Bai Zhi was even more surprised, completely believing, You’re so calm about this?
Not a hint of shock, or the urge to go find your daughter immediately?
"Yeah, you know how Bai Da treated Nan Xi, and if you compare that to how he treated me, the result is obvious. So, do you want to find your daughter first?
I’m not your daughter, so you don’t have to feel guilty anymore. If you still don’t believe me, there’s always the paternity test, right? Shall we do one?"
Bai Zhi couldn’t quite grasp what Ye Xiu meant. Seeing her nonchalant look, it seemed as if this matter wasn’t important at all.
Would she really not be enthusiastic even if it turned out Nan Xi had been her daughter?
What Ye Xiu thought was, Bai Da actually dared to switch children, that’s truly... disgustingly abhorrent.
"Xingxing, did you know, you can’t get a paternity test done here, and even if it were in Imperial City, it would cost tens of thousands."
Ye Xiu looked at her daughter’s bewildered face and knew she was completely oblivious.
Indeed, paternity testing was a real technology, but not everyone could afford it, and besides, she and Xingxing didn’t need it.
Bai Zhi was truly unaware. She’d never done it, not even in reality; she’d only heard about it in the news, where so-and-so had a paternity test done. She thought it was something anyone could just do.
"Besides, we don’t need to have a paternity test."
Ye Xiu looked at Bai Zhi seriously, her gaze tender.
She took Bai Zhi’s hand in hers, her eyes on her daughter’s hand, now finally gaining a bit of flesh.
"Xingxing, you are my daughter. Understand?"
Ye Xiu smiled, her gaze on her daughter softening even more.
"No mother would mistake her own child. Even though I was so exhausted at the time, I desperately looked at you, and there’s a small birthmark right here on your earlobe."
Ye Xiu reached out to touch Bai Zhi’s earlobe, where there was a small red mole. From beginning to end, Xingxing had never been taken away, Xingxing had always been her daughter.
"But, but... Bai Da admitted it, didn’t he?"
Bai Zhi was struck by this revelation, thoroughly shaken, grieving over not being her grandfather’s granddaughter, when Ye Xiu told her that wasn’t the case.
"Then it means he swapped you two, but something must have gone wrong during the process. He’s never truly opened up to Nan Jin.
How could he possibly treat his daughter well? Nan Xi’s good treatment is definitely because he thought he’d swapped you two, and that Nan Xi was his daughter.
Listen, Xingxing, Nan Jin is right here. If I go to him, I can certainly find out the truth since he’s also involved in the matter.
But right now, none of that is important. Just remember one thing: you are my daughter. Understand?"
Ye Xiu could guess Bai Da’s line of thinking reasonably well.
Back when they were working together, Bai Da always had to compete for the top three spots, always trying to outdo Nan Jin in every way.
He clearly wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed yet insisted on proving his brilliance. In this matter, he was probably too clever for his own good.
The nurses at the hospital were very careful; they definitely knew each baby. How could they have let him swap a child so easily?
Either the nurses realized and switched them back, or Nan Jin found out, after all, who doesn’t recognize their own daughter? Probably only that fool Bai Da didn’t realize what he’d done and just left without a clear look.