"Miss Su, I don't understand what you mean."
Shang Wenyun's mind was in turmoil, and the words she spoke were incredibly difficult to get out. What did she mean that parents with type O blood couldn't produce a child with type A blood? Could there be a mistake with the child she had given birth to herself?
If she were a man, hearing this might cause a moment of panic, as one couldn't guarantee a wife's absolute loyalty and the child might be the result of an affair.
But she was a woman!
Shang Wenyun was absolutely certain of her love for her husband, a love that had never faded over the past ten years. She remembered their walks under the camphor trees at their university abroad, and the excitement and shyness of holding hands for the first time.
And... their vows in the church.
They had promised to be loyal and to cherish each other until the day they died!
Su Ning remained silent.
She stared intently at the woman before her. Though she was no longer in her youth, her delicate features and resilient aura still gave her a unique and striking charm.
"Is the second male lead out of his mind? He didn't want such a wonderful wife. They clearly married out of free will and love, yet he could hurt her just like that."
The system said coolly:
"That is exactly why he is in pain and conflicted. It perfectly highlights his taboo affection for the female lead, knowing it's impossible but pursuing it anyway."
Pausing for a moment, it added:
"The more bizarre the characters and the more melodramatic their actions, the more readers want to keep reading. This arc of the original novel was cursed to high heaven, but the sales were the highest!"
Of course, once book characters came to reality, things became incredibly dramatic.
"Ms. Shang, I don't know what you don't understand." To outsiders, Su Ning showed no pity for this poor woman, ruthlessly shattering her confusion and daze.
She repeated her point about the blood types.
"There are only two possibilities." Su Ning sat back in her seat with utmost leisure, a malicious smile even curling at the corner of her lips. Lin Sen grew even more certain of his guess—
The young miss had come here just to watch a good show.
"The first possibility: you had an affair. The lover's blood type is A, and Zhao Xuewen inherited his blood type... Of course, the probability of this is very small."
"Why?"
Shang Wenyun's eyes brightened slightly.
"You forgot, you gave birth to boy-girl twins. Your daughter is type O, which proves she is biologically yours. It's impossible for one child to be your husband's and the other to be a lover's, right?"
Actually, there was a minuscule probability, Su Ning thought to herself.
But the biological conditions required to achieve that were far too shameless. It was better not to say it out loud and challenge the moral bottom line of people in the Republican era...
Hearing this, everyone's gaze involuntarily fell on the little girl on the hospital bed. She blinked her big eyes, listening obediently and earnestly.
Lin Sen observed carefully.
Although the child was still young, her eyes and facial contours already showed traces of Shang Wenyun's features... She was definitely her biological child.
On the contrary, that Zhao Xuewen.
Heh.
He didn't look like his mother. Combining this with the current situation, he probably looked like Shang Wenyun's husband, or perhaps the woman her husband kept on the outside.
That's right, even Lin Sen could only guess it was like this!
"Children shouldn't listen to these things." Su Ning waved her hand. Someone naturally went over, picked the child up from the bed, and walked out the door. Shang Wenyun opened her mouth but said nothing.
She found that she still couldn't bring herself to doubt Miss Su.
Such a proud person wouldn't do anything to harm her daughter.
After ruling out the possibility of Shang Wenyun having an affair, Su Ning sat up slightly straighter, a hard-to-detect excitement revealing itself in her eyes.
"The second possibility: your husband pulled some tricks behind your back... Ms. Shang, do you remember the situation on the day you gave birth? Did you pass out?"
Shang Wenyun frowned in recollection.
After a long while, she said:
"That's right, my labor was quite difficult. I was in labor for a full day and night. By evening, I had almost no strength left. When I woke up again, both children were beside me." She spoke very quickly, then suddenly bit her lip and said:
"But it's impossible. Why would my husband do such a thing? He was always so good to me. During my pregnancy, whenever he had time, he stayed by my side, massaging my legs and giving me gifts."
"And... it couldn't be such a coincidence."
"Xuewen was full-term."
Everyone present knew exactly what the last two sentences meant.
It meant that the likelihood of two women getting pregnant at the exact same time and giving birth at the same time was incredibly slim, which proved her husband had no opportunity to pull off such a scheme.
Here it comes, finally guided to this step.
Su Ning softened her tone: "Zhao Xuewen was full-term, but what about your daughter? Didn't the doctor say she was born with congenital deficiencies? Are you sure you had a natural birth?"
At the exact same age, that little girl was a whole size smaller than Zhao Xuewen!
How pitiful... Who asked her biological father to be so inhuman? For the sake of the female lead, he actually tampered with his wife's childbirth just to flawlessly orchestrate the setup of "boy-girl twins."
At this point, bystanders like Lin Sen all understood Su Ning's implication.
Naturally, it was impossible for Shang Wenyun not to understand.
"Impossible, it's impossible..."
She shook her head, her face pale, only able to repeat these words. Her mind constantly recalled past events, such as when she went to the hospital for check-ups during her pregnancy.
The doctor had never once said she was expecting twins!
Also, the day she gave birth was very strange. Women actually have premonitions about labor, but she had no feeling that she was about to give birth, so she was in a total panic when her stomach suddenly felt a sharp pain.
A lot of time was wasted before getting to the hospital.
Once doubt sets in.
More evidence started popping up one after another, like cockroaches scurrying out in a room. For example, when she was giving birth, her husband didn't show up at all; he only appeared after it was over.
And her husband had claimed the servants weren't serving well, not only failing to notice something was wrong with her in time, but also not caring about the two children.
He had gradually fired all of them.
"Ding, detected that the host is acting heartless and rich..." Su Ning, full of enthusiasm, was just about to add the final fuel to the fire when she heard the system's broadcast. She felt a bit speechless.
This is also considered being heartless and rich?
She checked the message. It said she used money to cause immense physical and mental harm to Shang Wenyun—this was utter nonsense. It also stated that her actions would soon bring misfortune to the second male lead and his family.
She silently rolled her eyes.
Fortunately, the reward was good: 500,000 yuan. Well, she should keep up the good work. The second male lead hasn't even returned yet; this is just a small beginning...
"Ms. Shang, why deceive yourself? The truth is already very clear, isn't it?" Su Ning put on an expression of deep sorrow, though her acting skills were rather plastic:
"You can know a person's face but not their heart. You just misjudged someone, it's not your fault."
Strike one.
Shang Wenyun thought of her husband's face and the marital love she had firmly believed in until today.
"The son isn't biologically yours, but the daughter is. By discovering the truth early, you've also minimized your losses."
Strike two.
She had never doubted Zhao Xuewen's identity, taking meticulous care of him, worrying about his food, clothing, housing, and transportation.
Although she had never neglected her daughter, no matter how full a mother's love is, her energy is limited. Divided into two, the daughter inevitably missed out on attention sometimes.
"Although your husband is already dead and you can't take revenge on him, his family is still around. Just make the truth clear and stop raising Zhao Xuewen."
Strike three.
Shang Wenyun's mind flashed with the blatant favoritism her husband's family had always shown. They had treated her daughter with nothing but neglect and disdain, which was a stark contrast to how they treated Zhao Xuewen. In the past, she had simply assumed it was their traditional preference for boys over girls.
But now, an uncontrollable thought crept into her mind.
Did the Zhao family know all along?
Did they know... that Zhao Xuewen wasn't her biological son? Perhaps they were afraid she would find out, which was why they were always taking him away to their place. Then, after observing her and realizing she was still foolish enough to remain in the dark, they would send him back.
They were probably laughing at her behind her back.
Look at this stupid woman.
Played for a total fool, actually believing the boy is her own flesh and blood!
"Ms. Shang."
Lin Sen handed over a tissue. Shang Wenyun took it in a daze and wiped her face. A moment later, seeing the tissue soaked through with a patch of bright red, she finally registered the sharp pain in her bitten lip.
Her salty tears fell onto the wound.
Making the agony even worse.
A series of chiming sounds played like a brief little melody before coming to an abrupt halt. Su Ning blinked. She didn't even need to ask the system to know the reason why—
Shang Wenyun's suffering had reached its absolute peak.
As far as a plot character was concerned.
She had been completely drained dry.
