Chapter 11
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Yao drove to the agreed place.
The resort in the suburbs has a quiet environment, with green mountains shrouded in greenery, and water flowing down from the mountain stream flowing slowly outside the small bamboo house.
The warm wind blowing through the bamboo forest makes a rustling sound, making it easy for people to let go of their worries and stress and immerse themselves in the natural scenery.
However, Xu Yao was a little nervous at the moment. She took several deep breaths before pushing the door and getting out of the car.
At noon on the day my sister was brought home, her mobile phone suddenly received a text message from an unfamiliar number. The content was very simple - Yaoyao, I am your mother, your biological mother.
She recognized each of these words individually, but when they were put together, she had to work hard to understand their meaning.
As early as when her adoptive parents learned that their biological daughter lived in a neighboring city, she had been digesting the fact that she was a fake.
It wasn't until they carefully and nervously took her sister home that she spent the entire night coming to terms with the situation and preparing to leave.
From the time she learned about her life experience to the time she decided to leave her adoptive parents, she never thought about looking for her biological parents.
Because she knew that if she was the expected child, it would be impossible for her to be lost for more than 20 years without coming back to find her. She didn't believe that this was an unintentional mistake.
When she heard from her sister's inner voice that her existence might be a conspiracy, she was only briefly surprised and then accepted it.
How much moral bottom line and conscience does a person who can cruelly abandon his own flesh and blood have?
It's not an era of famine, so we can't afford to raise a child.
It's simply that I'm not looking forward to the arrival of a child. What other reason could it be?
If it weren't for her sister's voice, she would have only thought of this.
But my sister's inner voice made it clear that their purpose was more than just this.
Looking back now, the timing of the appearance of that message is far from a coincidence.
If her sister harbors resentment about her existence and starts to exclude and target her from the first day she returns, then the presence of her mother is crucial at this time.
The first time, she might turn a blind eye, but what if her sister becomes even more powerful?
If she is always suppressed by her elder sister, she will have to consider the kindness of her adoptive parents and understand her elder sister's jealousy. In order to maintain the relationship between the sisters, her adoptive parents will definitely ask her to make concessions.
She can do it once or twice, and is willing to give in, but what about after eight or ten times?
What if her concession did not make her sister calm down, but made her even more aggressive? Would she still be so magnanimous and tolerant?
When she compromises again and again but to no avail, does she feel wronged and uncomfortable?
If her mother appeared at this time and started a gentle offensive, confessing her helplessness and asking for forgiveness, how would she cope with it when she was struggling?
She will definitely feel aggrieved, and even think it's not worth it. Why can biological children bully those who are not biological children? Why should I always tolerate it? It's not me who made you pick up the wrong child!
When she had this dangerous idea, her mother seized the opportunity and took advantage of it, which was like giving her a lifeline. Under her gentle temptation, she might do anything that was detrimental to her adoptive parents.
It’s really scary when you think about it!
Xu Yao tried hard to calm her complicated emotions at the moment and walked slowly towards the private room designated by the other party.
After standing at the door of the private room, she took a deep breath again and knocked on the door.
After three soft rings, the woman inside the door said to the person on the other end of the phone: "She's here. Talk to her later."
After the woman hung up the phone, she let out a breath, stood up and opened the door.
Looking at the pretty beauty standing outside the door with a face that was 50% similar to hers, Zhou Xinyi's eyes immediately turned red.
She choked and said nervously, "Thank you for coming to see me."
She knew very well that her appearance would make her daughter confused and at a loss, so apart from revealing her identity when sending messages, she never called herself a mother in subsequent contacts.
Xu Yao raised his eyes and looked at her, his gaze quickly sweeping from her tearful eyes to her entire face and all the clothes on her body.
The woman in front of me exudes a unique grace that comes from a life of luxury, from her skin condition to her clothes and accessories. She lives a pretty good life without her daughter.
Xu Yao nodded and said calmly, "Let's go inside and talk."
After saying that, she walked straight past her and went into the house.
Zhou Xinyi had expected her daughter's indifference, and she did not deliberately dress up to look haggard in order to gain sympathy at first sight.
She had a better way to make her trust and understand her helplessness in a short time.
After sitting down, Zhou Xinyi picked up the exquisite teapot and poured tea for her.
"Let me do it."
Xu Yao took the teapot, filled it for her first, then filled it for herself, and took a sip elegantly.
Zhou Xinyi's eyes were red again when she saw her daughter being raised in such a graceful, considerate and gentle manner.
She said, "Your adoptive parents brought you up very well, I--"
She choked and raised her hands to cover her mouth, tears falling from her eyes.
Because of her pretty appearance, her whole body exudes a subtle softness, and her eyes full of tears, she looks just like the fragility of flower petals hit by rain and the pitiful brokenness that I see.
But these had no effect at all on Xu Yao who was on guard.
The more vulnerable she acted, the more hypocritical she felt.
She just wanted to see how well she could act and how many words she could say that would "touch" her.
"I have a meeting in an hour." Xu Yao's cold voice interrupted her self-righteous emotion.
Zhou Xinyi choked up and a flash of surprise appeared in her eyes.
She quickly wiped away her tears, forced a smile, and said, "I'm sorry, I lost my temper."
"No problem." Xu Yao continued to sip his tea, not showing any intention of asking or prying.
Such detached calmness made Zhou Xinyi feel at a loss.
Why is the situation different from what she expected?
In her plan, the first appearance should state her identity directly, arouse her curiosity or anger, and finally make a deep impression on her at the first time.
When you contact her the second or third time, start playing the tenderness card of confession to gradually lower her guard.
Wait until she opens up her heart, then tell her the reason why you abandoned her. Use the empathy between women to awaken her empathy and alleviate her resentment of being abandoned by her mother.
Finally, she would use companionship and care to protect her, so that she would unconsciously become dependent on her, and then slowly build a bridge for her to absorb the Xu family's nurturing points once and for all.
The first few steps were all as planned. She read the message and replied, and they even met earlier than she expected.
Isn't this a manifestation of my daughter's eagerness?
But what does the current indifference mean?
Zhou Xinyi quickly mobilized her brain cells and quickly came to a conclusion - maybe her daughter was using her indifference to accuse her of ruthlessly abandoning her?
Thinking of this, she hurriedly said: "Yaoyao, I know you hate me, hate why I abandoned you, hate--"
"So, why did you abandon me?" Xu Yao interrupted her and asked the answer she wanted to know most.
Even though she might edit it, she just wanted to know.
Zhou Xinyi was stunned again.
Xu Yao saw her surprise and asked, "From your situation, it seems that you can't afford to support me, so why do you want to abandon me?"
"If I say I had no choice, would you believe it?" Zhou Xinyi looked at her hesitantly, the tears in her eyes adding a touch of sadness.
"How desperate is it?" Xu Yao said aggressively, "If you have no source of income, you should sell me to a trafficker and squeeze out every last bit of value. Oh~ I get it, because I'm a daughter, I'm worthless, right?"
Zhou Xinyi's pupils were shocked. How could she say such harsh words? In the private detective's report, she was the well-educated, gentle, reserved and stable eldest daughter of the Xu family!
Zhou Xinyi turned the tables with a look of pain on her face: "Yaoyao, how can you say such a thing? You are my flesh and blood. Even if I kill myself, I will never sell you out."
Xu Yao curled her lips and sneered, "You really didn't sell me, otherwise I wouldn't have been picked up by a rich family and lived a life of luxury. On the way here, I kept thinking, if I hadn't been adopted by my current foster parents, would you still recognize me?"
Xu Yao did not want to reveal the fact that her sister had returned home. As for the matter of the real and fake daughter, no one else knew the inside story except the core members of the company and her family.
Since this is a conspiracy, protecting my sister and parents is my top priority.
If the other party knew that the sister had returned home, he would definitely mention it, after all, that would be a better way to lure her into the trap.
It would be best if she didn't know, as she had plenty of time to plan and make sure she caught them all in one fell swoop.
"Of course I will recognize you. No matter who adopts you, it cannot change the fact that you are my own flesh and blood. You can't make such malicious assumptions about your mother." Zhou Xinyi suddenly played the sympathy card.
"Mom?" Xu Yao snorted and laughed, "My mom's name is Jiang Xin, not you."
"Yaoyao! How could you do this to me? You can't do this to me. I had a heavy hemorrhage when I gave birth to you and was in a coma for three days and three nights. When I woke up, the doctor said you died of lack of oxygen. I didn't believe it and went to the morgue, but I only saw a cold corpse. It was all your grandmother's fault. If she hadn't felt guilty before her death, I wouldn't have known you were still alive!"
Zhou Xinyi cried heartbreakingly, as if she was back in that desperate, helpless and guilty scene again.
Xu Yao just looked at her quietly, with no emotion in his eyes.
In the past, she would have believed such words without a doubt, but now, she already knew her purpose in advance, and she couldn't persuade her even a little bit even if she was eloquent.
She asked without any sympathy, "Don't I have a father? Why wasn't he there when you gave birth? Don't tell me that you had a child out of wedlock and your significant other wasn't recognized by your grandmother. I became an unwanted existence, so your grandmother wanted me to die. Only if I died, you could remarry and live a perfect life of wealth, right?"
Zhou Xinyi was so frightened that the corners of her mouth twitched, her body trembled, and she squeezed out countless tears to hide her feelings.
How could that damn girl steal my lines? Damn it!