Lin Family
Lin Xiluo was sitting in the living room waiting for her parents to come home for dinner, just as usual, when the front door opened.
Lin Zhengzhong and Yang Mei brought back a girl who was about their age. She was dressed in strange clothes, wore heavy makeup, and looked arrogant, like a delinquent.
The other person seems to be very hostile towards me?
Lin Xiluo's parents looked at her with complicated expressions, hesitant to speak...
Just then, the family's housekeeper, Aunt Shan, came out. "Sir and Madam are back. I'll have the kitchen serve the dishes!" Yang Mei nodded in agreement.
Yang Mei looked at Lin Xiluo with a heavy heart. After calming down for a while, she finally spoke: "Luoluo, after dinner, your parents have something to tell you."
Seeing her mother's troubled expression, Lin Xiluo glanced at the girl beside her parents and asked, "Dad, Mom, who is this...?"
To avoid affecting Lin Xiluo's mood, Lin Zhengzhong wanted to wait until after dinner to discuss Bai Ling's matter.
"This is Bai Ling. She'll have dinner with us later, and then Dad will talk to you about something."
Lin Xiluo was filled with doubt, her head hanging with question marks. She felt that her parents were particularly strange today, and she slowly responded, abandoning her usual enthusiasm for welcoming guests.
"Oh... okay then."
The kitchen served all the dishes, and everyone ate their meal in an awkward atmosphere.
At this moment, Lin Ziye also rushed back from outside. Lin Xiluo was surprised. It was usually difficult for her brother to come home, let alone come back after only two days. It seemed that what he was going to talk about tonight was not simple and must be something important.
"Brother, why are you back? Have you eaten?" Lin Xiluo asked, tilting her head and tugging at Lin Ziye's clothes.
Lin Ziye stroked his younger sister's head affectionately and said, "You've already eaten. I wonder what Mom and Dad were so eager to call me back for."
Lin Ziye also noticed the girl sitting on the sofa. She had heavy makeup on and was dressed in a flashy way. Her features did resemble her mother's.
Just as she was about to ask her parents, Lin Zhengzhong said earnestly, "Ziye, Luoluo, come and sit down too. Dad has something to tell you."
The two sat down together on the other side of the sofa.
Lin Zhengzhong and Yang Mei looked at each other, each wanting the other to speak.
Finally, Yang Mei spoke up: "Ziye, Luoluo, what your parents want to talk about tonight is that the woman next to me is Bai Ling, our biological daughter whom we just found, and Aye's younger sister. After repeated confirmations and DNA testing, we have confirmed that she is our child, so Dad and I have decided to bring Bai Ling back."
When Lin Ziye heard that it was A Ye's younger sister, but no mention was made of her relationship with Luo Luo, a bad feeling rose up in her heart.
Yang Mei hesitated, afraid that what she was about to say would be unacceptable to Lin Xiluo.
"As for... Luo Luo, your parents have a responsibility to tell you that you are not your biological daughter. We did a paternity test for you when we did the test for Bai Ling. That was a month ago. I brought Bai Ling back after everything was arranged."
Lin Xiluo felt like she'd been struck by lightning; her mind went blank. Her mother was saying, "I'm not her biological child... Then who am I? Why is this happening?"
Lin Zhengzhong felt reluctant, but he had no choice but to explain the situation clearly.
"Your parents have been searching for your biological parents. They found them a few days ago. Whether you acknowledge them or not, and whether you want to live with us in the future, is up to you. But your parents feel that you have the right to know who your biological parents are, and they also have the right to know about you, so they found your biological parents for you."
Yang Mei finally couldn't hold back her tears and burst into tears, sobbing as she spoke.
"Your parents aren't trying to drive you away. We don't want you to leave, and we're afraid you'll leave too. But we have to have a conscience. You and your family have the right to know. Your parents can't be so selfish. When I gave birth to Bai Ling, my father hadn't moved to City A yet. I gave birth in the town hospital. There were three women giving birth that day. It was a stormy night with thunder and lightning. Shortly after the births, the power went out, and a serious flood was about to hit. The hospital was in chaos. Somehow, the babies were switched at birth, which is why your lives are now so different."
As Yang Mei spoke, she wiped away her tears. Lin Zhengzhong gently patted Yang Mei's back, his own eyes also welling up with tears, mostly out of reluctance to part with Lin Xiluo and fear that she would leave them.
Lin Ziye, standing to the side, was heartbroken. His beloved sister of eighteen years had suddenly told him that she wasn't his biological sister, and that their biological parents had been found. Did he have to leave them...?
Lin Ziye and Lin Xiluo looked on in disbelief...
Lin Zhengzhong suppressed the pain in his heart and held back his tears.
"Also, I initially thought we had just been switched at birth with Bai Ling's father, but during the DNA testing, your DNA didn't match his. So we found another family in town who gave birth at the same time and had their DNA tested. Ultimately, it was confirmed that you were their child, and their child was from the Bai family."
The amount of information was overwhelming, and Lin Xiluo couldn't accept it all at once. Her mind went blank. Her parents and brother, who had loved her for eighteen years, weren't her blood relatives. The home she had lived in for eighteen years wasn't her home... She had even found her biological parents. What kind of people were they? Did she have to leave this home? How was she supposed to go on living like this? Suddenly unable to accept this fact, she burst into tears.
Lin Ziye held her younger sister in her arms, comforting her, "Regardless of blood ties, you're still my sister, and this will always be your home." Seeing her sister cry, Lin Ziye felt her heart breaking...
Seeing their daughter crying like this, Lin Zhengzhong and Yang Mei felt no less pain than Lin Ziye. Yang Mei covered her mouth to hold back her sobs, as they were also afraid of losing their daughter.
Lin Zhengzhong comforted his wife, "This is something we have to face. We should support whatever decision Luo Luo makes. No matter where she ends up, she should go and see her."
Yangmei wiped away her tears and nodded.
Bai Ling, sitting to the side, also had tears in her eyes. Although she had initially looked at Lin Xiluo with hostility, feeling that she had stolen her life, after hearing Yang Mei say that they had been switched at birth in a panic, and seeing their deep affection for each other, which she had never experienced in her eighteen years in the Bai family, she admitted that she was envious.
This outfit was just a cover for her at school... because her family didn't love her... because her classmates bullied her...
That's why she had no attachment to the Bai family and returned with her biological parents.
She also longed to be loved, to experience this warmth she had never known before... to let go of her hostility and prejudice towards Lin Xiluo...
Looking at Lin Xiluo, he said, "Although I'm back, this is still your home. Your parents and brother are still yours, and I want to get along well with you all."
Lin Xiluo cried even harder, but more than that, she was moved. No one had driven her away or abandoned her... Just like her parents said, she and her biological parents had the right to know, and she hadn't been abandoned by them. So, she should go see them...
"Thank you, Bai Ling, thank you for accepting me, and thank you to my parents and brother as well."
The family hugged each other, just then Lin Zhengzhong's phone rang. He saw that it was Lin Xiluo's biological father calling... which pulled him back into his sad predicament, but he still had to answer the phone.
"Hello, hello, uh, uh, okay, then I'll let Luo Luo go back today..."
After hanging up the phone, Lin Zhengzhong hadn't expected this moment to come so soon; they were about to part ways. His eyes instantly dimmed...
"Luo Luo, your biological father called and said your grandfather is sick and wants to take you home today... Look at you..."
Before Lin Zhengzhong could finish speaking, Lin Xiluo said, "Okay, Dad, I understand. I'll go back and take a look. Don't worry, I'll come back."
Lin Xiluo is so sensible it's heartbreaking... Even when she's sad, she still comforts her parents.
Soon after, Uncle Ye, the driver for the Yan family, arrived in a limited-edition YY luxury car to pick her up. Uncle Ye brought a large number of gifts to Lin Zhengzhong and Yang Mei, saying that Yan Youting and Li Shuwen had instructed him to deliver them to them as a token of gratitude.
The family saw Lin Xiluo off to her car and waved goodbye. Because they had come in such a hurry, Lin Xiluo only had a cell phone with her and nothing else...
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