Shi Jing was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, a hint of astonishment flashing in his eyes. "How could this be? What exactly happened?"
"To be precise, she was hypnotized and a memory was replaced."
"Hypnosis?"
"Okay." Shi Miao nodded, and then explained in detail what Qin Chu had done.
"In short, my investigation revealed that he seems to have some connection with your Shi family."
The butler was horrified upon hearing this and slowly voiced his suspicions, "Master, could it be Shi Chu?"
Upon hearing this, Shi Miao raised an eyebrow. "Shi Chu?"
Shi Jing's eyes darkened, his face turned somewhat grim, and he said in a deep voice, "He is my half-brother."
The butler clenched his fists and said angrily, "The Qin Chu that Miss mentioned must be him! I never thought he would be so audacious as to do such a thing. I always felt that he had impure thoughts about Madam! Master, you should have been more ruthless back then and secretly killed him, otherwise you, Madam, and Miss wouldn't have been separated for so many years!"
Shi Miao's dark eyes narrowed slightly. "What happened back then?"
Shi Jing coughed, sat up slightly, and slowly said, "Back then, Shi Chu colluded with outsiders to try to seize the position of family head. At that time, both I and the entire Shi family were in a very dangerous situation. Your mother was pregnant with you at that time, so I settled her in Mo City so that she could rest and recuperate. After Shi Chu lost, your grandfather begged me to spare his life, so I removed him from the family register, expelled him from the Shi family, and forbade him from ever setting foot in M Continent again."
"Then what about him and his mother?"
Shi Jing pinched the bridge of his nose and continued, "I didn't expect him to have a backup plan. He took advantage of the time when I was dealing with the Shi family to kidnap your mother. When I got the news, they were already on their way to the airport. But then their car crashed and exploded. When I arrived, all that was left were three charred corpses."
Shi Miao frowned slightly, her pale hand supporting her face, her beautiful eyes half-closed, and her voice slightly hoarse as she asked, "Then how can you be so sure that two of the corpses are theirs?"
“At first I didn’t want to believe it either, but the DNA match results did indeed match your mother and Shi Chu. Now it seems that all of this was planned in advance by him, and he probably even had people at the hospital.”
Just as he finished speaking, his phone rang.
Shi Miao calmly took her phone out of her bag and glanced at the caller ID.
"I'm going to take this call."
As she spoke, she stood up, walked to the window, and pressed the call button.
"Why have you been inside for so long? Are you done yet?" Ji Yanchen's deep, magnetic voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Almost done, I'll be out in a bit."
"good."
...
The butler looked at the girl who was walking over with her phone and said, "Miss, are these your two friends from outside? Should I go and bring them in now?"
"No need, I'll leave as soon as I finish writing the materials list." Shi Miao picked up her pen again, lowered her eyelashes, and continued writing.
The butler paused for a moment upon hearing this, then hesitated before saying, "Young Miss, aren't you going to stay? You and the head of the family have finally reunited..."
A hint of reluctance flashed in Shi Jing's eyes as he asked softly, "Miao Miao, do you have something else to do later?"
Shi Miao raised an eyebrow and said lazily, "No."
Shi Jing's eyes dimmed slightly. He pursed his lips and cautiously asked, "Miao Miao, are you blaming me?"
Shi Miao paused in her movements, her dark eyes pure and beautiful, and asked in confusion, "What's it to you about?"
Shi Jing clenched his fists under the blanket, and said with a look of self-reproach, "It's my fault for not protecting you all back then."
Upon hearing this, a warm glint flashed in Shi Miao's eyes, and she said gently, "No, don't overthink it."
"real?"
Shi Miao put down her pen and said with a serious expression, "Yes, really."
Shi Jing breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then why don't you want to stay? This is your home."
He lowered his eyes, somewhat dejected, and murmured softly, "And you still haven't called me 'Dad' even once..."
Shi Miao's eyes flickered slightly, mainly because she had a vague concept of fatherhood and hadn't expected to find her biological father so suddenly.
She pursed her lips, looked at him with her clear eyes, and called out, "Dad."
Shi Jing suddenly raised his head, his excitement barely concealed in his eyes and brows. "Sigh! Cough cough cough..."
A hint of helplessness flashed across Shi Miao's eyes as she said gently, "Dad, you shouldn't get agitated right now."
After catching her breath, Shi Jing smiled and said softly, "I'm just happy."
The butler wiped away tears of joy from the corners of his eyes, his voice tinged with excitement, "Miss, please stay. I'll invite your friends in, and we can all have dinner together later."
Only then did Shi Miao remember Yun Yi, who had been left standing to the side for half the day. She touched the bridge of her nose, turned her head, and asked, "What did you say?"
Yun Yi coughed, surprised to have stumbled upon such a juicy piece of gossip today. "I have no objection, I'm fine with anything."
Shi Miao nodded, picked up a pen and paper, stood up, looked at Shi Jing who was leaning against the bed, and said, "Dad, you lie down and rest for a while. Dean Yun and I will go downstairs to see my friend."
Shi Jing: "Okay."
......
"Young Miss." The butler led Ji Yanchen and Fu Xi into the living room.
Upon hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed in Ji Yanchen's deep eyes. He suppressed his doubts and sat down next to Shi Miao.
Shi Miao had just finished writing down the list of medicinal herbs. She handed the paper to the housekeeper, saying, "I need these herbs, but some of them might be hard to find."
The butler, holding the prescription, said with a serious expression, "I'll go and have someone find it right now."
"Yes, it should be ready within three days."
"Okay." The butler nodded, took the prescription, and went out.
Fu Xi stared at the butler's departing figure and asked in a low voice, "Miss Shi, what's going on? Why were we suddenly allowed in again? And why is this butler still calling you 'Miss Shi'?"
Shi Miao crossed his legs, casually resting his hands on them, and spoke in a relaxed and nonchalant tone: "I just happened to recognize a father."
Fu Xi was slightly stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and exclaimed, "Holy crap?"
Ji Yanchen raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised, and looked at her with a half-smile, "The eldest daughter of the Shi family?"
Shi Miao lazily stretched out her legs, shifted to a more comfortable sitting position, looked at him with her clear black and white eyes, and casually said, "Ah, right."
Ji Yanchen clicked his tongue, took her hand, and gently kneaded her fingertips, his tone soothing and deep: "Tell me what happened."
Shi Miao briefly recounted what had just happened.
After hearing this, Fu Xi's eyes were filled with disbelief.
He glanced at the elegant and dignified man beside him with a somewhat complicated expression.
That's it, we're even less of a match now.
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