Chapter 42

On the floor, in front of her door, there was a letter on the ground. Picking it up, the front side of the letter had a name on it that Yu Yingyi recognized.

It was from Song Feng Mian.

"It must be a message to Liya after their discussion, guess I'll go tell her." Yu Yingyi muttered before calling out to Song Liya. "Liya! There's a letter from your sister!"

Song Liya immediately switched her attention to Yu Yingyi, there was no way she could let Yu Yingyi see her plans since it would reveal the fact that she was helping Yingyi out with her legalization.

Dashing to Yu Yingyi, Song Liya immediately took the letter from Yu Yingyi's hands and stared at the signature. Indeed, it was from her dear sister. She wanted to read the contents of the letter but she couldn't since Yu Yingyi was right in front of her.

Instead, Song Liya decided to take a quick peek at the letter and make up something to say to Yu Yingyi.

"Ah, it seems my sister is calling me over to discuss what she found. Is it fine if I go?" asked Song Liya.

"Oh? It's fine, but can I come along with you?" asked Yu Yingyi.

Song Liya was surprised for a moment. "Huh? Why do you want to come?"

"I also want to see the things you both are discussing, I might learn something new if it's the two of you sharing ideas with each other," said Yu Yingyi.

Song Liya let out a small nervous chuckle, she didn't know what type of excuse to say to Yu Yingyi. So she decided to just go for it...

Song Liya gripped Yu Yingyi's shoulder with her palms. "Maybe next time since there seems to be something my sister is insecure about and wants to ask me about it. So next time you can come."

Not even waiting for a reply from Yu Yingyi, Song Liya immediately dashed out of the room and made her way towards her sister's room. She still hasn't read the contents of the letter yet.

On the way, Song Liya decided to read the letter, she didn't want to enter her sister's room clueless.

Opening the letter, the contents read...

「 Dear my younger twin sister, this letter is about the information you wanted me to research. Although there isn't a lot, the information should still help you a lot. 」

「 In the past, there were a few times where our mother and Jia Xin Yi met. And every time, they would have a debate on every topic on who's better until their final interaction came where our mother was beaten in a game of Xiangqi. Of course, that's how the story goes, but I found out there was much more to it. Keep reading. 」

「 It wasn't just a few times our mother and Jia Xin Yi met, there were many times actually. And just like the few times, they were debating on who's better at what. However, in my perspective, it wasn't like rivalry at all. It seemed like two teenagers who wanted to have fun, it was as if they were best friends. 」

「 I started researching on their meetings from the start all the way to the end. As time went on, their meetings became more and more frequent to the point where they would meet every day. Except, the only person initiating their meetings was not our mother, but Jia Xin Yi. 」

「 And that was when I was sure of it, Jia Xin Yi in her younger days harbored romantic feelings for our mother. Though during that time, romantic feelings between two girls didn't exist, no one thought of something like that even happening. That's where their meetings start to become less frequent, day by day, Jia Xin Yi would visit our mother less and less until they stopped meeting. They didn't meet until one day, our mother decided to take the initiative and ask to meet. 」

「 This is also when their final interaction with each other, our mother asked Jia Xin Yi to a game of Xiangqi. As far as I know, there was indeed a deal made between them before the match started, but I couldn't dig deep enough to find what was it. But one thing I found was that was when our mother started to change and become who she is now. 」

「 The deal made during their final interaction definitely meant something to our mother and it also leads to why they've reunited. And that's about it, if you need to discuss anything, just come to my room. 」

When Song Liya finished the letter, she was surprised about the letter's contents but more astonished at her sister's abilities. Her ability to find something was abnormal, it was something Song Liya would never be able to do, and her sister's intellect. Song Liya's intellect wouldn't even come close to her sister's.

Song Liya realized she was right in front of her sister's door after reading the letter. She knocked several times before the doorknob clicked and revealed Song Feng Mian in a...mess.

"Sister, what's wrong with your hair? Why is it all so-" Before Song Liya could finish what she was going to ask, Song Feng Mian cut her off.

"Don't ask, I was up all night doing research and my hair was like this when I woke up. Anyways, what're you doing here?" asked Song Feng Mian.

"I'm here to talk about the contents of the letter, I want to discuss it with you and there's more to talk about too," said Song Liya.

"Is that so? Give me a second, I don't want to look like a mess while I listen since I won't be able to focus at all and I'll be worried about my appearance," said Song Feng Mian.

"Wow, I didn't know my sister cared this deeply about how she looked," said Song Liya.

"I still have my dignity, unlike you, my shameless sister."

"Hey! I do have dignity!"

"Sure, now let's talk."