Chapter 1014: Identity Crisis (1/2)
Jin Liwei was silent while studying the photo of his wife and brother-in-law from their past selves.
”What do you think?” Iris started to look nervous again.
”Hmm.”
Her hands tightened around his arm, waiting for him to say something.
”Actually….”
”Actually?”
He tapped his finger on his brother-in-law's image. ”I was expecting for your brother to look big with bulky muscles like how he transformed my Fifth Brother Zihao's body. But he's quite slim in this photo.”
His words distracted her from her nervousness. ”Don't be fooled by what you see on the outside. Big Brother Nikolai may have looked slim with clothes on but he actually had extremely powerful muscles. I have no doubt in my mind that despite looking smaller back then, he was stronger than he is now as Fifth Brother Zihao. Big Brother started training his body from childhood. He was like a well-oiled, high-performance machine. Even I was in awe at the things he could do with his strength and speed back then.”
Jin Liwei nodded. Although he didn't witness it with his own eyes, he could imagine his brother-in-law's original prowess when he was still the infamous Nikolai Vetrov. Just from reading the Vetrov report that his wife prepared for him, Jin Liwei knew that his brother-in-law had been an extremely dangerous man.
He felt a tug on his arm. ”Hm? What is it, love?”
”Now that you've seen what I looked like before in my past life, what do you think about me now?” She was unable to conceal the anxiety in her expression.
His eyes widened in surprise before he frowned. ”What do you mean? Evelina, did you think that I would feel differently about you after seeing how you looked like in your past life?”
She didn't reply.
His frown deepened in disbelief. ”Look at me.”
She did.
”Tell me what's troubling you.”
”I already had these photos ready the day after you told me that you wanted to see photos of me but…it's only now that I felt ready enough to show them to you. I was…worried about what you'll feel after seeing my photos.”
He was confused but didn't speak and instead waited for her to finish explaining.
”What if you don't like how I looked like before? Does that mean that if we met when I was still Evelina, you won't fall in love with me? And that you only love me now because I'm in Long Xiulan's body?”
His mouth opened and closed. He couldn't believe what he was hearing from her.
”My worries also go the other way. What if you like how I looked like before that you'll wish that you're with me in my original body? Will you love me less now?”