The Cannon Fodder Ex-Wife Changes to Take the Black Moonlight Script - Chapter 70

Why is my eldest sister here?

Did she also come to visit the teacher?

Shang Shiqian thought frantically in her panic.

She still hadn’t suspected that all of this was a scheme set up by Shang Shixing to lure her out.

But Chu Fei and Ying Jia had already figured it out.

They suddenly understood why Wei Yixian said he couldn’t stop it.

“Shang Shiyu” had many secrets, perhaps related to the Shang family. If the Shang family wanted to investigate, no one could stop them.

Shang Shiqian wasn’t prepared to meet other family members yet. After the initial shock, she lowered her head, planning to slip away unnoticed.

But Shang Shixing had no intention of ignoring her.

“Leaving in such a hurry, don’t you want to see me?”

These words nailed Shang Shiqian’s feet to the spot, unable to move an inch.

Shang Shixing stared at her with profound eyes, her tone somewhat strained: “Or have I already stopped being your family?”

Shang Shiqian’s mind buzzed.

D-did eldest sister know!?

Shang Shixing glanced at Chu Fei and Ying Jia, who were clearly wary of her, then pointed toward the innermost part of the hospital room: “Shall we talk?”

Shang Shiqian moved like a marionette, her steps uncontrollably carrying her back into the hospital room.

When she regained her senses, her first instinct was to bolt for the door.

Shang Shixing said again: “I know where you live. Running away won’t help.”

Shang Shiqian: …

Since when did eldest sister pick up this domineering CEO vibe?

Shang Shixing walked to the window, crossing her arms as she looked outside.

The hospital room faced east, so there was no sunset to be seen, only the brilliant evening glow outside the window.

The evening glow reflected in her eyes, lending them a vivid hue.

Though they had only made eye contact for that brief moment when the door opened, Shang Shiqian had clearly seen that one or two white hairs had already appeared at her sister’s temples.

She realized that while her own lifespan might still have chances to increase, those eight years when her family thought she was gone were truly irreversible.

Thinking of this, Shang Shiqian took a few steps toward Shang Shixing.

Only then did Shang Shixing turn to look at her.

After the sisters locked eyes again for a second, Shang Shixing raised her hand.

Shang Shiqian instinctively moved to protect her hat and mask, wanting to avoid a repeat of what happened when Shang Xiaowu removed her mask.

But then she suddenly remembered everything that had happened that afternoon and instantly understood, this was a scheme set up by her eldest sister to confirm her identity.

Although Teacher Yu Yifei had an ostomy bag, he had already adapted to it.

This meant he had undergone surgery long ago and was only here for a follow-up checkup, definitely not in critical condition.

Moreover, Shang Xiaowu had been called away by a phone call right after arriving at the hospital with her.

This was clearly her eldest sister’s doing worried that Shang Xiaowu might reveal the truth about Yu Yifei not being critically ill.

In other words, her eldest sister had gathered enough evidence to prove she was Shang Shiqian before going through all this trouble to set up this scheme.

Her hat and mask were essentially useless protection.

Once she accepted this, her attitude became somewhat resigned.

So she removed her mask and hat.

When Shang Shiqian appeared before Shang Shixing in her original appearance, even though the latter had long been mentally prepared, it was still difficult to remain calm.

If she hadn’t taken one last look at her sister before she was sent into the cremation furnace back then, confirming that the person being cremated was indeed her sister, she might have thought that her sister hadn’t actually died back then, but had been secretly switched and taken out.

But how could such a bizarre thing happen in this world?

When she saw the surveillance footage, she refused to believe from the bottom of her heart that something as scientifically impossible as “resurrection from death” could occur.

That was why she sought help to analyze whether the video was fabricated.

During this process, she pondered every possible scenario.

The most logical speculation was this was an elaborate scam targeting the Shang family.

The perpetrators knew Shang Shiqian was a painful memory for the Shangs and understood exactly how to lure them into the trap.

Find a girl who looked exactly like Shang Shiqian. She wouldn’t need to do anything; members of the Shang family like Shang Xiaowu would eagerly approach her on their own.

Then, whether it was to extort money or to extract research secrets from Shang Yunyu and Shang Yunpei, it would be effortlessly achieved.

Among her suspects, Wei Yixian was at the top of the list.

Because Wei Yixian had suddenly visited the cemetery to pay respects to Shang Shiqian that day, what were the odds of such a coincidence?

However, after calming down, she realized Wei Yixian had no motive to do this.

Wei Yixian was well aware of the Shang family’s bottom line.

The Wei Group still had some business dealings with the Phoenix Group.

Unless Wei Yixian intended to abandon this cooperation, break ties with the Shang family, and turn completely against them, she wouldn’t engage in such a provocative act.

Moreover, Wei Yixian had gone to great lengths to conceal the existence of “Shang Shiyu,” clearly aware that her appearance would anger the Shang family.

She had even sent someone to retrieve client records from cosmetic surgery institutions, indicating she had initially suspected “Shang Shiyu’s” origins.

Shang Shixing temporarily set aside her suspicions of Wei Yixian and decided to first figure out how “Shang Shiyu” had entered the Shang family cemetery.

As long as she could uncover how “Shang Shiyu” got into the cemetery, she could follow the trail to trace her origins.

Shang Shixing sought help from the public security brigade to retrieve surveillance footage from around the Shang family cemetery.

Unfortunately, the area was remote, with few security cameras only key intersections had cameras, often failing to capture the road leading to the Shang family cemetery.

Then, a forestry bureau patrol vehicle came into her view.

She quickly recalled that “Shang Shiyu’s” friend, Xiao Luomeng, seemed to work for the forestry bureau.

So, she approached Xiao Luomeng and obtained a dashcam video of her first encounter with “Shang Shiyu.”

This video more clearly displayed “Shang Shiyu’s” facial features, voice, height, and other physical characteristics.

“She said her name was Shang Shiqian at the time and claimed to have amnesia. Later, when I went to see her again, she changed her story and said her name was ‘Shang Shiyu.'”

These were Xiao Luomeng’s exact words.

With the cooperation of Xiao Luomeng and Sun Wei, Shang Shixing quickly pieced together the process of how “Shang Shiyu” encountered Wei Yixian.

Combined with Wei Yixian’s subsequent strange behavior, Shang Shixing once believed that Wei Yixian had also fallen into the trap.

This realization left Shang Shixing with mixed feelings.

To acknowledge that Wei Yixian could be deceived, she had to admit that Shang Shiqian held a far more significant place in Wei Yixian’s heart than the Shang family had imagined.

Yet, she couldn’t tolerate Wei Yixian’s act of finding a girl of unknown origin and treating her as a substitute for Shang Shiqian.

However, she didn’t dwell on these trivial emotions for long.

Setting Wei Yixian aside.

Shang Shixing continued her investigation into “Shang Shiyu’s” identity and origins.

However, the household registration system contained no identity information for “Shang Shiyu,” nor were there any traces of her life before May 21st.

It was as if she had appeared out of thin air.

Reason told Shang Shixing that she should let the police or even security agencies investigate “Shang Shiyu.”

But somehow, she thought of “Shang Shiyu’s” love for Go.

If “Shang Shiyu” truly were a spy trained by some foreign organization or intelligence agency, the other party’s performance was far too perfect.

Not only did they replicate the exact same face, the same physique and voice, but even the lifestyle habits and Go playing style were reproduced with such fidelity.

Was that even possible?

Even the habits of drinking juice while playing Go and using only black stones when reviewing games alone were perfectly replicated.

Unless they had thoroughly studied every detail of Shang Shiqian’s 21 years of life, achieving this level of imitation would be impossible.

The key question was, how did the other party know things that even outsiders were unaware of?

For example, the habit of Shang Shiqian using only black stones when reviewing games alone something even she, as Shang Shiqian’s older sister, had only learned recently.

A couple of days ago, while studying Chen Yixun’s LeDou videos in hopes of finding some clues, her grandfather Lin Shizhang saw her and mentioned that Shang Shiqian had the same habit.

Later, when she verified it with Chen Yixun, the person playing Go in the video was indeed “Shang Shiyu.”

There was more.

Apart from participating in Go tournaments, Shang Shiqian rarely appeared in public.

After her death, both the Shang and Wei families had independently cleared her information from the internet. There were hardly any photos, let alone videos.

With such limited material to study and imitate, even the Shang family couldn’t guarantee they could train a stranger to become a second Shang Shiqian. So how could a spy achieve a 100% replication in both biological traits and lifestyle habits?

The more traces Shang Shixing gathered about “Shang Shiyu,” the more her conclusions leaned toward two extremes:

From a scientific perspective, “Shang Shiyu” was highly likely to be an artificially crafted deception.

But in the stillness of the night, Shang Shixing would entertain an absurd thought.

Had Xiaoqian really returned?

If Xiaoqian had returned, why wasn’t she back as a ghost?

Could someone reduced to ashes truly come back to life?

She believed that Wei Yixian and Shang Xiaowu, who had first discovered “Shang Shiyu,” must have experienced similar conflicting emotions. In the end, however, they had chosen to delude themselves.

Was she, too, going to deceive herself like them?

Mulling over things without evidence would never lead to a valid conclusion, so Shang Shixing decisively chose to take the initiative.

As long as she could confirm that “Shang Shiyu” shared no blood relation with the Shang family, she would personally send her to prison.

That was the consequence the other party should have anticipated before attempting to exploit Shang Shiqian.

Of course, if “Shang Shiyu” did have a familial connection to the Shang family, while it wouldn’t completely rule out suspicion, it would at least provide a new direction for the investigation.

Moreover, she wanted to see if there was even the slightest possibility that “Shang Shiyu” really was Shang Shiqian…

Hence, today’s setup.

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No matter how rational Shang Shixing usually was, no matter how firmly she believed in science.

When she saw “Shang Shiyu” standing alive before her eyes, not through surveillance footage, videos, or someone else’s account, all her previous resolve crumbled under the weight of her longing for Shang Shiqian.

A strong voice in her heart told her this was her younger sister, Shang Shiqian.

She would never mistake her own sister.

“Xiao Qian.” Shang Shixing’s eyes reddened.

This usually stern and serious person revealed the tender and vulnerable side she only showed to family.

A wave of grievance washed over Shang Shiqian as she said, “Eldest Sister, it’s me.”

Shang Shixing’s heart clenched sharply: Even her expression when wronged was exactly like Xiao Qian’s.

At this moment, Shang Shixing cast aside all scientific reasoning.

Her hand trembled as she reached out, originally intending to embrace Shang Shiqian, but what came more fiercely than joy was overwhelming anger.

She punched Shang Shiqian’s shoulder and demanded, “Why did you take so long to return?”

Another punch followed: “Why did it take eight years to come back?”

The force of the final punch was much lighter: “Were the burned maps still not enough to find your way home?”

Shang Shiqian could no longer hold back, actively embracing her eldest sister while choking out, “Eldest Sister, I’m sorry.”

Before meeting Shang Si,

Eldest Sister: I must believe in science, I must analyze rationally, I must expose her true identity!

After meeting Shang Si,

Eldest Sister: What is science? Science is people can indeed return from death. (Not really)

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