After she left her father and kept her son, President Pei lost control and knelt down.

"My daughter, Fu Miaona, is hospitalized. Because of you, I want to talk to you."

Qiao Wan never imagined that the first words her biological mother, whom she had been searching for all these years, would say would be so harsh.

Xia Dingxiang contacted her personally for the sake of her other daughter, not out of concern, but without offering any explanation.

All that's left is questioning and blaming.

Qiao Wan took a deep breath to calm herself down.

Pretending to know nothing: "What does Fu Miaona's hospitalization have to do with me? Let me know after the police have investigated the kidnapping case and sent her to the hospital."

"Qiao Wan, can't you be a little kinder? If Nana has a criminal record, what will happen to her future?"

Qiao Wan found it utterly ridiculous.

Kindness? How can someone who can be so heartless to their own child be worthy of talking about kindness?

"If I were to act kindly, she would continue to do evil and become a scourge on society. This is a trampling of the law. There's nothing more to say. Don't contact me again. Goodbye."

After Qiao Wan finished speaking, she hung up the phone.

She gripped her phone tightly, her hands trembling uncontrollably. She rummaged through the glove compartment in her car for her anxiety medication, poured out two pills, put them in her mouth, and swallowed them with her saliva.

The medicine was so bitter that it brought tears to her eyes.

……

hospital.

Xia Dingxiang stood outside Fu Miaona's ward, looking at the little girl writhing in pain inside, her heart filled with anxiety.

Not long after she married into the Fu family with her son, Fu Zhiyuan brought Fu Miaona back. Looking at the baby crying loudly from hunger in the swaddling clothes, she always thought of the little girl she had abandoned.

Since fate brought Fu Miaona to her side, she would raise her as her own daughter. She had finally managed to marry Fu Zhiyuan, and exchanging a child for her and her son's wealth and status was worth it.

As for that child, it was all her fate.

She had raised Fu Miaona for twenty years, treating her like her own daughter and doing everything in her power. She had long developed feelings for her. Now, seeing her suffer and facing imprisonment, how could a mother sit idly by?

So she broke her vow—that she would not contact the child, whether he was doing well or not.

"Mommy, Mommy, it hurts so much, it hurts so much!"

Fu Miaona cried out, and Xia Dingxiang hurriedly pushed open the door to the ward, took her hand and said, "Baby, Mommy's here. Mommy asked the doctor to prescribe painkillers for you, and you'll get them soon."

"Where is my older brother?" Fu Miaona felt as if her lower abdomen had been run over by a truck, and her internal organs were about to rupture.

"Your older brother has gone out." Xia Dingxiang wiped the cold sweat from Fu Miaona's forehead, feeling extremely distressed. "Mommy, call your older brother and tell him to come over quickly. This pain can't go on."

Fu Miaona gripped Xia Dingxiang's hand tightly: "Mommy, am I your most beloved daughter?"

Xia Dingxiang was taken aback for a moment: "Of course, I raised you myself, you're no different from my own daughter."

"Mommy, no matter what happens, you have to protect me and not abandon me, okay?"

"Okay, Mommy promises."

Fu Miaona hugged Xia Dingxiang tightly, a cold glint flashing in her eyes: "Mommy, it's so good to have you."

Xia Dingxiang lowered her head and patted Fu Miaona's head, feeling as if she had finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel.

"Sweetie, Mommy's going out to call your older brother and ask him to come over and take a look at you."

"Okay, Mommy, you can go now."

Xia Dingxiang went out to call Fu Yuanzhou.

"Did you go to the police station? Are you really going to arrest your sister? Fu Yuanzhou, don't be so outrageous!"

"Mom, Fu Miaona kidnapped someone. She's broken the law. If we cover for her, we'll be ruining her life!"

"Don't give me that high-sounding lecture. You just want to protect Qiao Wan. How many times have I told you to stay away from her? My daughter and I have finally gained a foothold in the Fu family. Do you want Fu Zhiyuan to kick us out?"

"I'm not afraid of him now. Even without the Fu family, I can still support you."

"Everything you have now is thanks to Fu Zhiyuan. If it weren't for him, you would have frozen to death on the streets long ago. Would you even be living such a good life now?"

Fu Yuanzhou fell silent.

He could never wake up someone who was pretending to be asleep, and that person was none other than his own mother who had raised him.

"Fu Yuanzhou, you can call the police, but I also have my own ways to protect my daughter. Nana will get married in the future, and she can't have a criminal record."

"What are you going to do?" Fu Yuanzhou suddenly became alert. "Don't hurt Qiao Wan anymore, Mom, I beg you."

"Beep beep beep..."

Fu Yuanzhou was giving a statement at the police station when he received this call. He immediately stood up and ran out of the police station in a panic.

Xia Dingxiang must want to find Qiao Wan and force her to drop the case and make her give up.

He must find Qiao Wan as soon as possible.

……

Xia Dingxiang has been secretly monitoring Qiao Wan for years. She doesn't want to acknowledge this daughter, but she also has to be wary of her disturbing her hard-won happy and wealthy life.

Therefore, she was very familiar with Qiao Wan's living area, workplace, and even the shopping malls and restaurants she frequented.

At Leyi Winery, she saw Qiao Wan's car, put on sunglasses, and went straight in to find her.

"Hello ma'am, we are not open for business yet, you will need to wait a little longer."

"I'm looking for Qiao Wan, is she there?"

"Manager Qiao is undergoing the examination in that private room."

Xia Dingxiang looked in the direction the receptionist was pointing and her gaze fell on a beautiful figure from behind.

This girl inherited her beauty and figure, with a curvy figure and a full bust; she was born to live off men.

The fortune teller said she was a wicked and seductive woman, born to be alluring and bewitching, and that her fate was to bring misfortune to her father.

The year she became pregnant, her family business went bankrupt, and her previous husband was imprisoned. Her good days were over overnight.

Xia Dingxiang carried her bag into the private room and closed the door behind her.

Hearing the noise, Qiao Wan turned around and looked at it, then paused in surprise.

She had never met Xia Dingxiang, but she could tell at a glance that she was her biological mother.

Xia Dingxiang took off her sunglasses and looked Qiao Wan up and down. She was indeed a beauty, with the same charm as Xia Dingxiang in her younger days.

"I just called you, Ms. Qiao. Would you like to speak with me?"

"You don't need to rush to get rid of me. If it weren't for Nana's matter, I would never want to have anything to do with you in my life."

Xia Dingxiang's light and airy tone cruelly pierced Qiao Wan.

Qiao Wan forced herself to remain calm and looked at her: "You want to plead for Fu Miaona? But I haven't done anything."

"Pei Hansheng locked Nana in Minglou. You've heard of that place, haven't you? My son, Fu Yuanzhou, is even sending his sister there for your sake. Qiao Wan, you've already received enough love. Nana has always lacked security; she's starved for love. Why can't you give in to her a little?"

Qiao Wan scoffed, "She was very confident when she kidnapped me."

"What kidnapping? You're exaggerating. It's just a little girl prank."

Qiao Wan clenched her fists, her fingertips digging into her palms, and felt a chill run through her body.

"Ms. Xia, you've got the wrong person. Go talk to Pei Hansheng and Fu Yuanzhou about what they did."

"If you don't give in, will they let Nana go? You're very capable, making two outstanding men bow down to you. But you can't handle love; you'll only bring them disaster. If this continues, you'll ruin the elite circles of the capital."

Pei Hansheng severed ties with his family, and Fu Yuanzhou would be abandoned by his father, ruining his promising future. You certainly don't want to see these tragedies happen, but you can't stop them, because it's your fate, a born jinx, destined to bring misfortune to your father and husband.

After Xia Dingxiang finished speaking, she opened the door: "If you don't want them to be implicated because of you anymore, drop the case now."

The door opened and then closed.

Qiao Wan stood there blankly, her lowered brows filled with too much pain, and it took her a long time to move.

……

Pei Hansheng came home early today.

I prepared gifts and flowers and waited at the door.

It was completely dark by the time Qiao Wan returned home.

He contacted the winery, but they had already closed for the day.

Fu Yuanzhou called, his voice panicked: "Has Xiaowan gone home? My mom went to see her today."

Pei Hansheng dropped the flowers in his hand to the ground, his heart leaped into his throat, and he strode toward the elevator: "She's not home, I'll go look for her."