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“Yuxian… Yuxian…” Mrs. Wei cried out Wei Yuxian’s name as if she had seen a savior.
Wei Yuxian, however, looked at her coldly, not saying a word, waiting to see what she wanted to say.
Hearing her cries, Mr. Wei, who was next to Mrs. Wei, also endured the pain to lift his head and saw Wei Yuxian.
He looked at the “daughter” before him with his muddled eyes. Since this daughter had gone to the capital to attend university, he hadn’t seen her again, and now upon seeing her, he almost didn’t recognize her!
The person in front of him had changed too much. She had become much more rounded, with just the right amount of flesh on her face, and her attire was vastly different from before.
The whole person had undergone a tremendous transformation!
Now, she was even more beautiful, and her aura was different from before, no longer the kind that allowed others to bully her.
How could she have changed so much in just half a year?
His muddled eyes then shifted to the man beside her. This was a man who looked handsome but also dangerous.
How did Wei Yuxian end up with such a man?
Mr. Wei didn’t have time to think too much about it and looked back at Wei Yuxian, only to meet her cold gaze. For some reason, when he saw her eyes like that, he couldn’t help but shiver!
The change was too obvious. This “daughter” was no longer the same daughter from before.
At this moment, Mr. Wei was still unaware that Wei Yuxian was not his biological daughter. Mrs. Wei had never told him, and those who knew had not informed him either.
Therefore, up until now, he believed that Wei Yuxian was his biological daughter.
He couldn’t understand why Wei Yuxian could be so heartless, doing such things to their family.
Now he knew that everything the family had suffered was the doing of the man behind Wei Yuxian, but he knew nothing else.
He was very confused. Although the family hadn’t treated her well, she shouldn’t have retaliated against them like this, right?
After all, they were family, sharing the same blood!
Not to mention, he had raised her with great effort to this age. Instead of thinking about repaying him, she did this to the family!
Thinking of this, Mr. Wei’s expression turned sour towards Wei Yuxian.
In their village, wasn’t every family like this towards their daughters?
In the village, weren’t there plenty of girls who were married off at the age of ten or so? He hadn’t married her off early, so she should be thanking her lucky stars!
In Mr. Wei’s mindset, women were mere accessories to men, something that could be sold to save up for a son’s marriage.
The idea of favoring sons over daughters was deeply ingrained in his mind!
Mrs. Wei endured the pain in her body, took a deep breath to stop her tears from falling, and managed to speak coherently, saying, “Yuxian, Mom didn’t mean it. Can you forgive Mom?”
“Mom has raised you for so many years; can you spare Mom for the sake of all those years?”
Mrs. Wei managed to say such a long passage in one breath, but the pain from her wounds was unbearable. As soon as she finished speaking, she quickly gasped for air, trying to alleviate the pain.
Mr. Wei, who was next to her, also spoke up at this moment, saying, “Wei Yuxian, I am your father! How can you treat me like this? I never thought you would be such an ungrateful person. All these years, the Wei family has raised you for nothing!
Hasn’t the Wei family treated you well over the years? We provided you with food, shelter, and education! Is this how you repay me?
I am your father! Do you want the people in the village to gossip about you?”
His words were both arrogant and presumptuous, as if all the wrongdoing was on Wei Yuxian’s part.
Moreover, at this moment, he used his status as an elder to pressure Wei Yuxian, hoping to intimidate her into releasing him.
Wei Yuxian, upon hearing these words, merely sneered, as if she had heard a huge joke.
She said, “You know very well how the Wei family has treated me over the years. You provided me with food and shelter, yes, but I ate your leftovers, often going hungry, and as for the place to live, the small balcony I stayed in was truly luxurious!
As for paying for my education… before junior high, if the government hadn’t intervened, would you have let me finish elementary school? And high school, did you contribute a single cent to my tuition or living expenses?
If it weren’t for my teacher’s support and my own part-time jobs to earn money, could I have finished high school?
How many times did you cause trouble at my high school? And you still have the nerve to say these things!”
Finally, are you sure… that you are really my father?”
Each sentence was spoken with such icy indifference! Especially the last one, which felt like shards of ice piercing into Mr. Wei’s heart!
Mrs. Wei, upon hearing her husband’s words, broke out in a cold sweat and felt anxious for him.
She wanted to speak up to stop him, to tell him not to overestimate himself and say such things at this time.
However, after saying what she had just said, she had exhausted all her strength and could only make a sound like a mosquito, unable to stop Mr. Wei at all!
Now, hearing Wei Yuxian’s words, she felt a sudden jolt in her heart, thinking: It’s over, everything is over!
Mr. Wei was also puzzled by Wei Yuxian’s words, especially the last sentence, where she asked, “Are you really my father?”
What did she mean by that? What did she mean by asking if he was really her father?
If he wasn’t her father, then who was?
Could it be… that this woman had cheated on him behind his back!
Thinking of this, Mr. Wei felt a sense of betrayal and turned to look at Mrs. Wei, his eyes filled with anger!
However, this conclusion had not been confirmed yet, and he was only suspecting it.
He looked at Wei Yuxian and asked, “What do you mean? If I’m not your father, then who is?”
Wei Yuxian looked at Mrs. Wei and saw that the woman was now lowering her head in guilt, not daring to look at anyone, trying her best to minimize her presence.
But was this useful? It was completely useless!
She said, “It seems she hasn’t told you yet. Nineteen years ago, the girl you gave birth to died after just a few days, but this woman, to avoid gossip, held the dead baby… and swapped her with me!”
As she spoke, she paused for a moment, and the sorrow in her heart welled up again, her eyes turning red, her nose tingling, and tears began to gather in her eyes.
However, she was trying hard to hold back, not allowing herself to show any sign of weakness in front of them!
In front of her enemies, she had to be strong! She had to appear even stronger than them!
Fu Xuanyi looked at the person beside him with heartache and slightly shifted his position, standing mostly behind her, half-embracing her in his arms, giving her more support.
It was as if he was silently saying: Don’t be afraid, I’m behind you.
It would be a lie to say that Wei Yuxian wasn’t touched. The tingling in her nose became more pronounced, but she clenched her teeth and still managed to hold back her tears.
Fu Xuanyi also gave her tremendous courage, allowing her to stand firm and unshaken!