"What did you say? You're saying Cheng Cai produced this letter?"

Although her third brother's vocal cords were damaged, Wen Yan could still hear the shock in his barely fluctuating tone.

"Yes, it's him. I guess that photo should also be yours, but Wen Chengcai stole it. You were probably looking for that photo when I arrived, right?"

"Yes. I only discovered the photos were missing today. He left here many days ago, but I only found out today. I can't get through to him on the phone; it's been switched off the whole time."

As Third Brother spoke, he looked at Wen Yan again.

There was a pleading look in his eyes.

“I don’t usually go online. You must know something to come looking for me. Please tell me what happened. I want to know why Wen Cheng did this.”

“Okay.” Wen Yan nodded. “I will tell you everything I know, but in return, you will tell me everything I want to know later.”

"Okay, I promise you!"

Third Brother looked at Wen Yan with burning and eager eyes.

Wen Yan was a little annoyed by his gaze, so she simply took out a pair of sunglasses from her bag and put them on.

Third Brother immediately pulled his hat brim down: "Sorry, I startled you."

As he did this, he also deliberately looked away.

After putting on sunglasses, Wen Yan could observe her third brother's expression more freely.

Based on their interactions today and last time, Wen Yan didn't think the man in front of her was an overly insecure or sensitive person. Every time he covered his face, it seemed to be because he was afraid of scaring others.

Why would someone who cares so much about others abandon a gentle mother and daughter?

...Wen Yan told her third brother everything that Wen Cheng had done in the past few days, as well as about the paternity test.

Third Brother was sitting and listening.

But as soon as Wen Yan finished speaking, his voice had barely faded when he stood up excitedly once again.

This time, he was thinking of heading straight for Wen Yan.

But as soon as he stood up, Shen Jingxiu and Shen Jingchuan beside him also immediately stood up.

The third brother opened his mouth, glanced quickly at his two brothers, and then sat down again.

This time, even his voice trembled, and tears streamed down his face once again.

"So you...you're Xiaorou and my daughter? Your name is Wenyan, and you take Xiaorou's surname. You...you really are...your mother..."

The third brother choked up several times and tried several times before he could finish asking the last question.

"How did your mother die? When did it happen?"

Behind the sunglasses, Wen Yan's eyes were fixed on the man in front of her.

She thought Wen Yan's biological father would be a heartless and untrustworthy scumbag.

But at this moment, she saw a variety of complex emotions in this man's eyes.

There was shock, surprise, and immense sadness, but there was no indifference or callousness.

Wen Yan answered her third brother's question: "My mother died in a car accident. I was very young then, about two and a half years old. To protect me from harm, she shielded me with her body and took the damage for me. I survived, but my mother left this world forever."

"Later, my grandmother developed a severe kidney disease and some dementia. She couldn't even take care of herself, let alone raise me, so I was sent to an orphanage. You asked me if I am your daughter, I can't be 100% sure."

“What I can confirm is that I am definitely my mother’s daughter, and that I am not Wen Cheng’s daughter. However, the other two strands of hair that Wen Cheng took out at the time, those two strands of hair that did not belong to him, are highly similar to my DNA.”

After speaking, Wen Yan took out the two paternity test reports and the hair sample she got back from the testing agency from her bag.

“I’ve put it on the table, you can take a look. If you really had a relationship with my mother when you were young, and if Wen Cheng’s photo really was stolen from you, then I have reason to suspect that these two strands of hair were also taken from your bed by him.”

At this moment, the third brother had no interest in reading the report provided by Wen Yan. He was bent over, his hands clenched into fists and pressed hard against his chest, making low, painful howls.

He was standing on a discarded cardboard box. Wen Yan saw that the cardboard box was wet with some kind of liquid, forming dark circles.

Those must be Third Brother's tears.

The last time I saw a man cry so bitterly was probably when he was a little boy in the park who wanted to buy a toy but his dad wouldn't buy it for him.

The child was crying and rolling on the ground, completely disregarding his appearance, with tears and snot flowing into his mouth.

Very genuine emotions.

But the third brother was suppressing his feelings.

After crying for a long time, the third brother wiped his eyes with trembling hands, and then shakily pulled a pocket watch out of his collar.

He hung the pocket watch around his neck, opened it, and found a small photograph inside.

Then he placed the open pocket watch on the paternity test report.

Behind her sunglasses, Wen Yan glanced at her third brother, then reached out and took the pocket watch.

The photo in the pocket watch was kept or rather, very well preserved by the third brother.

It's obvious at a glance that it's very old, but it's not worn at all. The facial features and expressions of the two people in the photo are still clearly visible.

Without a doubt, one of the people in the group photo is Wenrou.

And the other person... Wen Yan opened her mouth wide in shock.

The sunglasses covered her eyes and blocked her gaze, but they couldn't stop her from talking.

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