Not only dead, but she also wanted her dead in the worst way possible. Yu Mei could never forget that pain of her wrist pinned to the road with a bullet, her dress being torn, those men coming at her with lusty gazes... If she had not played dead at the time, then she would have been...
Yu Mei closed her eyes for a few seconds before opening them.
"How did you even shed off your real identity and became Yu Mei? That woman is long dead from my investigation," Han Jingyi stepped towards her, making sure that the other two men and her guards were at a distance while she talked to Yu Mei near the wall of the open floor while leaning back on the pillar.
Yu Mei sighed, "I just survived. The people you sent were not good enough."
Han Jingyi held back from losing her temper, "How did you escape?"She asked through gritted teeth, "Those mercenaries were the top mercenaries in Amaranthine and now I can't even contact them..."
Han Jian Yu should have dealt with it a long time ago. Yu Mei tilted her chin as she stepped closer to Han Jingyi who was now standing instead of leaning back on the pillar, "It does not matter why I am Yu Mei now. Tell me, cousin, why did you have to try to assassinate me back then?" After Jun Zixuan came to know of her identity, he made sure to manipulate the data such that Han Mei and Yu Mei would appear to be one person if someone investigated it.
"Don't call me cousin," Han Jingyi was disgusted, "Keep up your pretence. I know that you know everything."
"I know what?" Yu Mei blinked like she did not have an inkling of what Han Jingyi was talking about.
Han Jingyi paused for a moment before speaking through gritted teeth, "You know about your identity. I know that."
Yu Mei nodded, "I know. So?" At this point, she stopped getting surprised. Han Jingyi seemed to be much more complicated than she thought.
"I heard Han Sheng talking about this... two people who hacked into Han Family data. He had caught sight of strands of Ash-blonde hair and I knew it should be him and...you," Her voice was barely above a whisper and her eyes looked a little blank at this point.
Han Sheng. Her brother's biological father. Yu Mei frowned. It seemed like that the man only caught glimpse of Jun Zixuan's hair and Han Jingyi easily believed it to be them.
"I have hated you so much before. What did I not do to get rid of you since I discovered your existence..."
"Why did you even hate me?" Yu Mei interrupted her. She has never crossed paths with this woman before for her to hate her so much.
"Because you are their biological daughter, the Han Family's real princess and I am not," Han Jingyi snarled, her voice rising slowly as she focused her piercing glare at Yu Mei, "Ever since I was young, there was not even a single day I did not hear the mention of you in that house. Those people I call grandparents will sometimes sit in a corner, holding your childhood dresses while the people I call father and mother will keep looking at your pictures..."
Yu Mei's brows tugged together slightly.
"I have grown up seeing all this. My brother... No, he is not mine as well. He is your biological brother. He did not care about the family-like me and it was me who always felt left out. Was it not because of you that I was treated as a replacement?"
"You are overthinking things," For Han Jingyi, Yu Mei did not have a bit of sympathy in her heart. No matter what she said, she was adored by the Han Family but she was blind enough to not notice that.
"You know when was the first time I saw you?...." She seemed to be reminiscing an old memory as extended her hands, switching on the deep lights in the building as the sky was turning dark gradually.
Yu Mei did not respond to her as she waited for her to speak.
"It was during the time I was 13 years old that I stumbled into an old album in your mother's room... Don't look at me like that. I don't take the Han Family as my family for a long time. I am there just for the backing I am provided it," Han Jingyi's eyes did not hold a bit of remorse while she said that, "So, in that pink little album, I saw you, the one who has been the real one. Not a replacement like me. The album's cover page had 'Han Mei Zhen' written above it. They were all detailed photos of you, from the time you smiled to the time you learned to speak, there was everything. Ah...I saw the pretty birthmark on your chest too. I grew up seeing them treasuring your pictures, the memories they had of you and the more I saw it, the more I will hate you every time."
Yu Mei looked at the woman whose nonchalant expressions were morphing into sheer hatred.
"Then, I thought you were dead and kept soothing myself with that thought. As I grew up, I regained composure if someone mentioned about you rather than losing control like previous times. I was pleased to know I am engaged in the Amaranthine royalty. Even though at that time, they said Jun Zixuan was useless, I was fine with it. I wanted more power in my hands. But then one day, I came across you...."
"We never met before," Yu Mei frowned.
"We did. I watched you from distance, in the swimming area of Crystal University. I saw your birthmark too. I was in doubt if it was you or my eyes were playing games on me," Han Jingyi said before she continued, "I bribed the cleaning staff there to get me your hair sample.. Before I left the university, I saw you with Jun Zixuan in the cafeteria."
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