Chapter 432 - Feign Ignorance

Jack Si closed the file and looked back at Shuang. "To be honest, I don't see any problem with this file. Mrs. An was injured in her head, and her skull was slightly fractured. That kind of a wound can impact the brain which could lead to death. I am not saying it will be instantaneous, but there are chances. That really depends on the person."

Shuang looked serious. "So, this file is not tampered?"

"Really hard to say in this case. Death wasn't that impossible. So, it's difficult to say if Mrs. An could have been saved, but she had been marked as dead because somebody planned that way."

She sighed. "Then don't we have any way to know?"

Jack Si raised his brow. "There is."

"What? Tell me quickly!"

"Well…"

"Oof, why are you hesitating? It's important to prove Dad's claim."

"The only way is to check the body buried in the cemetery. From her dental records, we can verify if it's really Mrs. An or some other woman buried in place of her. But of course...that would require digging the grave. I don't know if Uncle An would be comfortable with that. It's quite disrespectful."

Shuang understood his concern. "I will talk to Dad about this."

"En. Don't force him. If he is not fine with this, we will figure out some other way."

She nodded.

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A few days passed by in the blink of an eye. Zhiyuan still hadn't woken up. The more he remained unconscious, the more Xinyi felt losing herself.

On the other hand, Yunru was continuing with his investigations. But after questioning Huang Rong, he couldn't gain anything from her. She denied having an accomplice that would attack Zhiyuan in the hospital. She kept screaming that she had no murderous intentions towards the Han family.

They couldn't find anything regarding An Yueqin either. Since the nurse was wearing a mask, it was hard to say if it was really An Yueqin. Which was why Caihong couldn't help in making any sketch either.

Xinyi was at home, getting ready to go to the hospital.

Siying hugged her leg and asked in a low voice. "Mama, I am missing Dada. When will Dada come back?"

Xinyi clenched her jaw.

She bent on her knees and kissed his cheek. "Dada will be back very soon. He...he is a little sick. It will take a bit more time for him to come back. But don't worry. He will definitely be back."

Siying lowered his head. She hugged him and patted his back. "You trust Mama, right?"

"En."

"Good."

"Mama. I don't want go to school."

"It's fine. Stay at home for today. Be good with Grandma and Grandpa, okay?"

He nodded.

As she stepped outside, she met with Xia Liqin. "Xinyi…"

"Mom. Please take care of Siying. He is staying at home today."

She slowly nodded. 

Xia Liqin let out her tears as Xinyi left. She weakly leaned on the wall and cried. She felt a warm hand on her shoulder, and she looked back.

Han Tian said in a gentle voice, "Zhiyuan will be fine."

"When? When, Tian? For the third time he is hurt now... T-this time, he is not waking up at all. What am I supposed to do?"

He quickly pulled her in his embrace. "Sshh. You know I don't like you seeing cry, right?"

She bit her lip.

"Have faith. He will wake up in no time."

She weakly shut her eyes, praying to God that Han Tian's words words would soon be true.

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As Xinyi stepped out of the car at the hospital's entrance, she saw a figure behind the trees staring at the hospital.

Xinyi narrowed her eyes to get a clearer look. After the third attempt on Zhiyuan's life, she was always alert, especially in the hospital's surroundings.

She couldn't help but feel suspicious, so she walked along the backyard. On closer look, she noticed that the figure belonged to a woman's. Her back faced her now.

Xinyi tiptoed and as she was at an arms distance from her, she placed her hand on her shoulder.

The woman jolted, and she looked back.

"Yes?"

Xinyi stared at her. This woman had covered he nose and mouth with a scarf.

She smiled. "Are you waiting for somebody here? I saw you looking at the entrance quite intently…"

The woman cleared her throat. "It's nothing for you to worry about."

The woman tried to leave. Xinyi gave it a quick thought and 'accidentally' dragged her scarf down.

She wanted to look at her face, no matter the cost.

And when it was revealed, her shock knew no bounds.

The woman widened her eyes. She seemed to fluster for a moment, but she quickly pulled back her scarf.

"An Yueqin…"

The woman took one step forward when it stopped after hearing that name.

"Y-You are An Yueqin!"

The woman slowly turned and met Xinyi's shocked gaze.

She calmly said, "Sorry? I don't know An Yueqin. I think you are misunderstanding me with someone else."

"No...You are An Yueqin. You are the one who Siying saw that day of the accident. You are the one who dusguised as the nurse, right?" 

"Miss, I don't understand at all. There is definitely some mistake here. Which accident and which nurse?"

"Please don't feign ignorance! My family have been in danger ever since that conference meeting at Grandiose. You were there at that place too. Tell me, why are you doing this? H-How are you alive?"

The woman stiffened. She squinted her eyes. "Alive? What do you mean?"

Xinyi blankly looked at her.

"Didn't you die in an accident years ago?"

She stared at her unblinkingly.

"No…"

"You had an accident, and the doctors declared you dead at the hospital. Uncle An took care of your funeral. But now...you are standing in front of me. Uncle was right...He wasn't mistaken when he saw you that day."

Her eyelashes slightly trembled as she asked, "Who is this Uncle An you are speaking of?"

Xinyi couldn't understand why she was acting like this. 

"Please don't say that you don't recognize your husband, An Guoting."

The woman said nothing. But Xinyi noticed her shoulders slightly trembling.

"Don't you recognize your husband? Your daughter, Caihong?"