"Your calf muscles are firm and show no signs of atrophy."
"Patients with fractures will lose noticeable weight if they don't move for two weeks."
Xia Zhining grabbed Xia Qingqing's legs tightly.
"And if I were to press you like this, you'd be sweating in pain if you really had a bone fracture."
"But you didn't even frown."
The hall exploded in an instant, the guests whispered to each other, and the whispers quickly turned into shocked discussions.
"Oh my god! Xia Qingqing's leg isn't broken at all?"
"It's a very convincing act, even going so far as to put on plaster. Is this a full-on act?"
"I told you, Xia Zhining has been an excellent student since childhood, how could she be so stupid?"
"This real daughter of a wealthy family is using this method to frame someone. Has she grown up in a bad way?"
Shen Qier sneered:
"Some people are quick to react. Now you know your face is hurting?"
The ladies who had just called Xia Zhining a vicious and ungrateful person turned pale and clenched the champagne glasses tightly in their hands.
"I, I didn't say anything just now..."
"This...this can't be entirely blamed on us. Who made her pretend so convincingly..."
Xia Cheng looked at Xia Qingqing in disbelief:
"Qingqing, why are you doing this?"
Xia Qingqing's face turned pale. She forced herself to calm down in the panic, her eyes red as she choked with sobs: "Dad, I know I was wrong..."
She explained in a trembling voice, "That day... I discovered there were problems with Zhi Ning's Claw Shield vaccine, and I was desperate to track down the source. While I was working through the analysis report overnight, I was completely in a trance..."
"When I was going downstairs, my vision went black and I fell. Before I passed out... I thought I saw Zhi Ning's figure."
She shrank back, her voice getting smaller and smaller: "I just...I just thought you were pushing me..."
When Xia Cheng heard Xia Qingwei mention the problem with the vaccine, the anger on his face eased a little. After all, it was she who discovered the problem with the vaccine.
Xia Zhining frowned, wondering what was wrong with her Claw Shield vaccine?
This matter must be investigated thoroughly, and Xia must not be allowed to destroy her four years of hard work!
"My legs weren't injured when I fell from the building."
Xia Qingqing's voice trembled, her fingers tightly twisting the corner of her clothes, "But at that time... I thought it was Zhining who pushed me."
"She has never liked me, and I'm afraid... afraid that she will hurt me again."
Tears welled up in her eyes, and she choked as she continued, "I've only been back at the Xia family for a few days, but my parents and brother have been with Zhining for 22 years..."
"I was so scared that I would be kicked out at any time..."
"That's why..."
Xia Qingqing said this, then suddenly covered her face with her hands, her shoulders shaking violently, "That's why I pretended to have a serious leg injury in order to drive Zhining away... Now I really know I was wrong..."
As Xia Qingqing finished speaking, the anger on Xia Cheng's face completely disappeared.
He reached out and helped Xia Qingqing up, then turned around and apologized to everyone: "I'm sorry for making you all laugh today. Qingqing... is just too scared to go back to this family."
The guests had different expressions and whispers began to rise:
"Come to think of it, Xia Zhining has enjoyed a life of wealth and prosperity for over a decade..."
"Boss Xia, it's time to compensate your biological daughter."
"Even though we're related by blood, we're still different..."
Xia Zhining looked at this thing coldly, as if it had nothing to do with her.
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