When Chu Lanwen entered the private room, she saw her aunt sitting there with a grim expression.
A bad feeling crept into her heart, and she walked over with a smile, asking, "Auntie, what's wrong?"
Chu Huiqin handed her the paternity test results on the table. "Take a look."
Chu Lanwen's expression changed as soon as she opened the book, and after a moment she said, "So Qingyou is your daughter, Aunt!"
Chu Huiqin looked at her with eyes full of disappointment, "Didn't you already know?"
Chu Lanwen's expression changed again, and many thoughts raced through her mind.
He finally broke down in tears and suddenly knelt down in front of Chu Huiqin.
She grabbed Chu Huiqin's arm and cried, "Auntie, I'm sorry."
"I did know before that Qingyou was your daughter, but I didn't want her to compete with me for my aunt, so I misunderstood and didn't tell you."
Since her aunt already knows, there's no point in her trying to deny it; she might as well just admit it.
Chu Huiqin asked coldly, "Even if you don't tell me, why did you deliberately try to steal her talent and suppress her, trying to force her to leave the entertainment industry?"
She used to think they were unrelated people, and she felt there was nothing wrong with her niece competing at work.
But now that it's her own daughter, she still feels a little uncomfortable.
Chu Lanwen had already thought of how to answer, and said through tears, "I want to force her to leave the entertainment industry so that she can leave the capital and return to the city she used to live in."
"Besides not wanting her to compete with me for my aunt's affections, it's also because she's the daughter of the man who hurt my aunt the most, and she carries the blood of that family in her veins."
She appeared to be thinking of her aunt's best interests, saying, "If my aunt takes Qingyou back, I'm afraid that her already impoverished family will use Qingyou to try and get back at her."
These words made Chu Huiqin's face turn even uglier.
Even though so many years have passed, the anger in my heart has not subsided when I think of that family.
Even though she had used her power to bankrupt that man, leaving that family penniless and heavily in debt.
But whenever she thinks about that man's betrayal, and the old woman's past mistreatment and misdeeds, she still feels hatred.
Therefore, when she saw Qingyou, who looked somewhat like that man, she felt conflicted.
Chu Lanwen pressed on, "Auntie, we are family, and we have lived together for so many years. Although you are my aunt, I have always regarded you as my mother, even closer to you than my own mother."
Her mother favored her brother more, so she often thought how wonderful it would be if her aunt were her biological mother, who would not only dote on her but also give her everything in the future.
She added, "After all, Qingyou has half that family's blood. Who knows if she will collude with that family to do things that are detrimental to her aunt in the future?"
"So you can call me selfish or hate me if you want, but I really don't want my aunt to get hurt anymore."
These words successfully struck at Chu Huiqin's vulnerability and weakness.
She remained silent for a long time before sighing, "I'll let it go this time, but I don't want this to happen again."
She couldn't resist choosing her niece, whom she had doted on for many years, over her daughter, with whom she had a falling out on their first meeting.
After all, although the niece made a mistake, it was all for the sake of winning favor and for her own good.
The niece's worries were not unfounded. That family was now destitute, and if they knew that she had found and reunited with her biological daughter, they would definitely try to pester her.
She really didn't want to see them, and even less did she want them to take advantage of her in the slightest.
She felt a deep unease about Qingyou's other half's bloodline.
Upon hearing this, Chu Lanwen knew she had passed the test and threw herself into Chu Huiqin's arms, crying, "I, I definitely won't do it again."
"I will tell my aunt the truth if anything happens in the future."
Chu Huiqin didn't pat her head to comfort her as she used to, which still made her unhappy. "Hmm!"
After a while, Chu Lanwen asked, "Auntie, are you going to identify the green pomelo?"
Chu Huiqin said, "I have already contacted her, but because of your previous targeting and suppression, she does not want to acknowledge me."
Chu Lanwen felt that Qingyou was deliberately being arrogant and trying to sow discord between her and her aunt.
She forced a smile. "She loves to back down as a way of advancing. As long as your aunt insists, she will definitely acknowledge you."
When Chu Huiqin heard about the strategy of retreating to advance, she couldn't help but wonder if Qingyou was trying to play hard to get.
If that's the case, then this daughter is far too cunning.
She told Chu Lanwen, "You don't need to worry about this anymore."
"Okay!" Chu Lanwen nodded obediently.
She knew that she had already planted a seed of doubt and a thorn in her aunt's heart, and that this seed and thorn would take root and sprout as long as Qingyou was recognized in the future.
However, the plan to target the pomelo has to be put on hold.
After she got home, she called her brother and told him about it.
Chu Ge also told her not to take any action yet. The two chatted on the phone for a while, and the gist of it was that since Aunt had already left a will, they could inherit the property openly and legitimately if Aunt suddenly died of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Brother Chu instructed Chu Lanwen to frequently whisper in Chu Huiqin's ear, so that she wouldn't even think about changing the name of her will to Qingyou.
Chu Lanwen said smugly that she was already doing that. As long as Qingyou's father's family was around, Chu Huiqin would also feel disgusted with Qingyou.
After the two hung up the phone, the recording was sent out again.
Qingyou also received the recordings of Chu Lanwen and Chu Huiqin.
After listening, she sent Chu Lanwen and her brother's copy to Chu Huiqin's email address.
The original owner didn't have high expectations for this maternal love, which is why she said that if her biological mother chose Chu Lanwen, then she shouldn't acknowledge her.
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