Chapter 254: Chapter 254: We’re going to the East Branch Bureau right now to bring your sister back. Chapter 254: Chapter 254: We’re going to the East Branch Bureau right now to bring your sister back. I just hope that in this lifetime, he will have a better life than in the last.
Gu Qiaoqiao quietly left the study.
Qin Yize simply flicked his eyelids and then continued to read his book with his head down.
As the sun set in the west, the sultry weather improved quite a bit.
But the air was also very dry.
It had been many days since it last rained in the Imperial Capital.
The leaves on the trees lining the streets were all sticky from the heat.
Mrs. An, who had initially gone home with Chairman An Han Zhuomei, once again sneaked off to the hospital.
She had friends inquire at the East Branch Bureau, but they failed to uncover any information.
She was frantic with worry.
Xiaolan had never experienced such humiliation before, and who knew how she was being treated in that bureau.
This case was said to have received special attention from the higher-ups, to be handled as a major case.
So, she blamed An Xiaotong; it was all because of that damned girl. If not for her, how could Xiaolan have possibly been taken away?
Xiaolan was so gentle, so kind. How could she possibly harm that damned girl?
She refused to believe it.
So, pretending to bring Xiaotong food, she visited the hospital once again.
Dr. Du Tian was not there; only An Xiaotong was alone in the hospital room, flipping through a book.
Han Zhuomei closed the door firmly, her face piled with a smile, and said with a voice full of compassion, “Xiaotong, are you still angry with mom? I was too worried this morning and spoke out of turn. Please don’t be mad at mom, okay…”
As she spoke, she opened the insulated box, “These are all your favorite dishes, and there’s also the porridge your grandma made for you…”
While talking, she took out the porridge and dishes from the insulated box and placed them on the bedside table.
An Xiaotong’s face was tense. She glanced at the food, and her cold heart began to warm up slightly.
Indeed, these were her favorite dishes.
And the porridge made by her grandma was especially fragrant.
An Xiaotong picked up the chopsticks and began to eat, her head bowed.
But she did not speak.
Han Zhuomei heaved a sigh of relief and softened her voice, “Xiaotong, Mom’s going to ask you for a favor…”
An Xiaotong was startled.
The hand holding the chopsticks stiffened.
She gripped them tightly. The warmth that had just returned to her heart began to fade away once more.
But she still wouldn’t give up.
Looking at Han Zhuomei, she asked hoarsely, “What is it?”
Han Zhuomei, seeing An Xiaotong’s expression, spoke with rare tenderness, “Later when you go to the East Branch Bureau, tell the officers that your sister is innocent. She wouldn’t harm you. It must be Fang Yueqin falsely incriminating her. If you come forward, it will certainly help bring your sister back. Xiaotong, I’m pleading with you. It’s been a whole day now, I don’t know whether Xiaolan has suffered. I’m in agony…”
As she spoke, Han Zhuomei actually burst into tears.
In that moment, An Xiaotong’s heart turned completely cold.
She felt an immense chill inside.
With a hoarse voice, she asked Han Zhuomei, “Mother, am I your daughter?”
Han Zhuomei was startled and, displeased, wiped away her tears. “How can you talk like that? When I gave birth to you, it was a difficult labor. I almost died in the hospital…”
Was it just because of this?
“Since I am your daughter, then when I was taken out of the Imperial Capital by human traffickers, drugged with a hallucinogen, and lay unconscious in the hospital for a whole night before waking up, why didn’t you ask if I had suffered or endured hardship? Mom, even if An Xiaolan is your own flesh and blood, you shouldn’t be this biased.”
An Xiaotong choked up as she spoke.
Han Zhuomei was taken aback, her complexion turning unpleasant. Since Xiaotong was born, she had everything she needed, but Xiaolan…
It was only natural for her to dote on her a little more.
Han Zhuomei’s face went cold, and she commanded sternly, “Get changed quickly. We’re going to the East Branch Bureau right now to bring your sister back.”