Song Nuan patted her shoulder, "No, he's my real uncle, don't worry."
Xu Yiran still didn't believe it.
"No, I'm not comfortable with that. Take me to see him."
"He is not in Liangcheng."
Song Nuan pursed her lips, and when she talked about Du Kangtao, she couldn't hide the loneliness in her eyes. "I learned about him by accident when I went to Yunxian. I didn't connect him with my mother."
"Later, when I had some doubts, Li Jingchen told me that he had secretly gone to get the test done for us."
Xu Yiran swallowed hard. "The paternity test shows a kinship?"
Song Nuan nodded.
"The Wen family is looking for him. He seems to be related to the Wen family being driven out of Liangcheng back then. I don't know the specifics, but he's safe now."
Xu Yiran held her head in her hands and paced back and forth.
The amount of information is too much; my brain is a bit overloaded.
"Wait a minute, you mean you found your uncle in Yunxian County? But Yunxian County is so remote, how could he..."
Halfway through her sentence, Xu Yiran roughly guessed what was going on and looked at Song Nuan in shock.
Song Nuan nodded with difficulty.
Xu Yiran swallowed silently, swallowing back the words she hadn't finished saying.
"Xu Yiran?"
Suddenly, someone called her name. Xu Yiran was still in shock when she heard a man's voice. She looked up and replied impatiently, "Who is it?"
A man with a slight beer belly stood to her side and slightly behind.
"It really is you."
When Xu Jiaming saw his daughter's face clearly, his expression turned pale and then red. He threw his briefcase at her, yelling, "You brat, weren't you in England? When did you come back to China?!"
Holy crap!
Xu Yiran blurted out the essence of traditional Chinese culture.
She was knocked unconscious for a moment. Although the force was not great, her heart still stopped beating uncontrollably for a few seconds when her father's round and large face appeared in front of her.
"Old man, what are you doing here?"
"You have the nerve to ask me? I've been watching you from afar for a while now, I'm so glad I didn't turn around and leave, otherwise how long were you planning to keep this from me!"
Xu Jiaming was genuinely angry and picked up his briefcase, ready to hit her again.
Xu Yiran swiftly pulled Song Nuan over as a shield, and the briefcase naturally hit her, feeling dull but not painful.
It wasn't even as strong as when Xu Yiran was gripping her arm.
"You brat, you dare to hide!"
Xu Yiran took off running, making faces at Xu Jiaming as she went, "Old man, let me tell you the truth, I've actually been back in China for over two months, haha, didn't expect that?"
Xu Jiaming's vision went black, his eyelids flipped up, and he collapsed.
"Uncle Xu!"
...
The emergency room was bustling. Song Nuan sat on a bench in the corridor. Medical staff were rushing around, and most patients looked worried. The only exception was the sound of two people arguing in the ward behind her.
Each shout was higher than the last.
Xu Jiaming: "I just checked, there are still plane tickets. You get back to England right now!"
"Why go back? It's winter break now, there's no one at school, and I've already graduated. The school won't let us graduates stay and take up resources; they'd love for us to get out of here."
"I'll find you a place to live, you can move out and go find me a job."
Xu Yiran scoffed.
“I’ve been working in the country for a while now and have already received two months’ salary.”
Xu Jiaming's breath caught in his throat, and he almost fainted again.
Song Nuan was really afraid that Xu Yiran would really anger her own father to death, so she pushed open the door and explained on her behalf: "Uncle Xu, Yiran is currently working at a company under the Ouyang Group, and her career prospects are quite good. There is no need for her to return to England."
Xu Yiran chimed in, "Exactly."
Xu Jiaming glared at her and said, "Get out of here. I hate seeing you."
"Then I'm really leaving."
She smiled and left without hesitation, patting Song Nuan on the shoulder as she went, saying, "My dad is in your care now."
"..."
Song Nuan sighed silently.
After she left, Xu Jiaming sighed, "Tell me honestly, you're the one who introduced Yiran to this job, aren't you?"
Song Nuan smiled, "Couldn't she have found it herself?"
Xu Jiaming sneered, "Don't I know her own worth? She's changed drastically in the last two years. I even suspect that someone has swapped her soul. She just thinks she has her family to support her and does nothing all day long."
Song Nuan smiled but didn't say anything.
Xu Jiaming was just talking; Song Nuan had witnessed firsthand how much Xu Yiran was pampered at home.
After spending some time with her, Xu Yiran returned.
I also brought dinner.
"I just bought it downstairs, Nuannuan, why don't you eat some with me?"
"No need," Song Nuan declined with a smile. "I'll just eat at home when I get back."
"Yo—"
Xu Yiran looked at her ambiguously, "You seem to be living a really good life. Is Li Jingchen addicted to being a stay-at-home dad? How about we arrange another hot pot dinner?"
Song Nuan smiled and said, "Okay, come and eat anytime you have time."
After seeing Song Nuan off, Xu Yiran opened the fast food box, ignored Xu Jiaming, and started eating.
Xu Jiaming sat on the bed, deep in thought.
"Old man, what are you doing?" Xu Yiran looked at him suspiciously. "You haven't eaten all afternoon, aren't you hungry? I'm just going back to China, it's not like I'm making you this angry."
Xu Jiaming was too lazy to argue with her about these things.
His expression was grave. "You just mentioned Li Jingchen?"
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
"Li Jingchen, the person in charge of the Li Group?"
Xu Yiran said disdainfully, "Look at you, so naive. It's him, Li Jingchen, who is now Song Nuan's boyfriend. They're doing great together."
Xu Jiaming frowned: "What boyfriend? Isn't he in an arranged marriage with the Zhong family?"
This matter has been brought up again.
Xu Yiran spends all her time with Song Nuan, so she naturally knows more than Xu Jiaming. However, the matter is complicated and troublesome to explain, so she is too lazy to waste words. Besides, if she says too much, she is afraid that Xu Jiaming will blurt it all out when he is drunk at a dinner party.
She waved her hand dismissively, "Just you wait and see, this marriage won't happen."
"Such a nice girl, don't let her be fooled by rich young men."
"Oh, no, don't worry about it. Song Nuan doesn't need another man. If she doesn't have Li Jingchen, she still has Ouyang Zhoujing. Why hang herself on one tree?"
Xu Jiaming was so surprised that his mouth dropped open.
What did he hear?
Xu Yiran continued, "Besides, Song Nuan has now found her uncle and is wary of the Wen family. Even if Li Jingchen comes, he'll have to wait a bit."
"The Wen family? Which Wen family?"
"I don't know. I heard that the family business is all overseas and hasn't developed in China."
Xu Jiaming's expression turned serious in an instant.
Seeing this, Xu Yiran found the old man's pretentious expression quite funny and teased him, "What's with that expression? What, do you know him?"
Xu Jiaming did not answer, but instead asked her, "What is Song Nuan's uncle's surname?"
"I don't know."
He slapped Xu Yiran on the back in anger, "You're friends with her, but you don't even know her uncle's last name!"
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