Chapter 77 The Sister in the True and False Jin Wen (8)
Chapter 77 The Sister in the True and False Jin Wen (8)
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Zhao Cheng, who was working on documents in his study, didn't even look up. "Come in."
Hearing light footsteps approaching but hearing no voice, Zhao Cheng frowned, looked up, and saw his beloved daughter. His frown instantly relaxed. "What's wrong? Is there something you need from your father?"
Le Yan looked at him with complicated emotions. If she hadn't already learned the whole truth, she wouldn't have believed that her loving father had done so many things behind her back.
With images of her clueless mother and her innocent, suffering sister flashing through her mind, Le Yan took a deep breath before speaking expressionlessly: "Dad, seventeen years ago, did my mother give birth to twins or a boy and a girl?"
Without any preamble, Le Yan's direct question caused Zhao Cheng's expression to change drastically.
He suddenly stood up, gripping the corner of the table tightly with one hand, his whole body tense, his heart feeling as if it were being squeezed tightly by a hand, making it difficult for him to breathe.
“You… ……” Zhao Cheng closed his eyes with difficulty. He dared not look into his daughter’s eyes, for fear of seeing resentment in them.
He didn't even try to deny it, but spoke in a trembling voice, "You knew everything, didn't you?"
"what do you know?"
Le Yan gave a mocking smile: "Did you know you had an affair with your secretary after marriage? Did you know you had a son who was born a few days before me? Did you know you deliberately switched him with my sister to legitimize your illegitimate child?"
She threw all the documents and photos from her bag in front of Zhao Cheng, her anger making her speak sharply.
"I really didn't expect you to do such disgusting things!"
Le Yan was furious.
She was a child from a single-parent family in her previous life and had little memory of the role of a father, so she especially liked her father in this life, feeling that he fulfilled all her fantasies about fatherhood.
But what is the reality? A man who loves his wife and children has another family behind his back, and can still nonchalantly switch the identities of his illegitimate child and his legitimate daughter without telling his original wife.
Is it some kind of interesting play for Zhao Cheng and his mistress to watch her mother raise the son born to another woman?
"No! No!"
Zhao Cheng retorted repeatedly, "I didn't think that way!"
He did something wrong, but he didn't have the degrading thoughts that his daughter claimed he had.
"My dear child, your mother and I had a business marriage. We came together because we each got what we needed. After you and Qingruo were born, I decided to divorce her peacefully, but..."
Thinking back to those days, Zhao Cheng still remembers the feeling when he received his eldest daughter from the doctor's hands, and he is still shocked that he could actually have fatherly love.
After all, he had little affection for his son and youngest daughter among his three children, and didn't care about them at all.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have failed to recognize that his son wasn't his son after he was brought to the hospital.
“My dear child, your mother and I initially came together for mutual benefit, but we came together because we wanted to give you a complete family.”
“It’s not that I haven’t thought about divorce, but she will definitely take you with her. The Tong family’s main branch is overseas. If she goes abroad, I’m afraid I, as her father, will never see you again.”
Le Yan listened in silence, thinking about the plot of the book. Zhao Cheng did indeed divorce shortly after the twins were born, and the biggest difference was in her case.
In other words, half the blame actually falls on her.
Feeling upset, Le Yan clenched her fingers before glancing at Zhao Cheng with a quiet look. She pursed her lips and said, "I don't care what you think, I will tell Mom everything. If Mom wants a divorce, I will go with her."
And her sister.
Le Yan took out several more documents from her bag, stepped forward, and placed them in front of Zhao Cheng.
“If Qingruo isn’t my sister, someone else switched her before you decided to switch children.”
Upon hearing this, Zhao Cheng's already furrowed brows furrowed even more. "What do you mean?"
He quickly flipped through the documents in front of him, reading them at a glance, only to find his mind a bit tangled.
A baby-swapping scandal has implicated four children. Did so many things happen in that hospital back then?
"You can take your time looking at it. I'm going to find my mom."
While Zhao Cheng was brainstorming, Le Yan didn't want to spend any more time with him. Her mind was in turmoil, and she didn't know how to deal with this father who loved her so much.
Zhao Cheng didn't dare stop her and could only watch her slam the door and leave, filled with regret.
Le Yan left the study and before she could go to find her mother, she saw her two younger brothers waiting at the bottom of the stairs.
She gave them a cold look and said only, "Get out of my way, I don't want to talk to you right now."
Zhao Mufeng is an illegitimate half-brother... oh no, he should be called the older brother.
Zhao Weizhou wasn't the one, but he knew the truth several years before her, yet he kept it from her and never intended to tell her.
So no matter which one it is, Leyan doesn't want to see them right now.
Zhao Mufeng looked at her with a panicked expression. He wanted to speak, but was afraid of offending her, so he could only keep his mouth shut and follow her with longing eyes.
Zhao Weizhou was somewhat better off. He was always thick-skinned and felt that his status was not as awkward as Zhao Mufeng's, so although he didn't dare to speak, he followed closely behind Le Yan.
"Don't follow me. I'll settle this score with you another day!"
Pushing open her mother's door, Le Yan turned around and glared at Zhao Weizhou, who was trying to follow her, before closing the door to shut out all the noise.
Zhao Weizhou nearly crashed into the door, barely managing to stop. He touched the tip of his nose, looking somewhat embarrassed.
Looking at the tightly closed door, he cautiously put his ear close, hoping to hear something, but the soundproofing was too good and he couldn't hear anything.
Somewhat dejected, he took a step back, turned his head slightly to look at the person hidden in the shadows, a smirk playing on his lips, and walked over.
He spoke with a defiant look in his eyes: "Little Feng, Little Feng, do you think your sister will still acknowledge you now that she knows the truth?"
So what if he uses all sorts of tricks to gain his sister's attention? Zhao Mufeng's background is his biggest flaw, and he is destined to be abandoned by his sister!
Zhao Mufeng's eyes were deep and unfathomable. He coldly looked at the person in front of him who was provoking him. The veins on his hands behind his back were bulging from the force he was using.
“My birth is original sin, and you are not innocent either.”
At least he was afraid that his sister would abandon him, so he desperately hid the truth from her.
And what about Zhao Weizhou?
It was understandable that he kept it from his sister two years ago, but why haven't I seen him tell her the truth in the past two years?
Zhao Mufeng's eyes were filled with mockery. "Admit it, you're afraid. You're afraid your sister won't want you anymore."
Everyone is afraid; who among them is stronger?
Zhao Weizhou's face darkened. The fear that had been hidden in his heart was revealed by Zhao Mufeng, causing a surge of murderous intent to rise in his chest.
What right does a bastard have to mock him!
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