think of a way to protect you. Otherwise, you know your father’s temper. He still has some affection for that little wretch!"

Beyond this daughter, Xuan Yu could not think of anyone else who might have harmed Jiayi.

This daughter was always the most impulsive and domineering. Xuan Yu now wondered if Chu Xinyu had attempted to kill Jiayi during their trip and was yet unaware of her failure.

If that was the case, she needed to make arrangements immediately. She couldn’t let Jiayi come back to complain to Chu Yanhan.

Chu Xinyu was anxious, "I indeed despise that girl, but why would I harm her? Mommy, you brought her to the Chu Family so that the wretch could marry that cripple from the Ya Royal Family instead of me. If I killed her, no one would be left to take my place! How would that benefit me?"

Her eldest daughter’s argument did make sense.

Xuan Yu frowned deeply.

However, if that little wretch really ran off to avoid the marriage, how could she have the guts to act in movies, letting the whole world know? Was it as if she wanted the Chu Family to track her down?

As she was mulling this over, a sweet voice drifted into the room:

"Mommy, the issue now isn’t about how Jiayi disappeared, it’s about finding her, isn’t it?"

The girl walked in, dressed in a white poofy tulle dress, her curly hair falling past her waist. Except for a cinnabar mole at the center of her forehead, she looked about eighty or ninety percent identical to Chu Xinyu.

This girl was Chu Xinyu’s twin sister, Chu Xinyue, and also the second daughter of Duke Chu Yanhan and Xuan Yu.

Compared to her twin sister Chu Xinyu, whose charm was like a rose, Chu Xinyue might have resembled her twin in facial features, but she had an even more slender and fragile figure, with a little face that was pitiable at first glance, and skin so pale it was almost translucent.

Twins often compete for nutrients in the womb, usually resulting in one baby being larger and the other slightly weaker.

Chu Xinyue just happened to be the one with the weaker constitution, and moreover, when Xuan Yu gave birth to the twin daughters prematurely, it resulted in a congenital deficiency for Chu Xinyue, including congenital heart disease.

Therefore, Xuan Yu was always particularly affectionate and cherished this younger daughter.

Fortunately, Xinyue was also quite spirited; although she was not in good health, from a young age she was sensible, and even more intelligent and composed than her elder sister, Chu Xinyu.

Seeing her younger daughter come out, Xuan Yu walked over with a face full of tender love, "Why did you come out?"

Chu Xinyue spoke obediently, "I’ve eaten, Mommy. I saw that you had called Sister over, so I came to see if there was anything important. I didn’t expect that it was..."

She glanced at the newspaper.

Xuan Yu’s expression became serious again. After pondering for a moment, she said, "Xinyue is right. No matter what, we must first find Jiayi and bring her back to S City! In just over ten days, there will be the Royal Family’s Crown Princess Consort Selection Banquet. By then, if our Chu Family doesn’t have a suitable daughter, we’ll have no choice but to send Xinyu!"

The daughters of the Chu Family had always been the match for the Royal Family of S Country, the Ya Family.

This generation was no exception.

Unfortunately, the current Crown Prince of the Ya Family, Ya Chen, was born both blind and paralyzed; destined to spend his life lying in bed or sitting in a wheelchair, and also due to a premature birth, he had poor health. The doctors of S Country had once bluntly stated that Ya Chen might not even live past twenty-five.

Normally, it would either be Chu Xinyu marrying Ya Chen, or Chu Xinyue marrying Ya Chen.

But because Chu Xinyue had congenital heart disease and couldn’t bear children, she naturally lost the qualification to marry into the Royal Family.

Thus, the heavy responsibility of becoming the Crown Princess Consort fell on the older sister, Chu Xinyu.

However, Xuan Yu indulged her daughters, so how could she bear to have her beloved biological daughter marry a severely disabled person and live like a widow?

Chu Xinyu, herself a beauty that suited public tastes and had been spoiled since childhood, couldn’t even stand to see Ya Chen with his full-body paralysis and blindness. Driven to thoughts of death, she wailed and refused to marry him.

Therefore, Xuan Yu had to think of another solution.

The Ya Family was the Royal Family, and certainly could not be offended, so the only option was... to find the Chu Family’s wayward daughter who was lost to the outside world.

Jiayi, was that daughter.

Jiayi was the daughter of Chu Yanhan and Xia Tingxuan.

Thinking of Xia Tingxuan, Xuan Yu couldn’t help lifting the corner of her delicate red lips, still filled with both jealousy and hatred to this day!

Although Chu Yanhan now held the noble title of a duke, he only returned to S Country to claim his hereditary title in his twenties. His background was extremely legendary.

Back then, due to the domestic turmoil in S Country, Chu Yanhan’s father had to evade the harm of political enemies. He fled with his son, ended up in China, and due to dire circumstances, left the young Chu Yanhan at the doorstep of an orphanage.

Chu Yanhan grew up in the orphanage together with Xia Tingxuan, who was also an orphan. They were childhood sweethearts, with a deep and sincere relationship.

After they became adults, they were preparing to get married when Chu Yanhan was involved in a car accident.