Chapter 71 Brother-in-law [VIP]

The best time to explain this would have been before Qingran found out, but by some twist of fate, it was overheard beforehand.

So last night when we went to the restaurant, Qingran unusually drank two glasses of wine, and then refused to listen to his explanation...

Presumably, Qingran had already decided to leave at that time?

Fu Qingyan has always been adept at handling everything, and he is capable of doing so, but at this moment a hint of annoyance flashed in his eyes.

Without wasting any time, he took out his phone, dialed Qingran's number, and strode out, ready to leave immediately.

"Sorry, the user you dialed is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later..."

The gentle female voice coming through the receiver made Fu Qingyan, who was changing his shoes, feel utterly dejected.

Five minutes after arriving home, Fu Qingyan dressed neatly and got back into the car.

The phone number had probably been blocked. After hesitating for two seconds, the man sent an explanatory text message and then drove to the location he remembered.

A black car sped past on the road, like an arrow released from a bow, arriving at the door of a fashion designer's studio at top speed.

Fu Qingyan had no idea where Qingran had gone.

Given their decisive departure without even giving a chance to explain, it's highly unlikely they'll return to their original hotel.

The man, with a somber expression, pushed open the car door and walked straight into the studio.

Fortunately, there were people in the studio; designer Li was inside adjusting the details of the design for the competition.

Upon hearing Fu Qingyan's purpose for coming, she hesitated for a moment but ultimately decided to call Qingran.

The phone was answered after a beep.

"Hello?" The voice was clear and pleasant.

Designer Li glanced at the composed and silent man, then adjusted her tone and spoke anxiously into the speakerphone:

"It's extremely urgent! Something's happened to me; all the photos and negatives I took are ruined. Do you have time right now? Please come and take a new set for me right away!"

It was quiet for a while.

"Designer Li, I just checked the information online. The deadline for registration for the designer competition you participated in was yesterday. It probably won't be useful to retake the photo now, right?"

Then Ran's question came through the phone.

"Is Fu Qingyan with you?"

Designer Li was speechless and cast a helpless glance at Fu Qingyan.

Very perceptive.

The man's voice was hoarse: "Qingran, did you overhear my conversation with Chen Siqi and the others yesterday? Let's discuss this face to face—"

"Explain to me face to face?" Qingran interrupted him, then said, "I don't need to explain."

He knew everything that had happened, so there was no need for explanation.

"That's settled then, Mr. Fu."

"goodbye."

Yes, they will meet again soon, and Fu Qingyan will know that he already knew his identity.

However, Fu Qingyan was unaware of this and only thought that Qingran was unwilling to give him any chance at all.

So clever, and so ruthless.

Good heavens, is she unlucky or lucky? She actually witnessed the scene where Crown Prince Yongming was suspected of being dumped!

Designer Li pretended to be very busy, looking around at the layout of her studio.

Fu Qingyan was silent for a moment before thanking her, "Thank you for your help, I'm sorry to have troubled you." He nodded and turned to leave.

Once outside, I opened the car door and dialed Jiangling's number.

Where is he?

Giving up so easily isn't in his nature, honey. You'd better hide well and not let him catch you too quickly.

...

In the living room of Villa No. 6 in Fengshan, the atmosphere was tense, suffocating like the low pressure before a storm.

After finishing her call, Qingran put away her phone, picked up the juice brought by the maid, took a sip, and then looked at the serious-looking couple across from her.

The two paternity test reports were laid out before Xi Zhenye and his wife.

"There's no doubt that the test results in the report are genuine," Qingran said.

"Of course, if you don't believe me, you can find a trustworthy doctor to check it again. I have no objection."

"We will definitely check again." Xi Zhenye took a deep breath. Anyone would be unsettled if they suddenly found out that the son they had raised for almost twenty years belonged to someone else.

"As for you..." He looked at Qingran with a probing expression.

Qingran smiled faintly: "I don't have a place to stay for the time being. The Xi family is so wealthy and powerful, I don't think they need my room."

Xi Zhenye nodded and called over a maid: "Sister Liu, prepare the guest room on the second floor for this Mr. Xu."

He called out the name on the identification report.

"Yes, Mr. Xu, please come with me." Sister Liu responded and quickly walked to Qingran, picked up her luggage, and led the way.

Once the two figures disappeared from the doorway of the second-floor guest room, Feng Xiuyan, who had been held down to keep quiet in the living room, couldn't hold back any longer and grabbed Xi Zhenye's arm.

"Xi Zhenye, is he really our son?!" Her well-maintained, elegant face was filled with disbelief.

Xi Zhenye was no less shocked than his wife. Hearing this, he said, "Won't we know when the test results come out? Let's wait and see."

He has already called his personal assistant to come immediately.

When Xi Zhenye was young, he was quite handsome and upright. After he became rich, he did not know how to control himself and his body became fat and bloated due to long-term exposure to smoking and drinking.

At this moment, he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, various thoughts flashing through his mind: doubts about the authenticity of the matter, suspicion and anger about what happened back then, and considerations on how to handle the current situation...

And most importantly, the exploration of the purpose behind the act of dyeing blue.

Did this person come to our door with the report simply to reunite with relatives, or did they have some other purpose?

Leaving aside distant examples, let's just talk about how the other party obtained his and Xiuyan's hair.

It could only mean they had planned this all along.

Feng Xiuyan hadn't thought as much as Xi Zhenye had. Shocked by the sudden truth, she was flustered and blurted out, "If this person really is our son, what about Qingsong?"

Xi Zhenye frowned.

"Also, should we tell Qingsong and Qingning about this?"

Xi Zhenye frowned even more, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Let's keep it from them for now and wait for the results."

Feng Xiuyan worried, "Can we really keep it a secret that there's another person in the family?"

Xi Zhenye: "Just say that you are a distant relative who is staying here."

Feng Xiuyan didn't think it was a good idea: "Isn't that a bad idea? What if the other party really is our son?"

She muttered to herself.

Xi Zhenye was getting impatient: "Then what do you want to do? Just say that Xu Qingran might be our biological son and is temporarily staying here?"

Feng Xiuyan said awkwardly, "Well, let's leave it at that for now."

[Sigh.]

Qingran, who had been eavesdropping with a wisp of spiritual power, chuckled inwardly.

This couple is really interesting. Faced with the possibility that he is their biological son from whom they have been separated for nearly 20 years, their first reaction after the initial shock is to hide his existence.

After showing the bathing facilities, Sister Liu, who had led the way, left. Qingran sat on the edge of the bed, pondering the reasons.

Why do Xi Zhenye and Feng Xiuyan have this attitude?

Because he came to us on his own initiative? Because he looked healthy and hadn't suffered much? Or did he simply not believe the test results?

Or perhaps, all of the above reasons are involved?

[Zero Zero, what was their attitude towards the original body they found in the original work?]

The system angrily retorted: [They didn't even let Xu Qingran in!]

Unlike Qingran, who had the ability to obtain Xi and Feng's hair, the original owner of this body went to their door alone with only a surge of courage.

As a result, they were stopped by security.

Undeterred, the original owner lingered outside the gate for several days. One day, Xi Qingning passed by on her way home and noticed that the original owner looked very much like her deceased grandmother. After hearing the original owner's explanation about switching children, she took him home for a checkup.

Later, the truth came out: Xu Qingran was indeed of the Xi family bloodline, while Xi Qingsong had no blood relation to the Xi family at all.

Xi Qingsong was shocked and devastated, and he hugged Xi and Feng, crying his heart out.

After all, they had raised him for twenty years. Hearing him cry so sadly and reluctantly, Xi Zhenye and his wife immediately softened.

They could afford to raise multiple sons, so they simply kept Xi Qingsong.

As for Xu Guoqiang and Wu Cuilian...

Wu Cuilian can be said to be the culprit behind this tragedy. She also pinned her hopes on Xi Qingsong, who had benefited from the tragedy, to plead for her and to be filial and considerate towards her.

But Xi Qingsong loathed her and allowed his adoptive parents to send her to prison.

Xu Guoqiang was an idle drunkard, and he was easy to deal with. Xi Zhenye had someone severely intimidate and teach him a lesson, and he never dared to come to the door again.

The original owner had no objections to how things had developed to this point.

Before Wu Cuilian went to prison, he hesitated whether to plead for her, but when he saw that his adoptive mother's gaze never fell on him from beginning to end, he felt disheartened.

Furthermore, he actually had little say in front of his biological parents.

The couple, Xi Zhenye and his wife, seemed to feel sorry for him and pity his plight, but it was nothing compared to the genuine love they had for Xi Qingsong.

It took the original owner a long time to understand that although he shared the same blood as his biological parents, he was a stranger in their eyes who they could not get close to.

Xi Qingsong's identity was awkward, and he had always ignored the existence of the original owner.

Xi Qingning was busy seizing power in the company and didn't pay much attention to how the original owner of the body was doing at home.

So the original body, feeling that even if it returned home, it would still be like a transparent person, turned to the dark side.

He lives such a painful life, so why are others living such a successful life?

Therefore, before graduating, he used the excuse of studying to join the company. While secretly building connections within the company, he also drugged Fu Qingyan in an attempt to ruin his relationship with Xi Qingning.

Since he was the villain, he naturally failed in everything and ended up living the rest of his life as the invisible person he hated most.

Qingran felt quite sorry for the original owner's fate.

Aside from not seeing things clearly about Fu Qingyan, the original owner's plan was actually correct, but unfortunately the methods were too clumsy.

But it was because of Wu Cuilian's switching of babies that he received such poor educational resources.

In the end, Xi Zhenye has an unsatisfactory but excellent successor, Feng Xiuyan and Xi Qingsong have a wealthy and leisurely life, and Xi Qingning has a company that she seized through her abilities.

The original body alone possessed nothing.

Because what the original owner wanted most was never the company, but feelings.

Qingran did not comment on who was right and who was wrong between the original owner of this body and Xi Qingning and her brother. He recalled this part of the plot just to see how things would develop and to make a reference.

Based on Qingran's judgment, barring any unforeseen circumstances, his treatment will likely be similar to that of the original character in the story.

That's fine, he doesn't want to play the role of a so-called loving father and filial son.

Qingran remained calm and composed.

As for Xi Qingning, he doesn't want the company, but Fu Qingyan... can only be his.

Xi Qingning and Xi Qingsong did not show up at noon, but met Qingran at the dinner table in the evening.

Qingran remained unmoved by her parents' claim that relatives were staying with her, which puzzled Xi Qingning, while Xi Qingsong showed no concern.

The new test results came out two days later.

This time, Xi Zhenye and Feng Xiuyan had no reason to deceive themselves anymore.

The hair samples were collected by them and handed over to their assistants. The doctor who performed the analysis was also a long-time acquaintance and could not have been bribed by Qing Ran.

The truth is obvious: Xu Qingran should have been named Xi Qingran.

It's still the same living room.

Qingran sat leisurely on the sofa, admiring the expressions on the faces of the couple opposite her.

How to describe it? It's a complex expression that tells them emotionally they should cry tears of joy and feel heartbroken, but rationally they can't bring themselves to do it.

[Perhaps it's because you look too confident and at ease, host.] The system chatted with him.

I can't feel sorry for them even if I want to; they don't seem to have ever suffered.

Qingran replied, "[I can't help it; I can't feign weakness and pitifulness in front of them.]"

They can put on an act in front of humans who are kept as pets.

"Child, you've suffered all these years," Feng Xiuyan said dryly, against her will.

Xi Zhenye also said reluctantly, "I'll tell Qingning when she gets back tonight."

"What about Qingsong?" Feng Xiuyan nudged him and asked in a low voice.

“Call him and tell him to come back from school.” This couldn’t be kept from Qingsong.

After answering that question, Xi Zhenye asked again, "What about your adoptive parents...?"

"As far as I know, it was Wu Cuilian who took it upon herself to switch me and Xi Qingsong at the hospital back then," Qingran said succinctly. "Are you sure you want to deal with this now?"

With the family affairs still unresolved, Xi Zhenye decided to put his plans aside for the time being.

But he would never let this woman, who dared to cause so much trouble and impact on the Xi family, off easily.

In the evening, Xi Qingning rushed home after finishing her overtime work, while Xi Qingsong, after being repeatedly urged, stood up his friend and impatiently rushed back from school.

The whole family gathered together.

Faced with three young faces with different expressions, Xi Zhenye announced the truth about the baby swap with an indescribable feeling.

"Qingran is my and your mother's biological child. From now on, she is a member of this family. You should get along well with her."

He instructed his eldest daughter to take good care of Qingran, but he hadn't figured out how to deal with Qingsong's presence.

The reactions of Xi Qingsong and Xi Qingning were similar to those described in the plot.

Xi Qingsong only showed weakness and exerted himself towards his parents. Although Xi Qingning sympathized with her unlucky younger brother who had just been found, she was too busy and couldn't spare much energy for Qingran.

"Sister, don't worry about me. I can take care of myself," Qingran said to Xi Qingning after the family meeting.

Xi Qingning was very pleased and told him to tell her directly if he needed anything before throwing herself back into the busy work of negotiating important projects.

Once the project was finalized, she remembered her promise to Fu Qingyan and made a phone call to him.

"Hey Lao Fu, I'm almost done with my work here. If there are no problems, I'll start working on clarifying things now."

At this moment, Fu Qingyan was driving on his way to Qingran's hometown.

After leaving the studio that day, he first sought help from Jiang Ling, using his connections to check if Qing Ran's information was among the guests staying at the Yong City Hotel.

The result was nothing.

Then Fu Qingyan suddenly remembered that Qingran had said he came to Yong City to find his relatives, and that there were already clues about the whereabouts of his biological parents.

Is it possible that Qingran went back to her biological parents' home?

He didn't know where Qingran's biological parents lived, but he remembered that Qingran had said she learned the information from her adoptive parents.

Therefore, what he didn't know, Qingran's adoptive parents must have known.

Fu Qingyan had a good memory and quickly retrieved Qingran's place of origin address from her ID card. He set off early the next morning.

He had already driven to the county town when Xi Qingning called, and after listening, he gave a faint "hmm".

"Okay, I'll clarify when the time is right."

"And another thing, you have no idea what I've been through lately," Xi Qingning couldn't help but complain, "I actually ran into something as outrageous as the fake young master incident, and it happened right in my own home!"

The man gripped the steering wheel tightly, the dark brown leather contrasting against his pale skin. The veins on the back of his hand bulged like a serpentine python, exuding both sexiness and sensuality.

The complaining continued through the headphones.

“Now my family is like a stage play every day. When I come home, I see Xi Qingsong playing the role of a weak, pitiful, and helpless filial son.”

“I used to think he was stupid, but now I see he’s incredibly shrewd and knows his parents are biased and can’t bear to part with him.”

He then began to make fun of himself.

“My parents are the same. If you say they are sentimental, they favor Xi Qingsong and me, which seems like they prefer boys to girls.”

"But between their own son and Xi Qingsong, they still favored Xi Qingsong, which seems to show that they are very sentimental."

"Sometimes I really don't know what they're thinking."

Startled by the information in Xi Qingning's words, Fu Qingyan pulled the car over to the side of the road.

"By the way, does your boyfriend know about our fake relationship? My friend advised me that it's best not to keep this a secret. If I need to clarify things later, please let me know."

The man in the car loosened his grip on the steering wheel, stretched his stiff fingers, and it took him a long time to find his voice.

"You're saying Xi Qingsong isn't your biological brother, and that your biological brother is someone else?"

Even Xi Qingning herself thought it was ridiculous, so it's normal for Lao Fu to have doubts.

"Yes, it's bizarre, isn't it?"

Earlier, Qingran mentioned searching for her relatives, and now the Xi family has a biological son who was switched at birth. What a coincidence!

Fu Qingyan could directly ask the person's name and get the accurate answer from his friend.

But for some reason, he didn't ask.

Could such a coincidence really happen in the world? How could such a coincidence possibly exist?

The man said hoarsely, "It's not strange. Reuniting with family is a blessing in life. There's no time like the present. How about I come to visit and congratulate you today?"

"ah???"

Could it be you, Qingran?

A note from the author:

It's a little too thick and long _(:з」∠)_

Thanks for the lightning strike, thanks for the watering, chirp!

Following the serialization is so painful, I threw a landmine.

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