Volume 1 Chapter 5: Parent-Child Identification

  He didn't answer me immediately, and after a moment of silence, he nodded slightly. I saw a hint of inquiry in his eyes, but I wasn't in the mood to investigate this further. My mind kept echoing - Is he my dad? Is he my dad? Is he my dad?...

  I tightly closed my eyes, forcing down the clamoring voices in my mind. I opened my eyes and gazed straight at Han Linhui standing opposite me.

  "President Han. May I introduce myself? My name is Han Xue Lian... Today, I suddenly visited you just to confirm some things with you. Can I ask you a few questions?" At this moment, my heart was calmer than ever before, no longer as flustered as it was earlier. Was it because I had already confirmed everything? ...The calm and collected Han Xue Lian from before has returned.

  Han Lin Hui's expression was as usual, but his eyes were complexly looking at me. Was it because of my name?

  He didn't respond, so I took it as tacit consent.

  "Excuse me, do you know... Xue Chuan?" He looked at me with a hint of confusion in his eyes. I took another step forward and smiled slightly before continuing the sentence. "Or should I ask, do you know Qian Chen?"

  Since my mother passed away, everything has become clear. Chuanshuang was the alias used by my mother after she left H City, probably to avoid detection! And Qianchen is her real name. At first, I thought Lin Yun should be my father's sister. Han Lin Yun betrayed the Han family back then because she liked the son of the Xie family, who had been a sworn enemy of the Han family for generations, and revealed some important business secrets to the Xie family. At that time, both the Han and Xie families were just small businesses, but they had been secretly competing with each other for many years, neither willing to give in an inch.

  The son of the Xi family never loved Han Linyun from start to finish, everything was just to use her to achieve the sinister plot of the Xi family. Han Linyun, who betrayed the Han family, is naturally unbearable for the Han family. Because of those materials, the Xi family controlled the Han family, and the Han family suffered heavy losses after being repeatedly defeated by the Xi family. Han Linyun was expelled from the Han family, and her relationship with the Han family was cut off from then on.

  The things between Mother and Han Linyun, I didn't know very clearly. Because what I understood was also seen in Mother's diary when packing luggage to leave.

  Later, the mother's sister needed an operation and required a sum of money. If it were before, 500,000 wouldn't be a big deal for the Han family who could rival the Xi family. But after that incident, the company almost went bankrupt, funds were tight, and the Han family was also in disarray. To take out 500,000 was really a "big sum" now.

  After her mother sold some of her belongings and gathered some money, adding to her savings, she was not far from 500,000. However, the remaining amount was also a problem to make up for. Her mother did not want to bother her father because he was already having a headache due to company matters. Later, after her mother met that person on the street, everything that happened made her mother leave her four one-year-old daughters and separate from her father for 16 years, at which time her mother was pregnant with me...

  My mother went out one day and ran into the traitor of the Han family, Han Linyun. My mother didn't treat her as a stranger. After chatting with Han Linyun for a while, she lent my mother her savings without hesitation after learning about our situation. We managed to gather enough money for the surgery, which should have been a good thing. But heaven had other plans. All of this was seen by one of the Han family's servants...

  For the Han family, Han Linyun is now a taboo. Old Master Han used to love this daughter very much, but who would have thought... he drove her out of the house, and it must have taken great determination to do so. He was already annoyed because of the company's affairs, and after listening to the servant's exaggerated words, he became even more furious. At that moment, he immediately determined that Qianchen was Han Linyun's accomplice, betraying the Han family together. At that time, a huge hole appeared in the Han family's funds, and everything seemed to be arranged in advance, so coincidental!

  Father couldn't believe Mother would do such a thing, but how could so many coincidences be explained? Mother's sister had undergone surgery successfully. As for the Han family, it was unprecedented chaos. Mother knew Father's difficulties... In order not to become a burden to Han Lin Hui and also not to let him and his father turn against each other. Mother chose to leave, taking me who hadn't been born yet, leaving the Han family, leaving this city, forever! Changing names and surnames, living in another city for 16 years...

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected. Han Lin Hui was shocked when he heard me mention Qian Chen's name, his whole body shook and he stared at me in extreme shock. His mouth opened but no words came out.

  I didn't say anything, just looked at him and waited for his answer.

  Han Lin Hui noticed his own loss of composure and coughed twice in an attempt to cover it up, then asked me: "Miss, do you know Qian Chen?"

  I nodded, seemingly calm on the surface, but inside, I was very complicated...

  "May I ask what is your relationship with her?" he continued to ask.

  I remained silent for a while before speaking up: "President Han, I think I should reiterate once again - my name is Han Xuelian!" This obvious hint of mine should be guessable, right?!

  He lowered his head in thought for a while, perhaps thinking of that possibility, and suddenly raised his head, asking me with an urgent and disbelieving tone: "You... are you Chen's daughter?"

  "Hehe, I am Qian Chen's daughter, President Han."

  "No, it's impossible..." He muttered in disbelief. I knew what he was afraid of.

  "President Han. By the time my mother left, I already existed. So, you understand?"

  "What about your mother? Where is she now?" he asked anxiously.

  "She had passed away before I came to this city." My eyes dimmed immediately.

  Just as he was about to speak, a middle-aged man walked in with a stack of documents and, upon seeing Han Lin Hui, hastily walked over to say: "President, we have another meeting."

  Han Linhui seemed to have not heard his words, still staring at me steadily, with pain in his eyes.

  I know. He loved my mother very much.

  The man called out to him a few more times before he came back to his senses. He turned around and said, "Yuan, go tell them the meeting is cancelled. I have something very important to attend to right now."

  He didn't notice me until then, and he looked me up and down carefully before nodding and walking out of the meeting room.

  Han Lin Hui looked at me and asked: "Xue, Xue Lian? You are my daughter?"

  "If nothing goes wrong, I think so."

  At this time, another voice suddenly cut in: "Hui, I think it's better to have a paternity test."

  "Who?" I and Han Linhui turned our heads at the same time, seeing Yuan standing behind us.

  He smiled at us in the morning, then walked over and put one hand on Han Lin Hui's shoulder.

  Uh, I think they must be very good friends in private. Otherwise, it's impossible for a superior and subordinate to have such an intimate relationship like this.

  Yu Xiang looked at me with a smile, his eyes showing a hint of interest. Huh, why are you looking at me like that? This weird uncle.

  "Hui, it's safer this way!" Yuan turned his head to say a sentence to Han Lin Hui, then looked at me, as if seeking my opinion.

  I nodded and said, "I have no opinion."

  Han Linhui looked at me and nodded too.

  Hospital.

  Under Yuán's accompaniment, Hàn Línhuī and I had our blood samples drawn, which the nurse then took away for testing.

  This hospital seems to be under the Han family as well. All the doctors and nurses we met on the way showed great respect for Han Lin Hui.

  We sat outside for a while and then a doctor came out and said, "President Han, the report will be ready in about a week. We'll have someone deliver it to you at that time."

  "Alright, let's go back then!" Hui said, and Yuan led us out of the hospital.

  After leaving the hospital, Yuan asked me: "Miss Han, I'll send you back to your residence first! The report will come out later and we will notify you."

  From entering the hospital to leaving the hospital, Han Linhui did not say a word. Alas, suddenly there was a daughter, I think anyone would need time to accept it!

  "Where's my accommodation? Uh, I don't know the way back." After all this trouble, I almost forgot about it. What can be done now?"

  Hearing me, Han Lin Hui was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Just like Chen. She often gets lost too!"

  Mom is also directionally challenged? Yeah, now that you mention it, it seems to be true! Every time mom went grocery shopping, she would take a long time to come back! Haha, I inherited this from my mom! However, I'd rather not have inherited this. Being directionally challenged is killing me!

  "What should we do then? Ms. Han, do you know anyone here?" Yuan asked me.

  "Except for the landlord, there's no one else I know." It's really frustrating, if only there were people I knew, it would be easier.