The surroundings fell into a deathly silence.
"Slap!" Someone slapped the person who had just spoken on the head.
"Why did you hit me?" the man said angrily.
"Are you stupid, you old bastard?" Speechless.
"Where did I say something wrong?" the man retorted, still unconvinced.
"..." Never mind, I won't say anymore. With such a stupid head, it's quite a miracle that he's lived to be over seventy.
"Ah, wait a minute." The man paused for a moment before finally realizing what was happening. "Isn't the Gao family's son-in-law the one who was taken away when he was a child? And his biological mother is Dong Cui. So isn't he the eldest brother's son? The eldest brother's son has been found. Our eldest brother is finally going to have a son again. That's wonderful, eldest brother."
"..." At least this brain still has some use.
"Thump!" Someone's legs went weak and they collapsed to the ground.
Liu Xiao cried out in panic, "Mom, are you alright?"
Liu Feiyue ignored his wife, who had been married to him for over fifty years, had given him children, and managed the household. His eyes were full of fervor as he stared intently at Xia Chen.
Xia Chen felt extremely uncomfortable under Gao Yue's gaze, yet he had nowhere to hide. Gao Yue held his hand tightly and comforted him for a while before he gradually calmed down.
"What year was your birthday?" Liu Feiyue asked.
Xia Chen was reluctant to say it. Finding relatives should have been a happy thing, but now he found himself facing a lot of trouble. He hated trouble the most. Unfortunately, he knew that it was impossible to refuse now, so he had no choice but to tell the truth: "1988".
Liu Feiyue was very excited and said, "Then there's no mistake, you are my son, and my son was born in 1988."
Xia Chen frowned, trying to argue: "That's not necessarily true. I'm not the only child born in '88. Let's do a paternity test first."
"You and Dong Cui have already done a paternity test, right?" Liu Feiyue asked.
Xia Chen nodded.
“Then there’s no mistake, you must be my son,” Liu Feiyue said. “However, it’s fine if you want to do it, anyway, there will only be one outcome in the end.”
"Actually, it doesn't matter whether you do it or not. You're obviously my son, Liu Feiyue's son. You're just as handsome as I was when I was young," Liu Feiyue said with a smug look.
Xia Chen looked at his wrinkled old face and chose to remain silent: "..." Whatever makes you happy.
Xing Zhaozhao suddenly chuckled.
Liu Feiyue's face stiffened as he looked at Xing Zhaozhao: "What are you laughing at?"
Xing Zhaozhao rested her chin on her hand and looked at him: "Just because he's Dong Cui's son doesn't mean he'll definitely be your son. How do you know she won't cheat on you?"
Liu Feiyue's face darkened, and he coldly looked at Dong Cui, who was huddled up and trying to make herself inconspicuous. He squeezed out a few words through gritted teeth: "Except for her, she's looking for death."
Dong Cui trembled with fear, wishing she could crawl under the table.
"Oh, right." Xing Zhaozhao suddenly remembered something, looked at Liu Feiyue, and asked, "So, you helped Dong Cui pay off her gambling debts from back then?"
Liu Feiyue was taken aback: "What gambling debts?"
"Didn't you pay it off for her?" Xing Zhaozhao asked in surprise. "She paid off a gambling debt of 4,000 yuan back then, it seems to have been shortly after she gave birth."
“I had an important business deal back then and didn’t come back for more than half a year,” Liu Feiyue said coldly, looking at Dong Cui with a gloomy gaze. “Where did you get such a large sum of money to pay off your debts? You didn’t abandon your child at home to raise this money back then, and he was taken away by someone, did you?”
Dong Cui lowered her head and remained silent. She was terrified and wanted to escape, but her hands and feet were too weak to move.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Liu Feiyue took it as her consent and trembled with anger: "Fine, very well. I've fed you with good food, clothes, and shelter for so many years, and this is how you repay me? For money, you abandoned my only son at home, causing him to be taken away and wander outside for so many years, suffering so much hardship."
Xia Chen: "..." I didn't suffer, thank you.
Watching his biological parents arguing, Xia Chen suddenly felt that he was quite lucky. He was secretly taken away from his home, met his adoptive parents, had a complete and harmonious family, grew up smoothly, met the woman he loved most in his life, and had two lovely daughters. If it weren't for his biological parents, he felt that his life would be complete. Sure enough, life can't always be smooth sailing.
"After doing something like that back then, how dare you come back to claim your son? You have no shame at all." Liu Feiyue stared at Dong Cui and continued to berate her, as if he wanted to vent all the pain he had felt from losing his son all these years on her.
"Could it be that you're short of money again and can't find anyone to take advantage of, so you've set your sights on your son?" Liu Feiyue asked.
Dong Cui, who had been sitting there stiffly, pretending to be dead, shifted her body slightly, her body uneasy.
Although Liu Feiyue was old, his eyes were still very sharp. He knew Dong Cui, the woman who had been with him for more than ten years, very well. He understood her little tricks as soon as he saw them and snorted coldly: "Feeling guilty? Looks like I hit the nail on the head."
Xia Chen frowned, glancing at Dong Cui beside him, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes. Is that so? Are they treating him like an ATM?
"However, I am indeed very curious, besides your foolish brother, where else could you raise such a large sum of money?" Liu Feiyue asked.
In those days, 4,000 yuan was no small sum. It certainly wasn't under his name, otherwise he wouldn't have waited until now to find out. As for her cronies, they all spent whatever they had, and there was no way they could have scraped together such a large sum.
"Don't try to lie to me. Even after all these years, with my connections in Lanyuan, it's not impossible for me to investigate what happened back then," Liu Feiyue warned, staring at Dong Cui's head.
Outside the private room, Old Mrs. Liu, who had just collapsed to the ground, twitched her eyelids and struggled to her feet, supporting herself with her daughter's hand.
Liu Xiao looked at her elderly mother with concern: "Mom, don't push yourself. I've already asked the manager to see if we can borrow a wheelchair."
Grandma Liu leaned on her daughter, barely managing to stand. She shook her head weakly and said, "No need, I'm going back now. I don't want to stay here anymore. Please take me home."
Liu Feiyue slowly turned his head, looking at the old lady Liu who was stubbornly pulling her daughter away. A glint of malice flashed in his slightly narrowed eyes: "It's you?"
Grandma Liu's seemingly frail body stiffened for a moment.
Liu Xiao frowned and turned to look at Liu Feiyue: "What are you talking about?"
"Did you give Dong Cui that 4,000 yuan?" Liu Feiyue asked Old Mrs. Liu.
"How is that possible? Are you senile?" Liu Xiao rolled her eyes and scolded him rudely.
Even Dong Cui, who had been pretending to be dead, couldn't help but look up at Liu Feiyue with a surprised expression that seemed to say, "Do you know what you're saying?"
Grandma Liu snorted coldly: "Am I out of my mind? You have money but don't leave it to your daughter, instead you give it to your little mistress?"
The others around him nodded in agreement, thinking that Liu Feiyue was overthinking things.
Liu Feiyue stubbornly kept staring at Old Mrs. Liu: "Then why did you rush to leave when I mentioned that 4,000 yuan?" They had been married for over fifty years and knew each other better.
Before Old Mrs. Liu could say anything, Liu Xiao flew into a rage, stomped her feet, pointed at Liu Feiyue's nose, and yelled, "I think you're not only senile, but also blind! My mother is like this, and you're not leaving? Are you just sitting here waiting to die?"
"Never mind him, Xiaoxiao, let's go." Grandma Liu said, pulling Liu Xiao away.
With a single glance from Liu Feiyue, his loyal old dog stepped forward and stopped the person: "Let's talk about it later, sister-in-law, it won't take much time."
Grandma Liu glared angrily at the still robust old man blocking her way, but in the end, she had no choice but to stay.
Liu Feiyue looked at Old Mrs. Liu, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes. He had no evidence and didn't know if the 4,000 yuan was given to Dong Cui by Old Mrs. Liu, but seeing Old Mrs. Liu's unusual behavior, he still felt that she was hiding something from him.
Suddenly, someone in the crowd outside raised their hand high.
Liu Feiyue saw it immediately and asked, "What's wrong, Da Bai?"
The old man called Da Bai hesitated for a moment, then said, "I seem to know a little about the inside story of the young master being abducted back then..."
"What inside story?" Liu Feiyue asked.
"It was about a month after the young master was taken away. The police had given up because they couldn't find him anywhere. My wife couldn't sleep one night and quietly told me something," Da Bai said.
Liu Feiyue realized something, looked at Da Bai, and his gaze sharpened: "What is it?"
Da Bai swallowed hard. "My old lady said that the day before the news of the young master being taken away came out, she seemed to see the young mistress go to see Hua Gu in the old street. Hua Gu gave the young mistress a thick brown paper envelope, which seemed to contain money. Then the young mistress handed the swaddled baby in her arms to Hua Gu."
The surroundings fell silent once again.
Liu Feiyue's eyes were bloodshot. He suddenly turned his head and looked at Dong Cui as if he wanted to kill her, gritting his teeth as he said, "Dong... Cui, you... you're something else..."
Dong Cui's face turned pale instantly. She looked at Liu Feiyue with a look of panic and shook her head vigorously: "I didn't, I didn't do it. I'm the child's biological mother, how could I do such a thing?" She couldn't admit it, she absolutely couldn't admit it, otherwise he would definitely kill her. Fortunately, Hua Gu was already dead, and there was no way to verify it.
Although Xing Zhaozhao didn't know who this Hua Gu was, the money and the swaddling clothes gave her a rough idea of what was going on. She stared at Dong Cui in disbelief. Really? She was the child's biological mother! How could she bear to do that?
Xia Chen's face was dark and gloomy, as if he had suffered a heavy blow, and his whole body trembled involuntarily. He could hardly believe that the truth was like this.
Gao Yue hugged him tightly, feeling heartbroken.
The three children still looked completely bewildered.
"Who is Hua Gu?" Gao Lianzhou asked, looking like a curious child.
Gao Han glanced at his son, who was already quite old and disliked by everyone, and told him the truth: "Hua Gu used to be a broker on the old street of our Lanyuan Town. Do you know what a broker is?"
Gao Lianzhou thought for a moment: "A real estate agent?"
Gao Han nodded: "Moreover, this intermediary specializes in illegal business. If you have any needs, just find her. Whether it's stolen goods, women, or children, she can help you find a seller."
The three children's expressions all changed.
Gao Lianzhou said angrily, "How can the country allow such a malignant tumor to exist?"
"Yes, so she was eventually caught and executed, but those she harmed could never come back," Gao Han said regretfully.
"When I grow up, I will definitely kill all those evildoers," Gao Lianzhou said, puffing out her little chest.
Gao Han smiled and patted his son's head: "You have ambition, but what will happen to the family company if you go and do bad things?"
“Aren’t there Xiaoyue and Fanxing too?” Gao Lianzhou pointed to the twins next to her.
The twins, who had been arguing, now agreed almost in unison: "No." They have their own life plans, just like their parents.
Gao Lianzhou turned to Gao Han helplessly and shrugged: "Then we can only let Uncle get married and have children as soon as possible, or you and Mom can have another one."
Gao Han: "..."
Ling Shuang: "..."
Everyone around looked on in astonishment. It was the first time they'd ever seen such a harmonious family atmosphere. That's all money...
Liu Xiao looked on with envy. How wonderful! Unlike her family, who clearly didn't have as much money, and with only one daughter, she still had to scheme and plot...
Dong Cui stared at her granddaughter beside her, her eyes almost bleeding, her face contorted with rage. "That's all money! Are you all stupid? Are you all stupid?"
Xia Chen looked at Dong Cui's increasingly distorted face and asked coldly, "So, I wasn't actually kidnapped, but you sold me for 4,000 yuan to pay off your gambling debts?"
Dong Cui shuddered, quickly regaining her senses. She looked at Xia Chen and hurriedly shook her head: "No, I didn't. Don't listen to that old man's nonsense. I'm your own mother. How could I do such a heinous thing?"
Liu Feiyue gave Dong Cui a cold look, then turned to look at Da Bai: "Why haven't you said anything about something this big all these years?"
Da Bai looked bitter: "What kind of biological mother would sell her own child? Especially her son, your son, brother. I figured even if she had the intention, she wouldn't have the guts, so I didn't take it to heart and just assumed my old lady had misjudged him..."
Dong Cui felt like she had found a savior and nodded vigorously, "That's right, that's right, I'm the child's biological mother, how could I sell him? Besides, he's Brother Liu's only son. When he grows up, won't all of Brother Liu's money be his? How could I be so foolish as to sell him..."
Liu Feiyue snorted coldly: "That's not necessarily true. You're drowning in debt, in dire straits, you must be panicking, right? When the creditors come knocking, who knows what parts they might be missing? Do you dare? I won't be there then. The only thing you can liquidate is the child, right?"
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