Chapter 82

Lixue stayed for a while on their island, where her father and Uncle Lei had brought her after fetching her from the mansion.

“You and Shuji need to make something happen next week,” Jiang told his daughter.

They were all having breakfast together at the long table, the whole family and Jiang’s new family were present. Lixue was no longer surprised to see her father’s new family. The only difference was that they had no idea about the true nature of their lineage.

The children of her stepmother weren’t her real siblings, her father had merely adopted them. They carried the Chen family name, which they didn’t deserve, since they shared no Chen blood.

The adopted children kept glancing back and forth at Lixue and her father, clueless. The only one who truly knew their family’s secrets was Lixue’s stepmother. That was why she couldn’t fully claim her husband she’d end up clashing with Lixue. Her stepmother and Lixue’s late mother had once been close friends in their youth, which was why