The house that Mi Luo arranged for Lan Xiaoling was relatively secluded, but it wasn't far from the Dark Web.

If it weren't for Mi Luo leading the way in person, Freya would never have been able to find this place.

When Freya arrived, she saw Lan Xiaoling growing vegetables in the yard from a distance.

Although the house was old, it covered a large area. Growing flowers and vegetables here, one could basically be self-sufficient.

The key was that after not seeing her for a few days, Freya saw a smile on Lan Xiaoling's face again.

"Freya, Mi Luo, why do you have the time to come here?" Lan Xiaoling was a bit surprised when she saw the two of them.

However, her eyes kept looking behind them, clearly searching for something.

She didn't ask about it, but Freya knew what she was thinking, so she said, "Don't worry. It's just me and Mi Luo who came. Young Master Lu is still taking care of your sister."

As soon as she said this, Freya saw a flash of disappointment in Lan Xiaoling's eyes.

But she didn't expose it. Instead, she said to Lan Xiaoling, "Let's go inside and take a look. Since you moved in here, I haven't visited yet."

"Sure."

Lan Xiaoling put down the work in her hands and quickly led the two of them into the house.

The inside was very clean and tidy, and there was even a faint fragrance of flowers in the air. Freya took a deep breath, and her spirit lifted.

"Is this the smell of magnolias?"

Lan Xiaoling said, "Yes. I happened to find a magnolia tree nearby, so I dug it up and transplanted it in the backyard. I didn't expect it to survive."

Freya walked towards the backyard and indeed saw a magnolia tree.

"Xiaoling, is this the life you've been longing for?" Freya couldn't help but ask this question.

Lan Xiaoling was slightly taken aback, and then she smiled and said, "If possible, living like this for a lifetime would also be a kind of happiness."

"Then what if your former happiness was stolen by someone? Don't you feel regretful?" Freya asked again.

Lan Xiaoling looked at her with some confusion. Every word Freya said today clearly had a hidden meaning, and she really didn't understand what Freya was trying to express.

Freya, however, smiled mysteriously and didn't explain. Instead, she said to Lan Xiaoling, "Although the environment here is nice, it's quite cold. You coughed a few times just now. You should have caught a cold."

"Lie down and let me check. I'll use acupuncture to drive out the cold for you."

Lan Xiaoling did feel a bit unwell, so she followed her advice and lay down on the sofa.

Freya sat beside her and reached out to lift up her clothes, revealing the skin on her abdomen.

Although it wasn't obvious, Freya could tell at a glance that Lan Xiaoling had clearly given birth to a child. After all, she was also a mother and had experienced the pain of childbirth. She naturally knew that even if a woman recovered well after giving birth, there would still be more or less signs of having given birth.

Her hand pressed gently but firmly on Lan Xiaoling's belly, and she clearly found that Lan Xiaoling's uterus had been traumatized and was also somewhat sagging.

These discoveries made Freya even more certain of her speculation.

It was possible that Yuanbao and Yuanman were not Xiaolan's children but Lan Xiaoling's biological children.

It was just that after being brainwashed, Lan Xiaoling had lost her memories, and Xiaolan had been injected with some memories that didn't belong to her, resulting in the current mistakes.

However, when Freya came into contact with Xiaolan, she also found that Xiaolan had given birth. So this time she came, hypnotizing Lan Xiaoling was one thing, and she also wanted to extract Lan Xiaoling's DNA to compare it with that of the two children.

After conducting a basic examination, Freya gave the DNA sample to Mi Luo and asked her to send it to the infirmary for testing immediately.

She had to know the result as soon as possible to continue with the next steps.

Mi Luo was very quick. She personally supervised the testing department, and an hour later, she brought the report.

When Freya saw the result on it, although she had expected it, she was still deeply shocked.

So Yuanman and Yuanbao were indeed Lan Xiaoling's children.

That is to say, the woman that Gabriel had defiled back then was Lan Xiaoling, not Xiaolan.

Then the question was, Xiaolan had also given birth. So where had her child gone?

To uncover these truths, perhaps she still had to start with the culprits back then.

However, the most important thing at the moment was that she had to restore Lan Xiaoling's memories.

Perhaps because Lan Xiaoling's memories had been completely erased, the hypnosis went very smoothly. Lan Xiaoling actually easily recalled everything in the past.

When those lost memories returned to her mind, Lan Xiaoling covered her head in pain. After the hypnosis ended, her face was covered with tears.

"Freya, what's wrong with me?" she said in a hoarse voice, as if waking up from a dream.

Freya let out a deep sigh and said, "I know it's painful for you to recover your memories, but Xiaoling, Gabriel belongs to you, and Yuanbao and Yuanman are also the children you gave birth to with great hardship."

"You are a family. It's just that your memories were manipulated, which caused all these years of pain. Now that the truth has been revealed, do you still want to live here?"

Lan Xiaoling's tears flowed silently.

She had never imagined that she had such an experience.

No wonder when she first saw Gabriel, she thought he was so hateful. It turned out that it wasn't because of her sister, but because this man had once forcefully taken away her innocence.

Fate was really playing tricks on her. Her memories had actually become her sister's memories.

She had always lived in guilt towards her sister, thinking that she was shameless for falling in love with Gabriel and causing her sister's pain.

It turned out that everything was a conspiracy.

"Tell me, Xiaoling, who were those people?"

At this point, Freya still had some questions that hadn't been answered. Gabriel didn't know who the people chasing him were, and Xiaolan didn't know either. So had Lan Xiaoling ever seen them?

Lan Xiaoling also shook her head. "I don't know. They captured me and locked me in a dark room. Every day, someone would come and talk to me, and then I couldn't remember anything."

So this "talking" was actually the process of brainwashing.

"Oh, right. Those people all had strange marks on their necks, like dragon tattoos," Lan Xiaoling suddenly added.

Freya frowned. Just based on these characteristics, she still couldn't figure out their identities.

It seemed that when she went back later, she had to have a good talk with Gabriel.

She probably already understood the whole thing.

There were hands manipulating everything behind the scenes, controlling Gabriel, Xiaolan, and Lan Xiaoling like marionettes.

Such actions were simply insane.

However, the person who could do such a thing probably had a deep grudge against Gabriel. Otherwise, they wouldn't have treated him and the people around him like this.

"Now that you know the truth, do you want to come with me to meet Young Master Lu later?"

Lan Xiaoling shook her head. "No. I still can't accept this truth, and I can't face Gabriel right now."