Chapter 224: Showdown
An Zhixia was so happy to hear this, "I'm not an official, what do I need so many banners for?" She thought back to the time when she had to set up a special room to display the trophies she collected. There were so many that she had to spend two hours each time telling guests when, where, and why they won the awards.
With her hands behind her back, An Zhixia admired the banners with her brother and sister-in-law, then went out to the black market to hand over the manuscripts she had written in the past month to Jing Xiaosheng, and received yellow croaker worth 8,000 yuan in advance. This was the only way for her to feel at ease about preserving the value of her property besides the house.
It happened to be Sunday, and she was heading to Xicheng District alone with her bicycle. But as soon as she arrived at the station, she saw her brother and sister-in-law waiting for the bus.
An Zhixia quickly shrank back, thought for a while, found a secluded place to change her clothes, put her bicycle in the supermarket, and then took a car with them to Xicheng District openly. While there were many people on the car, she attached a Bluetooth monitor to the corner of her sister-in-law's clothes.
She knew that her brother had been thinking about the paternity test and was worried every day. In fact, no matter who was involved in this matter, they would want to find out the truth, especially her brother who missed their mother so much. But the two siblings were afraid that the other would be hurt, so they planned to go alone without telling each other.
The temperature was suitable at the end of March, but the smell in the car in the morning was still unpleasant. She put a mint in her mouth, put on a mask, and applied a few drops of Fengyoujing on her temples before she endured it and reached her destination.
An Zhixia didn't dare to get too close to her brother and sister-in-law, so she could only follow them from a distance, relying on her memory of the previous times to grope her way to the An family's home. She went around to the back of the alley, which was only separated from the An family by a wall, and could clearly hear the conversation inside through the Bluetooth headset.
"How dare you come here?" Seeing An Zhiqiu and his wife, An Zhiping was so angry that he picked up the enamel pot on the table and threw it at them without Kang Xiaohua saying anything.
An Zhiqiu pulled Fang Hongye to the side and dodged, saying coldly: "I don't want to come here either. I came here today just to ask you one thing."
"I don't know," An Zhiping replied without thinking.
An Zhiqiu took out the photocopied information from her bag and threw it in front of him, saying calmly: "This is the paternity test report I asked the experts in the National Science Academy to do. The five children in the family, including my brother and I, have no blood relationship with you. I just want to ask, how did Xia Xia and I come about."
Kang Xiaohua's face was extremely pale, and she was unable to control her strength, causing the child in her arms to groan uncomfortably. She immediately lowered her eyelids to hide her guilt and fear, and gently coaxed the child.
An Zhiping stood up and slammed the table in anger: "If you don't want to acknowledge me as your father, just say so. I will break off the relationship with you right now. Don't pin these disgusting things on me! Don't I know whose child it is? In your eyes, am I so foolish that I raise children for others?"
An Zhiqiu sneered: "Don't you know? She, Kang Xiaohua, left home for a short time after the Chinese New Year last year, saying that she was going to the countryside to take care of her mother with a broken leg. In fact, she went to Jiangzhou Province to steal my mother's pension, but she was too greedy and hired someone to steal the money of the two male educated youths from Shanghai who lived next door.
Unfortunately, evil is always punished. The person she hired was not a good person. Not only did he swallow the things she stole, but he also raped her. In order to protect the two watches, Kang Xiaohua had her legs broken by someone.
Oh, these are all on file at the Fujiang County Police Station in Jiangzhou Province. Otherwise, do you think she dragged her broken limbs to give birth to a child with you on the kang? Isn't it just to plant the illegitimate child on you? "
An Zhiping gritted his teeth and didn't want to think along the lines of what he said, but Kang Xiaohua's behavior at that time was indeed very strange and extremely enthusiastic, just like when they had just gotten married.
"The twins came too early after you got married, didn't they? Even though twins are prone to premature birth, how can a seven-month-old baby be so white and plump as if it were full-term?"
"That's enough," Kang Xiaohua also stood up and wiped her tears and said, "I know you two have always been resentful towards me, but I didn't starve you to death, nor did I freeze you to death. But you, since you left home, have been pushing our whole family into the fire pit step by step.
I accept whatever you say to me, but you can't treat me like this when it comes to my child!"
An Zhiqiu's voice was still neutral: "I am just telling you the facts. It doesn't matter what you think. This information is recognized by the state. As long as I show it to you, Kang Xiaohua, you can spend the rest of your life in prison. Why would you argue?"
"You, don't scare people. Even the blood test in ancient times doesn't count. What about paternity test? Don't think that you can scare people with these weird things just because you have studied for two days!" An Zhiping gritted his teeth and refused to admit it. Even if it was true, he couldn't admit it.
What man is willing to admit that he has a prairie on his head?
"I don't care about these. I only ask about my mother's affairs." He looked at Kang Xiaohua and said, "You should leave first."
Kang Xiaohua glanced at the dejected An Zhiping, then silently carried the child out to the east room.
An Zhiping trembled as he took out a cigarette from his pocket. Seeing that it was the one An Zhiqiu had bought earlier, he threw it to the ground in anger and said coldly, "How would I know that you are so frivolous..."
Before he could finish his words, An Zhiqiu slammed the table, and the table fell to the ground with a loud bang. Without support, An Zhiping fell to the ground in a mess.
"If you say anything bad about my mother again, I will make you shut up forever even if I risk my life!" An Zhiqiu growled like an angry lion, and his sinister look even frightened Fang Hongye. "Don't force me to drive you out of Kyoto and keep you from returning home."
An Zhiping couldn't help but shiver. Seeing that he really didn't care about the past father-son relationship, he could only get up and said dejectedly: "I met your mother at a friend's wedding banquet. Your mother is beautiful. I drank too much and was instigated by someone to follow her. Anyway, when I woke up, I was lying on your mother's bed, so we got married.
Since then, your mother never let me get close to her. Even in the same room, I always slept on the bench! I thought that with you two brothers and sisters, our family would be complete, but she still didn't treat me well behind your back.
It turns out, hahaha, it turns out that I am the fool, your mother has long since stopped..."
Seeing An Zhiqiu's raised fist, An Zhiping didn't dare to continue, "If you hadn't brought that identification report, I wouldn't have known that you weren't my children.
So I don’t know where your mother really came from, or who your father is.
For the sake of the fact that we have been father and son for 18 or 19 years, I will no longer be your father, and I beg you to stop forcing us."
An Zhiqiu turned around, held Fang Hongye's hand and walked out. When they reached the door, he said, "This house belongs to my mother. You should move out as soon as possible. With your retirement salary, it's enough to rent a better house than this one."
(End of this chapter)
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