After Marrying the Officer Chapter 1193 - 1192: Sowing Discord

Mother Xia spoke, then hurried Forward to seize Xia Lianlian, her fingers trembling as she tugged at her clothes.

A single glance was all it took for her to spot the birthmark resting on Xia Lianlian’s shoulder.

Since Xia Lianlian had arrived specifically to reveal her heritage to Mother Xia

she offered no resistance, waiting calmly for the woman to spot the mark before asking with a hint of impatience, "Have you finished looking?"

"Yes, I see it clearly now..." Mother Xia was visibly moved, her eyes quickly brimming with tears as she cried, "You truly are my daughter, my own precious child!"

Mother Xia was overwhelmed by a chaotic mixture of weeping and laughter.

"Yes, I am your daughter," Xia Lianlian replied to her confirmation, her voice remaining perfectly steady.

Despite the calm response, Mother Xia was overcome with excitement; her frame shuddered, and tears streamed down her cheeks.

Watching the scene unfold, Xia Lianlian didn't feel the slightest ripple of emotion.

She merely thought that this Mother Xia was indeed as peculiar as rumors suggested.

Yet, observing the elderly woman’s fervent reaction, Xia Lianlian mused: It seems this will certainly prove profitable to me.

However, as Mother Xia continued to sob without any sign of stopping,

Xia Lianlian’s patience began to wear thin.

"Hey, I say, can you cease those tears?" Xia Lianlian interjected, "What good will crying do? I am currently being trampled upon!"

Her words caused Mother Xia to halt, her eyes red and swollen.

"Trampled?" Mother Xia asked urgently, reaching out to grasp Xia Lianlian’s hand, "My poor girl, who dares to bully you?"

Though the physical contact made Xia Lianlian feel a surge of revulsion,

she swallowed her disdain for the sake of her agenda and replied, "Who else but your adopted daughter, Xia Chuyi?"

Xia Lianlian deliberately pouted to emphasize her plight.

"Chuyi?" Mother Xia was momentarily stunned by the mention of that name before asking, "She... she bullied you as well?"

Xia Lianlian rolled her eyes, though she quickly adopted a pitiful mask as she said, "Exactly!"

"I traveled all this way just to ask, did you treat her badly in the past?" Xia Lianlian continued, "Otherwise, why would she target me so viciously the moment she discovered her biological parents?"

Mother Xia appeared bewildered and quickly insisted, "I did not, I never once mistreated her!"

"You must have abused her, otherwise why would she act this way?"

"Hmph, she forced me into marriage with a divorced man and conspired with my adoptive parents to strip me of my dowry!" Xia Lianlian leaned into the manipulation, "If you weren't cruel to her, how could she turn out like this? Is she just inherently wicked?"

Mother Xia look stunned, muttering, "I was unaware of this... And does she, does she already know that you are my daughter?"

Xia Lianlian caught herself, feeling a brief moment of panic.

Blast, she had nearly exposed a flaw in her story!

Recovering quickly, she shifted her gaze and lied, "Of course, she knew all along, but she intentionally kept it a secret from everyone! She hid it even from me! Otherwise, I would have come to Ling County to acknowledge you much sooner!"

"Is it true, is it really true?" Mother Xia burst into fresh tears, "How could that child be so heartless?"

"I never harmed her while she was growing up!" Mother Xia wailed in disbelief at Xia Chuyi’s supposed behavior, "How could she act with such malice? How could she?"

Watching Mother Xia swallow her lies whole, a sense of immense triumph washed over Xia Lianlian.