The dean's words dealt a heavy blow to Xu Xinning. Her chest felt swollen, and she reluctantly took a few steps back, leaving her seat to Lin Qingyan, her eyes filled with hatred and anger.

The dean chased Xu Xinning away and then quickly had Lin Qingyan deliver the baby.

With the pregnant woman giving birth being the priority, Lin Qingyan couldn't worry about Xu Xinning's feelings for the time being and began to deliver the baby.

As soon as she started, the pregnant woman stopped screaming. But childbirth is impossible without any relief, so the pregnant woman only made muffled groans.

Lin Qingyan didn't care whether she was really not in so much pain or it was just her imagination. Soon, the pregnant woman gave birth to the baby smoothly.

The hospital director was sweating bullets outside. When Lin Qingyan came out of the delivery room, she said to her, "Dr. Lin, why don't you come back and be an obstetrician?"

Lin Qingyan refused outright. If she came to the obstetrics and gynecology department, what would happen to Xu Xinning?

"Dean, there are doctors in the obstetrics and gynecology department. It wouldn't be good to transfer me here so abruptly. This is just a special case. Not every pregnant woman who comes here needs me to deliver her baby. I'd better stay in the pediatrics department."

The hospital director also realized that he had acted impulsively. Hospital staff should not be transferred at will. "Alright then, you are really excellent. Go back to the pediatrics department and work hard."

"Um."

Xu Xinning returned to her office, suppressing her anger. She hadn't expected that on her second day at work, she would encounter something so humiliating.

That was the first pregnant woman she delivered here, and in the end, she still had to have someone else deliver her baby.

She resented not only the willful pregnant woman, but also Lin Qingyan, because they had both made her lose face.

She stood by the window, looking through the glass at the lush trees and lawns outside, and her mood gradually calmed down. The image of the white jade phoenix she had seen earlier that day flashed through her mind again.

Phoenix?

White Jade Phoenix!

She immediately thought of the photo of the young woman in her house, who was wearing a white jade phoenix pendant.

The woman's picture was in their family photo, and also in her grandfather's study. She and her mother knew that she was the old couple's daughter who had died many years ago, and also their only biological daughter. Even though more than ten years had passed, the old couple could never let go of her.

The old woman was mentally unstable and often ran away, saying she was going to find her daughter. She was also distant from her mother and her.

Although the grandfather treated the mother and daughter as his own daughter and granddaughter, his biological daughter always held a special place in his heart.

The woman in the photo has a name on it; it's Dong Lianxin.

She had just seen that the jade pendant was no ordinary item, and the things Dong Lianxin was carrying were certainly not ordinary either.

Thinking about the girl's age, she suddenly had a bold guess.

Could it be that Dong Lianxin didn't actually die back then, and this girl is her daughter?

The girl looked to be under twenty years old. Dong Lianxin disappeared twenty-one years ago, and it is said that she also suffered from amnesia at the time...

As for why the Dong family later said that Dong Lianxin was dead, that remains unknown.

As she thought about these things, her heart started pounding uncontrollably.

If Dong Lianxin were still alive, and if that girl was really her daughter, they might very well return to the Dong family and try to deprive her of the affection the Dong family members had for her mother and her.

Over the years, not only did her maternal grandfather treat her and her mother as his own, but her uncles and cousins ​​also doted on her. She was like a little princess in the Dong family.

Because her uncle had no daughter and her maternal grandfather had no granddaughter, they adored her. They took her to the Dong family when she was little and raised her there. She grew up under the careful care of the entire Dong family, and everything she ate and used was much better than that of other children her age.

When she was little, no matter who bullied her, her three older cousins ​​would stand up for her and protect her.

She grew up in a loving environment; they doted on her not only in the past and now, but when she gets married, her maternal grandfather, uncles, and brothers all promised to prepare a generous dowry for her, so she could always be the little princess that others envied.

If a girl were to suddenly try to take away her happy life and steal the affection the Dong family has for her, she would absolutely not agree to it.

She became somewhat anxious and knew she had to tell her mother about it.

During her lunch break, she went to the hospital's reception area to call home, and her mother answered the phone.

She subtly inquired and learned that there was no one else with her mother, so she brought up the matter of seeing the jade pendant.

"Mom, that jade pendant really looks like the one Dong Lianxin is wearing, and that girl is about my age. Mom, what if Dong Lianxin isn't dead at all? What if she's married and has a daughter outside? Once they return to the Dong family, we won't have any place anymore?"

Upon hearing this news, Dong Wenhua was immediately startled.

She was much more mature than Xu Xinning, and to prevent the others in the family from hearing, she lowered her voice: "Xinning, don't panic. You just saw a similar jade pendant, and we can't be sure if it's the one Dong Lianxin wore back then. Don't scare yourself."

"Mom, maybe I should take another closer look when I have the chance. If it's really not that spot, then I'm just being paranoid."

"Okay, take another look."

Speaking of this, Dong Wenhua asked again, "How's your work over there? You just transferred there, are you settling in well?"

Xu Xinning was still angry about what happened in the obstetrics and gynecology department that day, so she told Dong Wenhua about it.

“They actually treated you like this. I’ll have your uncle call the hospital director and ask him to take care of you.”

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