Li Mo’s words alleviated everyone’s worries to a great extent, at least Li Mo was a doctor, wasn’t he? Just think about it, if someone could really control others so easily.
How terrifying would that be?
Wouldn’t it cause social panic?
"Um, I also think so, otherwise he wouldn’t have hypnotized my mom over and over again. Because my mom keeps wanting to become conscious again."
However, what Bai Zhi didn’t mention was that it was also because Bai Da was foolish, wholeheartedly believing that Ye Xiu loved her. If it were someone else...
She hardly dared to think about what else he said he planned to do. Unfortunately, Bai Da was now unconscious, and for the moment, there really was no way to ask him.
As the person involved, Ye Xiu’s feelings were actually the most intense. That kind of drug was indeed terrifying. All these years, she hadn’t taken notice at all. If it hadn’t been for Xingxing, she might still be unaware, lost in confusion for many more years.
With this thought, she gripped Bai Zhi’s hand tightly.
"Xingxing, thank you."
Thank you for pulling me out, for preventing me from becoming someone who isn’t like myself. Without a self, without thoughts.
Everything I thought and considered was what Bai Da intended. That version of myself was not a complete person at all. Had I lost even the last bit of self in the end?
Ye Xiu, now, felt not a trace of reluctance towards Bai Da, only disgust. And endless hatred.
How happy she felt before, that’s how foolish she now thought her former self was.
Bai Zhi was a bit puzzled; she hadn’t done anything really. The one who truly acted was the original owner who had long since disappeared.
"Xingxing, you don’t know how important you are."
Ye Xiu shook her head, holding her hand even tighter, Xingxing didn’t realize her importance.
Bai Zhi: "..." She was sorry, but she really hadn’t felt it.
"We can be sure now that Bai Da indeed switched the children, so now are you certain that I am your daughter?"
The fact that Bai Da had switched children was now unquestionable, and Bai Zhi really wanted to know if Ye Xiu still felt that she was her daughter now.
"I really hope that I am Grandpa’s granddaughter, I truly do."
Even if she wasn’t Bai Da’s daughter, wasn’t Ye Xiu’s daughter, it didn’t matter at all.
She wasn’t the original owner after all, and Grandpa’s unconditional love gave her a special warmth.
But what should she do if she had no relationship with Grandpa at all?
Ye Xiu sensed Bai Zhi’s anxiety. She looked tenderly at her daughter.
"Xingxing, I am not likely to fail to recognize my own daughter. It was all my fault before, being hypnotized is no excuse for my actions, but Xingxing, from the beginning to the end, I have never doubted that you weren’t my daughter.
I struggled with all my might to give birth to you. How could I feel at ease without looking at you? Your features are deeply etched in my mind; only then did I dare to pass out."
Even now, Ye Xiu still remembered the first time she saw Xingxing. Her wrinkled little face, her efforts to reach out with her hand, wanting to touch.
The nurse told her that her daughter had a birthmark on her ear, showed her briefly, and that’s when she fainted peacefully.
She had never imagined that Bai Da, that fool, would come up with the idea of switching children.
"If you’re worried, Mom can take you to find the nurse from back then; she should still be at the county hospital. Besides, the hospital keeps records of every child. Shall we go and check? Just like that, we ask and see if anyone knows about what happened back then."