Xu Yunshu had still been holding onto some hope about Yu Huan’s identity, but the moment she saw the passenger seat of Zhu Heqing’s car, she understood.
Her brother wasn’t just casually dating Yu Huan.
Today, Zhu Heqing was driving a Cayenne. He had always preferred simplicity, yet the passenger seat had been decorated with a distinctly girlish touch.
Even the little hanging ornaments were the kind girls liked, and there were plenty of snacks prepared inside.
Xu Yunshu felt a bitter ache in her heart, but she still forced herself to smile.
“My brother really treats you well. I’ve never seen his passenger seat changed so much before.”
Yu Huan fastened her seat belt and answered without thinking,
“Zhu Heqing actually loves decorating things. He always says the bare passenger seat is uncomfortable, so he bought all those things himself and decorated it like he was making it into a little princess’s seat.”
Zhu Heqing had been keeping an eye on Yu Huan the whole time.
When he saw her trying to turn around to talk to Xu Yunshu, he kept one hand on the steering wheel and reached over with the other to gently pat her head.
“Baby, don’t turn around like that. It’s dangerous.”
Yu Huan gave a little huff.
“You’re so controlling.”
But she obediently faced forward and stayed still.
Xu Yunshu sat in the back seat, her face hidden in the darkness.
The temperature inside the car was perfectly comfortable, yet she felt herself growing colder and colder.
She suddenly remembered a conversation she had accidentally overheard between Zhu Heqing’s parents before she went abroad.
“Yunshu is already twenty. It’s not really appropriate for her to keep living with our Zhu family. No matter what the Xu family is like, she’s still their heir. Should we find a chance to talk to her and ask her to spend more time with the Xu family?”
“She’s a sensitive child. If you tell her that, she’ll think we don’t want to raise her anymore. That could create a rift between us.”
“People outside are saying that Yunshu is the Zhu family’s child bride. Ah He is already old enough, and he still doesn’t have a woman by his side. If this continues, it’ll put our family in an awkward position.”
“sigh… How did a rumor like this even start? Let me think about how to tell Yunshu without hurting her.”
The conversation had stayed with Xu Yunshu ever since.
For years, she had grown up in the Zhu family and had always regarded Zhu Heqing as her older brother.
But somewhere along the way, her feelings for him had quietly changed.
And now, sitting in the back seat and watching him care for Yu Huan with such natural tenderness, Xu Yunshu finally realized something she had been unwilling to face.
The person Zhu Heqing treated as his precious treasure had never been her.
It was Yu Huan.