Chapter 6

The thatched cottage was misty and rainy at this time.

The family doctor had been gone for a long time, and Qi Zhenting finally recovered.

Qi Huairou sat by the bed, her eyes red with tears: “Dad, you finally woke up? I was so scared!”

Qi Zhenting looked at his daughter, then raised his eyelids to look at his son who had stood up and came over. He said coldly, “The matter of the paternity test ends here!”

Qi Huairou opened her eyes wide: “Dad…”

“You go out first.” Qi Zhenting was out of breath, but his words were still full of majesty.

Qi Huairou knew the old man’s temper, so she had to get up and leave.

Qi Huaizhou pulled his chair closer: “What do you want to say?”

Qi Zhenting patted the edge of the bed.

Qi Huaizhou stood up and sat down beside the bed.

“Huaizhou.” Qi Zhenting sighed and reached out to hold Qi Huaizhou’s hand. “Dad knows that there have been rumors outside that you are the Qi family’s illegitimate child. I’m sorry for having wronged you over the years.”

Qi Huaizhou’s indifferent eyes flickered slightly: “I don’t care.”

As the youngest son of the Qi family, Qi Huaizhou is 28 years old this year, while his father is 85 years old. To outsiders, he is a late-born child. However, at that time, Qi Zhenting’s wife Zhou Jun was no longer in good health for pregnancy. Zhou Jun told others that she was going abroad to give birth. In fact, Qi Huaizhou was conceived in an artificial womb in a very advanced laboratory abroad.

Qi Zhenting secretly spent a lot of manpower and material resources on this. Even so, Qi Huaizhou was very weak when he was born and did not get better until he was in his teens.

Not long after Qi Huaizhou was born, Zhou Jun died of illness. The Qi family said that the illness was caused by Zhou Jun giving birth at an advanced age, so the youngest son was named “Qi Huaizhou” in memory of his wife Zhou Jun.

Qi Huaizhou is indeed the biological child of Qi Zhenting and his wife Yang Jun, but because of the age of Qi Zhenting and his wife, rumors about him being an illegitimate child are endless, especially since the old man has been in poor health in recent years. Some people even go so far as to say that Qi Huaizhou is not a member of the Qi family at all.

“I know you don’t care, but your mother and I have always felt that we owe you.” Qi Zhenting’s eyes were slightly red. “We decided to give birth to you because your eldest brother has a special blood type and is in poor health…”

“I am willing to be your brother’s backup blood bank. You don’t have to mention it again.” Qi Huaizhou interrupted him.

Qi Zhenting’s voice choked slightly. “Good boy, good boy…it’s your elder brother who’s unlucky.” He paused, stared at Qi Huaizhou, and said, “Yanyan is your elder brother’s child. Do you understand what I mean?”

–

When Jiang Mi came to Caotang Yanyu, she heard that Qi Huaizhou was still there, and she hesitated whether she should go back.

After just a few seconds of hesitation, Qi Huaizhou came out.

Qi Huaizhou looked up and saw the young girl standing by the railing of the pavilion, with the sunlight pouring down from behind her. She looked so youthful and sunny, and her delicate features combined with her clever makeup did look somewhat like his elder brother.

But that day in the coffee shop, she was splashed with coffee in her face, and then she smeared it randomly. The moment her makeup was smeared, she actually looked nothing like Qi Huaimin.

Qi Huaizhou stopped and stared at Jiang Mi for a long time.

Qi Zhenting asked him, “Do you understand?” He understood. The person before him was not his eldest brother’s flesh and blood at all. The old man knew this clearly. He didn’t say it because he didn’t want to cause unrest in his dying moments. Perhaps he was just making up for the years Su Rongbing had lived as a widow. After all, with the Qi family’s financial resources, supporting one more person was nothing, and this person also made up for the old man’s longing for his granddaughter.

Qi Zhenting even said that these days her eldest niece often praised the old man for his business acumen in front of him, saying that the Qi family’s property should be handed over to him.

Although Qi Huaizhou didn’t understand what tricks his eldest niece was trying to play, but –

Never mind. It wouldn’t be too late to deal with this man after Qi Zhenting passed away. There was no need to make the old man feel uneasy.

Jiang Mi felt uneasy when Qi Huaizhou looked at her. She took a deep breath and walked forward: “Uncle San, is Grandpa awake? I’m worried about him and want to go in and check on him.”

After she finished speaking, she walked around Qi Huaizhou and ran inside.

Qi Huaizhou’s eyes today made Jiang Mi feel indescribably terrified, as if he could see through everything.

Qi Huairou had just put on some makeup and came over when she saw Jiang Mi come in. She rushed over in a hurry.

Qi Huaizhou stopped her: “Sister.”

Qi Huairou said unhappily, “Are you crazy? Why let her in?”

“It’s not a big deal.” Qi Huaizhou pulled Qi Huairou forward, “It’s just a child.”

Qi Huairou struggled but couldn’t: “Dad, what a fool! Why won’t you do a paternity test? Just wait, I’ll go steal a strand of that girl’s hair!”

Qi Huaizhou pursed his lips and said, “If we do it in private, my sister-in-law can definitely turn around and say that you framed her on purpose.”

“I……”

“Dad did it in private.” Qi Huaizhou said.

Qi Huairou opened her eyes wide in disbelief: “Do you believe it?”

Qi Huaizhou said: “I believe Dad.”

Qi Huairou was speechless for a long while before she gritted her teeth and said, “That damned girl of mine is really driving me crazy. I told her to come to the old house more often to spend time with her grandfather, but she turned a deaf ear to me. Look at Qi Zhuyan, she knows she didn’t grow up with Dad, so now she’s desperately trying to win Dad’s favor. She’s so attentive every day!”

Very attentive.

Qi Huaizhou turned his head and looked towards the misty rain in the thatched cottage.

–

The next evening, Jiang Mi came out after seeing Qi Zhenting and found that his silent phone was about to explode with calls from Sun Meixiang.

She didn’t answer any of the calls, but Sun Meixiang kept sending her many text messages.

[Why do you ask your lover to take back the house and shop that we gave to you? ? ]

【Answer the phone! 】

[Xia Mi, you should have a conscience. I raised you to this age, but your conscience has been eaten by a dog?!]

[Don’t play dead! ]

…

[Xiao Mi, I am your mother after all, you can’t be so cruel]

[The only room in the house has always been for you to live in. Doesn’t your mother love you? ]

We sold our old house and invested all our money in the stock market. We can’t get it out all at once. Do you have the heart to let us sleep on the streets?

…

[Xia Mi, don’t think that just because we don’t know which man you’re with, you can do whatever you want!]

[Believe it or not, I will ruin your reputation online!!]

His attitude switches seamlessly, sometimes soft and sometimes hard.

There were some long speeches in the middle, but Jiang Mi didn’t read them at all. She simply blocked all the contact information of Sun Meixiang and Xia Fan, thinking that out of sight, out of mind.

Now she felt relieved knowing that the mother and son did not have a good life.

She is not Xia Mi, not a soft persimmon that can be bullied by anyone. Her current goal is to put Jiang Mi’s interests first!

As soon as she turned on the sound of her phone, Qi Huaizhou sent her a location.

Qi Huaizhou: [Come here.]

Jiang Mi hesitated about how to refuse politely.

Qi Huaizhou: [Are you coming?]

Jiang Mi: “…”

Jiang Mi: [Come right over, Third Uncle! ]

Before leaving the Qi family, she still needs to improve her favorability in front of Qi Huaizhou!

–

It is positioned as a high-end Western restaurant in Linjiang.

As Jiang Mi went up to the second floor, she saw Qi Huaizhou standing up from his seat by the window and walking towards her. Before she could even say “Third Uncle”, she heard Qi Huaizhou smile and call her, “Mi Mi.”