Chapter 151 Paternity Test
Lu Tingzhou walked over.
The leather shoes made a crackling sound as they stepped on the fallen leaves.
Xiao Ansheng heard footsteps and slowly turned around.
When he saw that the person coming was Lu Tingzhou, a hint of doubt flashed across his eyes, and then turned into deep shock.
He didn't expect it.
Lu Tingzhou actually followed him here.
Lu Tingzhou stood beside him, his eyes fixed on the photo on the tombstone.
He didn't beat around the bush and got straight to the point.
"Have you and my mother-in-law known each other for a long time?"
The voice is very flat and no emotion can be heard.
Xiao Ansheng's body stiffened for a moment.
He knew that since Lu Tingzhou followed him here, he must have something to ask.
For a moment, he didn't know why Lu Tingzhou asked about this past?
He was silent for a moment and put out the cigarette in his hand.
"yes."
One word, hoarse and heavy.
"We knew each other when we were young."
He paused and added.
"It was through your eldest brother that I met Jingchu."
He raised his head and met Lu Tingzhou's inquiring gaze.
"Why are you following me?"
Lu Tingzhou did not answer his question.
He took out a document bag from his coat pocket and handed it over.
The movements are crisp and clear.
Xiao Ansheng took it doubtfully.
When he pulled out the document and saw the glaring bold letters on the title, his pupils suddenly constricted.
Parentage test report.
His hand holding the report began to tremble uncontrollably.
His fingertips turned white and he almost crushed the papers.
He saw the conclusion.
Support Xiao Ansheng as Sang Wan's biological father.
Xiao Ansheng's eyes went dark, he stumbled, and his body hit the tombstone behind him heavily.
The cold stone tablet hurt his back.
But this little pain was far less than the shock and horror that was surging in his heart.
"impossible……"
His lips were trembling, and he seemed to have lost all his strength.
"This is impossible..."
He muttered to himself, repeating these words over and over again.
It seemed like he was trying to convince himself, but also like he was praying for a negative answer.
Lu Tingzhou looked at his distraught appearance, his eyes remained unchanged, but became even colder.
"Sang Wan is not Xu Shiming's biological daughter."
His voice, like a sharp blade, pierced directly into Xiao Ansheng's heart.
"After her mother died, Xu Shiming treated her harshly."
"She climbed out of the quagmire on her own and got to where she is today."
Lu Tingzhou leaned forward slightly and moved closer to him, his eyes behind the lenses sharp as an eagle.
"I've been looking into her background."
"I didn't expect that her biological father would be you, Mr. Xiao."
Xiao Ansheng's breathing became rapid and chaotic.
He stared at the report in his hand, then looked up at Sang Jingchu's smiling face on the tombstone.
Dust-covered memories surged in like a tide.
That rainy night, that quarrel, that resolute figure...
But he never thought that Sang Jingchu was pregnant at that time, but she didn't say anything.
Yes, she is so proud, how could she say that?
But she really gave birth to a daughter for him.
A daughter he had been absent from for twenty-five years.
Lu Tingzhou straightened up and looked down at him condescendingly.
"In terms of age, Xiao Yan is one year older than Sang Wan."
His tone was filled with undisguised questioning and disgrace.
"Boss Xiao, since you already have a family, why did you bother to provoke her?"
"Do you know that she married a man like Xu Shiming and became his nominal wife just to give Sang Wan a legitimate home?"
"Her life has been ruined by you."
"It was precisely because of this that she lost her life so early in her prime. Because she didn't love Xu Shiming, Xu Shiming colluded with the company's financial director, Lin Lan, to short-sell Sang Corporation. My mother-in-law was murdered by Xu Shiming and Lin Lan because they found out about this."
Every word Lu Tingzhou said was like a heavy hammer, hitting Xiao Ansheng's heart.
He was unable to refute and had nowhere to hide.
The whole person fell to his knees on the ground.
"I...I really don't know!"
Xiao Ansheng closed his eyes in pain, leaned against the cold tombstone, and slowly slid to the ground.
Regret and guilt gnawed at his internal organs like crazy.
The wind in the cemetery became even colder.
The daisies in front of the tombstone swayed gently in the wind.
It seems to be telling a story of love and wrong, hatred and tears that have been buried by time for twenty-five years.
Lu Tingzhou's words were like ice cones, piercing the heart and making people shiver with cold.
Xiao Ansheng leaned against the cold tombstone, curled up like a trapped beast that had been hit in the vitals.
He gasped in pain, making a hoarse sound in his throat.
"Nominal couple..."
He muttered to himself, his voice breaking.
"She and Xu Shiming...are they a couple in name only?"
Lu Tingzhou looked down at him with cold eyes.
"What else do you think?"
"Xu Shiming either doesn't go home all day, or comes home very late, claiming to be working overtime."
"Sang Wan has received almost no fatherly love since she was a child."
"And Xu Shiming himself is hypocritical and selfish. If it weren't for the desire to give Sang Wan a complete family, do you think she would marry that kind of person?"
Xiao Ansheng turned his head to look at the woman's faint smile on the tombstone, and the tears on his face fell on the stone steps in front of the tombstone.
His bloodshot eyes were fixed on her little face, the smile that he would never forget in his life.
The Sang Jingchu in his memory was always so elegant and calm.
The only two times they met afterwards, she smiled calmly.
She said she was married, her husband treated her well, and her children were well-behaved.
She said, let the past be the past.
He believed it.
He really believed it.
He thought she had found her own happiness, so he dared to completely seal that unforgettable past in his heart.
But now, Lu Tingzhou told him that everything was fake.
She is not doing well.
She wasn't having a good time at all.
She even... gave birth to a daughter for him.
Regret and heartache, like two invisible hands, tightly grasped his throat.
It almost suffocated him.
"Why……"
"Why didn't she tell me..."
There was a strong tone of crying in Xiao Ansheng's voice.
This man who was a powerful figure in the business world and remained calm even when faced with a catastrophe was now crying like a child.
Tears mixed with snot, looking miserable.
"Why didn't she come to see me..."
Lu Tingzhou looked at him as he collapsed, without a trace of pity in his eyes.
"Looking for you?"
He sneered, his tone full of sarcasm.
"How do you want her to find you?"
"With a bulging belly, going to find someone you think is your father?"
"Boss Xiao, what identity do you want her to come to you with?"
Lu Tingzhou's words made Xiao Ansheng stop crying.
He froze.
yes.
In what capacity?
What qualifications does he have to let her come to him?
The wind in the cemetery whimpered as it passed through the forest of stele.
Like someone is sobbing softly.
a long time.
Xiao Ansheng finally found his voice, but it was still hoarse.
"I am sorry for her..."
He raised his hand and slapped himself hard.
The crisp sound seemed particularly abrupt in the silent cemetery.
"I'm the bastard..."
He slapped himself again and again as if he was crazy.
Until Lu Tingzhou grabbed his wrist.
"Is it still useful to say this now?"
Lu Tingzhou's voice was as cold as ice.
Xiao Ansheng stopped moving.
He raised his head and looked at Lu Tingzhou with red eyes, his eyes full of regret and sadness.
"Tingzhou...I didn't do well back then. It was me who harmed Jingchu."
Xiao Ansheng's body shook and he almost fell again.
He held on to the tombstone and managed to stand steadily.
He looked at the gentle smiling face on the tombstone, and his heart ached so much that he couldn't breathe.
"I ruined her life..."
He closed his eyes in pain, and two lines of tears slid down his cheeks.
Dust-covered memories come flooding back like a tide.
Drown him completely.
That year, it snowed heavily in Beijing during the winter.
Lu Tingzhou's elder brother, Lu Tingyuan, is still inspecting the Beijing branch.
The company organized a social gathering to go to the mountains to see the snow.
Lu Tingyuan brought his high school classmate, Sang Jingchu.
At that time, Sang Jingchu was still a student in the Design Department of Peking University. She had clear eyes and a temperament as beautiful as orchid.
Lu Tingyuan likes her and wants to pursue her, but is afraid of being abrupt.
I thought it would be more lively with more people around and wouldn’t be awkward.
But he didn't expect that it would make him and Sang Jingchu come together.
Xiao Ansheng still remembers the scene when he first saw Sang Jingchu.
She was wearing a white down jacket and standing under a pine tree covered with frost.
Snowflakes fell on the tips of her hair and between her eyebrows.
She tilted her head slightly and smiled at him.
That smile was like the entire winter sunshine falling into his heart.
Later, the mountain road became slippery.
He and she accidentally got separated from the main group.
The wind and snow grew stronger and stronger, and soon the mountain was closed.
They were stranded in the mountains and found an abandoned cabin.
The cabin was cold and contained only a dilapidated earthen stove.
Xiao Ansheng started a fire.
The orange-red firelight illuminated the two people's red, frozen faces.
Outside the house, the north wind was howling.
Inside the house, there was the sound of crackling firewood.
There were two more people, and their breathing was clearly audible.
"Is it cold?"
He asked her, his voice a little nervous.
Sang Jingchu shook his head and moved closer to the fire.
She took off her gloves and held her slender fingers to the fire.
The fingertips were frozen red.
Xiao Ansheng felt a pain in his heart when he saw this.
He took off his coat and put it on Sang Jingchu's shoulders.
The coat still carried his warm body temperature and a faint smell of tobacco.
Sang Jingchu raised his head, and his clear eyes reflected the dancing flames and his nervous face.
"You will catch a cold. I'll warm myself by the fire and you won't be cold in a while." Sang Jingchu's voice was a little trembling.
Xiao Ansheng comforted her, "I am a man, I have a good physique, and I was a student just now, so I was sweating a little."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Sang Jingchu did not refuse.
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