Chapter 85: Jiang Ye is My Real Son

Chapter 85: Jiang Ye is My Real Son

He Tingyue and Jiang Yu returned to South River Village to wait for news. Before long, Lin Chenghui arrived, bringing Old Zhang with him.

The arrival of the police left Jiang Yonghua and Wang Meili terrified.

Jiang Yonghua looked at Wang Meili in anger and disbelief.

"You went to see that old hag, Zhang!"

Wang Meili felt unjustly accused. "I didn’t! The last time I saw her was many years ago!"

Jiang Yonghua looked suspicious and stepped forward to greet the officer politely.

"Officer..."

Lin Chenghui said, "I'm Officer Lin. Is Old Lady Ye at home?"

Wang Meili was startled. "Are you looking for my mother-in-law?"

Jiang Yonghua's heart pounded, a bad premonition rising in him.

"Officer, may I ask why you're looking for my mother? She's an elderly person. If she's done anything wrong, feel free to talk to me..."

Lin Chenghui spoke directly. "Let me be clear. This involves a case from nineteen years ago, concerning the child-switching incident between Old Lady Ye and Yang Cui Lan."

Wang Meili was confused. "A child swap? I don’t understand. Who did they swap?"

Lin Chenghui looked at her calmly. "Jiang Ye and Jiang Hao. In other words, Jiang Hao is Yang Cui Lan’s biological child, and Jiang Ye is your real son."

Jiang Yonghua and Wang Meili were struck dumb, unable to process the information.

Each word made sense, but put together, it was hard to believe.

"What do you mean..." Wang Meili finally found her voice. "Jiang Ye is my real son? How is that possible! My son is Jiang Hao, whom I’ve raised with love for nearly twenty years. Now you’re telling me he’s not my son? That’s impossible!"

Wang Meili couldn’t accept it. The love and resources she had poured into Jiang Hao were immense.

Just look at Jiang Hao—he’s clearly been pampered.

Jiang Yonghua, more rational than Wang Meili, asked hurriedly, "Officer, could there be... some misunderstanding? Jiang Hao grew up with us. I watched him grow up!"

Lin Chenghui said, "On the third day after he was born, your mother switched the children. Think carefully, how many times did you hold the baby in the first three days after he was born?"

Wang Meili stumbled back, her face blank, and fell to the ground.

"It’s true... I had a difficult birth with Jiang Ye. My mother-in-law took care of him, and even Yang Cui Lan breastfed him!"

Jiang Yonghua had been busy taking care of Wang Meili during her postpartum recovery and hadn’t paid attention to the child.

Old lady Zhang coldly confirmed. "That’s right. Your mother-in-law told me herself that she had swapped your child with your older sister-in-law’s."

Lin Chenghui glanced back at her, and Old Zhang immediately backed down.

"Now we need to go to Yang Cui Lan’s house for a confrontation. Will you come?" Lin Chenghui asked.

Wang Meili’s face contorted with rage. "Yes! Of course! If Jiang Ye is really my son, then it all makes sense. The abuse Jiang Ye suffered at Yang Cui Lan’s hands all these years... it’s clear now."

It's no wonder she doesn't feel bad about hitting a child that isn't hers.

The group hurried to the Jiang family’s main house.

As it happened, Old Lady Ye was nearby, chatting with Mrs. Wang from next door.

Mrs. Wang squinted her eyes. "Old Ye, isn't that the cops? Why would the police come to our village?"

Old Lady Ye took a closer look. "You're right, but who could they be here for?"

Mrs. Wang said, "Look, your third son and his wife are here, and Jiang Yu is here with her boyfriend as well."

Then she spotted old lady Zhang and her expression changed drastically.

"Did your family do something superstitious?"

Old Lady Ye jumped up, nearly losing her balance.

"Oh no!"

Just as she was about to slip away, Wang Meili, who had been rushing over, grabbed her.

"Mom, where are you running off to in such a hurry? You and old lady Zhang seem quite familiar, aren't you going to chat for a bit?"

Seeing Wang Meili's murderous expression, Old Lady Ye panicked.

"I have no idea what you're talking about, and I don’t know that old lady Zhang."

Lin Chenghui stepped forward. "Whether you know her or not isn’t for you to decide."

He signaled to his subordinates behind him to go and fetch Yang Cuilan.

Mrs. Wang looked puzzled and asked, "Jiang Yu, what kind of drama is happening in your family?"

Jiang Yu quickly explained, "Nineteen years ago, my mother had just given birth to a baby, but it was swapped by my grandmother and my aunt-in-law's son. Jiang Ye is my real brother, and Jiang Hao is my aunt-in-law's son."

The villagers who gathered to watch were shocked and started buzzing with talk.

He Youfu and Liu Junmei rushed over, feeling a mix of emotions. They hadn't expected Jiang Yu to go to the police and make such a big deal out of it.

Fortunately, they stayed in the background, and no one knew they were the first to discover this matter.

"No wonder! No wonder Yang Cuilan was so abusive towards Jiang Ye—he wasn't even her real son!"

"I always thought Jiang Ye didn't look anything like Yang Cuilan. He stood out too much among her three children."

"Exactly! Jiang Hao is different. His squinty eyes are just like Yang Cuilan's!"

The villagers were engaged in heated discussion, mostly feeling puzzled.

"Why would anyone swap their sons? They’re both boys, after all."

Soon, Yang Cuilan was brought out.

As Jiang Yu had expected, the moment Yang Cuilan saw the police, her legs went weak, and she was dragged out while being supported by two officers.

As soon as she was brought out, she collapsed on the ground, pleading for mercy.

"I don't want to go to a labor camp, don't arrest me for it, it has nothing to do with me! The whole thing about swapping the children was instigated by my mother-in-law! She said that if I swapped Jiang Hao into the family, we would be showered with good fortune in the future. She also said that Jiang Ye was a demon star from the heavens and would bring harm to the family, so he couldn't be allowed to live."

"She also told me to drown Jiang Ye in a chamber pot, but I didn't dare to do it. I still raised Jiang Ye to adulthood, so I've already gone out of my way for you!"

Wang Meili shouted loudly, "You're talking bull!"

Gritting her teeth, she pounced on Yang Cuilan, pinning her down and slapping her.

"Your son was living the good life at my house, while you were abusing my son! How can you say you were 'kind' when Jiang Ye was covered in injuries, his head broken?"

Thinking about the child she had loved for so many years actually being Yang Cuilan's child, she couldn't hold back her tears and started sobbing.

What did I do to deserve this? How could this happen to me?

The two main figures showed up late. Jiang Hao couldn't believe it, his face streaked with tears and snot.

"Mom, how could I not be your son? I am your son, I've only ever been your son! I grew up by your side, don't abandon me!"

Jiang Hao couldn't accept the idea of going back to the main house.

In the main house, there was nothing, and Jiang Tong was always ahead of him.

But in the third family, he had two older sisters who had married into the city and would always support their younger brother.