The lunatic appeared

Wu Yuan swayed on her feet, her face pale as she clutched her chest.

Madam Wu immediately noticed her daughter's condition and cried out, "Xiao Yuan, what's wrong? Is it your heart? Honey!"

Hearing his wife's panicked voice, Mr. Wu forgot everything else and hurried over to help support Wu Yuan.

"Mom, Dad, I'm fine. I just got a fright. I'll be okay after a little rest." Wu Yuan forced a stiff smile.

"Miss Fang, what has our Xiao Yuan ever done to you? Don't you know slander is against the law?" Madam Wu glared viciously at Fang Yao.

She looked as though she wanted to bite a chunk of flesh right off Fang Yao.

"Let's leave that for later," Mr. Wu said. "Help Xiao Yuan inside first. She can barely stand."

The couple then helped Wu Yuan away.

Shielded by Bo Hanmo and Bo Zhe, Fang Yao kept her eyes fixed on Wu Yuan.

[Holy crap, did the system get it wrong? No, it didn't. This is the older sister, Wu Yuan, not the younger one, Wu Chan.]

[Damn, did Wu Yuan just roll her eyes at me? Yep, she definitely did. Well, well, this little bitch is just as much of a fake innocent as her mother!]

Bo Hanmo had planned to take advantage of everyone's attention being elsewhere to tell Fang Yao not to blurt things out. Before he could speak, however, he heard her thoughts. Following her gaze, he caught Wu Yuan's eye roll.

So Bo Hanmo kept his mouth shut. He decided that from now on, until he had heard Fang Yao's thoughts, he would stand firmly on her side.

Even if she punched a hole in the sky, he would be there to hold it up.

"Hanmo, keep an eye on your wife. I'll go gather intelligence." Bo Zhe had noticed several guests staring at Fang Yao in alarm.

Bo Zhe knew they had heard his sister-in-law's voice without seeing her open her mouth. To keep them from crying out, he took on this perilous mission.

As though reading his mind, Bo Hanmo shot him a warning glare. "Stick to the facts. If I find out you've exaggerated anything, you know what'll happen."

Bo Zhe gave an awkward chuckle. How had his brother known? "Got it. I'll get going, then. Keep an eye on her. Don't let her drop any more bombshells."

Bo Zhe really didn't want to get used to this!

Fang Yao pushed Bo Hanmo aside and watched a man step forward to take over from Mr. Wu, supporting Wu Yuan by the arm. Her appetite for gossip instantly became impossible to contain.

The man had no idea what was going on. Upon entering the banquet, he had spotted a pale-faced young woman beside Mr. and Madam Wu. He hadn't known whether it was his fiancée or her younger sister, Wu Chan, attending today. Only after hearing her name did he go over to support her.

"Xiao Yuan, what's wrong?" the man asked, looking at Wu Yuan with concern.

Madam Wu took the opportunity to quietly give him an embellished account of what had just happened. Mr. Wu remained silent throughout his wife's story.

As the man looked up after hearing her account, he heard a peculiar voice. It sounded as though someone was speaking with a hand over their mouth, yet on closer listening, that didn't seem right either.

He followed the voice and found that it seemed to be coming from behind Bo Hanmo.

[Holy shit, don't think I can't hear you just because you're keeping your voice down. I wouldn't mind if you stuck to the facts, but embellishing things and twisting my words is going too far. I'm still standing right here! Listening to you, even I'm starting to wonder if I'm the evil supporting character.]

[I'm mad. So mad. Absolutely furious. Anger causes wrinkles, though, and letting things slide to keep the peace isn't my style. I'd better wait until it's dark tonight, throw a sack over your head, and beat you up. Ah, girls as beautiful and understanding as me are hard to come by.]

[Consider that the price of hurling baseless accusations at me.]

The man: ... Wait, that's not what "understanding" means, is it? ゛('◇')?

Bo Hanmo: ... My wife really knows how to get her revenge. I'll just keep watch from the shadows. (#^.^#)

Fang Yao poked her head out to look at the people opposite her.

The man was certain Fang Yao hadn't opened her mouth. What had that voice been, then?

Ventriloquism? He had never heard of anyone being able to hear ventriloquism so clearly from this far away!

And what had those words meant? Had Madam Wu embellished her story?

If he hadn't been supporting Wu Yuan, the man would have gone over, slung an arm around Bo Hanmo's shoulders, and asked what sort of supernatural creature his wife was!

Bo Miao arrived just in time to hear Fang Yao planning to throw a sack over someone's head and beat them up.

Listening to Fang Yao's complaints, Bo Hanmo stepped aside, bringing her fully into view. The man's shocked expression told him everything.

Without giving the man a chance to speak, Bo Hanmo said, "I'm sorry. My wife probably mixed up the two Miss Wus. She didn't know they were two separate people."

The guests: ... Only Young Master Bo could say something like that with a straight face. If they weren't two separate people, what were they? Two sisters sharing a body, like your wife said?

The man: ... There's a limit to blindly defending your own.

"Exactly! My sister-in-law only just arrived. She doesn't know everyone yet. Once she's gotten acquainted with you all, it'll be fine." Bo Miao laughed awkwardly.

Everyone went numb. Who had been saying she refused to accept Fang Yao as her sister-in-law before?

Bo Miao's words weren't particularly helpful, but they did succeed in diverting everyone's attention.

The man had only just begun speaking when Fang Yao's voice interrupted him. "Auntie, let's help Xiao Yuan inside so she can sit down..."

The man took a deep breath. Don't get angry. Keep listening. Let's see what else Fang Yao has to say.

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[You two are going too far. You might as well call me an idiot outright! That guy over there is the real idiot, okay? He can't even tell that his fiancée and her little sister are the same person. All this time, and he hasn't found a single opportunity to catch her two-timing him.]

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[Should I give him a hint and tell him to find a chance to follow Wu Yuan? Tsk, too much trouble. It's not like he's anyone to me. Why should I warn him? Yep, exactly!]

▄█▀█● On my knees in defeat.

[Still, what a pity. He's doomed to die young, just like Bo Hanmo. Amitabha. If he finds out who killed him after he dies, he can go haunt them to death. As the saying goes, settle your grudges.]

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Fang Yao's thoughts left the man utterly rattled. Her rapid-fire barrage sent his face cycling through every color of the rainbow.

Before he knew it, he was walking toward Fang Yao. "You..."

"????" Fang Yao looked up at him, puzzled when he failed to continue.

Bo Hanmo hadn't expected the man before him to be as short-lived as he was. The difference was that he had Fang Yao.

The man had never imagined Bo Hanmo would die so young. Oh, and him too. o(╥﹏╥)o Were Wu Yuan and Wu Chan really the same person?

Impossible! Wu Yuan and Wu Chan were clearly two different people. He couldn't doubt his own fiancée just because he had heard an unusual voice.

The man composed his expression and turned to look at Wu Yuan beside him.