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?”

half-brother. When Xavier was a teenager, his mother became a

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

Mr. Fairchild did have a child with another woman, from a genetic point of view, it is impossible for the child to look exactly like

woman happens to be Xavier's

absurd conjectures any longer, so she glared at him with a frown. “You're

mean ridiculous? There are even people in this world who are not 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 look almost alike. The world is full of wonders, and anything is possible.”

plausible if you say he had gotten plastic surgery.”

from Winnie to retort Lucas, but she soon had an epiphany upon proposing that

you examined his face carefully? Was there any trace of surgery, or did he have a prosthesis?”

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 had plastic surgery

have come to this, why don't

you think it is?” Josiah adjusted his glasses. “Who do you think has

must've done this to inherit his family's assets.

his phone. “One moment, guys. I'm calling Lisanne.”

“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 are unique and essential traits to identify a person. Isn't it obvious what

call went

the phone on speaker.

something to

I have something

a lot of noise in the background on the other end of the line. “I'm busy. Why did you call? Can

up, “Hi, Lisanne. I'm Winnie. It's about something important. We can't wait that