Director Zheng had yet to speak when Ms. Li beside him screamed, "No, she was raised in our house... she can’t be this heartless..."
What would happen to the arranged date tomorrow if she left? She had already agreed on it with the other party.
The matter was not only about money; it was about employment too!
The other party had agreed that if this worked out, they would find a job for her son when the time came.
It was so unfair that a mere girl could excel in her studies while her son couldn’t grasp his lessons.
If her son didn’t have the talent for academics, then he needed to work—he couldn’t just stay in the village farming. What kind of future could he have then?
Thus, she had to find a way to get her son a relaxed, well-paying job in town.
Adding to that, if Rong Yan married into the town, they could subsequently assist and perhaps even buy a house there.
Wouldn’t life be easy in the town then, getting married and having children?
If the opportunity arose later, she could recognize her own biological daughter again, which could help her son in some ways too.
She never expected this damn girl to ruin everything.
Rong Shuiniu also didn’t want the daughter he had raised to lose out on a costly dowry.
So he objected, "No matter what, she is the child my wife and I raised from infancy. She must acknowledge us as her parents."
The policewoman, listening to the couple’s words, couldn’t listen any longer and couldn’t help saying,
"Don’t forget, if it weren’t for you, she could have had a better life, instead of being forced by you to drop out of her college entrance exams and being forced into marriage."
Ms. Li was left speechless by the retort.
"You are being selfish. Moreover, exchanging children as you did is already illegal, and there’s no continuation of a parental relationship." Read complete version only at novel·fire·net
"If you continue to create a disturbance, it will increase your punishment."
Ms. Li and Rong Shuiniu, not being very worldly, were seriously scared by this talk.
"No, swapping children has nothing to do with me... I am at most guilty of failing to report it..." Rong Shuiniu did not want to go to jail at all. "It’s all her... she acted on her own... if you’re going to arrest anyone, arrest her..."
He deeply regretted not keeping his mouth shut, having revealed that he knew about it.
Ms. Li’s eyes widened in disbelief; she couldn’t believe her husband would say such things.
Rong Shuiniu, irritated by her accusatory gaze, snapped in anger.
"Why are you looking at me like that? Did I say something wrong? If it weren’t for you deciding to swap children, would I ever have found out? If I ended up in jail like you, then what about our son? Who would take care of him?"
The latter half of his rant silenced Ms. Li; she just broke down crying.
Yes, what would happen to their son if both were in jail?
Moreover, she didn’t want to go to jail at all.
Suddenly thinking of something, she lunged at Rong Yan... but Rong Yan didn’t allow her to get anywhere near.
Ms. Li missed her grasp and fell to her knees, her face streaked with tears as she pleaded, "Yanyan, all this was just mother’s confusion for a moment. Considering how good I’ve been to you over the years, please don’t call the police... mother begs you!"
"Considering you’ve called me mother for so many years, please forgive me! At least I didn’t actually abandon you, and I let you go to school. You should know, back then some people drowned their own newborn daughters... Comparatively, we truly haven’t mistreated you..."