Chapter 924 I Only Recognize You (Part 1)
Jiang Yan's shocked gaze moved back and forth between Ruan Qi and Xi Jiu's faces, obviously thinking of some melodramatic plot.
Seeing that he looked upset, Ruan Qi quickly explained, "It wasn't Jiujiu and I who did it. It was for Cheng Qi and his four children."
Just now, when Jiang Yan was outside the ward, he only vaguely heard Ruan Qi say that she wanted to find a powerful backer for Cheng Jinyan, and did not hear anything about the Cheng family.
Hearing Ruan Qi say this, he was stunned for a moment, but quickly grasped the key point.
"Cheng Qi and his four children? Aren't Cheng Bosong and the others Cheng Qi's biological children?"
Ruan Qi then told the story about the paternity test.
Even Jiang Yan, who had been in the army for decades, was shocked and stunned when he heard such a ridiculous thing.
He stared blankly for a long moment before he slowly uttered, "Oh my God!"
"I thought the Cheng family was already a mess, but who knew it could get even worse... All four of the children aren't biological. Xu Qingya is truly amazing!"
Ruan Qi nodded, agreeing with Jiang Yan's words.
It took Jiang Yan several minutes to process this. He regained consciousness, remembering what he had heard outside the ward, and asked Ruan Qi, "So, to protect Cheng Jinyan from public criticism, you're planning to find him a backer?"
Ruan Qi: "Yes. Big brother has it tough. He's never been loved by his family since he was little, and now he has to clean up their mess. I want to find him a backer so he won't be bullied by outsiders."
Jiang Yan knew a little about what happened between Cheng Jinyan, Ruan Fengmian and Yang Liu.
He nodded and said, "This child's character is indeed good, but he was born into the wrong family and has such bad parents. Um... do you think I can do it? Although the Jiang family is not as rich as the Cheng family, I should still be able to serve as a backer."
Ruan Qi and Xi Jiu looked at each other, their eyes lighting up.
That’s great!
The Jiang family is indeed not as wealthy as the Cheng family, but the Jiang family members are all in the officialdom, and their influence is no less than that of the Cheng family. If Cheng Jinyan can get the Jiang family as a backer, even if it is revealed that he is not the biological child of the Cheng family, no one will dare to laugh at him.
The more Ruan Qi thought about it, the more appropriate it seemed.
She hurriedly asked Jiang Yan, "Uncle Jiang, are you really willing to be Big Brother's backer? The kind that needs to be announced to the public?"
"Of course I am." Jiang Yan laughed heartily. "Xiao Liu is my biological sister, and Cheng Jinyan is her nephew, and also the nephew of our Jiang family. This relationship has existed for a long time, so it is only natural for me to be his backer."
Jiang Yan's words brought Yang Liu and the Jiang family closer together.
Ruan Qi curved her eyebrows and turned to look at Ruan Fengmian and Yang Liu.
"Mom and Dad, what do you think?"
Ruan Fengmian pondered for a moment and said, "It's a blessing for Jinyan that Minister Jiang can help. However, we still need to ask Jinyan's opinion on this matter. If he doesn't want to cause trouble for the Jiang family, we can't force him."
"Mr. Ruan has a point." Jiang Yan looked at Ruan Fengmian and wanted to call him brother-in-law. However, the paternity test hadn't been done yet, so he couldn't be too presumptuous in front of Yang Liu. He could only politely say, "Then ask the child."
Such a big thing happened in the Cheng family that it cannot be explained in a few words. Cheng Jinyan must be called to the hospital to explain in detail.
But it was too late today, and even if they didn't rest, Ruan Qi also needed to rest. So, Ruan Fengmian called Cheng Jinyan the next morning.
After Cheng Jinyan learned about the Cheng family's situation over the phone, he immediately drove to the hospital.
Ruan Qi handed him the Cheng family's paternity test report. After reading it, Cheng Jinyan sat on the sofa in silence for a long time.
Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Ruan Qi threw off the quilt, jumped out of bed, walked barefoot to sit beside him.
She looked at the man and said cautiously, "Brother, are you okay?"
Cheng Jinyan raised his eyes from the appraisal report.
He saw Ruan Qi's bare feet, frowned, reached out and grabbed her hospital pants, lifted both her feet onto the sofa by the trouser legs.
"The ground is cold, so you need to be well. Don't catch a cold."
Cheng Jinyan said,
Spread out the thin blanket on the sofa and cover her legs.
Ruan Qi looked at his expression and obediently covered him with the thin blanket.
Cheng Jinyan glanced around the ward, "Where's Xi Jiu?"
"Jiujiu went to buy breakfast." Ruan Qi saw that he asked this and that but didn't talk about the real business, and she couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
She tried to change the subject to the Cheng family's affairs, and cautiously said to Cheng Jinyan, "Brother, if you feel bad, just say it out loud, even if you cry. There are only two of us in the ward, and there's nothing shameful about crying."
The little girl acted as if she was saying, "I will never tell anyone."
Cheng Jinyan looked at her, his indifferent black eyes slightly curved, and he couldn't help but smile.
"I'm fine." He raised his hand and rubbed the top of her head. "I didn't expect anything from the Cheng family, so I wasn't disappointed. Ever since I severed ties with the Cheng family, I no longer considered them family. I just didn't expect... that my second uncle and I weren't actually related by blood."
This is indeed what Cheng Jinyan cares about.
Ruan Qi was afraid that he would overthink things, so she grabbed his sleeve and said urgently, "Even if we're not related by blood, you're still my father's nephew and my cousin. My parents and my grandparents aren't related by blood, but their bond is deeper than most parent-child bonds. Brother, human affection isn't determined by blood. Take you, for example. Are you going to ignore me, your sister, just because you're not a member of the Cheng family?"
Of course not.
Cheng Jinyan's only bond in this world is Ruan Qi's family. Even if he is not of the Cheng family's blood, he will never ignore them.
Of course, if Ruan Fengmian minded the issue of blood relationship and no longer considered him his nephew, he wouldn't force it. He would just stand in the crowd and watch them from afar.
Cheng Jinyan expressed his thoughts, and Ruan Qi almost burst into tears after hearing them.
"No one will ignore me, big brother! I won't, and neither will mom and dad! My brother won't either! It doesn't matter to us whether you are of the Cheng family or not. We are not members of the Cheng family anyway, and there is no throne to inherit in our family. Big brother, none of us will ignore you!"
The little girl became more and more excited as she spoke, and her eyes became redder and redder.
When Cheng Jinyan saw that she was about to cry, he suddenly lost all emotion and quickly stood up to comfort her.
"Don't cry, Xiaoqi, don't cry. I know you won't ignore me, and I won't leave." He took out a tissue to wipe the corners of the little girl's eyes, and said in the most gentle tone of his life, "I finally waited for you to come back, how could I leave? I don't care about blood ties, and I don't recognize the Cheng family. I only recognize you."
With Cheng Jinyan's coaxing, Ruan Qi's tears finally stopped.
She sniffed, grabbed Cheng Jinyan's sleeve, and said softly with a nasal tone: "This is what you said, big brother. Adults must keep their words and cannot go back on their word."
Cheng Jinyan swore and promised again and again, fearing that the little ancestor would cry again.
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