Rebirth from the Ashes

Chapter 657: You’re My Sister

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Caught off guard, Fu Qingxuan let out a painful cry as his knees went weak from the pain. He fell on his knees to the ground with a thud.

Meanwhile, Shen Xi’s left leg flopped to one side after a sudden pain attack behind her knee. She frowned and paused from flipping her book while taking in a sharp gasp.

Fu Qingli tightened his fists as a mix of emotions rushed to his head. With his vision turned blurry, he shook to his very core, and it took everything in him to hold back his stirring emotions. Feeling a dry lump in his throat, he glared at Fu Qingxuan as he mustered his all to hiss. “Get out!”

Wincing in pain, Fu Qingxuan did not have time to fight back when the eerie stare from Fu Qingli sent chills down his spine. He found something brewing in Qingli’s eyes strange though. Still, Fu Qingxuan was too frightened to bring it up. He turned to glance at Shen Xi. “Let’s go.”

“You, get lost!” Fu Qingli looked Fu Qingxuan in the eye before turning to Shen Xi. There was a complex of indescribable feelings buried deep within his eyes, transpiring into his gruff voice. “You, stay. I need to have a word with you.”

Fu Qingxuan tried to rub away the pain reverberating from his knee with tears in his eyes. He looked at Shen Xi with worry before huffing in anger and mustering the courage to give Fu Qingli the dirty look.

Had Qingli lost his mind? He did nothing for Qingli to come at him right off the bat.

Shen Xi nodded at Fu Qingxuan to let him know she was okay with it. Then, she callously faced Fu Qingli while curling her lips into a taunt.

She was curious as to what needed to be said for him to come all the way here.

Fu Qingxuan solemnly gazed at Fu Qingli. “I’ll tell Mom and Dad if you lay a finger on her.”

Brushing off Fu Qingxuan, Fu Qingli had eyes only for Shen Xi. He scanned every inch of her face, her eyes, and her every minute expression as his heart tore up inside. He started to connect the dots from their first encounter until finally, his feelings developed into the deepest regret, guilt, and self-blame.

He should have picked up on it sooner and adopted the same attitude as Qingye and Qingxuan, instead of acting cold toward her from the start. She probably would never forgive him now since she hated him so.

Perhaps he should not let rationale triumph over emotions. Maybe he could have trusted his gut, even if it was just once. He should have dragged her to do a DNA test and not waited until now. The lost time had resulted in an unsalvageable misunderstanding.

The complicated look on his face gave Shen Xi a creepy sensation under her skin. Furrowing her brows, she pulled over a chair and listlessly leaned back as she continued to flip through her book. She unhurriedly said, “Mr. Fu, Fu Qingxuan came to me, not the other way around. You can bring him back. Please don’t bother me while I’m working.”

Fu Qingli deliberately threw a tantrum at Fu Qingxuan the moment he walked in the door was for her to spectate. Sorry to say, but she did not buy it.

“I’m not here to talk about this.” Fu Qingli made his way toward her with heavy footsteps that seemed to weigh him down. He had no idea what to say to her and how to face her.

Shen Xi snickered. Without a word, she waited for him to speak up.

Nevertheless, she had a weird vibe from Fu Qingli today. He kept looking at her, but his eyes were unlike the usual apathy, indifference, and even repulsion. Rather, there were some unspoken emotions brewing inside.

“Someone’s out for your life.” Fu Qingli pulled himself a chair to sit across from her. It took all his might to pull himself together so as not to lose his mind.

Shen Xi’s eyes abruptly turned cold-blooded, bearing a chilling murderous instinct. Like Athena the Goddess of War, she ruthlessly curled her lips and shut her book with a thump. Shen Xi looked him in the eye.

She knew it. Those people at the temple were after her, not Li Yuan. Yet, Li Yuan told her that those people merely targeted her because of him and that he dragged her into this.

Still, her gut feeling told her otherwise.

Fu Qingli did not shy away from staring back into her eyes while uttering, “You’re my sister.”

Shen Xi’s mind was blown. Fu Qingli’s opening and closing lips were all she saw in her line of vision, but her ears heard no sound. It was like her world turned into a fantasy.

It took a while before she burst out in laughter. Chuckling rather indiscreetly and wantonly, she drew close and spoke through clenched teeth. “Mr. Fu, you’re such a joker.”

“They were after you because you’re my sister.” Fu Qingli held her gaze, feeling as though his heart was going to burst apart. It was hard to describe his feelings, but his mind remained calm and never so clear. There were times he hated his presence of mind. “You’re not Li Jingran and Su Yi’s daughter. You’re my sister. You’re Fu Qingxi.”

Since finding his father, Fu Qingli had questions raised about Shen Xi’s parentage. He tried to trace back to her roots yet came up empty. So, he turned his attention to Li Jingran and Su Yi, beginning with an investigation at the hospital Li Jingran delivered. At last, he found something.

That was right. All arrows were not pointing at Shen Xi, rather another girl named Zhou Zhen. The child of Li Jingran and Su Yi who was swapped at birth was Zhou Zhen.

While Fu Qingli’s men were on their way to find Zhou Zhen, they ran into a group of assassins out for Zhou Zhen’s life and rescued her in the nick of time. Fu Qingli rushed to the scene overnight and had her do a DNA test against Li Jingran and Su Yi.

Zhou Zhen was the child Li Jingran and Su Yi lost.

There could only be one outcome. The truth was so simple yet brutal to him.

If only he knew sooner. However, there was no way of knowing nor could he take back what he did in the past. He had to bear the consequence of his actions.

“Are you mad?” Shen Xi laughed with shattered glints in her eyes. She pointed at her head. “I’ll get Fu Qingxuan in here to give you an examination.”

What was he talking about?

She was the Fu family’s daughter?

She was Fu Qingxi?

How could she be Fu Qingxi? What would that make of the pain and suffering she had to endure in the past?

What a joke. Someone was telling her now that the family she tried so hard to impress for their approval was, in fact, not her family!

Was the Fu family not amazing? Were they not wealthy? Were they not the most powerful family? Why were they so useless at locating a single person?

“Li Jingran and Su Yi’s daughter is Zhou Zhen. You know her..” Her laughter and words struck a knife in Fu Qingli’s heart as though someone had ripped it apart.