Quick Transmigration: Drama Queen's Daily Life-Chapter 845 - 834: A Cliché Substitute Life

Li Wen Yin held the report in her trembling hands, shocked that her suspicions were correct. She never imagined that the daughter she had cherished for more than a decade was not her own, nor that everyone in the family knew about it and only kept it from her.

"Bastard." She slapped Shen Mingcheng hard in front of everyone.

Shen Jing’an and Shen Jingshu were startled, and Shen Mingcheng’s expression was equally ugly, but he did not get angry because he felt guilty.

"Why? Why didn’t you tell me?" Li Wen Yin, with tears streaming down her face, nearly cried her heart out as she asked.

"Calm down." Shen Mingcheng quickly tried to soothe her. "Back then, your health was already poor. I was afraid you wouldn’t be able to take it, so..."

"So you found someone to impersonate my daughter? How could you be so cruel? How could you be so heartless? Fine, even if you were worried about my health, why didn’t you look for her after all these years? Why?" Li Wen Yin’s voice was filled with questions, leaving Shen Mingcheng speechless.

"Because she’s not your flesh and blood, you don’t feel any pain, right? Shen Mingcheng, have you ever thought about what would have happened to your daughter if she hadn’t been adopted by a good family? She should have been the most esteemed Eldest Lady of the Shen Family. Why should she suffer outside because of your lies?"

"Mom, please don’t be angry. Dad did it for your sake." Shen Jingshu gently supported Li Wen Yin, looking worried.

But Li Wen Yin didn’t appreciate her gesture and pushed her hand away, looking at her coldly: "Haven’t I treated you well enough these years, Jingshu? Why did you also keep it from me? Attached to the status of Eldest Lady of the Shen Family?"

"Mom, Jingshu is innocent, how can you say that about her?" Shen Jing’an said with a grim face, protecting the sad and distressed Shen Jingshu behind him.

"I can’t say anything about her? Shen Jing’an, have you forgotten that the other girl you abandoned is your real sister? If Tianji hadn’t accidentally run into her, would she have wandered outside her whole life? Jingshu enjoys everything that belongs to my daughter yet hides her existence, and I’m not allowed to say a word about it?" Li Wen Yin’s emotions were very intense, looking at the other three as if seeing enemies. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Shen Jingshu lowered her head and bit her lip, finally raising her head full of guilt: "Mom, sorry, we were just really worried about your health."

"So you planned to hide it from me for a lifetime? If it weren’t for this accident, were you going to prevent me from ever meeting my own daughter?" Li Wen Yin’s heart ached deeply at the thought of her daughter not being adopted by a good family.

"Jingshu, don’t blame the kids; I was the one who made them keep it from you." Shen Mingcheng admitted his mistake in a deep voice.

Li Wen Yin looked at him mockingly: "Shen Mingcheng, don’t think I’ll forgive you just because you say that. When the daughter was taken away by enemies, you abandoned her because of company affairs, but once the company stabilized, you found someone to replace her. In your eyes, is she dispensable?"

"No, I just..."

"You just what? You didn’t even look for her, you assumed she was dead?" Li Wen Yin looked at him painfully, immensely disappointed, "Shen Mingcheng, that’s not someone else, that’s your own daughter. Why are you so sure that your assumption is correct? The fact proves she’s still alive, isn’t it?"

"I will properly compensate her."

"Compensation? How do you compensate for the past decade or so? In the Shen Family, she could have lived as the daughter of a noble family, carefree and untroubled by worries. How do you know she’s lived well in her adoptive family these ten years? Can such things be made up for with money?"

Li Wen Yin looked at her husband, son, and daughter with disappointment. She thought their family was the happiest, only to realize it was all a fabricated lie.

"Mom, scolding us now won’t help; why don’t we hurry up and bring sister back?" Shen Jing’an couldn’t stand to see the painful guilt on Shen Jingshu’s face, so he began to urge.

Li Wen Yin just chuckled bitterly: "Bring her back? You make it sound so easy. We lost her for over a decade, is it so simple as saying ’bring her back’?"

How to bring her daughter back still needed to be discussed, but Li Wen Yin didn’t want to stay in this home any longer, at least not now, staying closer to her daughter would be better.

"Jingshu, Mom was just too emotional earlier, don’t be upset, she didn’t mean to target you." Shen Jing’an, seeing Shen Jingshu remain silent, was pained, holding her hand like he did when they were kids.

Shen Jing’an forced a smile, his pale face making him more pitiable: "Brother, I’m okay. Mom should be angry; after all, I took the place of her daughter and shamelessly deceived her."

"It’s not your fault." Shen Jing’an hugged her, "Dad and I also knew about this. We didn’t say anything, how can we blame you for staying silent? Making you serve as a stand-in in front of Mom was already asking too much of you."

"Anyway, I enjoyed everything that should’ve been Ye Qiu’s. I took over her life; it was always my wrongdoing to her." Shen Jingshu felt panic-stricken inside, but simultaneously felt relief that the truth was unveiled, lifting the heavy stone in her heart.

Though she was prepared for this when she entered this home, being genuinely loved by Mom for so many years made the sudden accusations extremely painful.

"Jingshu, it’s not your fault. You couldn’t decide about being adopted back then. No matter what, you’re my most cherished sister. Don’t be afraid; I’ll always be here for you. From now on, you’re Jingshu, not anyone’s stand-in anymore, no need to celebrate someone else’s birthday." Shen Jing’an didn’t know what else to say, only able to comfort her this way.

Warmth spread through Shen Jingshu’s heart, simultaneously with a sarcastic smile, though Ye Qiu’s birthday, which should’ve been hers, when exactly is that?

Li Wen Yin rushed to find Ye Qiu. Even if she didn’t want to scare her temporarily, she wished to be closer to the daughter she’d lost for so many years. Her dear child, had she suffered these years? Did she know about her identity?

Meanwhile, Shen Mingcheng began investigating the Ye Family, determined to bring his daughter back. If they’ve treated her well, he’d compensate generously. If not, he wouldn’t hesitate to punish them.

Never did he consider how they’d feel, raising a daughter, why should it be so easy to bring her back?

Does having money make it right? Doesn’t everyone have some money nowadays?

The wealthy Boss Ye Yuejin, sitting in his lengthy luxury car together with his wife and mother, had arrived in C province. In contrast, Ye Qiu’s adoptive family treated her better than he, the biological father.