CHAPTER 262: CHAPTER 262: SO ALIKE

Zhan Hanjue asked Wu to investigate Mrs. Wan’s whereabouts and quickly learned that Mrs. Wan is a mother who loves her child very much.

Therefore, she personally sends Wan Tianci to kindergarten every day.

Wan Tianci is now in the senior kindergarten class and will enter elementary school in half a year.

Every day, Mrs. Wan, along with the driver and bodyguard, sends Wan Tianci to kindergarten. After dropping him off, she doesn’t return home immediately. There’s a café opposite the side of the kindergarten that she likes to visit for a cup of coffee, usually staying for a little over an hour before leaving.

So, if Ye Ningwan wants to meet Mrs. Wan, this is the best opportunity.

Zhan Hanjue and Ye Ningwan went there early to wait.

Sure enough, after sitting for about ten minutes, the café door opened, and Mrs. Wan entered with her servant.

The café owner recognized her.

Because she comes here often, she has directly charged a large sum of money here.

Every time she comes for coffee, she just debits her account without paying on the spot.

So, when Ye Ningwan came in with Zhan Hanjue.

The owner was surprised to see Ye Ningwan, and now again seeing Mrs. Wan arrive, he couldn’t help but glance at Ye Ningwan, thinking how rare it was for such a beautiful face to have a double.

"Mrs. Wan, the usual?" the owner asked politely.

"Yes." Mrs. Wan responded gently.

The owner nodded with a smile, feeling it was a pleasure to speak with someone like Mrs. Wan.

The owner went to grind the coffee.

Mrs. Wan likes hand-ground coffee and even prefers an extra step in the process, so it takes a bit longer.

Mrs. Wan sat in her usual spot waiting, and when she looked up, she could see the circle of wisteria flowers outside.

The wisteria flowers were in bloom, their pale purple color glowing in the sunlight, looking indescribably beautiful.

She loves this spot the most; every time she sits here, she likes to gaze outside and daydream for a while.

"Mrs. Wan, hello."

Ye Ningwan stood up and walked over to greet Mrs. Wan.

The servant frowned and immediately said, "Miss, please do not disturb our lady’s rest."

It wasn’t a secret that Mrs. Wan liked to drink coffee here.

However, most people in Philadelphia knew better than to disturb her here.

If Mr. Wan found out, he wouldn’t be happy.

Who is this woman?

Daring to come here and break the rules.

However, looking at Ye Ningwan’s appearance, the servant was also surprised.

This young lady really resembles their madam.

Mrs. Wan also looked at Ye Ningwan and showed a surprised expression.

"Young lady, your appearance... we must have some destiny to look so similar," she said.

Ye Ningwan replied, "Yes, although there are many people in the world who look alike. Most of them, however, have some blood relationship, which makes them resemble each other."

"Madam," the servant looked at Mrs. Wan.

Mrs. Wan waved her hand, signaling her to leave.

"It’s alright, meeting is fate. May I know your name? Nice to meet you," she said.

The servant had no choice but to retreat.

Ye Ningwan sat down and said to Mrs. Wan, "My surname is Ye, Ye Ningwan."

"So it’s Miss Ye," Mrs. Wan smiled.

Ye Ningwan asked, "Does Mrs. Wan not recognize me?"

Mrs. Wan appeared puzzled, frowned, thought for a moment, and shook her head with a smile, "I have no impression. Have we met before?"

Ye Ningwan said, "I met you when I was young, Mrs. Wan doesn’t remember me."

"When you were young?"

Ye Ningwan nodded, "About ten years ago! Mrs. Wan doesn’t remember?"

Mrs. Wan shook her head, "I don’t remember, not even a bit. How did we meet... could you please describe it? Maybe I’ll remember."

"Since Mrs. Wan doesn’t remember, let’s look at this photo; maybe it will jog your memory." Ye Ningwan took out a photo of her and her mother and showed it to Mrs. Wan.

Mrs. Wan looked at the photo and showed a shocked expression.

"Is this my photo? When was this taken? I have no memory of it. And the child... is it Ningning? But I don’t remember Ningning wearing such clothes?"

"Ningning? Are you referring to Wan Tianning, Mrs. Wan?" Ye Ningwan asked bitterly.

Mrs. Wan nodded.

Ye Ningwan put away the photo and said, "The little girl in the photo is not Wan Tianning, but also named Ningning, which is short for my full name, Ye Ningwan. ’Ning’ as in ’gather,’ a name my mother gave me hoping the three of us, my father, mother, and I, would stay bonded together forever. My mother also liked to call me Ningning, and my mother is the one in this photo. Mrs. Wan, are you sure this is you in the photo?"

Mrs. Wan, surprised, shook her head, "Since it’s your mother, of course, it’s not me. But we do look so alike."

"Just look alike? Are you so certain this person in the photo isn’t you?" Ye Ningwan asked.

"Of course, it couldn’t be. How could I have a daughter your age, stop joking." Mrs. Wan stood up, angered.

However, she has a gentle nature.

Although she momentarily lost control of her emotions and got angry.

But she quickly calmed down and apologized to Ye Ningwan, "Miss Ye, I’m sorry, I got too excited just now. Did you misunderstand? Has your mother... gone missing? But I couldn’t possibly be your mother, I grew up in Philadelphia, my family and other relatives are here, I’ve never left Philadelphia, let alone had a daughter your age. I can go home and ask if there are other cousins or sisters; maybe we are relatives."

"I might have misunderstood. My mother passed away fourteen years ago. Seeing Mrs. Wan looking so much like my mother made me feel close to her. Perhaps Mrs. Wan is indeed my mother’s sister, and we are relatives," Ye Ningwan said.

Mrs. Wan sighed with relief, "I see, what a poor child. I’ll ask my older brother. If we’re truly relatives, that’s wonderful. The Tang Family is small, having relatives to recognize would be a great thing."

"Tang? What a coincidence, my mother’s family name is also Tang, and she is called Tang Xiaowan," Ye Ningwan said.

Mrs. Wan’s face froze, "What a coincidence, I am also called Tang Xiaowan. It’s getting late, I should go. Miss Ye, here is my contact information, you can call me directly if there’s anything you need."

Mrs. Wan handed her a business card.

Ye Ningwan accepted it with thanks.

At that moment, the café owner brought the coffee over, surprised to see Mrs. Wan preparing to leave, "Mrs. Wan, you’re not drinking today?"

"Yes, I have some urgent matters to attend to, sorry to trouble you, please go ahead and settle the bill," Mrs. Wan said politely.

The café owner had no choice but to take the coffee away.

Mrs. Wan left with her servant.

Zhan Hanjue, who was sitting facing away from them, had listened to their entire conversation.

After Mrs. Wan left, he stood up and sat next to Ye Ningwan, asking in a low voice, "Why didn’t you tell her the truth directly?"