This child is really sharp.
Tai Jing looked at Xie Qian with eyes full of admiration.
Although the father and son look alike, Xie San in his youth was not as smart as Xie Qian. If Xie San had Xie Qian’s sharpness, he would not have been played around by the woman surnamed Zhuo in his youth!
However, Tai Jing did not comment on Xie Qian’s guess.
Not long after that chaotic party that shattered Tai Jing’s worldview ended, the Zhuo family had an incident. All struggles were in vain.
The Zhuo family scattered to escape and seek their own livelihoods. Xie Jinghu said he wanted to marry the Zhuo family’s princess, to give her protection, but was rejected by her!
“Of course Xie San could not understand. Marriage requires both parties to agree. Xie San wanted to marry but she did not, and soon handled the procedures to go abroad. On the day she left the country, Xie San was greatly struck and did not go to see her off at the airport. We used to play together often, so I still went to the airport.”
Tai Jing went. Dai Chenglan also went.
That was the last time Tai Jing saw Dai Chenglan.
Of course, the young man who had indicated mid-party that he would take responsibility for the child in Zhuo princess’s belly also went.
With the Zhuo family fallen, the woman surnamed Zhuo still maintained her last dignity. She rejected Xie Jinghu’s proposal, did not entangle much with that young man, and resolutely boarded the plane to go abroad.
Three months later, Zhuo princess held a wedding with an overseas Chinese businessman abroad.
“When the news came back to the country, Xie San was the first who could not accept it. He resigned from his stable job to go south to do business. This you all know. What you do not know is that the second year, there was another person who also resigned. Xie San ran south to earn money. He went north. Xie San opened factories in the south to earn money. That person also mixed well in the north.”
Xie Tang listened entranced. The story reached the most critical point, but Tai Jing stopped talking further.
“Alright, my story is finished. Today I still have to thank you for giving me the opportunity to recall past events.”
Xie Qian was silent for a moment. He did not pursue further, but instead thanked Tai Jing.
“Aunt Tai, thank you.”
Tai Jing was gratified. “It seems I do not need to say more. You already know who it is?”
Xie Qian nodded. “You have already said it very clearly.”
Tai Jing picked up her bag again. “Now I can finally leave.”
Before leaving, Tai Jing even finished the cup of coffee that Xie Qian treated her to. This was Tai Jing’s deserved “reward”!
Tai Jing left. Only the Xie family siblings remained in the coffee shop.
Xie Qian did not speak. Head down, not knowing what he was thinking.
Xie Tang was counting on Xie Qian to explain.
“Why did you suddenly appear? It gave me a big scare! Also, do you really know who Aunt Tai was talking about?”
Xie Qian raised his head. “I followed you here. Last year when eating at a restaurant in Modu, I met Zhao Dong and the He family. You and Peng Guojing met Dai Chenglan and both acted unnaturally. I paid attention then. After all, you two should not know Dai Chenglan.”
Xie Tang’s social circle is very simple. Peng Guojing seems to play wild, but actually only plays well with Tai Wu and a few dandies.
These two are not like Wen Ying who could write books in high school to earn money. After Wen Ying became a bestselling author, she has to participate in activities and accept interviews from time to time. Xie Tang and Peng Guojing basically have no chance to know Dai Chenglan.
Xie Tang was a bit embarrassed. “I thought Peng Lumao and I disguised well. Turns out we were exposed back then!”
Xie Tang was both embarrassed and alarmed.
She and Peng Guojing were exposed long ago, but Xie Qian did not expose it. He quietly waited until Aunt Tai returned to the country.
Xie Qian has been smart since childhood. Xie Tang is also not stupid. She feels as the older sister she needs to take care of Xie Qian. Now she suddenly discovers that Xie Qian’s intelligence is not only in learning ability. Xie Qian has the sophistication of an adult!
Xie Tang is not afraid, but instead very heartbroken.
If there was no family change, Xie Qian would not need adult sophistication. He should be as flamboyant as Peng Guojing, Tai Wu and those!
Xie Tang asked again who Tai Jing was talking about. Xie Qian said a name. Xie Tang was shocked. “Could you be wrong?”
The name Xie Qian said is not only third uncle Xie Jinghu’s friend, but also the Xie’s honoured guest. He is very familiar with Xie’s little uncle. The two families have friendship from the previous generation!
“I also hope I am wrong.”
Xie Qian knows Xie Tang has difficulty accepting it for a moment.
Tai Jing said that young man who wanted to take responsibility for Sara Zhuo, and scum dad Xie Jinghu see each other often. Xie Qian quickly screened scum dad’s circle of friends.
They knew each other in youth. Later certainly did not break off, otherwise could not be the “matchmaker” to reconnect Xie Jinghu and that woman.
Screening like this, those who fit are not many. Plus Tai Jing said that young man chose to go north the second year scum dad went south. Xie Qian screened his family’s social circle once, and quickly locked on the target.
The circle is just this big. Who is doing what business now, how they got rich back then, everyone knows each other’s roots.
Everyone knows Xie Jinghu resigned to go south. He relied on father-in-law Professor Zou’s provided technology to revive the factory, and earned the first real bucket of gold. So where could the young man going north earn money?
The first Xie Qian thought of was actually the North Three Provinces.
In the 90s, the North Three Provinces had an enterprise layoff tide. Many laid-off workers had no food, but some speculated and took over big assets with small costs.
But the North Three Provinces further north, on the border, also can earn money.
Coincidentally, in Xie Jinghu’s circle of friends, Xie Qian knows one who got rich through border trade.
What makes Xie Qian feel very ridiculous is when Xie Jinghu’s affair was exposed, that uncle even came home to advise Xie Jinghu to cherish family.
Thinking that mother Zou Weijun still thinks that uncle is a good person, the coffee Xie Qian drank earlier churned in his stomach.
Xie Tang looked at Xie Qian’s ugly face, and softly comforted. “Aunt Tai said she has no evidence. Even if that person indeed had entanglement with the woman surnamed Zhuo back then, it may not be him who connected third uncle and that woman.”
Xie Qian suppressed the nausea in his stomach.
“Tang sister, whether he connected my dad and the woman surnamed Zhuo is actually not important. What is important is if those two had an affair behind my dad’s back back then, when the woman surnamed Zhuo’s husband died and she brought her son back to the country, she very likely would contact him first!”
The woman surnamed Zhuo gave birth to a son and a daughter. The son excluded being the overseas Chinese businessman’s biological, but did not exclude being that “uncle’s”.
Also the daughter the woman surnamed Zhuo gave birth to later. Since she had an old lover in the country, who the daughter’s dad is is also a mystery.
Really miserable.
Scum dad has worn a green hat from over 20 years ago until now.
Xie Qian does not sympathise with Xie Jinghu at all. In fact, he very much looks forward to the moment Xie Jinghu learns the truth.
This must be the nuclear weapon to crush Xie Jinghu’s spirit.
Xie Qian instructed Xie Tang. “Do not tell anyone about today’s matter. Give me some time. Let me get evidence.”
Xie Tang blinked. “You want to do a paternity test?”
Xie Qian did not speak.
Xie Tang was very conflicted.
How to do a paternity test?
Cannot first let that woman and illegitimate children come back!
