Upon hearing this, everyone snapped out of their daze and began to greet him with smiles.
Everyone was scoffing. This Uncle Xiao was exaggerating quite a bit. He did look somewhat like him, but it was clear that they weren't exactly identical.
At the same time, they were wondering to themselves, how could the Xiao family's uncle's family have known about finding the child all along, but they hadn't heard a word about it? Did Xiao Biyun tell them, or did they find out on their own?
Xiao Biyun introduced everyone to the young couple one by one, but there were so many people that the couple couldn't remember many of them after going around.
Everyone was secretly shocked by the demeanor and behavior of the two men. They wondered if they had been taken in and raised by a wealthy family after being abandoned elsewhere, as they seemed much better than the children who grew up in the provincial capital.
The family of four hadn't eaten breakfast yet. They greeted their relatives and went to eat first. Gao Weishan and Xiao Biyun didn't even ask if anyone had eaten. If they hadn't, they would just have to go hungry. She hadn't made breakfast for so many people.
Once the host left, the relatives sat in the living room, staring at each other blankly.
"What's going on? Uncle Xiao, you already knew that Weishan and his wife had found their child?"
The one asking the question was Gao Weishan's uncle, who was the oldest and most senior person present.
Xiao Shengming chuckled and shook his head. "Uncle Gao, we don't know the specifics either. Let Weishan tell you later."
Even so, his demeanor seemed to be telling everyone that he knew what was going on, but was just not saying it.
Everyone felt very uncomfortable. Why did Gao Weishan and his wife tell the Xiao family such an important matter instead of them? What were they trying to do?
Xiao Shengming felt pleased to see that the Gao family members did not look well. He wanted to make them unhappy and resentful, and preferably offend his sister and brother-in-law by showing it.
In this way, the Gao family will benefit less from any future advantages.
The Gao family wasn't stupid. Even if they were uncomfortable, they knew they couldn't offend Gao Weishan and his wife, after all, the couple held the property left by the ancestors of the Gao and Xiao families.
But as for how smart they are, the whole family combined can't outsmart Xiao Shengming alone.
Otherwise, with the same resources, all the members of the Gao family would have remained ordinary workers for so many years, with the best managing to become workshop team leaders or directors, while Xiao Shengming was the head of a factory.
The only smart thing about the Gao family is that none of them cause trouble outside the home. They listen to the head of the family, are not ostentatious or high-profile, and live a simple and ordinary life.
In fact, they themselves know that if they are too ostentatious, their class status might be reclassified, and they might end up being labeled as capitalists.
After Lu Yuan and his family of four finished breakfast, they returned to the living room, where the others quickly offered them seats.
Gao Weishan and Xiao Biyun didn't stand on ceremony and pulled their son and daughter-in-law down to sit.
Gao Weishan began, “Since everyone is here today, I’ll tell you about A Yuan’s situation. As you all know, we lost a child back then. I wasn’t by Bi Yun’s side when she gave birth, and she had a severe hemorrhage and fell into a coma. The baby was switched. We always thought we had a daughter, but it was actually a son.”
Then she recounted how she had become acquainted with Lu Yuan, how they had become godparents.
"We were able to find A Yuan thanks to Xiao Fan. If he hadn't gone to the Changhe Brigade and helped us find out the truth of what happened back then, we don't know how long it would have taken us to recognize each other."
No one knew what to say. They had become godparents before they even officially recognized each other. What an incredible coincidence!
It's strange that you can recognize your own son as your godfather without knowing his identity.
Xiao Shengming and his wife had mixed feelings. They originally wanted their youngest son to get to know his sister and brother-in-law better, hoping to get their consent to the adoption. But the boy ended up helping them find their biological son.
Now that their biological son has been found, what business is it of theirs?
Wait a minute, now that we've found the biological son, does that mean the mechanism box can be opened? And the treasure can be taken out?
Thinking of this, Xiao Shengming was so excited that he began to tremble. It took a great deal of willpower to calm himself down and prevent him from losing his composure.
Some members of the Gao family also thought of this. Uncle Gao asked, "Weishan, now that Ayuan has been found, can he open the mechanism box?"
Gao Weishan nodded, "That's right, A Yuan has already opened the box, but there's nothing inside..."
"How could there be nothing there?"
Before he could finish speaking, someone eagerly asked a question.
Lu Yuan glanced at the man; he seemed to be his father's third uncle, whom he should call Third Uncle.
Others also did not believe the result.
They kept saying there was a key inside, so if there's nothing there, just an empty box, why bother making a puzzle box?
"You wouldn't be saying this on purpose because you want to keep the treasure for yourselves, would you?"
One of Uncle Gao's daughters-in-law expressed what many people had been speculating about.
Gao Weishan's face darkened, and Xiao Biyun's expression was also unpleasant. However, Lu Yuan and Wen Moxue's expressions remained unchanged, still wearing faint smiles, though the smiles did not reach their eyes, and their gazes swept over everyone with exceptional sharpness.
The crowd felt inexplicably apprehensive, but since their own interests were at stake, they had to speak up.
"It's really hard to believe that there was nothing in the box. It's hard not to suspect that you found your son, opened the box, got the key, and then didn't want to share the inheritance with everyone."
“Xiao Fan was there when the box was opened, and he saw it too. He can testify to that,” Xiao Biyun said.
"Everyone knows Xiao Fan is your nephew. You can conspire to divide the property among only their family. It's better to divide it among so many families than to divide it among so many families."
Xiao Shengming and his wife's eyes flickered. Just now, they had thought the same as everyone else that their sister's family wanted to take all the property. Now that their youngest son had been involved, they felt relieved.
Judging from her tone, her sister wouldn't leave their family out, so they had nothing to say.
"Is it that you only want to divide the property among your Xiao family brother and Weishan's eldest brother's family, and ignore those of us who are separated by a branch of the family?" someone else questioned.
He believed that if Xiao Biyun could give her brother, Gao Weishan should also give him brother.
Xiao Weishan's elder brother, Xiao Zhihai, was ashen-faced. His younger brother hadn't mentioned this matter to their family at all, which was clearly an attempt to distance them from the situation. He wasn't going to take the blame for this.
"No, Weishan didn't tell us anything about this beforehand."
"That's right, my brother-in-law never mentioned opening the box to us, nor did he tell us that the child had been found."
Once her husband spoke up, Lu Qingyun spoke without any reservations.
Upon hearing that they knew nothing about his family, everyone began to accuse Gao Weishan of being cold-hearted and heartless, showing no regard for family ties.
Gao Weishan tried to explain several times, but each time he was interrupted. So he simply kept quiet and waited to see what else they could say.
Let them talk their fill today, and let's hear what they're really thinking. Let's see what kind of faces each of them has after breaking the facade of harmony that has lasted for so many years.
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