Imperfect Desires

Xin Zimen took the test result from Xiao Li and skimmed through it. When he looked at the test result, he looked rather calm.

"Great! It just proves that Liu Nuan is really not Suyin's daughter."

"Yes, it does prove that," said Xiao Li with a strange expression on his face.

"That means whatever Ah-Si heard is true. Chen Hana indeed changed the babies. That means Chen Xiu was Suyin's daughter." Xiao Li opened his mouth to retort but his father cut him off saying, "I don't know why both you and Ying are trying to prove that Chen Xiu wasn't Suyin's daughter, but learn to accept the facts that are before you."

"Dad, let me say something," said Xiao Li.

"What else is there to say?" asked Xin Zimen.

Xiao Li took out another report from his coat and gave it to his father. Xin Zimen took it and his eyes widened as he read through it. He looked up at Xiao Li with confusion visible in his eyes.

"Exactly!" said Xiao Li. "Liu Nuan's DNA doesn't even match with her supposed 'father', Liu Mingfan!"

Xin Zimen was quiet for a minute before he said, "Chen Hana said that she changed her daughter with Suyin's daughter. Who said both of their daughters have to share the same father?"

Xiao Li smiled at his father which didn't look like a smile as he gave another report to his father, "Liu Nuan's DNA doesn't match with Chen Hana either."

"What the fu...!" Xin Zimen glared at his son. "You've come prepared, huh?" Xiao Li shrugged his shoulders. "However, how did you get Chen Hana's DNA sample?"

'Why do you think I took such a long time to get these reports? Wasn't it because I was waiting for her blood sample to arrive?' Obviously, he only thought these words to himself in his head. He didn't dare say it out loud. He didn't think it was time for him to tell his father that he had Chen Hana under his strict watch. Because if his father asked for the reason, he wouldn't be able to give one.

"Is that important right now?" retorted Xiao Li. "Why are you not willing to believe that Chen Xiu was not Aunt Suyin's daughter?"

"Why would Chen Hana lie to Suyin if her lie could be caught so easily?" Xin Zimen shot back.

"That..." Xiao Li pursed his lips not knowing what to say. "I also don't know about that."

"Why don't you just ask Chen Hana to solve this mystery for you?" suggested Su Xixi who had been listening to their argument silently. "Wouldn't that save you all this trouble?"

"I hate to say it but Xixi is right," agreed Xin Zimen. "Since you know where Chen Hana is, let's just solve this mystery."

Xiao Li's shoulders slumped down, "You think I don't want to ask her? But I can't do it!"

"Why not? Why can't you ask her?" questioned Xin Zimen.

Xiao Li struggled for a moment before saying, "Because she is in a coma for the past three years."

"What? How did that happen?" 

"Someone tried to kill her," answered Xiao Li.

"Who?"

"Aunt Suyin," replied Xiao Li. "She tried to kill her and almost succeeded as well."

"That's not possible," Su Xixi chimed in getting the attention of both Xin Zimen and Xiao Li. Su Xixi didn't feel intimidated by their questioning gazes as she calmly told them, "For the past five years, Suyin hasn't done anything out of the ordinary which is the most out of the ordinary thing."

"What do you mean?" Xin Zimen asked her in confusion.

"It's just as I said, Suyin's hostility has allowed down for the past five years. She indeed turned into that philanthropist that everyone thought of her to be. In fact, for these years she has even dissolved all of the dark forces that she built with such effort." Su Xixi had a thoughtful look on her face as she said, "I always wondered how the devil in her became so tamed all of sudden. But now I think I can understand." She suddenly laughed out, "Chen Hana... That woman really played her well."

"Played her well?" echoed Xiao Li. "Auntie, what do you know?"

"It's true that Suyin tried to kill Chen Hana," began Su Xixi. "But that was when Chen Hana was known as Davika Campen. Her whole family was murdered in their home in Thailand overnight. By the time, we got there, only Davika had been holding on to her last breath. She was held in the embrace of her mother who shielded her with her own body. And that's how she became the sole survivor of the Campen family. It was later on that we gave her the new identity of Chen Hana as she asked for it."

Both Xin Zimen and Xiao Li were more than shocked to hear this from her. 

"Back then, Davika was an actress in Thailand and that's how Liu Mingfan met her in Bangkok. Fell in love at first sight and wanted to break off his engagement with Xin Suyin. However, Suyin always had the personality of a woman who would never let you have what she thinks belongs to her. How could she let that actress take her fiance from her? Did it matter that Liu Mingfan didn't love her anymore? No, it didn't! she just wanted what she wanted and at any cost!"

Su Xixi thought it had been a long time since this incident but now that she talked about it, she actually felt like it just felt like yesterday when Wen Ai had asked her to keep a track of Suyin's movements because she didn't want an innocent to suffer because of Suyin's hostility. But they had still underestimated Suyin. 

Su Xixi chuckled darkly as she said, "I never thought I'd get to hear the name Chen Hana once again in my life. She clearly wanted nothing to do with Suyin or Liu Mingfan then why would she get embroiled with them again?"

That's when Xiao Li stepped in to tell her, "That's because Chen Hana's daughter Chen Xiu was kidnapped by Aunt Suyin. The history seemed to have repeated and maybe aunt Suyin wanted to shed some blood again. However, she was told by Chen Hana that Chen Xiu was actually her daughter. Apparently, Aunt Suyin did a test and it proved that Chen Xiu was her daughter."

"None of that is possible though," claimed Su Xixi.

"How are you certain that none of that is possible?" questioned Xin Zimen with a complicated expression.

Su Xixi rolled her eyes at him, "Because when Suyin gave birth, Chen Hana was still not able to leave her hospital bed. She spent four years fighting to live again. How would she exchange anyone's kids?"

Xin Zimen and Xiao Li looked at each other.

"What if someone else changed the kids and Chen Hana knew about it?" suggested Xin Zimen.

"Zimen, don't do the blind guessing. Let me finish," said Su Xixi. "It's true that Suyin's daughter was exchanged at birth. However, that was because Suyin gave birth to a stillborn child." She exhaled a long breath, "That's why Liu Nuan was exchanged with that stillborn."

"Who did it?" asked Xin Zimen.

"Don't look at me," warned Su Xixi. "Neither I nor Wen Ai had a hand in it. We only got to know that the baby was exchanged because we already knew that Suyin lost her child during delivery. Well, karma is surely a bitch. Who told her to sow poison for herself." She looked at Xin Zimen as she continued, "The real culprit behind your sister-in-law's miscarriages had always been Suyin."

"Why would she do it?"

"Because she needed to give your mother a reason to sow discord between your brother and his wife. You had already separated yourself from the Xin Clan, so the only person standing between her and her goals was your elder brother. Her plan was actually really good, once Zhao Huan won't be able to give birth, Mother Xin would definitely want to kick her out of her son's life. And once Xin Zemin got stuck between his mother and his wife, no matter whom he chose, he'd be the one to suffer. It's easy to tear apart someone who is already crumbling down."

Xiao Li felt really strange listening to all these conspiracies that had been going on for years.

"However, she had really underestimated Xin Zemin's devotion to his wife. No matter how hard things got, he didn't let his mother come between him and his wife. Even if he had always been easily manipulated, I'd still give him that he really loves his wife."

Xiao Li exhaled a long breath before he said, "So, Liu Nuan isn't Aunt Suyin's daughter. Neither was Chen Xiu. That means Aunt Suyin never had her own child. Then how did Chen Xiu's DNA matched with Aunt Suyin's?"

"About that..."