Chapter 578: Chapter 578: The Real and Fake "Heiress" Treatment

Yu Xia and Xie Qingci indeed made a phone call.

Her face now looked like she was holding a mint candy, slightly puffed up. Xie Qingci asked her to shake her head in all directions, watching from all angles, and even wanted to check her teeth.

Yu Xia decisively refused.

She had grown up seeing only doctors look at her teeth, and her brother. Unfortunately, the results were always the same — either pulling teeth or cleaning them. She had developed a certain shadow over that action of opening her mouth like a big hippo.

Xie Qingci didn’t insist, instead, he looked at her deeply and switched topics.

"My parents called me today, saying they’ll be back a week before Spring Festival and will probably stay for half a month. They know you’re coming back with me this year, and they’ve already started finding someone to clean the house. My mom also asked me to ask you, what color sheets you like?"

"Sheets?" She was a bit confused, "What do you mean?"

"They specially chose a room for you, plan to redecorate it. We haven’t prepared anything for guests at home, so we have to buy everything new. So what color sheets do you like?"

He said with a smile and casually added, "They care about you more than me."

If they had a daughter back then, they probably wouldn’t have confidently left.

Yu Xia blinked.

"I like light blue sheets. Which room is it? I remember last time we went there were only three rooms; other than yours and theirs, wasn’t the remaining room used by you as a storage room?"

Xie Qingci raised an eyebrow: "They’ll clean it out. If it really doesn’t work, I can give you my room, or if you don’t mind, you could accommodate me together."

"Your parents know there need to be two rooms, yet you’re just thinking about taking advantage. Dream on."

He raised his hands in surrender: "It’s my fault. I will definitely respect your choice; you can banish me to the storage room."

Yu Xia smiled, resting her head on her arm, and asked him:

"So will you return with me at that time, or are you going back first?"

"Together. I’m afraid your brother might change his mind and not let you go out, won’t that mean my efforts would be wasted?"

He sighed on purpose, as if until the last moment the cake on hand wouldn’t end in his mouth.

She wanted to laugh and defended her brother: "My brother wouldn’t do that. He’s already agreed with your parents, it’s impossible to go back on his word, my brother is very trustworthy. Hey, what did you say to him on that day when you applied? He wouldn’t tell me no matter how much I asked him."

She thought he would tell the truth, but Xie Qingci didn’t plan to tell her, just shrugged lazily.

"Nothing, just said it directly."

Liar.

If she hadn’t heard those two sentences from Yu Yue, she might have believed it.

Seeing her "you’re lying to me" expression, Xie Qingci sighed again, had no choice but to say: "You should know it wouldn’t be pleasant, please give me a little face, sister."

"Did he scold you?"

"No. But he was so angry he almost got bronchitis."

After speaking, the two of them burst out laughing.

Ten minutes of break time were up quickly, when the assistant over there called him, Xie Qingci said the last sentence and hung up the phone.

"When they have new updates, I’ll tell you again, maybe I’ll even ask you what color blackout curtains you like."

She froze for a moment before realizing that the "they" he was referring to were his parents.

Regarding the blackout curtains, she thought it over and figured dark blue would be better. The curtains in Xie Qingci’s room were a dark brown color, which she found unattractive last time.

But when Xie Qingci reported the second time on the home’s redecoration progress, it wasn’t about the blackout curtains.

It was a couple of days before he wrapped up his project when he sent two photos late at night.

One was of his room.

Replaced with a light blue bed skirt, pillows and blankets neatly arranged at the head of the bed, milk white double curtains had one corner lifted by the wind, and a green plant was placed on the windowsill, giving the whole room a fairy-like feel.

The other was of the smaller storage room, where a hard-pushed-in bed was set up, everything else just copied from his original room’s setup, and the dark brown blackout curtains hung to the ground.

He also sent a message.

[I thought they found their biological daughter and made some room for their foster son.]

So, I’m the protagonist of the switched daughter drama, right?

Yu Xia couldn’t stop laughing and replied to him: [Don’t worry, they won’t confuse genders. And my brother wouldn’t allow losing a sister and gaining a brother.]

Xie Qingci: [Feeling a bit hurt, need some comfort]

Xie Qingci: [Take me in when the time comes, sis. Looks like that bed’s not even long enough for me]

Xie Qingci: [I come with my own pillow, is that okay? Plus, free services included.]

Yu Xia hid under her blanket, laughing, before finally peeking her head out for air, then effortfully typing out.

[Not impossible, depends on my mood.]

Xie Qingci: [Sleeping in the storage room, small space, short bed, thin blanket, and you won’t take me in, I might as well sleep on the street]

Yu Xia: [Then go sleep on the street, auntie can clean one less room]

Xie Qingci: [So you don’t need me? Meeting the parents turns into family reunion]

Xie Qingci: [The joy is all yours]

His texts sounded pitiful, but she could imagine, at this moment, he was probably lazily resting his head on his arm, casually typing away.

Yu Xia: [You’re just acting up]

Xie Qingci: [My mom messaged again, asking if you’re satisfied with the setup. Two years’ worth of messages all sent today.]

Yu Xia hurriedly replied: [Satisfied, satisfied, tell auntie not to worry so much, it’s just for one day]

Xie Qingci: [Ah, but I told them you’re staying with me for three days]

Yu Xia: [? My brother asked me to hurry back after dinner]

Xie Qingci: [Their invitation was so warm, you couldn’t refuse]

This guy even made up the reasons. It seems that guys naturally learn how to trick girlfriends into visiting their home.

Thinking back to when her brother was pursuing her sister-in-law, to keep Yue Ling there, he falsely claimed she watched horror movies and got scared at night, needing a female elder to sleep with her.

So the kind and gentle Yue Ling was kept like this.

But God knows she wasn’t afraid of watching horror movies at all! Her brother, for his happiness, crafted her a soft and shy personality, which only later, after Yue Ling moved in, did she realize something was off.

As for Xie Qingci, without a sister to use, he straightforwardly used the excuse of his parents.

Yu Xia: [Do your parents know just how shameless you are?]

Xie Qingci: [It’s enough that you know.]

Xie Qingci: [When I get back, can there be a surprise?]

Yu Xia: [What kind of surprise? Boyfriend gone for five years, returns to find a two-year-old child?]

Xie Qingci: [...]

Xie Qingci: [Forget it, let’s talk about it when I get back. Didn’t you want the soup I make? I’ll make it for you when I return.]

Yu Xia: [Hey! Don’t think you can win me over with such sweet tactics. My brother said men say anything, and every word has a purpose]

Xie Qingci: [...I really should thank your brother]

Yu Heng must have been the Queen Mother in a past life, born solely to separate Niu Lang and Zhi Niu.