At this point, Xie Dezhao's voice began to choke.
Gu Nianzhi hadn't expected that after more than 20 years, Xie Dezhao himself would remarry, and his daughter would grow up. He would still be sobbing when talking about his wife's passing …
She felt a bit guilty.
Wasn't it selfish of her to bring someone else to court and touch on someone else's sore spot just for her own lawsuit?
Gu Nianzhi's eyes dimmed. She looked at Xie Dezhao quietly and turned to pass him a tissue.
Xie Dezhao accepted it and covered his face with it. After a while, he paused and said, "I'm sorry. I made a fool of myself."
"It's okay." Gu Nianzhi comforted him carefully. "If you feel sad, you don't have to say it …"
"No, I have to say it." Xie Dezhao looked up. The tip of his nose and the bottom of his eyes were slightly red from crying. "Gu Tian was seven months pregnant, and we told Gu Xiangwen the good news. Gu Xiangwen ran to my house and threw a tantrum. He pointed at my nose and scolded me for a long time …
"At that time, I let him scold me and even let him kick me … Because I let him down. I promised him, but I broke my promise. I told Gu Tian that she didn't need to have a child, but she got pregnant … But after that, Gu Xiangwen told Gu Tian that he was prepared, but he couldn't guarantee success. He felt that Gu Tian was taking too much risk. But Gu Tian said that if we didn't have a child, she felt that our marriage would be lacking something and lose its sense of reality … "
Xie Qingying sat in the audience and also covered her face as she cried.
She was only one month old when Gu Tian's health system collapsed due to giving birth. She lost all her immune functions and caught a small cold during her confinement period. She died soon after.
Xie Qingying had never seen her mother, but Xie Dezhao and the Xie family had taken good care of her. To her, it was a pity that she didn't have a mother to grow up with, but it wasn't to the point where she couldn't bear it.
She could only empathize with her father's pain when he remembered her mother.
When Gu Nianzhi heard this, she felt nervous for no reason. She glanced at Gu Yanran from the corner of her eye and saw that Gu Yanran had a disdainful sneer on her face …
Xie Dezhao continued, "After that, Gu Xiangwen said that he had made preparations. The time wasn't ripe yet, but because Gu Tian was about to give birth, he couldn't care less. He asked me to call him two weeks before Gu Tian's due date and he would come to help her …"
Gu Nianzhi interrupted, "May I ask why Gu Xiangwen is helping Gu Tian? Could it be midwifery? But Gu Xiangwen doesn't have any experience as an obstetrician, right? "
Although she knew that Gu Xiangwen was a genius, his resume had always been focused on research and machinery. His medical background was all about cell and genetic research. It had nothing to do with delivering babies, right?
Xie Dezhao sneered and looked at Gu Nianzhi. "Gu Xiangwen is your father. You may not like what I'm saying, but it's the truth. Gu Xiangwen said that he would come to watch over Gu Tian when she gave birth, but when Gu Tian's due date arrived, we couldn't contact him no matter what. I still remember when Gu Tian went into the delivery room, I called Gu Xiangwen for the last time and yelled into his voicemail, 'If you don't come, we won't acknowledge you as our big brother anymore!' This time, Gu Xiangwen called back and said that he was looking for someone and would definitely be there when Gu Tian was in labor … "
"Looking for someone? Who was he looking for? "Gu Nianzhi sharply noticed that this was a suspicious point.
Gu Yanran narrowed her eyes and turned around nonchalantly to whisper to Jin Wanyi.
Xie Dezhao was immersed in his memories. "I don't know. He didn't say. I was worried about my wife in the delivery room, so why would I care who he was looking for? "
That was common sense.
Gu Nianzhi remained silent and gestured for Xie Dezhao to continue.
"In the end, when Gu Tian was in labor, she suddenly started bleeding profusely and couldn't stop. I was so anxious that I wanted to jump off a building. I begged the eldest cousin brother of the Xie's to help find the best gynecologist in Europe and sent him to a hospital in France on a private plane to save Gu Tian's life. But because of the massive bleeding, the doctor discovered that Gu Tian's immune system couldn't function properly, and her bone marrow had lost its ability to produce blood. She needed a bone marrow transplant. "
Gu Nianzhi's eyebrows twitched.
The mockery on Gu Yanran's face became even more obvious.
Huo Shaoheng, who was quietly watching the trial at the Special Operations Forces headquarters, also stood up.
He crossed his arms as he watched the live broadcast of the trial. He was a bit annoyed and wanted to cut off the live broadcast …
But Xie Dezhao said something else, and Huo Shaoheng finally calmed down.
Xie Dezhao said, "After that, we found almost the best bone marrow transplant specialist in the world and asked him to help match. Because we were willing to spend money, we quickly found a suitable match and performed the transplant. "
Gu Nianzhi's heart was in her throat and only calmed down when she heard this.
She covered her beating heart with her hand. For a moment, she felt that she couldn't face the truth that was coming towards her.
She clenched her fists tightly and felt the sweat on her palms. Her legs were a bit weak, but she couldn't collapse in court in front of everyone.
Gu Nianzhi straightened her delicate back and looked at Xie Dezhao quietly.
She heard her own voice, cold and distant, as if a person's soul had left her body and was watching this farce.
"And then Gu Tian recovered, didn't she?"
"… Of course not." Xie Dezhao wiped his face and stopped sobbing. But his voice was bleak, and his sculpture-like features were even more pronounced. "Although the match was successful, the bone marrow transplant not only didn't help Gu Tian regrow healthy bone marrow, but it also destroyed what was left of her immune system. From then on, she could only live in a sterile environment. "
Xie Dezhao didn't want to say the rest.
Because on the day of Xie Qingying's one-month-old birthday, Gu Tian had secretly asked someone to bring the child to a sterile room for her to hold …
Just like that, Gu Tian, who was even more fragile than a newborn, fell for it.
She caught a small cold and lay in bed for seven days, never to wake up again.
After she passed away, Gu Xiangwen, who was extremely thin, finally arrived at Xie Dezhao's home in France.
But what greeted him was a black and white mourning hall.
His beloved sister, who was only in her twenties, had already passed away.
"… Twenty-seven years ago, at my wife's funeral, I beat him up and chased him away. I told him never to come back to my house!"
"… So you haven't contacted him in 27 years?" Gu Nianzhi asked. "Then he never came to see his own niece?"
"It's useless even if he came. I never let him in. He still came for the first few years after my wife passed away, but I chased him away every time. He stopped coming and only sent birthday gifts to Qingying every year. " Xie Dezhao paused, his voice carrying a trace of unease. "But since seven years ago, he hasn't sent birthday gifts to Qingying."
Wasn't Gu Xiangwen's plane crash seven years ago?
Gu Xiangwen had become a vegetable, so he couldn't send birthday gifts to Xie Qingying anymore.
Xie Dezhao didn't know why before, but now he knew why.
It wasn't that Gu Xiangwen had given up, but that he couldn't move anymore.
Gu Nianzhi slowly pieced together Xie Dezhao's words and what she knew about Gu Xiangwen's past to form a picture.
Perhaps there were still missing parts, but those were minor details that didn't affect the clarity of the main story.
"Ok, the story is finished. May I ask, Lawyer Gu, what question do you want to ask? "Jin Wanyi curled one corner of her lips and teased Gu Nianzhi with a fake smile.
Gu Nianzhi looked up at her. "Don't be in such a hurry. I'm about to get to it. "
Turning around, Gu Nianzhi said to the solemn judge, "Your Honor, I've finished questioning the witness, Xie Dezhao. May his daughter, Xie Qingying, testify next?"
The judge raised his hand. "Agreed."
Gu Nianzhi motioned for Xie Qingying to sit at the witness stand.
Gu Nianzhi didn't ask Xie Qingying to speak at length and only asked her a few questions.
"What's your name?"
"Who are your father and mother?"
"Do you have any evidence to prove your identity?"
Xie Qingying answered methodically that her name was Xie Qingying, her father, Xie Dezhao, and her mother, Gu Tian. She then took out her birth certificate, passport, and finally a DNA test.
Gu Nianzhi took the DNA test from Xie Qingying and said, "This DNA test can prove that Ms. Xie Qingying is the biological daughter of Mr. Xie Dezhao and Ms. Gu Tian."
Gu Yanran sighed in relief when she heard this.
In the previous three trials, Gu Nianzhi had made her lose everything and almost lose all face.
Luckily, this fourth time, Gu Nianzhi would be able to knock her down in one fell swoop.
Gu Yanran was so excited that she couldn't sit still.
Gu Nianzhi handed Xie Qingying's DNA test to the court and immediately took out two more DNA test certificates.
Looking at the people in the courtroom, Gu Nianzhi's gaze landed on Gu Yanran.
"There are also two DNA test certificates here. One is the DNA test results of Ms. Xie Qingying and me, and the other is the DNA test results of the defendant Gu Yanran and Ms. Xie Qingying. These tests were done by the most authoritative hospital in the country and were certified by the most effective notary office. "
Everyone's eyes were drawn to Gu Nianzhi at the same time.
"… These two DNA test certificates prove that Ms. Xie Qingying and I are related by blood, but Ms. Gu Yanran is not related to Ms. Xie Qingying at all."
"What?!" Jin Wanyi's expression changed and she jumped up. "Objection! The plaintiff stole my client's DNA evidence without my client's consent! "
"Okay, I'll get your client's consent now and retest her and Ms. Xie Qingying's DNA to see if they are related by blood. Ask your client if she agrees or not!" Gu Nianzhi didn't hesitate to take a step back and kick the ball back to Gu Yanran.
However, Gu Yanran wasn't angry at all. She patted Jin Wanyi's hand lightly. "Wanyi, don't be anxious. I'm not even anxious, so why are you anxious?"
Gu Yanran finished speaking and stood up slowly. She raised her head and said, "Yes, Xie Qingying and I are not related by blood. That's not strange, because Gu Nianzhi is not related to my father by blood either. "
Gu Nianzhi immediately replied, "Yes, because that is' your 'father, not mine."
Gu Nianzhi emphasized the word "your" and took out the third DNA test certificate. "This is the DNA test for Gu Xiangwen, who is in a vegetative state on the hospital bed, and Xie Qingying's mother, Gu Tian. The test results show that the two of them are not related by blood at all. They are not biological siblings! Therefore, I have sufficient reason to believe that the person in a vegetative state on the hospital bed right now is not my father, Gu Xiangwen! "
Gu Yanran chuckled. "Are you sure?"
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It was the second night watch, and the monthly tickets had been delivered at 2,100 plus one night watch. It was the third night watch today.
A reminder for everyone's recommendation tickets and monthly tickets ~ ~ ~
It was the third night watch at 7 pm. Mwah!
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