Xia Jianguo looked at her mockingly: "She's my own daughter, but isn't she yours too?"

Ignoring Wu Zhaodi, he turned to the two police officers and said, "Officers, it's like this. My daughter was switched at birth when she was little, and she was only recognized and brought home a few days ago. My wife wants to marry my daughter off to someone else in exchange for a dowry, so that her nephew can find a wife."

“My daughter and I definitely couldn’t agree to it. I didn’t expect Wu Baoping to get angry and hit my daughter. My daughter is weak and timid. She only accidentally hit him once during the shoving. But look at his small body, how could he possibly beat a big man?”

As Xia Jianguo spoke, a bitter smile appeared on his face: "Sigh... It's my fault as a father for being so useless. I could only watch helplessly as my daughter was bullied."

Xia Wan looked aggrieved on the surface, but in her heart she praised her father's acting skills. This was the first time she had ever seen Old Xia play a weak character.

The police officers looked on with suspicion. They felt that Xia Jianguo was going too far. How could a grown man be bullied like this?

Just as I was about to listen further, I heard Wu Zhaodi next to me get angry!

She gritted her teeth and began to wail and curse: "You're talking nonsense! I knew you'd favor that bitch Xia Wan! Xia Jianguo, you piece of trash, you've really lost all sense of shame to protect her!"

"What else can I do but protect my own daughter? I can't possibly protect someone else's child, and besides, I'm just telling the truth!" Xia Jianguo said calmly, having regained some of his former self.

Wu Zhaodi was so angry that her eyes were bloodshot. She pointed at Xia Jianguo and shouted, "How can you say you're not lying? You're clearly lying! Baoping's face is covered in bruises from this brat. And there must be other injuries on his body as well. Why don't you mention that?"

The ward door was open this time, and when she shouted, all the patients' families in the hospital craned their necks to look inside.

"Comrade, what's all the commotion about? This is a hospital! This isn't a place for you to argue!" A nurse, hearing the commotion, rushed over and frowned upon seeing the police officer: "Officer, has something happened at our hospital?"

When the police officer saw the nurse come in, he asked, "Hello, sir. We received a report from this woman that her nephew was beaten by this woman in the same ward. Nurse, did you hear any noise coming from the ward today?"

The nurse thought for a moment, then looked at everyone in the ward, a hint of doubt in her eyes: "I've been at work all day and haven't heard anything. Should I call my colleague to ask again?"

Xia Wan and the others are all familiar with her. After getting to know this little girl over the past few days, they found her to be a very well-behaved, sensible, and filial girl. She has been taking care of her father while he was hospitalized.

Looking at another hospital bed, where a man with a bruised and swollen face was sitting, the nurse's doubts deepened.

Are they trying to say that the man was beaten by Xia Wan?

How is that possible?

The police officer, unaware of the nurse's thoughts, simply nodded and said, "Then I'll trouble you, comrade, to call over the nurse on duty today."

After the nurse left, the police questioned the family members in the next ward, but unfortunately got nothing.

Everyone said they didn't hear any other noises in the ward.

Wu Zhaodi felt a little flustered for some reason, and when she looked up, she unintentionally met Xia Wan's mocking gaze.

Her heart skipped a beat; she wondered what trick this brat was up to this time.

A short while later, the nurse called over the other people on duty that day. Not only the nurses, but also the doctors who were not busy at the moment came over.

However, everyone gave the same answer: they hadn't heard any noise.

A glint flashed in Xia Wan's eyes, then she lowered her head, her voice aggrieved: "Mother, I know I didn't grow up by your side and you don't like me, but you can't call my father a piece of trash! My father became like this to protect national property, how can you call him a piece of trash?"

Xia Jianguo's face flashed with shock, his expression extremely complicated. He had almost forgotten that he had broken his leg while protecting state property.

For the past few years, everyone has said he is disabled, but no one ever says why he became like this.

He doesn't know where the compensation money the transportation company gave him went. He can't help but wonder why he made his life so bad in the past.

Everyone else present looked at Xia Jianguo in surprise. Saving national property was a heroic act, and their eyes were full of admiration as they looked at him.

Xia Wan noticed the change in the others' eyes and continued, "Although I was just taken home, I know a bit about my father's heroic deeds. I heard them from the aunties in the village, so they must be true."

My father was a truck driver, transporting precious grain seeds. He was robbed on the road, and to protect the grain, his legs were broken. He didn't want it to turn out like this!

Xia Wan couldn't help but shed tears as she spoke, which made everyone feel even more sympathetic.

Wu Zhaodi fell silent. How could she not know that this brat not only loved to hit people, but was also incredibly sharp-tongued!

She could only insist on the fact that Xia Wan had hit someone in her rebuttal: "It's a fact that you hit your cousin, but now we're talking about the issue of you compensating your cousin! Don't talk nonsense!"

Xia Wan was extremely aggrieved, her eyes filled with tears and her voice trembling: "Fine, I'll stay with you, just don't make things difficult for my father!"

As he spoke, he couldn't help but sway and bump into the cabinet next to him, instinctively covering his right arm with his left hand.

She bit her lip, trying not to make a sound, as if she were hiding something.

Xia Jianguo noticed that her expression was off and she was sweating profusely; it didn't seem like she was faking it.

He grabbed her arm with some concern: "Xiao Wan..."

Xia Wan winked at him from an angle where no one could see, to show that she was fine and to reassure him.

"Little girl, what's wrong?" The female doctor next to her noticed that something was wrong with her, came over to support her, and asked with concern.

Xia Wan shook her head, trying to appear strong, her voice even weaker: "I...I'm fine...I'm fine..."

"You look terrible. Are you feeling unwell? Come with me and I'll examine you!" The kind female doctor helped her walk out.

Xia Wan was secretly pleased. These past few days, all her visits to the doctor's office hadn't been in vain. This was the advantage of having acquaintances.

“Officer, look at how thin this girl is. She can’t even walk steadily. How could she possibly beat a man?”

"That's right, this girl looks unwell, let's send her out for a check-up first."

Many onlookers began to speak up for Xia Wan, after all, the girl looked so pitiful.

Xia Wan lowered her eyes slightly and said timidly to the police officer, "Excuse me, could you come out with me for a moment? I...I...there's something I can't say here."