Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
As Helian Xiao stared stonily at Helian Zhu, the gentle and warm expression he always had was gone as he seemed extremely cold and disappointed in her. He didn’t have too much of an expression, the strong aura he exuded seemed to want to freeze the air completely.
Helian Zhu didn’t dare look into his eyes.
She looked down, her shoulders shivering as she said softly, “Daddy, you… you heard wrongly. I didn’t mention anything about any identity.”
She was still struggling with all she had, only hoping that Daddy didn’t hear her clearly. Auntie Ye said that she would settle the issues in the Capital, so nothing could happen on her side as well.
Since she couldn’t marry Ye Sihan anymore, she could not let Nan Zhi snatch her Daddy as well! No matter how well Daddy treated her, she was not his biological child. If he had his biological daughter, what would her position be in the Helian family from now on?
She could not take the double blow and pain of losing her love and her family!
Helian Zhu cried as she spoke. She rarely cried, having always showed others her independent and strong image. However, she also knew that if she wanted Daddy to be softer to her and cherish her, she had to use her tears as her weapon.
In the past, once she cried, Daddy would give in to her. That was why she rarely cried, having used her tears for something useful when she did!
However, this time, Helian Xiao didn’t go soft on her because of her tears. He stood next to the bed, his eyes as sharp as knives as his voice was cold and strict as never before. “Helian Zhu, I already heard you saying about Nan Zhi’s identity. Also, who were you calling just now?”
As Helian Xiao said it, he bent down to pick up Helian Zhu’s phone that had dropped to the floor. The VIP ward Helian Zhu was staying in was covered in plush carpet, so her phone wasn’t ruined from the drop.
Seeing Helian Xiao pick up her phone, Helian Zhu wanted to take it back. However, Helian Xiao took a step back with the phone in his hand.
All Helian Zhu could grab was the air.
But the more nervous she was, the more suspicious Helian Xiao got.
Her phone was locked, but this was nothing for Helian Xiao. Within a few seconds, he managed to unlock her phone.
Helian Zhu closed her eyes, feeling so cold it was like she had fallen into a deep abyss. She bowed her head low, not daring to look at Helian Xiao or speak again.
Helian Xiao glanced at the caller ID. The person Helian Zhu had spoke to was saved as Auntie Ye.
Auntie Ye?
Ye Sihan’s mother?
Helian Xiao glanced at Helian Zhu’s messages next and didn’t find anything. However, just as he was about to pass Helian Zhu her phone, he saw an email. Helian Zhu didnt have the habit of looking through his children’s private matters, however, Helian Zhu was acting too strangely.
He vaguely thought that Madam Ye and her were hiding something from him.
Besides, was it related to Nan Zhi’s identity?
Dismissing the thoughts, Helian Xiao opened her email inbox and saw an untitled email she received. When he opened the attached document, he saw that it was a paternity test report.
The name of the tester wasn’t written on the report. However, the final results showed that the parties the samples belonged to were direct relatives.
Helian Xiao showed Helian Zhu her phone. “Whose report is this?”
Although Helian Xiao had a brief guess already in his mind, however, he felt that his thought was too ridiculous and impossible.
Glancing at her phone, Helian Zhusaw that Helian Xiao had seen the paternity test report in her email. It was as if all of her blood had frozen in place, all of her limbs turning cold. Her lashes trembled, her hands grasping the blanket tightly as her forehead and back were all covered in cold sweat.
A voice in her heart kept telling her to not say anything, to not say anything at all…
However, Helian Xiao’s aura was too strong. It was so cold and low that she could not breathe properly, the air around her seemingly frozen.
The silence continued for a while before Helian Xiao broke the silence coldly. He put a hand into his pocket, looking down at Helian Zhu, his voice low and filled with iciness. “I’m planning to invest in Africa recently. Since you’re so capable, you can go there and start from the beginning. You can come back after the project is finished.”
Helian Zhu’s heart sank.
Africa?
And to start from the bottom? She can only come back after finishing the project? From what she knew, if she went to work on a project at Africa, it would be impossible to finish it within eight years.
Wasn’t he throwing her into Hell directly by doing this?
With her eyes shimmering with tears, Helian Zhu’s eyes turned red and the tears that had stopped started to fall again.
Helian Xiao ignored her tears as he said coldly, “Say it!”
Helian Zhu shivered, raising her hands to cup her face as she choked, “The paternity test was sent to me by Auntie Ye. She took it from An Feng…”
The expression on Helian Xiao’s face immediately changed, like a layer of frost had covered him. His expression was so dark it was terrifying. “Is An Feng’s incident Madam Ye’s doing?”
Helian Zhu shook her head. “I don’t know. Auntie Ye only told me to make you come back and keep you here so you don’t return to An Feng…”
As he stared at her with razor-sharp eyes, the dangerous aura he had seemed even more terrifying. “Get to the point!”
“Daddy, you’re so clever, do you really need me to say it? You’ve guessed it already, haven’t you?” As Helian Zhu said this, her heart seemed to be emptied. She really didn’t want Helian Xiao to know about Nan Zhi’s existence. He could only have one daughter and that was her! She didn’t want him to acknowledge Nan Zhi as his daughter!
Yes, Helian Xiao had already briefly guessed some matters.
However, he still felt that it was still rather unrealistic. It was utterly impossible!
Suddenly, his tall figure froze like lightning had struck him.
Even his expression seemed to be sealed by ice.
In his dark and deep eyes, there was an unreadable emotion swarming. His expression was tense as he clenched his fists tightly.
“An Feng was the one who requested the paternity test in your phone?” Helian Xiao suddenly remembered the reaction she had when she saw the faint mark on his wrist, then of the day at the town’s hotel when she came to his room and was searching for something on his robe. He then pressed her under him on the bed, and she pulled at his hair ruthlessly. She even said back then that she wanted to make him bald.
He always thought that she seemed to have a strange animosity against him. However, the weird actions she had from time to time, like wanting to see his wrist and touching his robe made him think that she was playing with him.
However, everything seemed to explain itself right now.
Helian Xiao had always been able to control his emotions. However, right now, his handsome expression had an undeniable surprise and complicatedness written on it.
His heart beat really quickly, as all sorts of emotions swelled within him.
“Daddy, I’m sorry, I was just afraid of losing you. Nan Zhi is only an accident, can you not acknowledge her?”
Originally, Nan Zhi’s background was the largest obstruction for the Royal family to let her marry Ye Sihan. However, if Daddy acknowledged her, then Nan Zhi would have the perfect life.
She couldn’t allow for that to happen!
