Chapter 4The Lucky Teardown

I don't know what method they used, but the three members of the Sterling family actually came to our house that night, saying they wanted to apologize.

Lily was clearly much more obedient and offered a half-hearted apology.

You don't smack a smiling face, so my parents didn't want to hold a grudge against a child, and they politely chatted with them.

During the conversation, Mrs. Sterling noticed a childhood photo of me in the living room and froze.

She gently tugged Mr. Sterling, signaling him to look up.

Following her gaze, Mr. Sterling saw the photo and also froze, lost in thought.

Mrs. Sterling casually asked where my parents' hometown was.

My parents told her honestly.

The two of them looked even more pensive.

"I felt an affinity with Chloe the moment I saw her. What year and day is Chloe's birthday?"

Mrs. Sterling looked up and inquired.

My mom also told her honestly.

Hearing my birthday, Mrs. Sterling shot up from her seat, staring straight at me.

Mr. Sterling quickly put his arm around her, claimed it was getting late, said goodbye, and they left.

My parents thought the family was very strange and decided it would be best to minimize contact with them.

Unexpectedly, the very next day, Mr. and Mrs. Sterling came to our house again.

As soon as they entered, Mrs. Sterling looked at me with eager eyes.

My mom told me to go back to my room and play.

When I was called down again, everyone's eyes were on me.

My mom looked awful, and Mrs. Sterling wanted to approach me but didn't dare.

Everyone hesitated to speak.

Finally, Mr. Sterling bent down and touched my cheek: "Chloe, we are your biological parents."

It turned out that Mrs. Sterling and my mom had given birth at the same hospital at the exact same time.

Back then, the Sterling couple had gone to my family's hometown for a charity event, but unexpectedly, a pregnant Mrs. Sterling suddenly went into labor.

She was taken to the nearest hospital and gave birth to a daughter.

Due to the chaos, Mr. Sterling had to handle everything himself.

Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, the baby was gone.

The hospital back then didn't have any surveillance equipment, and the Sterling family searched for a long time but couldn't find her.

Because of this, Mrs. Sterling suffered a severe mental blow and fell bedridden ever since.

It wasn't until Mr. Sterling adopted a little girl of the same age from an orphanage and renamed her "Lily Sterling" that Mrs. Sterling slowly began to regain some vitality.

And I was the biological daughter of the Sterling couple.

But Lily wasn't my parents' biological daughter either.

My mom had actually given birth to a boy back then.

However, my aunt, afraid that a boy would steal attention and resources from her own son, managed to swap him for a girl, sending my parents' real son to an orphanage in a neighboring city.

At first, my parents refused to believe any of this.

But looking at the evidence brought by the Sterling couple, they had to believe it.

My mom stood frozen in place for a moment, then muttered blankly: "How could this be? How could Chloe not be our daughter?"

Actually, just looking at our appearances, I really didn't look like my parents.

My mom was conventionally pretty, but my features were strikingly bright and vibrant.

When I was little, people in the village used to joke that I was switched at birth.

I didn't expect it to become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

"How could Aunt Mary be so malicious? I'm going to call the police and have her arrested!"

Just as my mom finished speaking with red eyes, Mr. Sterling immediately followed: "We have already called the police."

After all, this was ultimately done by a member of the Davis family, and the Sterling family had suffered an unprovoked disaster.

Mr. Sterling calling the police was understandable.

Only then did everyone notice me standing there looking crestfallen.

The Sterling couple and my parents looked at me with heartache.

Before anyone could speak, Lily suddenly rushed in and yelled at the Sterling couple: "Dad, Mom, I am your daughter!"

"I don't want someone else coming into our house!"

Lily had clearly eavesdropped on their conversation, and the look she gave me now was full of jealousy and hatred.

"Dad, Mom, I want to go home, I want to go home!" Lily shook Mrs. Sterling's hand and pleaded.

Seeing their adopted daughter pulling at them, Mr. and Mrs. Sterling also wanted to give me time to accept all this.

Although Mrs. Sterling looked at me with deep reluctance, she didn't force the issue and left with Lily first.

That night, I heard my mom secretly crying in the bedroom: "How could Chloe not be our daughter?"