Chapter 81 Chapter 81 There is still a lot waiting for her to do

Xueying's hoarse accusation had not yet faded when a suffocating silence filled the living room.

Xi Tong had no expression on her face, her gaze coldly fixed on Yu Sixie, the corners of her mouth half raised.

Yu Sixie's face turned pale, and veins on his forehead throbbed. Just as he was about to speak, a steady voice with unquestionable power sounded first.

It’s Yu Ping.

He had unknowingly stood beside Yu's mother, with a serious face and sharp eyes. He first looked deeply at Xi Tong, then turned his gaze to Xue Ying who was slumped on the ground and still crying, and finally fixed his gaze on his son who had an ugly face.

"Yu Sixie," Yu's father's voice was low, but clear enough for everyone to hear. "You know best what's going on. The men of my Yu family are brave enough to take responsibility for their actions, but they will never tolerate slander."

He did not question his son immediately, but expressed his attitude first.

Then, he turned to Xi Tong, his tone gentle but firm:

"Xiao Xi, no matter what you hear or see today, remember that you are the designated daughter-in-law of the Yu family and Xi Zhi's mother. This will never change."

Yu's mother also reacted immediately. She stepped forward and held Xi Tong's hand tightly. Her eyes were filled with heartache and protection. Her voice was firm and decisive: "That's right! Xiao Xi, Mom only recognizes you! No one can shake your position! Whether you marry Yu Sixie in the future or not, you are Xiao Zhi's mother. This family, with me here, will remain in peace!"

After she finished speaking, she cast a sharp glance at Xue Ying. Her eyes no longer held the pity they once held, leaving only a cold, distant warning. "Ms. Xue, it's too early to say whether the child is Yu Sixie's. Scientific identification is needed. But even if...even if it is, it would only be an accident, a mistake."

Mother Yu straightened her back and displayed the dignity of a matriarch. "Our Yu family will take responsibility for this 'mistake' and provide due compensation, but we will never let you in, nor will we allow anyone to harm my daughter-in-law and grandson! You'd better put away those inappropriate thoughts!"

These words, like a magic needle, instantly stabilized the situation that was about to collapse.

It clearly told Xueying and everyone present: the only daughter-in-law recognized by the Yu family is Xitong, and this will never change because of a child of unknown origin.

Xue Ying's delusion that she could get into the house by relying on her belly was simply wishful thinking.

Xueying's crying stopped abruptly. She looked at her father and mother Yu in disbelief at their sudden change of attitude, and her face lost all color.

She originally thought that she could at least use the old people's soft-heartedness and desire for grandchildren to create a rift, but she didn't expect that they would stand on Xitong's side so firmly and even block her way directly!

Yu Sixie was shocked when he saw his parents defending Xitong without hesitation.

He looked at Xitong with complicated eyes, full of eagerness to explain.

After Xue Ying's earth-shattering accusation, although Yu Sixie's face was gloomy enough to drip water, his eyes were unusually clear and firm.

Without any hesitation, he looked directly at Xi Tong, who showed no emotion, and spoke in a firm and decisive tone, leaving no room for doubt:

"Xiao Xi, I have never touched her. The child can never be mine."

His voice was steady, with a power that tried to penetrate the fog and reach her heart.

He knew that any hesitation or panic at this moment would push Xitong into a deeper abyss of doubt.

Xue Ying cried even harder upon hearing this, as if she had been deeply insulted and betrayed: "Yu Sixie! How could you be so irresponsible! That night you clearly..."

“That’s enough!”

Yu Sixie interrupted her harshly, his eyes as cold as a knife. "Since you both insist on your own opinions, let's use the evidence. I remember there are surveillance cameras in the corridors and at the entrances of the suites at the Lanting Hotel."

He immediately took out his cell phone and contacted his assistant to retrieve the surveillance records of that night.

The living room was in a tense state of waiting, with only the sounds of Xueying's suppressed sobs and the slightly rapid breathing of Yu's father and mother.

However, a few minutes later, the message the assistant sent back made everyone's heart sink.

"Mr. Yu, the hotel replied that the surveillance system on your floor was undergoing routine maintenance and upgrades the night you checked in. All records from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. the following morning... are missing."

"Just happened" to be undergoing maintenance and upgrade? "All records are missing"?

This arrangement was too coincidental, and made Yu Sixie's eyes instantly become extremely sharp. He was almost certain that Xue Ying had definitely made some arrangements in advance!

Since she was able to plan all this, she would definitely not leave such obvious video evidence.

The only hope seems to be modern medicine.

Yu Sixie took a deep breath, suppressed his surging anger, and said coldly to Xue Ying: "The hotel surveillance can't prove it. Then go for a paternity test. Go now."

Hearing the words "paternity test," Xueying's crying paused strangely. Then she suddenly hugged her belly, like a frightened rabbit, shaking her head desperately, tears falling even more fiercely, her voice filled with fear and resistance:

"No! I won't go! What do you want to do to my child?! This is murder! Yu Sixie, can't you tolerate this child? To get rid of us, mother and child, you're willing to do such a cold-blooded thing?!"

She turned to look at Yu's father and mother and Xi Tong, and cried, "Uncle and Auntie, Senior Sister Xi Tong, look at him! He didn't even give me a chance to prove his innocence, and he wanted to kill my child! This is his own flesh and blood!"

Yu Sixie's brow furrowed, and he was about to forcefully take her to the hospital when the family lawyer beside him quickly stepped forward and warned her in a low but clear voice, "Mr. Yu, please calm down. According to current laws and regulations, prenatal paternity testing is a special test involving personal rights. It must be based on the pregnant woman's complete voluntary consent and signed informed consent. No organization or individual has the right to force a pregnant woman to undergo testing."

The lawyer's words were like a bucket of cold water, extinguishing Yu Sixie's idea of ​​trying to solve the problem by force.

Yes, the law protects the autonomy of pregnant women.

As long as Xueying firmly refuses to agree, no one can force her to lie on the examination bed!

Yu's father and mother looked embarrassed. Although they firmly believed in their son, they felt helpless in the face of the law and Xue Ying's resistance.

Xitong didn't say a word from beginning to end, just pursed her lips and watched the farce in front of her.

Xueying hides behind the identities of "pregnant women's rights" and "weak people" and feels fearless.

She knew that as long as she refused, the mystery of "who is the father of the child" would never be solved by scientific means. At least before the child was born, it would become a thorn between Yu Sixie and Xi Tong forever.

Amid the suffocating silence and Xueying's mournful sobbing, Xitong finally slowly raised her eyes.

Her face did not show the expected collapse, anger or hysteria, but instead an almost cold calmness.

Those eyes that had regained all their spirit were like a deep pool, clearly reflecting the panic and calculations of everyone in the living room at that moment.

She did not look at Yu Sixie immediately, but instead fixed her gaze on Xue Ying, who was protecting her belly tightly and looked as if she had suffered all the injustices in the world. A faint, sympathetic arc appeared at the corner of her mouth.

Then, she turned to Yu Sixie, whose face was tense and eager to explain, and spoke in a steady voice, without a trace of emotion:

"Yu Sixie, I believe you."

These three words, like a spell, relaxed Yu Sixie's anxious expression.

However, Xitong's next words made his heart, which had just calmed down, rise again.

"I believe you didn't betray our relationship." She paused, her eyes sharp as a knife sweeping over him. "But I also believe that flies don't bite seamless eggs. The fact that someone orchestrated such a 'drunken sex' drama, even leaving behind the 'evidence' of perfume, shows that you gave them an opportunity to take advantage of you. At the very least, you were... not careful enough, and allowed them to have unrealistic fantasies."

Her logic is clear and her calmness is terrifying.

Instead of dwelling on the pain of betrayal, he accurately analyzes the core of the problem.

Amidst everyone's astonishment, Xi Tong made a decision that no one had expected. She looked at Yu's father and mother and said calmly:

"Uncle and aunt. Since Miss Xue keeps saying that the child belongs to the Yu family, let her stay here temporarily until the truth comes out."

"Xiao Xi!" Yu's mother cried out, and even Yu's father frowned.

Xitong raised her hand and made a soothing gesture, her posture elegant and firm. "Let her stay in the guest room downstairs. There will be someone to take care of her, and it will also be convenient for her to... 'nurture the baby.'"

She pronounced the word "nurturing the fetus" meaningfully.

She looked back at Xue Ying, whose expression was changing constantly. There was no hostility in her eyes, only a kind of condescending, all-knowing indifference.

"Miss Xue, you can stay. But let me put this here—" Her voice was not loud, but it carried an unquestionable majesty, "If it is ultimately proven that this child is indeed Yu Sixie's."

She paused and glanced at Yu Sixie. That look was cold and resolute, as if she had drawn a clear line between her and him in her heart.

"As for this man, I, Xitong, will immediately hand him over and will not entangle him. A man like him is not worth it."

"But," she changed the subject, her tone tinged with cold mockery, "if it's not. Then everything you did today was nothing but a clumsy farce, and in the end, the only ones hurt were you and the innocent child in your belly."

Xi Tong stopped looking at Xue Ying's instantly pale face and turned to Yu Sixie, her tone distant and businesslike: "As for us, until the truth comes out, let's have separate rooms for now. You need space to deal with these... troubles you have brought upon yourself."

After saying that, she no longer paid attention to the tense atmosphere in the living room and the different expressions of the people, and stood up.

With his back straight and without any shaking, Xitong walked towards the stairs with steady steps, ready to go to the study to handle work.

There is still a lot waiting for her to do.

The W City medical project in collaboration with Luo Xuanji, the unfinished studies at Kyoto University, and more importantly, the need to accompany and take care of his grandmother whose condition is not optimistic.

The mess that Yu Sixie created should be cleaned up by himself.

And she, Xitong, has her own battlefield and people who need to be protected.

Her world has never been just about love and family.

This confidence and composure that comes from strong strength and independent personality is more powerful than any crying or questioning.