The family reunion banquet held by the Jiang family for Nan Yuanman gave Feng Yuli a strange sense of unease.
He couldn't understand why Jiang Tianzong would go to such lengths as to tell a colossal lie to erase Bai Wenying's existence, just to reclaim Yuanman.
But his intuition told him that Yuanman could not stay in the Jiang family any longer.
Feng Yuli's words touched a nerve with Jiang Lixuan. He snapped back to reality and asked warily, "Why? Yuanman isn't a member of the Feng family! Why do you want to take her back to the Feng family?"
Meng Qinian shielded Nan Yuanman behind him and said smugly to Jiang Lixuan, "What a coincidence, Yuanman really is a member of our Feng family."
Jiang Lixuan looked stunned: "What?!"
Meng Qinian pointed at Jiang Tianzong: "The information is in your old man's hands. If you don't believe me, go see for yourself!"
Jiang Lixuan strode forward, snatched the document from Jiang Tianzong's gloomy hand, and quickly scanned it. When he saw that the parent-child relationship was 99.99%, he was stunned, as if struck by lightning.
Jiang Hengzhi also rushed forward to take a look, and looked at Nan Yuanman with great disbelief.
Nan Yuanman's biological father... is actually the head of the Feng family in the capital?!
How did Bai Wenying manage to hook up with him?!
Jiang Juncheng's face was gloomy. He wheeled himself forward, took the document, glanced at it, and was also very incredulous. He couldn't help but ask, "Could there be a mistake in this report?"
How could someone like Bai Wenying possibly be qualified to bear a child for the head of the Feng family?
How could such an ill-mannered child as Nan Yuanman possibly be a child of the Feng family in the capital?
"No, if you don't believe me, you can have another test done. We will fully cooperate." Feng Yuli smiled, showing no sign of panic.
Jiang Juncheng pursed his lips, speechless. He understood that if Feng Yuli said so, the test results must be true.
Besides shock, he also felt a surge of regret and realization. No wonder Feng Yuli had spoken up to help Nan Yuanman at the hospital...
If he had known, he should have tried to build a good relationship with her.
Feng Yuli's smile remained unchanged: "Of course, the Feng family will pay ten times the cost of Yuanman's stay at the Jiang family's residence during this period."
Jiang Tianzong's heart sank, and he refused in a deep voice: "Young Master Feng, I am sorry I cannot agree. Yuanman cannot go back to the Feng family with you."
“Even if Yuanman’s biological father is a member of the Feng family, he has never been married to my daughter. Yuanman was born after my daughter went through a lot of hardship. As Ayin’s father, I have a responsibility to raise the child she left behind.”
“Moreover…” Jiang Tianzong looked at Nan Yuanman: “I believe that Yuanman would also prefer to stay in the place where her mother once lived.”
"Perfect, don't you think?"
Before Nan Yuanman could speak, Feng Langqing let out a cold laugh, his eyes filled with sarcasm: "Now Mr. Jiang admits that he has a daughter."
"People get more shameless as they get older!"
Jiang Tianzong's expression stiffened slightly. He tried to suppress his displeasure and smiled helplessly, saying, "No matter how much I want to erase her existence, Yuanman is her child, that's a fact."
"She is my granddaughter, that's a fact."
Therefore, it won't be so easy for the Feng family to take Yuanman away.
Jiang Yunjing, who had been quietly observing, suddenly spoke up: "After saying so much, why didn't you think to ask Yuanman's opinion?"
As soon as he finished speaking, all the adults in the room looked at the little dumpling who had been quiet and hadn't made a sound since entering the room.
Feng Yuli lowered his eyes slightly, concealing the sharpness in them, and asked in a gentle voice, "Yuanman, what's your opinion?"
Feng Langqing's heart was in his throat. He nervously glanced at Nan Yuanman frequently, wishing he could speak up and agree on her behalf, but he was afraid of leaving a bad impression on her. So he could only hold his breath and look at her from time to time.
Jiang Lixuan looked nervous, his lips slightly parted as if he wanted to say something but hesitated, ultimately too ashamed to speak up and try to persuade him to stay.
Nan Yuanman hugged her small handbag tightly, looked around at everyone in the room, her delicate and adorable face full of confusion: "I..."
Jiang Tianzong suddenly interrupted her gently: "Yuanman, what you just took out was your mother's memorial tablet, wasn't it?"
“As long as you stay in the Jiang family, I will put your mother’s memorial tablet in the Jiang family ancestral hall so that she can be recognized as a member of the family.”
Feng Yuli and Feng Langqing's expressions instantly turned cold, and Meng Qinian exclaimed, "How despicable!"
Isn't this a disguised threat to Nan Yuanman? If she leaves the Feng family, her mother will never be able to acknowledge her ancestors.
What a despicable old man!
For Nan Yuanman, allowing Bai Wenyin to return to the Jiang family with dignity is indeed one of her current wishes.
So when the girl heard this, she showed some hesitation.
Fearing that Nan Yuanman might actually agree to stay in the Jiang family, Feng Langqing blurted out, "Yuanman, let's not go to the Jiang family! Let's go to the Feng family! The Feng family ancestral hall is bigger than the Jiang family's! I'll even go there every day to offer incense to our mother!"
Nan Yuanman's eyes brightened slightly as she cautiously asked Feng Langqing, "Is it alright?"
"Of course you can. Look, your mother and my father had you, so your mother is my mother and your father is my father. We are related by blood. So according to the marriage relationship of the adults, when our mother dies, she should be buried in our father's ancestral grave, right?"
Without a moment's hesitation, Feng Langqing nodded hastily and used a tongue twister to successfully confuse Nan Yuanman.
She subconsciously thought about what Feng Langqing had said, and realized that her mother was indeed going to be placed in the ancestral hall on her father's side.
Nan Yuanman fastened the floral pattern on her small crossbody bag, pursed her lips, and said softly, "Then...then I'll go back with you."
She did have a slight expectation of meeting her biological father, but more than that, this family reunion banquet showed her the shamelessness of the Jiang family.
She's still a child and can't deal with shameless adults, so weighing the pros and cons, it's naturally safer for her to leave the Jiang family.
Jiang Tianzong's face instantly turned extremely ugly. He never expected that the Feng family would go to such lengths for a girl, even going so far as to suggest that Bai Wenying be buried in the Feng family's ancestral graves.
Unwilling to give up, he asked in a deep voice, "Yuanman, have you thought this through? Are you sure you want to go back to the Feng family?"
“If you go back to the Feng family, you will never see your maternal grandparents again, and you will never see your little uncle again. Are you willing to leave your little uncle?”
“Hey! Mr. Jiang, what you’re saying is ridiculous. We’re taking Yuanman back to live a good life, not to imprison her. She can see us whenever she wants.” Feng Langqing clicked his tongue and said unhappily, “You’re making us sound like some kind of child trafficker.”
"Besides, does Jiang Lixuan not have legs? If he wants to see Yuanman, why doesn't he just come and see him himself?"
“In that case, Mr. Jiang, we’ll take Yuanman back first.” Feng Yuli said with a smile, looking at Jiang Tianzong’s unpleasant expression.
Without giving the Jiang family a chance to react, he took Nan Yuanman's hand and walked out.
As soon as Nan Yuanman moved, Ge Peiyao, who had been in a daze, suddenly got up and staggered towards her, grabbing her skirt and saying, "Wait, wait a minute."
Her face was pale, her eyes were red-rimmed, and her voice trembled: "Let me take another look at the memorial tablet you just took out..."
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