Chapter 56 Past Events
"Lady Xia suffered a massive hemorrhage during childbirth. It was the perfect opportunity. Everyone was busy taking care of Lady Xia and no one was looking after the newborn who was taken by the nurse to the infant room."
Then, that woman brought you to the hospital and switched you with that baby. They were both baby girls and their birth dates were close. There was little to distinguish between the two of them. In this way, she completed the switch."
"Just like that?" Xia Yue asked incredulously.
"Yes, just like that. She had disabled the cameras in advance so there was no recorded proof of the switch. Moreover, due to her excessive bleeding, Lady Xia took a disliking to this baby and didn’t give her much attention. During her confinement period, she barely saw the baby, which made things go even more smoothly." Yan Mo nodded and replied.
"Oh, what a tragedy! So how did that girl’s life turn out?" Xia Yue shook her head and asked again.
"After that woman took her home, she was raised roughly until the age of four, often used as a punching bag. From the age of four, she started to do heavy chores from dawn to dusk. She didn’t eat much and would wear worn clothes handed down from her elder siblings, often being beaten and scolded. Whenever someone in the family was upset, they would take it out on her.
Right until that winter when she was seven. She had not been able to chop enough firewood and was beaten by that woman’s husband, being forced to kneel outside in the yard, and consequently getting a fever from the cold."
The family didn’t care for her nor did they get her a doctor. They just left her out on the street when they thought she was dead. That’s when she was found by a passing daoist."