Ye Qingmeng inserted the key into the keyhole, turned it gently, and there was a burst of intermittent jokes and laughter coming towards him.

Four years... It's been four years... There's no laughter at home...

Ye Qingmeng's hand, pushing the suitcase, trembled involuntarily.

It's her that she's back, isn't it?

Ye Qingmeng's originally clear eyes were filled with a hazy mist. She knew that she must not be dead and that she would definitely come back...

Ye Qingmeng ran into the living room excitedly without even changing her shoes - the place where laughter came from. However, after carefully looking at the person inside, the smile on his lips froze, and the words about to gush out into his throat.

Who is the girl snuggling next to her parents? Why do mom and dad look at her with doting eyes? Why is she not her?

The sudden footsteps broke the originally harmonious and joyful atmosphere in the living room. The three of them looked at the door together and saw a delicate girl of fifteen or sixteen not far away looking at them, but it seemed to be separated from them in another world.

The girl was wearing a white T-shirt and knee-length jeans, and there was no other decoration except for the two rings on her left hand. She had straight black hair that was waist-length, scattered behind her like a waterfall, but she tied a few small braids in her ears and hung on her chest. Her pretty eyebrows, small nose, and pink lips. If it weren't for her big watery eyes that contained a cold light, she would be a perfect young and energetic girl.

"Qingmeng, why are you back?" Jiang Yan, the beautiful woman in the living room, looked surprised, then suddenly realized and patted her forehead, and said in annoyance, "Today is the ninth day of the sixth lunar month. My mother forgot about your return home."

The middle-aged man next to him held the woman's shoulder and comforted softly: "It's not your fault, I'm wrong, I forgot that Qingmeng will come back today." Then, he looked at Ye Qingmeng apologetically: "Qingmeng, I'm sorry, mom and dad forgot that today is your day to return home, and did not pick you up at the airport, so you came back with your luggage. Qingmeng, be tired, come to sit next to your father."

However, Ye Qingmeng was still standing there, looking at the girl sitting next to them, lifting her jaw, and speaking in a cold tone: "Who is she?"

It’s not that Ye Qingmeng spoke in such an unkind tone, because the girl gave her a very bad first impression.

The girl was 600% similar to her when she was static, but her specific frown and smile were far from each other. The girl was combed with a ponytail that was neither long nor short, and her headband was delicately wrapped. Although there was no trace of deliberate dressing, she also looked natural, elegant, and had a slightly gentle facial features. However, when the girl looked back at Ye Qingmeng, Ye Qingmeng still saw the hypocrisy and hidden deep meaning in her eyes from her smile.

At this moment, the girl enjoyed what Ye Qingmeng and "her" enjoyed four years ago. It was just that some things that happened four years ago made all this warmth no longer exist...

So who is this girl? Why does she appear here? How did she meet her parents? What is her status in the minds of her parents? Ye Qingmeng thinks that something is wrong, and she can't help but become alert.

Just as Ye Qingmeng was looking at the girl, the girl was also looking at Ye Qingmeng.

It turns out that she is Ye Qingmeng...

The girl showed a friendly and decent smile: "So you are Sister Qingmeng. I am your goddaughter that your parents just recognized a year ago. My name is Ye Qingning. I am very happy to know you."

"What! What did you say you're called Ye Qingning? Who asked you to be Ye Qingning?!" After hearing this, Ye Qingmeng's cold eyes suddenly emitted anger, as if she wanted to burn the girl in front of her to ashes. Even if she was as calm as Ye Qingmeng, she could not control the turbulent waves in her heart when she heard this bolt from the blue.

The girl had an innocent expression on her face: "Sister Qingmeng, what's wrong with you?"

Ye Qingmeng was furious and turned her eyes to her parents. The meaning of the request to explain in her eyes should not be too obvious.

"Qingmeng, calm down. We haven't discussed this with you yet..." Jiang Yan said with some concern, and her tone couldn't help but feel anxious.

"Qingmeng, our family has been dark for too long. It's time to cheer up again. Life still needs to continue. We have to look forward and cannot always be immersed in the sadness of the past. Adopting Qinglene is just like our family starts again. Isn't it good? After all, if Qingmeng is still there, she also hopes-"

However, before Ye Zhonghua finished speaking, he was interrupted angrily by Ye Qingmeng.

"Stop talking!" Ye Qingmeng choked and took a deep breath, her eyes were slightly red, and her eyes swept down the ceiling, preventing tears from falling from falling, "So, you just let her replace... to replace..." Yes, even four years later, she still couldn't say Ye Qingcheng's name.

"She is still alive, I know, but she has never been able to come back. It's only four years, are you planning to make a final decision and abandon your daughter?" Ye Qingmeng looked at Ye's father and mother who were at a loss in front of her with a complaint.

"No. Mom and Dad miss Sister Qingcheng very much, Sister Qingcheng, don't be excited, say something well-" The girl also tried to reconcile with an anxious look on her face, her voice was gentle and low, as if she was enduring something.

"Shut up. I don't admit you. What qualifications do you have to participate in our family affairs? Who is allowed to call you mom and dad--" Ye Qingmeng was angry when she looked at the girl and couldn't help but yell at her.

"But……"

"If you tell me to shut up, I'll shut up, but what--"

"Enough. Qingmeng, what's wrong with Qingmeng? You have to treat her like this! Since Qingmeng disappeared four years ago, you have become a different person, almost ignored the family. Your mother and I not only have to bear the pain of losing Qingmeng, but also have to worry about your safety and life at all times. The family's affairs are even more flawless. If it weren't for Qingmeng's appearance three years ago, it would be hard to say whether your mother and I could survive. For the past three years, Qingmeng has been constantly caring about us. To be honest, Qingmeng is more like our daughter than you. Look at you, you have no good face when you come back, making the family smoky. What's this like?!" Ye Zhonghua hugged Jiang Yan, who began to sob in his arms, scolded Ye Qingmeng with a harsh and cowardly.

"Zhonghua, stop talking..." Jiang Yan sobbed.

"Sister Qingmeng, you have to be considerate of your parents. It is really not easy for them in the past few years." The girl persuaded weakly.

Ye Qingmeng seemed to be fixed in place. Now she understood what she had missed in the past few years. Thinking about the things she found in the past four years, Ye Qingmeng's eyes were shining with a cold light, and her fists couldn't help but clenched tighter and tighter.

The current situation is too unoptimistic for Ye Qingmeng. The girl with unknown origin in front of her shows signs of replacing Qingcheng, and even her status at home has been affected.

"I'm sorry, mom and dad, it's my fault for the past four years, which makes you worried. I was so excited just now." Ye Qingmeng lowered her head and apologized sincerely.

Ye Qingmeng, calm down, it is not the best time to showdown. Ye Qingmeng thought to herself.

"Qingmeng, just know your mistake. Come here and recognize your god sister. She is only one year older than you and Qingcheng." Ye Zhonghua waved to Ye Qingmeng with relief, signaling Qingmeng to approach.

"Dad, I still can't accept the name 'Ye Qingning' now. Can I change it?" Ye Qingmeng asked with a hint of firmness. Some things can be tolerated, but some principles cannot be broken.

"Qing Meng, I feel uncomfortable at the beginning, but just get used to it slowly. Changing the name is not good." Ye Zhonghua couldn't help but his tone became a little heavier.

"What do you think?" Ye Qingmeng turned to the girl, and she wanted to see what her attitude was.

To Ye Qingmeng's surprise, the girl said without hesitation: "Mom and Dad, if Qingmeng doesn't like me to call this name, it doesn't matter if it changes it. After all, the relationship between a family is the most important."

Ye Qingmeng raised her eyebrows. It was not easy for this girl to retreat to advance.

"How about Sister Qingmeng give me a name." The girl looked at Ye Qingmeng with anticipation, as if the disagreement and dispute just now were just a dream.

"You want me to take it?" Ye Qingmeng saw the girl nodded, looked at Ye's father and mother again. Seeing that they hesitated for a moment, they agreed, so they touched their chin, looked like they thought seriously, and then stared at the girl and slowly uttered words, "It's better to call it 'Ye Qingying', the 'shadow' of shadow."

"It's too much, Qingleen." Ye Zhonghua was a little unhappy.

"No, 'Dancing and making clear shadows', a very beautiful poem. Do you think I'm right?" Ye Qingmeng asked the girl, her tone couldn't help but rise.

"Dad, I think Qingmeng's name is very good. I like it very much, really." If the girl's tone could be firmer and there was no mist in her eyes, Ye Qingmeng would also think she really liked it. However-

"Qingling, you don't need to be so wronged. Qingling, let's get another name." Jiang Yan couldn't help but say.

"But didn't she say she liked the name I gave?" Ye Qingmeng said persistently, her little face exuding the stubbornness that a fifteen-six-year-old girl should have.

"Mom and Dad, forget it, I really like the name 'Ye Qingying', so there is no need to change it." No matter how you hear this, you feel that you are enduring.

Ye’s father and mother looked at the ‘reasonable’ girl and the ‘stubborn’ Qingmeng. Ye Zhonghua said disappointedly: “That’s it.”

"However, Qingying has been here for a year, and Qing Meng is back. It's time to go to the old house to write Qingying's name into the family tree. Otherwise, if the name is not right, others will laugh at our family." Ye Zhonghua announced irresistibly.

Ye Qingmeng was shocked. She knew that she had asked the girl to change her name to "Ye Qingying". Her parents would definitely compensate the girl, but she never expected that such a big thing would be. It seems that she underestimated that power...

After hearing this, a fleeting slight pride flashed in Ye Qingying's eyes, but he pushed and said, "Dad, I am an adopted daughter after all, so it's not appropriate."

"Qingying, there is nothing wrong with it. You have been bothering you over the past few years. This is what you deserve. Just do as your father said." Jiang Yan touched the girl's head and had a friendly attitude.

The Ye family has a big family and is one of the most famous families in J City. The family business covers almost all walks of life in J City, and there are countless talents in the clan. Although after four years ago, there was a shadow across the family, the status of the Ye family is still unshakable.

Once Ye Qingying's name is written into the genealogy, Ye Qingying can be said to have become a sparrow turning into a phoenix, becoming a popular socialite in J City, just because the Ye family has enough strength to make others look up to.
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