Moreover, even without this address, he wouldn't mistake the person. He had known Xie Xinxin for so many years and had met her younger brother several times. There was no way he could be wrong.
Rong Lan: "..."
She suspected her own eyes.
"Are you sure it's the one wearing the blue-and-white denim jacket? The person on Xie Feng's left is wearing a black sweatshirt, and the one on his right is wearing a gray sports coat, right?"
Chu Hengyuan nodded. "That's right. That person is Xie Feng, the one Lan Lan is looking for."
Rong Lan: "..."
She raised her hand and rubbed her cheeks, taking a deep breath to calm herself down.
There's an old saying that roughly means blood relations are unbreakable. This saying exists because relatives with blood ties must share a common causal thread. Even if the relationship is severed, their kinship can still be determined from the causal thread.
If she were looking at it from a third - party perspective, it would be very obvious that Bai Ronglan definitely didn't belong to the Bai family. Analyzing from the causal thread, the causal thread on Bai Ronglan didn't match that of the other Bai family members because the blood flowing in Bai Ronglan's veins wasn't from the Bai family.
But now, she didn't know if there was something wrong with her eyes or if she had misremembered the causal thread on Xie Xinxin. The causal thread on this Xie Feng didn't indicate a kinship with Xie Xinxin.
So... was he really Xie Xinxin's younger brother?
She had talked with Xie Xinxin for a long time before, and Xie Xinxin never told her that her younger brother was not related to her by blood.
Moreover, Si Mo, who could see through everything, didn't tell her either!
"Is there something wrong?" Noticing that the little girl was in a strange state, Chu Hengyuan frowned.
Rong Lan watched as Xie Feng led two classmates into the internet café. She took a deep breath. "Something's very wrong! This Xie Feng and the young lady I made a deal with the other day are not siblings at all!"
Chu Hengyuan: "???"
He didn't ask how she could tell because he knew his little wife must have some skills she hadn't told him about.
But... he had never heard Xie Xinxin mention this.
"To be on the safe side, I'll make a call to check before taking action." The skeptical little fox took out her phone.
Since it involved the customer's privacy, she didn't make the call in front of Chu Hengyuan but walked to one side.
Fortunately, she was lucky. The phone had only rung a few times when it was answered.
Xie Xinxin knew that today was the day for Chu Hengyuan and Rong Lan to pay a return visit to her family. When she saw the caller ID on her phone, she almost thought she had made a mistake in the contact note. After all, those who were supposed to be busy with the return visit shouldn't have the time to call her.
Walking to the company corridor to answer the phone, Xie Xinxin was in a daze. "Hello? Master?"
Hearing Xie Xinxin's voice, Rong Lan got straight to the point. "Miss Xie, do you know that Xie Feng is not related to you by blood?"
Xie Xinxin was stunned. "Sorry, I was distracted just now. I didn't hear what the master said. Could you please repeat it?" She heard it clearly, but she would rather believe that she had misheard because of her poor sleep quality recently.
Rong Lan took a deep breath and repeated word by word. "Do you know that Xie Feng is not related to you by blood?"
Xie Xinxin was completely stunned. She opened her mouth but couldn't say a word.
After waiting for five or six seconds without hearing an answer, Rong Lan knew what was going on. Xie Xinxin's reaction clearly told her that she didn't know.
After a long while, Xie Xinxin gritted her teeth and tried hard to hold back the heat in her eyes. Her hand holding the phone was trembling. "I... I don't know. I saw my mother pregnant for ten months. Could it be that the babies were switched in the hospital?"
Rong Lan sighed. The possibility of the babies being switched in the hospital was actually quite small, but the person on the other end of the phone was obviously on the verge of a breakdown, so she couldn't tell the truth. "Miss Xie, if possible, could you try to persuade your mother to come to my store to find me tomorrow?"
She wanted to meet Xie Xinxin's mother to confirm her suspicion.
"I'll try my best! Master, when will you be free tomorrow? If I can't persuade my mother to go, can I come to find you?" Xie Xinxin's voice trembled slightly.
The little fox, who had no plans for tomorrow, nodded. "Of course you can."
"Okay."
The person on the other end fell silent. Rong Lan thought for a while and finally spoke to comfort her. "Don't think too much. If you're brave enough, you can find the answer by yourself. If you're not ready to face it, you can wait for me. When I find the answer, I'll tell you."
"Okay!" Xie Xinxin's face was extremely pale, but to make Rong Lan not worry, she tried to make her tone lighter. "Does the master have anything else? If not, I'll hang up first. I'm still at work in the company. It's not good to be on the phone for too long."
Rong Lan could hear the forced calm in Xie Xinxin's tone, but it was normal. If her parents had always favored her elder brother over her since childhood and then she found out that her elder brother was not related by blood, she might be more broken - down than Xie Xinxin. "Go ahead and get back to work. I don't have anything else for now."
"Okay."
Rong Lan waited for Xie Xinxin to hang up the phone before putting away her phone and walking back to Chu Hengyuan.
Chu Hengyuan turned his head and saw the little girl looking dejected. He smiled helplessly and took her hand. "Are we still going to follow the original plan?"
Rong Lan nodded. "Of course!"
Whether he was a real younger brother or not, that brat had bullied Xie Xinxin. She had taken Xie Xinxin's money and had to fulfill her promise. Otherwise, it would affect her reputation as a boss.
"Has Lan Lan thought of a way to get Xie Feng out?" Chu Hengyuan asked.
Rong Lan recalled the causal thread on Xie Feng. "I've got it! Xie Feng owes a lot of money. I'll make an appointment with him in the name of a creditor. He'll come out obediently."
Chu Hengyuan raised his eyebrows.
Xie Feng owed a lot of money? The financial strength of the Xie family was about the same as that of the Bai family. As the apple of the Xie family's elders' eyes, Xie Feng's monthly allowance was at least six figures. And since he was just a high - school freshman, there weren't many places for him to spend money. How could he still be in debt?
This made him suspect that the apple of the Xie family's eye was almost spoiled.
"I'll cooperate with you. I'll go into the internet café to deliver a message to Xie Feng. Later, I'll borrow a takeaway uniform from a rider. Lan Lan just needs to wait in the alley." Chu Hengyuan said the next arrangement.
This plan was perfect. Rong Lan nodded and took out a mask from her pocket and handed it to Chu Hengyuan. "Here!"
Chu Hengyuan took the mask. Just as he was curious about how the little girl had prepared so well, he saw her take out a pair of small sunglasses from her pocket.