In the underground garage, a chilling wind swept in from all directions, making one shiver uncontrollably.
When Feng Wanhui descended from the elevator, she was hit by an icy blast. She rubbed her arms, breathed out a puff of steam, and hurried towards a black Mercedes.
"Knock, knock, knock..."
She tapped on the car window. It slowly rolled down, revealing Shen Qiman's handsome, roguish face.
"Mr. Shen, are you looking for me?"
"Get in!"
Feng Wanhui didn't know what Shen Qiman wanted, but she figured she hadn't offended him, and he wasn't likely to kill her. So, she got into the car.
As expected of a luxury car, it was very comfortable.
Feng Wanhui's eyes darted around the car, secretly calculating its value.
While Feng Wanhui was appraising the car, Shen Qiman was also appraising her. This woman was only fifty-five, yet her rough face was covered in wrinkles, and her cloudy eyes were filled with calculation.
However, if one looked closely at her features, Shen Qiman's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Feng Wanhui felt a prickle on her scalp from Shen Qiman's gaze. She turned and smiled at him, "Mr. Shen, what can I do for you?"
"I heard Ms. Feng has a daughter named Mu Yuxin."
Upon hearing Mu Yuxin's name, Feng Wanhui grew annoyed. Mu Yuxin had been increasingly disobedient lately, even talking about quitting her job to open a dessert shop.
Young people these days only harbored unrealistic fantasies and weren't grounded in reality.
Wait, why was Shen Qiman suddenly asking about Mu Yuxin?
"Yes, that's right. Mr. Shen, do you know my daughter?"
"No, I don't. I only know she seems to be good friends with Song Qinian."
Hearing this, Feng Wanhui exclaimed indignantly, "That woman Song Qinian is very good at pretending to be innocent and weak to deceive people. Yuxin is too unsuspecting, which is why..."
Shen Qiman didn't want to hear any of this rambling. He got straight to the point, "The last time, I inadvertently saw Song Qinian with the hair of Lin Xing'an and another woman for a DNA test. Who do you think she would use whose hair?"
Upon hearing this, Feng Wanhui's expression changed drastically, and she became flustered.
"Impossible! How could she know? This is impossible!"
Shen Qiman's eyes turned cold. He fiercely grabbed Feng Wanhui's collar, "Impossible? What do you know? Did you guess whose hair Song Qinian used?"
"I... I..."
Feng Wanhui was completely panicked, her face instantly turning as pale as paper.
"The DNA results show that Lin Xing'an and that woman are father and daughter. If Song Qinian knows this, what do you think she will do?"
When Feng Wanhui thought of the consequences, it felt like the sky was falling. She clutched Shen Qiman's arm tightly, as if grasping at a life-saving straw. "Mr. Shen, I can see you care a lot about Miss Lin. You must find a way to help me."
"What does this have to do with Qiuqiu?"
Feng Wanhui bit her lip, afraid to speak. Shen Qiman said angrily, "At this point, if you still hide it, you'll be harming yourself and others."
Hearing this, Feng Wanhui covered her face and burst into tears. "It was me. It's all my fault. It's all because I was blinded by foolishness back then, that I was separated from my own biological daughter for over twenty years."
Shen Qiman's face grew darker. He asked with a sliver of hope, "Who is the biological daughter you're referring to?"
Feng Wanhui cried with heartbreak and despair, "It's Tongtong."
"You..."
Although Shen Qiman had suspected it, he was still somewhat shocked and flustered when he heard the truth.
Lin Qiutong wasn't Lin Xing'an's biological daughter. This meant that the owner of the hair was Feng Wanhui's current daughter, Mu Yuxin.
Shen Qiman lit a cigarette, his heart restless. Then he said coldly to Feng Wanhui, "You have ten minutes to explain exactly what happened."
Feng Wanhui had originally wanted to take this secret to her grave, but she never expected things to escalate to this point.
Back then, she was blind and married a gambler who was addicted to alcohol. Moreover, his family was patriarchal and desperately wanted her to give birth to a boy.
Her firstborn was a girl, and she was subjected to much abuse and beatings from her in-laws. During her second pregnancy, she went to Xiangrui Mountain to pray to Buddha for a son.
On that same day, the Lin couple also went to Xiangrui Mountain.
They were giving birth on the same day. Seeing how doting Lin Xing'an was towards Ye Fanglin, and how loving they were as a couple, saying they would love either a boy or a girl, she felt that the world was too unfair.
Why did Ye Fanglin receive a man's affection, while her own life was filled with pain and sorrow?
The baby was born, a girl, and all her hopes were dashed.
Seeing that Ye Fanglin had also given birth to a daughter, and witnessing their happy and sweet family, Feng Wanhui harbored a malicious thought.
She looked at the fair and tender baby in her arms and couldn't help but think that her life was over, but her daughter shouldn't suffer with her.
Newborn babies all looked alike. When the Lin family wasn't paying attention, she swapped the two babies and left the hospital with Mu Yuxin.
As a mother, she naturally couldn't bear to part with her daughter, but for her daughter's future and prospects, she had no choice but to do so.
As time went by, every time she saw Mu Yuxin, she would think of the daughter she had swapped away, wondering how her daughter was now.
She inquired for a long time and finally found out the Lin family's address.
She secretly went to see Lin Qiutong once. That time, she could only see her from a distance. She was wearing a white long dress, sitting on a garden chair reading a book.
She was beautiful and healthy, poised and dignified.
Not long after, Lin Xing'an and Ye Fanglin came out to call her. She threw herself into their arms, and the family was happy and joyful, envied by others.
She felt both happy and lonely, but thinking that her daughter had been living a princess's life all these years, she was relieved.
Later, she learned that Lin Qiutong had been in a car accident and became a vegetative state. She then went to work at the hospital to take care of her.
She didn't expect Lin Qiutong to recognize her, nor did she dare to hope for it. She only wished to quietly grow old with her daughter and see her daughter happy.
Feng Wanhui sobbed uncontrollably, "I know I am a sinner, but Tongtong is innocent. If Tongtong knew she wasn't Lin Xing'an's daughter, but mine, she would surely be unable to bear the shock. Mr. Lin, I beg you, you must help me."
Shen Qiman hadn't expected Lin Qiutong's background to be like this. But why would Song Qinian suddenly suspect that Mu Yuxin might be Lin Xing'an's daughter?
Had she already found something out?
Thinking of this, a murderous glint flashed in Shen Qiman's eyes.
He looked coldly at Feng Wanhui, "I can't help you with this. Only you can help yourself."
"But I don't know what to do! Teach me, what should I do?"
Feng Wanhui was completely distraught, flustered, and afraid.
"Although I've suppressed the DNA test report, as long as Song Qinian suspects something, she won't give up her investigation. Sooner or later, Tongtong's life will be ruined by her. Tell me, what should you do?"
Feng Wanhui seemed to understand something. She clenched her fists and nodded.