Yu Shaohua hung up the phone, irritated by his own sister.
Ah! Every family has its own difficult scripture to recite.
All parents worry themselves to pieces over their children.
Picking up the phone once more, this time he called Xiaoyuan, Xiaoyuan was good friends with Yu Shaoya during their time sent to the countryside! Back when they were in school, the two of them were the best of friends, which was why, when they had to deal with Shao Ya’s affairs, they had contacted Xiaoyuan and trusted her completely.
"Hello, who is this?"
"This is Yu Shaohua, Yu Shaoya’s brother!"
"Yu elder brother, I never expected you’d call. Are you looking for me?"
Xiaoyuan never thought that after so many years, someone from the Yu family would still contact her. Since the death of Yu Shaoya, no one from the Yu family had appeared in everyone’s view.
She thought she would never see anyone from the Yu family again in her life.
Now the actual event was quite surprising.
"Xiaoyuan, sorry for the intrusion, but there are a few things about my sister Shao Ya that I wanted to ask you about!"
"Please go ahead, Yu elder brother. If there’s anything I can help with, I certainly won’t shy away."
Thinking of her good friend, Xiaoyuan still felt a pang of sadness.
"Did Shao Ya have a daughter back then?"
Such a direct question! It still left Xiaoyuan greatly astonished.
"How did you know..."
With that response, she had essentially admitted it.
Xiaoyuan cursed inwardly for her carelessness. Caught off guard by such a question, she had implicitly admitted the truth.
"So my sister truly had a daughter. Then why didn’t you tell us about the child back then? And who is the father of this child?" Yu Shaohua was now emotionally stirred.
His sister had a child! Although he had a feeling in his heart that it might be possible, suspecting it was one thing, and knowing for sure was another.
"Yu elder brother, I promised Shao Ya! I would never tell you all about it."
Xiaoyuan was troubled, not wishing to go against her friend’s last wishes.
"But do you know? Her daughter is now working in my hospital. If you don’t tell me the truth, should we really never acknowledge each other? Do you think Shao Ya would be happy about this in the afterlife?"
"Yu elder brother, Shao Ya’s daughter is now at your hospital! That can’t be possible?" Xiaoyuan found it too incredible. Liupan Village, that place, was miles away from Yun Province, completely unconnected; it was unimaginable that they could end up reunited after such a long distance.
"That girl is named Bai Xiao. She looks almost exactly like Shao Ya, especially her eyebrows and facial features, and her hometown is Liupan Village."
At this point, Xiaoyuan realized that the other party must have had evidence before making this call.
She sighed! It seemed that the natural bond of blood could not be severed.
"Indeed, 20 years ago Shao Ya gave birth to a daughter. She did not die from a heart attack, but from massive bleeding during a difficult childbirth. She wasn’t married and didn’t want anyone to know about her pregnancy, so I have always kept it hidden for her, and nobody knew she was pregnant.
That child was eventually given to a couple, both doctors, who assisted with the birth; that family’s surname is Bai."
By now, there was no need to hide anything anymore. The deceased had already passed away, but the living needed a clear understanding of the facts.
"So, who is the father of the child?"
"I always thought it was Shang Feng, but Shao Ya told me on her deathbed that the child was not Shang Feng’s. But who is the child’s father? With Shao Ya gone, this question has really become a mystery. I don’t know if Shao Ya denied Shang Feng as the father out of resentment as she was dying, or if the child’s father really isn’t him.
You should know, during those years after we went to the countryside, we were always together, and I’ve never seen her intimately involved with any other men. So, if the child isn’t Shang Feng’s, whose child is she? This has really been a mystery weighing on my mind for many years." Xiaoyuan couldn’t help but vent, as this was indeed a long-standing mystery to her.
"Thank you," Yu Shaohua hung up the phone.