Taming The Hidden Bigshot By Kissing Him

Chapter 229: Chapter 229 He Must Uncover the Truth

Chapter 229: Chapter 229 He Must Uncover the Truth

Xu Yunye walked into the Dean’s office.

Xu Xiuyuan was inside, reviewing documents.

He knocked on the door and entered, saying, “The house is in complete turmoil, and yet you’re immovable as a mountain? Is it absolutely necessary for you to attend this session?”

Xu Yunye looked at Xu Xiuyuan, who had always been self-possessed and steady, groomed to be the family heir from a young age. It was said that Xu Xiuyuan was personally tutored by his eldest uncle as a child, and thus wasn’t spoiled by the Xu Family.

“Photos of Xu Xingluo and Xiang Huai are flying all over the place; dad still wants her to marry Huo Xingzhou. Not just now, but even in the past, Huo Xingzhou never took a fancy to her. If it weren’t for her having saved Huo Xingzhou’s life once, she wouldn’t be jumping around up to now.”

Xu Xiuyuan swiftly signed the documents, not even lifting his head as he said, “I’ve already warned her, and if she wouldn’t listen, she should bear the consequences. The outcome now is the result of her own making.”

Xu Yunye sat opposite him, propping his chin with his hands, and said, “Sometimes I think you really care for Xu Xingluo, yet at other times, you seem quite indifferent. What do you think of this sister of yours?”

Xu Xiuyuan put down his pen and furrowed his brows, saying, “Everyone has their own fate.”

“Tsk, have you turned to Buddhism now?”

Xu Xiuyuan said nothing more; he was just fulfilling the responsibilities of an older brother. But for some reason, ever since they were little, he had never felt close to Xu Xingluo. He thought it was because of the large age gap between them, which prevented them from playing together.

He took a document from the drawer and tossed it in front of Xu Yunye.

“Here’s the thing.”

Xu Yunye took the document and asked, “Have you told the family about this? Xu Xingluo just now mocked me for having an illegitimate child; she seems to be in the know.”

“I mentioned it to mom in passing, fearing that women from the outside might cause trouble,” Xu Xiuyuan said calmly.

“Why didn’t you keep it a secret? I…” Xu Yunye took a deep breath and said, “Never mind, thank you anyway.”

Liu Huimin might know about it, and it was quite possible she would tell Xu Xingluo.

Her daughter was her precious little treasure, and the mother and daughter shared almost everything with each other.

Xu Yunye stood up and said, “I’m leaving first.”

Xu Xiuyuan tapped his fingers on the desk and said, “If it really is an illegitimate child, it’s time to start settling down.”

“Big brother, you don’t understand what I’m doing.”

Xu Yunye walked out of the office and gently closed the door behind him.

He tore open the document’s seal and took out the papers inside. There were two assessments: one for paternity, and another for kinship.

Although Xu Xiuyuan didn’t know why he wanted a kinship test, he had still helped him get one done.

What illegitimate child!

Xu Yunye was just using the paternity test as a cover; what he really wanted was the kinship test.

His heart was pounding, and he found his breathing growing rapid.

The buzzing in his ears was loud; he could hear the forceful beating of his heart. His fingertips numb, he separated the assessments.

The paternity test indicated a non-parental relationship, which was expected.

His fingers pinched the kinship test.

He flipped through it, page by page.

Until he reached the last page.

There was a line of text at the bottom.

“Non-kin relationship assessed.”

Non?

It turned out they weren’t related.

A shadow fell over Xu Yunye’s eyes.

He mockingly wiped his face, the conjecture and suspicion always amounting to a fanciful tale.

It wasn’t the expected result, but this was what made sense.

How could he fantasize that a person who looked familiar was a relative?

He was being absurd!

As the results of the tests emerged, the weight on his mind also lifted. But with it came a more profound and inescapable pain.

If he could choose, he would opt for Granny Qiao and Qiao Xi to be his family.

He had everything he needed in the Xu Family but felt suffocated.

The bitterness in his heart was unspoken, with no one able to understand his psyche.

Xu Yunye dragged his heavy steps, shuffling along the corridor.

As if compelled by some ghostly force, he found himself at Liu Zongyun’s hospital room door, and after the nurse’s inspection and disinfection, he was allowed to enter.

When he entered, Liu Zongyun was awake, his eyes open, looking at him.

“Uncle,”

Xu Yunye brought a chair over and sat in front of him, with countless words pouring out from inside.

“Uncle, lately I’ve been haunted by a terrible thought. I suspect I’m not biologically a Xu. Xu Guangyao has always looked down on me, always treating me with cold indifference,”

nothing like a father’s affection for his son.

Others said it was because he was too notorious that he incurred his father’s displeasure.

Xu Yunye’s hoarse voice said as he looked at him, “Uncle, the doctors said you woke up because of your strong will. I really want to know, what’s keeping you going? I… I’m a bit lost, not understanding what’s the point in living.”

What he yearned for was familial affection.

Unfortunately, the Xu family couldn’t provide it.

Liu Zongyun looked at him, his face young and delicate, full of dejection, as tears began to fall from his slightly elongated almond-shaped eyes.

He didn’t know what Xu Guangyao had done to him.

But remembering that twenty-two years ago Xu Guangyao was able to kill his biological daughter and switch her with his mistress’s, he probably wasn’t any kinder to Xu Yunye.

Liu Zongyun moved his tongue, originally meaning to say some words of comfort, but he quickly held himself back!

He didn’t trust anyone!

If it were to end up like last time, flirting with death, his plan would not succeed!

He must endure!

Endure until the day of the birthday banquet, which is also the day of the car accident twenty-two years ago.

He couldn’t slip up.

To make presence at the event with his current physical condition, he still needed external support; the Xu Yunye before him could be a candidate for consideration. If he hadn’t been brainwashed by Xu Guangyao and could be trusted, then he would confess the truth.

“Uncle, I’ve had a falling out with the family. I’ve been staying in a hotel recently, and they haven’t tried to contact me,”

he said dejectedly. After running away from home, no one worried about his safety.

Only his eldest brother occasionally called to check up on him.

“Uncle, everyone says I look a lot like you. If you were my dad, would you treat me better?” Xu Yunye wiped away his tears, saying disheartenedly.

Perhaps Liu Zongyun was a good listener because he didn’t talk much.

Xu Yunye rambled on about a great many things to him and promised to visit every day.

Liu Zongyun was also satisfied; this was a useful nephew to have at his disposal.

After a probationary period, he would tell him about the past, afraid only that he might be a spy sent by Xu Guangyao after being brainwashed!

There were certainly Xu Guangyao’s informants in the hospital, so he had to be careful.

It was a long time before Xu Yunye left.

As soon as he left, Liu Zongyun began practicing the sensitivity of his tongue again.

“Xu Guangyao… Xu Xingluo…”

He could now articulate these two names smoothly, and even speak a few sentences, though slowly.

He had to practice more; during the birthday banquet, in the presence of all the guests, he would expose Xu Guangyao’s misdeeds!

He curled his hands into fists and then stretched them out, doing it over and over again.

This was to train the sensitivity of his fingers.

Xu Yunye had asked him what kept him going, what woke him from a state akin to the living dead.

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It was hatred!

It was unwillingness!

It was the longing for his family and the rage of being deceived!

He was determined to climb out of hell and bring the truth to light!