A-List Actress: Paper Marriage but Pampering Billionaire

Chapter 1463: Chapter 1453: You Are My Daughter

Their eyes met—one pair smiling, the other heavy and grave.

In the end, Zhuang Zeyang was the first to look away.

”Miss Kong’s concern for Nuannuan doesn’t feel like what a dry mother would do.”

”Is that so? Then tell me, Minister Zhuang, how should a dry mother treat her dry daughter?” Kong Lizhen shot back.

Ze Yang looked at She and said in a low voice, ”You’re very much like Nuannuan’s mom.”

Kong Lizhen showed a hint of surprise on her face. ”Really? I look a lot like Mu Yan’s mom?”

She said as She touched Her own face. ”No way, right? If I really looked like Her mom, your younger brother couldn’t possibly fail to recognize me, and your wife didn’t recognize me either, did She?”

Ze Yang said nothing. What He meant by ”like” wasn’t appearance, but aura, and the way She handled things.

”Nuannuan’s mom had a nickname. Aside from Her parents, me, and Herself, almost no one knew it.”

Kong Lizhen looked at Him, Her expression probing. ”What are you trying to say?”

”Back then, when my father brought Her home, She was still very little. She had a piece of jade on Her, with the character ’Zhen’ carved on it. My father said Her biological mother’s surname was Xi, so after She settled in Upper City, Her name became Xi Zhen.”

Kong Lizhen suddenly laughed. ”You can’t possibly think that just because there’s a ’Zhen’ character in my name, I’m Her, right? That’s ridiculous. It’s just a name.”

”It’s not just the name. A person’s features can change, but Her eyes won’t.” Ze Yang went on.

Kong Lizhen looked at Him, finding it amusing. ”Minister Zhuang, have you been reading too many storybooks? Yanyan’s mom has already passed away, and I’m a daughter of the Kong Family. I dote on Yanyan because She looks very much like the daughter I lost.”

Mu Yan came back with drinks and saw Kong Lizhen and Ze Yang sitting on a bench, the two of them not saying a word.

She inexplicably felt the atmosphere was a little strange, and walked over, saying, ”I’m back.”

Kong Lizhen stood up, took the hot tea from Her hand, and said, ”Sit down and rest.”

”Mm.” Mu Yan nodded, sat beside Her, took the hot tea Kong Lizhen handed over, and took a sip.

After sitting for a while, Ze Yang drove them to a nearby hotel to stay, then went back to the hospital Himself.

After a long day, Mu Yan was exhausted. After showering, She lay on the bed staring at Her phone, as if waiting for someone’s call.

Kong Lizhen came out after Her shower and saw this scene. She said helplessly, ”Stop staring at it. If He’s not going to call, He’s not going to call. Waiting won’t change that.”

Mu Yan put down Her phone and looked at Her with a wounded, resentful gaze.

Kong Lizhen sat down on the bed, looked at Her, and said, ”I’m not really trying to persuade you to break up with Him. But as a woman, you still have to maintain some reserve. Since it’s the man who made the mistake, He should bear the consequences. If you forgive Him too quickly, He won’t cherish you in the end.”

”Dry Mom, I wasn’t going to.” Mu Yan blurted out at once.

”You’re my own—” Kong Lizhen froze for a moment, then looked into Mu Yan’s pitch‑black eyes and smiled. ”Your dry mom’s been around the block. How could I not know what you’re thinking?”

Mu Yan pouted, turned around with Her back to Her, but inwardly She was puzzled.

She hadn’t misheard just now, had She? Had Dry Mom been about to say She gave birth to Her?

How was that possible! She and Dry Mom didn’t share any blood relation.

Could it be that Dry Mom really had come to see Her as that daughter She lost all those years ago?

That would also explain why Dry Mom treated Her so well.

Of course, there was another possibility—but that was something absolutely impossible. Mu Yan felt like She was going crazy, letting Her imagination run wild.

If it were true, how wonderful that would be!