The two exchanged a glance, becoming even more certain that Li Lan was the one who had done it.
Li Lan tried to run, but Pang Zhe grabbed her shoulder and pulled her back. Li Lan cried out in distress, "Let go of me! I want to go back! I'm telling you, you're illegally assaulting me! I can call the police to arrest you!"
Mingze ignored Li Lan's shouting and looked at Gu Zhendong, "Are you sure it's her?"
"Look at her reaction, aren't you sure yet?" Gu Zhendong looked coldly at Li Lan. "Call the police? Fine, will you call the police yourself, or will we call the police for you?"
As Gu Zhendong spoke, he glanced at Pang Zhe out of the corner of his eye, signaling him to hand the phone to Li Lan.
He wanted to see for himself whether Li Lan was bold enough to call the police and have him arrested!
Upon seeing Mingze, Li Lan knew what she was about to face. Her legs went weak, her face turned pale, and she kept saying she was going to call the police. In reality, what she feared most was calling the police!
His eyes trembled as he glanced at the phone Pang Zhe handed him; before he could even grasp it, it fell to the ground.
At the same time, Gu Zhendong scoffed coldly, "Don't you dare?"
Li Lan's lips turned pale. "I want to go back!"
“Go back? Where do you want to go back to, the police station? You have two choices now: either confess honestly or hand yourself over to the police!” Gu Zhendong said, picking up his phone. “I’ll give you three minutes to think it over. If you don’t reveal what happened back then, I think the police station would welcome you!”
Mingze had met many people in his life, but he had absolutely no memory of Li Lan.
He was certain he didn't know Li Lan, and he had no idea why this vicious woman would take their child away.
No matter what, the woman in front of him was the culprit who caused them to be separated from their child for many years. For that reason alone, he could never forgive her, and his eyes were filled with disgust as he looked at Li Lan.
Li Lan avoided Mingze's resentful gaze, knowing that no matter how she explained, it would be futile.
She had met Mingze and Shen Hui back then, and although so many years have passed, she still has a very deep impression of the couple.
At that time, she was heavily pregnant and went to a neighboring city alone to escape the people who came to collect debts.
She found a job at the hospital and saw Mingze accompanying Shen Hui to a prenatal checkup.
The two were very good-looking, and wherever they went, there were always groups of people secretly talking about them.
According to the nurses at the hospital, this woman is very happy. Every time she comes for a prenatal checkup, her husband accompanies her and takes care of everything. They are full of anticipation for their child.
It has to be admitted that Mingze and Shen Hui were a perfect match when they were young. Their faces were filled with happy smiles, which made people envious.
Li Lan thought of her own miserable life. She had married Ye Bo hoping for a stable life, but Ye Bo was a hypocrite. Not long after they got married, he revealed his true colors. He gambled away all his money and then sent people to their home to demand money. When they couldn't pay, he threatened to kill her and her child.
Li Lan thought to herself that people's fate is really unfair. Some people do nothing but are born into a wealthy family, live a life of luxury from childhood, and even marry such outstanding men.
On several subsequent occasions, Li Lan saw Mingze accompanying Shen Hui to prenatal checkups at the hospital. Her jealousy deepened with each visit, eventually leading her to do something foolish.
On the day she gave birth, she never expected that Shen Hui would have an unexpected premature birth. Later, she suffered a massive hemorrhage and fell into a coma, and was immediately rushed to the emergency room for treatment.
As for the matter of switching children, she had not originally intended to do so.
Although she was a new mother, she knew what it felt like to be a mother. What mother would want to abandon her child right after birth?
However, during her pregnancy, she didn't take good care of herself and was constantly hiding from debt collectors, which affected the baby in her womb. The baby was diagnosed with a heart problem after birth and needed surgery, which would cost a lot of money. She was already struggling to support herself, so where would she find a large sum of money?
So she hatched a wicked plan and, under the pretext of visiting her own child, cruelly swapped her child with Shen Huimingze's child.
I've heard that Shen Hui and Ming Ze are quite wealthy, so I'm sure they can afford to pay this amount to save their child.
However, fearing that others would discover she had switched the children, she casually swapped them with another child, Lu Sangsang, whom she had taken away.
And so, Li Lan resigned from the hospital, took Lu Sangsang, and fled to S City overnight, never to return.
For the first month, she was so afraid of being discovered that she dared not go back. But she couldn't resist missing her own child. After more than a month, she secretly went back, but by then she had heard that her child had died. She even saw her child's tombstone. She was heartbroken and lost all hope.
The doctor had told her that the child was born with a host of illnesses, and surgery could only guarantee a 30% chance of survival. As for whether she would live, it was up to fate.
At first, Li Lan raised Lu Sangsang as her own daughter, but later she gave birth to Ye Ran. People's hearts are always biased. Lu Sangsang was someone else's daughter, but Ye Ran was her biological daughter. Ye Ran's birth was a salvation for her, so she treated Ye Ran a thousand times better. From a young age, she gave Ye Ran whatever she wanted.
Li Lan bit her lip tightly, not daring to reveal what happened back then.
Mingze slammed his hand on the table. "Don't want to talk? Then I think we might as well just call the police. I bet she'll tell you everything once she's inside!"
The thought that she was the one who caused their family of three to separate made Mingze want to tear the woman in front of him to pieces!
On the way here, Mingze had also heard Gu Zhendong mention Lu Huan.
Lu Huan used to have a good life in the Lu family. She was pampered by the Lu couple since she was a child. Unfortunately, after the Lu family found their biological daughter, their attitude towards Lu Huan plummeted. Fortunately, Lu Huan was lucky and met Gu Zhendong.
With Gu Zhendong backing Lu Huan up, Lu Huan is naturally doing quite well now, and they even know about it.
But what if Lu Huan hadn't met Gu Zhendong back then? Wouldn't they have never known about their daughter's existence, and how miserable Lu Huan's life would have been?
After thinking about all that, Mingze's expression grew increasingly grim.
Since it concerned his daughter, Mingze was about to call the police without saying a word, which made Li Lan tremble with fear. "No, don't!"
"Then hurry up and tell me!"
Li Lan opened her mouth, hesitated, and said, "If I tell the truth, can you not call the police and let me go?"
She was genuinely afraid of going to jail; what would happen to Ye Ran if she went to jail?
"Do you think you still have a choice?" Gu Zhendong scoffed. "The power is in my hands. Even if you don't want to talk, we can find out!"
Gu Zhendong was right; they didn't need to come to see Li Lan. It was Mingze who was truly angry and confused.
They had never made enemies in their lives, so who could be so cruel as to take their child away?
Now that he has seen her in person and she is still stammering and afraid to tell the truth, he is even more furious and is about to call the police.
Li Lan's face turned deathly pale. She knew that Gu Zhendong's words were true, so she didn't say anything and confessed everything that happened back then.
She gave herself a seemingly legitimate excuse: "I really didn't have the money to save my daughter, so I came up with this idea. I was just out of my mind, I was confused, it's all my fault!"
Li Lan was crying her eyes out, her face a mess; if you looked at her any longer, you would feel disgusted.
Mingze laughed angrily, "Just because your daughter doesn't have money for medical treatment, you took my daughter away?"
What's the logic behind this?
Li Lan trembled at the shout, lowered her head, and dared not defend herself.
She understood the logic; what did it matter to others whether her daughter lived or died?
Aside from not having the money to save her daughter, she was also resentful and jealous of Shen Hui.
They're both women, so why is her fate so much better? She has a good family background, a good husband, and a healthy daughter.
She dared not speak, for doing so would only provoke Mingze's anger even greater.
On the way back, Mingze threw another tantrum.
Gu Zhendong didn't know how to comfort Mingze. He thought that if his own daughter had been taken away, he would be even angrier and more ruthless than Mingze.
They took a bus from S City early in the morning, and the round trip took four or five hours.
Shen Hui knew that Mingze had gone to see the woman who had taken their daughter today. She originally wanted to go with her, but Mingze was afraid that she wouldn't be able to handle the shock, so he persuaded her to wait for news at home.
Shen Hui didn't sleep well last night and woke up early this morning, wanting to persuade Mingze to change his mind.
To her surprise, Mingze insisted that she stay at home and wait for news, and even invited Lu Huan to keep her company.
Lu Huan was naturally happy to be with Shen Hui, and she came over early in the morning.
Lu Huan was unaware of what had happened. Gu Zhendong only said that he was going on a business trip with Mingze today and was worried that Shen Hui would be too bored staying at home alone, so he asked her to come and keep her company.
Shen Hui seems to be in a bad mood these past two days, so let's try to cheer her up.
Shen Hui already knew that Lu Huan was her daughter, so she naturally wanted to see her. Before Lu Huan arrived, she went to the market and bought a lot of fresh ingredients, planning to cook a table full of dishes to entertain her daughter.
When Lu Huan arrived, Shen Hui was already busy in the kitchen.
Actually, her cooking skills aren't that great. Usually, Mingze does the cooking, or they hire a housekeeper to cook.
"Second Aunt, you don't need to do so much. I already had breakfast when I arrived!"
Lu Huan stood at the door, watching the busy figures inside, and her memories suddenly drifted back to the past.
Her mother was always busy in the kitchen for her, and even though her mother's cooking skills weren't very good, it was the best meal she had ever eaten.
Shen Hui looked much more haggard than before. Lu Huan wanted to go in and help out, but Shen Hui scolded him and drove him away.
Lu Huan felt a little wronged; she just wanted to go in and help out.
Shen Hui realized that her attitude was a bit inappropriate and was afraid that Lu Huan would dislike her, so she hurriedly softened her voice, "I'm sorry, I'm a little anxious today. Please sit down for a while, I'll be done in a minute."
Upon hearing this, Lu Huan could only nod and reluctantly returned to the sofa in the living room.
After pushing Lu Huan out, Shen Hui was extremely annoyed. Why had she scolded Lu Huan like that?
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