Mo Yuan said: "Whether he knows you, I don’t know. But he really wants to see you."
An Ge asked: "Why?"
Mo Yuan said: "You’d have to ask him yourself, how would I know? I only know that if I don’t do as he asks, my son will die."
"So, forcing to leave Huo Shaoyan isn’t your idea, but Jerry’s?"
Mo Yuan: "It’s my idea too, and Jerry’s. I want you to leave Huo Shaoyan because I want to be with Huo Shaoyan, to ask him to give and my son a ho. As for why Jerry wants you to leave Huo Shaoyan, that I don’t know."
Mo Yuan really didn’t know Jerry’s intentions.
She only knew that only by being sufficiently obedient, would her son Mo Rugu be saved, and she would have the chance to break free from the slave contract with Jerry.
An Ge said nothing more and cut off the call.
After this, Mo Yuan cautiously glanced towards the man sitting on the sofa.
The man, seemingly shrouded in an aura of mystery, beckoned her to kneel and co forward.
Mo Yuan put away her phone, without any hesitation, she quickly knelt and walked over to him.
Lowering her head in fear, her voice trembled uncontrollably: "Leader, do you have any other orders?"
The man hooked her chin with his toe. Beneath his left eye was a red beauty mark, and the right side of his face was covered by a silver mask.
He exuded an imasurable icy aura.
His voice was hauntingly gentle, "I heard she did a parentage test with Fu Huaijin?"
Mo Yuan kept her head low, submissive: "That’s right."
"He doesn’t deserve to have children."
The "him" in his words referred to Fu Huaijin.
Mo Yuan’s eyes widened briefly, then swiftly reacted, saying: "I... I’ll arrange for soone to tamper with the DNA test results."
The man acknowledged with a sound, "I haven’t left you much ti, hurry up."
Mo Yuan replied submissively: "I know what to do, rest assured."
"You may leave now."
Mo Yuan got up but didn’t imdiately leave.
She cast a fearful gaze at the man wearing the silver mask on the sofa, hesitating, "I... I..."
The man spoke coldly: "Speak."
Mo Yuan gulped, took a deep breath, gathered her courage and said: "This month’s dicine, you haven’t given it to yet."
As soon as she finished speaking, the man threw a small white dicine bottle at her, "You may leave now."
Mo Yuan quickly stored the dicine, and before leaving, she said to the man: "There’s sothing you might not know yet."
The man squinted: "Speak."
Mo Yuan said: "The girl you took away from Li Tianjue is Li Shaosi’s sister. I made a deal with Li Shaosi. He’s been looking for his sister lately."
The man raised an eyebrow: "He once called godfather, based on that sentint, I might consider releasing his sister."
Mo Yuan: "So what do you an?"
The man: "After so ti, have him bring An Ge to to exchange for his sister."
Mo Yuan said: "Just afraid he won’t agree."
The man seed intrigued: "Oh?"
Mo Yuan explained: "From what I know, Li Shaosi has rather complicated feelings for An Ge... he’s quite the romantic. Even though An Ge is married and has children, and even now divorced, he doesn’t mind. He wants to marry her..."
"Really?" the man laughed sinisterly, "In this lifeti, what I admire most are romantics. He’s quite interesting. One of these days, I’ll invite him for a drink."
After Mo Yuan left, the man removed the silver mask from his face and walked over to the luxurious floor-to-ceiling window.
He looked down at the bustling night view of Imperial City, a aningful chill erging from his eyes.
After many years, he had finally returned.
Qin Huaisheng, to this city you once loved, I have co back.
...
On the other end.
After finishing her call with Mo Yuan, An Ge lay back down on the bed.
This ti, she quickly fell into a deep sleep.
Huo Shaoyan opened his eyes amidst her steady breathing.
In the darkness, his pupils shone with a deep black.
He stared at the ceiling for a while, then turned to look at the woman already asleep beside him.
Her slightly longer short hair covered the pillow, her charming little face was so peaceful.
Under the faint glow of light, Huo Shaoyan quietly gazed at her for a long ti before getting up.
Taking his phone, he walked out of the room and made a call.
"Have you slept?"
Jiang Fengmian’s voice held so irritation: "I was just about to sleep."
The implication being, you shouldn’t be calling at this hour.
Huo Shaoyan: "Want to co out and chat?"
Jiang Fengmian, because of what An Ge had said to him, was so upset he still hadn’t fallen asleep.
Huo Shaoyan called just after he had taken a sleeping pill.
Because of this, he refused: "I just took a sleeping pill, let’s talk tomorrow..."
Huo Shaoyan interrupted: "Right now." Pausing, "Should I co to you, or will you co out?"
Jiang Fengmian: "I’m seriously afraid of you."
...
**
Five minutes later, inside the study.
Huo Shaoyan asked Jiang Fengmian, who sat across from him: "What did she tell you after waking you up today?"
Jiang Fengmian lit a cigarette and started smoking.
Through the dim smoke, he gazed deeply at Huo Shaoyan, "She... chatted with about a few things that don’t really matter."
Huo Shaoyan spoke pressingly: "What did she talk about?"
Jiang Fengmian, thinking about what An Ge had said to him, with his understanding of Huo Shaoyan, he could only carefully word his response:
"She... wants to convey her intentions."
Huo Shaoyan said expressionlessly, "What wish?"
Jiang Fengmian: "She doesn’t want to be with you." Paused, "So, she hopes you can let go."
Huo Shaoyan’s emotions remained almost unchanged, "Other than that, what else did you talk about?"
Jiang Fengmian said, "Nothing else."
Huo Shaoyan: "Jiang Fengmian, you’re not telling the truth."
Jiang Fengmian: "..."
Huo Shaoyan continued, "I’ve known you for so long, I understand you better than you understand yourself. I hope you can tell the truth!"
Jiang Fengmian looked at him with a complicated gaze, "The truth is often heartbreaking. I urge you to stop before it’s too late..."
"I’ve already fallen into an irredeemable abyss, and I left myself no way out."
After so contemplation, Jiang Fengmian said to Huo Shaoyan:
"She... said she might be Mr. Fu’s daughter with Qin Huaisheng."
Huo Shaoyan was shocked, "That’s impossible..."
Jiang Fengmian said, "She has already done a DNA paternity test with Mr. Fu, and the results will be out in at most three days."
Paused, "She told these things simply to let tell you that you and she are impossible."
Huo Shaoyan: "I see."
No wonder she wished to go to Yuxi Villa, it turns out it was to save Fu Huaijin.
Jiang Fengmian continued:
"If she is indeed Mr. Fu’s biological daughter, then she is your cousin, and being together would certainly be contrary to ethics."
Huo Shaoyan remained silent.
Jiang Fengmian had said all he could.
He extinguished the smoldering cigarette butt, looked at Huo Shaoyan profoundly, and said:
"Huo Shaoyan, don’t you think there’s a hidden hand manipulating everything behind the scenes? Don’t you think Mo Yuan is very suspicious?"
Of course, Huo Shaoyan was aware Mo Yuan had issues, and he told Jiang Fengmian, "I have already assigned people to investigate Mo Yuan."
Jiang Fengmian acknowledged with a hum and said aningfully:
"I think perhaps the romance between you two should be postponed? The imdiate priority should be to follow the vine of Mo Yuan to uncover the mastermind. Only then can the truth be revealed."
Huo Shaoyan accepted Jiang Fengmian’s suggestion and nodded, "According to your view, what should I do next?"
Jiang Fengmian said, "Watch and wait."
Paused, further explaining,
"I see An Ge in such a state, she is mostly under duress. So, whatever she wants to do now, let her do it while secretly ensuring her safety."
Huo Shaoyan: "Alright."
Jiang Fengmian seeing him in poor spirits, told him, "I heard you donated 900 milliliters of blood at once to Mo Yuan’s son?"
Huo Shaoyan acknowledged, saying:
"Coincidentally, I got the hair sample with follicles from that child, spare ti to do a paternity test between and him."
Jiang Fengmian raised his eyebrow, "You suspect the child isn’t yours?"
Huo Shaoyan: "You’ve ntioned Mo Yuan’s motive is impure and hostile, her son must have problems."
Jiang Fengmian said with a faint smile:
"If Mo Yuan cos with ill intent, surely she is fully prepared, fearing this DNA test will reveal nothing."
Huo Shaoyan frowned, "What do you an?"
Jiang Fengmian said, "Currently, there’s a drug on the dical black market that can alter human genes. I’m concerned that Mo Yuan’s son’s genes might have been artificially modified, hence Mo Yuan isn’t afraid of another DNA paternity test between you and her son."
Huo Shaoyan frowned deeply, "So your suggestion is that unless Mo Yuan reveals the truth herself, nothing can be done?"
Jiang Fengmian said, "Prepare for both eventualities. On my end, I will help you perform a paternity test between you and Mo Rugu. On your end, investigate the period from Mo Yuan’s pregnancy to childbirth.
Generally, families with certain economic bases store umbilical cord blood at the hospital where the child is born. If you can locate the umbilical cord blood Mo Yuan stored when she gave birth, you’ll uncover the truth."
Huo Shaoyan nodded, "You’re right."
Jiang Fengmian suggested, "I think the key to the whole matter lies with Mo Yuan. How about you sacrifice so allure, and take initiative?"
Huo Shaoyan showed considerable interest, "For example?"
Jiang Fengmian said with a faint smile:
"Mo Yuan’s goal is to have you and to hope you acknowledge her son and establish a family with her. So why not counter that?"
...
Two days later, An Ge and Jiang Fengmian entered the operating room together to perform surgery on Fu Huaijin.
This operation lasted longer than An Ge expected.
The ti she spent as the chief surgeon extended to six hours.
After six hours, she finally removed the tumor adhering to the lungs cleanly.
Following that, the sewing and finishing work was carried out by Jiang Fengmian and Anna.
After the operation, An Ge was clearly exhausted.
She told Huo Shaoyan, who was waiting outside the operating room:
"The surgery was very successful." Paused, "However, this surgery consud a lot of my energy, I need to sleep to recover my strength."
Huo Shaoyan looked at her profoundly, his voice slightly hoarse, "Alright." Paused, "Shall I carry you?"
As he spoke, he wanted to stoop to pick her up.
An Ge stepped back, "No. I’ll walk myself."
Her attitude was evidently distant, though Huo Shaoyan felt uncomfortable, he didn’t insist.
An Ge returned to the room and fell asleep the mont she got onto the bed.
This sleep lasted until the afternoon of the next day before she woke up.
The first thing she did upon opening her eyes was to find her phone.
Upon finding her phone and checking the ti, she lifted the quilt and got out of bed.
After washing up, she went downstairs.
At the corner of the spiral staircase, the voices of Madam Fu and Huo Shaoyan ca from downstairs.
Madam Fu’s voice was quite excited, "Ah Yan, have you really thought this through?"
At this mont, Huo Shaoyan took out a DNA paternity test and handed it to Madam Fu, saying expressionlessly, "Take a look."
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