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Chapter 106 The Female General Who Did Not Love Makeup (11)
Xia Mingwei smiled meaningfully and looked at Zhou Ying, "Oh, I see! I noticed my sister's expression was off, and I thought she didn't want to see her brother!"
Zhou Ying tried her best to smooth things over, "How could that be! You two are siblings from the same mother! Blood is thicker than water, how could she think like that!"
Hearing this, Xia Mingwei inwardly pursed her lips. "Even tigers don't eat their cubs! In the original owner's life, didn't you, her mother, conspire with your own son to harm her? What kind of bullshit family affection is that? It's all fake!"
Of course, her face remained calm and composed, showing no sign of fear.
To be fair, Zhou Ying is quite talented in some ways. Xia Mingwei went to the military camp in Xia Wei's place, and Xia Wei filled her vacancy.
Although she publicly claimed that Xia Mingwei was ill and frail, her prolonged absence from public view was unacceptable! So she had Xia Wei dress in Xia Mingwei's clothes and impersonate her. By dressing in women's clothing and learning women's etiquette, she wasn't worried that her precious son would become a deformed, incongruous person!
As it turned out, Xia Mingwei's guess was correct. Xia Wei's mindset was indeed distorted considerably under such circumstances.
If she wasn't mistaken, Xia Wei, who was initially uneasy, showed a hint of joy in his eyes after seeing Xia Mingwei's face!
He looks quite confident about what he's about to achieve!
As expected, after meeting in the hall, while Xia Mingwei went to the backyard to wash up, the two couldn't help but huddle together and start discussing.
"Mother, did you see her face just now?" Xia Wei, provoked by Xia Mingwei in the hall, couldn't care less about etiquette. He couldn't help but ask Zhou Ying.
“How could Mother not know? I never imagined that after all these years, her face would still look so much like yours!” Zhou Ying said to herself as she paced back and forth.
Xia Wei looked down at the clothes he was wearing, clenched his fists, and said, "Mother, I don't want to live like this anymore. I want to switch identities back with her!"
"Switching back your identity so abruptly won't work! Let your mother think of another way to switch your identity back reasonably without arousing suspicion!"
Xia Wei felt that the result would be the same no matter how long he waited, so he jumped up from his chair.
His eyes were fixed on Zhou Ying. "Mother, you wouldn't be feeling maternal now and unable to bear to part with your daughter, would you?"
These words, spoken by her beloved son of many years, were undoubtedly a dagger to Zhou Ying's heart: "How could you think of your mother like that? I gave her up long ago to protect you! Back then, switching identities was easy, but now, switching your identities is a huge problem!"
Only after receiving Zhou Ying's affirmative answer did Xia Wei feel relieved. He knew that Zhou Ying was indispensable in achieving his goals in the days to come! He needed to find a way to deal with Xia Mingwei, and if Zhou Ying's momentary soft-heartedness ruined his grand plan, he would have to break ties with her!
Therefore, these things need to be discussed with her in advance.
Actually, Xia Wei was completely overthinking things. In Zhou Ying's heart, he was far more important than Xia Mingwei! After all, she would need him in the future!
After much deliberation, the two decided to first try to extract information from Xia Mingwei about what had happened to her in the military over the past few years. After all, if Xia Wei's identity were to revert to normal, it wouldn't be acceptable to be completely clueless when asked about his time in the military! Wouldn't that be blatantly telling everyone that he was a fake "General Xia"?
Over the next few days, the two of them put in a lot of effort, trying to get information out of Xia Mingwei.
Since Xia Wei was a man, he was naturally not the best person to talk to, so this difficult task fell to Zhou Ying.
That evening, Zhou Ying volunteered to go find Xia Mingwei. After all, a late-night chat between mother and daughter is the best way to bring them closer!
She sat down next to Xia Mingwei, looking at her with a pained expression, "My son, you've suffered so much in the army all these years!"
"Yes, Mother, you have no idea how tough it was when I first joined the army! Those days were simply unbearable!"
Xia Mingwei's words left Zhou Ying speechless.
She had thought Xia Mingwei would say something like "life in the military camp isn't hard," but now Xia Mingwei was saying it was "very hard," leaving her wondering how to continue the conversation!
Seeing Zhou Ying's discomfiture, Xia Mingwei was secretly delighted. She wanted to see how Zhou Ying would respond!
Zhou Ying paused for a second or two, then gave an awkward laugh. "Mother, there's nothing I can do! Besides, isn't learning martial arts something you've always wanted to do?"
"Learning martial arts and fulfilling my father's hopes has always been what I wanted to do. But I never wanted to learn martial arts in the army!"
Xia Mingwei paused, then continued, "Besides, Mother, if you hadn't threatened to kill yourself, would I have gone to the military camp?"
Hearing this, Zhou Ying looked up and saw a hint of a smile flash in Xia Mingwei's eyes. Those eyes held not only mockery, but also intense hatred.
But Xia Mingwei quickly composed herself, which surprised Zhou Ying. Could it be that she had just imagined everything and misread it?
A sense of unease crept into her mind: "Could it be that because of what happened in the military camp, this wretched girl truly hates me? Is it really as Wei'er said, that she was born to bring me misfortune!"
Thinking of this, Zhou Ying unconsciously clenched the handkerchief in her hand.
"Do you think your mother wanted to do this? If I hadn't let you go to the army in place of your brother, he would have died! Swords and spears have no eyes on the battlefield. Your mother did it all so that your father could have his only bloodline!"
When questioned by Xia Mingwei, Zhou Ying changed her approach and started using a self-inflicted injury ruse!
"Swords have no eyes on the battlefield. Are you so sure I can protect myself on the battlefield, Mother? In the end, isn't it just that you favor my brother and want me to die in his place?"
For a moment, Zhou Ying was stunned by Xia Mingwei's words. She wanted to refute Xia Mingwei, but the words wouldn't come out.
The reason is simple: she genuinely favored Xia Wei, and this had nothing to do with gender. Perhaps long ago, when Xia Mingwei followed Xia Shengtin to learn martial arts and argued with her, she harbored resentment towards this daughter!
He had threatened suicide to force Xia Mingwei into joining the army. Seeing her forced to obey, even Zhou Ying herself didn't realize the secret pleasure that welled up inside her!
She felt that she had won against Xia Mingwei again!