Twin Sisters

Bai Hui was filled with doubts and for a moment forgot to greet An Nuan, only continuing to scrutinize her.

An Nuan was also observing Bai Hui. Although she was somewhat surprised to meet Bai Hui at the hotel, it wasn't too unexpected. After all, Bai Hui often posted selfies at this hotel, and An Nuan had seen the location before.

But what kind of look is Bai Hui giving me? We're all acquaintances, so why is she acting like she's looking at me with such curiosity, as if she wants me to scrutinize her closely?

In the floor monitoring room of the work area, a male and a female hotel staff member were watching the surveillance footage at the elevator entrance.

Man: "This tall woman must be the mistress. I just saw the man check into a hotel and then bring two women in. This tall woman was one of them. It's rare to find a girl this tall. Judging from her figure and looks, she's much better than all the internet celebrities, models, and stars who come to our hotel."

Woman: "This other one seems to have a good figure too, but her clothes are a bit childish. She's quite good-looking too. This guy is such a jerk, cheating on his girlfriend."

Man: "I'm afraid they'll start fighting. Then my supervisor will scold me again. Last time, Cai Guangkun was playing basketball in the hallway, and I didn't stop him in time, so I got yelled at."

Woman: "Probably not. Judging from their demeanor, they might both be a little guilty."

Man: "What are you feeling guilty about?"

Woman: "If it were a legitimate case of catching a mistress, they would have rushed in long ago. Why would it be like this? I suspect both of them are mistresses."

Man: "Both of them are mistresses? No wonder she said she saw her boyfriend and his mistress checking into a hotel. The real girlfriend wouldn't be hiding here sneaking around spying; she would have rushed over long ago."

Woman: "I noticed it too. The woman who went in with that man at the beginning was also very tall and had a great figure, but her clothes were completely different from this one. I think the first one was the real wife, and these two are mistresses... Look, they're starting to greet each other, so politely. It doesn't look like the wife meeting the mistress at all. Only mistresses meeting other mistresses would act like this."

Man: "You're right, anything can happen."

An Nuan Bai Hui had already realized that it was indeed strange for the two of them to stand there silently staring at each other.

"What a coincidence, you also came after class?" An Nuan tugged at the shoulder strap of her backpack, revealing a slightly shy smile, as if she were embarrassed to have some ambiguous relationship exposed to an acquaintance.

If An Nuan hadn't known that Liu Chang'an was with his mother and Professor Ling, she would have undoubtedly analyzed the situation upon suddenly seeing Bai Hui.

"Yes, my cousin needed to talk to me, so I came over. Are you coming to play?" Bai Hui stopped leaning against the wall with her arms outstretched and looked at An Nuan's expression. Sure enough, this was An Nuan in her most normal state. She was like a white lotus flower, trembling like a mimosa at the slightest touch, feigning fear.

"Liu Chang'an, my mom, and a professor from the school are here. He asked me to come find them. I didn't want to come, but it's boring to be alone at home," An Nuan said somewhat helplessly, then warmly invited, "Have you eaten yet? If Liu Chang'an hasn't eaten either, let's eat together later."

Professor Liu Yuewang is here too? Bai Hui knows that An Nuan has a famous mother at school. In terms of charm, An Nuan is no match for that professor. An Nuan is just an ordinary, athletic girl who isn't particularly outstanding.

An Nuan often struck Bai Hui as a poor imitation, like someone trying to imitate Professor Liu's walk in Handan, resulting in something that was neither quite right nor quite right, and rather affected and pretentious, lacking Professor Liu's natural charm.

Since there were two elders present, it seems I had been overthinking things; Liu Chang'an hadn't been having an affair.

Bai Hui found herself in a surprisingly good mood, probably because her friends hadn't let her down.

"You guys eat, I have to keep my cousin company, she made a reservation... Do you want me to help her make a reservation? Reservations at Zhu's upstairs are usually full if you try to book on the spot." Bai Hui became more relaxed, no longer concerned about other issues, and asked with a smile.

An Nuan found it strange. She had already unleashed such a powerful move... implying that Liu Chang'an's relationship with her wasn't just that of a normal boyfriend and girlfriend; he was already intruding into her elders' private social circles. Was this a normal boyfriend and girlfriend relationship? He was basically being treated like a son-in-law. Why didn't Bai Hui seem to grasp this point?

Logically speaking, Bai Hui should have been sensitive enough to sense that Liu Chang'an and An Nuan's relationship was unbreakable. She should have known better than to back down, retreat, or risk her life to escape to Handan.

But Bai Hui didn't... Does she still like Liu Chang'an? An Nuan was somewhat disappointed.

This disappointment wasn't because no one was going to steal her boyfriend, but rather because it didn't discourage Bai Hui.

Maybe she's just putting on a good show; she might actually be feeling really hurt and holding back some pent-up emotions.

"No need to trouble yourself, we don't even know where to eat yet." An Nuan smiled and shook her head, then turned her bag over from behind her back to the front. "Oh, right, I also prepared a small gift for you."

"Thank you!" Bai Hui clapped her hands, looking very expectant.

An Nuan took out a phone case. "Look, the flowers in the background really remind me of you. Your warm and simple smiles suit you so well."

"Wow, Takashi Murakami's phone case! I really love this gentleman's work." Bai Hui smiled with delight.

"I'm glad you like it." An Nuan handed it to Bai Hui.

Bai Hui hesitated before accepting the gift, "But this looks so expensive! I just gave you a thermos, and this phone case is much more expensive."

"We're good friends, right? There's no reason for good friends to compare prices when giving gifts. Don't you consider me a friend?" An Nuan said with a hint of dissatisfaction.

"That's true. Well then, I'll say thank you. I won't give you a gift later." Bai Hui took it, giggling. The phone case hadn't gone up in price yet, and Bai Hui knew the price. The retail price of this kind of soft case was less than 10,000 yen, which was within An Nuan's budget for social interactions. So she accepted it without any guilt... If a classmate from a less affluent family gave her such a gift, Bai Hui felt it would be difficult to accept. She would have to reciprocate with a similar gift.

"You're too kind." An Nuan waved her hand casually. "I'm going to find Liu Chang'an."

"Bye-bye." Bai Hui pressed the elevator button, looked up at the indicator light, and walked to another elevator next to her to wait. That way, when Liu Chang'an's room opened, he wouldn't be able to see her.

An Nuan arrived at the door and rang the doorbell.

Liu Chang'an opened the door.

"I just ran into Bai Hui here," An Nuan said in a coquettish voice, trying to scare Liu Chang'an. "Tell me, have you been cheating on me again?"

"I was planning to steal from you tonight, but you delivered yourself right to my door," Liu Chang'an said softly, nodding. "Easy."

"How dare you talk to me like that!" An Nuan raised her little fist in annoyance, as if to hit someone.

"Come in, come in. Stop flirting at the door, mind your manners," Professor Ling greeted the young couple who were oblivious to everyone else as soon as they met.

An Nuan looked at Liu Chang'an with suspicion. The voice sounded unfamiliar, yet the tone was strangely familiar. Had Liu Chang'an really cheated on her? Who was this woman?

An Nuan tilted her head and looked over from Liu Chang'an's side.

Liu Chang'an stepped aside, and An Nuan walked in, closing the door behind her. Inside, she saw a young woman who was unfamiliar yet somehow strangely familiar. She was giving An Nuan a slightly awkward smile, but was forcibly maintaining composure and a certain demeanor.

"Who is she?" An Nuan turned her head and looked at Liu Chang'an questioningly.

"Professor Ling."

An Nuan slightly opened her mouth, looked at Liu Chang'an, then at Professor Ling, and then laughed, playfully hitting Liu Chang'an. "Stop joking! Why are you suddenly making fun of Aunt Ling? Tell me, is she your friend?"

"Nuan Nuan, it really is your Aunt Ling," Professor Ling said helplessly. "We turned into this because we ate too much of the face cream Liu Chang'an gave us."

"You must be joking..." An Nuan didn't believe it and turned to look at Liu Chang'an, "Are you saying that the Aunt Ling you mentioned was with my mom and Aunt Ling, this is the kind of Aunt Ling you're talking about? What about my mom?"

"She knew you were coming, so she hid in the bathroom and wouldn't come out." Liu Chang'an pointed in the direction of the bathroom.

An Nuan glanced at Liu Chang'an, then at Professor Ling, then back at Liu Chang'an, took two steps toward the bathroom, and forced a smile. "It was a prank, wasn't it?"

"No. Why would we joke with you like that? We had already taken leave and were hiding here, planning to recover before going back, but Liu Chang'an felt there was no need to hide it from you, so he let you come along." Professor Ling continued to explain, "Do you remember when you and Han Zhizhi were bitten by a dog when you were little? What did I use to hit you? A bicycle chain!"

An Nuan was dumbfounded. She had told Liu Chang'a Nuan being bitten by a dog, but Liu Chang'an definitely didn't know what had hit her. Apart from herself, Han Zhizhi, Professor Ling who hit her, and her mother, no one else knew about it!

As a girl, An Nuan felt extremely ashamed to be whipped with a bicycle chain when she was little, and she would never have told anyone about it.

"Do you remember when you first got your period at my house? You stained Zhizhi's bed, and Zhizhi even cut off the stained part, saying she wanted to keep it because that's how it is on TV. Then I beat her up, using a bicycle chain, you know?" Professor Ling continued recounting old stories that could prove his identity.

"Stop... Stop talking!" An Nuan stood against the wall, her face flushed, staring intently at Professor Ling. At the same time, she was furious that Liu Chang'an had unconsciously covered his ears and was listening intently!

Don't let Professor Ling's always refined and gentle appearance fool you. When we were kids, Han Zhizhi and I were beaten by her quite a bit. And while Professor Liu at most used bamboo sticks and pointers, Professor Ling was the fiercest! In the entire neighborhood, only she had a bicycle chain; no one else had one!

"You believe me now?" Professor Ling laughed.

Although An Nuan was still somewhat skeptical, she had begun to analyze the situation rationally, and slowly walked over to look Professor Ling up and down.

"I'll vouch for you, I'd be a dog if I lied," Liu Chang'an added, explaining, "Last time at your house, you noticed your mother had grown taller, and I told her then that continuing to take those face creams might lead to more serious consequences."

An Nuan nodded, beginning to accept reality. Suddenly remembering something, she opened her phone and browsed through Han Zhizhi's social media profile. She recalled that Han Zhizhi had uploaded Han Zhizhi parents' marriage certificate... something about an event featuring photos of her parents when they were young.

An Nuan glanced at the photo, then at Professor Ling, and finally accepted it. She walked over and hugged Professor Ling, "Aunt Ling, I didn't realize your figure and face had changed so much after giving birth to Zhizhi! I only remembered you as the nightmare we all had back then! You were so beautiful before!"

"How can you talk like that? Did I become less pretty later?" Professor Ling said sternly, but he also hugged An Nuan and then laughed.

"Beautiful! Beautiful!" An Nuan was inexplicably excited. After all, this kind of thing was really too rare. An Nuan was already surprised by her mother's height change, but now this change in appearance was even more amazing. As a science student, An Nuan was much more aware of the incredible implications than Liu Yuewang and Professor Ling.

But she was a girl, and she was particularly concerned about the superficial phenomenon of this change in appearance, without thinking about the underlying principles and scientific explanations.

"Your mother has become even more beautiful," Professor Ling reminded An Nuan, who was actually also looking forward to An Nuan meeting Liu Yuewang.

An Nuan's smile turned into incredulous astonishment. "Professor Liu can become even more beautiful? Is that just a polite way of putting it?"

An Nuan felt that her mother and she looked very alike, and the resemblance between mother and daughter was undeniable. Occasionally, An Nuan felt that her youthful energy was more attractive, but at other times she had to admit that Professor Liu's charm was more captivating.

Overall, they are about the same.

But if she becomes even more beautiful, wouldn't that mean she's become more beautiful than An Nuan?

While a daughter would normally be happy if her mother became more beautiful, her family's situation was special!

An Nuan cannot forget Liu Chang'an and Professor Liu's past.

They were destined to be together, got along very well, and their surnames even matched so well—one was Liu, the other Liu—they sounded almost the same.

Now that Professor Liu has become even more beautiful, and Liu Chang'an is someone who judges people by their looks, An Nuan's greatest confidence in Liu Chang'an's affection for her is that she is the most beautiful and adorable girl in the world in Liu Chang'an's eyes!

If Professor Liu became younger and more beautiful, wouldn't she become the world's most beautiful and adorable girl?

An Nuan felt conflicted. She cleared her throat and asked with concern, "Won't this affect your health?"

"It won't have any impact, and it will recover. It's just temporarily like this," Liu Chang'an said.

An Nuan trusted her boyfriend completely, and since he had said so, An Nuan had nothing to worry about.

Now all I need to care about is how Professor Liu will transform into a beautiful young woman.

"Mom, I'm here!" An Nuan called out towards the bathroom.

Liu Yuewang remained silent.

"Mom!" An Nuan walked to the sliding door of the bathroom.

Suite rooms typically have separate toilets and bathrooms, with separate wet and dry areas in the bathroom. Many people like to enjoy bathtubs next to floor-to-ceiling windows, where they can soak in the tub at an altitude of over 400 meters and look at the scenery outside – a very "ritualistic" experience.

Therefore, in order to cater to this demand for "ritual", the bathrooms in high-end hotels are relatively large, sometimes even about the same size as the bedrooms.

An Nuan had originally thought that once her relationship with Liu Chang'an reached a certain stage, some related storylines could be realized.

"Professor Liu!" An Nuan said, pressing against the sliding door, "Are you planning to hide inside forever?"

"Get out of my way!" Liu Yuewang said. She didn't want to see An Nuan. After all, she had already been taught a lesson by Liu Chang'an. Given An Nuan's personality, it would be strange if she didn't take the opportunity to gain the upper hand and talk to Liu Yuewang.

"You... you voice!" An Nuan was already mentally prepared, but hearing a voice that sounded like someone her age, speaking in her mother's usual tone, still made An Nuan wrinkle her nose in surprise. Then she turned around and exchanged glances with Liu Chang'an.

"When she first contacted me, I didn't recognize her voice at all," Liu Chang'an said.

"Why did she contact you from the beginning, but not me?" An Nuan keenly grasped the key point.

"What's the point of contacting you?" Liu Chang'an shook his head.

"But I'm her daughter, I'm her closest relative. When something happens to her, she doesn't turn to me first." An Nuan pouted, feigning sadness.

"Your current behavior is the reason I don't want to contact you." Liu Yuewang spoke through the bathroom door. That brat, as soon as she heard that Liu Yuewang had contacted Liu Chang'an first, she started to get jealous.

"You're not even speaking up for me, you're siding with her!" An Nuan noticed Liu Chang'an's problem again.

Liu Chang'an just looked at her and smiled.

Seeing Liu Chang'an's shameless smile, An Nuan felt a little sweet inside. So she pouted and thought, "Forget it, this matter can't be blamed on Liu Chang'an. It was all Professor Liu's fault."

"And... if Liu Chang'an hadn't called me over, you would definitely have kept it from me! Did you never intend for me to know at all?" An Nuan knew her mother very well.

"Yes, yes, that's it... Are you satisfied now? Get out of here, I don't want to see you." Liu Yuewang also raised her voice.

"Mom, come out! Come out and let me see you!" An Nuan started to whine. As a daughter, she could switch from complaining to whining in a second.

"Old Liu, just come out. Can you keep hiding forever?" Professor Ling was relieved. An Nuan didn't look at her like she was a monster, or seem too frightened to accept it, so she began to persuade Liu Yuewang.

"Yes, I didn't control you, I was wrong too, I promise I won't say anything to you," An Nuan also advised, then turned to Liu Chang'an and said, "She really has become more beautiful, not uglier?"

"She didn't become ugly." Liu Chang'an shook his head. "She took on your appearance, how could she be ugly?"

It was rare for Liu Chang'an to praise Professor Liu, and An Nuan was pleased, but even more curious, "Mom, don't you look exactly the same as when you were young?"

An Nuan had seen Liu Yuewang's old photos; her clothes and style looked somewhat fashionable compared to now.

"Yes, she's become prettier than you." Liu Yuewang retorted, somewhat unconvinced, when An Nuan suspected she had become ugly. "Also, Liu Chang'an, it's not that I've become like her, it's that I've become like my younger self. She's the one who inherited my appearance."

"Why are you arguing about this with your daughter?" Professor Ling said helplessly, walking over and pulling on the door. "Come out, let An Nuan see what you looked like when you were young. You two looked like twins."

"Do they really look that alike?" An Nuan asked in surprise and anticipation. She was often told that she looked like her mother, but that was mainly due to the similarity in facial features; the difference in temperament was quite significant.

Now that her mother looks younger and lacks that mature woman's aura, how similar will she and her mother be? An Nuan couldn't help but feel a little excited. Who wouldn't want to look like their mother's twin?

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