"So alike! It really is..."
In a hospital ward, a withered hand clutches a photograph, trembling slightly with excitement.
Shen Qing lay on the hospital bed, staring intently at the woman in the photo, tears welling in his eyes.
Twenty years have passed...
His fingertips trembled as he touched the face in the photograph.
“That’s right! I was shocked when I saw it too. She looks exactly like my sister-in-law…” Shen Zhang stood to the side, bent down, and handed over the paternity test results. “Big brother, look, the report is out. This Shen Zhiyi is your biological daughter!”
He glanced at the tall, silent man standing at the foot of the bed, a glint of shrewdness flashing in his eyes.
With a half-smile, he said, "Lianzhou, it seems you'll have to change your surname to Gu from now on."
“Otherwise, how heartbroken my own niece would be when she gets home.” He turned back, his voice heavy with sorrow.
Shen Qing's hands trembled as he flipped through the paternity test results. A sickly flush instantly rose to his face, and he coughed violently, his voice hoarse like a bellows.
"Cough cough! Where...where is she?"
Shen Zhang: "I've already brought the person over, and they're waiting outside the ward."
"Does my brother want to see her?"
Shen Qing: "Quickly, call her in!"
The ward door was pushed open.
Shen Zhang's assistant led a girl in.
She wore a simple white dress, faded from washing, which only accentuated her fair skin and made her look even more delicate and pitiful.
Her long, black hair cascaded smoothly over her shoulders. She clutched the hem of her clothes tightly with both hands, her eyes like those of a frightened fawn, timidly observing the few people in the ward.
Like a small white flower swaying in the wind.
She looked up and unexpectedly met Gu Lianzhou's gaze.
The man, dressed in a perfectly tailored dark suit, looked dashing and his dark eyes swept over her with a casual glance.
His taut lips and jawline exuded an air of aloofness and refined elegance; his features were sharply defined, handsome and striking.
His skin was a cool-toned white, which, under the pale lights of the ward, resembled the finest jade, radiating a chilling and invisible sense of oppression.
Shen Zhiyi's breathing faltered, and she subconsciously lowered her eyelashes.
He turned his head and looked at Chen Qing in the ward.
"Dad...?" she mustered her courage and tentatively called out softly.
This sound brought tears to Shen Qing's eyes.
"Hey...hey!" He excitedly reached out his hand to her, "Child...come here, let Daddy take a look."
Shen Zhiyi walked over, and he grabbed her hand.
Gu Lianzhou, who had been expressionless the whole time, raised his eyes and glanced at Shen Qing and Shen Zhiyi.
That glance was incredibly fast and incredibly profound.
The fingers hanging at his sides curled up almost imperceptibly.
He never called Shen Qing "Dad".
He received the most rigorous training as an heir from a young age. Shen Qing required him to learn to be cold-blooded and ruthless, to use an iron fist to dominate the business world, and to show no mercy even to his own family for the benefit of the entire conglomerate.
Therefore, he always made him call him "General Manager Shen".
Unexpectedly, he was not actually his son.
Gu Lianzhou's lips curled into a very faint, mocking smile, which he then pursed tightly, suppressing the dangerous glint in his eyes.
Shen Qing took a close look at Shen Zhiyi's face.
Especially those eyes, which were exactly the same as the ones he remembered.
Tears gradually blurred my vision.
"Xiao Wan... Xiao Wan..." He breathed rapidly, his fingertips trembling incessantly. He wanted to say something more, but could only make a "hoarse" sound. His face quickly turned from ashen to a terrifying bluish-purple.
"Big Brother!" Shen Zhang exclaimed and immediately pressed the call button.
Medical staff rushed in instantly.
"Family members, please leave first!"
The three were asked to leave the ward.
In the corridor.
Shen Zhiyi stared anxiously at the operating room light, "Is Dad... alright?"
Shen Zhang straightened his slightly disheveled suit, his face showing no worry. He patted her shoulder and comforted her, "Don't worry, your brother is a lucky man."
"Besides, if anything really happens, there's still Uncle Er."
He smiled kindly and turned to Gu Lianzhou.
"Lianzhou, you'd better take good care of your sister from now on." He deliberately emphasized the word "take care," his eyes revealing undisguised provocation and calculation.
Shen Zhiyi was a weapon he had painstakingly found to deal with Gu Lianzhou.
With her around, let's see how he can maintain his position on the board.
Once Shen Qing dies, the entire Shen family conglomerate will be his!
As for Shen Zhiyi...
Shen Zhang glanced at the anxious girl, his heart filled with disdain and sneer.
She's just a little girl; she doesn't even deserve to sit at the table.
He didn't take it seriously at all.
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