novelden Chapter 963 Exposed
Chapter 963 Exposed
The front door of the reception room was guarded by Qiao Siyue's men, and Wen Xiaoman knew that he could not break through from there.
She remembered that there was an outdoor viewing area behind the living room, and further in was the restaurant and guest room area used by the manor to accommodate overnight guests.
With the mentality of giving it a try, Wen Xiaoman went around to the back of the reception room.
The journey was unusually quiet and I didn't see anyone.
She walked straight towards the guest room area.
As I arrived at the corridor, I happened to see a maid walking out of a room quickly with her head down.
Wen Xiaoman immediately stepped forward to stop her and asked in a low voice, "Excuse me, have you seen the young master?"
When the maid heard the word "Young Master", she immediately shook her head and said, "No."
After saying that, he turned sideways and hurried away from Wen Xiaoman.
Wen Xiaoman looked at her back and felt strange.
Is this young master some kind of plague god?
Why is it that every servant seems afraid and tries to avoid him when they mention him?
But they also respect the eldest young master. For example, the old gardener just now specifically instructed the servants to clean the garden so as not to neglect the eldest young master.
This attitude is really contradictory.
She stood there thinking for a moment, her eyes falling on the door of the room where the maid had just walked out.
She clearly saw the maid coming out of that room.
Wen Xiaoman walked over and stood in front of the door. She hesitated for a moment, then deliberately did not knock. She reached out and grasped the door handle and turned it gently.
The door was not locked and was pushed open by her.
The scene in the room made both people inside and outside the door freeze instantly, with shock written all over their faces.
Wen Xiaoman didn't expect the door to be opened so easily, and she didn't expect that the man in the room was... changing clothes!
The man was seen with his back to the door, his shirt half-pulled off, revealing his smooth but slightly thin back skin and arms.
He obviously didn't expect someone to break in without knocking, and he turned around suddenly when he heard the noise.
Eye to eye!
The air seemed to freeze at this moment.
Wen Xiaoman widened his eyes, looking at the face that was so close and so familiar, and the shirt that he had not yet had time to put on completely, his mind went blank.
At this moment, Qiao Sinian in the room was far more shocked than Wen Xiaoman.
He had just met Qiao Siyue a few minutes ago.
During this time, a servant accidentally spilled tea on his clothes.
Qiao Siyue took the opportunity to "invite" him to the guest room to change clothes.
Qiao Sinian naturally saw that this was Qiao Siyue's trick, and that spilling water on his clothes was intentional, but he didn't expose it. He listened to Qiao Siyue and went to the guest room to change clothes, and also to see what his younger brother was trying to do.
But after entering, I didn't find anything unusual.
Seeing that there was no one around and his clothes were so wet that he couldn't stand it, he temporarily took off the mask on his face and began to change his clothes.
He had just taken off his wet shirt and put on a clean one, but he hadn't had time to button it up and put his mask back on.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Wen Xiaoman rushed in.
The two of them just stared at each other in surprise, neither of them moved first, and neither of them spoke first.
Time froze for a moment.
Wen Xiaoman looked at the face in front of him that looked exactly like Qiao Siyue, hesitated for a moment, and called him: "Qiao Siyue..."
When Qiao Sinian heard her call out Qiao Siyue's name, he was stunned for a moment. He didn't know whether he felt disappointed or relieved, and his heart was a little complicated.
But at the same time, I felt relieved.
In an instant, he made a decision, deciding to go with the flow and pretend to be Qiao Siyue.
He imitated Qiao Siyue's tone, frowned and asked, "What are you doing here?"
Wen Xiaoman was indeed very embarrassed.
She came to look for the masked man, but who knew she would run into Qiao Siyue changing clothes here.
Her eyes wandered, and she made up an excuse that she didn't even believe: "I... I was just strolling around. Is it okay if I accidentally took the wrong path?"
There was a bit of arrogance in her tone, and she didn't care whether Josue believed it or not.
As soon as she finished speaking, the man in front of her suddenly frowned and uttered two words in a cold tone: "Get out!"
Wen Xiaoman was stunned.
"……Oh."
She responded subconsciously, turned around and quickly left the room.
Hearing the footsteps outside the door running away, Qiao Sinian's tense nerves slowly relaxed.
He raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows tiredly.
It was almost exposed.
He quickly buttoned his shirt.
The next second, his gaze fell on the clown mask on the table next to him, and his eyes instantly became deep and unfathomable.
......
On the other side, after Wen Xiaoman ran out of the room, she felt as if all her strength had been drained away, and she leaned weakly against the cold wall.
My heart was beating wildly in my chest, almost jumping out of my throat.
The calmness that he had forced himself to maintain in the room just now collapsed at this moment, leaving only heavy breathing and uncontrollable trembling.
Her face was pale, without a trace of blood, and her eyes were filled with shock to the extreme.
It wasn't because she saw the man's half-naked body, but because... she saw the... clown mask on the table.
He is not Qiao Siyue, he is the masked man!
That's why she was so shocked, helpless, and even panicked at this moment.
But...why?
Why does he look exactly like Joshua?
At first she was a little unsure and really mistook him for Qiao Siyue, but his tone and temperament were completely different from Qiao Siyue.
She had been with Qiao Siyue for nearly a year, and he looked at people with arrogance, contempt and disdain.
But none of that happened to him.
He has a calm and elegant temperament.
And his figure is obviously much thinner than Qiao Siyue, and the lines of his shoulders and back even look a little thin.
She didn't think that Qiao Siyue could transform so drastically in such a short time. Then, the only explanation was that the person in the room was not Qiao Siyue at all.
Wen Xiaoman leaned against the wall and gasped for breath, trying to calm his turbulent emotions.
Then, he couldn't help but think: If he is not Qiao Siyue, why does he look exactly like Qiao Siyue?
The only possibility is that he is Qiao Siyue’s brother, and a twin brother.
When she realized this, many details that she had previously overlooked quickly came to her mind.
The servants' secretive yet respectful attitude towards the young master...
Qiao Siyue's obvious hostility and vigilance towards this brother...
Also, he took her away from the masquerade, provided her with shelter, cooked dishes that she was familiar with, and behaved in the same way as "him"...
It seemed that an answer was about to emerge in her heart.
Wen Xiaoman leaned numbly against the cold wall, her heart as restless as the sea in a storm, unable to calm down at all.
The reason why she didn't expose the truth in the room just now was, on the one hand, because she was too nervous. She was so nervous that she stuttered and couldn't utter a word.
And another more crucial reason was that when she called him Qiao Siyue, he... did not deny it.
Not only did he not refute, but he took over the role and drove her out in the tone of Qiao Siyue.
So he did it on purpose.
But why did he do that?