"The password to the safe is with the lawyer. It's not that Grandma doesn't trust you. Han 'er is naturally suspicious, but I can see that he cares a lot about you. If the child's matter is confirmed, I think he will gradually understand. So this paternity test result is not for the sake of this relic. I want you to do it for Han' er to see and let him know that you are hell-bent on following him."
Ye Huanyan covered her mouth. Her voice was choked with sobs as tears welled up in her eyes.
The date on the letter was two days before the old lady's death. Ye Huanyan didn't dare to say that she could fully understand the old lady's feelings when she wrote this letter, but she could feel the old lady's concern for her deceased husband from the blood and tears in this letter.
Even when the old lady was on her deathbed, the younger generation couldn't let her leave in peace.
Ling Han's expression was forbearing, but the rims of his eyes were red.
Wen Yi walked up behind Ye Huanyan at some point and patted her shoulder. "Don't be sad. The dead are gone. The living carry on the will of the dead is the greatest respect for the dead."
Ye Huanyan looked at Wen Yi in shock. Her voice was hoarse and choked with sobs. "Mom, you …"
Wen Yi was the most impatient with emotional sentiments. She waved her hand and interrupted her. "That's enough. Let's do a paternity test tomorrow and let a certain person see if the child is really his."
Ling Han's face paled. He had nothing to say.
If he still had any doubts about Ye Huanyan at this point, then he really wasn't human.
Wen Yi's words were obviously said in anger, but they stabbed him in the heart and cut him again and again. Blood flowed.
After a while, his hoarse voice sounded in the living room. "Mm, okay."
Naturally, he didn't need a paternity test to prove anything, but this relic had to be opened with a paternity test. The thing that he was obsessed with back then had become something that others were forcing him to do now. He had mixed feelings.
The next day, the weather was good. Ye Huanyan took Naonnao and Ling Han to the hospital early in the morning. After the paternity test, they went home to wait for the results. On the way back, they bought Naonnao's favorite strawberries.
For the whole morning, Naonnao lay in the rocking chair in the corridor and basked in the sun like an old man. Ling Han sat beside him and fed him strawberries one by one.
Ji Xiaoyue leaned against Gu Sinian's shoulder and happened to see this scene from the living room. She smiled. "Good fellow, he finally met someone who can control him. He's considered a twenty-four filial stay-at-home dad, right?"
Gu Sinian put an arm around her shoulder. "If you give birth to a child for me, I can do it too."
Hearing this, Ji Xiaoyue blushed. She clenched her fists and hammered his chest. "What are you talking about? You're asking someone else to give birth to a child for you. "
"What do you mean by someone else?"
"Fu Yingxiang. She's so capable and knows everything. If she married you, she might have already given birth to a child."
Hearing this, Gu Sinian's expression froze. There was a complicated look in his eyes.
"Xiao Yue, you …"
Seeing that there was something wrong with his expression, Ji Xiaoyue was stunned. "That's not what I meant. I'm not angry. I just … I just said it casually."
As she spoke, her voice became softer and softer. "I always feel that I'm not as good as her in any way. She's so good that I don't even dare to be jealous of her."
"So?"
"So I think that if you want to be with her, I won't stop you."
She suddenly raised her head. She looked determined.
Gu Sinian furrowed his brows. "What do you mean?"
"…"
Ye Huanyan brought Aunt Zhang's lotus seed soup from the kitchen and helped prepare lunch. Although Aunt Zhang didn't want her to help, it was different now. There weren't many servants in the old mansion. It was impossible for Aunt Zhang to cook for so many people.
After the dishes were ready, Ye Huanyan washed her hands and went to the bedroom to ask Wen Yi to come out for lunch. However, she saw that Wen Yi was sitting on the sofa. She didn't know when she had opened an old photo album.
"Mom, it's time to eat."
Ye Huanyan reminded her softly.
Wen Yi raised her head. "Is this when you were in your teens?"
Following Wen Yi's finger, Ye Huanyan saw an old yellowed photo in the middle of the album.
She didn't know if it was taken more than ten years ago. At that time, she was wearing a red dress and looked like a fireball huddled in the snow. Her face was covered in snow. Ling Zhan was standing next to her. She reached out to shield her from the snow with a worried look on her face.
"I don't remember clearly. There are these photos every year. As long as it snows, I will always have a snowball fight with Ling Zhan and the others. I don't know who took these photos."
"It's signed by Yu."
Wen Yi pointed at the bottom right corner of the photo and said softly.
Ye Huanyan was slightly stunned. It was true.
"Then it must be Second Uncle who took these photos. I don't know when Second Uncle developed these photos and sent them to Grandma. He is so thoughtful."
Ye Huanyan smiled. Suddenly, she saw Ling Li, who was wearing a black dress, holding a snowball in her hand. She looked like she was facing death calmly like Huang Jiguang when he was bombing a bunker. Her face was full of resentment.
Ye Huanyan smiled. "It should be when she was twenty-four years old. It was her natal year, so she wore red. This young lady in black is Ling Li, Second Uncle's second daughter. She was in her rebellious phase back then. Her temper was not on the same level as mine. Every year, we would fight on the first two days we met."
"Where is this child now?"
Wen Yi asked.
"In America. She should be in university." Ye Huanyan took a deep breath. "After Grandma passed away, they probably didn't come back. I went to the mountain villa and didn't see them again."
Wen Yi nodded. "You actually had a good time when you were young."
"Yes, it was quite good." Ye Huanyan sat down beside her. "So you don't have to feel burdened, and you don't have to feel like you owe me. When I was young, there were many people who were very good to me. As for emotional matters, even if I grew up by your side, it might not be smooth sailing. This is my own fate."
"Mm." Wen Yi finally exhaled slowly, as if it had been accumulating for a long time. Slowly, she heaved a sigh of relief.
"Then, Mom, let's go eat."
"Mm."
Lunch was laid out on the table.
Ye Huanyan thought that during this period of time, everyone's mood was not very good, so she specially made a few more dishes, all of which were her best dishes, to liven up the atmosphere.
But things always went against her wishes.
Not long after lunch, she suddenly realized that the atmosphere at the table was very gloomy.
Gu Sinian and Ji Xiaoyue did not know what the problem was, but the two of them only focused on eating the rice in their bowls, looking absent-minded. Ye Huanyan spoke a few times, but no one responded.
Naonnao had just returned to China and was still jet-lagged. After eating a few mouthfuls, he said that he was sleepy and wanted to go to bed. Chen Yin, who was currently acting as the nanny, could only hurriedly eat a few mouthfuls of rice and then take him back to the room to rest.
Wen Yi was even more so. She was worried about Gu Heng every day, so her lack of appetite had become a habit. After eating a few mouthfuls, she said that she was full.
Ye Huanyan could only put the red braised pork in Ling Han's bowl and look at him expectantly, waiting for him to say something to warm up the atmosphere.
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