Silly Bride

“What do you mean they look identical? And what is it about being shortsighted? What is going on?”

Josiah didn't head to Rodunst with Winnie back then, so he didn't know about the incident. Thus, he was confused as he listened to the conversation between Winnie and Lucas.

“Okay, so here's what happened.” Lucas immediately explained the incident to him, recounting what happened at the dock.

When he was done, he turned to Winnie and vowed, “I swear I'm telling the truth. Although I'm shortsighted, that didn't hinder me from recognizing him. Trust me, Winnie. It's true!”

Winnie frowned. “Let me think it over.”

With that, she fell silent.

Josiah pondered carefully before looking at Lucas. “So you're saying the current Xavier is not the guy we know, and is the person you saw who looked identical to him?”

“That's right!” Lucas said, “I think this makes sense. Otherwise, how will you explain Xavier's abnormal behavior recently?”

“So, you're saying Xavier turned into another person after returning from Alendor?”

“No, he didn't turn into another person,” Lucas corrected. “Instead, someone else replaced him. I once asked him if he had any twins or a hidden half-brother, but he gave me the cold shoulder. I even got told off.”

Josiah was rendered speechless by Lucas' response before saying, “Of course, he'd ignore you when you've asked him such a ridiculous question. But I can assure you that he doesn't have a twin.”

“What about a maternal half-brother?”

sure he doesn't have a maternal half-brother. When Xavier was a teenager, his mother became a nun. You grew up in Avenport, so I'm sure

news shocked the entire upper-class society back then. But it's still possible for him to have a paternal half-brother. I heard Xavier's dad had been dating another woman before getting married

another woman, from a genetic point of view, it is impossible for the child to look exactly like

to be Xavier's

longer, so she glared at him with a

at all related by blood but look almost alike. The world is full of wonders,

even people in this world who are not at all related by blood but

plausible if you

that was merely an absent-minded suggestion from Winnie to retort Lucas, but she soon had an epiphany upon proposing that possibility.

any trace of

Josiah shook his head and continued, “He had a few little wounds on his face, but those were just scratches and were handled by a nurse. I didn't check his face carefully. Do you suspect someone

things have come to this, why don't

So, who do you think it is?” Josiah adjusted his glasses. “Who do you think has a motive?”

child, of course.” Lucas stuck to this idea. “He must've done this to inherit his family's assets. Once he took

took out his phone. “One

“For what?”

happened back then. The situation is severe if someone did plastic surgery to disguise himself as Xavier. That person must have prepared for this for at least several months or years. He started following Xavier when Xavier was in Rodunst and went all the way to Alendor with him. In fact, I suspect he planned the accident at the cave. He deliberately ruined his vocal cords and burned his fingerprints since both

call went through.

the phone

have something to ask you.”

have something

background on the other end of the line. “I'm busy. Why did

It's about something important. We can't wait that long.”