Then, following the clues, the detective visited the old servant after those people left.
The old servant only knew that Xiang Zhilan was born to Su Chengwen's first wife, Mu Qing, and that Su Chengwen ordered her to be abandoned three days after her birth.
It was because of this that Xiang Zhilan accidentally missed a step and fell.
She was actually Su Yan's mother's illegitimate daughter, and she and Su Yan were actually half-sisters!
Everything she has now originated from the fact that she resembled Su Yan, and Shen Muzhi used her as a substitute.
Of course, all of that is in the past, it's over, and she doesn't want to dwell on it anymore.
But she turned out to be Su Yan's sister, and all her resemblances suddenly had a reasonable explanation.
She was no longer sure if Shen Muzhi's so-called liking for her really meant liking her as a person.
Haha, sister, what's the big deal?
She had just fallen and was stunned, fainting from the pain. Now, thinking back to what the detective had said, if someone else was investigating her background, then the most likely culprit was Shen Muzhi.
Upon careful reflection, Shen Muzhi had been acting strangely these past few days, often staring blankly at one spot, and unable to sleep at night, appearing preoccupied.
She initially thought he was acting this way because he was saddened by the death of a familiar elder, but now it seems that's not the case at all.
The fact that he started investigating before her indicates that he had suspected something for a long time, but he didn't tell her.
Is it because they feel guilty?
He likes Su Yan so much that he even likes her younger sister who shares the same mother?
After learning about this, you felt it was too difficult to face, so you didn't mention it at all?
Or was he afraid that she would come to hate the father of the woman he loved?
Xiang Zhilan bit her lip secretly, feeling more and more aggrieved the more she thought about it, feeling like she was in the novel she had read a few days ago, where the older sister died and the younger sister married in her place.
She was disgusted after flipping through two pages. Her sister had no human rights! Why should she have to continue the life of a dead person? This warped worldview made her furious.
Unexpectedly, her current situation is so similar to hers. Shen Muzhi thinks that she is like Su Yan. Is it because of their blood relationship?
Her life had been vibrant and fulfilling until last winter, so why did she get involved in this messy relationship? She never wanted her blood relatives, nor did she expect them to atone for their sins. She had worked so hard to live her life, and it had absolutely nothing to do with them. Why, after so many years, did she have to be burdened by so-called blood ties?
If she could turn back time, she would never have taken that photo, and even if she had, she would never have it published in a magazine.
One wrong step she took led to a series of wrong steps.
"Zhi Lan?" Shen Muzhi saw her brows furrowed and her lower lip seemingly being bitten, and thought she was having a terrible dream, so he called out to her softly.
Xiang Zhilan didn't want to see him, so she kept her eyes closed.
Shen Muzhi reached out and gently smoothed her furrowed brow with two fingers, saying softly, "Don't worry, the baby will be fine."
Xiang Zhilan actually wanted to question him when she got up, but now she was a little afraid.
She has never been such a timid person; in the past, she would have asked directly.
But now... she finally cares about him, and is even a little afraid of hearing an answer she doesn't want to hear.
Moreover, he doesn't know that Su Yan used to like him. What if he did find out?
Suddenly, she felt that life was so ironic. What she had now was like something stolen from Su Yan, but no one had ever asked her if she wanted it. She passively accepted it all, and to outsiders, it probably seemed like she had gotten a great deal.
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