Lan Qingyue glanced around briefly, then her gaze fell on the two elderly people in the main seat. She fidgeted with her fingers, hesitated for a while before finally speaking, "Dad, Mom, I'm back."

Upon hearing Lan Qingyue's voice, the old man's brows finally relaxed. "Qingyue is back. Please sit down."

Lan Qingyue chose an empty single sofa and sat down, her dark eyes, filled with confusion and inquiry, falling on the little boy's fair face.

What's going on here?

The atmosphere in the living room was extremely oppressive. No one spoke, except for the woman's sobbing, which was driving Lan Qingyue crazy.

"Sister-in-law, brother has another baby on the way." The girl across from him raised her hand and lazily looked at her newly done manicure. "Look, the other party came prepared, they even brought a DNA sample."

The girl gestured to Lan Qingyue with her eyes.

The word "again" made the woman next to her cry even harder, tears streaming down her face. No one came forward to comfort her, and the woman showed no intention of speaking.

So this is... the illegitimate child of the original owner's husband, Chu Xiao?

When did she give Chu Xiao an illegitimate child?

In the original novel, Chu Xiao is a very loving and devoted man. After Chu Chu's mother passed away, he remained single and didn't even have any female friends.

Sigh~ Even the perfect man Chu Xiao has become a non-marriage advocate, so what's impossible?

She, as the author, is too humble.

Lan Qingyue covered her mouth, her gossipy gaze fixed on the little boy. Wasn't Chu Xiao a staunch non-marriage advocate? What's with having a child before marriage?

"Alright, alright, stop crying. It's like we're bullying you. Are you doing this on purpose? You're so noisy and annoying!" The girl, Chu Ying, couldn't help but scold the woman with a stern look, her tone full of impatience.

Chu Ying was used to this situation, but she still disliked women from outside bringing their children to claim kinship.

Chu Xiao has been gone for two years, and his ex-girlfriends seem to have made a pact to bring a child to his door every now and then, claiming that the child is their Chu family’s child and demanding that the Chu family pay for the child’s upbringing and education. Not only that, they also want the child to be recognized by the family.

Two years have passed, and many people have come to claim kinship, but they are all imposters.

This woman was clearly more sophisticated than the previous ones; she had even prepared a DNA report and respectfully handed it to Old Master Chu.

Old Master Chu was so angry that he trembled all over and threw the report aside without even looking at it.

"Thump, thump, thump," the old man, his brows furrowed and his face stern, tapped the floor with his cane. His voice was old but carried an unyielding air. "Qingyue, although Chu Xiao is no longer here, you are still our Chu family's daughter-in-law and Chu Chu's biological mother. What do you think about this?"

These women just want money. No matter how much money the Chu family has, they can't waste it like this.

"Me?" Lan Qingyue's tone was full of doubt. Were her in-laws calling her back to get rid of her?

She was a girl with no money, no job, and no income; she had never encountered anything like this before, and she didn't know how to handle it.

Her gaze inadvertently fell on the DNA report that had been thrown on the ground. After hesitating for a while, she picked it up. It did indeed show that the boy and Chu Xiao were father and son, and the report was dated three years ago.

this……

You didn't bring out the report from three years ago, and you're only bringing it out now. You really have a lot of patience.

If the occasion weren't so inappropriate, Lan Qingyue would have clicked his tongue and praised the woman twice.