Chapter 241: Explosive News

Luo Qiao spent a day getting to know the Luo family. The original owner’s biological father, Luo Haotian, had previously served in the military in Ji City. After retiring, he moved back to Beijing and worked at a machinery factory, where he is now the deputy plant manager in charge of sales.

The original owner’s mother, Ning Xueling, is the head of the finance department at the postal bureau. Besides the girl who swapped identities with her, there are two pairs of twin brothers. There’s four brothers. The original’s mother gave birth to two sets of twin sons.

The eldest and second eldest brothers are also twins. Unfortunately, due to poor care, an accident occurred when they were three years old. As a result, one was suffering intellectual impairment and the other was physical disability. They were taken in by the original’s grandparents and have not been seen since.

In the book, these two characters are briefly mentioned as being in a nursing home. The original’s third brother, Luo Siyan, is twenty years old and a squad leader in the military in Beijing. The fourth brother, Luo Siyuan, works at the water supply company.

Just as Luo Qiao was preparing to take action, the original owner’s father, Luo Haotian, noticed a problem. One of his colleagues had been severely injured in the workshop and required a large amount of type O blood for surgery.

At this time, Luo Haotian accompanied the blood donation team. While donating blood, he ran into the same nurse who had drawn blood from Ning Xueling before. This nurse had a strong impression of Luo Jianing because she had been very picky and had thrown several tantrums in the hospital.

The nurses at the nurse station were all working in the same ward as Luo Jianing, so she knew a bit about Luo Jianing’s situation. Today, Luo Haotian coincidentally met the nurse who had previously drawn blood for Ning Xueling. The nurse suddenly said, “You really treat your stepdaughter well.”

Luo Haotian was stunned and asked, “What did you just say?”

The nurse replied, “Isn’t Luo Jianing, who was hospitalized last time, your stepdaughter?”

Having been a scout, Luo Haotian remained calm then asked, “How do you know I’m her stepfather?”

The young nurse smiled and said, “You have blood type O, your wife has blood type A, and your daughter has blood type AB. That means she can’t be your biological daughter. But you treat her so well, so she must be your stepdaughter. They say love extends to everything connected, and since you love your wife so much, it makes sense you’d care for her daughter too.

By the way, your wife even wanted to donate blood to her that day, but unfortunately, the blood types didn’t match, so they had to use blood from the blood bank in the emergency.”

As she finished speaking, the blood was also drawn. Luo Haotian’s mind was in turmoil as he returned to the waiting area outside the operating room, replaying the nurse’s words over and over. The conclusion he reached was that Jianing was not his biological daughter, and Ning Xueling knew about it.

He recalled how strange Ning Xueling had acted outside the operating room that day—her hesitant and cryptic speech. It all made sense now. At the time, he thought his wife was afraid he would blame her niece, Ning Lingyu, but now he realized it was to hide the blood type issue.

Luo Qiao didn’t have much time, so the next day she found two cleanly dressed women, gave each ten yuan, and asked them to spread the word at the factory’s residential compound. In less than half a day, the news that Luo Jianing wasn’t Luo family’s biological daughter had spread everywhere.

In addition, when Luo Haotian was donating blood, some people from the factory, who were also there to donate, overheard the nurse’s words, which confirmed the rumor.

So that night, Luo Jianing heard her parents arguing. She wanted to intervene but instead overheard that she wasn’t the Luo family’s biological child. She was so shocked that she retreated to her room.

Remembering how the people at the residential compound pointed at her during the day, Luo Jianing was so frightened that she almost fainted.

Luo Haotian glared at Ning Xueling and said, “You knew when Jianing was hospitalized. Why didn’t you tell me?”

Ning Xueling started crying, “I was terrified too. I was afraid you would blame me, that your parents would look down on me even more because of this. It’s taken years for our relationship to improve a bit.

I thought I’d wait until I found out the truth, then I’d tell you. I didn’t expect you to find out on your own.”

Her pitiful expression left Luo Haotian unable to stay angry.