"Wait a moment, Qin Zhian, did I hear you correctly?
You mean I wasn't deliberately swapped or accidentally misplaced, but rather my father gave me to my adoptive parents?
To help raise me?
Good heavens, this is too outrageous, but why? Did Li Rong know all along? No wonder he found me so easily; it turns out he always knew where I was and what my relationship with him was!
And the one he raised as his own daughter.
Who is Li Xingfan?
It's not possible that Li Xingfan is his illegitimate daughter, is it?"
After hearing the information revealed by Qin Hong, a staff member at the Public Security Bureau, Ding Yun was both shocked and confused.
Shocked that such a thing could happen.
Confused that her identity seemed to be even more complicated.
Or rather, the whole situation was more complicated.
Qin Hong nodded with emotion at this point:
"Don't just say it's you; even I, an outsider, was quite shocked to hear this. We've seen plenty of wealthy family disputes, and many cases of children being swapped. We've even seen children deliberately given to others to raise.
Such things have happened.
But I've truly never seen or heard of these things being mixed together. If your adoptive parents weren't lying, then this case is quite complicated, and Li Rong's crimes would extend beyond what he's currently facing. Charges like abandonment or other related offenses.
They could all be attributed to him."
After a moment of emotion, Qin Hong immediately cautioned:
"Right, today's matter requires your discretion. The events of thirty-eight years ago are already very difficult to verify. If Li Rong finds out about this and obstructs or tries to erase any remaining evidence, this case will be even harder to investigate. The Great Winds Novel Network.
So, we plan to secretly collect evidence first.
The best scenario is that we gather irrefutable physical evidence, and then we can interrogate Li Rong.
This matter can then be made public.
If we're unlucky, it's hard to say. After all, forty years have passed, and it's not unreasonable if we can't find any evidence.
Therefore, I suggest you don't have too high expectations."
Although Qin Hong felt Ding Yun was quite pitiful and even wanted to pat her chest and guarantee that she would handle the matter properly.
But the reality was what it was.
Cases from thirty-eight years ago weren't that easy to resolve.
So, she could only prepare Ding Yun for the worst. As long as she didn't have too high expectations, she wouldn't be too disappointed even if nothing was found.
"I understand. Can I investigate privately?
Also, can evidence I find privately be used as evidence? Like the evidence I submitted regarding my adoptive parents this time, that should be fine, right?"
Since there was a direction, Ding Yun was certainly confident in continuing the investigation. She even felt that with the items in her soul space and her powerful mental strength, her efficiency might even be faster than the Public Security Bureau.
That's why she specifically said this.
It was also a way to make things clear.
"You can, but it's best if the evidence is obtained through legitimate channels, otherwise, it's difficult for us to handle.
Also, you need to be careful with your investigation. Absolutely remember not to leak this matter. Once the Li family interferes, it will increase our investigation difficulties."
"Understood!"
After a period of exchange, Ding Yun left the Public Security Bureau with a head full of questions, even more confused than when she first arrived. For example, was she Li Rong's biological daughter? Did Li Rong have some deep-seated grudge against her to do such a thing? And what was Li Xingfan's true identity?
Ding Yun, with her mind filled with confusion, returned home and immediately postponed some of her planned activities, focusing her efforts on finding people and personally participating in the investigation.
Investigating the past affairs of the Li family and the Kong family.
Even investigating the love history of Li Rong and Kong Yanzhi, who might now be her biological parents.
Additionally, nurses from the hospital back then.
All were within the scope of the investigation.
However, these investigations were quite difficult. After all, the internet was not well-developed thirty-eight years ago, and much information could not be found online, only in archives. And even archives might not still retain relevant records from thirty-eight years ago.
Most importantly, the relevant personnel from thirty-eight years ago would now be at least sixty years old, and some might have already passed away.
Finding them would also be very difficult.
To resolve her concerns as soon as possible, Ding Yun searched her soul space for a long time but couldn't find any suitable instruments to use now.
Without arousing suspicion.
To save herself trouble and avoid worrying, Ding Yun finally decided to take a risk and directly use her mental power to enter her father Li Rong's sea of consciousness, find a way to hypnotize him, or read his memories, to understand what happened back then.
That's right, who in this world could know things better than the parties involved? The clues obtained through investigation could only infer a result, and the margin of error from the actual situation was hard to say. Before, Ding Yun just hadn't expected things to be so complicated, so she hadn't specifically gone into Li Rong's sea of consciousness to hypnotize him and collect memories.
Now that she knew the matter was quite complicated.
And the investigation was also difficult.
At the same time, she had the ability to find the truth directly from the memories of the parties involved, so why not do it?
As for how to provide the relevant evidence chain to the Public Security Bureau after finding the truth, that was also easy. It might be difficult to find clues and explore the truth, but it was not difficult to trace back clues from the truth. So, there was no need to worry about this.
Having made her decision, Ding Yun entered Li Rong's sea of consciousness that same night. Through mental induction, hypnosis, and other mental techniques, it took her nearly two hours to uncover the truth.
A truth that left one speechless.
The amount of information was immense, extremely immense...
The original body was indeed Li Rong's daughter.
Li Xingfan was also indeed not Li Rong's daughter.
Then, Li Yuning was Li Rong's son, but not Kong Yanzhi's son. He was the original body's half-brother, and Kong Yanzhi was unaware of this.
So, in summary, out of these three people, only the original body was the biological child of Li Rong and Kong Yanzhi. Li Rong was well aware of this, and Kong Yanzhi knew the original body was her biological daughter, but she was unaware that Li Yuning was not her biological son.
The situation indeed sounded quite complicated, mainly because another key person was missing in between.
The biological mother of Li Yuning and Li Xingfan.
Su Lian.
Li Rong's white moonlight first love—Su Lian.
As for the specific story, it had to start a long, long time ago, about forty-five years ago.