Zhang Fan looked down at the jade pendant. The pendant was translucent, with a faint indigo blue hue, and had a unique shape. Upon closer inspection, it was a dragon coiled in the shape of a "W," which was the abbreviation for the Wei family name.

This jade pendant is exactly the same as the one in the Wei family. Considering Bai Nongrui's outburst at the dinner table, Zhang Fan felt that Bai Nongrui must be hiding something.

Zhang Fan: "What's wrong with this jade pendant?"

Bai Rou'er whispered, "My mother said that I have worn this jade pendant since I was a child. My father has always wanted me to throw it away, but my mother said that this jade pendant can protect my health, so I have not taken it off."

"After my mother passed away, my father wouldn't let me wear it anymore and told me to throw it away. I couldn't bear to part with it, so I kept it secretly."

Zhang Fan was puzzled. If the jade pendant was stolen for money, he could have simply sold it for cash. Moreover, Bai Nongrui didn't seem greedy. He felt that this matter was not simple.

Go to bed early.

Bai Rou'er hid the jade pendant and kissed Zhang Fan on the forehead.

Zhang Fan said softly, "Aren't you going to stay and keep me company?"

Bai Rou'er blushed and said, "Dad repeatedly told us that we should follow the rules at home and not sleep together."

She pulled Zhang Fan into a deep kiss before reluctantly leaving.

After everyone left, Zhang Fan was browsing the web out of boredom when Jiang Tao sent him his usual MMS message, along with a picture of a rockfish.

The rockfish have grown quite a bit under Jiang Tao's care, and they will be ready to go on the market in a few more months. If we wait for the rockfish to reproduce on their own, it will take three years.

Jiang Tao was very excited: "I wrote two papers on rockfish, and they were both published. I'll treat you to dinner when the prize money comes in."

"good."

Shortly after sending the text message, Zhang Fan fell into a deep sleep.

Wine helps with sleep, and by the time Zhang Fan woke up, it was already broad daylight.

Zhang Fan had just woken up when Bai Rou'er knocked on the door: "Come down for breakfast."

Zhang Fan quickly washed up and went downstairs, while Bai Xinxin yawned as she came down.

Upon seeing Zhang Fan, she instantly snapped out of her daze, her eyes shining: "Brother-in-law, tell me more about your time as a doctor, it's so exciting! I dreamt I was you last night, it was so thrilling!"

Bai Nongrui scolded, "Zhang Fan has just woken up, let him sleep more."

Bai Xinxin pouted and reluctantly left.

However, she didn't stop for long; as soon as she finished her meal, she started chattering again.

"Dad, what's your blood type?"

Bai Nongrui picked up a steamed bun: "O-shaped."

Where's Mom?

"Also type O."

Bai Xinxin said mysteriously, "Then I know my sister's and my blood types. We are both type O."

Bai Rou'er shook her head: "You guessed wrong, I am type A."

Bai Xinxin frowned: "Sister, you must be mistaken. It's impossible for two type O blood types to have a type A child."

Bai Nongrui slammed down his chopsticks, his voice filled with anger: "How is it impossible? There are always exceptions. Maybe it's a genetic mutation."

Tears welled up in Bai Xinxin's eyes quickly. She said aggrievedly, "I just learned it. That's how it's written in the textbook."

Bai Nongrui shouted, "Cry, cry, all you do is cry! Go home and do your homework!"

Bai Xinxin ran away with a wronged look on her face.

Bai Rou'er said softly, "Dad, what's wrong with you today? Why are you so angry?"

Bai Nongrui waved his hand: "You are my biological son, Bai Nongrui's son."

Bai Rou'er patted Bai Nongrui's back to soothe him, saying, "Dad, I know, don't be angry."

Zhang Fan noticed that Bai Rou'er and Bai Nongrui looked somewhat alike, suggesting they were related. But why was he reacting so strongly?

Upon closer inspection, he suddenly realized that Bai Rou'er and Wei Lai also bore some resemblance, looking more like two children than Wei Qing and Wei Lai.

Suddenly, a bold idea flashed through Zhang Fan's mind.

He made an excuse to send Bai Rou'er away and slowly asked, "Uncle Bai, Bai Rou'er is actually related to the Wei family, isn't she?"

Bai Nongrui suddenly raised his head, his breath hitched, and his voice trembled slightly as he said, "She is my biological daughter."

Zhang Fan smiled slightly: "Wei Qing also has an identical jade pendant on Bai Rou'er's body."

Looking into Zhang Fan's obsidian-like deep eyes, Bai Nongrui felt as if all the secrets in his heart had been seen through.

He sighed, his eyes staring blankly into a certain place, lost in his memories.

It turns out that when Bai Nongrui was young, he worked as a cook in Kyoto. At that time, both of Wei's wives were pregnant. Leng Juan gave birth to a son first, and Yan Jing, the eldest wife of Wei, also gave birth to a child later.

Yan Jing publicly claimed that he also had a son, but no one else knew that Yan Jing actually gave birth to a daughter. She suffered severe bleeding after childbirth, and her uterus was removed to save her life. She will never have children again.

She felt this would affect her status in the Wei family, and she might even be abandoned by the eldest son, Wei Yangsheng. So she sought out her confidant, Bai Nongrui, who found a poor family that had just given birth to a baby boy and bought the child at a high price, pretending that he was Yan Jingsheng's child.

Bai Nongrui had just hidden the newborn Bai Rou'er and wanted to ask about the next steps, but then he overheard that the Yan family planned to kill Bai Rou'er to consolidate Yan Jing's position.

When Yan Jing found out, she gave Bai Nongrui a sum of money and told him to take Bai Rou'er away, the farther the better.

Bai Nongrui ran away with the money, during which he was chased several times, fell off a cliff covered in wounds, and was eventually rescued by Bai Xinxin's mother.

During the time Bai Xinxin's mother took care of Bai Nongrui, the two developed feelings for each other. Since she was an orphan, she always treated Bai Rou'er as her own child.

He and Yan Jing had some similarities, which is why Yan Jing valued him so much. So, for so many years, no one has ever doubted that Bai Rou'er was not his biological child.

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