Time Travel Begins the Moment I Divorce My Wife - Chapter 20.3

Ji Xunchi shrugged and played along: “That’s right. I’ve thoroughly researched this role, I only take jobs as a stepmother.”

Hua Jiangyu let out a short, cold laugh.

Ji Xunchi was momentarily stunned.

Wait, was that attitude a bit too aggressive?

Faced with Hua Jiangyu’s icy demeanor, Ji Xunchi felt a twinge of irritation.

I’m just here to do a job. If you’re mad, take it up with the person next to me!

Fortunately, Hua Jiangyu only laughed coldly before turning her attention back to Sun Xiangnan: “Do whatever you want. I’ll be telling your dad about today.”

Sun Xiangnan muttered, “Go ahead. It’s not like he has time for me anyway.”

Her tone was pure rebellion.

Hua Jiangyu didn’t press further. Sun Xiangnan’s mother had passed away early, and her relationship with her father had always been strained something Hua Jiangyu couldn’t interfere with.

As for Paradise standing beside them, Hua Jiangyu had no intention of exposing her.

The initial shock of discovering the truth had faded. Having already decided to part ways with Paradise the night before, Hua Jiangyu had no interest in any further unexpected encounters.

At the latest, she would delete her by tomorrow evening.

Hua Jiangyu thought coldly. Her profile matched the photos, her figure wasn’t photoshopped, and her voice was the same, so what?

It had nothing to do with her.

Unbeknownst to her, Hua Jiangyu’s heart had already been thrown into disarray by Ji Xunchi.

Where were the thoughts of an older, domineering sister with a magnetic, sexy voice now?

Ji Xunchi coughed lightly, breaking the silence as she said to Sun Xiangnan, “If there’s nothing else, I’ll head off now?”

“Go ahead,” Sun Xiangnan waved dismissively before adding, “Sis, want me to buy you some water? Your voice sounds hoarse.”

She had been fine earlier, how had it suddenly changed so much?

Hearing this, Hua Jiangyu’s eyes flickered slightly, and she looked at Ji Xunchi with sudden surprise.

Hoarse? So her voice hadn’t been like this from the start?

Ji Xunchi waved her off: “No need.”

Hua Jiangyu lowered her gaze, listening carefully. The timbre was indeed the same.

No, something’s off. She furrowed her brows slightly upon closer listening, the tone actually bore some resemblance to Ji Xunchi.

Just then, a gust of wind happened to blow by. Ji Xunchi, who seemed to be standing right in its path, suddenly felt a chill on her head as something was swept away.

“Damn it!”

Sun Xiangnan widened her eyes in alarm. “Girl, your wig just flew off!”

The light brown, wavy locks fluttered through the air, spinning gracefully a few times before landing on the grassy patch by the flowerbed, snagged by a small tree branch.

Ji Xunchi, holding up her hair that had been tied up under the wig, jogged over to pick it up and plopped it back on her head, adjusting it carefully. Only then did she turn around and say, “Accident, just an accident.”

It was all because her head had been itchy earlier, and she’d scratched it a few times too many, loosening the wig.

Hua Jiangyu watched silently as Paradise’s lips curled into a dazzling, flame-like smile, suppressing the doubts in her heart.

After Paradise left, Hua Jiangyu and Sun Xiangnan got into the car to head back. On the way, Hua Jiangyu suddenly asked, “Where did you meet that person?”

Sun Xiangnan replied, “My aunt’s daughter, my little cousin Yingying, recommended her to me. She added that sister from a part-time job group chat.”

Paradise was short on money?

Well, that made sense otherwise, why would she be a scammer?

Hua Jiangyu thought calmly. Then, realizing something, she asked again, “You called her ‘sister’? Do you know how old she is?”

Sun Xiangnan scratched her head, unfazed. “Of course. What else would I call someone around your age?”

“Around my age?”

“Yeah,” Sun Xiangnan said matter-of-factly, completely unaware of the bombshell she’d just dropped on her cousin. “She’s also a high schooler, just dressed up to look older.”

“Dressed up to look older?”

“Yep!”

Thinking about the flawless acting skills of the flamboyant butterfly and how effortlessly she’d shut down their homeroom teacher, leaving them speechless in shame, Sun Xiangnan couldn’t help but gloat. “I didn’t expect her to be that good. Damn, this money was totally worth it this time.”

As she spoke, Sun Xiangnan bent her head and transferred the remaining payment to the other party through the platform.

Hua Jiangyu was still trying to process the chaotic mess in her mind.

“Where exactly did she dress up?” Hua Jiangyu asked.

Thinking her cousin was just curious, Sun Xiangnan eagerly explained, “Her makeup was deliberately done to look mature. Her hair well, you saw it was a wig. Her chest was probably fake too, because I noticed her padding seemed a bit crooked earlier. As for her butt…”

Sun Xiangnan’s expression turned odd. “I saw her adjusting it subtly a few times, so I’m guessing she had some padding there to match the chest. But thankfully, it didn’t noticeably shift or fall off in public.”

Covering her mouth, she speculated, “Anyway, fake stuff can’t be as comfortable as the real deal. It’s normal for it to loosen over time. All in all, she’s really professional, I’m definitely giving her a five-star review.”

Sun Xiangnan rattled on confidently, completely oblivious to the increasingly strange expression on her cousin’s face.

Her age was fake, her hair was fake, her chest was fake, and even her butt was fake.

Hua Jiangyu stared blankly at the car window’s decorative trinket.

The driver remained silent as he drove, the enclosed space filled with nothing but the sound of overlapping breaths.

Perhaps the growing silence made Sun Xiangnan gradually realize something was off. She cautiously glanced at the person beside her.

Yikes.

She quickly averted her gaze, not daring to look again.

My cousin’s gaze is terrifying!

Sun Xiangnan quickly shut her mouth and quietly tapped on the keyboard to leave a five-star review for Huahua Butterfly.

After a long while, Hua Jiangyu finally moved.

She lowered her head, found Zhou Qingyi’s chat window, and sent her a message.

[Can you ask Jiang Yu if Ji Xunchi was at school this afternoon?]

[Zhou Qingyi: ???]

[Just ask first. I’ll explain later.]

[Zhou Qingyi: OK, wait a sec.]

Five minutes later, Zhou Qingyi returned with the truth-revealing message.

[Zhou Qingyi: No, she said Ji Xunchi left right after lunch at school with her bag, asking for leave.]

Hua Jiangyu stared at the words with a dark expression.

[What about yesterday afternoon? Around the same time.]

[Zhou Qingyi: What’s going on? So mysterious. Alright, hold on.]

[Zhou Qingyi: Asked. She said she took leave then too.]

[Zhou Qingyi: What’s up? Something wrong? Oh, if you want Ji Xunchi’s WeChat, you might have to wait a bit longer. She hasn’t replied to Jiang Yu yet. Jiang Yu said she’ll forward it to me once Ji Xunchi agrees.]

Forward her WeChat?

Probably unnecessary now.

Hua Jiangyu took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down to process this absurd situation.

So, there was a more than 90% chance that Paradise was Ji Xunchi.

And she, Hua Jiangyu, had actually fallen for the same scammer twice in just over a month.

The same person!

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