Starting with a Breakup: Why Is the True Heiress My Possessive Ex? - Chapter 47

In the end, Xu Nian still couldn’t understand why Su Qingya had abandoned the idea of letting her disguise herself as a boyfriend.

Wouldn’t it be far more troublesome if her parents kept asking questions?

How was she supposed to stall forever?

Su Qingya understood exactly what Xu Nian was worried about.

Nothing more than whether their parents would accept their relationship.

Whether they would reject it outright.

Whether they would oppose them with all their strength.

But…

So what if they objected?

Was she supposed to break up with Nian Nian because of that?

Was she supposed to leave the person she loved simply because someone else disapproved?

Impossible.

The bond between Su Qingya and Xu Nian had never been something anyone else could decide.

If anything…

The thought of losing Xu Nian terrified her far more than the possibility of her parents disagreeing.

Just imagining such a future made fear crawl through every corner of her heart.

In fact…

A reckless idea quietly surfaced in her mind.

*Why not just confess everything?*

Tell them they had already been together for three years.

Tell them that before discovering the truth, they had been complete strangers with no blood relation whatsoever.

Forget about “returning to the family.”

She could simply marry into the Xu family as Xu Nian’s wife instead.

The more she thought about it…

The more reasonable it seemed.

Maybe…

Maybe her parents would simply accept it.

As for Xu Nian…

Naturally, she didn’t want to separate either.

Even if obstacles appeared before them.

Still, she believed her parents deserved time to process everything.

No ordinary family could calmly accept such shocking news overnight.

At the very least…

There should be a gradual transition.

Xu Nian wasn’t someone who acted impulsively.

“By the way…”

Su Qingya suddenly asked,

“When did you figure out I was Mom and Dad’s biological daughter?”

“Not long ago.”

“Dad’s terrible at hiding things.”

“I investigated a little and eventually found out.”

“But honestly, what surprised me most wasn’t the truth itself.”

“It was that the person turned out to be you.”

Naturally, that was only half the truth.

Xu Nian had no intention of revealing the existence of the simulator yet.

“So…”

Su Qingya looked at her quietly.

“Was that one of the reasons you joked about breaking up with me back then?”

Xu Nian immediately panicked.

“N-Not really!”

“Why are you bringing that up again?”

“Can’t we just bury that embarrassing chapter forever?”

She desperately wanted to avoid the topic.

Every time it came up, her heart pounded uncontrollably.

She always felt guilty toward Su Qingya.

“Alright.”

“I won’t mention it again.”

Su Qingya smiled softly.

“I just wondered whether you found out about my identity, struggled with your feelings, questioned whether our relationship was wrong, and finally decided to break up because you couldn’t overcome your conscience.”

“But because you still couldn’t bear to lose me…”

“You chose to reconcile instead.”

“N-No…”

“It’s not nearly that melodramatic.”

Xu Nian awkwardly looked away.

Even so…

She couldn’t deny there was some truth hidden within those words.

Su Qingya let out a quiet sigh.

“To be honest…”

“I never imagined fate would play such a joke on us.”

“So?”

Xu Nian asked.

“So…”

“Even if that’s the case…”

“I still won’t let you go.”

She looked straight into Xu Nian’s eyes.

Her voice was calm.

Yet every word carried absolute determination.

Xu Nian stared back for several seconds before finally smiling.

“Then…”

“Please take care of me from now on, Qingya.”

“Mhm.”

“So…”

“Does this mean we’re officially living together now?”

“W-Why do you always steer every conversation in such a suspicious direction?”

“Shh.”

Su Qingya raised a finger to her lips.

The distance between them quietly shrank.

Neither of them spoke.

Inside the small bathroom, even time itself seemed to slow.

They simply gazed into each other’s eyes.

As though the entire world had disappeared.

Only the two of them remained.

“Oh…”

“By the way.”

“Those lilies outside…”

“You planted them for me, didn’t you?”

“Y-You noticed?”

“How could I not?”

“They’re as beautiful as you are.”

“And everywhere I look…”

“I can see traces of you.”

“And your scent.”

As they talked, Su Qingya unknowingly leaned even closer.

Their foreheads almost touched.

Their breaths intertwined.

Before either realized it…

Their lips met once more.

This kiss wasn’t fierce.

Nor desperate.

It was gentle.

Slow.

Filled with quiet affection.

For a long while.

Only after sorting through everything did they finally return to the stone table in the courtyard.

Xu Qingshan blinked.

“…Why are both of their faces so red?”

“This situation seems… unusual.”

He nudged his wife.

Xu’s mother secretly glanced over as well.

“I’m not sure.”

“But…”

“It probably isn’t a bad thing?”

She straightened herself elegantly.

Meanwhile, Xu Nian secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

They had already discussed everything.

As long as nothing unexpected happened…

Lunch should proceed peacefully.

She could even tease little Trash Fish Qingya from time to time.

Everything would be perfect.

Then—

Bang!

Su Qingya suddenly slapped the table and stood up.

Everyone jumped.

“Mom.”

“Dad.”

“There’s something I want to ask.”

Her expression was so serious that even Xu’s parents became nervous.

Both instinctively looked toward Xu Nian.

Xu Nian simply shook her head.

She had absolutely no idea what Su Qingya intended to do.

“I just want to know…”

“If one day your daughter gets married…”

“Whether she’s biological or adopted…”

“Would you rather she stay at home?”

“Or marry into someone else’s family?”

“…Why are you asking that?”

This time, it was Xu Nian who couldn’t help asking.

She genuinely couldn’t understand.

Xu’s parents were equally puzzled.

Su Qingya only gave Xu Nian a reassuring look.

*Trust me.*

“I…”

Xu’s mother considered her answer carefully.

“As parents…”

“Of course we’d prefer our daughter stay close.”

“But eventually she’ll marry.”

“So I really can’t say.”

“In other words…”

“You’d rather your daughter remain at home?”

“…More or less.”

Xu’s mother blinked.

“But why ask?”

A bad feeling suddenly crept into Xu Nian’s heart.

An extremely bad feeling.

It grew stronger by the second.

“Then…”

“What if I told you…”

“That wish could actually come true?”

“…Come true?”

“Yes.”

“Both daughters could stay here.”

“And take care of you forever.”

Xu’s mother laughed softly.

“That would certainly be wonderful.”

“But daughters grow up and marry.”

“Unless both husbands agreed to marry into the family…”

“That would be difficult to arrange.”

“There’s nothing impossible.”

Su Qingya took a deep breath.

Then calmly announced,

“To tell you the truth…”

“I am actuall—”

“Mmph!”

Before she could finish, Xu Nian lunged over and covered her mouth.

“Haha…”

“She’s confused.”

“She gets like this sometimes.”

Turning toward her parents, Xu Nian forced an awkward smile.

Then she lowered her voice and hissed,

“Didn’t we agree to keep this secret?”

Su Qingya ignored her completely.

Instead, she quietly reached down…

Pinched Xu Nian’s slender waist…

And twisted.

“Aah!”

Xu Nian yelped.

In the resulting chaos, Su Qingya successfully escaped her grip.

She slapped the table once again.

“Actually!”

“I’m Nian Nian’s boyfriend!”

“And the girlfriend I told you about…”

“Is Nian Nian herself!”

Silence.

Complete silence.

Xu Qingshan and Xu’s mother slowly leaned backward.

The chopsticks slipped from their hands and clattered onto the ground.

Their expressions froze in utter disbelief.

Meanwhile, Xu Nian’s face burned scarlet.

She tugged desperately at Su Qingya’s sleeve.

“What are you doing?!”

*Hachiya!*

*You troublemaker!*

*Why are you suddenly so fearless now?!*

After several long seconds…

Xu Qingshan scratched his ear.

“…Sorry.”

“I’m getting old.”

“My hearing isn’t very good.”

“I don’t think I heard that clearly.”

Su Qingya inhaled deeply.

Then repeated every word with complete seriousness.

“I.”

“Am.”

“Nian Nian’s.”

“Boyfriend.”

“And the girlfriend I mentioned…”

“Is Nian Nian.”

No matter how many times she had to say it…

She would say it.

“…Guh!”

The next instant—

Xu’s mother’s body trembled.

Her eyes rolled upward.

And before anyone could react…

She fainted on the spot.