Chapter 294: Chapter 294: Li Qiang and his wife _1 Chapter 294: Chapter 294: Li Qiang and his wife _1 “Dad.” Qiao Lin waved to allow the people behind him to come in, “I found someone who knows about Qiao Anchu’s background, and it matches up perfectly with what Qiao Anchu had been saying. I brought them here so you can see for yourself, you can ask them anything. After this, we will have to wait for this person, then Qiao Anchu can do the DNA test to confirm whether or not she is the heiress we lost seventeen years ago.”
This involved the Qiao Family’s inheritance, so they had to be extremely cautious. They couldn’t afford to make a single mistake.
If it wasn’t for that person’s constant avoidance, they wouldn’t have to go through all the twists and turns to get evidence from Shanshui Town.
Li Cuihua and Li Qiang, who had been following them from the moment they entered the Qiao Family estate, were continuously looking around in awe. Coming from a small place like Shanshui Town, they had never seen such luxurious surroundings and naturally appeared timid and reserved.
The elderly master of the Qiao family stood up shakily, Discover more novels on NovelHub - your gateway to endless stories.
“I presume you already know why we brought you here. A few days ago, a girl wearing a necklace was accidentally bumped into outside our company. That necklace is our family’s heirloom, something my daughter-in-law had put on her daughter. My granddaughter has been missing for 17 years, and we have been searching for her without any leads. Now that the necklace has been found, we need to ascertain whether this child is actually of our Qiao family’s bloodline.”
“Anchu is the Qiao family’s daughter, she must be! I was the one who found her back then, there was one necklace and a letter in her swaddling clothes…”
Li Cuihua was obviously a bit agitated; she raised her head and took a couple of steps forward, hurriedly saying a lot of things to the old master. Li Qiang being a man was relatively calm. He quickly realized that his wife was being too hasty and pulled Li Cuihua back.
“Why are you pulling me? Aren’t I telling the truth?”
Qiao Lin frowned in silence, but considering the couple’s lack of education, he did not reproach them for their disrespect.
The old master of the Qiao family did not take offense either; his deep black eyes were shrewd: “In that case, why did you leave Qiao Anchu with the Taoist priest in the mountains?”
“I…” Before Li Cuihua could speak, Li Qiang had sternly pulled her back, then cautiously explained, “Master, you know the situation in our village. We are so poor that we can’t afford to feed ourselves, let alone raise a little girl. We heard that the Taoist priest in the mountains was accepting apprentices, so we sent her there to ensure she would at least have something to eat.”
Having said that, Li Qiang even pretended to wipe away a tear, “We really didn’t want to part with such a lovely girl. From the moment we saw her, we were deeply smitten. We really had no other choices… Later on, my wife and I made annual trips to the mountain to see Anchu and bring her clothes and food.”
In actuality, when the Li family left Qiao Anchu on the mountain, their intent was to cast an “orphan” background on her. Huang Youde had said the people of a large family like the Qiaos were extremely cautious, and even the slightest hint could tip them off. They took it to heart.
At the time, the village was still discussing the matters of the Qiao Family in the Capital. They were also afraid of being discovered by the village head, so they sent the two children one after another to the mountain. Xiaren was registered under their name, falsely claimed as their own child.
The children were seamlessly and deceitfully swapped.
Li Qiang cleverly played up their poverty before the old master, while playing up the favors they had done. He hoped to leave a good impression on him so as to reap some benefits.