coobybook Chapter 127 Let's investigate.
Chapter 127 Let's investigate.
Yun Xiaoyue, who was directly called out by An Ling, was shocked.
She was already coughing, so this reaction wasn't unusual. However, those who could hear An Ling's thoughts were now focused on Yun Xiaoyue and noticed her shifty eyes and guilty expression.
Yun Xiaoyue was unaware that her actions had been completely exposed. She thought An Ling was just trying to argue with them and had accidentally stumbled upon the truth.
So she composed herself and said:
"You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. You're the type who tries to drag others down with you when you're having a hard time. Just because you're a fake heiress doesn't mean Shen Luo is a fake young master too?"
"When did I say that Shen Luo was a fake young master?" An Ling retorted. "I only said that there was a possibility. After all, no one can guarantee that nothing will go wrong."
[Calm down, calm your mind, speak slowly, guide the conversation gently.]
Otherwise, no one will believe it.
An Ling tried to calm herself down while controlling her expression, making sure her anger wasn't too obvious.
If she gets too angry, it might look like she's rambling incoherently out of embarrassment, which could actually make her lose her composure.
"If I remember correctly, Shen Luo and I share the same birthday, right?"
"Isn't it a coincidence? There are already three people here born on the same day, month, and year. Add Qiu Nian, and that makes four."
An Ling even tried to put on a smile and look at Yun Xiaoyue, making herself look like she was joking.
"Qiu Nian and I were accidentally switched at birth because we were born in the same hospital. If Shen Luo and An Rui were also in the same hospital, they might have been switched at birth too."
She casually asked, as if it were an offhand question:
"So, you and Uncle Shen moved away from Haicheng after Shen Luo was born, right? And Shen Luo was born in Haicheng? Which hospital was it?"
With each question An Ling asked, Yun Xiaoyue felt more and more panicked.
No matter how much she tried to convince herself that An Ling was just getting lucky, she couldn't withstand An Ling's repeated questions.
Yun Xiaoyue pretended to be annoyed by An Ling's rude question and put on the airs of an elder.
"What's it to you? I know, you just want to get revenge because I scolded you in front of your parents."
As expected, a fake heiress is a fake heiress. Even growing up in the An family, she never learned manners or respect. She doesn't even care about basic hospitality or respecting elders. Deep down, she's a petty and vindictive person.
“My daughter is none of your business to lecture her,” Pei Yuning retorted, shutting Yun Xiaoyue down with a single sentence. “Politeness and respect are appropriate for the person you are dealing with, and it’s obviously unnecessary for you.”
Pei Yuning's words made Yun Xiaoyue feel extremely humiliated, but before she could react, she heard Pei Yuning actually answer An Ling's question.
“Xiao Ling, Shen Luo was also born in the same hospital as you, a hospital under the Shen Group.”
The Shen family owns a high-end obstetrics and gynecology hospital in Haicheng, where at least half of the wealthy women in Haicheng choose to give birth and have their postpartum care.
Pei Yuning was trying her best to appear calm, but upon closer listening, her voice still trembled slightly, a testament to the anger, guilt, and heartache she couldn't suppress despite her best efforts.
"So, the possibility you mentioned really exists."
Now it was An Ling's turn to be stunned.
An Ling knew that her words just now were indeed somewhat rude.
She had anticipated her parents' reaction after she said those things; they were unlikely to be happy about it, and the fact that they didn't criticize her was already a sign of their love for her.
Anyway, she was already prepared to go all out today. Even if she had to throw a tantrum, she would still plant the seeds of doubt in them. Even if they didn't believe her at all, she planned to use the same trick as before to pull out An Rui's hair and send it for testing.
Therefore, Pei Yuning's words were indeed completely unexpected by An Ling.
[Why did Mom listen to me so easily?]
Doesn't she think I'm being unreasonable?
What happened next was even more unexpected for An Ling. Pei Yuning not only didn't accuse her of being unreasonable, but instead directly stated what An Ling most wanted to achieve at that moment:
"Since there is such a possibility, let's investigate."
"Investigate? Investigate what?"
Upon hearing Pei Yuning's words, An Rui froze completely, unable to believe what he had just heard.
"Mom, what are you saying?"
Although she felt a pang of sadness and reluctance, making Pei Yuning almost afraid to look at An Rui, she gritted her teeth and made her words even clearer.
"Check if you are my child, and whether you and Shen Luo were switched at birth."
An Rui felt his head buzz. He opened his mouth but couldn't make a sound, as if Pei Yuning's words had so shocked him that he had forgotten how to speak.
Is he crazy? Or is it Mom who's crazy?
Otherwise, how could he have heard such words coming from his mother's mouth?
Yun Xiaoyue's head also buzzed for a moment.
But she reacted quickly, immediately putting on a show of being so angry that she was trying to hold back her tears and was panting heavily in Shen Honghui's arms.
"Pei Yuning!" Yun Xiaoyue said, her voice trembling with tears. "I don't know what I did to offend you or if you've always disliked me, but you actually had to insult me like this! But what you said is just too much for a mother!"
Then, through teary eyes, she looked at An Shuhai and choked out:
“An Shuhai, I’ve figured it out now. Although you say nice things, you don’t actually welcome us at all, and you don’t consider Honghui and me as friends. You’re trying to drive us away this way, right?”
"Alright, then I'll grant your wish!"
Yun Xiaoyue struggled to get out of Shen Honghui's arms, grabbed Shen Luo's wrist, and tried to walk out the door.
"Xiao Luo, come with Mom, don't suffer at their house!"
She tried to pull it, but it wouldn't budge.
Yun Xiaoyue turned around in confusion and found that Shen Luo, who usually obeyed her every word, was standing still without moving an inch.
Shen Luo looked at her with an expression she couldn't understand, "Mom, let's investigate."
Looking at her with that kind of gaze, Yun Xiaoyue felt a sense of fear rise in her heart. She realized that if she didn't think of a solution soon, things might really get out of her control.
But what other options did she have?
She usually ignored Shen Luo and used the fact that she had developed an illness because of him to make him obey her.
Shen Luo's resistance was something completely foreign to her.
"Shen Luo, are you crazy? Do you know what you're saying?"
“I know,” Shen Luo felt her expression was probably worse than crying, “but I want to understand what the real reason is that you never cared about me.”
Yun Xiaoyue tugged at Shen Luo a couple more times, but found that he still refused to leave.
"You're all crazy! You can investigate yourselves if you want. If you don't come with me now, don't ever call me 'Mom' again. I don't have a son like you!"