Back in the office, I learned that his company
was involved in transporting goods for Jake, but the Qin family used his mental health
records and business documents to get him released on bail.
I sighed.
To avoid seeing him, I reduced my time at the station.
I went to my sister’s grave with a bottle of wine.
As I poured some out, a familiar voice called out from behind me.
My breath hitched. I froze.
“Sarah, is that really you?”
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Quintin appeared again. His gaze seemed to
pierce through my new face.
Although unexpected, I quickly recovered.
In just a week, Quintin had lost a lot of weight. His cheeks were sunken, his eyes red and swollen. A stranger wouldn’t recognize the former City A’s top young master.
His face was filled with anger, but his eyes
also held a hint of joy.
I walked to him calmly.
“Sir, you have the wrong person. My surname is Xu.”
Even the Qin family couldn’t get my confidential information from the police. “Sarah, how long are you going to pretend?
You dared to fake your death and deceive me.”
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“Sir, I really don’t know you. Please excuse
me, I have to go.
“Then why are you here to see Susan?”
Impatiently, I replied,
“We were classmates. I came to visit her.”
Ignoring him, I tried to leave, but his
bodyguards stopped me.
“What are you doing? This is a law–abiding
society.”
They said impassively,
“Miss, our master hasn’t allowed you to
leave.
“Please don’t make things difficult for us.”
Seeing their refusal to budge, I turned to
Quintin, my anger rising.
“Sarah, I miss you so much!”
His expression immediately softened. He
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thought I’d admitted it.
We grew up together, so he wouldn’t have come to my sister’s grave without being sure. But he didn’t know that the girl who longed to see him every day no longer felt anything for him.
Only annoyance. Before he could react, I pulled out my phone and called the police. “Hello, police? This is East Suburb Cemetery. I’m being restrained. Please send someone.” Quintin’s confident expression crumbled. He was stunned.
I felt contempt, then added.
“And find another psychiatrist, I suspect the mastermind is not mentally well.”
Quintin began to hurt himself. Scratches
appeared on his arms. The bodyguards
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ignored me and restrained him, filled with
anger.
“How could you provoke him like that!”
Seeing Quintin faking illness like before, my coldness deepened.
I silently said to him, Quintin, I won’t make the same mistake twice.
I left, ignoring his struggles.
I thought Quintin would give up.
But he appeared at the police station for several days.
I watched coldly, waiting for his tricks, until the Lieutenant repeatedly hesitated, and I knew it was time to end this.
I took him to a nearby cafe. Quintin’s face lit
- up.
He ordered food, but I refused.
I didn’t want to eat with him; I just wanted to
end this.
Realizing my impatience, Quintin’s demeanor
became cautious.
“Sarah, come back to the Qin family.”
“I know you faked your death to avenge Susan. It’s over. You don’t need a new identity.”
“Your room is still the same as before. I-
He choked up. I watched his performance calmly, as if he was a stranger.
“I told you, you have the wrong person. I’m not Sarah.”
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“But I looked into you, Mr. Qin. After Susan’s death, you made Sarah impersonate her for five years. Now that Sarah is dead, you’re
using me as her replacement.”
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“Are you addicted to finding replacements?” My words shattered Quintin’s self–deception. His face turned pale, but he tried to remain
calm, pulling a document from his bag. “Admit it, you’re Sarah!”
Seeing the words “DNA Test“, I slapped
Quintin across the face.
My parents were buried with their ashes. The only one I could be compared to was my
sister. He’d desecrated her grave for this
report.
“Ouch-
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Quintin fell to the ground, clutching his face
in disbelief.
“You actually hit me?”
“You hitting me means you admit you’re
Sarah.”
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“Don’t worry, it’s fake. I didn’t touch Susan’s
grave.”
He actually laughed.
I felt like I’d never known him, so delusional
and manic.
I sighed, sat back down, and slowly spoke. “Quintin, we can’t go back.
“Why? Because I faked an illness to deceive you? Jake instigated it, you’re overreacting?” “I’ve been miserable since you left. You’re so heartless?”
Seeing him blame everything on Jake, I burst out laughing.
“Heartless?”
“If I was heartless, I wouldn’t have played the ninety–nine–times game of impersonating my
sister.
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“If I was heartless, I would have exposed
Emily when she showed up.”
“If I was heartless, I wouldn’t have listened to
you and her making love all night at the doorway.
With each sentence, Quintin’s guilt increased
until he collapsed.
But I wasn’t finished.
“Quintin, I’ve been my sister’s replacement
for five years. I don’t want to do it for a lifetime.”
He crawled to me, his face filled with despair. “What can I do to make you forgive me, Sarah? I love you.”
I hadn’t expected to hear those words after
all this time.
i a tantasized countless times about Quintin
choosing me over my sister, but now, I felt
only indifference.
“Your love is shallow.”
“And I don’t love you anymore. You know I
mean it when I say I don’t love someone.
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Love that can be controlled by others isn’t
true love.
As soon as I finished, Quintin’s hands slipped
from my leg.
“Is there really no way for us?”
“No way.”
I turned to leave, but Quintin ran out first. “You’re not my Sarah. Sarah wouldn’t treat
me like this. I need to find my Sarah.
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His eyes were bloodshot, one shoe was
missing, and he kept asking,
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“Have you seen Sarah? She loves me, but I
can’t find her.”
At that moment, I believed his earlier episode
wasn’t an act. He truly had a mental
breakdown.
But I didn’t want to get involved anymore. I called the Qin family.
The dust settled. I submitted my resignation. The Lieutenant signed it reluctantly, asking, “Do you want to change your face back?” “No, I’m used to it.‘
“”
I sold the only remaining Su family house and traveled the country with the money.
Six months later, Jake’s sentence came down.
The Lieutenant sent me a copy.
The Lieutenant told me that my sister was
killed by Jake.
く
He initially approached Quintin to use his
identity to transport goods, but he didn’t
expect two police officers to be around him.
He used Quintin to find out our whereabouts and anticipate the police’s moves.
After several failed operations, we had to send in an undercover officer.
It was my sister. Jake discovered her on her
first day.
Emily was Jake’s sister. He made her look like my sister to completely control the Qin family. And I, who held a significant place in Quintin’s heart, was his primary target. That’s why he made me hear those things and why Emily encouraged Quintin to have sex with me in front of him repeatedly.
I said nothing. I quietly went to my sister’s
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I said nothing. I quietly went to my sister’s
grave and burned the verdict for her.
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