bookcurios Chapter 173 True and Fake Gold 1
Chapter 173 True and Fake Gold 1
Lingjiu watched as the outline of the wooden house gradually blurred until it turned into nothingness. Her figure also became ethereal, traveling through endless time and space dimensions and descending into the world where Duan Yizhou was.
Here, her new identity is the daughter of the Ji family, whose fate is full of twists and turns. The story behind her life is a clichéd yet dramatic melodrama.
Back then, Mrs. Ji was over eight months pregnant and was happily planning a trip, but unexpectedly, a fierce typhoon swept in. Amidst the howling winds, Mrs. Ji suffered an accident and went into premature labor.
At this time, transportation networks were completely paralyzed, leaving Mrs. Ji, stranded and stranded, desperate to find a nearby home to use as a maternity ward. However, fate shifted, and the baby girl born there was secretly switched. After the switch, the family never treated the Ji family's daughter kindly, abandoning her to an orphanage. She was later adopted by a kind-hearted person and has lived abroad ever since. Now that her overseas company is stable, she is preparing to return home.
Lingjiu arrived at the Ji family's door, holding a paternity test. Now worth far more than the Ji family, she came to uncover the truth that had been hidden for years, expel the woman who had usurped their power, and take revenge.
She extended her slender fingers and rang the doorbell. The crisp ring echoed through the courtyard, and a moment later, the nanny hurried to open the door. The moment her eyes met Lingjiu, the nanny was slightly startled. That face bore a striking resemblance to Madam Ji, and upon closer inspection, it had a touch of coolness.
"Who are you looking for?" the nanny asked subconsciously, with a hint of doubt in her tone.
"I'm looking for Ji Qing and Li Yun." Lingjiu's voice was calm.
The names of Mr. and Mrs. Zhihu made the nanny feel a little unhappy.
"Who are you? What do you want from our master and mistress?" The nanny frowned, with a hint of vigilance in her eyes.
"Tell them that their biological daughter is back." Lingjiu's words were loud and clear, like a stone thrown into a calm lake.
When the nanny heard this, her eyes suddenly widened, and she was filled with shock. But then she looked at her face, which was so similar to the lady's, and somehow she didn't doubt her words at all.
"Well, please wait a moment, I will go and ask the gentleman and the lady." The nanny turned hurriedly and ran towards the garden.
In the garden, Ji Qing was enjoying a rare moment of leisure. He gently embraced Madam Ji, and together they admired the blossoming flowers in the garden. The hurried figure of the nanny broke the tranquility, and a hint of displeasure flashed across Ji Qing's face.
"What's wrong? You're so flustered." Ji Qing's voice contained a hint of blame.
The nanny ran out of breath and stammered, "Sir, there's a girl outside. She says...she says she's your and your wife's biological child." The nanny paused and added, "I originally wanted to just treat her as a liar and send her away, but she looks so much like your wife, so please go over and take a look!"
When Ji Qing heard this, he was immediately furious: "Nonsense! I only have one daughter, Yueyue. How could another daughter suddenly appear?" His voice echoed in the garden with unquestionable majesty.
Despite Ji Qing's determination, the nanny thought of the girl's appearance and said, "Sir, it's true! The girl and the lady are similar to you."
Mrs. Ji listened from the side, but a strong curiosity welled up in her heart. She gently pulled Ji Qing's arm and said, "Since Aunt Zhang said so, let's go and take a look. I'm quite curious about how similar they are."
Ji Qing always obeyed his wife's words. He nodded helplessly and walked towards the door with his arm around her waist.
When they arrived at the gate, Aunt Zhang quickly stepped forward and opened the door. Lingjiu's eyes met the couple in front of her.
The two of them were stunned for a moment, and a thought came to their minds at the same time: "This really looks like it!"
Mrs. Ji covered her mouth in surprise, her eyes full of disbelief: "How could this happen!" At this moment, there seemed to be a voice in her heart shouting: The girl in front of her is really her daughter.
She walked forward involuntarily, holding Lingjiu's hand, her voice as gentle as the spring breeze: "What's your name? How old are you this year?"
Lingjiu looked at the gentle woman in front of him, and the ice in his heart seemed to melt a little. He spoke in a softer tone: "My name is Lingjiu. I am twenty years old."
Madam Ji murmured to herself, "Twenty, the same age as Yueyue." She turned around, her eyes slightly red, staring at her husband: "She is my daughter, she must be my daughter. I can feel it."
Ji Qing was also a little overwhelmed at this time. He looked at his lover crying, and his heart was in a panic. He raised his hand to wipe her tears and said softly, "Don't cry, let's go back to the house and talk."
He looked at Lingjiu with a hint of temptation in his eyes: "Xiaojiu, can I call you that?"
Lingjiu nodded slightly, indicating his agreement.
After getting Lingjiu's response, Ji Qing continued, "Xiaojiu, shall we go in first?"
Several people walked into the living room together. As soon as they sat down, Lingjiu calmly took out the paternity test report.
"This is a paternity test. If you don't believe it, I can go to the hospital with you now." She gently placed the report on the table.
Ji Qing and Li Yun's gaze wasn't fixed on the paternity test. Their hearts were consumed by endless confusion and pain. Why on earth was their biological daughter stranded out there?
Lingjiu knew their doubts, so she slowly spoke, slowly recounting the long-buried past. Her voice was calm and steady, as if she were recounting a story that had nothing to do with her.
As Lingjiu continued to tell the story, Li Yun's eyes gradually turned red, and tears poured out like a flood, and soon she burst into tears. Ji Qing clenched his fists tightly, and the anger in his heart was like a burning flame, burning more and more. How could they be so bold? How dare they switch their own daughter and abandon his baby in an orphanage?
Countless terrible thoughts involuntarily emerged in Ji Qing's mind. He couldn't imagine what kind of suffering and torture his daughter had suffered during those long years.
And when he thought about the fact that his daughter, whom he had doted on wholeheartedly for so many years, was actually someone else's child, he felt even more guilty. It was all because of his carelessness that those evil-minded people had taken advantage of the situation and left his own flesh and blood to wander around for so many years.
Ji Qing's gaze was fixed on Lingjiu, his eyes full of pain and regret: "Xiaojiu, it's all Dad's fault for you." His voice was hoarse and choked, as if every word carried his endless guilt.
Li Yun stood up and quickly walked over to Lingjiu, hugging her tightly, as if to use her arms to protect her from the wind and rain, making up for the maternal love she had missed all these years. She cried and said, "My daughter, you have suffered. You must have had a very hard time being out there all these years. I will never let those who hurt you go easily."
Lingjiu gently broke free from Li Yun's arms, took a tissue from the table, and gently wiped the tears from her face: "Don't cry anymore, I have really lived a good life these years." There was a hint of strength and open-mindedness in her eyes, trying to comfort the two parents in front of her who had just met but were already in deep self-blame and pain.