Chapter 240: Chapter 240 Swap the Child Chapter 240: Chapter 240 Swap the Child Li Shirui’s childbirth that evening was too hurried, with only her cousin taking care of her. She only rembered chatting with her cousin at the hospital for a while before the nurse pushed her into the delivery room where two other won were also giving birth.
She couldn’t rember anything else clearly.
And because her husband was undercover, the information about her giving birth had to be erased, and the child was registered under her cousin’s household registration. It was only after Xi Huarong returned that they were able to change the registration.
Xi Huarong furrowed his brows.
He had been undercover for three years and, through his enduring patience, had dealt a severe blow to a gang in the southwest. After receiving recognition for his achievents, he was promoted and finally t his eldest daughter, Xi Wanlin.
His initial feeling was that Xi Wanlin didn’t resemble him or his wife, but he didn’t pay much attention to it. The child was still young, and she might look like them as she grew.
Throughout his daughter’s childhood, he was busy with his career and didn’t spend much ti with her, only feeling that she had grown up before he knew it.
Later, they had Xi Wanfen, and everyone imdiately said she looked like him.
He had harbored suspicions that Xi Wanlin might not be his biological daughter, but he feared hurting Li Shirui and never brought it up.
What if the child’s father was soone else? He would rather be cuckolded than leave her.
Now, everyone was saying that Su ixi resembled Li Shirui, and so even said Su ixi’s eyes resembled his. He felt it was ti to look into it carefully.
“Shirui, would you mind if I investigate Linlin a bit?” Xi Huarong asked.
Li Shirui was still in shock and fear.
Xi Wanlin was her first child. Back then, with her husband not around, she juggled odd jobs in Guang City while taking care of her daughter and had invested a great deal of effort. If Xi Wanlin turned out not to be her biological daughter, it would be a severe blow.
But, she too wanted to pursue the truth.
She nodded, “Then let’s investigate.”
…
Due to Xi Huarong’s intervention, the information from that year was quickly uncovered.
It turned out that Su ixi and Xi Wanlin were born on the sa day in the sa hospital.
Under such circumstances, one didn’t need to guess further—it was either a mix-up of the babies or soone had done it intentionally.
Xi Huarong took action again, ordering the arrest of Su Qiang and Fang Xin for a detailed interrogation.
Su Qiang was just at work that day when suddenly police ca and took him to the station.
He believed he had done nothing wrong, yet, in the interrogation room, the police asked him, “30 years ago, did you take soone else’s child from the hospital?”
Su Qiang stiffened instantly and did not admit to anything, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Under several rounds of questioning by the police, Su Qiang finally confessed.
Fang Xin, who was far in Canada, was also brought in for questioning.
She capitulated much more readily than Su Qiang, confessing in the first round.
Years ago, Fang Xin was working in Guang City and went to a nearby hospital to give birth.
During labor, she overheard two won chatting in the next bed, divided only by a curtain, she vaguely heard sothing about “Don’t be afraid, your cousin-in-law may not be here, but childbirth is easy… when the child’s father returns, he might be a big leader, this child is really blessed, having an official as a dad…”
Fang Xin was moved by the words “big leader.”
At that ti, Su Qiang was just a low-level clerk, running errands with a low salary and no chance of extra earnings; relying on him was out of the question.
A thought struck her: what if her daughter’s father was a big leader?
Coincidentally, she and Li Shirui went into labor at the sa ti, and both entered the delivery room together.
Before entering the delivery room, Li Shirui’s cousin said one more thing, “Don’t be afraid, think of your cousin-in-law, he’s a tough soldier at the border, a big man who sheds blood and sweat but no tears, so you also have to be brave. When the cousin-in-law cos back, you and the child will enjoy endless blessings…”
That mont, Fang Xin’s resolve to swap the children grew even stronger.
And yet, she seized the opportunity.
At that ti, there were three delivery rooms, and after Fang Xin and Li Shirui had given birth, another woman suddenly started hemorrhaging severely, causing several nurses inside to hurriedly rush the mother out for ergency treatnt.
After giving birth, Li Shirui was sound asleep, with her child placed on a small bed next to her, adjacent to Fang Xin’s child.
Having energy to spare after her delivery, Fang Xin, overwheld and unable to contain herself, got up and switched the two babies, even exchanging their little swaddling clothes.
Just after the switch, a nurse ca in to put wristbands on the babies’ tiny hands and then wheeled them away separately.
No one realized the babies had been switched until discharge.
It was after they left that Fang Xin told Su Qiang the truth, and Su Qiang was extrely furious, yet the babies had already been swapped and, however one put it, they were just “little girls.” Since the switch had happened, so be it.
Moreover, hearing that the other party was military personnel and a high-ranking officer at that, he thought his own child would eventually be alright regardless, and let it be.
Therefore, when his marriage with Fang Xin could no longer be sustained, neither wanted to keep Su ixi, leaving her to fend for herself.
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The investigation by Su Qiang and Fang Xin eventually reached Xi Huarong’s hands.
Xi Huarong, who had already been discharged, looked at the investigation results he held, trembling with rage.
“This kind of action must not be condoned, it must be punished by law!”
Su Qiang and Fang Xin were imprisoned, unable to comprehend how things had escalated to this extent.
They hadn’t even t their own biological daughter.
Upon learning the truth, Li Shirui also fell silent for two days.
During those days, her heart was in turmoil, feeling compassion for Su ixi yet also perceiving the unfairness towards Xi Wanlin.
Xi Huarong stayed by his wife’s side.
On the third day, Li Shirui asked Xi Huarong, “What do you plan to do?”
Xi Huarong said, “I want to acknowledge my own daughter back.”
“And what about Linlin?”
Xi Huarong did not commit to a stance, but Li Shirui knew his thoughts.
He ca from a military background and had worked in public security, he could not tolerate such things happening around him—if there was a mistake, it had to be rectified.
Li Shirui said, “I’ve given it a lot of thought these past two days, and I’m afraid Linlin might already know about this.”
When Li Shirui proposed visiting Su ixi, Xi Wanlin fell down the stairs and thus, the visit never happened.
The day they went to see Xi Huarong in the hospital, Xi Wanlin was also acting out.
Furthermore, Xi Wanlin’s previous behaviors of ingratiating herself did not seem like those of a usual daughter. A daughter depends on her parents and has demands; no matter how sensible, she would have needs and not rely give unconditionally.
Xi Huarong said, “We need to have a talk with Linlin.”
…
Xi Wanlin’s mood had not been as tense over the last few days.
That day in the hospital, when Su ixi and her parents t, Xi Wanlin noticed that there wasn’t much interaction between them, evidently lacking the legendary telepathy among kin.
However, just when she had started to relax, her parents called her into the room.
Seeing her sister taken away made Xiao Fen nervous, and she wanted to follow, but was stopped.
The study door was soundproof, and Xiao Fen had no chance to eavesdrop.
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