Wen Yin noticed Mrs. Qi's nervousness and took the initiative to greet her first.
To her surprise, she found herself incredibly calm.
Hearing Wen Yin's greeting, Mrs. Qi forced herself to suppress the pain in her heart and slowly raised her head.
"You've changed a lot since we last met."
There was even a slight tremor in Mrs. Qi's voice.
Wen Yin caught all these subtle details.
So she offered Mrs. Qi a faint smile.
"I know what you want to talk to me about today, Mrs. Qi."
The moment Wen Yin said this, she clearly saw a jolt in Mrs. Qi's eyes, which resembled her own.
So she quietly waited for Mrs. Qi's response without saying another word.
Mrs. Qi wasn't surprised by Wen Yin's words. She silently took out a manila envelope from her bag and gently pushed it towards Wen Yin.
"Maybe you've already seen these documents, but I hope you can take a closer look at them today."
Wen Yin noticed that this folder was thicker than the one she had seen before, so she reached out and picked it up.
The first picture in the folder showed the hospital and the hospital records of Mrs. Qi and Wen Yin's biological mother being admitted to the delivery ward at the same time.
Although she had been mentally prepared, Wen Yin was still shocked for a moment when she saw it.
She steadied her emotions and forced herself to look at the materials in front of her.
At this moment, Mrs. Qi's voice rang out.
She just sat quietly beside Wen Yin, explaining everything.
"More than twenty years ago, I was sent to this hospital because I was about to give birth. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Wen was also sent in at the same time because of premature labor signs. Coincidentally, our delivery times were almost the same."
"I gave birth to a very cute girl, and so did she. But before I fell into a coma, I vaguely heard that her child might not be very healthy."
"Premature babies are always weak and sickly, but I didn't think much of it and fell asleep."
At this point, the smile on Mrs. Qi's lips turned a bit bitter.
Then Wen Yin looked at the second piece of paper.
It showed an old man, with all his information and the time and reason for his visit to this hospital back then.
Mrs. Qi seemed to have read the folder countless times and knew every detail on each page, so she spoke again.
"I never thought that the butler I trusted the most would betray me at this time."
By this point, Wen Yin had already guessed most of it.
The man in the picture was the Qi family's butler.
And Mrs. Qi had mentioned betrayal.
The only thing Wen Yin could think of was that the butler had secretly entered the delivery ward and swapped their two babies.
"But I never thought he would do something even more terrifying than swapping the babies."
Mrs. Qi's words were like a thunderbolt out of the blue.
Wen Yin was stunned speechless.
She suddenly looked up and stared at Mrs. Qi, her pupils constricting sharply.
"Then... what did he do?"
What could be more terrifying than swapping the babies?
Seeing Wen Yin's shocked expression, Mrs. Qi thought of her own shock when she first learned the truth, so she let out a bitter laugh and said,
"He tampered with the water Mrs. Wen drank, which is why she gave birth prematurely."
"The purpose was to make us give birth at the same time so that it would be easier to tamper with things."
"But he didn't expect that the labor-inducing drug would have side effects, so Mrs. Wen's mental state has not been very stable over the years."
"The child she gave birth to was also weak and sickly."
After hearing the truth, Wen Yin tightened her grip on the paper involuntarily.
She never thought that the truth back then would be so cruel.
Wen Yin flipped through the pictures one by one. These were all the evidence from the hospital that year, and at the end of the document was a paternity test.
It showed that the paternity relationship between her and Mrs. Qi was 99.9%.
She was no stranger to this paternity test.
"I know you've suffered a lot during these years of being away from home."
"I thought you would grow up happily in their family, but I didn't expect that everything would change after you got lost when you were a child."
"After the investigation, I found out that you've lived such a hard life these years."
It was bad enough that she was swapped at birth. Originally, she should have been in a wealthy family, but unexpectedly, she got lost accidentally at the age of five. When they found a child back, it was actually an imposter.
Wen Yin had been wandering from place to place in the orphanage, leading a hard life. When she was finally found, she suffered even more.
At this point, Mrs. Qi could no longer hold back her tears.
"A Yin, I know you've already known our relationship for a long time."
"I'm an unqualified mother, but I hope I can make up for you as much as I can for the rest of my life."
"Whether it's materially or spiritually."
As they were talking, the desserts she had ordered were served.
So Mrs. Qi had to muster up her spirits and push the desserts towards Wen Yin.
Seeing this subtle gesture, Wen Yin felt a bit emotional.
Mrs. Qi was a person with extremely correct values.
Wen Yin could tell this when Mr. Qi took Qi Siran to the Shao family and forced the two of them to fulfill that stupid engagement.
"Actually, I was quite surprised when I found out that you're my biological mother."
Wen Yin gently scooped up a spoonful of the small cake and put it into her mouth. The sweet taste spread out, dispelling some of the bitterness in her heart.
Before this, she had imagined countless scenarios of meeting and recognizing her mother with Mrs. Qi, but she never thought it would be so calm.
She also never thought that the truth behind it would be like this.
After all, Mrs. Qi was just a victim.
"Grandma gave me the care of a family in my childhood. Although my life was a bit tough later, I'm already very satisfied with my current life."
"Actually, before I came to find you, I once thought about what kind of emotion I should have towards you."
After saying this, Wen Yin looked up at Mrs. Qi, whose eyes were red.
Hearing that Wen Yin had lived a very hard life later, Mrs. Qi could no longer hold back her tears, and two lines of clear tears streamed down her face.
"It's all my fault... Why didn't I find you earlier."
Hearing Mrs. Qi blaming herself for everything, Wen Yin couldn't help but comfort her.
"I thought about it for a long time. I thought I would resent you. I thought I would rush over and question you why you didn't find me earlier."
"But I know I can't do that."
"Maybe I had some resentment towards you before I came, but now I think I've let it go."
After hearing Wen Yin's words, Mrs. Qi stared blankly at the woman in front of her.
She had a cold and elegant temperament, and her eyebrows and eyes were exactly the same as Mrs. Qi's when she was young.
It was no exaggeration to say that Wen Yin and Mrs. Qi when she was young were like two peas in a pod.
Wen Yin slightly hooked her lips at Mrs. Qi, showing a faint smile on her face, looking a bit relaxed.
"I know you're also a victim. You were forced to be separated from me for so many years, and you must have suffered a lot in your heart. That's why you want to make up for me in every way."
"I think this is enough."