After her rebirth, she became an unattainable woman.

Chapter 19 The Woman Who Was Protected

Lu Mingxuan also saw the road sign for Jizhen Village and slowed down his car.

Wang Xia's act of switching someone else's child is a serious matter. After so many years, what can she do if she doesn't admit it? Song Qiao thought about this the whole way.

"Qiaoqiao, don't worry. As long as I find Wang Xia, I will definitely find a way to make her tell the truth about what happened back then."

Song Qiao looked up at Lu Mingxuan and nodded, her mind preoccupied.

Although they had arrived at Jizhen Village, Lu Mingxuan didn't know where Wang Xia lived. He stopped the car and decided to ask someone.

After waiting for about five minutes, a middle-aged man carrying an iron rake appeared at the village entrance.

Lu Mingxuan and Song Qiao hurriedly opened the car door and got out.

"Uncle, are you going to work in the fields?"

Lu Mingxuan didn't act like the dean's son at all; he was just like a simple, honest young man from the village.

"Is there something you need?" The middle-aged man looked at the two of them with wariness.

“Uncle, we’re looking for someone. She’s from your Jizhen Village. Her name is Wang Xia. She worked as a nurse at Jiangcheng Huaxia Hospital five years ago. She’s about thirty-two or thirty-three years old.”

"I don't know him!"

The man looked at the two of them and gave a resolute answer.

"Think about it again. She studied nursing. If she were married, she should have children by now."

The middle-aged man looked at Lu Mingxuan and asked, "What do you guys do?"

It was time for Lu Mingxuan's romantic scene to begin. He quickly smiled and said, "I was his former colleague. Five years ago, when we were at the hospital, I needed to ask her about something because she was the person involved."

Upon hearing that Lu Mingxuan was from Huaxia Hospital, the middle-aged man looked him up and down and asked, "Are you a doctor?"

"Yes! I am a doctor."

Lu Mingxuan quickly took out his medical certificate and handed it to the uncle.

"Lu Mingxuan?"

After confirming, the uncle looked up and said, "She's been married for many years and married a man from another place. I haven't seen her for several years. If you want to find her, go to the west of the village and ask someone if she's come back recently."

"Do her parents still live in the village?"

Lu Mingxuan had figured out that as long as her parents lived here, he would be able to contact her.

"Yes! Her parents live in the village and occasionally stay at his house for a few days. She is their only child."

After learning all this, Liu Mingxuan and Jiu Xun said goodbye to the uncle and returned to their car.

The village roads were in good condition, all paved with asphalt, and Lu Mingxuan drove his car in.

Upon entering, the two discovered that the village had been recognized as a civilized village, and its sanitation and greening were prepared according to urban standards.

The alley ahead was very narrow, and Lu Mingxuan found that the car couldn't go in, so he stopped at the end of the alley.

After the two got out, they looked back and saw that the car had come from the east of the village, and they would need to make a turn to go back.

While Lu Mingxuan was asking around about Wang Xiajia, the two saw two elderly women sitting by the gate not far away, chatting.

"Let's go! Let's go take a look."

Before Lu Mingxuan and Song Qiao even got close, the two old people saw them, exchanged glances, and seemed to be discussing whether the two of them were from this village.

"Auntie, could you tell me someone? Which gate is Wang Xia's house? Last time I came to her house, the road in your village hadn't been repaired yet. Now that the road is under construction, I can't find it."

Upon hearing Lu Mingxuan's words, the two elderly people pointed to an alley ahead without hesitation and said, "It's the second house in that alley."

"I'm talking about Wang Xia, the nurse at Huaxia Hospital five years ago? She's her parents' only daughter, and I think she's married now."

"It's definitely Wang Zhen's daughter, no doubt about it."

After hearing Lu Mingxuan's detailed explanation, the two elderly women were even more certain that the second house in the alley ahead was the one they were looking for, Wang Xia.

Lu Mingxuan and Song Qiao thanked the old man and walked over together.

"Look, this young couple is so good-looking, where did they come from?"

Lu Mingxuan glanced at Song Qiao, and he really wanted to give the two middle-aged women behind him a thumbs up.

"Looking for Xia? That girl hasn't been back in ages. Her mom was nagging her about it the other day."

As the voices of the two elderly people gradually faded away, Lu Mingxuan suddenly tugged at Song Qiao's hand: "Play the role of husband and wife, so that Wang Xia's mother won't suspect anything."

Song Qiao didn't understand. Did Wang Xia, being a husband and wife, openly admit all the wrongdoings she had done back then?

"I won't pretend!"

Song Qiao pulled her hand away from his and went to Wang Xia's front door to knock.

When Lu Mingxuan came to his senses, he heard a dog barking inside the gate, and the owner calling out "Who is it?"

"Me! I'm here to see Wang Xia."

Song Qiao answered the woman inside the door, and the woman opened the door without hesitation.

As the door opened, a black dog ran out, and Lu Mingxuan picked up Song Qiao without thinking.

Song Qiao instinctively hugged his neck, and after realizing what was happening, she stared intently at him: So he still remembered that she was afraid of dogs?

As the woman scolded him, the big black dog tucked its tail between its legs and went into the yard.

Song Qiao whispered to Lu Mingxuan, "Put me down."

"I'll protect you!" Lu Mingxuan extended his hand to Song Qiao.

This time, Song Qiao didn't refuse, letting Lu Mingxuan hold her hand. The two looked at Wang Xia's mother standing inside the gate and asked, "We're here to see Wang Xia, Auntie! Has Wang Xia returned?"

The woman, around sixty years old, had a face full of wrinkles but was in good health. She looked at the two men with a puzzled expression and asked, "What do you want with my daughter?"

"Can we go inside and talk?"

Song Qiao didn't want the villagers to gossip about Wang Xia's parents because of this incident; she shouldn't have to bear the blame for her daughter's mistake.

"Come in!"

Wang Xia's mother walked in front, while Lu Mingxuan followed behind, holding Song Qiao's hand. He would occasionally glance at the black dog that dared not approach but kept barking: "Don't worry, it won't dare to come over."

When she was little, she was terrified of dogs. In high school, Lu Mingxuan brought an electronic dog, which Song Qiao threw far away without hesitation.

Lu Mingxuan always remembered that she was afraid of dogs.

But she's not afraid now. There's a saying that a mother's love makes her strong. She had a piece of skin torn off her arm while trying to stop the mad dog that was running towards Jiang Xiaoran, and she still has a scar from it.

"It's okay, it won't come over!"

Perhaps fearing that Lu Mingxuan might get bitten by the dog, Song Qiao reminded him.

Lu Mingxuan looked at her with a puzzled expression: "You're not afraid of dogs anymore? When did you become so strong?"

Following Wang Xia's mother up the steps to her house, Song Qiao said, "I'll tell you later."

The two arrived at Wang Xia's house and glanced at the furnishings. There were few valuable items, which indicated that Wang Xia's parents did not have a high income.

But even if you're poor, you can't exchange other people's children for money, right? Song Qiao thought.

"Please have a seat," Wang Xia's mother said, gesturing for the two to sit down. Then she looked at Song Qiao and Lu Mingxuan and asked, "Where are you from? How did you come to know my daughter?"

Lu Mingxuan introduced himself: "We are from Jiangcheng. I am a doctor. We are here to ask for Wang Xia's contact information. We need to talk to her about something."

Wang Xia's mother looked at the two of them carefully and asked, "Are you from Huaxia Hospital?"

Before the two could answer, she continued, "Xia hasn't worked there for a long time. What do you want with her?"