Another Day of Pretending for the Wealthy Couple - Chapter 74

Zhong Yan’s bodyguards and the Ji family’s bodyguards arrived before the two of them.

Although Zhong Yan usually appeared unassuming when going out, only bringing Chu He along, and occasionally Liang Zhufu, it was impossible for there to be no bodyguards in the shadows.

The hospital handled everything in an orderly manner, and all information was sealed off from the outside world.

Otherwise, such a dramatic event would undoubtedly become the talk of the town during this year’s Spring Festival.

In the hospital, Sheng Wan lay on

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The delivery was via C-section. For a period of time, she was unconscious, and when she woke up, she was presented with a pair of twins, a boy and a girl.

Twins? Sheng Wan was astonished. During the prenatal checkups, it had clearly been a single fetus.

The medical team explained that at 12 weeks, it was indeed a single viable intrauterine fetus. By 20 weeks, one fetus might have been positioned directly behind the other, completely obscured, and the heartbeats of both fetuses could have been mistaken for a single strong heartbeat during auscultation.

Thus, a combination of coincidences led to the twins going undetected, especially in the case of monochorionic diamniotic twins who share a placenta, making it easier for one fetus to hide behind the other.

Although rare, such a scenario was not impossible.

At the time, everyone was immersed in the joy of having a pair of twins. Though Sheng Wan found the situation rather dramatic, as she looked at the frail older brother and the plump, milky-skinned younger sister, she gradually noticed their resemblance over time and began to relax.

Then, ten years passed.

The eldest branch of the Ji family grew increasingly greedy, and relationships gradually deteriorated. Ji Qing, ever the peacemaker, left Sheng Wan seething with frustration.

Especially as Ji Zhihe grew more and more misguided, constantly boasting that he would inherit the Ji family empire. She had reminded him several times that both he and his sister were eligible, but Ji Zhihe, influenced by someone, insisted that his sister, being a girl, couldn’t even be listed in the family registry and was considered an outsider.

This infuriated Sheng Wan.

She knew exactly what was going on, the Ji family had always looked down on Huanghuang, treating her as nothing more than a daughter to be pampered, unfit to participate in the family inheritance.

But to her, both children were her flesh and blood. If her son was being led astray by a few words, she would simply correct him.

However, Ji Ting, the head of the Ji family, eagerly encouraged Ji Zhihe, even boldly declaring at the twins’ 10th birthday banquet that the entire group would one day belong to Ji Zhihe.

Meanwhile, Ji Zhuanyuan sat right beside her, wide-eyed, watching a crowd of men and women fuss over her brother.

Sheng Wan felt deeply distressed but helpless. Ji Zhihe was also her child, she constantly reminded herself.

She couldn’t blame the child, so Sheng Wan began to resent her husband, Ji Qing.

She believed his silence was tacit approval. After all, he valued clan traditions deeply, harboring some feudal notions that sons should inherit the family business while daughters should merely be “cherished.”She sank deeper into her worries, fearing that her son would be tainted by the Ji family’s decadent influence and that her daughter would face unfair treatment from her father in the future.”

Unable to control her anxiety, she began consulting a psychologist.

Back then, her Huanghuang was so well-behaved. The first thing she did after school was visit her mother, asking if she was feeling better, gently touching her face, sharing her grades, her joys, and even her desserts.

Huanghuang had no idea about the turmoil in her mother’s heart. She only knew her mother was unhappy and did everything she could to cheer her up. Even when her mother suddenly grew distant, she thought she had done something wrong to upset her.

Ji Qing, always busy with work, only realized something was amiss with his wife when it startled him. He cut back on some of his responsibilities to spend more time with her.

The psychologist suggested that the children occupied too much of her thoughts, so Ji Qing deliberately kept the two children away from Sheng Wan, hoping to give her enough private time to recover.

Ji Qing couldn’t understand why Sheng Wan was suffering from depression. He even assured her that he would ensure fairness in property inheritance, stating that professional teams could handle it to guarantee their daughter Huanghuang wouldn’t suffer any gender-based discrimination.

His words sounded reassuring, but Sheng Wan didn’t trust him. After more than a decade of marriage, their relationship had already been strained. Sheng Wan harbored deep resentment toward her husband for his excessive indulgence toward his eccentric family.

To secure more for their daughter, she began pursuing legal channels. To ease her mind, Ji Qing directly divided his shares and even separated several companies from the Ji Group, transferring them all under Sheng Wan’s name.

Just as things were gradually returning to normal, Sheng Wan made a shocking discovery: the twins she had given birth to years ago were not actually a boy and a girl.