Lu Beichuan's voice came from the third floor's hallway, "Where are you going?"

The unexpected sound startled Ye Zhen. The space between her eyebrows scrunched up in annoyance. She coldly answered, "Does that have anything to do with you?"

The nearby servant became even more frightened and quietly called out to remind Ye Zhen, "Miss Ye..."

Ye Zhen returned to her senses. She knew that she had gotten too carried away just now and spoken wrongly. Now that her rationality had returned, she regretted her earlier tone.

It wasn't smart to make a man lose face by talking back to him in public.

To her surprise, Lu Beichuan didn't get angry and even caringly said, "Your health is poor, and the weather has been bad lately. If it isn't important, it would be better if you stay at home."

Ye Zhen knew that she was the one in the wrong. She lowered her voice a bit as she said, "My dad just called me. He said that my mom isn't feeling well, and he wants me to go over to see her."

Lu Beichuan looked at her coldly for a moment. He didn't say anything.

A short while later, a car was prepared. When Ye Zhen got into the car and sat down, she discovered that the Bentley's backseat had become softer than before. Hot water and a blanket had also been provided for her, and a total of four cars followed in front and behind the one she had gotten into. The driver also drove significantly slower than usual. The car ride was so smooth that Ye Zhen almost didn't notice any bumps in the road.

The original one hour drive was extended by an extra half hour by the driver's slow driving. However Ye Zhen wasn't eager to meet the Ye parents, so she didn't say anything.

After getting out of the car, Ye Zhen was led inside by Father Ye, who had been waiting outside for a long time.

"What's wrong with you? Why did it take you so long to get here? Dad has been waiting for you for a long time."

Seeing Father Ye's anxious appearance, Ye Zhen was incredulous. Could it be that something really happened to Mother Ye?

"Dad, what happened? Is something wrong with mom?"

These words happened to be heard by Mother Ye, who was sitting in the living room. She was dressed neatly, and her cheeks were rosy. She didn't look sick at all.

Ye Zhen sat down across from Mother Ye. Smiling in embarrassment, she asked, "Mom, didn't you say that you were sick?”

Mother Ye forced herself to smile. She got up and sat down next to Ye Zhen. Holding her daughter's hand, she stiffly patted the back of it. "Mom isn't sick. I just wanted you to come over for a visit."

Clearly, they weren't close. And yet, Mother Ye was putting on this fake show of closeness. Pretending to be grateful, Ye Zhen looked at Mother Ye with a smile. "Mom, you can just tell me whatever you want to say."

Mother Ye wasn't used to being so close with her younger daughter either. Her expression was awkward, but she continued to hold Ye Zhen's hand as she said, "It's nothing big. I just wanted to ask you. What's your life like in the Lu Family?"

"It's okay. It's the same as before."

Mother Ye sighed, "Mom knows that it was unfair to have you take your older sister's place and marry you into the Lu Family. We haven't asked you what you wanted either. We're fortunate that you're obedient and sensible. Otherwise, your dad's company would have already gone bankrupt."

Ye Zhen didn't know how to react to this sudden change towards warmth and tenderness. Although she was puzzled, she went along with Mother Ye's words by wryly smiling and saying, "Mom, don't say that. I'm also a member of this family. I only did what I should."

The Ye parents interpreted Ye Zhen's wry smile the wrong way. They thought that Ye Qing has spoken correctly. Ye Zhen was still holding a grudge against them for forcing her to marry into the Lu Family.

"Mom knows that you're a good child. You must have suffered during the past month at Lu Family's home."

Ye Zhen watched as Mother Ye actually turned her head to wipe her tears. It felt as if her worldview was undergoing a great challenge.

What was going on today? Were flowers blooming from iron? Did the sun rise from the west?

"You don't have to worry. You don't have to go back to the Lu Family and suffer anymore. Your older sister is back."

Ye Zhen felt as if a lighting bolt struck her when she heard the words, "Your older sister is back."

There was a tremble in her voice from excitement, "You said that Ye Qing is back?"

Mother Ye's gaze went towards the top of the stairs. Ye Zhen followed her gaze. There was a woman standing there. Because of the distance, she didn't get a clear look on the woman, who was quickly walking towards them, until she came closer.

She was a lovely, stylish, and leisurely young woman. Her skin looked as tender and soft as water. As she walked over to them, her chin was slightly raised upwards. She looked very prideful and had a wealthy young lady's demeanor. A single look would be enough to tell that she had an excellent upbringing.

In the novel, Ye Qing had been a prideful, astute, and capable person. Since childhood, she had always been praised by other people. As a capable person, who had a beautiful appearance as well as a good family background, she had always been very popular and the center of attention.

Lin Zhan wasn't her first boyfriend, but he had been the one that she had been willing to give up everything for.

A lot of space was used up in the novel to describe Ye Qing and Lin Zhan's unwavering love for each other. Regardless of pressure from family or society, poverty, and schemes, nothing was able to seperate them,

They had such a strong love in the novel. Shouldn’t Ye Qing continue to resist the secular prejudice?

And, according to the timeline in the novel, Ye Qing should be coming back later.

What happened to cause this change?

The corners of Ye Qing's eyes were red. She sat down next to Ye Zhen and intimately held her hand. Speaking in extremely regretful and choked up voice, she said, "Zhenzhen, it's older sister's fault that you suffered during the past period."

It felt as if that close identical face was infinitely magnified. Guilt and distress mixed together in the stream of hot tears and made her emotions seem genuine.

A person could fake their expressions, but the emotion in one's eyes couldn't be faked.

In those eyes that were like clear springs, Ye Zhen noticed a trace of eagerness and impatience.

Ye Zhen immediately calmed down completely.

"Why did you come back? Where's Lin Zhan?"

Mother Ye was unhappy to hear Ye Zhen asking these questions. Furrowing her brow, she sternly berated, "Ye Zhen, since your older sister is back, don't mention that matter. What's wrong with you? Are you hoping that your sister doesn't come home and continues to suffer?"

Ye Zhen kept silent.

How could Mother Ye say those words? If the original Ye Zhen only silently stewed in her feelings, then there could only be death.

Actually, there were many times when Mother Ye favored Ye Qing over her other daughter without noticing. This injustice had long taken root in the original Ye Zhen's heart. In the original Ye Zhen's family, education was very important. Because the original Ye Zhen's aptitude was average, her parents had given up on her. They raised her, but they didn't educated her in social manners and rules. The original Ye Zhen's envy and indignation accumulated over a long time, so there was already a precedent to her behavior, and she grew up to have a totally dark heart.

Once the original Ye Zhen had been forced to take Ye Qing's place in marrying a comatose person, she erupted in silent anger.

The original Ye Zhen had a realistic understanding of how her parents and her sister viewed her. After hiding these emotions for over twenty years, the original Ye Zhen had attempted at getting revenge against these people without fear of the consequences.

However, the original Ye Zhen hadn't retaliated directly on Mother Ye, who was the one that directly harmed her. Instead, she had regard Ye Qing, who had been able to freely pursue true love, as the nail in her eye.

For example, if two people had been kidnapped. One person was beaten up, and the other person was given preferential treatment in front of the beaten up person. The beaten up person's hatred for the person that had been given preferential treatment would be greater than the beaten up person's hatred of the kidnapper.

The unfairness had caused the novel's Ye Zhen to gradually lose her sanity as she redirected her anger and lash out at Ye Qing.

However, the Ye Family was already in dire straits, how could Mother Ye still talk to her in that sort of tone?

Ye Zhen's silence immediately caused the mood in the room to become awkward.

Ye Qing immediately laughed a bit. Holding Ye Zhen's hand and with tears in her eyes, she forced herself to smile. "Zhenzhen, what happened in the past was because older sister wasn't sensible and let love muddle my mind. I treated love as the truth and harmed the people that are genuinely good to me. I know that what I did was wrong, that's why I came back to atone."

"Atone?" Ye Zhen understood exactly what was going on after hearing those words and seeing the Ye parents' strange behavior from earlier.

"Older sister knows that I should have been the one to marry Lu Beichuan. Don't blame mom. At that time, dad and mom didn't have any other choices. Without the Lu family's assistance, dad's company would have gone bankrupt. Dad and mom only married you into the Lu family because they were forced to by circumstances." Ye Qing tightly held Ye Zhen's hand and unwaveringly stared at her. "Zhenzhen, you have to believe me. If there had been any other possible solution at all, they wouldn’t have married you to Lu Beichuan."

"So..."

"So, I came back to take up my responsibility that I should bear. I'll switch with you and go back to the Lu Family. Everything will return to the original track, and you'll be free to do whatever you want."

Ye Zhen felt incredulous.

She didn't mishear, right?

Ye Qing had just said to her face that she wanted to take back her identity and her spot by Lu Beichuan's side?

Was this supposed to be a hidden plotline in the novel?

Ye Zhen thought it over; there didn't seem to be such a plotline in the novel. From beginning to end, Ye Qing had always been thoroughly hostile to Lu Beichuan. The novel's Ye Qing was very blunt about how much she loathed Lu Beichuan. There wasn't even an iota of chance that her feelings for him had been fake.

"You want to... go be by Lu Beichuan's side? Become Mrs. Lu?"

It took a moment for Ye Qing to respond. Hearing Ye Zhen's hestaint words, Ye Qing felt a bit uneasy.

No matter how you looked at it, many women would want Lu Beichuan as their husband. He was capable and good at scheming. In addition, the Lu family had been an influential family for generations without fail. Even though it was rumored that Lu Beichuan's father had countless illegitimate children and mistresses, he never dared to bring any of them home.

In the past, Lu Beichuan had been a coma, and no one was sure if he would wake up. When Ye Zhen married him, anyone would have guessed that her future was bleak.

But now, Lu Beichuan had woken up. Why would Ye Zhen easily give up her identity as Mrs. Lu?

"Zhenzhen, don't misunderstand. I just don't want to wrong you."

Ye Zhen furrowed her brow and stayed silent.

Next to them, Mother Ye had become anxious. "Ye Zhen, we're doing this for your own good. There's no way you can hide the truth that you married Lu Beichuan using your sister's identity forever. What kind of person is Lu Beichuan? Do you think he'll take things lying down once he finds out the truth? We're thinking for your benefit too. If you had half of your sister's cleverness, then it would be fine for you to remain Mrs. Lu. But, think about it. You've married into that family for so long, and you still haven't gotten Lu Beichuan's mother to like you. It's even less likely that you'll win over Lu Beichuan. Mom is someone with a rich life experience. Listen to mom's advice. Just because you covet a rich life, it doesn't mean you'll be able to have one!"

"No, that's not what I'm thinking. I just... This surprise is too sudden." Ye Zhen, who had returned to her senses, quickly added, "What I mean is, older sister, you came back too suddenly. I was caught off guard. But, don't worry. On paper, Lu Beichuan married Ye Qing, so of course the identity of Mrs. Lu goes to Ye Qing and not me. I'm definitely happy that older sister has thought things through and is willing to marry Lu Beichuan."

Seeing that Ye Zhen was being so "sensible", Ye Qing and the Ye parents were truly very relieved.

They had originally decided that if soft tactics didn't work, they would use hard ones. If they used both carrot and stick, Ye Zhen, who didn't know anything, would definitely end up obediently being ordered about by them.

"Okay then. Tell me everything that Lu Beichuan said and did after he woke up... Also, tell me about his daily routines in detail... It's not easy for you to come back here, so I'll switch with you now and go back to the Lu Family. No one will know.

Their faces were identical. If they both wore the same clothes, how could anyone tell them apart?

Besides, Lu Beichuan had only woken up a few days ago, and he was out most of the day going through physical therapy. Their interactions were minimal. If Ye Qing went back right now, it really would be easy to keep their switch a secret.

Ye Zhen was stunned for a long time before she finally smiled.

In order to leave Lu Beichuan, she had done her utmost best and meticulously tried to figure out a way. The problem of leaving without anyone else finding out had plagued her day after day. She kept hoping for a way out that would give her freedom.

She had thought of many possibilities, but she had never though Ye Qing would would want to go to Lu Beichuan's side of her own initiative. The possibility of that happening was as miniscule as a comet hitting the Earth, so it hadn't been worth considering.

Could it be that Ye Qing's plotline had changed because Lu Beichuan had woken up earlier?

Could Ye Qing's remorseful look and return as the prodigal child because she had undergone a baptism of life?

However, she didn't care what Ye Qing's reason was. It didn't have anything to do with her.

Since Ye Qing had come back, she would simply move aside.

"Older sister, don't worry. I'll definitely tell you every little detail about Lu Beichuan as well as the 30+ members in Lu Family's household!"

Hearing the tone of Ye Zhen's voice as she made this vow, Ye Qing and the Ye parents put down their worries and started to smile.

"I knew it! Our Zhenzhen is a sensible child!" Father Ye looked at Mother Ye in dissatisfaction. "You should revise your view of our Zhenzhen in future!"

"Yes, yes, our Zhenzhen is the most sensible one."

Ye Zhen looked at Father Ye and slightly smiled. "But, I have a condition."

Father Ye blankly stared at her. "What condition?"

"It's like this." Ye Zhen said in soliquely tone, "If older sister goes back to the Lu Family's home, then I definitely won't be able to go back there. But, the Lu Family mentioned previously that they want to redo the wedding ceremony for Lu Beichuan and older sister. At that time, I'll definitely have to make an appearance. I've been living with the Lu Family for so long, and I've gotten used to calling them grandfather, dad, and mom. I'm just worried that I'll address them incorrectly at the wedding."

"What do you want?"

"Dad and mom, didn’t you tell Lu Beichuan that I went abroad? How about this, send me abroad and I'll lie low until the fuss dies down. Once older sister and Lu Beichuan have a stable relationship, I'll come back then. What do you think?"

What was there for Father Ye to think? Ye Zhen's words sounded extremely considerate for her family's sake. Her plan would take care of everything. There was no reason for him to refuse.

"Sure, dad will send you abroad."

"Then... what about my expenses while I'm abroad?"

"Dad will pay for it of course!"

Ye Zhen slightly smiled. She raised five fingers.

"Sure, dad will give you five hundred thousand yuan."

"No, I want five million yuan."

"Five million yuan? Although Father Ye was a nouveau riche, he only had a small company that was on the verge of bankruptcy and wasn't earning any income. He only had enough left to maintain superficial appearances.

Ye Zhen sighed. "I won't be familiar with anything when I'm abroad. Everything will cost money. What's wrong with asking five million yuan? It's only a small amount. Besides, older sister has married into the Lu Family. With the Lu Family's wealth, five million yuan is the same as five yuan to them. How can you be so stingy?"

"This... five million yuan..." Before Father Ye could finish speaking, Mother Ye harshly glared at him. Father Ye felt as if a knife had stabbed his heart. He immediately changed what he was saying, "Sure, dad will give that to you!"

The two sides reached an agreement.

For an entire afternoon, Ye Zhen told Ye Qing every little detail about the Lu Family's member's routines and habits with a focus on Lu Beichuan.

Of course, with Ye Qing's intelligence, she was able to remember most of the stuff that Ye Zhen told her without having to write anything down,

In the evening, at 7 PM, the chauffeur, who had driven Ye Zhen over here, came to the Ye Family's front door to inform her that Mr. Lu Beichuan had called him to ask when she was going to come home.

Under the attentive gaze of the Ye parents, Ye Qing, who had changed into Ye Zhen's clothing, leisurely got into the Bentley.

Inside the Bentley, there was ample heating. Ye Qing curiously looked around. On the seats, there were soft pillows, blankets, and anything else she could possibly need. Next to her hand, there was a thermos bottle of warm water.

In the past, she seemed to have seen this same car. In that life, because she had to work for a living, she no longer looked youthful by the time she saw this car from the outside. Seeing Ye Zhen and her husband and child sitting inside this car as her own ears were flooded with the sound of that family's laughter, she felt envious of their happiness and good fortune.

That happiness and good fortune belonged to her. It was only because she had readily surrendered it that Ye Zhen had it. No one could understand how much jealousy and hate she felt at that moment, or how much she regretted. However, thinking that she would soon get the same happy ending in the near future, Ye Qing decided that nothing else was important. It was already in the past. It was the future that was important.

She would be Mrs. Lu. Lu Beichuan would deeply fall in love with her. She would give birth to the Lu family's next heir for Lu Beichuan. Their family of three would have a blissfully happy life.

Her future life would be happier and better than Ye Zhen's previous life.

The chauffeur turned his head and offered with a smile, "Miss Ye, if there's anything you..."

"Why do you call me Miss Ye?" Ye Qing unenthusiastically looked at him.