《IPWTVC[COMPLETED]》💮 Chapter 61 - 65 💮
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Ye Zhen had put her heart and soul into taking care of him. She was very thoughtful and caring. She made sure he wasn't too hot or too cool or uncomfortable from lying in bed all day. She even learned how to massage from the professional caretakers and would massage him all day.
William had even said there was a correlation between Ye Zhen's meticulous care and his quick recovery.
During that one month period, Ye Zhen had significantly decreased the amount of resentment and anger he was feeling.
Ye Zhen should feel exhausted after spending the entire day massaging him. Logically, a person should be able to sleep well if he or she was physically exhausted. But, Ye Zhen's sleep was always troubled. She would frequently wake up because of nightmares and babble nonsense in her sleep.
Drinking milk before bedtime would ensure that she would get a good night's sleep.
Lying next to Ye Zhen, he placed his hand on Ye Zhen's flat belly. A small life was being nurtured inside there. That little life belonged to him and Ye Zhen.
Whether the baby was a boy or girl, he would do a good job to educate this child so that it would grow up to be a kind person like its mother. He would be a good father to this child. He wouldn't repeat his parents' mistakes and cause this child to suffer like he had growing up.
In the past, she had been the one to take care of him. She had gotten rid of Lu Beifan for him. The favor that he owed her for this, he would pay it back to her during the rest of their lives.
The cell phone at the head of the bed rang. Lu Beichuan got out of bed and walked to a window to take the call.
"Mr. Lu. We've caught that person. How should that person be dealt with?"
A year ago, he was in full control of the Lu family. At that time, when there wasn't a competitor close to being his equal, and no business person dared to oppose him, his own father had schemed against him just for the sake of seizing control.
Lu Beichuan searched his soul for what he would do next. He was a vengeful person. Moreover, there were no familial affection left between him and his father after the past several years of competing for power. He and his father might as well be separated by a mountain and river. They both harbored sinister thoughts against each other. Paternal affection had stopped being an important thing to Lu Beichuan a long time ago.
The first part of his life had been passed without anything remarkable, but now he had found someone that was precious to him.
He thought of Ye Zhen's previous warning to him: "Absolutely don't do anything that's illegal. Don't think that you can do whatever you want just because you're very powerful. No matter how powerful you are, you can't escape from being punished by the law!"
He walked back to the bed and leaned over to look at Ye Zhen, who was sweetly sleeping. She turned over and her slender arm was sprawled right over his usual sleeping spot. The peacefully sleeping Ye Zhen was partially illuminated by a beam of moonlight.
Lu Beichuan couldn't resist gently smiling, even his voice was softer than usual when he quietly said, "Hand him over to the police. Everything will be done according to the law."
"Hand him to the police?" The person on the other side of the call couldn't help but feel stunned.
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If news got out that a member of a prestigious family had attempted to murder his son for the sake of power, the family would become a laughingstock. Old Master Lu was someone that greatly valued established traditions and reputation. He definitely wouldn't want more people to know about this matter. The subordinate thought that the best option was to hand over the witness and evidence to Old Master Lu. If Old Master Lu privately dealt Lu Shaoren, Lu Beichuan would benefit from Old Master Lu feeling guilty towards his grandson.
However, Lu Beichuan's order was clear, so the subordinate didn't dare to voice his question again. The subordinate acknowledge the order and ended the call.
Lu Beichuan understood why the person at the other end of the call would feel confused.
In the past, he had been a single person so he could do as he pleased. But now, it was different.
He put the phone down, lied back down on the bed, and gently stroke Ye Zhen's flat belly.
Right now, he had a pregnant wife. He couldn't do things without caring about consequences as he had in the past. What had happened to him in the past like the car accident, it absolutely couldn't be allowed to happen on Ye Zhen.
So, he had to be very, very cautious and careful.
While Ye Zhen would wake up the next morning feeling refreshed because she had a restful sleep despite her exhausting day of rushing about, Ye Qing and Lin Zhan wouldn’t be getting much sleep.
Since it wouldn't be good for her if corrected Lu Beichuan's misunderstanding, Ye Qing could only pretend she was Ye Zhen and go to a guest room to sleep. She tossed and turned all night. She couldn't figure out what Lu Beichuan's intentions were.
Since she had come here, Lu Beichuan had treated her with cold indifference. He wouldn't even allow her to sleep in the same room as him. There were many times when she speculated that Lu Beichuan was suffering from a hormonal disorder. Otherwise, how could he ignore her so easily?
But, why had he wrapped his arm around Ye Zhen's waist then?
He had looked at her with a gentle gaze and spoken to her in a soft tone. She had never seen that side of him before.
She had done an excellent job of pretending to be Ye Zhen. Whether it was imitating her personality or her habits, there were no flaws in her acting. So, why did she feel as if Lu Beichuan treated her and Ye Zhen completely differently?
Ye Qing thought about this for a night, but she couldn't figure it out.
Similarly, Lin Zhan, who’s room shared a wall with Ye Qing's guest room, couldn't fall asleep either.
Ye Qing's words had turned his world view upside down.
The person that had written over twenty love letters wasn't Ye Qing. The person who had worked with him at the restaurant and had gotten him to the hospital when he fainted at work also wasn't her. And, the person, who had tirelessly taken care of his mother, definitely wasn't her.
Those had been Lin Zhan's most precious memories, and the reason why he had gradually fallen in love with Ye Qing. But now, he had found out it wasn't Ye Qing in those memories. It was someone else.
He liked the elegant handwriting on those love letters and how she had shyly confessed her crush in writing. He could almost imagine her blushing face as she wrote out those letters.
He remembered how kind-hearted she had been when they were working at the restaurant together and how she had carefully taken his mother. In those precious memories, there was always a smiling face directed at him.
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But now, Ye Qing had told him that he had gotten it all wrong.
The girl that had once vowed to take care of for the rest of his life was actually the girl he had been ignoring this entire time?
Some of the details that he had chosen to overlook were now clearly visible as suspicious.
For example, having Ye Zhen deliver a gift to Ye Qing.
In order to avoid the Ye parents from becoming suspicious, both sisters would go out when he had a date with Ye Qing. After their date was over, Ye Zhen would go back home with Ye Qing.
At the end, in order to help him and Ye Qing, not only had Ye Zhen come up with a plan to help them run away, she had taken Ye Qing's place in marrying a comatose person.
He didn't want to think how sad Ye Zhen must have felt back then when he didn't even notice her smiling and looking at him.
Lin Zhan felt as if a knife was stabbing his heart.
She was such a kind-hearted girl, and she had been repeatedly ignored and emotionally hurt by him.
This night, he kept asking himself the same question. How could he have mistaken Ye Qing for Ye Zhen?
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After Ye Zhen woke up feeling refreshed, she put on the clothes that a maid had brought over and headed to the staircase to go down. She happened to bump into Ye Qing and Lin Zhan as they were coming out of their respective rooms. They both had bloodshot eyes.
Seeing that no one from the Lu's household around, Ye Qing didn't wait for Ye Zhen to speak. She pulled Ye Zhen closer to her and whispered, "Let's switch our clothes."
Ye Qing felt that since they were identical twins and the only way people could tell apart was by their clothing, they could easily switch back their identities just by changing their clothes.
"Okay."
Silently standing behind them, Lin Zhan's gaze was riveted on Ye Zhen. It seemed as if there were a thousand words he wanted to say, but he didn't know where to start. He clenched and unclenched his fists several times. At the end, he finally called out, "……Ye Zhen."
He wanted to ask Ye Zhen if the words that Ye Qing had said yesterday was true or not.
Whether or not they were true, he wanted to hear the answer directly from Ye Zhen.
Hearing Lin Zhan's voice, Ye Qing turned around and glared at him. She hissed, "Whatever you want say, do it after you leave here!"
Lin Zhan's face froze. An incredulous expression spread over his face.
Ye Qing had spent the night tossing and turning as she tried to figure out a way to switch back with Ye Zhen. It was the perfect time to make the switch, and she had temporarily lost her self-control because she was angry that Lin Zhan had interrupted her.
Ye Zhe tugged on Ye Qing's sleeve and whispered, "Let's go change."
Ye Qing didn't have the time to deal with Lin Zhan. Pulling Ye Zhen along, they sneakily headed towards Ye Qing's room.
But, when they got to top of the second floor's staircase, the old butler called out to stop them.
"Miss Ye, good morning. Young Master sent me to bring you to the dining room for breakfast."
Ye Zhen smiled and said, "I'm going back to my room to change. I'll be right down."
The old butler was smiling as he looked at Ye Zhen. "Miss Ye, I'm sorry. Young Master said your clothes are too old fashion. He ordered us to throw out all of your clothes. Your new clothes is expected to be delivered here at 8PM."
... Was there something mentally wrong with Lu Beichuan?
There was nothing they could do. Their retreat had been cut off. They could only follow the old butler to the dining room to eat breakfast.
Lu Shaoren rushed past them on the stairs. He shot a look at Lin Zhan and anxiously said, "Lin Zhan, follow me, we have to go somewhere."
It seemed as if something big had happened.
Lin Zhan instinctively looked towards Ye Zhen. A moment later, he left with Lu Shaoren.
After those two left, Mother Lu was looking very pleased as she ladled out congee. Just as Mother Lu was about to gesture for them to sit down, she looked at them for a long time and couldn't distinguish the two sisters.
"I really can't tell the two of you apart." After saying this, with a smiling face, she teased her son," Beichuan, you should be able to recognize your own wife, right?"
Lu Beichuan looked at Ye Zhen. "Of course."
Under Lu Beichuan's unwavering gaze, Ye Zhen could only sit down next to him. She felt as if she was sitting on pins and needles.
Lu Beichuan ladled out a bowl of chicken congee and placed it in front of Ye Zhen. "Didn't you say yesterday that your parents are anxious to see your sister? I'll have the chauffeur drive her back home after breakfast."
After saying this, he coldly looked at Ye Qing.
Ye Qing resentfully sat down in the guest's chair and forced herself to smile. "I already called my parents last night. I want to stay here for a few days and take this opportunity to spend more time with my sister."
Ye Zhen went along with Ye Qing's words. Smilingly, Ye Zhen said, "We haven't seen each other in so long. So, could you allow my older... Zhenzhen to stay here for a few days."
"Are you saying this because you miss your younger sister or because she doesn't want to leave her boyfriend?" Mother Lu coldly said, "Qingqing, don't involve yourself in this. Your younger sister and Lin Zhan should make the responsible decision by going back to your parents' home and talking it out with them."
Mother Lu had totally misunderstood why "Ye Zhen" want to stay here.
Lu Beichuan peeled a hard boiled egg for Ye Zhen. "Mom is right. It would be best for Lin Zhan and your younger sister to resolve their relationship status with your parents."
Ye Qing was very anxious. Right now, the normally resourceful her couldn't think of any words to say to convince them to let her stay.
Under Mother Lu's watchful eyes, Ye Zhen could only accept the egg that Lu Beichuan had peeled for her. She removed the yolk part and left it on a small plate. After thinking it over, she said, "It'll be hard to talk this out with our parents. Zhenzhen and I will go home together, so we can work together to persuade our parents. We'll try our best."
Lu Beichuan's expression slightly sunk, but he remained silent.
Hearing these words, Ye Qing stopped worrying. She smiled and said, "Thank you, older sister."
"... Sure." Wow, Ye Qing had so easily called her older sister.
Mother Lu suddenly thought of something and said, "No, not today. Qingqing, you can't leave the villa today."
Mother Lu looked at Lu Beichuan. "Beichuan, you have to stay home today too. You can't go to the office. I ordered for wedding dresses to be delivered here so that Qingqing can try them out."
"Wedding dresses?" Asked Ye Zhen
"Of course. When Beichuan hadn't fully recovered yet, I didn't want to mention the wedding. But now, Beichuan can even stand up, so we should set a date for the wedding. The 10th day of the next month will be a good day. I'll go see your parents in the next few days to discuss the wedding matters with them."
Ye Zhen was stunned. Just as she wanted to refuse, she heard Lu Beichuan ask, "When will they be delivering the dresses?"
"Around 10 AM."
"En." Lu Beichuan lightly nodded.
Seeing that Lu Beichuan had agreed to her plan, Mother Lu relaxed.
On the side, Ye Qing felt upset hearing this conversation.
The bowl of congee that Lu Beichuan had ladled out and the hard boiled egg that he had peeled, both of those things should have belonged to her. Why should she be using Ye Zhen's name and be sidelined while Ye Zhen sat next to Lu Beichuan and enjoyed everyone's warm concern?
As soon as she thought of how Lu Beichuan had treated her with cold indifference when she was sitting next to him yesterday, an unreasonable fire of jealousy kindled in heart and almost burnt away her reasoning.
After hastily finishing breakfast, Ye Zhen wanted to find an opportunity to switch back with Ye Qing. However, Mother Lu pulled her over to look at the designs of the wedding dresses that would be delivered later today.
These were specially handmade and custom-designed wedding dress. Whether it was style or material, they were the very best. Each and every dress was gorgeous and dazzling. There were so many designs that it was difficult for Ye Zhen to finish looking through them before 10 AM.
Around 10 AM, the wedding dresses were delivered. As the pure white wedding dresses were arranged in a row in the living room, Mother Lu nodded her head in satisfaction.
"Qingqing, come look. Which ones do you like? Let's try out those ones first."
Ye Zhen never thought there would be a date when so many gorgeous wedding dresses would be placed in front of her and she could freely choose any of them to wear. Just by looking at the small diamonds on the dresses and how long the dresses were, she could tell that dresses were very expensive.
"These... they're all good."
"Pick one out to try. If you don't like any of them, we can have more sent over here."
Lu Beichuan swept his gaze over the dresses and pointed at the third one. "Try that one."
Mother Lu said with a smile, "My son has a good eye."
There was a specialist whose job was to bring each chosen dress into the room and help Ye Zhen put on the wedding dress.
Ye Qing, who was sitting on the sofa, had reddened eyes. She dug her nails into her palms and did her best to conceal her true feelings.
Even now, she still remembered the images from Lu Beichuan and Ye Zhen's grand wedding from her past life.
The wedding had been talked about with great relish by the news media. Countless people had envied the happy couple.
She didn't understand it. Why? She had gone back to an earlier point in her life, but she was being forced to see Ye Zhen in a wedding dress again!
Lu Beichuan's wife was her, Ye Qing. The person that should be trying out the wedding dresses should be her too!
What right did Ye Zhen have to try on the wedding dresses that belonged to her?!
Sitting on the couch too, Lu Beichuan stared at Ye Qing. There was a hint of annoyance on his face.
After these past few days of interaction, he could say for sure that he had absolutely no interest towards Ye Zhen's identical older sister. Actually, he felt growing dislike and disgust towards her because of her attempts at seducing him and her schemes.
The sooner that he could get rid of this presumptuous woman, the better. He didn’t want her to stay here any longer and cause more trouble.
Ye Zhen looked at herself in the mirror. She was wearing a long, white wedding dress. With her long, black hair draped behind her back, her elegant, slender, swan-like neck could easily be seen. The concave of her clavicle looked sexy and beautiful. The tight waist of the wedding dress exquisitely showcased her slender waist and curves. It looked as if at any moment, a pair of butterfly wings could come out from the open back wedding dress.
Even the professional that was helping Ye Zhen put on the wedding dress couldn't help exclaiming in admiration, "Mrs. Lu, you have such a good figure. This wedding dress suits you especially well. Mr. Lu has such a good eye."
Ye Zhen slightly smiled. She wouldn't take words like these too seriously. It wasn't possible to tell if it was empty flattery or heartfelt praise.
Was there any woman that wasn't beautiful when she was wearing a wedding dress?
The professional lifted up the bottom of the wedding dress and opened the door. Everyone that had been sitting on the couch couldn't help but straighten up and look towards Ye Zhen. Gasps and sighs came pouring in.
Mother Lu got up and walked to Ye Zhen. After looking her over from top to bottom and front to back, she sincerely praised, "My daughter-in-law is so pretty! Beichuan, what do you think?"
Lu Beichuan was standing at the side, but there was no expression on his face. The smile in his eyes was well-hidden by him, so he appeared as if he hadn't batted an eyelid at the sight of Ye Zhen in a wedding dress. He deeply looked at Ye Zhen and only lightly murmured his agreement.
Not getting the enthusiastic answer she wanted from Lu Beichuan, Mother Lu went to ask Ye Qing, "Zhenzhen, look at your sister and brother-in-law. Don't they look like a well-matched couple? Aren't they just perfect for each other?"
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