Wan Jia wiped the tears off Lin Lihua's face. "Are your tears this ready to fall at any time? You look just like a baby. You are even more childish than my Little Jia." Wan Jia scolded lightly.

Lin Lihua simply laughed. "Look who's talking. Who was it that cried her heart out when she saw a harmless snake?"

Wan Jia pouted. "Sis, you are too mean. I'll complain about you to Aotian."

Lin Lihua held her tummy and laughed. "Like he would do anything. I'm his sister-in-law. He has to respect me. Talking of which, am I too awesome or what? I only had to have a beautiful little sister for the mighty President of Lu Enterprises to call me 'sister-in-law'." she was so proud when she spoke of her mightiness that if she had a tail, it would be wagging all the way to the sky.

Wan Jia looked at her elder sister who was acting childish speechlessly. Who knew that Sis Lihua would also have such a cute side of her?

"Little Wan, I didn't get to apologize properly." Lin Lihua started.

Wan Jia stopped her. "You don't have to. We are sisters."

Lin Lihua's heart melted. "I still should."

"If you feel that guilty, then answer me this one question."

"What question?"

"Is General Yun my father?" she asked straightfowardly.

Lin Lihua didn't look too surprised by this question. She was about to say "yes" when she felt it was an opportunity to draw her closer to their mother. "Initially, I thought he was but for some reason, I'm not sure anymore."

Wan Jia frowned. "What reason?"

"I can't say...could you ask Mom? I shouldn't be the one telling you such things besides, it's just a speculation on my part. The only person who knows the truth is Mom."

Wan Jia looked like she had just hit a dead end. "Is there no other way?"

"There is...you can ask General Yun." Lin Lihua dropped an impossible suggestion.

Wan Jia really wanted to strangle her. What kind of option was that? Of course that was the reaction Lin Lihua wanted. Of the two options, it was obvious which one to choose.

"Fine, I'll ask her about it."

She did not Want Lu Aotian to continue investigating after the bloody warning.

Lin Lihua was elated.

...

The next day, they met in a restaurant for lunch. Lu Aotian and Lin Lihua were present too. To avoid letting Xia Rou get recognized by someone related to General Yun, she had a scarf on as usual and only took it off after entering the private room.

When Wan Jia saw her, she surprisingly felt that she did not want to listen to her.

"Little Wan." Xia Rou greeted her with her bright eyes and wanted to hug her.

Wan Jia evaded the hug sharply. "We are not that close, Mrs. Lin."

Xia Rou remained silent.

Lin Lihua felt hurt.

Lu Aotian could not stand it. "You haven't given her a chance to explain anything. Why are you being so hateful?"

Wan Jia glared at him. "Whose side are you on?"

"I want you to happily reunite with your family."

"That's just another way of saying that you are on her side. Sis, whose side are you on?"

Lin Lihua felt wronged. How had she been dragged into their banter? "Little Wan, I wish to side with you but I can't take sides."

"So no one is siding with me?" she stood up.

Lu Aotian pulled her back to her seat. "If you leave, you will not get the answers you want."

She sat back down and asked. "So, what's there to explain?"

Xia Rou pretended not to mind her hostile attitude. "I can tell you everything but you can't despise me."

"Should I leave?" Lu Aotian asked. It might be awkward to hear his mother-in-law's story.

"Stay." Wan Jia said. Then she looked at Xia Rou. "That depends on whether your reason for dumping your daughter is sensible."

Xia Rou looked at her sharply. "First of all, I did not dump my daughter."

"Of course you didn't. You switched her and took home the He family's baby."

Xia Rou had a pained expression as if remembering something terribly hurtful.

"Will you believe me if I tell you that I don't know who swapped you?" She looked at Wan Jia's blank face and continued, "When I was pregnant, the ultrasound scan showed that I would have identical twin girls.

But the first time I saw my babies, it was a boy a girl. I knew at that point that the boy was not my child. No one believed me and the doctors said that the scans are not always a hundred percent accurate.

At the time, he and I were already in bad blood, I suspect him."

The unsaid name was General Yun.

"Every time I tried investigating the matter, something went wrong. I gave up temporarily to take care of my babies. It was only when they were two that I realized that... your sister's lungs had been poisoned at birth. The doctors couldn't do anything about it and that's how I lost her. I didn't need anyone to tell me- Yun had done it."

Wan Jia felt touched by her story but she interruped her. "My father switched me and killed my sister, do you think you make any sense?"

"I don't know why that crazy man did it either."

Lu Aotian raised an eyebrow at her and asked slowly. "You don't? You really, truly... don't?"