Chapter 6: Biological Family

Shi Jin returned to her room, took off her mask, and removed the makeup from her face.

The upper half of her face was exquisite and bright, without a single flaw.

However, from the base of her nose downwards, there was a twisted scar that ran across her lips and reached all the way to her chin.

The scabbed-over scar was twisted and hideous, like a splash of ink from a prank, ruining an exquisite and perfect painting, carving an indelible mark onto Shi Jin’s face.

All of this was thanks to the Shi family’s true daughter.

The Shi family’s true daughter, originally named Li Xuexin, was renamed Shi Xuexin immediately after being brought back by the Shi family.

With her elegant speech and demeanor, she quickly won the favor of everyone in the Shi family, not to mention that she was the true blood of the Shi family.

At that time, Shi Jin was only twelve years old. The Li family had originally promised to come and pick her up, and she had been willing to give up everything to go back. However, the Li family broke their promise; no one came.

Shi Jin had no choice but to remain in the Shi family, becoming the laughingstock of the household.

Everyone mocked her, saying that the impoverished Li family had intentionally failed to pick her up so that she could continue to bask in the glory of the wealthy Shi family and avoid returning to a life of hardship.

Others speculated maliciously that it was the Li family who had intentionally swapped Shi Jin into the wealthy family in the first place, all so their biological daughter could escape the poverty of her original family and live a good life.

The life of a fake daughter was as difficult as it could possibly be.

On the surface, Shi Xuexin took good care of her, but in private, she framed and harassed her at every turn.

This scar was left on her by Shi Xuexin.

Shi Jin barely managed to survive in the Shi family; only her fiancé in name, Chu Ling, was a ray of light in her darkness, and she clung to him desperately, refusing to let go.

Later, the Li family asked Fu Xiuyuan to pick up Shi Jin, but Shi Jin could no longer trust the Li family.

However, years later, she learned... the Li family had indeed failed to pick her up back then due to a sudden, unforeseen event.

The Li family was, in fact, not some small, insignificant household... but one of the four great families in the capital. They had cared for her just as much as Fu Xiuyuan did.

It was just that in her previous life, due to a series of unfortunate coincidences, they had missed each other far too many times.

"It doesn't matter. This time, let me be the one to protect you all," Shi Jin said softly to the mirror, thinking of the faces of her biological parents and brothers.

She took out a bottle of medicine and carefully applied it to the scar on her face.

In her previous life, by a stroke of luck, she had mastered mysterious ancient medical arts and formulated a medicine that could remove these scars.

However, it would take some time, and she could not wear makeup in the meantime, lest it affect the healing process.

She had only used a lot of foundation to barely cover the scar today because she needed to take a photo for their marriage registration.

The only person who could look at this hideous scar on her face and still remain devoted until death was probably Fu Xiuyuan alone.

Shi Jin curled her lips into a faint smile.

...

The next day, Deng Yufei arrived at the Shallow Bay villa early in the morning.

The villa was peaceful, lacking the chaos and turmoil she had expected.

She was very puzzled. Was burning the identification documents not enough to make Fu Xiuyuan angry?

Then she would just have to wait until she could add fuel to the fire!

"Shi Jin!" Deng Yufei finally found Shi Jin.

Shi Jin had already changed into clothes for going out. Today, she was wearing a simple white T-shirt and faded jeans. Her waist, inadvertently exposed, was slender and fair, barely a handful, and her long legs were straight and slender.

No matter what clothes Shi Jin wore, there was always a unique beauty to them.

Deng Yufei couldn't help but turn red with jealousy.