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Tan Ming woke up from her slumber. Her nostrils were filled with the pungent smell of disinfectant. She slowly opened her eyes and saw the white ceiling. After a while, she remembered that she had just finished giving birth.
"Welcome to our afternoon entertainment broadcast. The first headline today is that our latest star Tan Si and a mysterious man have appeared in the obstetrics and gynecology department of Elle Maternity and Child Hospital. She is suspected to be pregnant before marriage and there for a prenatal checkup. Through our reporters' tireless tracking, we discovered that this mysterious man is Si Cheng, the CEO of the Si Corporation!"
Tan Ming was brought back to consciousness by the sound of the television in the ward. The host's words were so attention-grabbing, and her breathing stopped for a second.
"Next, please take a look at the latest photos sent back by our frontline reporters!"
Tan Ming leaned against the head of the bed, her body still very weak after giving birth. Her eyes were eagerly looking at the television.
Although there were only two blurry profiles in the photo, Tan Ming still recognized her sister, Tan Si, and her husband, Si Cheng, in an instant!
Three years ago, Si Cheng was left in a vegetative state after a car accident. After that, he turned to the Tan family, who was dependent on the Si Corporation, to get married. The Tan family couldn't bear to let their own biological daughter marry into the family and ruin her lifelong bliss. However, they were so afraid that they would anger the Si family and their business would take a hit, so they forced her, the foster daughter, out.
Twenty-three years ago, because the Tan couple did not have a child then, they adopted Tan Ming and took care of her like their own. However, they did not expect that not long after they got pregnant and gave birth to Tan Si. Tan Ming then became the Tan family's invisible maid. She was the most unwelcome existence. She had the title of the Tan family's eldest daughter, yet she was treated even worse than ordinary servants.
When Tan Ming was four or five years old, she started to follow the servants and helped to clean up the house and help out in the kitchen to earn her living expenses. If it weren't for the compulsory nine years of education in the country, she probably wouldn't even have been able to finish junior high school. Tan Ming had to work and rely on scholarships to survive in high school and university.
Because of her gratitude to the Tan Family for sheltering her, Tan Ming had been tolerating Tan Si since she was young. She had even agreed to such a ridiculous request to marry into the Si Family on Tan Si's behalf.
After marrying into the Si family, Tan Ming fell in love with Si Cheng at first sight. Under her dedicated care, Si Cheng woke up unexpectedly two years later.
Unexpectedly, what Tan Ming was waiting for was not Si Cheng's love but betrayal!
When the Tan family found out that Si Cheng had woken up, they hurriedly came to visit. After that, Tan Si often made up various excuses to visit the Si family. A few months ago, Si Cheng directly confessed that he had fallen in love with Tan Si and wanted to divorce Tan Ming.
Tan Ming did not want to give in this time, so she decisively cut ties with the Tan family. She wanted to hold on to her title as his wife and make Tan Si a mistress who could not see the light of day.
However, her persistence was taken as a joke. Tan Ming looked at the photo of the man carefully supporting the woman. Her chest felt suffocated, and a tear streaked across the corner of her eye.
From the start of her pregnancy till now, he had never accompanied her to any appointments. In order to get a divorce, he even threatened the fetuses that had already formed in her stomach. Therefore, Tan Ming had no choice but to sign the divorce agreement to protect the children.
Two nurses pushed a crib to Tan Ming's side and said with a smile, "Congratulations on getting a son and a daughter, Miss Tan. Both children have been checked and are in good health."
When Tan Ming heard their voices, she hurriedly wiped her tears and turned to look at the two sleeping babies in the crib. She smiled gratefully and thanked the nurse, "Thank you. Sorry to trouble you."
The older, round-faced nurse gently instructed, "You're welcome. You just gave birth. It's a little strenuous for you to take care of the two children. You have to quickly call your family to help."
Stunned, Tan Ming nodded stiffly. "Okay."
The nurse left shortly after.
Tan Ming looked at the two babies beside her. Her heart felt like it was wrapped in cotton. However, when she thought about how the babies already had lost their father when they were just born, her heart felt like it was being stabbed. She decided to fight for the three of them one last time. After thinking for a while, she took out her phone and dialed Si Cheng's number.
As soon as the call went through, Tan Ming was worried that she would be hung up on and immediately summarized her request, "I can't take care of the twins I just gave birth to. Can you come over and help me take a look?"
After a second of silence, the voice on the other end of the line spoke.
"Madam, it's Ning Gang. The CEO just said that he won't be answering any calls today. I'll find an opportunity to report this to the CEO later."
Tan Ming thought of the news and probed, "He's with Tan Si?"
Ning Gang could not bear it, but he still chose to answer truthfully, "Yes."
Tan Ming's heart was filled with desolation. She was instantly drowned in despair and hung up the phone.
"What's going on with the bed next door? Why isn't anyone at home coming for such a joyous occasion of giving birth to twins?"
"She's probably someone's mistress. She's been here for a few days, but I haven't seen anyone take care of her. There hasn't even been anyone to deliver food to her since she gave birth."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. I think so too. Her parents probably don't want to visit her because they're too embarrassed."
"Sigh, the morality of the world is deteriorating day by day. She's quite pretty, but she insists on being a mistress!"
Tan Ming could only afford to pay for a four-person ward. As she looked at the prying gazes of the other families, Tan Ming held onto the blanket tightly and endured these rumors.
Tan Ming's in-laws didn't like her, and the children she was carrying weren't liked either. Her husband was even snatched away by her own sister. Her parents never stood by her side. Tan Ming felt that her life was like a weed in the soil. She wanted to work hard to grow, but in reality, anyone who passed by could trample over her.
At the hospital's identification center.
Jiang Ling confirmed with his good friend again and again, "Old Lin, you personally handled this paternity test from the beginning to the end, right?!"
Lin Feng nodded helplessly again. "It's me! You're being so mysterious. Who are you helping check the paternity test? Why do you keep checking?"
Jiang Ling forcefully suppressed the ecstasy in his heart. He held it in and slapped Lin Feng hard. He said excitedly, "I'll treat you to a feast another day!"
Lin Feng felt a pain in his shoulder. If not for the fact that Jiang Ling ran too fast, he would surely have given him a kick to protest that he had repaid his kindness with ingratitude. He bared his teeth and said, "If I don't rip you off on that day of dinner, I'd have admitted defeat too easily!"
At this moment, Jiang Ling had already returned to his office excitedly. He only calmed down after making a few calls in a minute. Thinking of Tan Ming's hospitalization environment, he called the inpatient department and forced them to squeeze out a VIP single room despite the hospital experiencing a dire shortage of spaces.
When Li Mei saw her husband hanging up the phone, she nervously pulled Jiang Hai and waited for her husband's response expectantly. "Hubby, Brother-in-law said that you found our daughter just now?!"
Jiang Hai's eyes were filled with joy as he nodded. "Yes, let's set off for Sea City immediately!"
Jiang Hai called his secretary with trembling hands and asked him to book the earliest flight ticket.
Li Mei covered her mouth tightly with both hands as tears streamed down her face. Their family had searched for more than 20 years and had never given up. However, every time they did an identification test with hope and ended up with disappointment, their spirit would tire. Hence, Li Mei still found it unbelievable after hearing Jiang Hai's words.
Only when she was hugged by her husband did Li Mei cry bitterly. "My daughter! She hasn't been by our side for so many years. I don't know how much she's suffered!"
Jiang Hai raised his head and blinked, holding back his tears. He comforted his wife, "It's all in the past. Bring our daughter back and we'll dote on her properly."
Li Mei nodded as she cried. "Hubby, get someone to investigate how our daughter has been all these years. When we weren't by her side, was she treated well or not? Was she happy or unhappy?"
Jiang Hai only knew his daughter's current name and hospital. However, this was enough, given the Jiang family's power. On the way to the airport, he instructed his secretary to start an investigation.
After Jiang Yan received Jiang Ling's call, he quickly put the documents on the table into his office bag. Just as he was about to leave, he received a call from his second brother, Jiang Xun.
Jiang Xun's anxious voice rang out. "Big Brother, Uncle just called me to say that he found Little Sister!"
Jiang Yan quickly locked the door and entered the elevator. He replied, "I know. I'm going to the airport now."
When Jiang Xun heard this, he was secretly delighted. "Then you must be slower than me! I happen to be in the neighboring city. I'm a two-hour drive away!"
Jiang Yan snorted. "I'm afraid you've forgotten that Third Brother is holding a concert in Sea City."
Jiang Xun suddenly recalled this. "F*ck! I'm hanging up!"
Jiang Xun hung up the phone, got in the car and sped all the way. He had to be the first to see his little sister!
At this moment, Tan Ming was busy taking care of her two children in the ward. Perhaps because they were twins, when one of them cried, the other immediately chimed in like a duet.
Fortunately, Tan Ming had taken a maternity course before. After clumsily checking, she realized that it was not soiled diapers that caused the crying. Hence, she made them two bottles of milk. When the two pacifiers touched the corners of the babies' mouths, the two little fellows instinctively tilted their heads and sucked on them.
Tan Ming wiped the sweat off her forehead and looked at the obedient babies with a satisfied expression. "Baby, Mommy will only have you guys in the future. Let's work hard together!"
Jiang Ling and a man wearing a cap, a mask, and sunglasses were carefully looking in through the transparent glass strips on the door.
The moment Jiang Huai saw Tan Ming, he instantly knew that she was his younger sister. Other than the resemblance, there was also the feeling of kinship. "It's obvious that she's An'an! Her eyebrows and eyes look exactly like my father's. Her facial structure is like my mother's. The rest of her looks like me!"
Jiang Ling looked at Jiang Huai in disdain. "Our little An'an is much prettier than you. Stand over a little. I'm going to open the door. The room over there is empty. Move An'an over first."
Jiang Huai replied and the two of them pushed the door open.
Tan Ming was feeding the babies with their milk bottles with a smile on her face when she suddenly sensed two figures beside her. She looked up and saw Doctor Jiang, who had seen her earlier, and a man whose face could not be seen at all. A puzzled expression appeared on her face.
Jiang Ling looked at the crowded ward and didn't say anything. "Tan Ming, you have to change wards."
Everyone looked over when they heard that.
"Doctor, why are you changing rooms? Do you have a single room?!"
"Doctor, if there's a room, we'll change wards too! You can't play favorites."
Jiang Ling complained, deep down, that as the deputy director, he had to threaten the hospital with the latest research results to get a single room. How could it be their turn? He waved his hand impatiently and said, "This is the hospital's arrangement. If you want to stay in a single room, just register at the front desk."
"It's so annoying. The population is so big that we can't even snatch a hospital bed if we give birth to a child."
"Of course. I've already had three children. The best one has only lived in a double room!"
There were complaints in the ward, but Tan Ming did not think too much about it. She thought that it was a normal ward adjustment and got up obediently to get her pregnancy bag and luggage.
Jiang Huai stepped forward to stop her. "Don't move, don't move. I'll do it. You just gave birth, so you can't tire yourself out."
Jiang Huai's tone was unusually gentle. If his fans and manager saw this, they would be so shocked that they would think that Jiang Huai's soul had been swapped.
Jiang Ling pushed the moving bed and said softly to Tan Ming, "We'll do it. Just take care of yourself."
Tan Ming was a little confused. When did the hospital's service become so good? Could it be that they wanted to move her to a worse room and were afraid that she would cause trouble, so they were so attentive?
Although she was puzzled, Tan Ming was used to injustice. She had no one to rely on. In order to survive, she had no choice but to endure it most of the time. It was fine as long as the babies were not hurt. Otherwise, she would fight to the end even if she had to risk her life.
Jiang Huai looked at her younger sister, who was obediently following beside him, and his heart ached. The eldest daughter of the Jiang family should be unrestrained, arrogant, and domineering. She must have suffered a lot to be so obedient.
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