Oh no! This is going to press on his wound! Will he be crushed to death if he falls like this? Zheng Shuyi looked at Yan Yixing with a panicked expression, her face pale, as if she were facing certain death...

She's completely weightless right now, she has no control over which direction she'll fall... Can he withstand the weight of her crashing down?

So sudden, Yan Yixing was too busy laughing to react... until their four lips pressed tightly together, and the two stared at each other in shock.

Yan Yixing's toes were so tense that they stood straight, his body stiffened, and he dared not move. Fortunately, the impact did not hit his wound, which was on the other side.

Zheng Shuyi was also stunned by the shock. What was that soft, squishy thing? Oh no... her first kiss... was gone?

But when she slammed down, her right side hit the edge of the bed, and it hurt a little. The bed frame is made of wood...

She was in so much pain that she couldn't get up for a while. Would he misunderstand and think that she was clinging to him and taking advantage of him?

Zheng Shuyi clutched her right side and struggled to sit up...

"I'm sorry... I didn't mean to..."

Zheng Shuyi looked somewhat embarrassed, but more than that, she felt the pain in her waist from the blow. She had been numb and unaware of the blow for a moment, but now the pain was spreading and making her feel extremely uncomfortable.

"It's okay... Are you alright? Are you hurt?"

Yan Yixing immediately noticed that she was covering her side with her hand, clearly having just bumped into something. The bed frame was made of solid wood, with the mattress in the middle and the edges hard; she must have bumped into something on it.

Seeing that she seemed to be in a lot of pain, he was somewhat worried.

"Thank goodness, you're alright. Did I hit your wound?"

After resting for a while, Zheng Shuyi felt much better, and the pain gradually subsided.

He suddenly realized whether she had hit his wound or not.

"No."

Yan Yixing spoke softly, but she was actually worried about her silently.

"Let me cushion it for you."

Zheng Shuyi picked up the cushion and prepared to help Yan Yixing.

"Do you want to take a rest?"

Yan Yixing grabbed Zheng Shuyi's wrist and looked at her with concern, asking her a question.

"It's okay, it doesn't hurt anymore. If you don't eat now, the dumplings will get cold."

Zheng Shuyi smiled; after the initial shock subsided, it did indeed hurt less.

She then propped him up and carefully fed him dumplings, still not letting him eat by himself, worried that he might hurt his wound.

Her smile was warm and gentle, like a ray of light in the darkness, instantly healing Yan Yixing... If he could, he would rather this injury never healed, so he could stay in this state forever...

= = =

m Country Hospital

"Stop hitting! Stop hitting!"

"Please, please, let me go!"

"It hurts so much..."

Sun Shanshan mumbled softly, but she didn't wake up. She soon fell silent and continued to lie quietly.

Fu Yao stood by the hospital bedside, holding Sun Shanshan's hand with heartache, recalling Sun Shanshan's growth from childhood to adulthood, which was still vivid in her mind.

Sun Zhibin's heart ached no less than Fu Yao's; he was just not good at expressing it.

Soon, Fu Yao's phone rang.

"Yaoyao, how are you? I have some news to tell you, but I'm afraid you can't handle it..."

Chen Xi had only slept for a short while when she received a call from her subordinates informing her of new developments. Without a moment's delay, she immediately called Fu Yao.

"Xi'er, it's alright, tell me, I can handle it..."

Sun Shanshan, whom I've raised for 20 years, is now barely breathing. She's endured all of this... she's not afraid of anything worse...

"The matter I sent people to investigate for you has yielded some results."

Chen Xi felt that even the slightest bit of news should be shared with Fu Yao first, knowing that Fu Yao must be very worried right now.

"Really? Xi'er, tell me quickly!"

Fu Yao's eyes suddenly lit up with a glimmer of light and life. She hadn't expected such good news so soon. Was she about to meet her own flesh and blood?

She was filled with anticipation... At this moment, she had already gone to the balcony to answer the phone, afraid that the sound would be too loud and disturb Sun Shanshan.

"I investigated the hospital where you gave birth that year and found the nurse on duty that day. I learned that you gave birth to a son, but he was switched by your attending physician. The nurse refused to keep it a secret, so she was threatened and almost killed. Now the nurse is paralyzed on one side... and could die at any time... In order not to have any regrets after death, she chose to tell us what she knew. However, the doctor has long since disappeared. I need some more time to investigate these matters."

Chen Xi hadn't expected to receive this news so quickly. She later learned that it was her aunt, who worked for her... and had fled to a small village to live under an assumed name after this incident...

"Yaoyao, Yaoyao, are you still listening?"

After speaking, Chen Xi noticed that there was no response from the other end of the phone, so she called Fu Yao's name a few more times to make sure she was still listening.

"Yes, I'm listening... but why would she do that?"

Fu Yao was completely stunned... She never imagined that she had been maliciously switched, even her gender had been changed...

Although neither family favors sons over daughters, who could bear this? Suddenly going from a daughter to a son?

But why would that person do this? Why switch the child?

"The nurse said that the doctor only agreed to help her get a son after taking money from his own sister. Her sister is disliked in her husband's family, who all favor sons over daughters. She already had three daughters, and they said they would kill her newborn daughter if she had another daughter. So, she had to resort to such evil deeds to save her daughter's life. She secretly ran away to give birth to the child, Shanshan, who was born the day before you..."

Chen Xi relayed what her subordinates had told her to Fu Yao verbatim...

When she heard the news, she was also shocked... So children who are not the gender she wanted should die? In the end, they are all her children and should be cherished equally.

"Why! To let her daughter live, you switched my son?! That's my flesh and blood, the result of ten months of pregnancy! No matter the reason, I will make sure she dies in jail! No wonder Shanshan couldn't be raised properly, it turns out some bad habits are just innate! Xi'er, I beg you, you must help me find my son..."

Fu Yao didn't care what her reason was for switching her child; what she did was wrong and illegal!

No wonder Sun Shanshan never learned her lesson... Now she finally understands the problem, because she's just as bad as her mother!

She had treated her so well for 20 years, and this ingrate... helped raise this thief's child... She found it utterly ridiculous!