Chapter 1 — Footprints Find Your Child

I had just finished breastfeeding my newborn son and was about to close my eyes for ten minutes of sleep. A line of comments suddenly appeared before my eyes. 【Don't sleep.】 【She and her sister-in-law gave birth on the same day in the hospital. The baby boy she was born with has a genetic defect.】 【She doesn't want to bear the cost of treatment, and is also afraid that the Ha family will know she gave birth to a sick child.】 【So tonight, she will exchange her sick child with her.】 【Just in time, her mother's family set up an eight-digit medical and education trust fund for her grandchild, as long as "her child" is diagnosed with the disease. heavy, that money will be activated immediately.】 【Three years later, she spent all the money she had saved but could not save the baby, and in the end, depressed and died.】 I was stiff on the hospital bed. The next second, the hospital door was pushed open. Sister-in-law Tham Lo held another baby boy and stood at the door, her smile both gentle and weak. "Tri Ninh, two babies were born on the same day, what a fate. The center said they could take a photo album to commemorate the newborn's footprints for free. Please ask nanny Duong to carry the two of them along." Comments immediately filled my eyes. 【Don't let them touch!】 【If you carry it back, it won't be your child anymore!】 I immediately held the diaper tightly and raised my head to look at her. “No one touches my son.” Nanny Duong smiled and bent down: "Miss Hua, don't get excited first. Two babies were born at the same time, so let's make a footprint album as a souvenir. We're very professional, we'll be back in five minutes." I looked at her: "Where do you work?" Nanny Duong paused: "Right in the small photo room next to the baby room." “Who is in charge?” “Me and the photographer.” “Can family members come in?” Her smile stiffened slightly: "The inside needs temperature control and disinfection. Normally family members are not encouraged to enter." I gently patted the son in my arms. “Then don't do it.” Wei Lan's mother-in-law frowned: "Tri Ninh, they gave it to me for free, it's not a big deal." Sister-in-law Tham Lo's eye sockets immediately turned red. "Did I say something wrong? I just thought two babies were born on the same day, it's very rare." I raised my eyes to look at her. “If you want to keep the memories, keep them yourself.” The hospital room was silent for a few seconds. Nanny Duong still wanted to open her mouth, but I directly interrupted: "In addition, from now on, any care must have me or Nghiem Hanh present. You do not enter the common nursery, and do not leave this room." Wei Lan's face was unsightly: "You just gave birth, don't be so nervous." My arms holding my baby never relaxed. “Mom, I'm not negotiating.” At this time, my husband Ha Nghien Hanh said: "Do as Tri Ninh says." Wei Lan looked at him dissatisfiedly: "Nghien Hanh, his emotions after giving birth are unstable, are you also joining him in causing trouble?" Ha Nghien Hanh pulled the blanket up to help me. “She just gave birth, whatever she says is what she says.” Tham Lo bowed his head and gently comforted the baby in his arms. I saw her fingers tightening the edge of the diaper. Comments slowly flew by. 【In the first game, she couldn't make a move.】 【But she wouldn't stop.】 After that day, I hardly slept. The crib of my son, So An, was placed next to my hospital bed. Next to the bed is my own tiny camera, the lens facing straight at the boy. Originally, the center did not allow arbitrarily installing equipment. Ha Nghien Hanh only said one sentence, and the person in charge personally came up to fix the agreement. I exchanged for Sister An a mother-child lock that is resistant to removal. The lock is linked to my bracelet, if it exceeds five meters it will vibrate, if it is cut off it will alarm. Nanny Duong came to take my child's temperature, I didn't let her touch him. I took my own ear thermometer and followed every step she said. She smiled very friendly. “Miss Hua doesn't need to work so hard, we are all professionals.” I looked at the number on the screen. “Professional does not mean trustworthy.” The smile on nanny Duong's face faded for a moment. “You're sensitive after giving birth, I understand.” The more she understood, the colder I felt. At night, Tham Lo came once. She brought a bowl of soup: "Tri Ninh, my mother told me to stew and nourish blood." B

Discussions fly by. 【Don't drink. Including sedative Oriental medicine. The dose is not large, but it can make her sleep deeply.】 【In the original story, she drank it and fell asleep. When she woke up, the child was no longer her child.】 I looked at that bowl of soup. "Put it on the table. Nghien Hanh, please drink." As soon as Ha Nghien Hanh picked up the spoon, Tham Lo's face immediately changed. “This is something I specially stewed for you to drink!” I laugh. "I don't want to drink it, I don't have any taste. Pour it out." She stiffened in place. Wei Lan just walked in and saw this scene, her face became even darker. “Tri Ninh, Lo Lo is kind enough to bring you soup, what is your attitude?” "Lo Lo woke up at six o'clock in the morning and looked after the maid stewing the soup, stewing it for three hours, inside put dong quai, astragalus, and ginseng, all mixed according to the old method." "You're fine. Without even looking at it, you wanted to throw it away. Do you know that because of this bowl of soup, she hasn't even had time to breastfeed her baby yet? Ask yourself, as a sister-in-law, do you have any conscience?" I said: "I just had surgery and have no appetite. Because I didn't want to waste my sister-in-law's kindness, I let Nghien Hanh drink it." "This is the maid's soup in the basement, it's great for you. If other people want to drink it, but you don't have it, you criticize. Your mother's family isn't here, our Ha family treats you like your own daughter, yet you don't know anything, don't know good or bad!" "What old remedy? Is this remedy prescribed by a specialist? Show me the ingredient list of the remedy?" Wei Lan was stopped by me. Tham Lo's tears fell as they fell. "Mom, stop it, it's also the right thing to do for Tri Ninh to guard against me. She and I are not biological sisters, she doesn't trust me." This is so well said. It sounds pitiful, but it actually pushes me up. Sure enough, Wei Lan's eyes looked at me even more dissatisfied. "Listen, how much Lo Lo has felt sorry for herself and yet you're still here retorting everything. We're all family, don't have such an unsightly relationship. If you keep being on guard like this, will you still be able to live another day?" "I'll tell you, Hua Tri Ninh, if you still don't know good or bad like that, I won't care about anything in the future. You can torment me however you like. But when the time comes, don't regret it. Wait until you push away all the people who treat you well, and you'll know what it's like to be alone." I closed my eyes, not wanting to listen anymore. I told Ha Nghien Hanh to take the bowl of soup outside and pour it straight away. Just after two o'clock in the morning, the top floor suddenly sounded a shrill alarm. The red light flashed madly. Outside in the hallway, the sound of staff shouting loudly could be heard. "The sprinkler system mistakenly activated! Please cooperate to move families!" Right after that, the nozzle in the corner of the ceiling started spraying water. The care worker next to the warming cage rushed in. "Miss Hua, the humidity in the room has increased, the baby must be temporarily moved to the emergency nursery to keep warm and check." I immediately grabbed the crib railing. “Don't go.” "The humidity in the room exceeds the standard, the baby cannot get cold. This is a safe procedure." Ha Nghien Hanh was not present. Ten minutes ago, Wei Lan said the person in charge of the center downstairs wanted to discuss compensation and surveillance cameras, and he was called away. Comments rolled by blindingly. 【They moved the tiger away from the mountain!】 【Don't let your child go into the emergency nursery!】 【Tam Lo's child will also be carried there at the same time!】 I pushed myself up to get out of bed, but the incision was stretched and the pain was so bad that my eyes went dark. Two caregivers stepped forward to help me. Nanny Duong took advantage of the chaos and entered the room and picked up Sister An. I shouted hoarsely: “Put it down!” She said impatiently: "Miss Hua, the baby can't be cold!" I reached out to grab it back. As soon as my feet touched the ground, my whole body went limp. Someone next to me immediately caught me. The mother-child lock started to alarm. The sound of foreign language in the hallway, the sound of footsteps, and the sound of children crying all mixed into a chaotic mess. I saw nanny Duong carry So An out the door. At that moment, I felt cold from my bones to the top of my head. “Ha Nghien Hanh!” No one responded. Waiting until Ha Nghien Hanh rushed back, So An was taken back to the room. Swaddle diapers are still the old ones. Code

matching bracelet numbers. The mother-child lock also became quiet again. Nanny Duong smiled and said: "The baby is okay, the temperature is normal." I don't look at her. I lowered my head to look at the child in my arms. Very strange. It closed its eyes, its small face was pale, its crying was very weak, as if it had no strength. Small hands clenched, thumbs turned inwards. I lifted up its right leg. The soles of the feet are clean. There is no crescent pattern. I heard my voice tremble: “This is not my son.” The room immediately fell silent. Nanny Tang reacted first. "Miss Hua, are you scared? The baby has always been in our procedure, never leaving the care staff's sight." I hugged the other child, the back of my hand showing blue veins. “Bring the baby Tham Lo is carrying here.” Wei Lan walked quickly into the room, her voice high. “What are you causing trouble again?” I looked at her. “You've been switched.” Her face immediately sank to the bottom. “Hua Tri Ninh, do you know what you are saying?” Tham Lo also followed in. I stared at the baby in her arms. “Give me my son back.” She held another child in her arms. “Tri Ninh, what are you talking about?” I go. “Let me see its legs.” She immediately hugged the baby tightly. “This is my child, how can you judge?” “Because you're holding my baby.” There were people surrounding the front door of the room. Wei Lan's face turned pale. “Hua Tri Ninh, have you caused enough trouble?” I moved the baby in my arms a little forward. "It doesn't have a crescent moon pattern, it's not So An." Tham Lo took a look and suddenly burst into tears. “Mom, I knew she would be like that.” I coldly looked at her. “You know?” She cried until her shoulders shook. "She's always been careful of me, not letting me touch the baby. Now, taking advantage of the chaos, she picked up her baby and came to steal it from me." She raised her head, her eyes filled with both self-pity and resentment. "Tri Ninh, I know your mother's family has money, and you know that your second family has everything. But you can't, because you're jealous of me giving birth to a healthy baby boy, insist that the baby with problems in your heart is yours!" This sentence was like a basin of dirty water, pouring straight down on my head. The room door immediately exploded. "What? There's something wrong with her baby? I told you she wasn't normal these past two days. She kept holding her baby in the middle of the night and wouldn't let go. It turns out there's a devil in her heart!" "Isn't that so disgusting? My child is not okay so I want to swap it with someone else? Isn't this a plot to destroy money and life?" "Look at her usual noble appearance, no one takes notice. When her mother-in-law brought her soup, she fell down, her sister-in-law picked up her child, and she screamed. Who would normally do such a thing? Her mind is already incapacitated. I'm a little hard to hear, she has psychological problems!" "The postpartum depression is still mild. I see that she's not mentally normal. Did you see her putting a bracelet on the baby's leg? Like a dog leash, would a normal mother do that?"