Chapter 1638 - 1636: Past Lives and Present Life 74
Chapter 1638: Chapter 1636: Past Lives and Present Life 74
The atmosphere in the ward instantly became silent.
Zhao Junyao found it difficult to speak, Zhao Zongqing felt embarrassed, and Xia Ruqing was very disappointed.
On the contrary, Xia Yu felt a bit of inexplicable joy.
This girl looked very familiar, as if there was a natural sense of closeness.
He couldn’t help but want to ask her a few more questions.
It was as if... she was his lost daughter.
"Then, may I ask one more impolite question?"
"Please go ahead!"
Although puzzled, Xia Ruqing replied politely.
Xia Yu thought for a moment and asked tentatively.
"Then who raised you?"
A hint of bitterness surged in Xia Ruqing’s heart, but she still answered.
"I grew up with my grandma, I never met my parents!"
She was too young at the time, even if she had seen them, she couldn’t remember, anyway, her memory was just blank.
Upon hearing this.
The light in Xia Yu’s eyes visibly dimmed.
Raised by grandma, not mother!
His daughter should have lived with her mother, but strangely.
Wanning had returned, reportedly with a son, but why not a daughter?
Xia Yu was very confused.
What happened next in the ward seemed to pass unnoticed by him, as he remained absent-minded.
It wasn’t until Zhao Junyao left with Xia Ruqing, and Zhao Zongqing called him, that he finally snapped back to reality.
...
"What’s going on here?"
Xia Yu smiled bitterly.
"I’m just wondering why Wanning didn’t bring our daughter back, is she still abroad?"
Zhao Zongqing frowned.
"Didn’t you say last time... Lady Xu told you the daughter was missing?"
"You forgot you even secretly searched for a while?"
Xia Yu sighed and smiled self-deprecatingly.
"I was foolish then!"
"Wanning was probably deceiving me!"
"She said that deliberately because she hated me, when we left, the daughter was still so young, she must have taken her with her."
"She must have said that only to keep me from seeing her!"
Zhao Zongqing’s gaze sank, he slowly extended his hand and patted his wrist.
"Old Xia! I need to clarify this!"
Xia Yu looked up at him: "Go ahead!"
"Lady Xu’s daughter is indeed missing!"
"Don’t know the specifics of how she went missing, but she really is gone. Last time she even privately asked Yaoyao to help find her!"
"It’s published in mainstream media, she didn’t lie to you!"
"But as for searching, she didn’t disclose her identity publicly, nor did she provide much information, so... not many people know!"
Xia Yu felt enlightened.
This time he couldn’t even muster a smile, his entire being felt hollowed out.
"Really gone?"
How could a perfectly fine daughter disappear!
With so many kidnappers trafficking women and children nowadays, could his daughter be...
He suddenly stood up and was about to rush out.
Zhao Zongqing quickly called out to him.
"Where are you going?"
Xia Yu turned, his eyes red with urgency.
"Naturally, to search!"
"I only have this one daughter, no matter what, I need to find her!"
"Sorry, Chairman, I have to leave!"
Zhao Zongqing initially wanted to persuade him, but seeing him like this felt unnecessary, so he simply said be careful and let him go.
...
Upon leaving the hospital.
Xia Yu drove to Xu Wanning’s place.
Xu Wanning was in the executive office having a meeting, so he sat outside waiting.
The wait extended all afternoon into the evening.
That afternoon Xia Yu didn’t know how he endured.
Knowing the daughter lived well with her mother and knowing she was missing were completely different.
Pity the heart of a parent, his whole heart felt like it was breaking, he only had this one daughter!
Others might turn gray overnight, he turned gray as the afternoon passed.
When Xu Wanning came out of the conference room, he was already worn out beyond recognition.
She was startled.
"Why are you here??"
"What’s wrong with you?"
Asked two questions in succession.
Xia Yu didn’t bother explaining, stood up and grabbed her wrist, leading her out.
His strength was immense, Xu Wanning’s wrist was instantly bruised.
She didn’t know what was happening, endured the pain, and struggled hard.
"Hey, where are you going, are you crazy!!"
"There are so many people, what do you want to do, let go!"
Xia Yu kept his head down, silent, continuing forward.
Xu Wanning glanced around, seeing people staring, couldn’t struggle anymore, so she stumbled along.
Back at the underground parking lot, the two sat in the car.
Xu Wanning rubbed her wrist, frowned, angrily.
"What are you doing?"
Xia Yu remained silent, his eyes reddened, after a while he asked.
"The daughter?"
"Where’s our daughter?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Wanning paused, lowered her wrist, gazing out the window, her expression suddenly dim.
"Don’t you already know?"
"She’s gone, we can’t find her anymore!"
Xu Wanning was somewhat falling apart, the daughter was the deepest thorn in her heart.
Every mention felt like knives twisting, excruciating.
Xia Yu’s eyes were red as he stared intensely at her, gazing fiercely.
"How could she?"
"How could she go missing?"
"When we divorced, she followed you, I sent you child support but you rejected it!"
"I thought you two would be fine!"
"But soon after, you lost contact, over the years, what have you been doing, how could you lose our daughter!"
Xia Yu stared at her with reddened eyes.
Who could have thought, someone so steady, cautious, meticulous, would crumble like this?
The words he said, every word, every interrogative tone full of reproach, felt like daggers, straight into the heart.
Xu Wanning also fell apart, her eyes teary, trembling all over, glaring at him, gritting.
"What about you?"
"What have you been doing over these years?"
"I never took her to Hong Kong, I sent her to my mother’s place to be raised, indeed, she lived with her grandma!"
"If you ever felt any conscience, visited my mother, you could have seen your daughter!"
"And you? Did you go?"
"I married you for over two years, bore you children, and you?"
"You abandoned me for your former lover, made my daughter a child without a father, and my son too!"
Stopping abruptly here.
Her mind instantly cleared, no! The son was hers alone, she couldn’t reveal it.
She absolutely couldn’t let him know he had a son too.
"What’s about your son?"
Xia Yu squinted his eyes, gazed fiercely at her.
"Continue talking, what’s with your son?"
Xu Wanning showed a trace of panic but quickly regained normalcy, coldly said.
"How my son is, that’s my business, none of your concern!"
Xia Yu remained unwilling, a hunch told him, she was hiding something.
"How old is your son, with whom?"
Xu Wanning had composed herself, calmly lied to him.
"The son was born later with someone else, why? Not allowed?"
Xia Yu watched her expressions for a long time, ultimately said nothing.