099: Actually, I am not Ye Xiyang.

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Xiao Qi sat trembling with fear in the passenger seat. Why so fearful? Because the person beside her was truly terrifying. With that grim and fierce expression, just looking at him made her want to get out of the car.

The car soon came to a stop. Yi Chen stepped out without even glancing at her. Xiao Qi hurriedly followed. By the roadside stood a girl, her face flushed red, her eyes shy and hesitant as she looked at Yi Chen.

Wow, this man is so handsome. And the best part? This handsome man is walking right toward me!

Yi Chen strode ahead expressionless, heading straight toward the infatuated girl’s direction.

Xiao Qi’s heart sank. She thought to herself: This capitalist, irritated and furious because of her dragging Yi Yang, might vent his anger on someone else—perhaps this girl—since he was approaching with such a fierce demeanor.

Just as Xiao Qi was about to rush forward to stop President Lin’s intimidating approach, Yi Chen suddenly stopped and shot her a sharp glare. “Stand right there,” he ordered angrily.

“...” So he was indeed venting his anger.

Yet...

The handsome man approached the girl and gave her a slight smile.

Then, the handsome man and the pretty girl walked arm in arm toward the nearby shopping mall.

What the heck!

He actually went shopping with a beautiful woman?

And the most important thing: he told me to stand here like an idiot.

There was no way Xiao Qi would just stand there foolishly.

She immediately followed.

Keeping a watchful eye on the two ahead, she saw President Lin chivalrously helping the girl with her bag. The girl looked up at the tall man with innocent, shy eyes, then demurely handed him the bag.

Afterward, the girl linked her arm with the handsome man’s.

Xiao Qi’s gaze fixated on the hand resting on that arm.

Damn it! In broad daylight, he actually let that girl’s claws wrap around his arm.

Not innocent! Absolutely not innocent!

Whoever invented the whole arm-in-arm shopping thing must be a pervert—making men and women openly behave like thieves and scoundrels...

Suddenly, Xiao Qi felt hungry.

Who cares about following them? Replenishing energy is the top priority. She had been foolish to follow that adulterous scoundrel just now.

Hmph.

With a swift turn, Xiao Qi strode away.

At the same time, Yi Chen looked back.

He handed the bag to the girl with a calm, gentlemanly expression. “Sorry, my girlfriend is angry. I need to go and appease her.”

The girl blushed with admiration. “Sir, your girlfriend seemed very angry just now, which means she likes you very much. Girls are easily pacified by those they love.”

Yi Chen nodded faintly and left.

His pace was unusually hurried for President Lin.

The girl looked on with envy.

When Yi Chen saw the girl earlier on the road, an idea came to mind.

For handsome men, girls had no resistance—they agreed without hesitation to play along with Yi Chen’s little drama.

Let’s see how Xi Yang reacts.

He was quite satisfied and pleased with Xi Yang’s response.

Xiao Qi entered the house looking dazed.

Dr. Chen, who was enjoying tea alone, noticed Xiao Qi’s lost expression. “What’s wrong, little girl? You look unhappy. Come, have some flower tea with me and tell me what’s troubling you.”

Xiao Qi sat down before Dr. Chen, resting her chin on her hands. “I suddenly feel that people on this earth are so hard to read, so complicated... I just don’t understand.”

Dr. Chen handed her a cup of flower tea. “Are you talking about Yi Chen?”

Xiao Qi stared at the tea leaves floating in the cup and immediately recalled a time not long ago when she was in the study drinking the very same flower tea with someone.

That cup...

Instantly, Xiao Qi felt she was just overthinking things.

He didn’t like her to begin with.

So why bother worrying?

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But even if he didn’t like me, in his heart, I am the one she likes.

He flirts with other girls in front of the person he likes.

Hmph, what a scoundrel.

“Here, this is for you.”

A bottle of perfume was placed before Xiao Qi.

She sniffed it. “Isn’t this the perfume Zi... Lin Yi Chen picked?”

Dr. Chen said meaningfully, “To understand someone’s heart, you must first understand the scent they carry. The saying ‘identifying a person by their scent’ is the most thrilling.”

What does that mean?

“What are you two talking about?”

Yi Yang came out.

Xiao Qi immediately stood and asked, “Yi Yang, what does ‘identifying a person by their scent is the most thrilling’ mean?”

Yi Yang glanced at Dr. Chen but evaded the question. “Where’s my brother?”

Mentioning her brother, Xiao Qi immediately thought of Yi Chen and the girl.

She snorted, “He’s very busy right now, flirting with a girl in broad daylight. Shameless.”

Yi Yang’s first thought was impossible.

How much his brother liked the person before him was a secret only the man himself might not fully grasp, but those around him certainly did.

So Yi Yang circled back to Xiao Qi’s earlier question, “Xi Yang, what you said just now means... *that*?”

*That?*

Yi Yang saw a tall man approaching.

He grabbed Xiao Qi’s arm. “Xi Yang, close your eyes.”

“Why close my eyes?”

“Close them first, then I’ll tell you.”

“Oh!”

Xiao Qi closed her eyes and felt a strange scent, unfamiliar to her, slowly approaching.

Suddenly, a warm sensation touched her cheek. She opened her eyes abruptly, only to see a handsome face inches from hers.

“You…”

Yi Yang smiled at her. “That’s what *that* means.”

Xiao Qi was stunned, as if she still couldn’t quite understand.

Yi Yang gazed into her big eyes, his gaze unconsciously drifting down to her vivid red lips.

His eyes froze there.

Dr. Chen cleared his throat beside them, breaking Yi Yang’s trance.

He immediately looked away.

Dr. Chen said, “Yi Chen has been standing there all along.”

Hearing this, Xiao Qi snapped back to reality and saw Yi Chen already turning away.

“Oh no, oh no, your brother must have misunderstood,” she thought, and without hesitation, ran after him.

Yi Yang watched their figures moving one after the other.

That strange feeling just now...

He withdrew his gaze and went back inside.

Dr. Chen sighed.

It seemed these two brothers...

Ah—-

Xiao Qi took a few steps but suddenly felt a familiar sensation surge through her body.

She reached out her right hand, and almost her entire arm instantly froze.

She was an alien and couldn’t have physical contact with Earthlings, so they wore skin suits on their hands.

But just now Yi Yang...

When Yi Chen first met him, he even hugged her... like that...

And she hadn’t experienced any problem.

She had pondered this for a long time before understanding.

Now she was certain: the signal device was inside Lin Yi Chen.

Yi Chen got into the car and looked out the window.

The person who had chased him earlier was nowhere to be seen.

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Anger surged up.

He opened the car door and got out.

Yi Yang saw his brother’s cold expression as he approached. “Brother, actually just now—”

“Where is she?”

“She just ran into the room,” Yi Chen’s face was cold and solemn, and Yi Yang was still afraid. “I called her, but she didn’t respond.”

Yi Chen walked to Xiao Qi’s room and knocked, but there was no answer.

Yi Yang quickly fetched the key. “Brother, here’s the door key.”

Yi Chen opened the door and saw a lump on the bed. The scene instantly reminded him of last time.

Could she be cold again?

Yi Chen entered, then turned back.

“Bang—”

The door was shut.

Outside, Yi Yang pouted.

This time, Yi Chen immediately threw back the covers. As expected, Xiao Qi’s face was pale and cold, as if soaked in an ice cellar.

He scooped her up. “I’m taking you to the hospital.”

“No, no hospital...” Xiao Qi clung tightly to his neck, feeling much of the chill dissipate.

“No hospital. Even if we go, it won’t help. This is congenital. You, you hold me, hold me and I’ll be fine...”

Yi Chen set her down on the bed. His hand touched her arm and he sensed something odd, reaching to roll up her sleeve.

Xiao Qi clung tightly to his neck. “Hold me, hold me and I won’t be cold.”

She frowned from the cold, shifted her body, and nestled her head into his embrace.

Yi Chen felt his heartstrings stirred inexplicably. His hands wrapped tightly around her, a deep satisfaction on his handsome face.

Yet he thought...

Yi Chen held her with one arm, while stroking her arm with the other.

Though his touch was through clothing, the sensation...

“Xi Yang, be honest with me. Do you have some strange illness?”

Xiao Qi, embraced like the room was filled with warmth, felt her body relax and her mind begin to work.

Some things must be faced sooner or later.

The longer she delayed, the harder it would be to confront.

Xiao Qi let go of him and deliberately rolled up her sleeve. Perhaps because of Yi Chen, the previously frostbitten right arm had now fully healed.

So Yi Chen saw nothing unusual.

But Xiao Qi still spoke, “My skin is different from others’. Once it touches someone else, my whole body feels cold. Just now, Yi Yang...”

“And me?” Yi Chen didn’t really believe her but still asked, “Why can I touch you then?”

“Because...” Xiao Qi’s hand rested on his chest. “You have something very important to me.”

Her hand was grabbed. Yi Chen scrutinized her. “Xi Yang, what have you been doing these five years? You’re becoming more and more of a mystery. Did something happen in these five years? You said you had a car accident, but what about your parents? Where are they...?”

“I don’t know,” Xiao Qi pushed him away. Immediately, a cold wave intensified around her. She crossed her arms. “Lin Yi Chen, actually, I’m not Ye Xi Yang. I just look like her. I’m not her, I am...”

Suddenly, a loud crack of thunder split the sky. Outside, lightning flashed and torrential rain poured down.

Xiao Qi screamed in fright.

Yi Chen pulled her close. “Don’t be afraid. I’m here.”

He didn’t believe her words, of course.

And he took her words as an excuse to reject him.

A mocking smile curled at his lips, but deep in his eyes was a lingering bitterness.

Xi Yang, no matter what I do, you never seem to let me into your heart.

He looked out at the pouring rain and listened to the howling wind outside.

That scene flashed in his mind.

Because he had to go find his father. His father had been on a business trip for several days and had not returned.

So, as a child, Yi Chen had recklessly run out to look for his father.