"So that's how it is?" Lin Yan paused her steps upstairs and then sighed.
This was why no one had come forward to expose Lin Yin's lies, and why no one had cared about Fu Yan, who had been suppressed all along.
This was also why, even when Fu Yan had decided to leave the Fu family and become Lin Yan, there was nothing she could do. She had no home left.
The results of the paternity test came out a week later, and Lin Yan met Lin Yin again. However, with Lin Yin were a pair of somewhat reserved middle-aged couple.
Unlike the elegantly made-up and beautiful Mrs. Fu, Mother Lin was a kind middle-aged woman, dressed simply but neatly and decently.
Father Lin looked somewhat weathered, appearing a few years older than his age. The burdens of life had left many traces on his face, but his gaze towards his wife and children was filled with tenderness.
Lin Yin had truly been shortsighted. She had come from a home full of affection into a cage full of self-interest, yet she was still pleased with herself.
However, what was poison to one might be ambrosia to another. Perhaps what she had longed to escape was someone else's paradise.
"Mom and Dad, are these the parents of this student Lin Yin?" Lin Yan walked over to Mrs. Fu and looked at the seemingly harmonious family over there.
"Hello, Uncle and Aunt!" Lin Yan greeted politely.
Mrs. Fu's expression was a little strange, but she didn't stop Lin Yan from speaking.
"Hello, hello!" Father and Mother Lin were somewhat agitated but were trying to restrain themselves.
Looking at Father and Mother Lin, Lin Yin found their unpresentable demeanor unbearable.
"Are you here to take student Lin Yin home?" Lin Yan inquired, appearing completely unaware of the situation of this meeting.
"It's probably you who should leave!" Lin Yin thought, but she knew she couldn't say it aloud. After all, she had to leave a good impression on the Fu couple.
"Yan'er, come back and sit down!" Mr. Fu spoke.
Lin Yan looked up at him and then obediently sat down.
"Lin Yin has already told you, haven't she?" Mr. Fu said.
"Yes, she said she was swapped with your daughter, and that she is not our daughter," Father Lin said with difficulty.
He really hadn't expected that his grown daughter would suddenly leave a letter saying she wasn't their daughter and was going to find her birth parents. kan Shu Le.
He and his wife had searched for their daughter for many days, and it wasn't until they received the call from here that they learned their daughter had gone to this place.
But when they arrived, they saw the paternity test. Was what their daughter said true?
Father Lin glanced again at the girl who had sat next to Mrs. Fu. Was that his birth daughter? Upon closer inspection, she did resemble his wife when she was younger.
"And what do you think?" Mr. Fu seemingly listened to the opinions of Father and Mother Lin, but he had already made up his mind. It was just a daughter, they could raise her as well.
"How could she not be our child? We raised Yin'er ourselves!" Mother Lin couldn't quite accept this situation.
"We also sent people to investigate. The heavy rain that day caused several car accidents, and the operating rooms were in high demand, so we gave birth in the same operating room. I believe you remember this," Mrs. Fu also chimed in.
"That's right," Mother Lin recalled, "I remember you had a car accident that caused a premature birth."
"That's right, and because of this, the two children were swapped. Coincidentally, their blood types were the same, so it wasn't discovered for so many years."
"Then why was it discovered now?" Mother Lin murmured. She looked at Mrs. Fu with a questioning gaze.
"Lin Yin came to find Yan Yan, saying she was our child," Mrs. Fu stared at Mother Lin's expression, seemingly trying to discern something, but she was disappointed.
"Yin'er? How would Yin'er know about this? She was just an infant then? And how could she find her way here?" Mother Lin couldn't accept this.
"I suppose we'll have to ask Lin Yin about this. She said that because you treated her poorly, she suspected she wasn't your biological daughter," Mrs. Fu completely sold out Lin Yin.
"Yin'er?" Mother Lin looked at Lin Yin in surprise, only to see Lin Yin turn her head away guiltily. Mother Lin's expression seemed to instantly turn ashen.
She offered no explanation, merely turning away, unwilling to look at Lin Yin any further. kan Shu Wu. Xià
Father Lin quickly took Mother Lin's hand, looking at her with heartache and worry. He was truly disappointed in this daughter he had raised for over a decade.
He prided himself that he and his wife had never mistreated Lin Yin, yet she could say such things. Did blood relation truly mean nothing compared to foster care? Was foster care less important than birth?
"Then, what do you say, Mr. Fu? Are you going to send them back to their rightful places?" Father Lin asked after some thought.
"Lao Lin!" Mother Lin looked at her husband.
"Yan'er has been growing up by our side, and we really can't bear to part with her. Furthermore, she can receive a better education by our side. I don't think you want to hinder the child's prospects, right?"
Mrs. Fu did not want to send Lin Yan away. After all, Lin Yan had been nurtured by her, she was her pride. She couldn't let her return to the Lin family, regardless of whether she was her biological daughter or not!
"Mom?" Lin Yan looked at the people in the room in shock, as if only now realizing what had happened. "So what she said is true, I'm not your biological daughter!"
"Yan'er, whether you are my biological daughter or not, you are my daughter!" Mrs. Fu tightly held Lin Yan's hand.
Again, it was like this, always like this. They could only see Fu Yan, with no regard for her, their own daughter!
She hated it so much, hated it! Why did Fu Yan have to compete with her? Why did everyone like Fu Yan so much!
"Then what about me?" Lin Yin asked, on the verge of tears. "What about me? I am your biological daughter, what should I do?"
Hearing Lin Yin's voice, Mr. Fu looked at this shrewd child. "You are, of course, our daughter. I will not let you be left out in the cold."
Father and Mother Lin found it hard to accept. So they had lost them both, right?
"What do you mean?" Father Lin asked anxiously.
"I want to raise both children together. You've seen our family's conditions, and we can give the children everything they need, whatever they want to learn.
Whether they want to study abroad or attend domestic schools. What we can provide them, and if I may be so presumptuous, Mr. Lin, is something you cannot provide.
No matter which of them it is, you want them to have a good life, don't you? Isn't everything a parent does for their child? So you can understand my decision, can't you?"