What he was more eager to do now was to spend the year - end bonus in his card. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to enjoy the New Year. As early as the day he got his salary last month, he unfortunately caught a sudden cold. He knew then that even though the card was opened in Lanlan's name, he would still get sick. Sure enough, on the day he received the year - end bonus, he fell ill with a bad cold. Now it was the third day he had been lying weakly in bed and the fifth bowl of ginger soup he had drunk.
If he didn't clear the balance in the card soon, he might have to stay in bed on Chinese New Year's Eve tomorrow.
Rong Lan sighed. "I just woke up and found the compressed file Wang Tong sent me. It's the same type as the one you sent, brother. But I was nervous and didn't open it right away." She was 90% sure it would be a good result, but still worried about that 10%.
After gulping down the ginger soup in one go, Chu Hengyuan put the bowl on the bedside table and reached out to pull the little girl with her head down into his arms. "Then I'll watch it with Lanlan. You should be less nervous this way."
Rong Lan's eyes lit up and she nestled into his arms. "Okay, okay."
He smiled, kissed her forehead, then picked up the tablet and opened the compressed file his subordinate had sent him. Inside the compressed file were a document, as well as recordings, photos and videos marked with time and names. The document should be the final result compiled by someone based on the recordings, photos and videos, while the recordings, photos and videos were all evidence.
Chu Hengyuan opened the document. Rong Lan took a deep breath and stared intently.
Twenty minutes later, the little fox who had finished looking at all the evidence was so happy that her eyes were bent into slits. She hugged the man's waist and rubbed her face against his chest, trying to convey her joy to him. "I knew it!" She knew that her biological parents were completely innocent.
The evidence Wang Tong found was not exactly the same as that investigated by his brother's subordinate, but the results analyzed from different evidence were the same. The real mastermind behind the baby - switching incident back then was Bai Xiyu, the younger sister of the Bai family.
Her biological grandmother was an accomplice. The evidence showed that the grandmother had found a distant relative who worked in the hospital and paid a large sum of money for the relative to help. That relative did switch the two families' babies at first, but before the babies were wheeled out of the operating room, she couldn't get over her conscience and secretly switched them back. However, after she switched them back, she saw a doctor switch the two babies again.
This was the testimony recorded by Wang Tong after finding that distant relative. That relative was greedy for the money from Zhang's grandmother and told the old woman that the baby - switching was successful. The old woman always thought her scheme had worked. So when Rong Lan's biological father, Zhang Baiwan, found out about this, he took the blame and admitted that he did it. But in fact, the real person who switched the babies was that doctor.
And that doctor was bribed by Bai Xiyu.
The reason the Bai family thought it was the Zhang family who did it was that they found a distant relative of the Zhang family was in the operating room at that time. Due to the preconceived idea, they convicted the Zhang family without further investigation.
Feeling the little girl's undisguised happiness, Chu Hengyuan also smiled. "It's still early. If Lanlan wants, we can still make it to lunch if we go to the Bai family now."
Rong Lan understood what he meant. It was still early. They could go to the Bai family for lunch and show the evidence they had to Father Bai and Mother Bai, and solve these annoying things before the new year. But... "Brother, you're still sick..." It didn't seem good for a patient to run around.
"It's okay. I feel much better than the previous two days." Chu Hengyuan lifted the quilt. "Besides, going out to breathe some fresh air might help me recover."
The little fox, who originally wanted to go to the Bai family, was successfully persuaded. "Then you should wear thicker clothes."
"Okay, I'll listen to Lanlan." Even though he knew his illness wasn't caused by wearing too little, Chu Hengyuan rummaged out his thickest down jacket to make the little girl feel at ease.
As a result, the Bai family saw Chu Hengyuan wrapped like a ball in a thick down jacket. Bai Rongran almost burst out laughing when she saw Chu Hengyuan looking so un - elegant.
Mother Bai came up, took Rong Lan's hand and chided, "Lanlan, you should know better. Hengyuan is still sick. If you want to come back for lunch, you can come alone. What if the cold wind makes Hengyuan's illness worse when he goes out?"
Rong Lan blinked her innocent eyes. "It's okay. He's almost recovered."
Chu Hengyuan smiled and continued, "Yes, don't worry. I felt much better so I accompanied Lanlan out."
"You two..."
After Mother Bai went into the kitchen, Bai Rongran walked up to Rong Lan, casually split an orange in half and handed it over. "When do you plan to tell Mom and Dad?"
Rong Lan took the orange and thought for a moment. "After lunch." She only came back to the Bai family for lunch once a month. She didn't want to feel uneasy during this lunch.
"Okay." Bai Rongran nodded, knowing what to do. She hesitated for a while. After finishing the half - orange in her hand, she finally whispered, "By the way... After the New Year, let's go and pay homage to your biological mother together." She knew Rong Lan would definitely go. She wanted to go because she had seen what Rong Lan sent her. Since the incident back then had nothing to do with her adoptive parents, she couldn't be an ungrateful person. After all...
They had been so good to her that she had never suspected she wasn't their biological child.
Rong Lan was stunned for a moment, then showed a big smile. "Okay."
It would be great if her sister Rongran wanted to go with her.
After lunch, while the whole family was chatting together, Rong Lan took out her phone and forwarded the investigation results to Father Bai and Mother Bai.
Seeing the message Rong Lan sent, Mother Bai was surprised. "What's this..."
Rong Lan sat up straight nervously. "Mom and Dad, you can open it. It's a... very important thing."
Father Bai and Mother Bai were completely unprepared and opened the compressed file in a daze.
Then, Rong Lan watched as the relaxed smiles on their faces disappeared and their expressions became serious and solemn.
The atmosphere instantly dropped to freezing point.
Chu Hengyuan reached out and took Rong Lan's hand on her thigh. When she looked at him, he silently smiled to soothe her nervousness.
Bai Rongran silently lowered her head to peel the oranges and didn't speak easily.
Ten minutes passed -
The dining room was so quiet that only the sound of breathing could be heard.
Twenty minutes passed -
Rong Lan was so nervous that her palms were sweating.
Thirty minutes passed -
Just when Rong Lan had gone through in her mind twice how she would explain if they said they didn't believe her, Mother Bai looked up. There were tears in her eyes, but the corners of her mouth were slightly raised in a smile.
"Lanlan's investigation results are very detailed. I understand."