Captured Hearts: The Substitute Bride's Gambit-Chapter 25 - Suddenly Having Parents

Chapter 25: Chapter 25 Suddenly Having Parents

Chapter 25 -25 Suddenly Having Parents

Lin Chuyi couldn’t help shaking her head, wondering what kind of eyesight this butler had to mistake his own young lady for someone else; she feared he wouldn’t last long in the Ye Family.

“What? Xiaoyi is back?!”

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Madam Ye walked out in a mix of shock and joy, but when she came out and saw Lin Chuyi standing next to Sheng Tingyuan, she stopped in her tracks.

Ye Zhengrong quickly followed and, upon seeing Lin Chuyi, he, too, came to a halt.

Lin Chuyi, realizing their reaction, breathed a sigh of relief; the parents of Sheng Tingyuan’s fiancée were reliable after all. They clearly recognized that she was not their daughter.

She took a step forward and initiated, “Mr. Ye, Madam Ye, my name is Lin Chuyi. I apologize for coming uninvited, but I was left with no choice. This Mr. Sheng mistook me for his fiancée, that is, your daughter. He insisted on taking me to register for marriage. No matter how I explained, he wouldn’t believe me, so I had no choice but to seek your help. Please tell him that I am not…”

She hadn’t finished her sentence when Madam Ye suddenly embraced her!

“Xiaoyi, my daughter, you’ve finally come home! Your father and I have been longing for you to return every single day, and at last, our wish has come true!”

Lin Chuyi stood dumbfounded, her body stiff!

Madam, are you even listening to what you’re saying!

Now, even with eight mouths, she wouldn’t be able to clarify her identity!

After Madam Ye wiped away her tears while holding her and sharing her sorrow of missing her daughter, she finally turned to Sheng Tingyuan, “Tingyuan, was it you who found Xiaoyi? That’s wonderful, you two are truly meant to be. Her father and I have been searching for her to no avail, yet you managed to find her!”

“This child has been spoiled by me. Don’t take it personally that she ran away… It’s not that she has any objections to you, it’s that she was dissatisfied with us for arranging her marriage without her consent. She was actually angry at her father and me, it wasn’t her intention to target you.”

“Xiaoyi, quickly apologize to Tingyuan. After all, he waited for you for three full years; in this matter, you are indeed in the wrong.”

Lin Chuyi felt her temples throbbing, unable to hold back, she said, “Madam, I am not your daughter, you—”

Madam Ye immediately interrupted her, “What nonsense are you speaking! Since Tingyuan has already found you, pretending not to recognize me is futile.”

“But I truly do not recognize you!”

“Alright, alright, whatever you say is fine, as long as you’re back home!”

Madam Ye’s face overflowed with indulgence for her daughter, before she turned to beckon her son-in-law, “Tingyuan, come in and have a seat. You haven’t been here for a long time. Stay and have lunch here today!”

Sheng Tingyuan nodded toward Madam Ye, then looked at Lin Chuyi, “Do you have anything else to say?”

Lin Chuyi had nothing to say, wearing a crestfallen expression.

She had dug herself into an enormous pit, and now if she claimed that she was not the daughter of the Ye family, it would be a miracle if Sheng Tingyuan believed her.

She was forcefully pulled into the splendid living room by Madam Ye clutching her arm and hand.

Immediately, all the servants sprang into action, serving tea, fruits, and pastries.

Ye Zhengrong invited Sheng Tingyuan to sit down and started making casual conversation, asking about his mother’s health one moment and apologizing on behalf of his daughter the next. Anyone would think Lin Chuyi was indeed his daughter.

After a while, Sheng Tingyuan’s mobile phone rang, and he left to take the call. Upon returning, he bade Ye Zhengrong and his wife farewell, stating he had to leave early and wouldn’t be able to have lunch at the Ye household.

Once he had left, Lin Chuyi managed to free her hand from Madam Ye’s tight grip.

The atmosphere in the living room grew tense, and Ye Zhengrong glanced at Lin Chuyi before instructing the butler, “Close the door. Without my permission, no one is allowed to come in!”

“Yes, Second Master.”

The butler and the servants withdrew and closed the door behind them.

Lin Chuyi looked at the couple indifferently: “You both know that I am not your daughter; why do you still pretend that I am?”

However, no one answered her question.

Madam Ye scrutinized her, then turned to Ye Zhengrong, “How come she looks so much like you? Ye Zhengrong, don’t tell me you fathered a daughter with someone else behind my back?”

“Nonsense! Besides Shuangyi, I don’t have any other daughters! If I had a second daughter, would I be so desperate to find her?!”