Chapter 816 Testing
It is low.
But it's not impossible.
Lin Tan thought to herself silently.
She scrolled through another report on her phone, and even after looking at it many times, she still felt a mix of emotions as she looked at it again.
"Lin Ling".
"Um?"
"Could you help me test the waters?" Lin Tan's voice was calm, a stark contrast to her turbulent emotions. "Let's see how they react."
If she asks.
I'll definitely be called an ingrate.
You'll be bombarded with all sorts of nasty insults, and in the end, you'll get nothing.
But Lin Ling is different. They have always treated her very well since she was a child. They would scold her occasionally, but they never took it to heart. If outsiders talked about Lin Ling, they would also protect her.
"Okay," Lin Ling agreed readily. "Wait for me, I'll ask right away."
Lin Tan pursed her lips and said "okay".
There are only two possibilities right now.
Either she wasn't her parents' biological child, but was found or adopted.
Either she was born to her mother and another man, and her mother hated her biological father, and her father also disliked him, so the two of them vented their dissatisfaction on her and treated her like an ATM.
Judging from our past interactions...
Both outcomes are quite likely.
Lin Ling was very efficient; after hanging up the phone, she immediately called Wu Yuelan.
"Daughter," Wu Yuelan answered the phone quickly, "Is there something you need calling at this hour?"
Lin Ling carefully considered her words.
Mom remembers the time difference in her area, but she doesn't remember what my sister likes to eat.
She should have noticed all the signs sooner.
"Lin Ling?"
"Yes, there's something I need to take care of." Lin Ling didn't hesitate any longer and asked directly, "Are you available now?"
“That’s true.” Wu Yuelan genuinely cared about Lin Ling. “If there’s anything inconvenient between us, just say it directly.”
Lin Ling coughed lightly: "Really?"
Wu Yuelan: "How could this be fake?"
Lin Ling: "Why are you so mean to me?"
Upon hearing that it was related to Lin Tan, Wu Yuelan immediately became displeased: "You called just to make me angry?"
"Is it because my sister isn't your biological daughter?" Lin Ling asked casually.
Wu Yuelan was stunned by these words.
My hand holding the phone was stiff.
"Hello?" Lin Ling waited for a while but didn't get a reply, so she asked, "Are you still there?"
Wu Yuelan's heart pounded like thunder.
Her first thought was, "Who told her that?"
My second reaction was that she shouldn't have known.
"mom?"
"Hello?" Wu Yuelan suppressed her emotions and tried to speak in a normal voice. "This phone keeps cutting out when I call, Lin Ling? Can you hear me, Lin Ling?"
"I can hear you." Although Lin Ling sensed something was amiss, she asked again, "You haven't answered my question yet."
Wu Yuelan: "What?"
Lin Ling: "You treat my sister badly because she's not your biological daughter, right?"
“Who told you that?” Wu Yuelan acted perfectly normally. “If she wasn’t my biological daughter, why would I raise her? Wouldn’t it have been better to just throw her away after she was born?”
Lin Ling frowned slightly.
There was no response.
"Who said anything to you?" Wu Yuelan asked. "Was she talking badly about us behind our backs again?"
“I had a paternity test done between her and Dad,” Lin Ling said bluntly. “The results showed they are not related.”
This moment.
Wu Yuelan could no longer pretend that the signal was bad.
Her mind went blank for a moment, and a wave of unease washed over her.
"She is you and..." Lin Ling only got halfway through her sentence before Wu Yuelan hung up the phone.
Lin Ling continued fighting.
The other end shows that the call cannot be connected.
Wu Yuelan was extremely flustered, and she hurriedly found Lin Jiancheng and told him what had happened.
Lin Ling also told Lin Tan about her reaction.
"Mom's reaction was strange." After saying that, Lin Ling shared her thoughts, "Should I go back and ask her? I can get more information from her face to face."
"No need." Lin Tan didn't want her to neglect her studies. At her age, the most important thing was to study hard. "You go about your business. I'll handle this myself."
Lin Ling: "How are you going to handle this?"
Lin Tan: "Go back."
Lin Ling was somewhat worried.
Judging from my parents' attitude towards my sister, going back will probably only make things worse.
"Lin Ling." Lin Tan made a decision in her heart.
"Um?"
"I want to do a paternity test with my mom."
"Do!"
Aren't you going to try to persuade me?
“What’s the point of trying to persuade her? Doing it will eliminate one possibility.” Lin Ling hoped she would be alright; no one was more important than her sister. “But asking just now might have alerted her, and you probably won’t be able to get her specimen when you go back.”
"I have a plan." Lin Tan had already figured it out long ago.
"When do you plan to go back?" Lin Ling asked.
"tomorrow."
"Aren't you filming a movie?"
"The crew has something to do, so filming will be postponed for a month."
"Okay." Lin Ling always had a good attitude, and even after learning that they didn't have the same father, she remained optimistic. "No matter what the outcome, I'll always be your cutest little sister!"
Lin Tan's bad mood was greatly relieved by those words.
End the call.
Lin Tan sat in the room for a long time, so long that the sky outside turned black, until Xiao Feng knocked on the door to call her for dinner, and only then did she come back to her senses.
Step out of the room.
Everyone noticed that something was wrong with her.
"What's wrong, Sister Lin Tan?" Xiao Feng noticed that she didn't look well. "Are you feeling unwell?"
Yun Ting: "Tell us if you feel unwell."
Song Qi: "Yes."
"It's alright." Lin Tan didn't want them to worry, but thinking about going back, she looked at them one by one and asked, "I want to go back to my hometown tomorrow, who will come with me?"
"I."
"I!"
Song Qi and Xiao Feng both spoke up.
“I’ll go,” Yun Ting said, her voice as cold as ever. “We don’t need too many people to go back to our hometown, just make sure they’re safe.”
No one objected.
Xiao Feng then bought tickets for Lin Tan and Yun Ting.
Lin Tan had ulterior motives in sending Yun Ting there. Besides her excellent skills, Yun Ting was the quietest of them all. The topic of their past would inevitably come up upon their return, and until everything was fully confirmed, the fewer people who knew, the better.
That evening.
Lin Tan's mind was filled with the scene of going back to ask questions.
She knew without a doubt that she would first get a scolding and then be asked for money.
While she was thinking about these things, Wu Yuelan and Lin Jiancheng were also discussing the matter.
They were worried that things would be exposed.
They were worried that Lin Tan, their ATM, would become ineffective.
They worry that no one will give them money in the future.
etc……
The second day began amidst differing opinions from all sides.
Lin Tan and Yun Ting went to the airport early in the morning to fly to Jingzhou.
Then take the high-speed train from Jingzhou to her hometown.
After getting off the plane and onto the high-speed train, Lin Tan's tense heart finally relaxed a little.
Although she was just passing through Jingzhou Airport, she was still afraid of accidentally running into Huo Sinian, and even more afraid that what happened at the airport last time would happen again. Fortunately, she didn't run into him.
"Yun Ting".
"Um?"
"When we get back, we might face some unpleasant situations," Lin Tan said, preparing her mentally. "No matter what happens, you don't have to worry about it."
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