Seeing that Cheng Zhili's expression was not right, Yu Peiyan added, "What Mom means is that you are the daughter that Mom raised. No matter what the final result is, you will always be Mom and Dad's daughter, and the Cheng family's daughter."
"But I might be taking another girl's place."
"The results aren't out yet, so don't blame yourself. Maybe it was just a misunderstanding. Medical cases aren't uncommon. In any case, you're still your mother's most beloved daughter."
A dark glint flashed in Yu Peiyan's eyes. At this critical juncture, absolutely no accidents could be allowed to happen. Zhili was the daughter she had raised herself and was her proudest. No one could take her away from her.
Cheng Zhibo assured her, "Zhili, don't worry, you're my only sister. No one can take away your position in the Cheng family."
“No…” Cheng Zhili looked up and retorted, “That’s not what I meant…”
"Don't panic." Yu Peiyan held her hand. "The debt of raising you, the debt of raising you, the debt of raising you comes first. Whether you are my daughter or not, you are my dearest daughter, and you can only be a daughter of the Cheng family. No one can take you away. Do you want to leave your mother? Do you want to see your mother sad?"
Cheng Zhili shook her head blankly. She had always known how good her mother was to her, so how could she let her mother be sad?
“That’s right. If the hospital really made a mistake back then, the Cheng family will compensate that girl. This has nothing to do with whether you stay with the Cheng family or not.”
is that so?
Cheng Zhili clenched her fists. If it wasn't a misunderstanding, then what were her real parents like? Should she really not go back and disrupt their original life trajectory?
“Zhili, if you leave your mother, I won’t be able to live. Do you know how much effort I’ve put into you all these years? You’ve always been my most beloved daughter. The shock I felt when I found out that we might not be biological mother and daughter was even greater than yours.”
Yu Peiyan's eyes reddened, and Cheng Zhili felt a pang of guilt. She thought to herself, "How could I have thought of leaving and making my mother so sad?"
"Zhili, your mother wants you to promise that you will never leave the Cheng family."
"I……"
"Hurry up and tell me," Cheng Zhibo urged from the side. "Is there anything to hesitate about?"
Seeing that Yu Peiyan, a strong woman, was becoming increasingly dim-eyed, Cheng Zhili quickly stepped forward and hugged her: "Mom, I promise you, I will never leave you."
"Oh, hearing you say that makes me feel relieved."
Yu Peiyan stroked Cheng Zhili's cheek: "You were carefully raised by your mother! If you leave the Cheng family, where will you find such a comfortable life? Just thinking about you going back to your unknown biological parents and having to cook and do laundry on your own makes my heart ache. You are my daughter, no matter what the outcome is, my Zhili must never leave the Cheng family to suffer."
"Mom..." Cheng Zhili burst into tears and sobbed uncontrollably.
"Don't think about anything, don't be afraid of anything, just be the eldest daughter of the Cheng family. Your parents and your brother will take care of everything."
"Um……"
The doctor quickly came over to draw blood from the Cheng family members for testing. After that, Yu Peiyan pushed Cheng Zhili into the room to rest. Only after watching her close her eyes and fall asleep did Yu Peiyan come out with a gloomy face.
How long will it take to get the results?
"I've already expedited it; it should be ready by tomorrow at the earliest."
Cheng Shizhang's expression was also grim, his voice low and filled with anger: "Do you remember anything unusual during your childbirth back then?"
"How would I know? I was so tired after giving birth that I fell asleep. Your mother took care of the baby the whole time."
Both of them were angry, but the old lady had already passed away, and there was no way to pursue the matter further.
What did the hospital say?
"The hospital naturally refused to admit it, as the initial blood test result showed that the blood type was B."
"In other words, someone switched our child before the blood was drawn. Who was it? And what was their purpose in doing so?"
Cheng Zhibo's thoughts wandered: "Could it be that some poor bastard switched the baby right after giving birth so that their daughter could have a better life? Mom, do you remember there were other mothers and babies after the birth?"
"How could the maternity ward not have other pregnant women and babies? There were so many babies born that year."
Yu Peiyan couldn't remember anything, but she felt that this person was really hateful. Not only did he take away her own child, but he also made her take good care of an outsider.
"Thinking you can use Zhili's background to ask the Cheng family for money? No way."
She felt like she was vomiting blood. Her most successful creation in her life, her most proud daughter, was someone else's! And her own daughter was very likely to be vulgar and ignorant. If word got out, she would be laughed at to death. She, Yu Peiyan, had never been so embarrassed.
"Most importantly, the Ji family must never find out about this. If they know that Zhili is not our Cheng family's biological daughter, then our marriage alliance and cooperation may be shaken."
“You make a good point,” Cheng Shizhang nodded. “But no matter what, the truth must be found out. Regardless of whether Zhili is our Cheng family’s daughter or not, she can only bear the Cheng surname and can only stay in the Cheng family. As for the other child…”
He sighed: "If they are truly our bloodline, we must bring them back and raise them well."
Yu Peiyan instinctively felt disgusted, thinking that the other family must be inferior to the Cheng family, otherwise they wouldn't have done such a despicable thing. She also felt that the girl must not have been properly raised.
The thought that her daughter, Yu Peiyan, might be a delinquent or even have little education was unbearable for her.
"If things don't turn out well, don't bring them back to the Cheng family yet. Let them be raised properly outside first," she said with annoyance.
"Don't be so resistant. He's still our own child. If that child sees him, he'll be heartbroken."
"What kind of feelings can you have if you've never raised a child? Besides, the truth will depend on the results of the paternity test."
Yu Peiyan was annoyed. How did they end up having a physical exam together this year? If only she had never known the truth! They were the perfect family!
Cheng Zhibo was also very direct, his tone stiff: "Not just anyone can be my sister, and I only recognize Zhili."
"Sigh!" Cheng Shizhang was even more worried. He had finally managed to get in touch with the Ji family and had finally persuaded Zhili to obediently become Ji Yunyang's fiancée. But now, this matter of his background had to be brought up. Was the family deliberately trying to make things difficult for him?
“No matter who switched the children back then, I will never let them go. To play such a trick on me, Cheng Shizhang, I think they have a death wish.”
For the Cheng family, this was an absolute disgrace. They had been raising someone else's child for over a decade without realizing it. How could he not be furious? Perhaps the person who switched the children had been mocking his stupidity all these years.
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