In the ward.
"Chu Ling! I heard that when you went back to Chu Family Village this time, you seemed to have a conflict with your family?"
"And your parents—why wouldn't they let you receive treatment?"
"Logically speaking! No matter how heartless parents are, they still couldn't just watch their child suffer from illness and remain indifferent, right?"
"........"
To make Chu Ling realize there was a problem with her background, Su Qingge planned to gradually steer the topic in that direction.
But before she had said more than a couple of sentences, Chu Ling's face turned cold and she bluntly gave an answer that surprised both Su Qingge and Lin Xuan.
"Because I'm not their biological daughter at all!!!"
Huh (O_o)???
Σ(⊙▽⊙"a What the heck is going on?!
Chu Ling already knows there's a problem with her background now?
Could it be a butterfly effect leading to some kind of chain reaction???
Then how much does she roughly know at the moment?
"That man isn't your biological father? How do you know? Tell us the details."
"Since I've started helping, I'll help you to the end. If I can help, I'll do my best."
Lin Xuan narrowed his eyes and began to question carefully.
"Thank you."
Chu Ling nodded her thanks; after thinking it over, she decided to temporarily hide the matter of the Tang family.....
She wanted to know what medicine Lin Xuan was selling in his gourd—why he deliberately approached her and then asked questions he already knew the answer to???
So, feigning indignation, she said: "After I got home before, I kept feeling my parents' attitude was off."
"Just like Sister Su said....."
"Under normal circumstances! No matter how heartless parents are, they still couldn't just watch their child suffer from illness and remain indifferent, right?"
"But the feeling my parents gave me was as if they regarded me as an enemy, wishing I'd hurry up and die."
"So that night, I managed to eavesdrop on their conversation, and only then did I learn that I wasn't their biological daughter..."
"Because I was eavesdropping at the time... I didn't catch the specific details about my biological parents before I got so nervous I made a noise and was noticed by Chu Xiong."
"After that, because I was too scared, I hurried into the woodshed to hide, and Chu Xiong started smashing the door to try to grab me...."
"Fortunately, the people Brother Lin sent to protect me showed up and rescued me from the village."
"......"
So that's how it was?! That was actually quite reasonable!
Because Chu Ling's words were half true and half false, and Lin Xuan couldn't think of a reason she'd lie to him, he didn't particularly doubt her for the moment.
Seeing Chu Ling's eyes redden, Su Qingge hurried to offer a few words of comfort.
(?"? ?)?"(???︿???).
"Sister Su, do you think... I can still meet my biological parents? I really want to see them!"
These words Chu Ling spoke with true sincerity.
She didn't care whether the Tang family had wealth and glory; she just wanted, like an ordinary girl, to have her parents' care and love.
All these years, because of the malicious treatment from Chu Xiong and his wife.....
The words "father and mother" were simply like a nightmare in her eyes; fortunately it was only a nightmare, and now she was about to wake up.....
Very soon she would return to her biological parents and to her brothers and sisters.
The family would drive away the fake heiress who had occupied her entire childhood and make up for the family affection she had lost for years.
She would have relatives who truly cherished her, and she would no longer need to tremble and hide in a dark woodshed, licking her wounds alone.....
Chu Ling was ninety-five percent absolutely certain about such a future; she believed in it firmly, her eyes full of anticipation and gentleness.
Just then, Lin Xuan spoke and broke her train of thought.
"Don't worry! We'll definitely help you reunite with your family!"
"Th-then... how do we find them? In a sea of people, it's like looking for a needle in the ocean."
"We can make use of the internet... today's media transmits information faster than you can imagine. And I have a bit of a name online; I'm sure I can help you....."
"The internet? Does that require me to appear on camera?" Chu Ling nodded blankly; the only person she could rely on now was this cousin before her.
"......."
"Mm! I'll make your special situation public; that should definitely draw widespread attention."
"As long as your biological parents have ever used the internet, they'll very likely see you."
"Oh right, do you have any birthmarks on your body? Or any special items? Something that would let your biological parents quickly recognize you when they see you?"
"After all, you were taken away for so many years; your looks have changed too much compared with your childhood......"
"Things remain while people change; everything is gone! Your family might not be able to quickly recognize you by appearance. If there's a point of reference, it'll be much easier......"
"......."
Lin Xuan spoke methodically, a strange light flashing in his eyes.
Familiar with the plot, he naturally knew how much Chu Ling now resembled her maternal aunt Xu Shuyun when she was young—the two were practically carved from the same mold.
Only one was a youthful version and the other a wealthy-lady version.
In the original plot......
Chu Ling was first noticed because of her looks, and then, through the identical birthmark on her body, even before the paternity test was completed, Aunt Xu Shuyun had already recognized her as her biological daughter.
"I don't have any special items? But a birthmark... I do have one....."
"On my butt, there's a small '?'-shaped birthmark."
"......"
Chu Ling's face flushed slightly; she hesitated for a few seconds before softly revealing her privacy.
Upon hearing this.
Lin Xuan's eyes lit up, and the corner of his mouth slowly hooked into an arc.
Good—everything is under control!!!
He didn't want to waste time either; he promptly took out his phone, opened the video function, and started recording a video for Chu Ling.
Under his guidance....
Although Chu Ling was very nervous, she still completed her first video recording quite well.....
The video's content laid out the tragic abuse she suffered at the hands of the Chu Xiong couple when she was young.
And after she fell ill with stomach cancer, the vicious decision of the Chu Xiong couple to make her wait for death.
In short, the more tragic the better—aiming to move listeners to sadness and bring tears to viewers' eyes.
Then she revealed that she had accidentally overheard that she had been abducted and sold, and that she was not actually the biological child of the vicious couple......
She also shed tears on camera, begging to see her biological parents once before she died.
At the same time, Lin Xuan made public on his Weibo account her stomach cancer medical records, as well as the surveillance footage from that day of Chu Xiong in the hospital forcibly dragging Chu Ling from her bed and cursing her viciously.
And relying on the heat that hadn't yet died down from his "putting righteousness above family ties," all the messages Lin Xuan had just posted were instantly seen by countless people, immediately stirring up a huge uproar.....