"I remember that at that time, you seemed to have come to chat with me..."
Under Xu Xinghua's thoughtful gaze, Xia Lan's hands tightened on the armrests of the wheelchair, but her expression remained unchanged: "Xinghua, what do you mean? Do you also think that I secretly changed the sample to harm you?
?"
"That's not what I meant." Xu Xinghua took Xia Lan's hand: "We are good sisters. Although I don't know what happened to your family when I came back this time, seeing you like this now, I don't know much about anything else.
I told you, I will help you if I can."
Xia Lan relaxed her vigilance, but still felt uneasy: "Do you really believe me and stand by me?"
"We have worked together for so many years, don't I still know who you are? Plus, later on, we all saw how much you sacrificed for Xu Liu."
Mentioning his hard work and dedication to the Xu family, Xia Lan's eyes turned red and he said mockingly: "So what? He has now determined that it was me who tampered with the paternity test, otherwise, he would not have gone all the way to the United States.
I’m looking for you, Xinghua, I’ve been asking myself these past few days whether all these years of hard work are worth it.”
"Then we can't frame you like this. If this matter gets out, will you continue to be the vice president? How can you gain a foothold in the medical field?" Xu Xinghua became more and more excited as he spoke: "The Xu family can't bully people like this.
, you are still hurt like this..."
Xia Lan shook his head, with a painful look on his face: "When I opened my mouth to explain, it became sophistry, and when I remained silent, it was acquiescence. How can I have a place in this family?"
Seeing Xu Xinghua looking at her sympathetically, Xia Lan felt that her goal had been achieved. She held Xu Xinghua's hand tightly: "Back then, I went to chat with you. If they ask you, you should tell the truth. I Xia Xinghua
Lan walks and sits upright, and he will never admit to anything he has never done."
"It seems that you have suffered a lot of grievances in the Xu family over the years. But don't worry, I will never say anything against my conscience when I come today."
"Xinghua." Xia Lan looked moved. When the nanny came knocking on the door, she quickly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and smiled awkwardly: "Look at me, you are so disappointing when I just met you."
Xu Xinghua looked at Xia Lan sincerely: "Come on, I'll push you out."
…
Xia Lan was pushed back to the living room by Xu Xinghua. Xu Zhenning could no longer sit still, but due to her physical disability, she still shouted from a distance: "Mom!"
Mr. Xu had already gone downstairs and was sitting on the sofa with a solemn expression. When Xia Lan came over, he respectfully called him "Dad".
"Yes." Mr. Xu responded calmly, squinting at Xia Lan: "Come and sit."
Almost everyone from the Xu family and Xu Jingyan's generation had arrived, but almost no one knew what was the reason for calling everyone here.
"Dad, did something happen at home..." Xu Si, who has been away all year round, spoke first.
Mr. Xu just looked at Xu Jingyan: "Since you have found me, if you want to say anything, just say it while your brother and sister-in-law are here."
Xu Jingyan, who had never spoken, raised his head and his voice was dry and hoarse: "Bai Xiao is my and Bai Ningxuan's biological daughter."
"..." No one refuted it. What he said is no longer a secret in the Xu family.
But when Xia Lan heard this, her hands in front of her clenched tightly, and her nails dug into the flesh of her palms.
Xu San and Xu Jingming said: "In this case, let's get the child back as soon as possible. She has suffered a lot in the outside world for so many years."
"Yes, yes, I also agree with the sixth brother doing this!" Hu Yaning was beside her husband, eager to please her brother-in-law.
"She is the daughter-in-law of the Yu family now. It is convenient to see her. If you don't mind, Liu, the fifth sister-in-law can go to Fengcheng to visit her." Fu Min also echoed, but after finishing speaking, he realized that he had made a slip of the tongue. What's wrong?
Are you saying this in front of your sister-in-law?
Liang Huizhen, on the other hand, looked calm: "Indeed, it is better to take the child back than to be occupied by others."
…
Xia Lan looked at the sisters-in-law of the Xu family who were so devoted to each other, especially Liang Huizhen's words of "the dove occupies the magpie's nest", which made her feel upset and couldn't help but retort: "What do you mean, sister-in-law? Could it be that Jing Yan has found his own?"
Daughter, Zhen Ning and I immediately became a thorn in the side of your Xu family?"
Liang Huizhen sneered and glanced sideways at Xia Lan, who was sitting in the wheelchair: "I can have a few meanings. If you don't want others to know, you have to be the only one."
"You should also stop saying a few words." Xu Jingwen stopped his wife, not wanting to have any unnecessary quarrels at home before the matter was clarified.
If in the past, Xia Lan was like a fish in water in the Xu family, then now, she found that she was separated by an invisible barrier. Even if she was sitting with them, she felt redundant. She looked up at Xu Jingyan, her eyes containing resentment:
"In order to drive me out of the Xu family, you are now resorting to all possible means."
Xu Jingyan did not evade her accusation: "I just want to find out what happened back then and give my children justice."
"Justice?"
After being separated from my mother's body, who among you has given me justice over the years?"
After hearing this, Mr. Xu pursed his lips tightly, and those lines on his nose became deeper.
"That's enough!" Xu Jingyan scolded her coldly. This gentle and elegant man's face was full of unfamiliar indifference at this moment: "If you want to act up, go back to the hospital later and do it alone."
Xia Lan looked at his ruthless look and couldn't adapt to the rapid change in his attitude. In his heart, he believed that it was her who had done something?
"Xu Jingyan, you sentenced me to death without any evidence, how unfair is it?!"
Xu Jingyan had blue veins on his forehead. He wanted to restrain himself but couldn't help it. He said coldly: "Isn't it fair? When you changed the samples back then, was it fair to my child?"
Xia Lan took a deep breath and calmed down: "I don't want to argue with you anymore. I didn't do it. Even if you put a knife to my neck, I won't recognize it."
"Dad, you can't accuse my mother so unfairly," Xu Zhenning also interjected: "What kind of feelings does my mother have for you? It hurts her too much to say that."
Xu Jingyan has never been so tired as he is now when he hears the mother and daughter singing together. His pillowcase, the stepdaughter he takes care of like his own daughter, just like this, deceived him, but let his child, his own
The flesh and blood lives outside and is looked down upon.
He closed his eyes, which were sore and moist. When he opened his eyes and looked at Xia Lan, he no longer had any emotion: "You didn't do it? Then let Dr. Xu talk about it."
…
Hearing Xu Jingyan mention Xu Xinghua, Xia Lan not only did not panic, but straightened her back even more, assuming the posture of a person who is innocent.
Xu Xinghua remained silent during the quarrel between the Xu family members. Now, she stood up from the corner, looked around the Xu family members, and said, "I didn't expect that my work mistakes back then would bring you such big trouble."
As she said that, she looked at Xia Lan apologetically: "Xia Lan, before I tell you the truth, I have to say sorry to you."
"..."
Xia Lan didn't understand Xu Xinghua's apology for a moment. By the time she guessed what it was, she had already heard Xu Xinghua's heartbreaking words!
Xu Xinghua said: "Although Xia Lan and I have been friends for many years, I still couldn't favor her in this matter. I also hesitated for a long time before returning to China. Friendship and medical ethics are both important to me.
I didn’t want to give up any of them until I heard what you just said about that child who has been having a hard time these years.”
"I feel that I can no longer remain silent. Even if I lose my friendship with Xia Lan, I cannot be a beast who destroys medical ethics."
"Xu Xinghua, do you know what you are talking about?!"
Xia Lan never expected that Xu Xinghua would stab her in the back. She was so angry that she gritted her teeth and said, "Back then, you made the wrong DNA test and made mistakes at work. You were afraid of affecting your reputation as a doctor.
You can’t put the blame on me either!”
"Don't you know that I stopped being a doctor last year?"
Xu Xinghua's understatement made Xia Lan's pupils suddenly shrink, and her next words made Xia Lan feel that she had fallen into a trap woven by others: "In this case, do you think it is necessary for me to shirk responsibility?
Now, I’m just telling you everything I know.”
Xia Lan felt her vision go dark and didn't understand why her good sisters back then would harm her like this, even though they were in the bathroom just now——
Xu Zhenning on the side was also confused. She didn't expect that Aunt Xu, who had a gentle temper back then, would trap her mother in injustice?
Before Xu Xinghua left, he turned around and glanced at Xia Lan lightly: "Xia Lan, just take care of yourself!"
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Xia Lan heard the sound of the door closing and knew that what happened just now was not an illusion, but she still didn't want to believe that she was forced to do something by Xu Xinghua.
Those were the good sisters she had worked with when she first entered the hospital...
She suddenly raised her head and looked at Xu Jingyan: "It's you, right? Are you colluding with her just to drive me out of the Xu family?"
On the side, Hu Yaning had already jumped up: "It's now, and you still want to quibble? So, it was really you who did it back then? That paternity test... Oh my god, you used our hands to drive away Bai Ningxuan, and even...
I will not spare the flesh and blood of Lao Liu, so how could there be such a vicious woman like you?"
"Did you have a plan to get close to us? Also, the things that happened to our family were planned by you, right?"
