Chapter 860 Xiu’s Origin

“I met Xin Li before. He’s not a good match for Xiu indeed. So, do you invite me here with the intention of asking me to persuade Xiaoyu to help Xiu out for the time being?” Lin Mengya asked.

To her surprise, Dongfang Xu shook his head slightly.

He said, “I want to ask you to persuade Xiu rather than to persuade Wanyan Yu. My niece is very stubborn. She can choose any man other than Wanyan Yu to be her husband, but she is determined to marry into the Xin family. Alas, Miss Lin, I’m wondering if you can help me persuade her to drop this idea?”

What? Xiu was determined to get engaged with Xin Li?

Lin Mengya really couldn’t understand why. Could Xiu possibly be out of her mind?

“Okay, I’ll try to do that. But I want to ask you about something. My question may put you in a difficult position, but I hope you can answer me,” Lin Mengya said.

Since Dongfang Xu doted on Xiu so much, he must hope that Xiu could live a peaceful and joyful life.

If possible, she would like Xiu and Baisu to resume their relationship.

In this way, the two of them would no longer feel lonely and helpless.

After all, it would be a good thing for them to know that they were biological sisters.

Moreover, both Xiu and Baisu were rare nice girls in the world.

She should help them resume their relationship.

“Go ahead,” Dongfang Xu said with emotion.

After all, Xiu, who had profound feelings towards Miss Lin, had been thinking of Miss Lin since she returned from the Jin State.

With Miss Lin’s help, that stubborn girl might change her mind.

Lin Mengya said, “A while back, I heard a few rumors that the eldest master of the Dongfang family and his wife had had no child since they got married. Later, they went to the Divine Witch Shrine to pray and finally had a daughter, Xiu. However, some people said that Xiu is not their biological daughter. I want to know if it’s true.”

She did learn these rumors from the information Baisu collected earlier.

But it was strange that the rumor about Xiu’s origin seemed to have been suppressed on purpose.

If it had not been for a greedy guy who wanted to exchange information for money, the men Baisu sent out would not have learned it from him in secret.

As such, now she tried to use the information to sound out Dongfang Xu on the truth, but it would not arouse Dongfang Xu’s suspicion.

However, hearing her words, Dongfang Xu said with his face changing slightly, “I’m wondering which bastard spread this news, but Xiu is indeed a descendant of our Dongfang family, the biological daughter of my eldest brother and sister-in-law. But…”

Lin Mengya thought it was Dongfang Xu’s excuse.

Little did she expect that he, whose face changed again, told her a shocking story. “Alas, it’s all my fault. Back then, my eldest brother was in love with a girl, but I was unaware of that. For a selfish reason, I urged my family to do their utmost to convince him to marry someone else. But later, the girl he had loved came here once and took away the daughter of my eldest brother and sister-in-law. In the end, after seeking information in many ways, we luckily brought Xiu, who had been cared for by an old acquaintance, back. But from then on, those people with ulterior motives made an issue of it. If I hadn’t acted willfully back then, Xiu wouldn’t have…”

Dongfang Xu had intended to hide this secret and never mention it.

Unexpectedly, he mentioned it to a young lady today.

Back then, if the girl he loved had not fallen for his eldest brother, if he hadn’t tried hard to enable the girl he loved to marry his eldest brother because he felt himself inferior, things wouldn’t have turned out like this, his eldest brother wouldn’t have been unwilling to return home, and people wouldn’t have doubted if Xiu was a descendant of the Dongfang family.

It was all his fault.

“Do you know who that woman taking Xiu away is?” Lin Mengya asked, thinking that she was getting closer to the truth.

Dongfang Xu glanced at her and said in trouble, “I know nothing other than that she was a great female physician. After all, it has been such a long time.”

Xiu was the biological daughter of Dongfang Xu’s eldest brother and sister-in-law, but later, she was brought back from a female physician who took her away back then.

The Divine Witch said that Baisu and Xiu were biological sisters.

Could Baisu be the illegitimate daughter of Dongfang Xu’s eldest brother?

“Apart from Xiu, does your eldest brother have any other children?” Lin Mengya asked.

Dongfang Xu shook his head. At the sight of this, Lin Mengya felt a little frustrated.

The Divine Witch could not possibly lie to her and had no reason to lie to her about this.

In this case, it could only mean that Baisu was very likely to be the daughter of that female physician.

Poor Baisu. She had thought that she found Baisu’s sister.

Unexpectedly, she discovered a secret that was deliberately hidden.

Now she was less eager to make them resume their relationship.

How should she make Baisu and the Dongfang family accept the fact?

It seemed that she should convince Xiu to drop the idea of marrying Xin Li first.

In this way, at least Dongfang Xu would think that he owed her a favor, which might be helpful when she had to tell the truth.

After deliberating, Lin Mengya made up her mind.

In this case, it was imperative to prevent Xiu from marrying Xin Li.

“Miss Lin, why did you ask me these questions? Do they have anything to do with the matter of persuading Xiu?” Dongfang Xu asked in puzzlement.

After all, all this was caused by the previous generation of the Dongfang family and had nothing to do with Xiu.

Although he trusted Lin Mengya very much, he was not sure what influence it would have on Xiu.

“It has nothing to do with the matter of persuading Xiu, but if you want to settle this matter completely, you should start from the root. In any case, Xiu couldn’t possibly ask to marry Xin Li. I think you know the reason better than me,” Lin Mengya said.

Although she was keenly aware of how stubborn Xiu was, it did not mean that she had no way to persuade Xiu.

Xiu was too simple and pure.

For this reason, Lin Mengya was able to come to a conclusion as long as she thought about why Xiu wanted to marry Xin Li.

But the behind-the-scenes plotter was horrible.

Madam Dongfang presumably had something to do with this.

“I know what you mean. I can’t allow Xiu to marry the lunatic of the Xin family. As long as you can convince her to drop the idea, I will handle other things,” Dongfang Xu said.

If it were not for this matter concerning his favorite niece, someone as astute and smart as him certainly would not be blinded and let go of the behind-the-scenes plotter.

Lin Mengya nodded, aware that even if she didn’t point it out, Dongfang Xu must have noticed it.

“Master, Miss Xiu is here and clamoured to meet you and this lady. We can’t stop her,” there came the steward’s helpless voice from outside.

Lin Mengya lowered her head, puckering in an embarrassed smile.

It was she who sent Baisu to turn to Xiu. Little did she expect that the two of them acted quickly and came in a short time.

“Alas, I’m at my wits’ end with her,” Dongfang Xu said with a deep affection for his niece in his eyes.

“Let them in. Xiu comes to find me after being informed by the maid I sent.” Lin Mengya took the initiative to tell the truth.

Although she knew it was inappropriate to do so, she believed that informing Xiu was the best solution.

If either Xiaoyu’s men or Long Tianyu’s men discovered that she was missing, it would definitely cause big trouble.

Since she and Dongfang Xu were friends, it was unnecessary to ruin their friendship.

“That’s fine. Go and invite Miss Xiu here,” Dongfang Xu said, glancing at Lin Mengya gratefully.

As long as she could persuade that stubborn girl to drop the idea, he would still have enough time to prevent Xiu’s marriage with Xin Li.

Knowing that his staying would displease the girls, Dongfang Xu nodded lightly at Lin Mengya and got up to leave.

After a while, there came Xiu’s crisp and anxious voice from outside, “I’ve told my uncle that it has nothing to do with Sister Lin! If he dares to hurt Sister Lin, I’ll give him a cold shoulder!”

Sandwiched between her uncle, who doted on her, and Sister Lin, whom she regarded as her idol and was close to, Xiu frowned with an aggrieved look and sniffled, but shed no tear.

Ever since she lost her eyes, crying seemed to have become a rare luxury for her.

Lin Mengya stood up and came up to her.

She said, “I’m fine. Mr. Dongfang just invited me here for a visit.”

Outside the door, the girl in light pink clothes with empty big eye sockets instantly identified the direction where the voice came from.

Regardless of the people around who intended to support her and persuade her, she moved quickly to Lin Mengya like a butterfly.

Lin Mengya took the anxious girl’s hands and held her in her arms.

Every time she saw Xiu, she felt extremely sorry for Xiu.

“I’m fine, really. Don’t worry,” Lin Mengya said.

Her comforting voice finally worked.

The girl, with an anxious look, grabbed her arms and said in an aggrieved tone, “Sorry, Sister Lin, it’s all my fault. I’ve told my uncle that it had nothing to do with you. But he did not believe it and kidnapped you. If it were not for the girl you sent to tell me, I would still be kept in the dark!”

Xiu thought the way Lin Mengya did at first, believing that her uncle invited her favorite Sister Lin here in order to use Sister Lin as a bargaining chip to force Wanyan Yu to consent to his engagement with her.

Unexpectedly, they both misunderstood Dongfang Xu.

After helping Xiu into the room, Lin Mengya raised her head and looked at Baisu who was worried as Xiu.

“Baisu, thank you for delivering the message,” Lin Mengya said, giving her a comforting smile. After that, she sat down in a chair and carefully looked at the girl in front of her.

Xiu seemed to be slightly thinner than last time they met.

Nevertheless, she was in high spirits and didn’t seem to have given up on herself.

Perhaps because of the heart venomous insect in her body, her air and appearance changed a little.

After pondering for a while, Lin Mengya decided where to start the conversation.

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