Reborn to Outshine My Ex and His White Moonlight novel Chapter 924

Chapter 924: Chapter 924: Xia Wan Is Not Xia Wan

Lin Zhiyi looked at Mrs. Jia with some surprise.

Feeling a bit puzzled, she asked, "You mentioned the circle of wives? Xia Wan was married?"

Mrs. Jia looked at the photo and honestly said, "If my friend hasn’t mistaken her for someone else, she indeed was married, but..."

"But what?"

"Her husband passed away a year ago," Mrs. Jia explained.

Passed away?

Lin Zhiyi paused slightly, could it be related to her husband’s death?

Her thoughts hadn’t been spoken out loud when Mrs. Jia sighed.

"Her husband is of that age, who knows whether tomorrow or an accident comes first?"

"Huh?"

Lin Zhiyi couldn’t understand right away.

Mrs. Jia coughed lightly: "Her husband was eighty, wouldn’t you say I’m right?"

"Eighty? That must be a mistake." Lin Zhiyi shook her head immediately.

The Xia Wan she met was certainly not such a woman.

"Third Madam, don’t rush, my friend has a photo, take a look if it resembles her."

Five minutes later, Mrs. Jia’s friend sent over the photo.

Lin Zhiyi leaned in to take a look, instantly stunned.

Aside from the eyes, the person in the photo no longer bears any resemblance to Xia Wan at all.

It’s impossible to judge if they’re the same person.

However...

"Third Young Master, take a look, does she look familiar?"

Gong Chen took the phone, carefully looked at it, and slowly said a name.

"Shirley."

"Right, but Shirley is too thin, so you have to observe closely. It’s purely based on this that saying they’re related doesn’t hold, since too many people look alike." Lin Zhiyi said helplessly.

"But at least it’s a good start." Gong Chen turned to look at the Jia couple, "Can you two talk about the situation?"

Mrs. Jia nodded and said, "I don’t really know her well, just the occasional words spoken during afternoon tea or when playing mahjong, the impression she gave me is that she doesn’t like talking, very quiet. My friend knows her better, says the reason she married this husband is because he funded her education, you understand..."

Lin Zhiyi didn’t quite get it and stared at Mrs. Jia for a long time.

Mrs. Jia explained, "Funding is true, there are plenty of kind-hearted people, but some just use it as a guise; have you seen anyone who funds students by picking pretty female students? This woman is one of them, my friend says she’s the most successful one."

"Why?" Lin Zhiyi followed up.

"Others simply took the money and left in the end, but she alone married into a wealthy family and reportedly helped her husband with many business matters. After her husband’s sudden death, she didn’t contest the inheritance, took her share, and vanished from the news." Mrs. Jia said.

"In daily interactions, did anything seem unusual?" Lin Zhiyi asked.

Mrs. Jia shook her head: "Her essence isn’t quite like us, people included her because of her husband, but think about it — she’s in her twenties, tagging along with a man in his late seventies, you know what her intentions are."

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhiyi looked at the photo on her phone.

The current Xia Wan obviously has talent, why rely on a man in his late seventies?

Could there be some misunderstanding?

Mr. Jia suddenly spoke, "I remember, her husband had the surname Sun, was a playboy when young, nor was he calm in old age. Mentioning him, people usually smiled and avoided talking, many were wary; now that you brought it up, I recall, this Mrs. Sun replaced her ill husband to negotiate a few business deals, showed competence. But after the old Mr. Sun’s death, she’s disappeared. Remember, aside from the children from his previous marriage, there are illegitimate ones; how could they tolerate her?"

Gong Chen asked, "How did the old Mr. Sun die?"

"Died suddenly at night, he was, after all, advanced in age." Mr. Jia said.

Gong Chen glanced at Lin Zhiyi.

Mrs. Jia glanced at Lin Zhiyi and suddenly opened her mouth.

"I remember we used to do facials with that person from the Sun family, why hasn’t she been seen lately?"

"Who knows? Maybe a cosmetic surgery gone wrong." Boss Feng said.

"There you go again with the gossip." Mrs. Jia laughed.

"Not really, since you showed me the photo at lunch, I got curious and asked around; heard she inquired about cosmetic surgery, but there were too many projects, who’d dare accomplish them all within half a year?" Boss Feng explained.

"She’s only in her twenties, is it necessary for so many procedures?"

"Exactly? She’s pretty and wants to look entirely different, but I heard from my doctor friend she seemed pretty rushed, might be related to the Sun family."

"What happened later?" Lin Zhiyi couldn’t help asking.

"Afterwards... probably no doctor in Lan City dared do so many, either faced failure, unwilling to meet anyone, or perhaps went abroad; foreigners are ruthless with the knife." Boss Feng, being in this industry, deeply understood.

Lin Zhiyi calculated in her mind, the timing seemed to match with Xia Wan.

Why did she suddenly want cosmetic surgery?

It needs to be clarified.

Boss Feng said, "Mrs. Jia and I just exchanged a few words with her, in terms of understanding, it’s better with those who share tea and play mahjong often; she generally isn’t pleasing to others."

Picking up on that, Xia Wan definitely had other matters.

Mrs. Jia said, "Tomorrow we should get together, invite those people as well."

"Alright."

Upon hearing, Lin Zhiyi gratefully looked at Mrs. Jia.

Inside, she remained immensely curious about Xia Wan.

Does she have any connection to Shirley?