"What does that girl look like?"
Chu Junjun found a class photo in the class monitor's social media feed and located Song Ying in the middle of the first row.
The girl in the center of the photo had fair skin, wore a ponytail with bangs covering her eyebrows, and smiled slightly in the sunlight, looking very approachable.
They say nieces resemble their aunts, and this saying holds true.
Before Younger Aunt Xu could notice any resemblance between the girl and herself, her husband spoke up, "This girl indeed looks a lot like you when you were young."
Younger Aunt Xu still couldn't see it, but other members of the Xu family who had seen the aunt in her youth all agreed there was a resemblance.
"Really?"
Aunt Xu's Husband went upstairs to their room, found a photo of her when she was young, and placed it next to the niece's phone. "See the resemblance?"
With the two photos side by side, the similarities between them became apparent.
As her bedmate, Uncle-in-law Xu commented, "Her face looks like yours, but her demeanor is a bit like your older brother's."
Given the striking resemblance, Younger Aunt Xu quickly grasped her niece's hand and asked, "Whose child is this?"
"She's the adopted daughter of the Third Son of the Shi Family."
Younger Aunt Xu furrowed her brow, "Isn't her mother good friends with my sister-in-law?"
No one knew the answer to that question.
Younger Aunt Xu, having barely eaten any of her meal, was in a hurry to leave.
Chu Junjun called out, "Aunt, that's my phone you're taking!"
"I'll return it to you later!"
Chu Junjun thought: It's not about returning it, but do you even know the password?
She called out the screen password to her aunt as she left.
Younger Aunt Xu had only been gone for a short while before she returned to the Xu Family Villa.
This time, unlike before, she happened to encounter Xu Xinxin at home.
Xu Xinxin didn't get along with her biological aunt, and upon seeing her, she couldn't help but mock, "Oh my, coming over so late at night? Did you have a fight with uncle? It's rare to see him stand up for himself for once."
Not stooping to a child's level is considered a virtue.
However, since Younger Aunt Xu was also in the category of troublesome children, this virtue didn't apply to her.
Every time Younger Aunt Xu came home, she would bicker with her niece.
Old Mrs. Xu referred to it as the little grandmother and the old grandmother fighting again.
This time, however, Younger Aunt Xu unusually didn't engage with her niece. She thought, let her have her moment of triumph for now, as she was about to be kicked out of the house anyway.
Unlike Xu Xinxin, she was a DNA-certified child of the Xu family.
Younger Aunt Xu sat down next to her mother with the phone and opened the photo. "Mom, who does this girl look like?"
Looking at the young girl in the photo, Old Mrs. Xu's eyes widened, "This girl looks a lot like you when you were little."
"That's not all. This girl is in her first year of high school, the same age as Xu Xinxin. I haven't found out her exact birthday yet, but I think she might have been born on the same day as Xu Xinxin."
Old Mrs. Xu and Younger Aunt Xu were indeed mother and daughter; her first reaction was also to inquire about whose child this was and if she had suffered any hardships over the years.
Realizing they had never met this girl before, she thought the girl's family background might not be too good.
Younger Aunt Xu rolled her eyes dramatically, "You won't believe the coincidence. You know how the Third Son of the Shi Family recently came back with his second wife? Well, this girl is his stepdaughter. She goes to the same school as Junjun. When I was heading home, I heard Junjun mention that there was a girl at school who looked a lot like me."
She conveniently omitted the fact that she had been gossiping about her maiden family at her in-laws'.
"I hadn't even noticed the resemblance myself, but your son-in-law pointed out that she looks like me."
Old Mrs. Xu reached out to touch the young girl's face on the screen. She nodded, her voice a bit choked up, "She does indeed look like you."
Younger Aunt Xu put her arm around her mother's shoulders, "Your son-in-law also said that while the niece looks like me, her demeanor is more like my brother's."
The old lady continued nodding, "That's right, she looks like you, but her demeanor is a bit like your brother's."
Madam Xu had been in her room sorting through some old pregnancy-related documents when her son came in to tell her that his aunt seemed to have made a new discovery.
To be honest, Xu Yiran had never really liked his aunt, finding her vulgar and materialistic. But in this case, she had stumbled upon something significant by accident.
Xu Yiran thought that perhaps his aunt possessed some hidden wisdom, like the old saying "great wisdom seems foolish." It might even be up to his aunt to find his long-lost sister.
So when she hurriedly took the photo to show his grandmother, Xu Yiran rushed to the floor where his parents' bedroom was located to inform them of the situation.
Upon hearing there might be news about her daughter, Madam Xu came to the third floor where her in-laws lived.
"Mom, is there news about that child?"
Old Mrs. Xu wiped away the half-dried tears on her face, "Yes."
She pushed the phone screen forward so her daughter-in-law could clearly see the child's face.
How could it be this child?
"Mom, are you sure it's not a mistake? It doesn't seem right."
Seeing her sister-in-law's changing expression, Younger Aunt Xu chuckled softly, "Sister-in-law, could it be that you've already met this child before?"
