The corrupt guard scoffed, "We'll worry about tomorrow's problems tomorrow! My mother needs the money for medical treatment!"
Su Ruyi walked away without changing her expression.
Suddenly, the corrupt guard yelled, "It's all over! Where's the money? Where's my money?!"
Su Ruyi's smile became even brighter.
That night, Su Ruyi stayed at the Haicheng State-run Hotel.
The round-faced waitress recognized her and was very friendly.
Naturally, she received another White Rabbit candy.
Su Ruyi's room was very spacious and clean.
However, she still had to enter the space to study today's medical books.
These days, she always waits until her grandfather is asleep before going in, and today was no exception. At one o'clock in the morning, she blocked the door with a stool before slipping into the space.
Unexpectedly, Grandpa moved a rocking chair and sat in the middle of the yard, with a cup of strong tea next to him, the tea leaves so thick they were pushing the lid off.
It's obvious that the old man went to great lengths to wait for her.
At that moment, the old man glared at her and said, "Still hiding? Where else can you hide?"
Ever since Su Ruyi mentioned that she had come to undergo tribulation, Su Qiushi had been wanting to talk to her about it.
However, Su Ruyi didn't know what to say, so she avoided Su Qiushi for several days.
Upon seeing Su Ruyi, Su Qiushi hurriedly said, "Ruyi, Grandpa doesn't mean to blame you! On the contrary, Grandpa has a secret to tell you!"
Now it was Su Ruyi's turn to be surprised.
She stared wide-eyed, waiting for Su Qiushi to continue.
Su Qiushi sighed:
Sixteen years ago... my daughter Su Yanran got married.
But she didn't marry a good man; she married a beast!
That beast used sweet words to deceive her during their courtship, making her completely lose her sense of direction.
The moment I saw that beast, I knew he was no good person.
But my Yanran, she's too young, she can't see people clearly.
After we got married, that beastly, cold-blooded side was revealed. Yanran was beaten several times, but he never told me.
Yanran married that beast, and a year later, she gave birth to a daughter.
Because he wasn't her son, that beast beat Yanran severely during her postpartum period.
And they kicked her and her daughter out of their home.
Her daughter... no, the child we took home, she had a congenital heart condition.
It died at three months old.
Su Ruyi listened quietly, feeling a little strange—what does this have to do with me?
Su Qiushi continued, "The hospital where Yanran gave birth back then was Haicheng People's Hospital."
Back then, very few people went to hospitals to give birth.
Yanran had to undergo a cesarean section because her baby was breech and couldn't be turned around.
There were four pregnant women in that ward, all of whom couldn't give birth naturally and had to undergo cesarean sections.
One of the women who gave birth was named Guan Yumei.
Su Ruyi jumped to her feet: "What did you say?!"
Su Qiushi looked at her with affection and continued:
"Yanran's mother-in-law had a quarrel with Guan Yumei's mother-in-law."
Guan Yumei also gave birth to a daughter at that time.
Her mother-in-law was dissatisfied and wanted to sell her daughter directly to our family as a child bride.
Su Ruyi was almost stunned: "What?!"
Guan Yumei was only admitted to the hospital to give birth once, and that was to Su Ruyi!
She was once about to be sold into Su Qiushi's family as a child bride.
Su Ruyi hadn't reacted yet.
Su Qiushi sighed deeply and continued:
I was also present when Guan Yumei's mother-in-law said this.
I was furious at the time, so I told the attending physician what she had said.
The attending physician then informed the department head, who then called the police.
After the police arrived, they scolded Guan Yumei's mother-in-law, and the old lady began to hate our family.
Three days later, when they were discharged from the hospital, their family secretly switched Guan Yumei's daughter with my Yanran's daughter. Upon hearing this, Su Ruyi was thunderstruck: "No, that's impossible."
“The child we brought back has a congenital heart condition. This kind of heart disease is hereditary, and no one in our family has heart disease,” Su Qiushi said. “Ruyi, I know you are shocked, please calm down first.”
Su Qiushi didn't say anything more, but smiled at Su Ruyi, giving her time to accept it.
In an instant, all the abuse she suffered in her previous and current lives at the hands of Su Dazhi and Guan Yumei, especially at the hands of Guan Yumei, surfaced in Su Ruyi's mind.
Could it be?
Did Guan Yumei already know that she wasn't her daughter?
—Wait a minute, so that means Su Qiushi isn't my godfather, but my maternal grandfather!
Seeing Su Ruyi's eyes welling up with tears, Su Qiushi reached into his pocket, pulled out a photograph, handed it to her, and pointed to it: "This is the child we brought back! A family photo taken when he was a month old. The beast that Yanran married isn't here; it's just a few of us from our family."
Su Ruyi reached out and took the photo with slightly trembling hands. There were six people in the photo.
Su Ruyi's gaze instantly fixed on the photo, on the woman holding the baby—that woman had the exact same face as her.
Exactly the same.
Su Ruyi pointed at the woman, her voice trembling slightly: "This is..."
Su Qiushi nodded:
"This is your mother, her name is Su Yanran."
This is your uncle, his name is Su Haoran.
This is your... former aunt, her name is... well, never mind.
The baby in her belly is Su Qiaoqiao.
Su Ruyi's gaze swept across the photo before settling on Su Yanran's face once more.
It was a face exactly like her own. No other proof was needed, but based on that face alone, Su Ruyi was completely convinced that the woman was her mother.
No wonder when she first found Grandpa Su, even though he had amnesia, he was convinced that she was his daughter, Su Yanran!
However, Su Yanran's expression in the photo was unfamiliar.
She was haggard and very thin after giving birth, and her whole demeanor looked like that of someone who had been abused for a long time and had become submissive.
Su Ruyi stared at the photo for a long time: "Is this the only photo?"
This is just a small four-inch photo; it is indeed very small, and you can barely make it out.
Su Qiushi sighed: "We used to have a photo album at home, but... when I had the accident, it was all torn up. This is the only family photo I managed to save."
Su Ruyi stared at the photo for a while, then suddenly disappeared from the space and returned with a small photo frame.
This is an old item she found in the storage room of the old mansion of the Prince's Mansion. It's a very exquisite little photo frame, carved from mahogany, and the perfect size to hold a four-inch photo.
Su Ruyi opened the photo frame and carefully placed the photo inside.
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