Chapter 221: No evidence, no worries? Hu Zisheng's voice was filled with regret, "Later, Xiaotang encountered obstacles everywhere he went. His mental state became worse and worse, and he began to doubt himself."

"It took her a long time to finally figure out that all the troubles and oppression were caused by that fake young master who had usurped the throne and his powerful accomplices."

"And when Xiaotang finally figured it all out, the other party's power had already become too great."

"In order not to implicate you and your father, she ultimately...had to leave in a hurry."

Ji Shuyun was silent for a long time before he regained his voice from the overwhelming onslaught of information: "So, Ningning and Xia Qingqing being taken away by mistake was not an accident at all..."

But he immediately noticed a deeper paradox and frowned: "Since Xia Cheng himself is a fake young master, the most important thing he should do is to cover up the truth."

"Why did they go to all that trouble to switch Ning Ning and Xia Qingqing, and then recognize Xia Qingqing back 22 years later?"

"What?!" Hu Zisheng sat up suddenly from the hospital bed in shock, not even caring about his wound.

"That fake guy...he actually switched Xiaotang's daughter?!"

Xia Zhining briefly recounted how she and Xia Qingqing were switched when they were young, and how Xia Cheng recognized Xia Qingqing not long ago.

“How vicious!!”

After hearing this, Hu Zisheng's pale face instantly turned red with extreme anger.

"Xiaotang has suffered so much these years away from home. He saves money every month and sends money back without fail..."

"And... and the girl she raised with so much painstaking effort turned out to be that fake guy's daughter?!"

As soon as Hu Zisheng finished speaking, Ji Shuyun suddenly looked at Hu Zisheng.

His voice trembled with disbelief: "Aunt Hu, you just said... Mother sent us money every month?"

Hu Zisheng's eyes were red, and his voice was full of heartache and injustice: "Although she can't go back to see you, she is always thinking about you and your sister!"

"Xiaotang...works at the paint factory during the day, and takes on painting and handicraft jobs at night. She works day and night..."

"She saved every penny she earned outside and sent it all to you."

Hu Zisheng took a deep breath and explained the whole story: "She was afraid of being discovered by those who were watching her, and she couldn't even protect this last bit of kindness. She could only ask us to pass it on in the name of a charity."

"Only in this way can we bypass those people's eyes and ears and ensure that the money reaches you..."

Ji Shuyun, who was always calm and composed, suddenly had red eyes after hearing this, and tears welled up in his eyes uncontrollably.

His voice was hoarse and choked with sobs: "No wonder... I'm just wondering, how can there be such a long-lasting and coincidental 'kind-hearted person' in the world..."

"Not only did they provide financial support when we were young, but after we went to college, their living expenses became so generous..."

Xia Zhining, who was standing by, also suddenly realized.

Yes, if it weren’t for the mother’s silent protection for more than 20 years, how could her brother, who was only four or five years old at the time, raise Xia Qingqing alone after her father died while saving someone?

Xia Qingqing, who was raised by her brother with the hard-earned money sent by her mother and who lived frugally, is the daughter of the instigator!

Xia Zhining's heart suddenly turned upside down, and she felt as nauseous as if she had swallowed a fly alive!

Xia Zhining calmed down, thought about it carefully, and suddenly woke up: "At the beginning of this year, the head of the Xia family passed away due to illness."

The old man of the Xia family is my mother Xia Tang’s biological father.

He is also Xia Cheng's nominal "father".

Although Xia Cheng never defeated Xia Zhuangya, he came to Jiangcheng to develop twenty years ago.

Xia Zhining and the head of the Xia family rarely meet and are not close.

But over the years, Xia Cheng has also received many benefits from the Xia family in Beijing.

After the old man passed away, the bulk of Jingxia Investment was given to Xia Zhuangya, but Xia Cheng also received a considerable share of the inheritance.

The more Xia Zhining spoke, the clearer her thoughts became: "My mother is the biological daughter of the head of the Xia family."

"But now that the head of the family has passed away, a paternity test can no longer be performed."

"There's no way to prove my mother's identity anymore."

"The Xia family's inheritance has already been divided up."

Her heart trembled, and a guess surfaced: "Could it be that Xia Cheng is taking Xia Qingqing back now..."

"You just feel that since there's no evidence after death, everything is over?"

“So my vaccine development was still useful before, and he didn’t touch me.”

"As soon as I successfully developed the vaccine, he immediately kicked me out and rushed his daughter, Xia Qingqing, to come to his house..."

A chill suddenly appeared in Ji Shuyun's eyes, and his knuckles turned white from pinching.

In the past, he took good care of his enemy's daughter, while his own sister was exploited by a wealthy family.

Xia Zhining's voice was cold and icy. "Brother, you're a top graduate from the National Public Security University, and you've won countless awards, yet you were ultimately assigned to a remote township. Is Xia Cheng behind this?"

Ji Shuyun nodded solemnly: "Back then, I could have been promoted directly to a core position in Beijing through the talent channel, but was rejected because of my 'background flaws'."

"They are making a fuss about a controversial police operation my father took."

His tone was filled with suppressed anger as he continued, "Then I applied for a provincial position and got first place in both the written test and the interview. But when I got to the unit, they said, 'I need grassroots training,' and shoved me into the Tangxiang Police Station."

"I always thought it was because I was too straightforward in school and offended some of the younger generation..."

“I didn’t expect…”

Ji Shuyun repeatedly looked at Xia Cheng's file on his phone: "Xia Cheng came to Jiangcheng from Beijing when he was 25 years old."

"When I was studying at the National Police University in Beijing, his reach might not have been that long."

He frowned and said, "Xia Cheng, this fake guy, may not have such great power."

An even more terrifying speculation emerged in his mind: "They suppressed my mother, then switched my sister, and now they're targeting me."

"With such a big commotion, wouldn't the Xia family in Jing City, especially Xia Cheng's three brothers and sisters, know about it?"

Xia Zhining suddenly woke up: "It was the news last week. Aunt Xia Zhuangya's Jinxia Capital shorted Xia Cheng's group!"

"Then take over!"

The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became: "On the surface, it seems that Xia Cheng deserves his punishment and is being thrown in jail."

"But Xia Zhuangya squeezed out every last bit of his value, making sure he made a profit!"

Xia Zhining recalled the care her aunt had shown her when she was at the Xia family, and felt a chill run down her spine. "I don't know about the other two uncles in the Xia family..."

"But Aunt Xia Zhuangya is very likely to know that my mother is the real daughter of the Xia family in Jing City, her biological sister!"