In the ward.
Just as Chu Ling's face was full of longing and a smile hung at the corner of her lips.....
Lin Xuan's griping suddenly sounded in her ear!
......
[Oh my foolish little cousin~~ why did she suddenly show such an idiotic expression?]
[Could she naively think that after returning to the Tang family, she'll regain family affection? That naive? No way, no way!!!]
[Uh, fine! It does kind of seem that way......]
[I remember that after being violated by Chu Xiong and the old village head, she was driven to thoughts of death and planned to jump off a cliff...]
[She just happened to be saved by a film crew shooting nearby, and only after all sorts of coincidences did she finally recognize her relatives and return to the Tang family.]
[Because she craved family affection too much, after being acknowledged, she kept trying to cater to and please the Tang family, doing her utmost to ingratiate herself with my eldest uncle's whole family.]
[Unfortunately, because of.... sigh...]
[My tragic little cousin, even till the very end, never managed to warm her family's hearts. When she was utterly disheartened.....]
[She not only voluntarily gave up treatment for stomach cancer, but also snatched the dog chain from Wangcai's neck and hanged herself in the bathroom.]
[Sigh! The way she died was really too miserable! By the time this girl's corpse was discovered the next day.....]
[Tsk tsk tsk..... her eyeballs were bulging, her excretions had overflowed, her tongue was sticking far out, and her neck had been stretched out so long.....]
......
Chu Ling: "——(òωó?)????!!!!!!"
ε＝ε＝ε＝(#＞д＜)? Aaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!
Did I really die that miserably?!
Impossible, absolutely impossible!!!!!
After finally returning to my family, how could I still be unloved by father and mother???
And my final fate is to use a stolen dog chain and hang myself to death in the bathroom?!!
Th-this.... I'd die with my eyes wide open!!!!
Nooooooooooooooooo~~
Chu Ling, who had been imagining a beautiful future, fell apart on the spot after eavesdropping on Lin Xuan's inner voice.
She was kneeling and wailing in her heart, feeling like her future was pitch black!!!
Her whole body went cold; she could almost hear the BGM to her failed life~~~
"Snowflakes drifting~~ the north wind whistling~~~"
"Heaven and earth ~ a vast ~ desolation~~~"
Pain!!!!!
It hurts too much!!!!!!
Did I destroy the Milky Way in my past life or something? My life in this one is ridiculously unlucky; I really want a restart!!!
o(╥﹏╥)o But I don't want to hang myself—what do I do?!!
That way of dying is way too scary, sob sob, this life is not worth it......
Thinking of the hanging scene Lin Xuan described, Chu Ling went numb! Completely numb!!
If someone else had said that......
She'd never believe this would be her future even if she were beaten to death!!!
But the one saying it just had to be Lin Xuan, and he can see the future—how could it be false?!
Calm down! The future can be changed!
Didn't I already escape the tragic fate of being "defiled"???〒▽〒
So, I can definitely avoid this "hanging" future too!
(〃＞皿＜) Damn that cousin, why does he like to say only half of what he means?!
Hurry up and say what the exact reason was that finally led me to commit suicide—can't you just say it all in one breath?!!!
If you only say half, I'll curse your willy to also be half as short!!!!
.......
"Chu Ling? Are you okay? You don't look so good!"
Sensing Chu Ling's abnormality, Su Qingge asked with concern.
Hearing that, Chu Ling forced out a smile uglier than crying and said:
"Heh-heh... it's nothing, I'm fine! I was just thinking... when will my biological parents come to acknowledge me?!"
"So that's it! Don't worry! The internet is so advanced now; your family will definitely recognize you soon. Then you can reunite with your family...."
Su Qingge comforted her with a smile.
She knew there were people in the Tang family who specialized in online entertainment traffic and were very sensitive to hot searches.
Now that Chu Ling's popularity was so high, it was impossible they hadn't noticed.
Who knows....
Maybe someone from the Tang family was already on their way.....
"Ahem......"
"Is that so? Good... that's good. I really hope to meet my family soon!"
Cold sweat poured from Chu Ling's forehead; her smile looked even worse.
If she hadn't heard Lin Xuan's inner voice, she would certainly have been eager to be acknowledged by the Tang family.
Not only would she gain warmth and familial love, but she could live a good life afterwards, no more hard labor, no more carrying pigs to pay debts.
But now, knowing her ultimate end after returning to the Tang family....
Chu Ling suddenly felt that not being acknowledged was fine; being alone was fine—at least there'd be no danger to her life.....
.....
"Don't worry, little sister Chu Ling! The entire internet of kindhearted people is concerned about you and wants to help you."
"I believe you'll soon be able to return to your relatives' side and feel the love and care they give you."
"By staying by your family's side, you'll feel an incomparable happiness and fulfillment!"
"You'll understand that family is the most precious thing in the world; it can overcome all difficulties and challenges. You'll understand that no matter where you are, family will always be your firmest backing and warmest harbor. You'll understand that with your family's love and care, your life will become more enriched and meaningful."
"So please remember... you are not alone!"
"Very soon, you will have your family's love and support, their protection and blessings!"
"........"
Lin Xuan's words were earnest, his gaze sincere, as if he truly cared for Chu Ling and was helping to untie the knot in her heart.
┐(?～?)┌ Can't be helped~~~
He now needed Chu Ling to return to the Tang family as a bridge to repairing relations with them.
Only, those heartfelt words fell into the ears of the two girls and produced different psychological reactions......
Su Qingge rolled her eyes, →→ her expression a bit odd.
Originally, those righteous and impassioned words of Lin Xuan's would sound very inspiring and reasonable coming from anyone else....
After all, family affection really is one of the most precious things in this world!
But those exact words....￣□￣｜｜
Coming from Lin Xuan, who vigorously supports the death penalty for his scumbag father, mm....
Something about it just feels off, doesn't it?!!
As for Chu Ling....
Looking at Lin Xuan's "kind" expression as if he were really thinking of her, the corner of her eye couldn't help but twitch. She nearly couldn't hold herself back from jumping up and slapping him with a big palm strike!!!
(〃＞皿＜).
Damn bastard cousin—clearly you know my ultimate end after returning to the Tang family.....
Yet you're still over there spouting "cool words" about how precious family affection is, trying to talk me into hanging myself, right?!!
How can you be so cruel?!
How does that 37°-warm mouth of yours manage to say such icy words?!!
Boo-hoo-hoo.....
I'm just too unlucky~~~~
I thought I'd become a child favored by fate, but who would have thought this cousin "golden finger" of mine is so unreliable, even trying to trick me into going to my death~~~
At this moment!
Online and offline, everyone was feeling sorry for the poor girl "Chu Ling," calling for her to find her biological parents.
But none of the netizens knew......
That in fact, every single person in this ward knew what was really going on, but they just refused to say it....
Sigh~~ just playing—they just won't say it, just love to be riddlemen~~
????乛?乛????.
While everyone in the room nursed different thoughts.....
Click!
The ward door was suddenly pushed open, and a dignified, elegant woman rushed in from outside.
She's finally here, huh?!!
The moment he saw her, Lin Xuan's eyes lit up and a faint smile unconsciously curled at the corner of his lips.
The newcomer was none other than his eldest aunt..... Xu Shuyun!
As soon as she stepped inside, her eyes immediately darted toward the hospital bed. When she clearly saw Chu Ling's face, her eyes reddened on the spot.
"Daughter, my daughter! Y-you... you've suffered, Mom is here...."
Xu Shuyun hurried to the bedside. Seeing her emaciated, pale biological daughter, her heart ached unbearably.
This sudden turn of events caught everyone off guard.
Especially Chu Ling on the bed—she was completely dumbfounded.
Perhaps out of a mother-daughter bond....
Although the gorgeously dressed woman before her was a stranger, from the moment she appeared....
Chu Ling had a strong premonition deep down that this woman was her biological mother!!!
"Child, it's me! I am your mother!"
"Eighteen years ago, Chu Family Village... premature birth... birthmark....."
"All the experiences of that year prove one thing! Because of that vicious couple, you and Xiao Rou lived each other's lives for 18 years...."
"I'm sorry! It was all your father and mother's fault, which made you suffer so much! If only we had been a little more careful back then, you wouldn't have been switched."
"......."
Perhaps afraid that Chu Ling wouldn't believe it, Xu Shuyun, eyes red, told the whole story of what had happened to her back then.
The more she spoke, the more her heart ached, until she could no longer hold back her tears and they spilled down.
Earlier, just watching the story unfold through the video had already made Xu Shuyun feel sad and pained.
But upon seeing her daughter's sickly state with her own eyes, she truly felt the visual shock.....
She couldn't imagine how hard her daughter's ordinary days had been—her whole body was bony and skinny, and even the skin on her exposed arms still bore plenty of bruises and lash marks.
It was horrifying to behold!!!
And that was only what was exposed; what about what was hidden beneath her clothes? How many more shocking scars of the past must there be.......