I was completely dumbfounded.

Aunt?


Since when did I have an aunt?

Mrs. Lin and the wealthy ladies beside her were all dumbstruck.

"Miss Wright, you... you're not joking, are you?" Mrs. Lin asked stutteringly, "How... how could she be your niece?"


This Miss Wright, though I didn't know her, judging from Mrs. Lin's cautious attitude toward her, must be someone of extraordinary status.

"My sister, Emily Wright, gave birth to a daughter at Capital City Hospital twenty years ago, after which the child disappeared." Miss Wright, that is, Claire Wright, continued in her cool voice, but

Looking at me with a hint of warmth in her eyes, "We've been searching for twenty years, and only recently discovered the truth about what happened back then."

She paused, turning her gaze toward me: "Back then, after Olivia Johnson gave birth to Luna, she discovered the child had a congenital heart disease requiring a large sum of money for surgery. She formed an evil plan and
bribed a nurse at the hospital to switch you with my sister's child. Later, we immediately discovered Luna wasn't a Wright family member, so we turned her over to the hospital, but
because that nurse had an accident, the truth took this long to come out!"

This truth hit me like a bolt of lightning, making me dizzy and disoriented.

So I wasn't abandoned after all.

I was stolen.

And Luna, it turns out, was just a sickly child who needed a heart transplant.

How ironic.

"You... you have any evidence!" Mrs. Lin, Olivia Johnson's sister, was still in denial.

Claire Wright let out a cold laugh, took two documents from her bag, and threw them in her face.

"One document is the diary of that nurse from back then. The other one," she looked at me, her voice softening somewhat, "is the DNA Test Report for you and me. Our genetic
relationship is 99.9 percent."

Madam Lin picked up the documents from the ground, looked at the black and white text, and was completely speechless.

The socialites around us all gasped in shock, their gazes toward me completely changed.

From contempt, to shock, then to awe.

Because they all knew Claire Wright.

The Wright Family was an even more illustrious presence than the Lawrence family.

Not just a wealthy family in the Capital Elite Circle, but a true hidden family that had been passed down for hundreds of years.

The power of the Wright family was unfathomable.

And I, surprisingly, was the granddaughter of the Wright family who had been separated for twenty years.

"Now," Claire's gaze returned to Mrs. Lin, her eyes cold as a blade, "do you still think my niece's bloodline isn't good enough?"

Madam Lin was so frightened that her legs went weak, and she almost fell to her knees.

"No... I wouldn't dare... Miss Su, I... I was talking nonsense! My mouth is filthy!" She kept slapping her own face repeatedly.

Claire Wright ignored her and walked up to me, taking my hand.

Her hand was cold, but it gave me an unprecedented sense of security.

"Cici, come home with your aunt."

I looked at her, unable to hold back my tears any longer as they streamed down my face.

All the grievances, resentment, and confusion of the past twenty years seemed to find an outlet in this moment.

I wasn't a fake.

I had a family too.

I followed Claire out of the banquet hall.

Along the way, she told me many things about my mother, Emily Wright.

My mother was a gentle and talented woman who fell in love with my father at first sight, but because of family opposition, they eloped to the capital.

After giving birth to me, my mother suffered severe postpartum hemorrhage and couldn't be saved.

My father, overwhelmed with grief, disappeared with my mother's ashes.

And I was stolen from the hospital.

The Wright family has been looking for my father and me all these years.

"Your grandfather misses you very much," Claire Wright said, "He's getting old, and his only wish is to see you one more time before he passes away."

My heart felt sour and bitter.

So, I wasn't an unwanted child after all.

In another corner of the world, there had always been someone who loved me, who was looking for me.

Claire brought me to one of the Wright family's mansions in the capital city.

It was a traditional courtyard house with a classical style, a quiet sanctuary in the bustling city, unlike any luxurious residence I had lived in before.

In the courtyard, an elderly man with gray hair was sitting in a rattan chair, anxiously watching the entrance.

When he saw me, his cloudy eyes instantly lit up.

He stood up trembling and walked toward me.

"She looks... truly looks..." he caressed my face, tears streaming down, "Exactly like Wanwan when she was young."

"Grandfather," I called out softly.

"Yes!" he nodded vigorously and embraced me tightly, "My dear granddaughter, you've finally come back."

I buried my face in his warm embrace, crying like a child.

That night, Ethan Lawrence came.

He came alone, carrying bags of gifts.

Upon seeing him, Claire Wright's expression darkened.

"What are you doing here?" She blocked the doorway, her tone unfriendly.

"I've come to take my wife home," Ethan Lawrence answered with dignity.

"She is now a member of the Wright family," Claire said coldly. "Our Wright family's daughter doesn't need marriage alliances to secure her position."

"I understand." Ethan Lawrence looked at me, his dark eyes filled with a seriousness I had never seen before. "Aunt Claire, my marriage to Jade,
may have started as a transaction. But now, it's not anymore."

In front of my grandfather and aunt, he said deliberately: "I love her. I want to spend the rest of my life with her."

At that moment, my heart skipped a beat.

He... said what?

He said he loves me?

My grandfather looked at Ethan Lawrence, then at me, and finally sighed.

"Never mind. Children will have their own fortune." He said to Claire Wright, "Let him in."

That night, Ethan Lawrence and I stayed at the Wright family house.

At night, we lay in bed, neither of us speaking.

After a long while, I finally asked softly: "What you said today... was it true?"

He turned over and pulled me into his embrace.

His embrace was warm and strong.

"What do you think?" he asked in return.

I had no answer.

"Jade," he whispered in my ear, "I admit, at first, I just wanted to use you. But later, I realized I was wrong."

"I watched you deal with those people for my sake; watched you pretend to be fierce even though you were scared; watched you make a table of terrible food for me, then wait expectantly
for my praise..."

"I don't know when it started, but my eyes could no longer leave you."

"I'm jealous of your grandfather who can make you cry out loud, jealous of your aunt who can make you let down all your defenses. I want to be the person you can rely on."

"So, Jade," he kissed my forehead, "give me a chance, will you?"

My tears, once again, shamelessly rolled down.

This time, they were sweet.

I nodded vigorously.

"Yes."

After being recognized by the Wright family, my status underwent a complete transformation.

And Ethan Lawrence, leveraging the Wright family's influence, took decisive measures to thoroughly purge the Woods family's power within the Lawrence Group.

With the Woods family's downfall, their associates scattered, and they completely disappeared from the Capital Elite Circle's stage.

As for Zachary Lawrence and his mother, they were sentenced to severe punishment for intentional harm and business crimes.

All those who had once mistreated me received their due punishment.

Everything was finally settled.

Under the witness of the Wright family, Ethan Lawrence and I held another grand wedding ceremony.

At the wedding, he put the ring on my finger and whispered in my ear: "Wife, this time, it's not an act."

I smiled and kissed his lips.

The sunlight was perfect, the breeze was gentle.

For the rest of our lives, the path ahead is clear and smooth.