Chapter 314 The truth behind the child swap
In the end, Shi Shulan naturally failed. Lu Qi only had Zhuo Yao in his mind and warned Shi Shulan not to do meaningless things. Shi Shulan didn't dare to win because she couldn't win.
Shi Shulan was well behaved and was Zhuo Yao's only friend. Lu Qi thought that Shi Shulan wouldn't dare to do anything bad under his eyes, so he didn't forbid them from interacting with each other.
Later, Shi Shulan thought it through and told Lu Qi honestly that she wanted to meet rich men through them, marry them, and support each other with Zhuo Yao in the future. Zhuo Yao has a simple personality, and she can protect Zhuo Yao in the future.
Shi Shulan was indeed smarter than Zhuo Yao, so Lu Qi accepted the suggestion. Later, he intentionally or unintentionally gave Shi Shulan some opportunities, allowing Shi Shulan to meet those rich young men.
The ideal was great and Shi Shulan was smart, but the reality was cruel. Those people were very smart and there was no second Lu Qi. No one looked down on her. Even if there were people who occasionally showed a good attitude towards her, they were simply attracted by her youth and just wanted to have fun, not to marry her. Some of them even got married.
Shi Shulan suffered several setbacks. Zhuo Yao stood up for her and thought those people were blind. She promised to find a good man for her. Finally, her eyes turned to Lu Qi's driver, whom she was familiar with. The driver also had the surname Lu, Lu Anfu.
Although Lu Anfu was just a driver, he was a good man. Zhuo Yao said to treat him like a family member. She was kind-hearted, but Shi Shulan didn't accept it at first. After all, they were friends. As a result, a fake heir of the Lu family and a driver were unacceptable to most people.
In ancient times, there were two commoner girls. One married the master and became a phoenix, while the other was assigned as a servant. Their fates were completely different.
According to Lu Yuan's investigation, Shi Shulan refused at first, but later on, since Lu Anfu seemed to have always liked her, she ran into a few obstacles and finally got together with Lu Anfu.
Zhuo Yao and Lu Qi went through a lot and were delayed for some time. Later, they became pregnant one after another. Because Zhuo Yao was a nanny, she caused a lot of trouble after marrying into the Lu family and was not able to fit into the circle of ladies. It was Shi Shulan who accompanied her.
At that time, Zhuo Yao was very dependent on Shi Shulan. Although Shi Shulan only married the driver, she lived in the Lu family every day, and her food, accommodation and other necessities were almost the same as Zhuo Yao, sharing the happiness and hardships.
They also agreed that after the child was born, they would let the child grow up together. If Lu Qi hadn't stopped them, they would have arranged a marriage for the child.
Zhuo Yao was still very uneasy at that time, so she hoped that she could give birth to a boy in one go and gain complete recognition from the Lu family. Shi Shulan understood her, and later took her to burn incense and worship Buddha many times. Later, she also said that doing more good deeds would bring blessings to the child, so that their wishes would come true, and she also did a lot of good deeds.
Later in the later stages of pregnancy, the two often went out. It was during this trip that an accident happened on the road. It was raining heavily that day and the bridge was broken, so they were unable to return in time. Zhuo Yao was frightened and had a seizure and went into labor halfway.
Finally, Zhuo Yao was sent to a nearby township hospital by Shi Shulan and Lu Anfu. The two helped carry her there. Shi Shulan had a seizure due to excessive force, which resulted in premature birth of the baby.
The two gave birth to their children in the township hospital one after the other, and Lu Yuan and Lu Ziyu were accidentally swapped at that time. According to Shi Shulan and Zhuo Yao, it was raining in the town at the time, which caused a power outage in the hospital, so the nurse or doctor might not have been able to see clearly and took the wrong child.
Grandpa Lu, Lu Qi and Lu Yuan all went to investigate later, but the doctor who helped with the delivery had died and they had no memory of the nurse. Lu Qi, Zhuo Yao and Shi Shulan attributed it to fate.
Because of the accident caused by the two of them running around, Old Madam Lu, who originally didn't want to care about them at all, directly drove Shi Shulan out of the Lu family and stopped them from staying in confinement together, ending the inappropriate sisterhood without any distinction of status.
She was not allowed to see anyone during the confinement period, but after that Shi Shulan rarely came to see Zhuo Yao. Later, when the child was not even one year old, the Lu family's business offended someone, and someone took revenge on Lu Qi. Lu Anfu died to save Lu Qi.
Lu Qi was grateful for Lu Anfu's selfless rescue. Lu Anfu only had one son, and he wanted Shi Shulan and Zhuo Yao to have a good relationship, so he said he wanted to adopt Lu Yuan as his son and raise him for him in the future, but Shi Shulan refused.
When Lu Yuan mentioned that Shi Shulan refused, Gu Qingshi could not help but interrupt, "Shi Shulan refused? Will she refuse?"
According to what Lu Yuan said before, Shi Shulan was able to live and eat with Zhuo Yao at the Lu family and live like a master, "Shouldn't she be eager to agree? In that case, wouldn't her child also be a member of the Lu family?"
"But she did refuse." Lu Yuan said, "She refused very firmly. When I asked her the reason, she said that she didn't want her son to die for the Savior's son in the future, so she wanted to take me away."
"Lu Qi didn't dare to force me at the time, so he could only give me a generous sum of money and said that even if I didn't want to adopt him as my son, I would still take care of him for the rest of my life."
"Then why don't you raise it?" Gu Qingshi wondered.
"Because later Shi Shulan took me away from the imperial capital, saying that the imperial capital was a sad place for her, so she didn't want to stay in the imperial capital anymore."
Gu Qingshi: "She has changed so much. She can still leave with such a good thing. Also, you said Lu Qi gave you a large sum of money, so why are you still living such a hard life? Is it because she has money but she won't let you spend it?"
"That's about right. She squandered the money at first but didn't give it to me. She always said she had no money. When I was little, I really thought she had no money, but in fact, she always had money. Later, when I grew up, she felt annoyed with me and sent me directly to my grandfather. I never heard Shi Shulan mention the Lu family. It was not until I passed the exam to the imperial capital and accidentally met my grandfather that I was recognized as a family."
"Never mentioned the Lu family to you?"
"Yes, she said she didn't want to talk about the sad past and didn't want me to hate Lu Qi, so she never mentioned it to me."
Gu Qingshi: “.” This reason sounds reasonable at first, but it is nonsense if you think about it carefully.
She sighed, "What do you hate? If I hadn't been guilty, why wouldn't I have mentioned it to you? You said you and Lu Anfu have a very good relationship, but if the relationship is really that good, then for his sake, he should treat you well as his son. After all, you are Lu Anfu's child."
"Yes, but firstly, she didn't treat me well, and even hated and disliked me. Secondly, I didn't see any deep feelings from her for Lu Anfu." Otherwise, she wouldn't have been hanging out with those men every day.
Gu Qingshi couldn't help but speak out when he heard this, "Lu Yuan, according to what you said, Shi Shulan did it on purpose. She seemed to have known for a long time that you and Lu Ziyu were taken away by mistake, or she may have switched you and Lu Ziyu!"
Gu Qingshi reasonably suspected Shi Shulan because her behavior seemed to be the same no matter how he looked at it.
(End of this chapter)
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