Chapter 155: The Xu Family is Looking for the Child

Chapter 155

"Oh? Right, I remember now. Old San Shi's second wife is your close friend, and your friend is this girl's mother. You must have seen her before, haven't you?"

It seems sisters-in-law truly know each other best. She could remember such a trivial detail about her sister-in-law's unreliable friend from before the marriage, even after more than a decade.

Madam Xu's face drained of color. "I have indeed seen this child before, but this shouldn't be possible. Could there be a mistake?"

Younger Aunt Xu gave her a look of disbelief. "Sister-in-law, this child looks so much like me."

Madam Xu recalled her sister-in-law's youthful appearance and had to admit there was indeed a resemblance to the girl. Even now, similarities could be found between their faces.

Madam Xu clenched her fists, her nails digging into her palms. "If we have the chance, we should do a DNA test first. We wouldn't want to identify the wrong child."

Younger Aunt Xu scoffed, "Of course. We can't possibly give someone else's child that we've raised for over a decade to another family to raise."

After Madam Xu left, Old Mrs. Xu tried to persuade her daughter, "Your sister-in-law is a good person. She doesn't have any ill intentions."

"Hmph, she's so stupid she can't even recognize her own child. What good is being nice? Just think about how much that child must have suffered all these years outside our family. It's all because she let the wolf into the house."

Thinking about her granddaughter suffering for so many years, Old Mrs. Xu couldn't even convince herself, let alone her daughter.

Without Song Ying's knowledge, someone had stolen a strand of her hair and secretly conducted a DNA test.

This was a juicy piece of gossip handpicked by Shi Liyan, guaranteed to be true and sweet. The test results showed a familial relationship.

In front of her son and daughter-in-law, Old Mrs. Xu didn't say a word of criticism. They only discussed how to bring Song Ying back home and how to handle the situation with the two girls.

One was their biological daughter who had been wronged for years, while the other was an impostor who had been raised by them for over a decade.

It was truly a difficult situation to handle.

The family discussed late into the night, with Xu Yiran crouching nearby, keeping watch. Just then, Xu Xinxin pushed open the door from outside, startled to see the living room full of people.

"Oh my, why aren't you all in bed? What are you doing here so late?"

Seeing his daughter return home wearing only a tank top and hot pants, Xu Xing's face darkened. He wasn't a traditional father, but seeing his daughter dressed like this in the middle of the night was too much even for his good temper.

"We're sitting on the sofa as a family, discussing matters. Is there something wrong with that? As for you, running around dressed like that in the middle of the night, do you think it looks good?"

Song Ying was also shocked. She hadn't expected her birth parents to come looking for her before she had done anything.

Besides shock, there was also a sense of being caught off guard and unprepared.

Song Ying couldn't quite remember what excuse Shi Li had used to accompany her home.

Even after getting into the car, she still felt a sense of unreality.

Was it really going to be on such an ordinary afternoon that she would suddenly meet her birth parents after returning home?

Shi Li leaned in to help her fix her hair and clothes, wanting Song Ying to look her best when facing her parents and relatives.

Shi Li's actions snapped Song Ying out of her daze but also made her more nervous.

Was her face clean? Was her hair messy? Would her parents find her unkempt and unattractive when they saw her?

Song Ying looked at Shi Li with moist eyes. "Sister, I..."

She was a girl who always kept herself neat and tidy, so there wasn't much for Shi Li to help with. Shi Li gently patted her shoulder and said, "Oh my, our little sister looks so pretty."

Both sides were prepared. Song Ying had been mentally preparing herself the whole way home, but she was still startled to see a room full of strangers in the living room when she returned.

[What's going on with the Xu family? Did their entire family come out to find the child?]

There were truly many unfamiliar faces in the living room. Song Ying only recognized Xu Xing and Madam Xu - one from search engine entries and the other from gossip articles and a brief encounter at a banquet.

She didn't recognize anyone else, but Shi Li was different. She knew them all.

Although the Shi family and Xu family didn't have much private interaction, and logically she shouldn't know those family members who rarely appeared in public, Shi Li recognized everyone because in her previous life, the Xu family had all come to their house to find the child.

The Shi family had also gathered in full force, from the eldest uncle who was usually busy with meetings to the cousin who had just started an internship at the company.

Only when Shi Li and Song Ying returned from school was the family complete.

Everyone else wore expressions of anticipation for the drama about to unfold, except for Hong Yan and Youngest Uncle Shi, whose faces were equally grim.

Song Ying put on quite a show. Upon seeing the strangers in the room, she instinctively grabbed the hem of Shi Li's clothes and took a step back, indicating that she felt safest behind Shi Li.

This small gesture broke the hearts of her birth grandmother and mother.