Chapter 441: Chapter 442: Hurting Him Like Stabbing His Heart
Gu Junzhu beckoned at Gu Chi with his finger.
Gu Chi quickly walked over and respectfully handed a photo to Senior Master Xiang, “This is a photo of Lingyue’s mother before her death.”
Senior Master Xiang’s gaze fell on the photo, and his eyes widened in surprise.
The girl in the photo was around twenty years old, gentle and elegant, bearing great resemblance to his deceased wife’s appearance in her youth.
Was there anything more uncertain?
This was his daughter!
The daughter who was switched at birth by the despicable members of Xu Family back then!
Poor him and his wife, who never even knew that they had a daughter.
They never held her, never kissed her, never cared for their daughter for even a day,
Senior Master Xiang’s heart ached as if it were torn to shreds. Looking at the delicate and frail girl in the photo, he cried old tears, “It was my fault… all my fault…”
Back then, his wife had a difficult pregnancy, initially refrained from participating in the disaster relief.
He sternly reprimanded his wife, banned her from using her privilege, forcing her to lead the disaster relief team to Jiang City.
As a result, due to overwork, his wife gave birth prematurely in a makeshift maternity ward built with tents. Without any attendants nearby, it made it easy for someone to swap the babies, replacing their daughter with someone else’s son.
Laughably, him, Xiang Xiongyi, who prided himself as a heroic and sagacious man, spent his whole life raising his enemy’s son, like a fool!
His and his wife’s daughter was left to fend for herself.
He raised the members of Xu Family, who took advantage of his situation, like treasured gems.
He wished that he could tear those from Xu Family, who swapped his daughter, into thousands of pieces!
Under Gu Junzhu’s guidance, Gu Chi handed a stack of documents to Senior Master Xiang, “Senior Master Xiang, this is the life story of your daughter, Ms. Chen Yuanyuan.”
Senior Master Xiang took it and flipped through it with trembling hands.
The more he read, the more painful he felt, but he forced himself to go through it page by page like a form of self-torture.
Ever since he accepted Lingyue as his god grandson, he had looked into Lingyue’s background.
He knew that Lingyue’s mother, Chen Yuanyuan, was adopted by Lingyue’s grandmother, not her biological daughter.
He also knew that Chen Yuanyuan died while trying to save Ling Fangzhou.
Back then, when he read about it, Chen Yuanyuan was just an outsider to him. He felt pity and compassion, but he didn’t feel heartache.
What he lamented most was Lingyue’s unfortunate fate.
But right now, knowing that Chen Yuanyuan was his biological daughter, going over Chen Yuanyuan’s past experiences was like having his heart gouged, bringing him such pain.
His poor daughter, just a few days after she was born, was abandoned at the doorstep of a widow.
That woman had no one else at home and lived in poverty. His daughter went through a lot of suffering before she could clumsily grow up.
Finally, she graduated from college and married a seemingly good man, only to die while trying to save him.
His grandson, having just been born, lost his mother, and was maltreated by his stepmother. From childhood to adulthood, he never had one good day.
On the other hand, Xiang Jiechao, who took his daughter’s place, grew up in a life of luxury with maids and servants. Carrying the sole heir status of the Xiang Family, he was praised by countless people with unlimited glory.
He had never hated this much before.
His hate made his eyes red as if blood was about to flow out.
“Go arrange a safe place,” Senior Master Xiang bitterly spat out each word, his voice freezing cold, “bring the woman who swapped my daughter over there, I want to see her!”
“Ok,” Gu Junzhu turned his head and ordered Gu Chi, “go ahead with it.”
Gu Chi nodded respectfully, and left hurriedly.