Rebirth in the 80s: The Scholar Wife is Cute
Chapter 709: Everyone Looks Like a Cousin.

Chapter 709: Chapter 709: Everyone Looks Like a Cousin.

Ruan Yiqian sighed again. Over a decade had passed, and his family had never given up on searching for their sister, but she was like a speck of dust that had fallen into the ocean, leaving them with not a single piece of news over the years.

This time, they finally had a glimmer of hope, only for it to be snuffed out once more.

After so many years and countless hopeful attempts at reunion, followed by countless returns home in disappointment, Ruan Yiqian had almost gotten used to it, so he quickly adjusted his emotions.

He Nan drove to a newly opened restaurant. The four of them entered, chose a relatively quiet spot, and He Nan glanced at the menu before asking Shen Mianmian naturally.

"What would you like to eat?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Mianmian sensed the hostility emanating from Cheng Xining.

Big Brother He was putting her in a difficult spot!

She looked at him with woeful eyes, "I’m not picky about food, anything is fine. Maybe ask Miss Cheng what she’d like to eat!"

Hearing this, He Nan calmly reported a couple of dishes to the waiter, then slid the menu toward Ruan Yiqian and Cheng Xining’s direction, "Order whatever you want."

Cheng Xining glared at Shen Mianmian. That darn girl was too good at ingratiating herself, "I’m not picky either, I’ll eat whatever you order."

Ruan Yiqian gave her a look, reached for the menu, ordered a few more dishes, and after handing it back to the waiter, he cast an inadvertent glance across Shen Mianmian’s face, catching sight of her profile.

For a moment, he felt as if he was looking at his mother’s youthful visage. Ruan Yiqian’s heart skipped a beat as he stared at Shen Mianmian and asked, "Mianmian, I heard that you were picked up by your family. You’re eighteen this year, aren’t you?"

Shen Mianmian instantly understood what he meant. The corner of her mouth twitched, and she quickly said, "I was indeed picked up, but I’m not sure if I’m eighteen. When they found me, they thought I looked like I was two or three years old, so they said I was two. So now, I might actually be nineteen."

Ruan Yiqian seemed a bit too eager to find his sister, almost to the point of desperation.

Ruan Yiqian was still not willing to give up. He felt that Shen Mianmian was too young back then to remember her own past, so he turned to He Nan, "You have a good relationship with Uncle Zhao, he should know something about Mianmian, right?"

"What do you want to know?" He Nan raised an eyebrow at him.

"He Nan, you know what I mean." Ruan Yiqian felt He Nan was feigning ignorance, "I won’t hide it from you guys. Just now, when I looked at Mianmian’s profile, she looked very much like my mom when she was young. And since Mianmian was found abandoned, is there a possibility that she’s my sister?"

In Ruan Yiqian’s mind, his sister would have grown up to be just like Shen Mianmian—beautiful, frail, intelligent, exuding the demeanor of a lady from an affluent family.

"Impossible," Cheng Xining said, somewhat agitatedly cutting in, "How could she possibly be your cousin? Brother Yiqian, you can’t just think anyone who’s missing is your cousin."

If He Nan is showing so much affection for Shen Mianmian now, and if Shen Mianmian were his cousin...

No, it couldn’t be; Shen Mianmian couldn’t possibly be her cousin.

Hearing their conversation, Shen Mianmian was somewhat bemused, "Brother Ruan, Miss Cheng is right, I can’t possibly be your sister. According to what you said, your sister was kidnapped, whereas I was found. That alone doesn’t add up."

Moreover, how could there be such a coincidence in the world?