"Villainess Quick Transmigration System host — Liuyue is entering a small world."
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[Your name is Tao Liuyue, born into a highly educated family.]
[Your father, Tao Tian, is a university professor, and your mother, Jin Minjia, is a primary school Chinese teacher. You are also an only child. Sounds pretty good, right?]
[But Father Tao Tian is busy with work and absent from family life. Mother Jin Minjia is fiercely competitive everywhere and is strict with you.]
[Moreover, both of them relied on their own intelligence to move from small towns to a big city as top students, which is why your mother advocates for hardship education.]
[She believes that if you are given too comfortable a life, you will never understand the hardships of the journey and won't study hard.]
[Therefore, during junior high, she only gave you ten yuan a day, covering both meal money and pocket money.]
[You should know that your junior high school was quite good; even the cheapest lunch box cost eight or nine yuan. So, when classmates talked about celebrity idols, dolls, and merchandise, you couldn't join the conversation at all.]
[You had no money; speaking up would just be embarrassing.]
[Fortunately, you are smart and could finish the homework the teacher assigned ahead of time. So, you used your wits and started lending your completed homework to classmates to copy for one yuan per book.]
[It must be said, you have a bit of a business mind. With this little venture, your private savings gradually grew.]
[You no longer needed to humbly ask your mother for pocket money every time.]
[Unfortunately, the good times didn't last. This matter was soon exposed, leading to a reprimand from the homeroom teacher and even stricter control from your mother.]
[Under such high pressure, you began to give up on yourself, gradually falling from the top ten in your grade to the bottom, and in high school, you only got into a very ordinary school.]
[Your parents were disappointed in you, wondering how two top students could have such a dumb child.]
[But you didn't care at all; rebellion was the best way to hurt them.]
[In high school, the allowance your mother gave you was still very little. You thought about repeating your junior high scheme, but nobody cared about studying anymore; some even slacked off and didn't do homework.]
[Then, a transfer student, Qin Xuanye, came to the class. Rumor had it he was also unruly and deliberately sent here by his parents. He was a rich second-generation heir.]
[Luckily, you are very pretty and easily caught his attention.]
[Under your subtle flirtations, he became your devoted follower, covering all your meal and snack expenses for all three years of high school.]
[One month before the college entrance exam, you hid in your bedroom and overheard another fierce argument between your parents, the reason being your poor grades.]
[As they argued, they both started to think you not only didn't look like them but were also dull. Someone brought up the possibility of a mix-up at birth. Your father was stunned, and your mother said firmly, "Why don't we get a paternity test?"]
[Actually, such doubts had been buried in your heart for many years too, because you look nothing like the Tao family.]
[The test results would take a month. In this situation, you suddenly had an epiphany and started studying desperately.]
[Finally, the college entrance exam results came out. Although you didn't achieve top scores, you managed to get into Jinghai University in the neighboring provincial city.]
[Your parents temporarily called a truce and happily held a celebration banquet for you. Also, under Qin Xuanye's persistent pursuit, you finally agreed to become his girlfriend during the summer of your eighteenth birthday, after the exam.]
[One month later, you dumped Qin Xuanye and headed off to Jinghai for university without a second thought.]
[Half a year later, your parents urgently called you, saying they had something important to tell you...]
[And you finally found out that it was indeed a nurse's mistake that caused the mix-up.]
[Your biological parents turned out to be the mother and father of Chen Ruanruan, the department flower of the neighboring dance department, and also the chairman and his wife of the province's largest steel manufacturing company.]
[A plan began to form in your mind.]
[Instead of passively waiting for both sets of parents to decide what to do about the two daughters, it was better to take the initiative yourself.]
[Unfortunately, after being recognized by the Chen family, you didn't receive much attention. Instead, the Chen parents and Chen brother, fearing Chen Ruanruan would feel wronged, had already arranged all kinds of security and fallbacks for her.]
[Every time you actively tried to claim something, you ended up looking like a vicious supporting female character, maliciously trying to bully the kind and lovely Chen Ruanruan.]
[You endured all of this.]
[Until you saw Qin Xuanye again, your ex-boyfriend, and discovered he had become Chen Ruanruan's fiancé.]
[Watching them being affectionate in front of you, the dormant dark side of your heart began to stir.]
[Since the fake heiress's fiancé is my ex-boyfriend, isn't it reasonable for me to want to get back together?]
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"So this must be Liuyue." Chen Zhenye, in a well-tailored suit, gave off an air of sharp competence.
He looked with a gentle smile at the girl who had taken the initiative to seek them out and the paternity test report beside her.
Actually, three days ago, the Tao parents had contacted him.
But the news of the daughters being switched was too shocking; they needed time to process it.
And to discuss how to handle it to minimize the hurt.
They never expected their biological daughter to seek them out first.
Chen Liuyue's face wore a brilliant smile.
Her clear eyes reflected the figures of Chen Zhenye and Wu Peihua as she stepped forward proactively to address them.
"Dad, Mom, I've finally found you."
"I am Chen Liuyue, your daughter."
Chen Zhenye was taken aback.
Because she didn't call herself Tao Liuyue, but Chen Liuyue. Had she accepted her true identity so quickly?
Wu Peihua looked at the girl with the radiant smile before her, her feelings complex.
These past three days since learning the truth had been the hardest for her; she couldn't eat or sleep well.
After all, their own softly raised Ruanruan was clever, lovely, and outstanding, yet turned out not to be their biological child.
She was sad that her biological daughter had been living elsewhere, but the moment she saw the photo, her maternal feelings somewhat faded.
Because her biological daughter didn't look like her, but more like her own younger sister, who had been favored by their parents and died young.
Now, seeing her in person, Wu Peihua found the resemblance even stronger.
Her original anticipation for her biological daughter gradually faded, replaced by worry about what would happen to Ruanruan if she came home.
Chen Liuyue had long been psychologically prepared.
She was ready for their lack of response.
She stepped forward even more warmly to take their hands.
Her voice carried a hint of sorrow.
"Dad, Mom, I've come home. Aren't you happy?"
"I... shouldn't have come, should I..."
Looking at the girl with her head bowed, Chen Zhenye felt some pity. After all, she was his own daughter.
He patted her head comfortingly.
"Liuyue, we are glad you came."
"It's just... a bit sudden. You know, this news was too unexpected. Your parents, I mean... your adoptive parents and we haven't figured out how to handle it yet."
Chen Liuyue raised her porcelain-like little face. She was very beautiful, in a delicate, touching way.
"Dad, I am a Chen."
"I want to come home."
