Mei Qingyang freshened up and changed her clothes to a monotone comfortable t-shirt and jeans with it. She wanted to be able to move easily if that letter was, in fact, a scam.

    She first informed the guys that she was going to have some alone time. Since she did not know anyone, the guys did not think much of it. They understood that she was not used to being around people at the school. Add to it her aloof nature similar to theirs, they really understood her need to be alone more often than not.

    Finishing the essential part, she headed to the dinner lounge. During the championship, all the participants got to eat for free, so she was also covered with respect to the bills at the lounge.

    "May I know which is table number seven please?" she asked for help from one of the waiters.

    "Oh! Are you the esteemed guest at table number seven? Please come with me."

    This respectful behavior kind of surprised Qingyang. Who was this bigshot that the waiter was behaving this way?

    "Here you go. Your host would be here in five minutes," the waiter smiled and bowed politely.

    However much curious she was, she remained still in her seat, without looking around eagerly. The person would come to her anyway. The waiter came and asked multiple times for anything to eat or drink, she refused them all.

    "Well, it never is a bad idea to be too careful," she heard a sweet, very kind voice in front of her while she was fiddling with the menu. She saw an elegant lady in her mid 40s perhaps, standing before her. Her presence was very striking. But she had seen in her memories, as well as, in pictures but could not remember this person anywhere.

    "Ah! Hello," Mei Qingyang got influenced by this lady and stood up to greet her. The lady had aged quite gracefully. Unlike Yu Rong, who always liked to put on gaudy make-ups, this lady had very light make-up on her face.

    "Such a good child you are! Sorry to call you like here. My name is Chen Xinyi," the lady introduced herself.

    Chen Xinyi? The name did not ring any bell in her mind at all. The most mind-boggling thing Qingyang, however, noticed that this lady also had green eyes similar to her. Were they related by any chance?

    "I guess you must be quite confused about why I called you here," she looked at the girl giving her a perplexed look.

    Now Mei Qingyang wasn''t sure. Was this lady here to ask her to forfeit her match or something? Because she was definitely not ready to do so. This lady did look like someone from a wealthy house. Having encountered both kids and a.d.u.l.ts from that spectrum of people, she knew almost all of them had this arrogance and pride about their money. She would not be surprised if this lady would ask her of something ridiculous like that.

    "I will have some wine, what would you like miss?" the lady ordered the waiter and questioned Mei Qingyang.

    "I would not have anything, thank you. I have my first match early in the morning, so I had an early dinner already. I am sorry if it seems inappropriate," Mei Qingyang hinted that she would not back out from her match.

    "Oh! Right! I am sorry, I went out of line there," the lady apologized very sweetly.

    Mei Qingyang became more dumbfounded as the time passed. This lady… was not here to harass her about her matches? She was even apologizing?

    "No, it''s okay. It is something I prefer to do," Mei Qingyang waved her hands in embarrassment.

    "So, your purpose of calling me?"

    "Oh yes, silly me. I have this bad habit of forgetting things," the lady fidgeted with her phone. The elegant lady was unusually… clumsy?

    "Anyway, I was just surprised to see another person with green eyes. Statistically, did you know, there are only 2% people with green eyes in the world? From what I know, our country has even less percentage of people with green eyes, I think it is somewhere near 0.2%? So, I was curious," lady Chen explained.

    Oh? So, that''s it? She was intrigued with someone having same eye color as hers? Tsk, this was rather disappointing. Qingyang was not even sure why she felt this way or why she had expectation about finding some clue about her eyes.

    "Actually, these eyes are not originally mine," Mei Qingyang decided to take the risk and probe this lady a bit further.

    "Oh?" the lady took the bait. She was interested in the topic for sure.

    "Yeah, I had an eye surgery after an accident and was donated these eyes by some unknown person."

    "Do you know the identity of the person?"

    "No. I have tried to find out but it was an anonymous donation," Mei Qingyang looked at the lady. How would she respond?

    "To be honest, I had a twin brother. We were separated at birth due to my parents'' mistake. I was given up for adoption while my brother grew up with my parents. Chen family is quite famous, you know?" the lady''s wine had arrived. She started sipping her wine slowly. Sometimes, she would stare in distance as if she was reminiscing about her past.

    "Oh!" Mei Qingyang had no idea why lady Chen was telling her her story. But then, she did not have anything better to do before her match. Might as well listen to this lonely lady.

    "And so, by the time I was found, my brother had already started his own family. Unfortunately, he passed away soon after," lady Chen looked sorrowful. If she had no idea about her twin brother before his marriage, and he died shortly afterwards, did they develop a bond in that short period of time? What was this duration? Hundreds of questions ran through Mei Qingyang''s mind. But she found it wise to not interrupt this lady.

    "He had beautiful pair of eyes, just like yours. You know what they say right? Twins share this weird bond where they can sense each other''s emotions even when they are apart? Looking at you, I just felt like my brother was looking at me, so I sent you the invitation right away. I am sorry if this is awkward for you," lady Chen''s head was lowered, as if she was regretting her decision to disturb the peace of this little girl.

    She just missed her dead brother and probably any green pair of eyes would look like peering into her brother''s eyes to her, perhaps. However, what were the chances that she would find someone who would have gone through a whole iris transplant, which was also quite rare?

    Mei Qingyang finally found a lead. She should look into Chen family.

    "If you don''t mind me asking, when did your brother… umm… pass away?"

    "It''s been quite few years. I know he had abandoned our family empire after our parents'' death. He had fallen in love with some vicious unknown woman. After their marriage some ten years ago, we never heard from him. Our family''s butler had brought me to the house in the meantime, to take care of the empire. After not hearing from him for so long, and all our attempts to find him coming up futile, we declared him dead some eight years ago," lady Chen explained.

    "Hmm… my transplant happened some five years ago, so I cannot be sure either. But I will look into it. You could try at your end too. I can send you the hospital details," Mei Qingyang had this sudden vigor. Without her dad telling her, she could find what she was looking for. This was what one called fate. She had been longing to pay respect to the person who enabled her to see. The opportunity presented itself.

    "That sounds wonderful. Is there any way to contact you?" Lady Chen found this girl to be lovely, so she did not mind making a relationship with her at all. After all, she did not have children of her own either.

    "I will contact you myself if I have an update. My circ.u.mstances don''t let me to communicate with outside people," Mei Qingyang scratched her head.

    "That is okay. I will leave you to your devices then. Good luck for your matches tomorrow. I shall cheer for you. Wish we could share a proper meal next time, before you go?" Lady Chen got up from her seat. She only had some wine and did not take dinner at all. It was not polite for the host to eat when guest was not eating.

    "Thank you very much mam. If my team is staying for one-two more days, I will definitely let you know. Please tell me your room number?" Mei Qingyang took out her notepad to jot down the details. Lady Chen provided the necessary details and then left. Mei Qingyang spent her rest of the night trying to make connections.