Chapter 39 Reconstructs the Facts of That Year
Chapter 39 Reconstructs the Facts of That Year
"Let me remind you again, the obstetrician and gynecologist back then was Ma Fangfang, and we have already met with her."
When Wang Xia heard that Lu Mingxuan and Song Qiao had already met with Ma Fangfang, she said in horror, "Ma Fangfang made me take that child away."
Lu Mingxuan looked at her and asked, "Didn't you deny it? So you're saying that you were the one who took that girl away back then?"
Wang Xia lowered her head and pondered for a while: "To be honest, I have been living with self-blame all these years. I shouldn't have taken that person's five thousand yuan and done such a heinous thing for him."
"Who gave you five thousand yuan?" Song Qiao asked.
“I don’t know who that person is. The money was given to me through Ma Fangfang. My only responsibility is to switch the child and take the girl away.”
Then her eyes darkened: "At that time, I was also short of money. To be honest, I have a daughter who would be seven years old now if she were alive. That year, she got leukemia and urgently needed money, so I agreed to help Ma Fangfang."
The saying "Every pitiful person has something hateful about them" is absolutely true for Wang Xia.
Song Qiao glanced at her son's bedroom: "Your daughter is pitiful? You're helpless? Do you know that all these years I've been raising other people's children, and my daughter has been switched with yours? When you did this to me, didn't I fear going to jail?"
Wang Xia sat there, drenched in cold sweat despite the dead of winter. She kept wiping away the sweat, when suddenly she slid off the sofa and knelt down with a thud: "I beg your forgiveness. My son cannot be implicated because of me. What will happen to him if I go to jail? I will ruin his entire future."
Seeing Wang Xia kneeling on the ground, Song Qiao really wanted to slap her, but thinking of the high-achieving boy in the bedroom, she held back.
Despite this, the boy heard the noise and came out. When he saw Wang Xia kneeling in front of the two of them, he rushed over to help her up.
At the same time, he looked at Lu Mingxuan and Song Qiao with hostility: "Who are you? I'll call my dad right now and have him come back and deal with you."
Upon hearing this, Wang Xia quickly got up from the ground and pushed her son towards the bedroom, saying, "Don't come out. Your uncle and aunt didn't mean any harm to your mother. Children shouldn't meddle in adult matters."
"Why are you kneeling before them? Didn't they bully you?"
The boy was so smart that he mistakenly thought that Song Qiao and Lu Mingxuan were bullying his mother.
"Son, no, you go inside first, don't let your dad know about this."
After saying this, Wang Xia pushed her son into the bedroom.
When Wang Xia returned to the living room, Song Qiao asked with hatred in her eyes, "Where did you take my daughter? If you can help me find her, I might consider not holding you responsible."
Song Qiao couldn't wait any longer; finding the child was the most urgent task.
Hearing that Song Qiao promised not to hold her responsible, Wang Xia's eyes lit up with hope: "They want me to take the child to the garbage station in the west of the city and throw the child into the garbage dump."
Song Qiao closed her eyes. This was the husband she had married against her parents' wishes, the biological father of her child. How vicious he was! Not only did he kill her, but he also ensured that her daughter would never be reborn and would rot and stink in the garbage dump.
Seeing Song Qiao like this, Lu Mingxuan went over and hugged her: "Qiao Qiao, don't get excited."
"Wang Xia, do you know this is murder? Five thousand yuan has made you lose your conscience and kill an innocent child. Do you even deserve to be a mother? Do you even deserve to be a human being?"
Wang Xia burst into tears. She glanced in the direction of her son's bedroom, when Song Qiao suddenly stood up and looked at her: "Your child is your child, but what about my daughter? When you threw her into the trash, did you think about her dying? Did you think that what you did was worse than that of an animal?"
Seeing Song Qiao stand up, Wang Xia panicked and knelt down again with a thud: "I'm not human, I really regret it. Those five thousand yuan couldn't bring my daughter back to life. This is all retribution!"
Then Wang Xia burst into tears and cried, "I only beg you not to send me to prison, I beg you!"
After saying this, Wang Xia began to kowtow, the thumping sound striking Song Qiao's heart.
"Give me back my daughter, and I won't hold you responsible." Song Qiao's eyes were filled with hatred.
"Is everything you're saying true? If your daughter weren't dead, if she were still alive, would you let me go?"
Song Qiao seemed to see a glimmer of hope and looked at her earnestly: "What do you mean by that?"
“I am also a mother. Although I was blinded by greed and took your daughter, it was a human life. When I took her there, I didn’t throw her into the garbage dump. I put her next to a tree. I just don’t know if the garbage collector saw her?”
Lu Mingxuan grabbed Wang Xia by the collar: "What do you mean, 'garbage collector'? Explain yourself clearly!"
"When I put my child under the tree, a tricycle passed by in the distance, and I ran away because I was nervous."
Does this mean the child still has a chance to live?
Song Qiao, tears streaming down her face, asked, "Are you sure someone went there back then?"
"Yes! The child was crying at the time. If that person had heard it, they would have gone to check on him."
That's all Song Qiao knew from Wang Xia. She still wanted to confirm one more thing: "Who was the person who gave you five thousand yuan?"
"Ma Fangfang knows, but I don't."
"Do you know where Ma Fangfang's hometown is?" Lu Mingxuan asked, seizing the opportunity.
Ma Fangfang resigned from the hospital and then seemed to vanish into thin air. Some people said she went to find her son who was abroad, while others said she went back to her hometown.
“Wang Xia, since you don’t want to go to jail or implicate your son and husband, you have to take responsibility for this matter to the end and help us find our child. If you hide, we will call the police!” Lu Mingxuan said, staring at Wang Xia.
"I won't run away. As long as you don't hold me responsible, I'm willing to help you find your child."
Song Qiao closed her eyes briefly, and when she opened them again, her eyes were filled with hope. As long as her child was alive, she was willing to repay the person who saved her daughter.
"I was in a hurry when I left, and it was too dark at night, so I didn't see what the person looked like. I only remember that he rode a tricycle into the garbage station!" Wang Xia finally described the scene that night.
As the two were leaving, Lu Mingxuan reminded Wang Xia to keep in touch by phone, otherwise he would call the police to arrest her.
“I won’t leave. I also hope that you can find that child, so that my sins will be lessened.”
Lu Mingxuan and Song Qiao left Wang Xia's house and went downstairs to the car: "Qiao Qiao, let's go eat first. Only when we are healthy can we have the strength to look for the child."
Back in the car, Lu Mingxuan grew increasingly angry. He looked up at Song Qiao and said, "Should we call the police?"
If the police are called, Wang Xia and Ma Fangfang won't be able to escape, and if Jiang Ming is the mastermind behind it all, he won't be able to escape either.
Song Qiao wiped away her tears: "No need. Calling the police would be too easy for them. I want them to experience what it's like to be worse than dead!"
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