374 One Born, One Died (2/2)
”Ask her then,” he spoke in a daze. He wasn't able to process this information for some reason.
”I'd have done that but she doesn't have any memories of her past.”
”Huh?”
”She's suffering from amnesia. She can't recall the first 18 years of her life.” Ying took a pause before adding, ”In fact, she doesn't even remember her mother. Also, she has no clue what her last name 'Novell' actually represents in Italy. She's just living an ordinary life without any memories.”
”In fact, now that I'm talking about her maternal family, I still have one more person to inform about this...” Ying was so absorbed in finding the whole truth that she didn't even notice that she still had to tell Cali about Xiu. ”Should I leave then?” Xin Zimen waved her off without even asking whom she was talking about.
The silence that pervades after she left made Xin Kuan feel bothered. He looked at Xin Zimen who seemed to be in deep thought and sighed out gloomily.
”Are you that shocked to know that Carina's daughter is Bai Xiu?” asked Xin Kuan pulling Xin Zimen out of his trance.
He shook his head. ”Not really.”
”Then what's with that look on your face?”
”Do you know what's Destiny's date of birth?” Xin Kuan frowned at his question but shook his head nonetheless. ”It's the 25th of December.”
”That's...” Xin Kuan didn't know how to continue.
”It's the same date,” Xin Zimen whispered softly. ”Someone's daughter was born on that day and mine died on the very same day. Such a brutal play of fate.”
”Xiao Zi...” Xin Kuan couldn't tell what his feelings were but he knew one thing, Xin Zimen was really hurting right now.
”You know when sister-in-law asked for my help, I was really angry. She knew how much I hated Carina Novell and yet she asked me to find her. I really didn't know what she wanted to do.” Xin Zimen finally spoke the truth that he didn't tell Ying earlier. The person looking for Carina Novell wasn't him. It was his sister-in-law, Zhao Huan whom Xiu met a couple of hours ago.
”Then how did she really convince you? I mean you're not kind. Why would you help her with this?”
”Because she said that on the 25th of December, something else happened. She said that Wen Ai hid something from me. As for what was that I had to find myself.” Xin Zimen crumbled the DNA report as he continued, ”Now I know what she meant. Wen Ai wasn't trying to save her friend Carina that night, she was saving the newborn Destiny. That's how we lost our own daughter.”