Without even thinking, Grandma Xiao replied, "How many more could there be? Of course I buried one, and it's quite a big one!"
Xiao Yiting's expression grew increasingly serious. She took a deep breath and spoke slowly, "Grandma, there are actually two types of twins. Identical twins share the same placenta and look almost identical.
Fraternal twins, on the other hand, each have their own placenta and look completely different.
Ilin and I share the same placenta, so we can be considered identical twins.
In theory, we should look exactly the same. But, in reality, we are not.”
Grandma Xiao also agreed: "Yiting, what you said is true, your third uncle and your aunt look different, they are just two placentas.
Our quintuplets have three placentas. Doudou, Dingding, and Bao Bao look exactly the same, while Beibei and Kexin each have their own unique appearance.
When Aunt Xiao heard this, her face turned pale. Her lips trembled as she said, "This... How is this possible! I always thought Yilin looked like my grandmother.
That sharp and mean nature is very similar to her. Maybe, maybe she just doesn't look like Yi Ting!"
Chu Jingqiu remained silent. She carefully examined the appearance of Uncle Xiao, Aunt Xiao, and Xiao Yiting, then closed her eyes and carefully recalled Xiao Yilin's appearance.
After a moment, she opened her eyes, looked at Uncle Xiao and Aunt Xiao, and said slowly: “Uncle Xiao, Aunt Xiao, I just carefully observed the appearance of your family of three, and then carefully analyzed Xiao Yilin’s appearance.
After careful comparison, I found that her appearance does not bear any genetic similarities with either of you.
This means that Xiao Yilin is not your biological daughter at all."
As soon as Chu Jingqiu said this, Old Master Xiao and Second Uncle Xiao also lost their composure. They looked at each other.
Old Master Xiao asked with a serious expression: "Second brother, when you gave birth to your child, do you still remember the condition of the woman in the same ward?"
Uncle Xiao frowned, trying to recall the scene of that year. He slowly said, "I remember that after Qingyan gave birth to the child, she was very weak and had been in a coma.
Later, the next afternoon, the hospital sent a pregnant woman from out of town. The nurse said that the woman was from the south and her husband was studying at the Taipei Military Academy.
She was due in a month, so she took the train back to her hometown to give birth.
Unexpectedly, she fell on the train and had unbearable stomach pain, so the station staff sent her to the hospital to give birth.
I remember helping to make the bed. She also had a girl, but we were discharged the next morning.
She left in a hurry, and I only remember that she walked us out of the ward. Our two children were lying in their cribs the entire time, and they never left alone.
Honestly, I find it hard to believe the children were taken away by mistake. We were both in the hospital at the time, and the children were healthy. There was no reason for her to exchange her daughter for ours. What was she trying to do?
Xiao Yihan glanced at Second Uncle Xiao and asked doubtfully, "Second Uncle, if the child wasn't taken away by mistake in the delivery room, then it must have been taken away somewhere else.
During the time you were accompanying them, you stayed by the cribs of the two children and never left alone?"
Uncle Xiao shook his head firmly: "At that time, we were the only woman in the ward. Your grandmother and the others were there during the day, but I asked them to go back at night and I could stay there by myself.
Aside from going to the bathroom, I hardly ever left the ward for a long time. Your second aunt also stayed in the ward the entire time and never left the child alone. I really can't understand how the child could have been replaced."
Xiao Yiting thought for a moment, then said, "How about this! Tomorrow, I'll find a way to trick Yilin into going to the hospital for a blood test to see if her blood type can reveal any clues."
The next day at noon, Xiao Yiting hurried back to the compound again. As soon as she entered the door, she picked up the water cup and filled a large pot of tea.
Everyone had been waiting anxiously in the living room. Grandma Xiao asked anxiously, "Yiting, how is it? Have you found Yilin? Have you done a blood test on her?"
Xiao Yiting said breathlessly, "Yilin's blood type has been tested, and it's type A. My father and mother both have type B blood, so they definitely can't give birth to a child with type A blood. She's definitely not my biological sister."
Aunt Xiao burst into tears instantly, "Yiting, what should we do now? How can we find your sister?"
Old Master Xiao frowned, "Yiting, you said that Li Nianbei looks a lot like you. Do you know anything about her family situation?"
Xiao Yiting shook her head. "Li Nianbei has only been in our hospital for half a month. I only know some basic information. She just graduated from the Military Medical University this year and was originally going to return to her original unit, the Nanshi Military Region.
But her husband is from the Beijing Military Region. When he graduated and was assigned, he was assigned to the Beijing Military Region. Her husband also graduated from a military academy and is in our unit. I heard he is a company commander.
Chu Jingqiu said puzzledly: "It is said that Li Nianbei can become a female soldier and even be recommended to go to university. Her family conditions must be very good.
With such good conditions, there's absolutely no need for her mother to swap Yilin and Nianbei. There must be some misunderstanding. We can first ask Sister-in-law Yuqiong, she knows Nianbei's family situation very well."
Xiao Yihan nodded, "There's no time to lose, Xiaoqiu, Qian Jin and his wife happen to be at home today, let's go to her house and ask her."
Xiao Yihan and Chu Jingqiu hurried to Liu Qianjin's house. Wang Yuqiong was washing clothes. When she heard the purpose of their visit, she hurriedly wiped her hands and walked out.
Before the two of them could speak, Wang Yuqiong smiled and said, "I was joking with Qianjin yesterday that Yiting and Yilin don't look like twins at all.
If Yi Ting and Nian Bei weren't in Jing City and Nan City respectively, I would have suspected that they were twins. I never thought that my prediction would come true."
Chu Jingqiu smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, it's all thanks to you that you recognized the wrong person last night, otherwise we wouldn't have thought about it that way. Can you tell us about the situation at Li Nianbei's home?"
Wang Yuqiong nodded and said, "Li Nianbei's father is Li Tinglin, a military chief of staff in the Nanshi Military Region. Her mother is Jia Junying, the vice principal of Nanshi Bayi Middle School. She also taught me when I was a child.
Li Nianbei was born on August 20, 1950 in Taipei. At that time, Nianbei's father was studying at a military academy in Taipei, and her mother went to Taipei to visit her father during the summer vacation.
Unexpectedly, on the way back to Nanshi, she had a miscarriage and gave birth to Nianbei in Jingshi Hospital. Because she was born in the north, her mother named her Nianbei.
Liu Qianjin glanced at Xiao Yihan and said, "Yihan, I remember Yiting and Yilin also have birthdays in August!
That year, they celebrated their birthdays, and Grandma Xiao bought a large bag of taro cakes and peach biscuits for us to share. Yilin thought Qi Yue ate too much, so she got into a fight with him and bit his arm until it bled.
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