Xie Liuzheng held back the question that was about to come out of his mouth in time, and after hesitating for a moment, he tentatively asked Xie Xiangyu, "Qin Guangjin is still planning on my marriage, and for this he has found a midwife from that year. It's hard for him to spend all this effort."

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"Really? That bastard is really abominable. Don't pay attention to him. Be careful not to fall into his evil scheme." Xie Xiangyu's fingers trembled subconsciously, and the piece of steamed fish she picked up fell back onto the plate. She lowered her eyes to hide the panic in her eyes.

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But it couldn't escape Xie Liuzheng's eyes.

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Xie Liuzheng's heart skipped a beat, and she clenched the handkerchief in her sleeves, but her voice became softer, "Don't worry, mother, I know everything."

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"Qin Guangjin said that the midwife only said that I was born in March, but my daughter was clearly born in May. Every year on her birthday, my mother would personally take her daughter to choose the jewelry she liked."

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"The midwife must have remembered it wrongly. Qin Guangjin was willing to believe it. He is so stupid and ridiculous."

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The fish in Xie Xiangyu's mouth seemed to weigh a thousand pounds. She chewed for a long time before she swallowed it reluctantly. She forced a smile and hesitantly said, "Qin Guangjin is a man who only cares about himself. How could he remember your birthday? It's normal for him to remember it wrong."

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"Today's food is so salty that it's hard to swallow. I won't eat it."

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After speaking incoherently, he stood up and went to the side to drink tea. His back looked like he was running away.

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Xie Liuzheng also lost his appetite. He barely swallowed half a bowl of rice and then stopped eating.

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Xie Xiangyu seemed not to want to talk to her any more. "I just remembered that I still have a few drawings to look at and I have to go back to the factory. You don't have to wait for me. Go to bed early."

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After saying this, without waiting for Xie Liuzheng's reaction, he hurried out, forgetting even to take his cloak with him.

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Xie Liuzheng returned to his room with a heavy heart. The more he thought about Xie Xiangyu's reaction, the more he felt that what Qin Guangjin said was true.

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It is common sense that a pregnancy lasts ten months, and there is also a saying that seven months of pregnancy will survive and eight months of pregnancy will not. However, premature babies are generally very weak, and the vast majority of them die. Even if they are managed to grow up, they are still weaker than ordinary people.

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She has always been in good health since she was a child, rarely gets sick and needs to take medicine, and as far as I can remember, she has rarely caught a cold.

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Could it be that she is not Xie Xiangyu's biological daughter, but adopted?

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"I can't think about it anymore." The sound of the drums woke Xie Liuzheng up. She pressed her swollen forehead, reminding herself not to let Qin Guangjinhui lead her to have wild thoughts. "My mother has been very kind to me. In her previous life, she was implicated by me and her family was destroyed. She died in poverty. Even if she is not my biological child, she is better than my biological child."

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If she wasn't Master Xie's biological daughter, she wouldn't have planned to look for her biological parents. Since they had abandoned her, they had severed their blood relationship with their own hands, so why should she be so obsessed with it?

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Thinking of this, Xie Liuzheng's mood suddenly brightened, and she secretly thought that she was looking for trouble. As long as she knew that she was Xie Xiangyu's daughter, she would do her best to honor her mother. What was the point of doubting whether she was her biological daughter?

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I called Qiuyue and Chunlian to prepare hot water for washing and going to bed, as I had to go to the Feng family to accompany the old lady tomorrow.

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With Mr. Pei's full efforts in treating the old lady, her condition gradually improved. Her complexion looked better than before, and her headache and dizziness symptoms also eased. However, she still slept restlessly at night and seemed listless.

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Xie Liuzheng confirmed with Mr. Pei in private that the old lady was no longer in danger of death, but her body was injured by the poison and due to her age, it was difficult for her to recover.

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The best case scenario is just a little bit stronger than the current situation, but the energy and spirit will be greatly reduced.

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The second master and the eldest lady of the Feng family also asked the same question, and Mr. Pei told them the same truth. The second master Feng blamed himself very much, blaming himself for not being a strong husband and not disciplining the second husband well, which led to the old lady suffering such a disaster.

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In just a few days, the second master lost a lot of weight, his face turned pale, and he didn't look much better than the old lady.

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No one knows a child better than his mother. The old lady understood the Second Master's concerns and repeatedly said that she did not blame him, but the Second Master still couldn't let it go. The old lady asked Xie Liuzheng to help persuade the Second Master.

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"After this illness, I finally figured it out. My second child's father died when he was less than ten years old. I was afraid that they would go astray and be laughed at, so I disciplined them strictly."

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"They didn't grow up crooked, but I have raised them to be children who never grow up. Although you are young, your mind is clearer than anyone else. Please help me persuade the second child to stop worrying about these things and making things difficult for himself. In fact, he is also making things difficult for me."

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"If we really want to talk about who is right and who is wrong, I am the one who is most at fault. I taught him, and I was the one who decided his marriage. Whether it is good or bad, I should bear the consequences of this."

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Xie Liuzheng couldn't bear to see the old lady anxious, so he agreed. After lunch, he went to the study room under the pretext of delivering the dishes the old lady had gifted to the second master.

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There was also lunch on the second master's table, but it was completely cold and no one had eaten a single bite.

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Xie Liuzheng pretended not to notice and asked the servants to clear a place and set out the dishes that the old lady had given him. She smiled and said, "This is the chicken marrow bamboo shoots that the masters outside sent. The old lady tasted it and thought it tasted very good, so she asked me to send it to my godfather to try."

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The second master stood up, bowed and thanked Songheyuan before sitting down again. "Let the servants take care of these things. It's troublesome for you to come here in person."

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"Father is so polite, it's obvious that he doesn't treat me as a junior." Xie Liuzheng signaled the servants to remove the cold food and heat it up. "In fact, the old lady sent me to persuade father. Father can guess what she is worried about."

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The second master nodded awkwardly, "I understand, you can go back first."

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"Godfather doesn't know." Since Xie Liuzheng had promised the old lady to persuade the second master, she was unwilling to do it perfunctorily, even if she was treated perfunctorily.

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"Godfather, do you know how much the old lady blames herself?"

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The second master was completely confused by this statement and stammered, "It is the children who are unfilial and have implicated the old lady. Why is the old lady blaming herself?"

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Xie Liuzheng carefully repeated the old lady's words and said softly, "You see, the old lady is not worried about herself, but whether you are uncomfortable."

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"Normally, a junior like me shouldn't say anything about the Second Madam's affairs, but I was there when it happened, so I dared to say something I shouldn't have said today."

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"What the Second Madam did was more than just a woman being angry and willful. She deliberately poisoned the Old Madam's medicine. She should be executed according to the law."

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"Is the authority of the government serious? There will still be desperate criminals who commit crimes. The Second Madam poisoned her own relatives and elders. She is more cruel than those desperate criminals. How can a husband teach her?"

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"So this is not your fault. The more you blame yourself, the more worried and distressed the old lady will be, and the slower she will recover. Father, tell me, is this the truth?"

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The second master opened his mouth for a long time but couldn't find any words to refute, so he had to admit that Xie Liuzheng was right.

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"Alas, I have lived for most of my life, but I am not as thorough as a younger generation. I am now as old as a dog."

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