Amid the chaos, little Niannian was sent onto the ambulance just like that.
She did not know she was being taken to the hospital and even asked happily, “Uncle, Auntie, are you taking me to find my real mommy?”
Niannian remembered that televisions knew everything happening in the whole world!
So they definitely knew where her real mommy was too!
Wen Chengxi’s heart softened as he gently said, “We’re taking you to the hospital to see a doctor. Does Niannian’s hand hurt a lot?”
Niannian immediately became anxious.
“Niannian isn’t afraid of pain! Niannian wants to find her real mommy first!”
She was obviously terrified of being taken back by Zhao Kang and Chen Hui.
The little girl seemed to understand very clearly that once her “parents” took her away, she would be sent to her grandfather in the countryside.
Because she was so afraid of that grandfather.
So the “real mommy” she had imagined became her only hope.
Seeing how anxious the little girl looked, Wen Chengxi could only change his approach.
“But Niannian’s hand is injured. If your real mommy sees it, won’t she feel so heartbroken that she cries?”
Niannian furrowed her little brows and thought carefully about it.
That seemed right!
Real mommies all loved their babies!
Niannian could not let her mommy worry.
Niannian had to see the doctor first!
She nodded hard and obediently said, “I can’t make Mommy worry!”
“So good.” Wen Chengxi gently patted Niannian’s little head.
The nurse beside them could not help saying, “This little girl is really so well-behaved.”
Even though her left hand had suffered a comminuted fracture, she neither cried nor threw a tantrum, and she still cared so much about others.
She was practically a little angel!
If the nurse had a daughter this obedient, she would secretly laugh in her dreams!
Then, when she thought about how the child got injured because her so-called mother had used her as a human cushion, the angrier she became.
She definitely was not their biological child!
The Wen Family’s private hospital was not far away, and the ambulance quickly arrived.
Under Wen Chengxi’s instructions, Niannian received special treatment the moment she arrived at the hospital.
Specialists were called in for consultations, and a full-body examination was arranged.
Even the hair Chen Hui had ripped out during Zhao Kang’s attack was urgently sent for testing.
Originally, Wen Chengxi had also wanted Chen Hui to do a blood test for a DNA test, since blood testing was the fastest option.
But Chen Hui firmly refused.
With police officers present, Wen Chengxi could not forcibly make her give blood.
Still, since it was their family hospital, the expedited processing quickly produced the paternity test results.
Chen Hui and Zhao Kang were indeed not Niannian’s biological parents!
The moment Chen Hui saw the results, she completely exploded.
“It’s fake! Fake! She’s my daughter! You people are colluding together! You bribed the doctors with money! You’re trying to extort me, aren’t you?!”
Chen Hui hysterically tried to rush into the ward and snatch Niannian back.
Wen Chengxi showed no mercy and directly kicked her away.
“Extort you? Why don’t you take a look at yourself first? What do you even have that’s worth extorting? Besides, our hospital is a legitimate top-tier hospital and also one of the officially designated testing institutions. How could we possibly fake results?!”
With the evidence in hand, Chen Hui and Zhao Kang were quickly taken away by the police.
This time, the suspicion was child trafficking.
Zhao Kang had originally been thinking about whether he could extort some money from the situation. He never expected to end up implicated in child trafficking instead, and he was so frightened he nearly wet himself.
However, when Chen Hui gave birth, he had been detained for fighting and causing trouble.
By the time he was released, the child had already been born for a week and discharged from the hospital.
So he genuinely knew nothing about it.
The investigation could only focus on Chen Hui.
But unlike her earlier hysterical behavior, Chen Hui now remained completely silent, stubbornly insisting that Niannian was her child.
Left with no choice, the police had to restart the investigation from scratch. They also entered Niannian’s information into the anti-trafficking database in hopes of finding a match.
Niannian stayed in the hospital for three days.
During those three days, no matching results came back.
“In situations like this,” the police explained, “it’s very possible the biological parents don’t even know the child exists, so no information was ever entered into the system. Or the child went missing and the parents never reported it, so there’s no matching parental information available.”
But this was not the old society anymore.
What parent would lose a child and not report it to the police?
During the three days Niannian stayed in the hospital, Wen Chengxi unexpectedly stayed by her side the entire time.
Even the production team frequently sent people over to visit her.
Niannian was still very young. With good food and proper care, she recovered fairly quickly, and her cheeks gradually became rosy.
But she was truly too obedient.
Whether it was injections, examinations, changing medicine, or replacing her cast, she sat perfectly still and never cried.
When the nurse drew her blood, the nurse comforted her gently.
“It’ll only hurt for a tiny moment, Niannian, don’t be scared.”
Niannian puffed out her chest and patted it with her uninjured right hand.
“Niannian is super brave! Even super, super painful things can be endured! Grandpa used to poke Niannian with needles this long, and Niannian never cried!”
She gestured with her fingers, indicating a needle about as long as her hand, looking extremely proud of herself.
What she did not say was that she had only secretly cried after telling her father that Grandpa’s needles hurt badly—and her father did not believe her.
She herself did not understand why she never cried when it hurt, but when her father refused to believe her, she suddenly felt unbearably sad and wanted to cry.
The nurse frowned deeply.
“What kind of grandfather does that?! Using such long needles to stab a child? That’s outright child abuse!”
When Wen Chengxi entered the hospital room, that was exactly what he heard.
He became furious too and silently vowed that the couple and that old man would definitely receive the punishment they deserved.
Honestly, it was strange.
Niannian was not the intern daughter the production team had arranged for him.
Yet he felt an inexplicable closeness toward her.
“That won’t happen again in the future.” Wen Chengxi sat beside the bed and softly said, “He’s not Niannian’s real grandfather. In the future, Niannian will find her real grandfather.”
The moment Niannian saw Wen Chengxi, her eyes instantly lit up, overflowing with joy.
“Uncle, you came!”
Wen Chengxi had arrived together with the police, along with a tall, slender woman. She was Zhou Tian, the producer of Happy Parent-Child Travel.
After greeting Wen Chengxi, Niannian sweetly greeted the others too.
“Hello, Police Uncle! Hello, Sister Zhou!”
The moment this variety show premiered, it caused an enormous sensation. After learning about the situation, producer Zhou Tian had come to visit Niannian on the very first day, so Niannian was already somewhat familiar with her.
Zhou Tian stepped forward and rubbed Niannian’s little head.
“Niannian, big sister came today to officially invite you to join our program. Are you willing?”
Niannian looked confused.
“What’s a program?”
Zhou Tian explained, “It means appearing on television. If Niannian appears on TV, there’ll be more chances to find your biological parents.”
This was the conclusion reached after discussions between Zhou Tian, Wen Chengxi, and the police department.
Chen Hui refused to confess anything. Once Niannian left the hospital, there was a high chance she would be sent to an orphanage, but nobody wanted such a sensible child to end up like that.
Coincidentally, Niannian’s accidental appearance during the livestream had already generated tremendous popularity.
More people would learn about Niannian’s existence, and the chances of finding her biological parents would become much higher.
Zhou Tian was an extremely perceptive producer. She immediately changed the show’s theme, turning it into one centered around anti-trafficking and family reunions. With Niannian joining, the already wildly popular show would definitely reach an even greater level of success.
It was a win-win situation.
Zhou Tian added, “I’ll calculate your appearance fee according to the standard market rate. A bank account will also be opened under police supervision and monitored until your biological parents are found.”
Niannian did not understand what appearance fees meant.
The only thing she understood was—
“Appearing on TV can help find biological parents.”
Immediately, she clenched her tiny fists tightly and nodded hard.
“Niannian is willing!”
Zhou Tian subconsciously glanced at Niannian again and muttered softly,
“How strange… Why do I feel like Niannian’s eyes look oddly familiar?”
Could it be that she had met Niannian’s biological parents before?