Lin Zhibai's heart skipped a beat: "Apply? Adopt?"
Liang Zixin nodded: "It's a long story."
Two years and seven months ago, he went to the hospital to visit an elder and saw a woman pleading with the hospital director, hoping the director would issue a certificate to help her adopt an abandoned baby.
This woman is Gu Fanyan, and the abandoned baby is Liang Mufan.
However, the dean learned that she was not married and refused her request because, according to the country's regulations, unmarried women cannot adopt children.
Moreover, Gu Fanyan is not a local.
Gu Fanyan was very frustrated and couldn't help but shed tears.
Perhaps it was because her tearful appearance was so pitiful, or perhaps it was because her appearance touched upon the deepest memories in his heart...
In short, he decided to help her.
All other procedures are easy to handle, but the child's household registration must include the parents, and the parents must have identification documents.
That's why a household registration certificate would have the names Liang Zixin, Gu Fanyan, and Liang Mufan.
But that doesn't mean anything.
Lin Zhibai never expected it to be like this.
He believed that Gu Fanyan had conceived Liang Mufan through medical means.
"She wanted a child, why didn't she tell me..." He frowned deeply, "Am I not willing?"
"You're just being presumptuous," Liang Zixin scoffed, pulling him back to reality.
"Liang Zixin, don't think that I'll let you off the hook just because you're explaining all this to me!" Lin Zhibai's gaze was cold and deep.
Even if Liang Zixin's entanglement with Gu Fanyan was only nominal, it was enough to make her a thorn in his side.
Liang Zixin laughed heartily, not caring at all. "There's something you need to understand. Even if we're not exactly rivals in love, if you really hurt me, Fanyan will never forgive you."
"Where is she now?" Lin Zhibai asked.
Liang Zixin glanced at her watch. "According to the time, she should be at my house by now."
"You can get out of bed and walk around now?"
Lin Zhibai frowned: "My leg is broken, how am I supposed to walk!"
Liang Zixin sighed dramatically, "That's a bit of a pity."
At this moment, Gu Fanyan was on her way to the Liang family.
She wanted to meet with Dai Lili, and Dai Lili arranged to meet at her home.
As she entered the Liang family's living room, Dai Lili's personal assistant immediately greeted her with a smile, saying, "Mr. Gu, the old lady has been waiting for you for a long time."
She led Gu Fanyan to the restaurant: "The old lady specially prepared king crab for you. It was just caught from the sea this morning and is very fresh."
What she said was true; the king crab was made into sashimi and placed on a plate, its tender and delicious texture was visible to the naked eye.
"Grandma, you're too kind," Gu Fanyan said.
Dai Lili was dressed elegantly, with a jade pendant around her neck, made of old mine jade, exuding an air of nobility.
Against the backdrop of top-tier jewelry, her smile appeared somewhat formulaic, lacking the warmth she usually exuded.
“Fan Yan, you have to eat the freshest sashimi,” Dai Lili said. “People are constantly moving up in life. A smart woman knows how to let go of the people and things that are pulling you down.”
"And it was discarded without any mercy."
Hearing this, Gu Fanyan realized it was clearly directed at her, so she asked, "Grandma, what kind of person or thing do you think is pulling me down?"
Dai Lili smiled and said, "From the first time I saw you at the club, I knew you were an exceptionally intelligent girl."
They first met at the racecourse.
At that time, the overseas branch that Gu Fanyan was in charge of had just started operating. Although she was called "General Manager Gu", she was actually doing the work of a business manager.
The company's big boss in a foreign country didn't care whether he was cooperating with the Gu family or not, and didn't take Gu Fanyan seriously at all.
Gu Fanyan went to the club for more than a week, but she couldn't say a word to the other party.
It was Dai Lili who helped introduce her, which relieved her embarrassment.
Later, Dai Lili also took a stake in the project, gradually helping Gu Fanyan's branch company to gain a foothold.
Therefore, Gu Fanyan always respected Dai Lili as a close elder.
"Thank you for your praise," Gu Fanyan said, suppressing her anger as she recalled the past. "But I don't agree with your opinion. No one or nothing in my life has held me back."
"Where is Young Master Lin?" Dai Lili asked bluntly.
“He… is a thing of the past,” Gu Fanyan replied.
"Really?" Dai Lili pressed.
"real."
Dai Lili smiled and said, "Alright, since that's the case, why don't I make the decision and you and Zixin get married?"
Gu Fanyan looked up in surprise.
Dai Lili's smile remained unchanged: "I don't think you should be so surprised. After all, this isn't the first time I've expressed this wish."
"I'm sorry, Grandma, I can't do it." Gu Fanyan refused directly.
“Don’t be so quick to reject it,” Dai Lili said. “Marrying Liang Zixin is the best choice for you right now.”
"First of all, this time Madam Lin almost lost her life and Lin Zhibai broke his leg, all because of you. The Lin family has a lot of complaints about you."
"Secondly, since you no longer have feelings for Lin Zhibai, why not use marriage to advance your career?"
"I don't need to say more about what the Liang family can give you, do I?"
The Liang family's influence is indeed very strong; otherwise, Lin's mother wouldn't have come here personally to take charge.
Gu Fanyan remained silent for a long while.
She had always regarded Dai Lili as a respectable elder; however, it was self-interest that this elder cared about most.
She was extremely disappointed. "Grandma... Liang Zixin and I are just friends. I will never marry a man I don't love."
Dai Lili's eyes darkened slightly. "Oh, then you're in trouble. With such a big incident happening to the Lin family this time, you'll have to take responsibility."
Gu Fanyan understood; this was a threat!
The person who called the Lin and Liang families hasn't been found yet, the man in the baseball cap hasn't woken up, and this is Liang's territory, so the truth is up to the Liang family to decide.
The Liang family said that everything was controlled by Gu Fanyan, so it was Gu Fanyan who controlled it.
Suddenly, Gu Fanyan laughed self-deprecatingly.
"What are you laughing at?" Dai Lili asked.
“Ms. Dai,” Gu Fanyan addressed her, all respect vanishing, “if you want to smear me, you’d better come quickly.”
"If I were afraid of you, I wouldn't deserve the surname Gu."
Dai Lili narrowed her eyes coldly: "Gu Fanyan, don't think I can't do it! You and Lin Zhibai have feelings for each other, don't you? I'll make sure you can never be together!"
“Ms. Dai, the matter between Lin Zhibai and me is not something you can control.”
“That’s right!” Suddenly, a familiar male voice rang out from outside the door.
Gu Fanyan turned her head in slight surprise and saw Lin Zhibai enter in a wheelchair, pushed by Liang Zixin.
"Liang Zixin, what are you doing!" Dai Lili shouted angrily.
Liang Zixin was speechless: "Grandma, I heard everything you just said. What era are we living in? You're still forcing people to get married?"
"Can you come up with something new next time?!"
Dai Lili was speechless for a moment, her old face turning bright red.
“Ms. Dai, right?” Lin Zhibai approached Gu Fanyan. “You may not know, but she is my woman, and always will be!”
"You will pay the price for what you have done today!"
As he spoke, he tightened his grip on Gu Fanyan's hand.
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