Lin Zechuan and the others refused to give up and still tried to explain.
But I grabbed a cup and smashed it against the hospital door.
"I already told you to get out!"
"I've ended up like this, suffered so much—"
"Isn't it all because of you?"
"Yes, they hurt me, but wasn't the root cause you in the first place?"
After driving them all away, I bit down on my fingers, the resentment and fury inside me burning so fiercely that I felt like I would be consumed by it.
I forced myself to suppress the raging emotions, reminding myself—it's okay. I had already accepted the five years in prison, convinced myself it was repayment for twenty years of being raised by the Lin family.
But Lin Jiaojiao shouldn't have brought Yu Wei into this. She shouldn't have tried to destroy my entire life.
The switch at birth was a nurse's mistake, and while my biological parents weren't as wealthy as the Lin family, they could still provide a comfortable life.
And yet, my real parents lost their lives because of Lin Jiaojiao's moment of willfulness. I took the fall for her and spent five years in prison, enduring endless humiliation.
So why should I still have to bear their accusations?
Five years ago, no one knew that I had a cloud backup of the security footage from the hallway outside the room where Lin Jiaojiao had her argument with the eldest young master of the Song family.
Back then, I didn't have time to bring it up. Later, I didn't even want to. But now—it was time to use it.
The Song family hated me to the bone. A little bait was all it took to arrange a meeting with Madam Song.
But when I arrived, the person I saw wasn't Madam Song—it was Lin Jiaojiao, clinging to the arm of Song Hengyi, the second young master of the Song family.
"Sister, why are you always so reckless?"
"This little thing just happened to end up in my hands."
Lin Jiaojiao held up a USB drive, flashing a smug smile as she waved it in front of me.
I looked at Song Hengyi, my hands unconsciously clenching into fists.
"Five years ago... this was all planned from the start, wasn't it?"
Song Hengyi let out a disdainful laugh, pulling Lin Jiaojiao into his embrace.
"Of course."
"Without this plan, how else would I have secured my position as the heir of the Song family?"
"And how else could Jiaojiao have gotten rid of you?"
"With me here, do you think you can ever clear your name?"
"Impossible."
Lin Jiaojiao stepped closer, looking down at me with contempt.
"Sister, I'd advise you to obediently get out of Beijing."
"Otherwise, not only will you suffer—"
"Even that old woman won't be spared!"
After throwing out that final threat, she and Song Hengyi turned and walked away.
I slowly unclenched my fists and coldly spoke:
"You've been following me for so long—aren't you going to show yourselves?"
Lin Zechuan and Shen Yuzhou stepped into view.
Lin Zechuan was the first to speak.
"Ranran, I was wrong."
"Even if Mom and Dad won't allow it, I will make sure you get justice."
Shen Yuzhou also nodded, his fists tightening.
"I'll take care of the Song family."
I let out a mocking laugh.
"You two?"
"I won't wait around for you."
"Check your phones."
Both of them froze for a moment before opening their phones. A breaking news alert popped up on their screens.
[Foreign Specialists Arrive in Country A – Song Family's Eldest Young Master Expected to Wake Soon]
"Ranran, don't you trust us?"
Lin Zechuan looked at me in disbelief. It seemed he had never considered that the girl who once depended on him for everything would now silently orchestrate such a major event on her own.
I didn't bother responding. Picking up my bag, I turned and left.
Back then, Lin Zechuan and the others had vouched for me.
But the Song family wasn't stupid. I had been beaten so badly I couldn't speak or write, and the other person involved just happened to be the real eldest daughter of the Lin family.
Who wouldn't be suspicious?
Yet I waited five years, endured five years of torment, and not a single person in the Song family doubted the truth.
That led me to believe someone within their ranks was manipulating things.
And that person had to be from the Song family itself.
By chance, while in prison, I had helped a young girl.
Like me, she had been framed. I helped her preserve key evidence and put her in touch with her uncle overseas.
Coincidentally, her uncle was Dr. Rosen, a renowned medical expert from Country A—one of the few specialists capable of treating the Song family's eldest son. But Rosen was eccentric and reclusive, which was why the Song family had never been able to convince him to come.
Because I had saved his niece, he finally agreed to visit.
The USB drive was merely a diversion, a red herring to mislead Lin Jiaojiao and prevent her from making any desperate moves against Rosen.
Still, I hadn't expected Lin Jiaojiao to act even faster than I anticipated.
When my grandmother told me that she had escaped, I was momentarily stunned.
"Lin Jiaojiao really made a move?"
My grandmother nodded solemnly.
"With the Song family's eldest young master about to wake, do you really think she'd sit still?"
"But this matter is too significant—she wouldn't dare involve outsiders."
"So she had Song Hengyi remove the security detail and snuck into the ICU herself."
"Luckily, Lin Zechuan and Shen Yuzhou happened to be visiting the Song family's eldest son and caught her in time."