Chapter 907: Almost Wronged the Simpleton
"No."
Shi Yuke shook her head like a rattle-drum.
"Dad doesn't let me leave the residential compound by myself, and the men in the compound don't dare talk to me either. They all know Dad is very strict; if no family member is with me, they would be scolded to death by Dad if they spoke to me alone."
Ever since Shi Yuke became simple-minded, Shi Yucheng did not feel it was a bad thing; he treated his daughter's change as a rebirth!
He avoided repeating past mistakes in every detail, especially regarding relationships between men and women, and monitored her particularly strictly.
Shi Yuke was beautiful, beautiful and low in intelligence.
Usually, her father was extremely strict; even if other men looked at her one time too many, they would be warned. Even if Shi Yuke wanted to make a mistake, she had no opportunity.
To be cautious, Shi Youxuan still asked repeatedly: "Sister, don't be afraid, tell me the truth: has any man ever laid a hand on you when Dad or Zhihao weren't around? There are only the two of us now, I won't tell Dad."
"What I said is the truth, there really isn't anyone."
Shi Yucheng's room.
Shi Youxuan said to her father: "No man bullied my sister; the child must be theirs, or... it isn't theirs."
"What do you mean?" Shi Yucheng was puzzled.
She explained: "I mean, we should do a paternity test to determine if the child is truly the brother-in-law's biological flesh and blood. And it can't just be him and Yulong doing the paternity test; my sister also needs to do a paternity test with Yulong. Maybe he isn't the child my sister gave birth to, maybe he was swapped by someone."
"Impossible."
Shi Yucheng felt that what his second daughter said was simply a fantasy.
"There were only two women giving birth in the delivery room at the time, and the other one looked like she had a powerful family background, with a whole crowd of doctors and nurses. How could they have been swapped?"
Shi Youxuan:...
Her father was still too kind.
He was kind himself, and unwilling to think the worst of people.
So she reminded him: "Perhaps it wasn't a mistake, but an intentional swap?"
Shi Yucheng laughed: "That's even more impossible. Yulong has thick eyebrows and big eyes; would they send away such a beautiful boy? No, the hospital must have gotten the blood type wrong."
She couldn't make her father understand. When the old man got stubborn, he was unusually obstinate; once he settled on his own judgment, he wouldn't change it. If this could solve the problem, that would be fine, but it was of no use at all.
"Yulong has already had his blood type tested at three different hospitals. Could it be that three top-tier hospitals can't even measure a blood type correctly?"
This time he didn't make a sound. After a long while, he indicated that he would listen to his daughter on everything.
The rented house.
Gu Zhihao was in the courtyard sorting through junk, sweating like rain.
After he left the Shi Family, he returned to this place and went back to his old profession—collecting junk.
It was just that the location for collecting junk had changed to a different residential compound; nothing else had changed.
"Brother-in-law." Shi Youxuan called out from outside the courtyard.
He didn't even turn his head, answering in a muffled voice: "Mrs. Sheng, don't call me that. I'm just a rough man and can't bear the title of your brother-in-law. I want to divorce Shi Yuke; I don't want anything, I'll leave with nothing."
Shi Youxuan smiled: "What you plan to do is your freedom and your right, but I walked so far here wearing Spring Shoes; even if I'm not your sister-in-law but just a common acquaintance, you can't make me stand outside the door to talk, can you?"
Only then did he stop the work in his hands, hesitating: "It's too messy, the house isn't cleaned up yet..."
"It's fine, I'll just sit here."
Shi Youxuan walked into the courtyard and sat down casually on a television set placed in the open air.
"If you came to persuade me to go back, don't waste your breath. That... kind of thing, no man can tolerate."
He thought Shi Youxuan would arrogantly order him to go back, using property, houses, and money as conditions to demand he swallow this insult and acknowledge a child that didn't belong to him.
But she didn't.
Shi Youxuan: "I didn't come to persuade you to go back. There are two things I want to say to you, and I'll leave once I'm done."
"First, I asked my sister in detail, and I also secretly investigated. The outsiders who usually have contact with my sister are either elderly women over sixty or little girls under eight."
Gu Zhihao prepared to interrupt, but she stopped him: "Let me finish."
"To be fair to you and fair to my sister, I suggest that the two of you take Yulong to do a paternity test together."
"If the test results show the child isn't yours but was born to Shi Yuke, our family is willing to accept any decision you make." She deliberately didn't use the word "conditions," but used "decision" instead, which made Gu Zhihao feel respected and equal.
Shi Youxuan continued: "If the test results show the child isn't biologically yours, it means the other woman in the delivery room at the time had a problem. We'll leave other people's problems for later; you need to apologize to my sister and apologize to my father. Do you agree?"
Gu Zhihao nodded: "Okay."
Shi Youxuan: "There is a third possibility, which is that the hospital got Yulong's blood type wrong, or one of you remembered your blood type wrong, and Yulong is indeed your biological son. If that's really the case, you must also apologize."
"Okay, if it really is the third case, let alone asking me to apologize, I'll even kneel and kowtow," Gu Zhihao agreed readily.
"Let's go, Dad and my sister are already waiting in the car. We're going now."
"Mm."
Gu Zhihao didn't change his clothes and didn't lock the door; he followed Shi Youxuan directly.
Paternity testing center.
The test results came out, and it was no surprise to Shi Youxuan—Gu Yulong had no biological blood relationship with the couple.
In other words, her guess was bold but correct; the child should be the one born to that mysterious woman.
"Thump—"
Gu Zhihao kept his word. The moment he received the test report, he immediately knelt down to his father-in-law: "Dad, I was wrong. I shouldn't have been impulsive and run away immediately without leaving an explanation."
"Get up quickly, there are so many people watching. What does it look like for you to kneel here? It's so embarrassing..."
Shi Yucheng helped his son-in-law up. He didn't know why, but everyone felt a sense of relief when the paternity test results came out.
Although it wasn't exactly good news.
But Yulong not being their biological child was still better than not being one person's biological child!
As long as there was a lead, they could find the biological child.
Gu Yulong is only a little over a year old now; discovering it early can be considered a stroke of luck within a misfortune.
"Wife, I was wrong, can you forgive me?" Gu Zhihao turned around and knelt down for his wife again.
He is now full of regret and guilt.
He regrets being too impulsive and simple-minded, and feels guilty for thinking of his wife as too unbearable.
"Thump—"
Yuke found it amusing and also knelt in front of her husband: "Husband, are you wanting to play a game with Yuke? Shall we play house and get married?"
Shi Youxuan gave Shi Liu a look, and the two of them hurriedly helped the couple up; if they wanted to play games, they should go home to play, and not make a spectacle of themselves in public.
The truth of the matter was revealed, the couple reconciled, and Gu Zhihao naturally moved back home.
The primary task now is: investigate who that mysterious woman is?
Where did they come from?
How can they be found?
End of Chapter
