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MHMWTTSBATUAS 449: You're not Qin Xiaowu at all!

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Chapter 449: You're not Qin Xiaowu at all!


In the living room, only Qin Ruan and Lin Hao remained.


Lin Hao watched as Hou Chuan's figure disappeared into the dining room and quickly walked up to Qin Ruan.


He gazed at the pure and elegant Qin Ruan, who exuded a seductive charm, feeling a sense of unfamiliarity.


The Qin Xiaowu in the western city was wild, unruly, and full of a rebellious spirit, even more arrogant than the average troublemaker.


Since her transformation into a beautiful girl, countless men in the western city had set their sights on her.


Many people wanted to conquer her and were willing to use all sorts of dirty tricks to obtain her.


The first time Lin Hao had a direct encounter with Qin Xiaowu was when they fought in the underground boxing arena.


Apart from that time, he had been paying attention to Qin Xiaowu on many occasions.


He was attracted not only by the girl's appearance but also by her refusal to lose, her disdain for any man's flattery, and her determination to protect her innocence at all costs.


Undeniably, the Qin Xiaowu of the past had once made Lin Hao's heart flutter.


At that time, Qin Xiaowu was still young, and even if Lin Hao had a slight infatuation, he wouldn't make a move on a child.


Three years had passed, and Qin Ruan was no longer the easily forgotten Qin Xiaowu of the western city.


She was the third young lady of the wealthy Qin family in the capital, possessing a fortune that an ordinary person couldn't spend in a lifetime.


She was also the future mistress of the Hou family, the wife of Third Young Master Hou, and the future matriarch of the Hou family.


Her name was Qin Ruan, the lofty Qin Sanxiaojie, the envy and jealousy of countless women as the wife of Huo.


Qin Ruan met Lin Hao's scrutinizing gaze and raised her eyebrows slightly. "Why are you looking at me like that?"


Lin Hao took a deep breath, completely relaxing the nerves he had been keeping tense for the past few days, looking as if he was preparing to confront her.


He didn't trust anyone, not the Su family, not Jiang Liuye, and certainly not the Hou family.


He was just a chess piece on the chessboard of these bigshots, easily discarded. He knew his own identity and understood that if he wanted to survive, he had to rely on himself.


Meeting Qin Ruan was an accident; he had only heard a mention of her from Su Jingshu, and he hadn't even figured out her identity before she was sent to assassinate Third Young Master Hou.


Encountering Qin Ruan in the Hou family was an unexpected surprise.


Even if Qin Ruan had saved his life, he still wouldn't believe her.


In these past few years, the only person he could trust was himself.


Originally, he had planned to take it one day at a time and be with Qin Ruan; it was quite good to be by her side.


She was Huo Yunjiao's wife, and being with her would bring him some benefits.


But everything he had seen and heard in these few days with Qin Ruan had completely overturned his inner world.


He came to a conclusion: this person was not Qin Xiaowu at all!


Lin Hao stared at Qin Ruan and asked, "Who are you exactly?!"


His tone was icy and devoid of emotion.


The Qin Xiaowu he knew would never be the mysterious and unpredictable woman standing before him.


In his mind, Lin Hao even imagined an incredibly


 melodramatic scenario.


Perhaps, Qin Xiaowu was already dead.


The deceased Qin Xiaowu might have truly been a young lady from the Qin family, and this fact became known to others who plotted a scheme to kill her and take her identity.


The woman in front of him was the mastermind, she underwent plastic surgery to resemble Qin Xiaowu, all to obtain everything Qin Xiaowu possessed.


Though these thoughts seemed far-fetched, they were the most realistic conclusions Lin Hao could come up with.

Qin Ruan chuckled at the words, crossing her arms and her eyes flickered with a strange glimmer. She replied, "Your question is interesting. I already told you when we first met, my name is Qin Ruan."


That was what she said to Lin Hao when she saw him at the Huo family's mansion.


Lin Hao pursed his lips and carefully examined Qin Ruan from top to bottom. He calmly analyzed, "You are not Qin Xiaowu. She's not as capable as you are. In the West City, she appears arrogant but is actually very insecure.


A woman can be beautiful because of her confidence, and Qin Xiaowu should have been confident because of her beauty. But she wasn't. She doesn't have the same assertive aura as you.


She may seem wild, like a ruffian hanging out with a group of people and not caring about getting into fights, but it's all a façade to protect herself. Deep down, she's a coward.


Even if we were separated for three years, Qin Xiaowu couldn't have changed this much. Your confidence radiates from within, an exuberance and elegance that can't be hidden, along with an undeniable arrogance and dominance.


This level of composure cannot be achieved without good upbringing and decades of experience. It's impossible for her to possess all of this suddenly.


Most importantly, Qin Xiaowu may have had her hands stained with blood, but she never took a life. However, I can sense a trace of a bloody aura from you.


And then there's your mysterious abilities - involvement in the metaphysical world, divine arts, dealing with puppet spirits, and even summoning underworld spirits.


All of these things, even if Qin Xiaowu were extremely talented, she couldn't possess them all at once.


No matter how fast a person's learning ability is, they cannot undergo such a drastic change in just three years. This is not a disguise; you have fundamentally become a different person, both inside and out.


Perhaps there are certain shadows of Qin Xiaowu in you, but unfortunately, I see very few of the things that belonged to her."


Lin Hao spoke so much in one breath that his mouth felt dry. He tugged at his tight collar and stared at Qin Ruan intently, not missing any of her expressions.


He didn't want any unexpected surprises from the girl he had once been infatuated with.


Qin Ruan indeed had the exact same face as Qin Xiaowu, but she no longer possessed the presence that had captivated him back then.


"Clap, clap, clap!!!"


Qin Ruan applauded sarcastically, amazed by Lin Hao's words.


"Hao ge, I must say, your words have touched me deeply."


Lin Hao's face turned dark, and he stared coldly at Qin Ruan's delicate smiling face. "What do you mean?"


Qin Ruan chuckled lightly, her tone slightly changed, "From every word you said, I could hear your sincere praise for me."


The muscles on Lin Hao's cheeks twitched. "Is that all you want to say?"


Qin Ruan sneered, her tone shifting, "Then what do you want to hear? Do you want to hear me say that I'm not Qin Xiaowu? Do you want to hear me say that I don't know Shen Ran, Li Zilan, and Su Wang? Do you want me to say that the four of us never secretly fooled around behind your back?"


Bringing up old memories, Lin Hao's expression softened, and he raised an eyebrow slightly. "You mean the incident at Jiang Liu Ye's bar?"


Qin Ruan recalled the distant memory and couldn't help but show a nostalgic


 expression on her face. "Back then, the four of us already guessed that you would find out it was us."


Lin Hao raised his hand to support his forehead, a conflicted and reluctant expression on his face. "Indeed, I guessed it was you, but I didn't have full certainty."


Back then, when Qin Ruan caught the eye of Jiang Liu Ye, he encountered a particularly shadowy incident.


One night, he got drunk while playing at Liu Ye's bar and was supposed to go out with a woman he liked. But when he woke up the next day, he was dumbfounded.


The person lying beside him was not the woman he liked; it was clearly a transgender person!


He was completely stunned and retreated on the bed, falling directly to the ground.


It could be said that his worldview was overturned, and his first encounter with the unknown left him feeling overwhelmed.
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