Imperfect Desires

668 Flesh & Blood

Xin Suyin didn't know what reaction she had expected to see but Chen Xiu's reaction didn't bring any satisfaction to her. Xiu's brain had completely stopped working at this point. She always thought she was an illegitimate daughter but to know that Liu Nuan was her sister, broke something within her.

While Xiu's brain was lost between reality and unconsciousness, Xin Suyin's phone rang. Changing her tone, she picked up the call, "Hello, elder brother, is everything alright?" She was silent as she listened to the other side before gasping in shock, "What? How did this happen to sister Huan? Which hospital is she in? I'll be right there."

As she hung up the call, her expressions changed again as she laughed out. "Bloody hell! You young girls really are fun to play with. Here you are who easily got herself kidnapped and then there is another naive little girl who took my bait and drove her mother to death. Hahaha! This is exciting!"

Chen Xiu had no idea what she was saying. She neither had the energy nor did her brain had the awareness of anything else.

Getting no reaction from Xiu, Xin Suyin tapped the armrest of her chair for a minute before waving at her subordinates, "She is not as fun as I thought she'd be. How about you bring the other one?"

Soon someone brought a table and a laptop. There was a call going on when it got connected, Xin Suyin smiled brightly at the woman on the screen, "Who are you this fine day, Chen Hana?"

Yes, the woman on the screen was Chen Xiu's mother and manager, Chen Hana.

"You seem really bored," was Chen Hana's indifferent response.

But it amused Xin Suyin who had her legs over the table and leaned back in her chair in a relaxed posture as she said, "As expected, you still know me the best."

"One should know one's enemies," responded Chen Hana. "Now, get to the point. Don't waste my time."

"I should really not waste your time, you must be really busy looking for your daughter right now," said Xin Suyin, suggestively.

Chen Hana's brows raised slightly, "And why would I be doing that?"

Xin Suyin frowned at Chen Hana's calm and indifferent reaction, "You don't even know that your daughter had not been home for the past four days?"

Chen Hana shrugged her shoulders, "She always had the habit of running away without a word. It's no big deal."

Xin Suyin's eyes narrowed as she sat up and turned the screen around, allowing Chen Hana to get the perfect view of Chen Xiu's state. She came before the screen to see the desperation and helplessness in Chen Hana's eyes that she had seen decades ago but to her dismay, the other woman was too nonchalant as she said, "Oh. She's with you."

"That's it? Don't you have anything else to say?"

"Well, I was hoping one of those reactions. But aren't you giving too bland of a reaction for your own flesh and blood?" Xin Suyin was feeling uneasy about Chen Hana's reaction. She didn't know why but she could feel it. Something was wrong in this situation.

Chen Xiu had gotten her consciousness when she heard her mother's voice but she couldn't bring herself to even call for help. She couldn't do anything except for listening.

"I should feel something for my flesh and blood but..." Chen Hana took a pause before adding, "Who said she is my flesh and blood?"

"What?"

Now it was Chen Hana's turn to laugh out hysterically. "I have waited for this day since the day you killed everyone close to me. I planned for years to get to this very day."

"Have you lost your mind?" sneered Xin Suyin.

Chen Hana gave her a sympathetic look, "No, my esteemed Ms. Xin, I lost my mind the day you took everything from me. Today, I'm gonna take everything from you."

Xin Suyin snorted at her, "That day would never come."

"But it came," replied Chen Hana calmly. "The girl behind you, she isn't my daughter."

"Liar!" shouted Xin Suyin. "I've done the DNA tests. She is definitely Liu's daughter."

Chen Hana smiled at her words, "Of course, she is. I never said she isn't Liu's daughter. I just said she isn't my daughter."

"What do you mean?"

"Since the day you destroyed me, I'd vowed to do the same to you. But your family is Xin. I can't touch them. However, there were other easier ways." She took a sip of her tea as she continued, "I just had to be at the right place at the right time to exchange my daughter with yours."

Not just Xin Suyin, even Chen Xiu's mind blanked at that statement.

"That day, I took your daughter with me and left mine with you. No doubt, you raised my daughter with love and care as a cherished and pampered princess. That's all I wished for." While Xin Suyin was glaring at Chen Hana, Chen Xiu's last rays of hope were diminishing, leaving her cold, numb, and lifeless. "But my revenge would never be completed unless you ruined your own daughter with your own hands. And you did exactly that." Chen Hana's laughter was like a knife twisting in Chen Xiu's heart. "It's funny how easy it is to predict your nature. In the end, you used your own hands to bring your own flesh and blood to this condition."

Xin Suyin's blood ran cold at that statement as she shook her head repeatedly, "No! I don't believe you. You're just lying to me! You're lying! You're playing tricks with me." Her eyes looked over at Xiu's lifeless figure as she repeatedly said, "You're lying. She can't be my daughter."

"I don't really care whether you believe my words or not. I'm just gonna go and have a lavish party in celebration of this day I've waited for so long." With that the call disconnected, leaving Xin Suyin in a daze.

*End of Flashback*