Devastating News on a Clear Day

The others in the Old Su Family began gossiping about Zhang Mu losing his son. Even Old Lady Su was lying in bed, smiling, pulling her half-paralyzed face and saying gleefully, "Good riddance, lost him well!"

Meanwhile, Liu Ru sat like a wooden doll, plopping down on the edge of the bed.

Zhao Shi planned to change the baby's diaper. When she lifted the swaddling cloth, she saw a plump, fair, tender infant and was so shocked she almost dropped the baby.

"This... this baby isn't my dear grandson!" Zhao Shi's face instantly turned as pale as dirt. She looked up at Liu Ru, "Liu Ru, whose baby is this? Where is my grandson?"

Liu Ru gave a miserable smile, "How can you be so sure this isn't your dear grandson?"

Zhao Shi looked at Liu Ru as if she were an idiot and said, "I take care of my grandson every day. How could I not recognize him? I can tell at a glance this baby isn't my grandson."

Liu Ru let out a small sound, lowered her head with a bitter smile, and muttered to herself, "I'm too stupid. How could I forget that people look different? Even if the babies were swapped, Wu Caiwei would know as soon as she saw her son. Sigh, if I had looked at my son a few more times during the confinement, I would have known that although newborns all look like little monkeys at first, they grow up looking different..."

Zhao Shi listened to Liu Ru's rambling but couldn't understand. She put the baby down on the bed, grabbed Liu Ru's arm anxiously, and said, "Liu Ru, where did you put my grandson? Hurry up and tell me what's going on."

Liu Ru stared blankly at Zhao Shi and gave a mocking smile, "Your grandson was stolen by a kidnapper."

"What!? Are you talking nonsense, Liu Ru? Are you out of your mind?" Zhao Shi reached out to feel Liu Ru's forehead, finding it not hot, and Liu Ru didn't seem possessed either.

Zhao Shi's mind was full of thoughts about her grandson and she anxiously pressed on. Liu Ru looked utterly dejected and self-mocking, "I originally thought our family was poor and my son would live a life of hardship forever. But looking at Zhang Mu's son, born into a wealthy family with a wet nurse, living the good life, I came up with the idea to swap my son with Zhang Mu's son so mine could enjoy that wealth. But who knew, just as I swapped the babies, that damn kidnapper stole my son... Wuwuwu, my son!"

As Liu Ru spoke, she covered her face and cried, full of regret and sorrow.

Zhao Shi was momentarily stunned. She had just been rejoicing over Zhang Mu's son being lost, but now suddenly heard that the lost child wasn't Zhang Mu's son at all. Zhang Mu's son was safe at home, and the lost child was actually her own dear grandson—the Old Su Family's only hope for carrying on the lineage!

It took Zhao Shi a while to piece it together. It turned out Liu Ru had swapped the two babies, and then the baby was stolen. Now her dear grandson had been kidnapped by Zhang Mu's enemy!

"Oh no, my grandson! My flesh and blood! The only seedling of the Old Su Family! What am I going to do?" Zhao Shi collapsed to the ground and began wailing loudly.

Zhao Shi's crying alarmed the others in the house. Su Daqi and Old Su came into the room, hurriedly asking what had happened.

Zhao Shi told them about Liu Ru swapping the babies, leaving everyone in the Old Su Family stunned.

It turned out they had been gloating over the lost child, only to find out the lost baby wasn't Zhang Mu's son, but their own precious seedling!

"Oh, my great-grandson!" Old Lady Su heard the dreadful news and was struck like a bolt from the blue. Her eyes rolled back, and she fainted from a stroke.

The Old Su Family immediately descended into chaos, filled with cries and curses.