Chapter 545: Chapter 543: It Turns Out She Was the One Who Saved Him Back Then

Seeing Xia Yiwan’s solemn expression, Ming Yao asked with concern, “Wanwan, what’s wrong?”

Xia Yiwan’s brows were tightly knotted, and after a moment of silence, she finally spoke, “If I remember correctly, Yanxi should have been saved by me back then.”

Xia Yiwan had grown up in the countryside. As a child, she was like a wild monkey, climbing trees, raiding bird nests, and catching fish in the water–she was adept at everything.

One year, she followed her parents on a visit to relatives. Behind the relatives’ house was a big mountain with a river flowing through it. Hearing that there were many fish in the river, she sneaked to the mountain while Father Xia and Mother Xia were not paying attention.

No sooner had she arrived than she heard someone crying for help.

She ran over and saw a young boy had fallen into the river.

He seemed unable to swim, flailing his arms wildly on the surface of the water as his body slowly sank.

Xia Yiwan didn’t think twice; she immediately jumped into the water.

It took her the strength of nine bulls and two tigers to pull the boy ashore.

The boy was a little chubby, his face deathly pale, lips turning purple.

She tried to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on him.

Just as he was catching his breath and about to open his eyes, she suddenly heard footsteps approaching. Fearing being seen performing mouth-to-mouth, she quickly ran off.

As a child, she was carefree, thick-skinned, and always ready to lend a helping hand, so she soon forgot about the incident completely.

Her only recollection was saving a somewhat chubby young boy.

Growing up, she never connected that boy with Yanxi.

After all, Yanxi grew up to be lean and handsome, far from being associated with the word “chubby.”

“So that means Shi Ying took credit for your deed!”

Xia Yiwan pursed her lips tightly, “It seems so.”

Ming Yao hadn’t expected Xia Yiwan and Yanxi to have been connected since childhood, and this connection, far from bringing Xia Yiwan any benefit, turned out to be a weapon that hurt her.

Yanxi really deserved to die!

“Wanwan, the most pressing matter now is to make Yanxi aware of the truth about back then.”

Xia Yiwan nodded, “Yes.”

The two of them put their heads together and came up with an idea.

…

Following Yanxi, Little Orange returned to another villa.

Yanxi had the servants give Little Orange a bath.

After the bath, Little Orange lay on the bed and received a message from her mommy.

Having read the message, Little Orange replied with an OK emoji.

Yanxi walked into the room with a fairy tale book, “Little Orange, shall Daddy tell you a story?”

“Sure.”

Yanxi held Little Orange and told her two stories.

Lowering his head, he saw that Little Orange wasn’t listening to the stories attentively but was instead daydreaming, causing his brow to furrow slightly, “What’s wrong, am I not telling the story well?”

Little Orange pursed her lips and shook her head, “Daddy, it makes me so sad when you and Beautiful Auntie fight. I don’t want you to argue because of me!”

Looking at Little Orange, so young yet so considerate, Yanxi’s peach blossom eyes showed a look of doting and pity, “You don’t need to worry about adult matters.”

Little Orange lifted her head, blinked her eyes that were as clear as a fawn’s, “Daddy, I heard there’s a Naughty Fort on a yacht. Could you ask Beautiful Auntie to come with us and play tomorrow?”

“After I returned to the capital, Mommy still hasn’t taken me to see the ocean, huh? I can play in Naughty Fort and see the sea; I’m really looking forward to it!”

Seeing the anticipation in Little Pink Bun’s eyes, Yanxi’s heart softened, “Do you really want to invite her along?”

To tell the truth, ever since the last incident with Ah Cheng the bodyguard, Yanxi had lost trust in Shi Ying.

Moreover, considering what she did to Little Orange in the evening, Yanxi really couldn’t feel at ease about Little Orange being around her again.

Yanxi stroked Little Orange’s head, “Aren’t you afraid of her?”

“I think Beautiful Auntie didn’t mean it. I don’t blame her at all. Besides, the woman that Daddy likes can’t be the evil stepmother on TV!”

Under Little Orange’s strong insistence, Yanxi agreed to take Shi Ying to the Naughty Fort on the sea-bound yacht the following day.

The next day.

When Shi Ying received a call from Yanxi, he asked her to meet at the seaside pier.

Shi Ying had thought that Yanxi had come around, and she had dressed up carefully.

But at the dock, she saw Yanxi and Little Orange in his arms.

It wasn’t a solo date; he had brought that naughty girl along?

Last night, she had been outwitted by that naughty girl twice in a row, and she barely slept all night.

She really hadn’t expected a girl around three years old to pull one over on her.

After much thought, it was because she wasn’t on guard, plus the girl was only three years old, Yanxi obviously wouldn’t consider her to be a scheming little girl!

Today she would not let that little girl get the better of her again.

She claimed she was Yanxi’s daughter, but no matter how Shi Ying looked at her, she didn’t resemble Yanxi at all!

Yanxi very likely had become someone else’s cheap daddy!

Shi Ying glanced at Little Orange’s long hair, she needed to find an opportunity to get the naughty girl’s hair to do a DNA test with Yanxi.

When Little Orange saw Shi Ying approach, she seemed a bit scared but still gathered her courage to greet her, “Beautiful Auntie.”

Shi Ying scoffed in her heart.

On the surface, she still replied, “Little Orange, I’m sorry I didn’t take good care of you yesterday, Auntie apologizes to you.”

“It’s okay, I won’t blame Auntie.” That said, she still snuggled into Yanxi’s embrace, showing fear at the thought of Shi Ying mistreating her again.

Yanxi looked at the frightened yet bravely pretending Little Pink Bun, his peach blossom eyes showing a tender expression.

He gently patted Little Orange’s back, “With Daddy here, no one will bully you again.”

Shi Ying saw that Yanxi didn’t even spare her a second glance, her face turned an iron blue, and she nearly ground her teeth to pieces.

Upon arriving at the yacht, Shi Ying thought that Yanxi had brought her to have a Western meal, but instead, he went straight to Naughty Fort with Little Orange in his arms.

He stood in front of Naughty Fort, watching Little Orange bounce up and down inside, and took out his phone to take photos.

Shi Ying stood aside, feeling like an outsider.

She clenched her teeth and calmed her emotions before walking up to Yanxi.

“Yanxi, I didn’t take good care of Little Orange last night, I promise such a thing won’t happen again,” Shi Ying knew, if she said Little Orange was scheming and it was all her own doing, Yanxi would not believe her.

Yanxi’s lips were tightly pressed and he said nothing.

“If she really is your daughter, I will treat her as my own in the future.”

Yanxi watched Little Orange playing on the slide, his peach blossom eyes narrowing slightly, “If she is Xia Yiwan’s daughter, then she is definitely my daughter.”

Shi Ying spoke softly, “Given the severity of the incident that happened with Xia Yiwan back then, it would have been very difficult to save the baby, and looking at this little girl, she seems to be a few months younger. Anyway, it would be best to do a DNA test report. If she’s yours, we can raise her together in the future; if not, you cannot raise someone else’s daughter!”