Chapter 212: Zhou Meng's Hatred

On Zhou Meng's way home, it poured down heavily, but no matter how heavy the rain, it could not extinguish the hatred in her heart.

Zhou Meng secretly swore in her heart that she would someday return all the humiliation she had suffered today.

Although she had Su Ruo's promise, when Zhou Meng returned to the Zhou family's siheyuan again, she still felt uneasy, fearing Qin Xiao's retaliation.

After all, Qin Xiao may be young, but he is definitely a ruthless character; Zhou Meng dared not underestimate him at all.

But what Zhou Meng did not expect was that Qin Xiao did nothing at all.

Even when Zhou Meng deliberately announced their engagement in class, Qin Xiao remained completely unfazed.

He even treated Zhou Meng extra well; if Qin Xiao were angry or furious, even shouting and fighting, Zhou Meng could understand, but his current behavior truly frightened her.

Zhou Meng always felt that Qin Xiao was like a time bomb, smiling and smiling then suddenly pulling out a knife to stab her in the chest.

In such fear, Zhou Meng began to avoid Qin Xiao, even frequently having nightmares at night.

When Bai's mother came to see Zhou Meng, she discovered that her precious granddaughter had lost weight, and she immediately felt heartbroken.

She wanted to take Zhou Meng back to the old residence to care for her personally; this time Zhou Meng did not refuse, as she had been living in dire straits here every day and also wanted to leave.

After Zhou Meng left, the whole world seemed to quiet down; that evening Li Zhaodi specially prepared a table of delicious dishes, ready to celebrate properly.

Although Li Zhaodi was not present when Qin Xiao met with misfortune, she later learned what had happened and instantly felt a chill run down her spine.

Li Zhaodi never imagined that such a young child could harbor such malicious thoughts; if he grew up, it would be unbearable.

Regarding Qin Xiao, the child she had watched grow up, Li Zhaodi had never doubted him in the slightest; she knew her own child's nature, and even if Qin Xiao were still young or grew up, he would absolutely never do such a thing.

Afraid of hurting the child's psyche, Li Zhaodi also comforted Qin Xiao well, fearing that he might be left with some psychological scar.

Only after Qin Xiao repeatedly said he was fine did Li Zhaodi put her mind at ease.

At the same time, her anger toward Zhou Meng grew stronger; if Zhou Feng and Bai Xinya were not present, Li Zhaodi would have already burst out cursing.

What kind of place does this trash come from? At such a young age, she already knows how to use such despicable means to frame people; if she grew up, it would be intolerable.

Zhou Feng and Bai Xinya also looked at Su Ruo with guilty faces; this time they had indeed implicated Su Ruo.

Zhou Feng apologized to Su Ruo.

Su Ruo smiled and said, "This isn't your fault; the other side deliberately set us up. Even if it hadn't happened this time, there would have been a next one. Now the enemy is in the dark while we are in the light, making it impossible to guard against. Rather than this, it's better to leave an open pawn so we can deal with them."

Zhou Feng and Bai Xinya felt the same; in fact, upon seeing the girl for the first time, they knew she was not their biological daughter.

It was not because "Zhou Meng's" acting was poor and gave herself away, nor because she didn't resemble their daughter; on the contrary, she resembled Zhou Feng's daughter by eighty to ninety percent.

Even the birthmark on "Zhou Meng's" arm was exactly the same as that of their deceased daughter.

For this reason, Zhou Feng and Bai Xinya's expressions involuntarily became dazed when they saw Zhou Meng.

It was as if their biological daughter had truly returned.

The pain of having lost her daughter once plunged Bai Xinya into severe depression, making her irritable and prone to outbursts, even to the point of insanity.

Bai Xinya once pleaded to the heavens, wishing that if her daughter could return, she would be willing to give her own life in exchange.

Bai Xinya once felt that after losing her daughter, her entire life had no hope left, and she was completely immersed in pain, unable to extricate herself.

Until Bai Xinya met Su Ruo and An'an, who led her out of that painful experience and helped her start a new life.

But Bai Xinya never expected that, shortly after she had let go of this matter, those people would now use her most painful experience to scheme against her.

If it were the previous frantic Bai Xinya, she might have mistaken Zhou Meng for her daughter and loved her as if she were her own biological child.

The Zhou and Bai families would also, because of her attitude, dote on Zhou Meng in every possible way.

In that case, Zhou Meng's plan might actually succeed.

However, the other side miscalculated one point: Bai Xinya had fully recovered under An'an's healing and now remembered all of her memories.

Therefore, Bai Xinya also clearly remembered that her daughter was already dead…

Her little Meng had already been smothered to death on the train by human traffickers evading inspection.

That day, Bai Xinya personally saw her daughter's corpse; unable to bear the blow, she fainted outright.

When she woke up again, she only remembered the memory of her daughter's loss, having forgotten that her daughter had already died.

The doctor said: it was because she was too grief-stricken; her body could not withstand such a blow, so her brain automatically activated self-protection, choosing to forget that memory.

For Bai Xinya, only by forgetting that her daughter had died, and believing her daughter was still alive, could she have hope to go on living.

At that time, to protect Bai Xinya and prevent her from suffering further harm and breaking down, Zhou Feng voluntarily concealed the fact that her daughter had already died.

Aside from Zhou Feng, neither the Bai family nor the Zhou family knew about this.

However, later, with An'an's companionship, Bai Xinya gradually recovered and slowly regained that memory she most unwilling to recall.

At that time, Bai Xinya was sorrowful, but she was already able to face that experience calmly.

Bai Xinya felt that her precious daughter loved her so much that, if she saw her so sorrowful, she would also feel sad!

Therefore, whether for her daughter or for herself, she must continue to live well.

But Bai Xinya never expected that, just as she had barely emerged from that ordeal, someone would rub salt in her wound, using this matter to scheme against her!

When Bai Xinya saw Zhou Meng for the first time, she indeed felt dazed, because she truly resembled her own daughter.

But only for an instant did Bai Xinya regain her composure, because she knew her daughter was already dead.

Therefore, even if the girl before her looked even more alike, she could absolutely not be her daughter.

At that moment, Bai Xinya's eyes turned icy instantly; initially she and her husband had concealed the truth to avoid upsetting the elders, but some people had exploited the loophole.

They had brought in this impostor, attempting to drive a wedge between her and Su Ruo—truly despicable and shameless to the extreme.

At this moment, Bai Xinya wished she could immediately tear those people apart, but in order not to hurt her mother and to uncover the mastermind behind the scenes, she had to restrain herself.