CCML Chapter 99

Chapter 99 Xu Ruan’s Adopted Mother Deliberately Switch Her Daughter

Xu Ruan never expected such a surprise, and never thought that kind of thing would happen to her. She always believed that she is just an ordinary rural person. But now she is being told that there was some kind of an accidental baby switch many years ago, and she suddenly became a rich young lady.

She felt that everything was so surreal. Even when the conditions of her family were not very good, she can’t say that they have treated her very differently. She was treated like any girl in the village. When she heard the truth, her legs softened, and was not able to react until Ji Cheng came back.

When Ji Cheng came back carrying a pile of firewoods, he was shocked to see Chief Lu and Mrs. Lu in his home. What are they doing here?

He wanted to ask but when he saw his wife’s abnormal expression, he knew that something must have happened.

Xu Ruan was very confused right now, and don’t know what to do. She was afraid to let go of Mrs. Lu’s hand but wanted to hold Ji Cheng’s hand, she took his hand and said. “Husband…”

Ji Cheng listened to their explanation and when he learn the truth, he was also blindsided and shocked.

Mrs. Lu was afraid that her daughter won’t recognize her. She was scared of what happened in the past and wanted to grab Xu Ruan’s hand again, “Xu Ruan, we didn’t know anything. If we had known about the accidental baby switch, we would have done everything to bring you back to us.”

Xu Ruan decided to go home and ask her mother, she still didn’t understand what happened back then. How could there be such an accidental baby switch? Why did it become like this?

She wants to go back and ask her mother what’s going on. Mrs. Lu and Chief Lu think that it makes sense to ask every person who was there to finally piece together what happened 20 years ago. They can go now and resolve the situation.

When Xu Ruan arrived at her natal home, her mother was just coming out of the house. She was going to pick some red pepper and when she saw the two people following Xu Ruan, she was so terrified that she dropped her basket to the ground.

Xu Ruan’s mother’s expression suddenly changed on the spot and she look frightened after seeing them.

Mrs. Lu felt that this manner of reaction was very wrong, why did she panic when she saw them and her face turned pale?

Mrs. Lu hurriedly walk forward, wanting to slowly explain what they discovered but she couldn’t hold back and blurted out the truth, “Xiaoyu, Xu Ruan is my child. Me and my husband’s biological daughter.”

Wen Xiaoyu trembled in fear when she heard these words, she thought that Madam Lu finally knew the truth. She directly knelt and grabbed her thigh, and she begged for mercy, “Madam, I was wrong, I was wrong. I didn’t mean to do it. I was very envious of you and was blinded by jealousy, so I switch my daughter to yours. I’ve been very scared for so many years and knew that what I did was very wrong, I apologize to you, and kneel and kowtow to you.”

No one predicted Wen Xiaoyu’s confession, everyone was so shocked when they heard her confession. Mrs. Lu hasn’t explained anything yet and she is already hugging her thigh, crying, and begging for mercy because she was too scared.

Wen Xiaoyu thought that they knew the whole truth, that she was the one who intentionally switch the two babies. Without waiting for their explanation, she confessed everything. She was very afraid that they will settle the account with her, so when she saw that they are not responding, she kowtowed to them directly and said, “I was wrong, I was wrong Madam and Sir. I have blamed myself for so many years and should not have been greedy, it always pains me to exchange my daughter. I was so confused at that time and just wanted to make my biological daughter have a better life.”

Mrs. Lu finally understands what happened back then, is there any need for an explanation? It was all premeditated, her daughter was deliberately switched with another child 20 years ago.

She sneered and shoved Wen Xiaoyu away, she pointed at her while gnashing her teeth and trembling in anger, “Wen Xiaoyu!!! I didn’t expect you to be so vicious, you want to let your daughter wear a brocade dress and make my biological daughter suffer. Is that why you deliberately change your daughter with my daughter?”

Wen Xiaoyu had no choice back then, the person she married was not up to par.

When she was young, her family arranged a marriage for her in the village. The other party was not rich but he seemed to be an upright and motivated person. After they got married, the two felt that they would not be able to make much money in the village, so they went to the city and look for a better life. They both work part-time but they have no education or connection, so they were introduced to the Lu Family and got a job.

One was a maid and the other was a driver.

It happened that Mrs. Lu and her were both pregnant at the same time, and the days of the birth of their child were not too far.

Although she was pregnant at the same time as Mrs. Lu, she had no money and could only work as a maid and do the laundry for the Lu Family. While Mrs. Lu was taking all kinds of supplements and she was taken care of, she was very healthy the entire pregnancy.

Mrs. Lu’s child hasn’t been born yet, but the baby’s room was already filled with everything a baby would need and more.

Wen Xiaoyu was a maid in charge of cleaning the baby’s room at that time, everyday she had to clean the room and see many baby’s clothes and toys filling the cabinets inside the room. After seeing this every day, she became very envious.

She also observed that there is no patriarchal preference in the Lu Family, unlike her husband’s family. Her mother-in-law kept calling her after she found out that she was pregnant, she kept on telling her that she must be healthy to give birth to a son and not a daughter since she is the eldest daughter-in-law. Her parent-in-law’s house is very patriarchal and always says that a daughter is a loser and it will not be good for a woman to have a daughter, so she must give birth to a son if she wants to live up to her husband’s family’s expectation. She knows that if she gave birth to a daughter, her daughter will not be treated well.

She was very scared at that time and was working for a family who is not very concerned about having a boy. Instead, they prepared a room full of girls’ things, they like to have a daughter so much that they made a princess room and filled it with everything a little girl would want.

She was very envious and felt that her child would not be able to grow in such a good environment. Later, when they were both admitted to the same hospital and also gave birth to a daughter, she have some other thoughts in her mind.

She was very afraid that when she brought back her daughter, her mother-in-law would bully the child. At that time, she knew that Mrs. Lu gave birth to a daughter, so she carried her daughter and wandered around the hospital’s baby room.

She was just an uneducated poor woman who could not lead her daughter to a good life, so she deliberately exchanged the two children. She took Mrs. Lu’s daughter and switch it with her daughter. She is just a desperate mother who wants her daughter to have a better life and receive the best education.