Lin Shuyue woke up the next morning, put on makeup, wore a big wavy wig, and put on a white long dress that had been hanging in her closet for a while without being worn.

When she came out of her room, she learned that it had rained heavily outside last night, and it hadn’t stopped even now. Lou Fengqin hadn’t gone to the construction site and was sitting in the living room with Lin Shuxing and Zeng Xiaoyi, watching Princess Pearl.

When they saw Lin Shuyue with makeup on, all three of them were dumbfounded.

Lin Shuxing was the first to react. “Pretty girl, when did you get into our house?”

Lin Shuyue didn’t tease them. She took off the wig on her head and walked towards them. “Sis, you don’t recognize me just because I put on makeup and wore a dress?”

When Lin Shuxing heard Lin Shuyue’s familiar voice, she exclaimed in surprise and immediately stood up to walk towards Lin Shuyue, circling around her several times, very excited. “Ah Yue, how did you do this makeup? How come you look completely different from yourself?”

Lin Shuyue’s ability to put on makeup was something Lin Shuxing had heard countless times from Zeng Xiaoyi. But every time Zeng Xiaoyi said that her sister had disguised herself as a woman in her forties to infiltrate the internet addiction school, Lin Shuxing found it unimaginable and unbelievable!

After all, her sister was only twenty years old. The age gap between twenty and forty was so big. No matter how good Lin Shuyue was at makeup, could she really transform into another person? She thought Zeng Xiaoyi must be exaggerating.

So Lin Shuxing hadn’t taken Lin Shuyue’s skill seriously and hadn’t even asked Lin Shuyue a single question. Until now, looking at Lin Shuyue, who had completely become another person, she had to believe it.

She held Lin Shuyue’s face in her hands and marveled. “Ah Yue, how did you do your eyes? Your eyes aren’t this shape!”

Lin Shuyue, like Lin Shuxing, had phoenix eyes, with an indescribable allure in every smile and glance. But now Lin Shuyue’s eyes had completely become almond-shaped, not only big but also very round.

Lin Shuyue wasn’t in a hurry to go out. Looking at Lin Shuxing’s curious expression, she asked, “Why don’t I put some makeup on you too?”

Lin Shuxing immediately agreed.

She had already resigned from the clothing factory and was now working full-time with Luo Zhengjun selling lunch boxes. Today, it was raining, and the construction sites outside weren’t working, so she rarely had a day off.

She had just told her mother and Zeng Xiaoyi that they would go shopping later.

But now that Lin Shuyue said she would put makeup on her, they could skip the shopping trip. After all, the shops on the street were always there and wouldn’t run away. They didn’t know how long they would have to wait for another time when both she and Lin Shuyue were free.

“Okay, let’s do it. Let’s go, let’s go.” Lin Shuxing pulled Lin Shuyue towards her room. After taking two steps, she waved at Zeng Xiaoyi. “Xiaoyi, hurry up and come over. This is a rare opportunity. We don’t know when your Sister Ah Yue will have another day off.”

Zeng Xiaoyi was also a young girl who loved beauty by nature. When she heard Lin Shuxing’s words, she quickly followed.

She was also extremely curious about Lin Shuyue’s makeup skills that had allowed her to transform into a middle-aged woman.

Lou Fengqin saw the three young girls leave and, feeling impatient with the TV drama, got up, turned off the TV, and followed them.

Lou Fengqin was very particular about personal space. From the time the original owner had her own room, she had established a rule that no one could easily go into each other’s rooms to rummage through things.

The last time Lou Fengqin had been to Lin Shuyue’s room was last year.

The first thing she did upon entering the room was to look at the arrangement. Seeing that everything was neat and tidy and very clean, she smiled.

Lin Shuyue pressed Lin Shuxing down in front of the table. Knowing that she had already applied BB cream and skincare products in the morning, she took out her primer and applied it to her face. Then she opened her makeup case, took out foundation brushes and other makeup tools, and started applying makeup to her face.

Knowing that she also wanted to have round eyes like her own, Lin Shuyue focused on drawing her eye makeup. It took almost half an hour to finish her eyes.

When she opened her eyes and looked at herself in the mirror, she couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise, “Ah Yue, it turns out that just changing your eyes can make such a big difference in your whole appearance!”

Lin Shuxing was amazed. After changing her eyes, Lin Shuxing’s face was very different from before. With makeup on, she looked very similar to Lin Shuyue. After all, the two originally looked alike, and Lin Shuyue had directly followed her current makeup style when applying makeup to her.

“Isn’t it amazing?” Lin Shuyue said with a smile.

This time, everyone, including Lou Fengqin, nodded in agreement.

Lin Shuyue continued to pick up her brush and apply contouring to her. Half an hour later, Lin Shuxing, who looked completely different, looked back and forth in Lin Shuyue’s mirror and finally ran back to her room to change into a goose-yellow dress.

Lin Shuyue continued to put makeup on Zeng Xiaoyi.

Zeng Xiaoyi originally had a very pretty face. She only needed to enhance her eyebrows and eyes, contour her face to make her nose bridge more prominent and her cheeks smaller, and apply less red lipstick. Wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and the sky-blue denim overalls that Lin Shuxing had offered, Zeng Xiaoyi instantly transformed into an energetic and sweet girl.

Lin Shuxing marveled.

Lin Shuyue wanted to put makeup on Lou Fengqin too, but Lou Fengqin refused.

In her words, she was already old. What would it look like if she put on makeup again? Wouldn’t she just look like an old hag?

She looked at her two beautiful daughters, her face full of pride. She had raised them from the time they were tiny babies, not even able to fill her arms. Time had passed too quickly. They had both grown into such beautiful young women, as pretty as flowers.

What about her son? He was so young when he was abducted. Fourteen years had passed. How tall was he now? How much did he weigh? Who did he look like? Was he doing well?

Lou Fengqin was filled with sadness.

Lin Shuyue knew that Lou Fengqin was thinking of Ah Yang again, so she walked over and hugged her. Lou Fengqin put aside all the sadness in her heart.

She looked at the time. It was already ten o’clock.

At this time, Lin Jianxin’s restaurant should have already opened for business.

She glanced at Lin Shuxing, who was still admiring herself, and pulled her aside to whisper.

Lou Fengqin saw the closeness of the sisters and smiled, taking Zeng Xiaoyi out with her.

Lin Shuxing frowned instantly when she knew Lin Shuyue was going to Lin Jianxin’s restaurant. “What are you going to his restaurant for? Lin Shuyue, let me tell you, Mom raised you single-handedly. Lin Jianxin hasn’t raised you for a single day. If you’re greedy for his money and want to live a good life with him, I won’t forgive you.”

Two years ago, when the Lin family wanted to interfere with Lin Shuxing’s marriage, Lin Jianxin had used the exact same tactics on Lin Shuxing as he had used on Lin Shuyue yesterday.

But contrary to his wishes, that luxury car worth hundreds of thousands and that elegant Western restaurant not only didn’t make Lin Shuxing yearn for a life of wealth but instead made her feel particularly humiliated.

She felt that Lin Jianxin had just gone there to shame her.

From then on, she had lost even the most basic politeness towards Lin Jianxin.

This morning, when she found out that Lin Jianxin was using the same tricks he had used on her to deal with Lin Shuyue, Lin Shuxing was both angry and furious.

She was angry at that old thing Lin Jianxin for not even knowing how to change his tactics. He was vain himself and thought everyone else was the same as him.

But after the anger, she felt worried and scared.

After all, her younger sister was only twenty years old, still young. She hadn’t seen how Lin Jianxin had looked down on them before. Her personality was very simple. What if she was moved by Lin Jianxin’s sweet talk?

At this moment, seeing Lin Shuyue say she was going to Lin Jianxin’s restaurant, Lin Shuxing instantly became anxious. “Let me tell you, Ah Yue, you can’t be that heartless person. When you were just born, Mom was still in the delivery room, and he said he wanted to give you away to someone else to raise. He even found a family for you.”

“If Mom hadn’t asked me to call Grandma, you wouldn’t have seen Mom and your sister.”

Lin Shuyue took Lin Shuxing’s hand. “Sis, what are you saying? Am I that heartless a person? The reason I want to go to Lin Jianxin’s restaurant is because I think his involvement in our younger brother’s abduction is significant.”

Lin Shuxing had a lot of faith in her younger sister’s character. Hearing her promise, she instantly felt relieved.

Then, hearing the latter half of her sentence, Lin Shuxing elegantly rolled her eyes and used her hand to feel Lin Shuyue’s forehead. “You don’t have a fever. Why are you talking nonsense? Ah Yang’s abduction definitely has something to do with him. It’s because he took Ah Yang out that Ah Yang was abducted.”

Lin Shuyue pulled Lin Shuxing’s hand down. “Elder Sister, what I mean is, Ah Yang’s abduction might be a cover. Ah Yang might have been given away by Lin Jianxin.”

Lin Shuyue’s words stunned Lin Shuxing.

Lin Shuyue continued to analyze with Lin Shuxing, “Elder Sister, think about it. Before Ah Yang was taken away, did Lin Jianxin often go back to our hometown? When he went back, was he as accommodating to those three cousins from our eldest aunt’s family as he was that time?”

Lin Shuxing followed Lin Shuyue’s words and thought about it.

Lin Shuxing was already ten years old when Lin Shuyang was abducted, and she remembered many things.

Lin Jianxin was a very selfish person. Not only towards her and Ah Yue, but he wasn’t good to his parents either.

Moreover, he deeply resented the biased old Lin couple. Before he divorced her mother, he wouldn’t even go back there for the New Year or other festivals.

His attitude towards the nephews from their eldest aunt’s family wasn’t much better either.

It could be said that in the entire old Lin family, apart from her younger brother Ah Yang, there was no one Lin Jianxin cared about at all!

Then the question arose. Why would Lin Jianxin, during that Mid-Autumn Festival, go to the old Lin’s house with Zhang Mei for the first time? You had to know that Zhang Mei was already eight months pregnant at that time and about to give birth.

Why was he so kind that day, insisting on taking Ah Yang with him? Why was he so agreeable to taking the children from their eldest aunt’s family to town just because they wanted to go?

But why hadn’t anyone had the same guess as Lin Shuyue all these years? Because the whole village knew that Lin Jianxin valued his son, because he had cried his heart out back then, and because he had searched for Ah Yang for a whole week without sleeping.

It was also because all these years, he would come over on the anniversary of Ah Yang’s abduction.

So even though he hadn’t gone out to look for the child every year like Lou Fengqin, no one blamed him in the slightest.

Because he had divorced Lou Fengqin and a man’s heartlessness could be tolerated by the world. Moreover, hadn’t Lin Jianxin given money to Lou Fengqin, who went out to look for the child every year? That was already very kind. After all, he was married now and had a new family. Wasn’t that right?

Lin Shuxing’s face was pale, and her whole body was trembling. “Ah Yue, do you mean… Ah Yang was also given away by him?”

Lin Shuyue nodded. “It’s very likely.”

Lin Shuxing’s tears streamed down her face.

If Ah Yang had really been given away by Lin Jianxin, then what did it mean for her mother’s years of running all over the country to find Ah Yang, enduring so much hardship and suffering?

When he sent over that money every year under the guise of looking for Ah Yang, what was he thinking? Was he laughing at their family in his heart for being such fools? Was he secretly pleased that they were being played by him?

Then what about her and her mother who had been blocked at the door and verbally abused by Zhang Mei because of the money he had sent over all these years?!

What about them being called villains and vixens by his younger daughter when she came to their door?!

Lin Shuyue quickly closed the door and hugged Lin Shuxing. Lin Shuxing stared blankly at the wall, her hands tightly gripping Lin Shuyue’s clothes, tears streaming down her face.

“Sis, I need your help.”

Lin Shuyue had thought about telling Lin Shuxing about this all night last night.

Finding Ah Yang was something the original owner’s family had persisted in for so many years. Even the original owner’s decision to major in journalism was to use the power of the media to find Ah Yang. Choosing to return to Pengcheng to work was also because of the unique salary model of the Pengcheng Metropolitan Daily.

But her efforts were far less than Lin Shuxing’s.

Lin Shuxing’s academic performance was comparable to Lin Shuyue’s, but in order to allow Lou Fengqin to spend more time earning money and looking for Lin Shuyang, she had taken on the heavy responsibility of taking care of the family at a young age.

After realizing that it was too expensive for both children to go to school together, Lin Shuxing was unwilling to continue studying after finishing junior high school. She went to the clothing factory without informing them beforehand and only told Lou Fengqin and the original owner about it after receiving her first month’s salary.

Even though she was severely beaten by Lou Fengqin, she still didn’t change her mind. Even when Lou Fengqin begged her, she was unwilling to go back to school.

And the reason she did this was to reduce Lou Fengqin’s burden.

The original owner also didn’t want to study after graduating from junior high school. She thought that if she told Lin Shuxing, Lin Shuxing would support her, but Lin Shuxing slapped her.

Lin Shuyue still remembered what Lin Shuxing had said at that time. Lin Shuxing said, “Ah Yue, my biggest regret in this life is not having gone to high school and university. There’s no hope for me in this life, but you can. You have to go and study for your elder sister and see what it’s like.”

From then on, the original owner studied even harder and even took the college entrance examination directly in her second year of high school.

When her university admission letter was delivered home, Lin Shuxing hugged the original owner and cried.

She cried for her own lost dream of going to university.

Therefore, Lin Shuyue felt that Lin Shuxing had the right to know the truth about Ah Yang’s abduction. She had really paid too much for this family.

And the root of all this was because of Ah Yang’s disappearance.

If Ah Yang had grown up at home all along, perhaps it would have been very difficult for Lou Fengqin to raise three children alone. Perhaps the sensible Lin Shuxing would have also dropped out of school to work. But her life would have had another possibility.

Lou Fengqin wasn’t a mother who favored boys over girls. As long as Lin Shuxing’s academic performance was good enough, she would have sold everything she had to make sure all three children could go to school.

Lin Shuxing wiped away her tears and said, “Okay, Ah Yue, I’ll help you. Tell me what to do.”

Lin Shuyue pulled Lin Shuxing down to sit. “Sis, it just so happens that you’re getting married. You go back to our hometown with Brother Zhengjun, invite the relatives from our hometown, and then you subtly inquire about what happened back then. It’s best to ask Lin Yongfu why he suddenly suggested going to town to play.”

Lin Yongfu was the oldest child in Lin Shuyue’s generation and was the one who suggested going to town to play back then.

“And also subtly inquire if Grandma knew about it if Ah Yang was given away by Lin Jianxin back then.” Lin Shuyue had seen many cases in her previous life where children were sold by their families. In some of these cases, the child’s father and grandparents were the ones who initiated it.

Lin Shuxing carefully noted down Lin Shuyue’s words. Lin Shuyue gave her a voice recorder, taught her how to use it, and then asked her to wash her face and put on makeup again.

This time, Lin Shuyue didn’t give her a makeover but simply enhanced her original features, making her even more beautiful.

Finally, carrying the bag that Luo Zhengjun had given her last year during the Spring Festival, she walked out with her head held high. Her explanation to Lou Fengqin was that she was going back to invite people to their wedding banquet.

Lou Fengqin didn’t think much of it. After all, the wedding date for Lin Shuxing and Luo Zhengjun had already been set.

It was just that she hadn’t mentioned wanting to hold a banquet before. Lou Fengqin had originally disagreed with them not having a banquet. Now that Lin Shuxing said she wanted to have one, she couldn’t be happier.

After Lin Shuxing left, Lin Shuyue put on the big wavy wig, touched up her makeup, and then took Zeng Xiaoyi out with her.

The reason she brought Zeng Xiaoyi this time was because she felt that this child didn’t like going out and stayed cooped up at home all day, which was really lacking the vitality of a young person.

Taking her to Lin Jianxin’s restaurant to provide cover was just a side benefit.

Lin Shuyue had rented a car when she came back last night. She drove Zeng Xiaoyi directly to “Huanxiang Restaurant.”

Huanxiang Restaurant was originally located in Huicheng, but at that time, money was easier to earn in Pengcheng, and businesses that set up shop here would enjoy preferential treatment from the Pengcheng government. So, the boss of Huanxiang Restaurant, which was Zhang Mei’s father, Zhang Zhenfa, moved his whole family over.

Over the years, Huanxiang Restaurant had become a local culinary landmark in Pengcheng.

After Zhang Zhenfa suffered a stroke and became paralyzed two years ago, the restaurant fell into the hands of his son-in-law, Lin Jianxin. Lin Jianxin renovated the restaurant on the original foundation of Huanxiang Restaurant and also spent a lot of money to hire several chefs from different cuisines.

Now the business in the restaurant was getting better and better.

It wasn’t even mealtime yet, and the dining hall of Huanxiang Restaurant was already full of diners. The private rooms were also bustling with noise.

Waiters were busy walking back and forth in the hall, serving dishes to this table and adding water to that table.

Lin Shuyue found a table near the cashier and sat down.

Not long after she ordered, Lin Jianxin’s car stopped at the entrance. A woman weighing around two hundred pounds got out of the passenger seat. She was carrying a designer bag, wearing exaggerated makeup, and followed Lin Jianxin into the restaurant.

Lin Shuyue turned to look at her and turned on the Good and Evil Detection System…