He looked at the woman on the bed, but still dialed the number.
"Hello, Yao... Yao, this is Uncle Fu."
"Uncle Fu? What's wrong? Has something happened to Aunt Wu again?"
Song Xingyao was in Fu Siming's lounge when she suddenly received a call from Fu Quan.
My first thought was that something had happened to Wu Mu again.
"Can...can you come and see her?" The man's voice was hoarse and tired.
"What happened?"
"...Your Aunt Wu was so emotional after seeing those messages online that she fainted. We just gave her a sedative. I think the only person she wants to see right now is you."
"I... Uncle Fu, I'll have Fu Siming take me there." Hearing his words, she finally remembered that Wu Mu had always treated her like his own daughter. Some of the comments from netizens were extremely harsh, so it was no wonder that Wu Mu acted that way.
After hanging up the phone, she pondered how to bring it up with Fu Siming.
He was already reluctant to have much contact with Wu Mu, and if he knew that she needed sedatives to control her emotions, he would be even more reluctant to let her go.
But she remembered that Wu Mu had always treated her like his own daughter, so she couldn't just let it go.
As she walked out, a supervisor was still reporting to her. Upon seeing her, he quickly and respectfully greeted her, finished his report, and left the two of them alone.
Fu Siming saw that he had a lot to say, but he wasn't in a hurry to ask.
Song Xingyao: "Just now, Uncle Fu called me. He said that Aunt Wu fainted after seeing those news articles online. I want to go and see her."
Fu Siming stared at her, lost in thought, before finally blurting out, "Okay, I'll take you."
This answer left Song Xingyao completely baffled. She had been thinking about how to take the blame for this matter herself so that Fu Siming would agree.
To my surprise, he agreed so readily.
“You…” Song Xingyao stared at him blankly.
"Come on, if you want to go over there, I can stop you. Anyway, Mrs. Fu has a hundred ways to make me back down! But once we get there, if she's in a bad mood, don't get too close. You have a child; what if she gets hurt..."
"Mm." Song Xingyao nodded, putting his mind at ease.
When the two arrived at the Fu residence, they found Qiao Yiyang was also there. The two men exchanged a glance but didn't say anything.
Fu Siming accompanied them inside, but Wu Mu was still asleep, so Fu Quan invited everyone to sit in the hall.
In just two days, Fu Quan's complexion was extremely poor, and his eyes were full of entanglement and struggle.
He apologized to the couple, "I'm sorry, Si Ming, Yao Yao, for troubling you with this. But I really can't do anything about Aunt Wu's situation..."
Song Xingyao was the least capable of handling this, but Fu Siming comforted her, saying, "Don't worry too much, she'll get better."
The confident tone reassured Fu Quan somewhat, and he nodded.
Seeing him like this, Qiao Yiyang didn't want to hide it anymore. He nodded to Fu Siming and then spoke.
"Uncle Fu, Xingyao, actually, I did that testimonial."
Hearing him suddenly mention her, Song Xingyao felt a little confused. Why did Qiao Yiyang want to do a paternity test?
A jumble of wild guesses and thoughts welled up in her mind, making her tremble.
Fu Siming was somewhat displeased. Qiao Yiyang hadn't told him beforehand that she was going to reveal this matter. What if it provoked Song Xingyao?
He grasped Song Xingyao's somewhat cold palm and felt that it was slightly damp.
"What are you saying, child?"
"Uncle Fu, Xingyao is your and Aunt Wu's missing child!"
A bombshell was dropped like a thunderclap on a calm lake.
Fu Quan looked up at her, and Song Xingyao's back stiffened because of the news. If it weren't for Fu Siming supporting her behind her, she would have been knocked to the ground by this news.
Fu Quan turned to look at Song Xingyao beside him, feeling that the familiarity he had felt earlier had become strange again after hearing this news...
He was somewhat at a loss.
“Last time Xingyao was kidnapped, I got her report and did a paternity test with Aunt Wu. But I was afraid that things would be exposed, so I concealed the sample name during the test. I didn’t expect that the agency would cause this mess later because of the information leak in the database.”
“I thought things were a bit turbulent during that time, so I planned to tell you after things calmed down a bit. But I didn’t expect Aunt Wu to fall ill again because of this. That’s why I came here today.”
The father and daughter exchanged a glance before looking away. The profound emotion and unfamiliar feelings between them, tinged with tears, were truly unsettling.
I still remember the curiosity Song Xingyao had when she talked about her parents that afternoon, but now that I've actually met them, my heart is still filled with a huge wave of emotions.
She... wanted to run away. There was no tearful joy of recognizing someone; her throat was full of words she couldn't say.
Seeing her expression, Fu Siming felt uneasy. He rubbed her palms together a little harder to let her feel his warmth and presence.
After calming down a bit, Qiao Yiyang spoke up at the right moment, "Perhaps this news will make Aunt Wu feel better, but..."
Before he could speak, Fu Yao's panting voice came from the doorway, "Dad, how is Mom?"
Seeing her anxious expression, Qiao Yiyang swallowed her words. Fu Quan hadn't come to his senses yet, but he shook his head at her and then nodded.
Seeing him like this, Fu Yao assumed that Wu Mu was very ill, and felt a little overjoyed.
But she still pretended to be grief-stricken, ran to him and squatted down, tears streaming down her face: "Dad, don't worry, Mom will get better."
...
After she finished speaking, no one spoke. The Fu residence was unusually quiet, with only Fu Yao rambling on and on.
In the end, I don't know how everyone left, but Song Xingyao was taken away from the Fu family by Fu Siming and didn't stay long.
Qiao Yiyang also said she would visit again, leaving only Fu Quan with this bombshell news, wondering how to let Wu Mu know about it without causing him any distress.
How can she painlessly process this news from the memories she once created through her self-protection mechanisms?
Whether it's better news or an even bigger shock, nothing is certain yet.
Fu Yao finally began to sense that the atmosphere at home was becoming strange, which made her start to feel anxious.
All the preparations I made were completely ineffective, weren't they?
Then she quickly dismissed the idea, after all, Wu Mu's current situation was one of the biggest gains.
As long as her condition doesn't improve, Fu Quan won't have any other thoughts, and the Fu family will be easily captured.
In this way, dealing with Song Xingyao will be even less effort.
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