Chapter 329 Ning Zhi's Suspicion

Yun Zheng gently opened the door of the ward and glanced at the empty corner of the corridor, only to see Wu Ma hurriedly adjusting the corner of her clothes.

"Aunt Wu, who was talking just now?" Her voice was hoarse from days of fatigue, but still as sharp as a thorn.

The towel in Wu Ma's hand almost slipped, and she forced a smile, "Yes, the nurse who delivered the medicine went to the wrong door."

When she turned around, half of the medicine bottle label was exposed from her apron pocket, but it was quickly stuffed into the folds of the fabric before Yun Zheng could speak.

Yun Zheng returned to the ward doubtfully. The moment she closed the door, she caught a glimpse of a slender figure passing by at the end of the corridor.

At the same time, Ning Zhi hid in the shadow of the safe passage, and the sound of her heartbeat made her eardrums hurt.

The moment Yun Zheng stuck her head out, she saw the face that looked 70% like hers, and she was stunned.

There is absolutely no such coincidence in the world, and there is no way there could be someone who looks so much like her.

She had a bold guess in her mind, but she was not sure whether her guess was correct.

Ning Zhi stood in the shadow of the emergency passage, her fingers tightly gripping the stair railing, her knuckles turning white from the force.

She stared at the closed ward door through the crack, her mind full of the face she had just caught a glimpse of.

"This is impossible..." Ning Zhi murmured softly, her voice sounding particularly clear in the empty stairwell.

She believed Mo Chenfeng, so she didn't think about it in a dirty way.

But the girl in the ward just now was so similar to her, to the extent that even she felt the same way.

The smell of hospital disinfectant suddenly became pungent and she felt dizzy.

The cell phone vibrated in his pocket, and Ning Zhi took it out as if waking from a dream.

It was a message from her husband, Mo Chenfeng: "Zhizhi, I have something urgent to do, so I'll be home late. I have your favorite tiramisu in the refrigerator, and I'll bring you Black Forest cake later."

Ning Zhi stared at the screen, her heart feeling as if being gripped by an invisible hand.

She knew Mo Chenfeng was lying.

He was clearly here just a few minutes ago, and his car probably hasn't even left the hospital yet.

She took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.

First, she has to figure out who the girl who looks so strikingly like her is;

Secondly, she wanted to find out why Mo Chenfeng lied to her.

Ning Zhi quietly pushed open the door of the emergency passage, and the corridor was empty.

She walked quickly to the nurse's station, pretending to be a family member visiting a patient.

"Hello, I'd like to inquire about the condition of the patient in the SVIP ward on the 3rd floor." Ning Zhi gave a decent smile, but her hand was tightly clenched in her handbag.

"Who are you to Mr. Fu?" The nurse looked up at her, her expression suddenly becoming strange. "No, you're Miss Yun's sister, right? You look so much alike."

Ning Zhi's heart skipped a beat.

Miss Yun?

She nodded calmly, "No, I'm her... aunt."

"Mr. Fu has been in a coma for a long time, and Miss Yun has been taking care of him the whole time." The nurse looked down at the medical records. "You can go in directly. The nurse should be inside."

Ning Zhi thanked her politely and turned to leave.

Ning Zhi didn't know how she got home.

Her fingers gripped the steering wheel so tightly that her knuckles turned white, and all she could see along the way was a face that looked exactly like her own when she was young.

If this girl had nothing to do with him, she would never believe it!

When she pushed open the door, her movements were a little heavier than usual, and the door lock made a crisp "click" sound, which was particularly harsh in the quiet villa.

The living room was filled with the scent of her favorite lilies. Mo Chenfeng would change the bouquet every week, a habit he had maintained for ten years.

But today the scent of flowers made her stomach ache.

"Zhizhi?" Mo Chenfeng's voice came from the kitchen, accompanied by the sound of porcelain clinking gently, "You're back?"

Ning Zhi stood at the entrance and did not respond as usual.

She slowly took off her coat, her movements as mechanical as a puppet.

The mirror reflected her pale face and slightly red eyes, and she quickly looked away.

Mo Chenfeng came out with a tea tray, still wearing the dark blue apron, which was the gift she gave him on their wedding anniversary last year.

He had his usual gentle smile on his lips, and tiny lines appeared at the corners of his eyes.

"I bought your favorite Black Forest cake," he said, putting down the tea tray and taking out an exquisite cake box from a paper bag. "The boss said they're using the newly arrived Belgian chocolate today."

The cake box is printed with the gold-plated logo of "Sweet Time". It is from the dessert shop in the east of the city that requires reservations three days in advance.

Ning Zhi stared at the box and suddenly felt difficulty breathing. What a perfect lie, even the details were flawless.

Mo Chenfeng approached her, with a faint scent of cedar on his body, which was the cologne she chose for him.

He reached out to hold her in his arms as usual, but the moment he touched her shoulder he noticed something strange.

"What's wrong?" He frowned slightly and gently stroked her cheek with his fingers. "You look so bad, are you feeling unwell?"

Ning Zhi did not avoid his touch, but she also did not snuggle into his arms like she did in the past.

"Where have you been just now?" She heard her own voice, unusually calm.

Mo Chenfeng's fingers paused slightly on her shoulder, then he continued to stroke her hair as if nothing had happened. "Didn't I tell you? I'm going to buy you a cake."

"Really?" Ning Zhi finally looked up at him, but her almond-shaped eyes, which always smiled, now had no warmth at all.

Mo Chenfeng's expression froze for a moment, then quickly returned to normal. "Of course? What's wrong with you, Zhizhi?"

Ning Zhi took a step back from his arms, took out her cell phone from her bag, and played a photo. She had taken it in the hospital parking lot. Mo Chenfeng's black Land Rover was clearly visible, and the time showed it was two hours ago.

"I went to the hospital," she said slowly, "and saw her."

Mo Chenfeng's pupils suddenly contracted.

"Zhizhi, please listen to my explanation..." His voice trembled and his fingers unconsciously grasped the edge of his apron.

Ning Zhi took a step back, her back resting against the cold entrance mirror.

The biting coldness of the mirror seeped into her skin through her thin shirt, but it was far less than the chill she felt in her heart at the moment.

"What do you want to explain?" She heard her own hoarse voice. "Explain that you went to the hospital every day and kept it a secret from me? Or explain that you had already found her, but kept it a secret from me?"

Mo Chenfeng's face turned pale in an instant. He reached out to pull her, but froze in mid-air.

Outside the floor-to-ceiling window, dusk was falling, and the last ray of sunset stretched his shadow very long, casting a lonely shadow on the wall.

"Her name is Yun Zheng." He spoke with difficulty, his Adam's apple rolling, "She is our biological daughter."

Ning Zhi couldn't hold back her tears when she heard these words.

Her hand tightly grasped the corner of Mo Chenfeng's clothes, "When did you find her? Why didn't you tell me?"

"Dad and Shi An found her more than a month ago."

Mo Chenfeng's voice was calm, but the slightly trembling ending still revealed his emotions at the moment.

He reached out and held Ning Zhi tightly in his arms. "Zhizhi, the reason I didn't tell you was because you were very emotionally unstable at the time, and...the child was a little resistant to us. She didn't want to acknowledge us."

"That's why I didn't dare tell you."

Ning Zhi couldn't stop crying, but her mood had stabilized a little. "Then tell me how she is doing now?"

"For the first 24 years, she made her parents think she was their biological daughter and treated her very well. When she was 24, the Yun family's biological daughter returned, and our Zheng Zheng began living under someone else's roof."

Mo Chenfeng felt a slight pain in his heart when he talked about this, but he knew that everyone would side with those who were related to him by blood.

He also knew that he had no right to judge the Yun family.

"Zheng Zheng originally had a childhood sweetheart fiancé, and they were about to get engaged, but because they found their biological daughter, they gave the engagement to Zheng Zheng."

"Later, they... severed ties with Zheng Zheng."

Ning Zhi's body trembled violently, and her nails dug deeply into Mo Chenfeng's arm.

She raised her tear-stained face and asked in a hoarse voice, "Break up the relationship?"

Mo Chenfeng nodded lightly, "Yeah."

"But she's not alone either, she's married."

"Marriage" Ning Zhi was confused by what he said, "Didn't her fiancé marry someone else?"

"The one who married Zheng Zheng was not her fiancé, but Fu Linghe, the current head of the Fu family!" Mo Chenfeng's voice couldn't help but become heavy.

"The Fu family in the capital" Ning Zhi's voice was filled with doubt and shock.

"Yes, it's the Fu family." Mo Chenfeng was indeed quite surprised when he first learned about this.

"Fu Linghe is very good to Zheng Zheng. It's because of him that Zheng Zheng doesn't have to face so many things alone."

"Then why is Zheng Zheng in the hospital in Country A?" Ning Zhi continued to ask.

"Originally, Zheng Zheng and Fu Linghe were planning to hold a make-up engagement party, but Fu Linghe's business in Country F ran into some problems, and his plane lost contact over Country A on his way back."

"Zheng Zheng came to Shi An for help in order to find him." Mo Chenfeng could only tell Ning Zhi everything he knew.

Ning Zhi was silent for a long time before she spoke, "Hubby, can I go to the hospital to see her?"

Mo Chenfeng held her hand tightly, "Zhizhi, can we wait a little longer? Fu Linghe hasn't woken up yet, and Zhengzheng is on the verge of collapse. She doesn't have the energy to deal with the relationship between us and her."

"Every time I go to the hospital, I just peek outside. I haven't met her in person yet."

"And you also know the grudge between our family and the Fu family. If Zheng Zheng recognized us, the pressure she would have to endure would be much greater than it is now."

Mo Chenfeng stated this fact as calmly as possible.

"I know. I just want to see her. It doesn't matter even if she doesn't recognize us. As long as she is happy now, that's enough."

Ning Zhi just wanted to know that he was alive and well, nothing else mattered to her.