"I won’t agree! Just give up on that!"
Mr. Wu is as stubborn as a mule.
He slaps the table, and Wu Pingjing hurriedly tries to calm him down.
"Dad, don’t get angry! Mom, my dad makes a good point. Perhaps we should reconsider!"
He’s just trying to smooth things over.
Wu Weiguo looks up at his father, "Third brother, go get dad’s high blood pressure dication, let him take it."
Wu Pingjing is dumbfounded!
What high blood pressure dication!
This is just making things worse.
"Dad’s current health doesn’t require dication; this isn’t serious enough to trigger his high blood pressure."
Wu Pingjing replies foolishly.
Xu ng pulls Wu Pingjing, "Big brother, I’ll go with him to get it. He doesn’t know where dad’s dication is; I always keep it. Let’s go, Pingjing, and I’ll get the dicine downstairs."
She drags Wu Pingjing upstairs without further ado.
Wu Pingjing complains to his wife.
"Why are you pulling upstairs at this mont? Can’t you see dad and mom are about to argue downstairs? They’ve never been this angry in their lives, and this is the first ti they’re arguing because of an outsider.
Besides, big brother can’t see clearly either; instead of quickly diating, he asks to get dad’s high blood pressure dication. You pull away too; if mom and dad truly start fighting, what are we going to do? Without soone to diate, we’re both gone.
Leaving only little Wu Fei, what can she do to diate? Didn’t you see how big brother is acting, as if it’s none of his business, aloof and disengaged? I don’t know what’s gotten into him.
He doesn’t care about mom and dad at all; giving dad the high blood pressure dication? He should be giving it to mom. Look at mom, flushed and anxious; she’s likely going to start feeling dizzy and headachy."
Looking at her foolish husband, Xu ng couldn’t help but laugh.
As his wife chuckles, Wu Pingjing is bewildered.
But Wu Pingjing isn’t foolish; he quickly reacts.
"Did you notice sothing? Just tell ; you know how much I prefer straightforwardness. I can’t understand the intricacies of your conversations at all; my brain isn’t built for that."
Xu ng whispers, "You silly man, no wonder mom keeps saying you’re naive and foolish. You truly are. Didn’t you catch what your big brother said? Big brother is surely about to reveal sothing, and it’s likely to trigger dad’s high blood pressure.
That’s why he asked you to bring the dication downstairs, yet you go and challenge your big brother foolishly."
Wu Pingjing has an epiphany and then scratches his head, laughing with his wife.
"You all love to go round and round; I’m just a simple person, not thinking about so much. What does big brother want to say that would anger dad enough to trigger his high blood pressure?"
Xu ng shakes her head; she doesn’t know either.
Mr. Wu took his dication and sat on the couch, looking at his eldest son.
"I’ve taken the dicine. What do you want to say? Just say it. When you look like that, I can already guess what kind of trouble you’re brewing! All right, today you won’t quicken your father’s death."
This son, no matter how good or bad, was the one he cherished the most back in the day, the one he had the highest hopes for.
But also the one who has brought him the most heartache and disappointnt.
Wu Weiguo looked at the crowd of curious onlookers.
Besides the ever-elusive second brother and second sister-in-law, everyone else is here in this room; these are my closest people.
Wu Weiguo doesn’t want to hide this any longer because if sothing truly happens to him one day,
he hopes this matter can be known to his family, giving Jiang Xiaoxiao a rightful place.
This child owes them nothing.
"Dad, Jiang Xiaoxiao is my daughter!"
Mr. Wu sneered, "Not even set in stone, yet you call her your daughter; have you thought about whether she wants you as her father? She has her own dad, you know. I’ve never heard of repaying a favor by announcing another father.
Are you repaying a favor, or are you ruining her?"
"Dad, what I an is Jiang Xiaoxiao is my biological daughter."
Wu Weiguo knows as well!
Without family support, recognizing kin would be impossible.
Just like how my father says.
Who would go out of their way to find a father for no reason?
That would be insane.
And based on what he knows of Jiang Xiaoxiao, she’s not soone who attaches herself to power.
Even with power, she might not want to be your daughter.
Moreover, the Jiang couple loves and adores this child, and he is aware of that.
Even if he wished to acknowledge her, Jiang Xiaoxiao might not want to recognize him.
"Biological daughter you say? How could she possibly be your biological daughter? You were in prison, for 20 years... How could..."
Mr. Wu dismissively said, but couldn’t finish the sentence.
Jiang Xiaoxiao is indeed twenty years old.
If what the eldest says is true, then Jiang Xiaoxiao existed even before he went to jail.
"You... Wu Weiguo, you actually did such shaless things, and you still have the nerve to speak!"
"Bang!"
Wu Weiguo didn’t dodge, and his forehead was hit hard, drawing blood.
The elderly man’s ashtray from the coffee table had flown across the room.
Mrs. Wu hurried over, "Child, why didn’t you dodge? You know how heavy-handed your dad can be. In his rage, if he causes a concussion and you end up hospitalized, what then?"
"You’re concerned about his head? I’d wish to smash him dead; explain this to . Explain exactly what’s going on. How did you get involved with Ye Hua from the Fang family? I knew you were close to the second one from the Fang family back then, but don’t you know a friend’s wife is off-limits?
You call this human decency? If word gets out, will our Wu family face sha?"
The whole room is struck dumb.
Jiang Xiaoxiao is the eldest uncle’s biological daughter?!
Wu Fei feels like she’s dreaming, a strange dream.
"Third family’s people, hurry and take the children out. Third brother, you go out as well."
If the younger generation hears this, how will they view their eldest uncle?
Wu Pingjing and Xu ng take the children upstairs, and lock them in a room.
As the door shuts, Xu ng and Wu Pingjing look at each other.
"Do you think what big brother said might be true? Could Doctor Jiang actually be big brother’s daughter?"
"I don’t know either! There’s no certainty on this matter, back then big brother and Ye Hua didn’t have any intimate interactions. How could they possibly have had a child together? But if big brother truly says so, then Jiang Xiaoxiao really does resemble big brother.
Didn’t you notice? I’ve felt several tis that Jiang Xiaoxiao seed very familiar. Later, I thought about it for a long ti at ho before realizing that Jiang Xiaoxiao and big brother bear an eighty percent resemblance.
Big brother was a famous handso man back then; no wonder that when I first t Jiang Xiaoxiao, my impression was that the child was stunningly beautiful.
Didn’t you see her nose, forehead, almost identical to big brother’s? Look at Jiang Xiaoxiao’s smile; the expression and mannerism are practically carved from the sa mold as big brother’s. The corners of the lips smile while the eyes remain cool and luminous."
Xu ng nodded, it indeed seems like it.
Big brother is the sa way, appears friendly while smiling, but there’s no genuine warmth in his eyes, it’s all sharpness.
Several tis when Jiang Xiaoxiao faced harsh remarks from others, she seed that way too.
It’s truly uncanny resemblance.
Suddenly, Xu ng feels happy.
If Jiang Xiaoxiao is her niece, then Jiang Xiaoxiao and Xiao Cheng are siblings.
This is a good thing!
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