"What's wrong? What do you want to ask?" Li Chu, who was looking at the medicine on the shelf, asked without turning his head when he heard the door open.

"Dad, I want to ask if my sister's lab can do that kind of test, like a test to see if the child is theirs."

Wenxuan's words made Li Chu turn around immediately.

Seeing his father's strong reaction, Li Wenxuan realized that what he said might have been ambiguous, so he quickly raised his hands and shook them.

"Dad, I didn't explain clearly. A friend came over this morning and asked me."

"Explain yourself clearly," Li Chu asked, frowning.

“He is my high school classmate. This morning he came over with a picture of a baby who is almost a year old and asked me if there was any way to find out if the baby is his.”

Why did your classmate ask that? Was the child his wife gave birth to?

“It was born to his wife, but to be honest, I would also be suspicious if I saw it, because the child doesn’t look like him at all.”

"Boy or girl?"

"boy"

"Just because they don't look alike, he suspects the child isn't his?" Li Chu found it strange; who would inexplicably suspect a child isn't their own?

"According to him, it's mainly because the child looks too much like his cousin from his maternal uncle's side."

Holy crap, does it have to be this exciting?

After thinking for a moment, Wenxuan continued, "My classmate's wife and his cousin used to be classmates. He always felt that his cousin seemed to be a little too concerned about his wife."

"They live together?"

"We didn't live in the same courtyard, but we were still in two adjacent courtyards."

"Wait a minute, since he's his cousin, they should have some similarities, right?"

"Oh, I forgot to mention, his cousin is his uncle's adopted child from a young age."

No wonder.

Li Chu thought for a while before saying, "Your sister's lab can indeed do paternity tests, but your classmate can't."

"What's wrong? Do you need money? My classmate said he's willing to pay, any amount."

"It's not about money." Li Chu waved his hand, walked to the chair next to him and sat down, then pointed to the chair next to him, indicating that Wenxuan should sit down as well.

"What does your classmate want to do after figuring it out?"

"Uh... he didn't tell me that, but I think a divorce is definitely the case."

"Let me put it this way: since he can be so suspicious, there must be some clues he has discovered, or perhaps your classmate simply likes to overthink things."

In either case, they can't make ends meet, so it's better for them to just divorce and find relief.

Upon hearing this, Li Wenxuan smiled bitterly and said, "That's what I told him too. He said he just wanted to figure it out. If it's his son, he'll get a divorce but keep the child. If it's not his son, then needless to say, he'll definitely kick them both out."

Li Chu believed it couldn't be that simple. He was willing to spend a lot of money to confirm it because of a little suspicion. If it really wasn't his son, it would be strange if he didn't take revenge.

"Wenxuan, it's best if you don't get involved in this kind of thing. If he comes looking for you again, just say there's nothing you can do."

"Dad, actually my classmate wanted to determine if the child was his by getting a blood type test."

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"How can we be sure? Unless he and his wife are both blood type A, and his cousin is blood type B, and the child is also blood type B, there is only a slight possibility, or vice versa. Otherwise, there is no way to be sure."

"What if his cousin is blood type O, and the child is also blood type O?"

Li Chu looked at Wen Xuan suspiciously and asked, "Did your classmate secretly have his blood type checked?"

“He did have it done for the child. As for his cousin’s blood type, it was determined during his military physical examination that year, but he couldn’t join the army because of vision problems.”

"Are he and his wife both blood type A or B?"

Li Wenxuan didn't speak, he just nodded.

Even so, it cannot be determined that the child is his cousin's.

"Huh? Why?"

Li Chu looked at his son with a hint of disappointment: "Have you forgotten everything you learned? You should have learned that in your biology class in college."

"Have I studied this before?" Wenxuan touched his nose somewhat awkwardly.

"Sigh~ Type A and type B are dominant genes relative to type O, while type O is a recessive gene. Therefore, type B blood has the phenotype of bb or bo. Each parent provides one allele to the child. If both parents with type B blood have the genotype bo, then their child's genotype could be bb, bo, or oo. In other words, the blood type could be type B or type O. Conversely, the same applies if the child has type A."

Li Wenxuan understood everything clearly, but he still asked doubtfully, "Dad, I really don't remember us learning this."

Li Chu raised his hand and slapped him on the head: "You have the nerve to tell me this? I just read it in your biology book."

Wenxuan pitifully covered his head, not daring to say another word.

"Alright, talk to your classmate and tell him to stop overthinking. If he can make it work, then make it work; if he can't, then get a divorce. Don't get involved in this mess anymore."

"Okay, Dad."

"Is there anything else? If not, go back and rest."

"Then I'll go over there first, Dad."

After Wenxuan left, Li Chu went back to the shelf where the medicine was kept, shook the pills that had already formed, picked up a few pills and smelled them, then put them away and left the pharmacy.

He definitely wouldn't agree to Wenxuan's suggestion about getting a paternity test done for his classmate.

Regardless of whether others accept this result, what if something really goes wrong? What if the test results show he's not his son, and then he goes back and breaks the law again?

When the police arrest him and ask him how he determined that it wasn't his son, and he confesses, that'll be interesting.

Even if he doesn't break the law, but instead takes the results to the police station to accuse his wife of having an affair with his cousin, the police won't accept the test results.

Therefore, it's best not to interfere; there's no way to control these kinds of things.

If, like in 20 or 30 years from now, the state recognizes paternity test results, then helping you out might be fine. But now, it will only bring you trouble.

Back in the backyard, Ding Qiunan was sitting on the sofa sewing shoe soles.

My little one will be learning to walk in a few months, but those soft-soled shoes we made before won't be suitable for him when he's learning to walk.

"Is Wenxuan alright?" Ding Qiunan asked, looking up as her husband entered, and casually rubbed the needle in her hand on her head.

"Nothing, just asking about some trivial matters. Have you taken a shower?"

"I've already washed, you go and wash quickly, just put your clothes in the basin on the floor."