“Zhao Beichen.” The man spoke in a cold, deep voice.
Zhao Beichen pursed his lips and stared at Yang Liu’s face. His first reaction was that he had walked into the wrong room, but upon looking more closely, it really was her. She was simply cleaner and more stylish than before. How could she not recognize him?
Yang Liu instantly slipped into actress mode. She shifted slightly to the side and said: “Oh! It’s been so many years that I almost didn’t recognize you. Please come in!”
Zhao Beichen remained standing where he was. “Let’s talk somewhere more open and well-lit.” As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and left.
Yang Liu understood. Was he worried about being drugged again?
She truly had been wronged. She really had not been the one who drugged him. She had merely been the scapegoat.
Yang Liu took Niannian by the hand and followed Zhao Beichen into a car. Zhao Beichen glanced at Niannian through the rearview mirror.
After winding through one turn after another, the car stopped in front of a private courtyard.
Two people were sitting inside the house. One of them was the person Yang Liu had seen at the entrance to the compound yesterday. The other was a graceful, well-preserved lady who looked much younger than Commander Zhao.
The moment Li Huifang saw Niannian, her eyes lit up. She thought there was no need to even do the paternity test. This little girl looked exactly like Zhao Beichen and Zhao Xingchen when they were children!
Zhao Beichen said: “Dad, Mom, she is Yang Liu.”
Li Huifang glanced at Yang Liu. She was different from what Li Huifang had imagined. She did not look like a country bumpkin at all, and she was indeed beautiful.
Yang Liu nodded slightly at Zhao Dongshan and Li Huifang, which counted as a greeting.
Li Huifang looked at Niannian, extended her hand, and said: “You’re Niannian, right?”
The little girl said in her childish, milky voice: “My name is Zhao Yinian. My daddy’s name is Zhao Beichen, and my mommy’s name is Yang Liu.”
Li Huifang smiled. “Oh my, what a sweet little mouth. Come here, come over to Grandma?”
Zhao Beichen pinched the space between his brows. “Mom?” The paternity test had not even been done yet, and she was already casually acknowledging relatives.
Li Huifang ignored her son.
Niannian tilted her head up to look at Yang Liu and timidly called: “Mommy?”
Yang Liu bent down and gently said to Niannian: “It’s all right. Go over and let Grandma have a look at you.”
Zhao Beichen let out a scoffing “Heh~.”
Yang Liu looked at Zhao Beichen. “What are you laughing at?”
Zhao Beichen’s gaze turned cold. He stared into Yang Liu’s eyes and warned: “Don’t play any tricks. This is the Capital, not Yang Family Village.”
Yang Liu said: “Oh.” then took out all of her documents and said: “I came to find you for two things. One is to bring your daughter back to you. The other is to go through the divorce procedures with you.”
Li Huifang was a doctor. She had originally planned to quietly take Yang Liu and the child to the testing department for a paternity test. If the child belonged to their Zhao Family, then the child would definitely stay. As for whether Yang Liu stayed or left, that would be entirely up to Zhao Beichen. But if the child did not belong to their Zhao Family, then they would have to handle the matter accordingly.
Li Huifang truly felt that there was no need to do a paternity test. One look was enough to tell that this was their family’s child!
Zhao Dongshan thought the same way. The moment he had seen Niannian at the main entrance, he had felt that she was his granddaughter. However, this matter had happened too suddenly for them to act rashly. After all, Yang Liu had a history of misconduct.
Zhao Beichen looked as though he wanted to kill Yang Liu with his eyes and said: “You think it’s whatever you say it is? We’ll do the paternity test first. We’ll talk about everything else after the results come out.” After saying that, he pointed at the tip of Yang Liu’s nose and said: “You’d better think this through. If the paternity test shows that the child isn’t mine, you’re dead.”
Yang Liu said: “Then what if she is your child?”
Li Huifang looked at Zhao Dongshan. After receiving her husband’s signal, Li Huifang hurriedly said: “There’s no rush to do the paternity test. I can see that this child has suffered from long-term malnutrition and is too weak. Why don’t we let her recuperate for a while before doing it? A paternity test requires drawing blood.”
Yang Liu said: “Thank you, Madam. There’s no need to worry. A paternity test doesn’t require much blood. She can handle it.”
Yang Liu was so calm that she seemed to understand what a paternity test was even better than they did?
Zhao Beichen sneered again and said: “Do you even know what a paternity test is?”
Yang Liu froze for a moment, then said: “No, but I asked around. They just need to draw a little blood.” She looked at Li Huifang. “Let’s do it now!”
Li Huifang sighed and said: “Then we need to prepare glucose and nutritional supplements. As soon as the blood is drawn, we’ll put the child on an IV.”
Although Yang Liu and Niannian were dressed cleanly, the two of them were as frail as two bean sprouts, one large and one small. One glance was enough to tell that this was the result of years of malnutrition.
Zhao Dongshan looked at his son and asked: “Xiao Wang asked you just now, if the child belongs to our family, what are you going to do? You have to answer that question first.”
Zhao Beichen was twenty-five years old, and he was now a Company Commander. His parents hoped that he could handle his own affairs properly. A man had to take responsibility.
Zhao Beichen said: “If she is, then we’ll keep the child. As for her…” He stared coldly at Yang Liu.
Yang Liu said: “Young Master Zhao, rest assured. You can take the child. All I want is a divorce certificate.”
Li Huifang said: “How can that be? It isn’t easy to raise a child to this age even in the city, much less in the countryside where there isn’t enough food or clothing! No matter what, the child’s mother should be compensated.”
Zhao Beichen looked at Li Huifang and said helplessly: “Mom, we haven’t even done the paternity test yet!”
Li Huifang glared at Zhao Beichen and said: “I think you’re courting death.” One look was enough to tell that this was their family’s child.
Li Huifang wanted to hold Niannian. It was one thing that the little girl would not let her hold her, but she had actually understood what the adults were saying. Her little mouth puckered aggrievedly as she said in her soft, childish voice: “Mommy~ don’t leave me behind~”
Everyone froze!
In her previous life, Yang Liu had never taken care of a child at all. She had been an elite in the foreign trade industry. She had a house, a car, and money, but what she did not have was free time or a man. She almost never read novels. She had only read this one because someone had said that there was a tragic supporting female character in a melodramatic novel who had exactly the same first and last name as her. But who would have known that once she read it, she would actually transmigrate into it?!
Yang Liu squatted down and wiped Niannian’s tears, saying: “No one said I was leaving you behind?”
Niannian said fiercely in her childish voice: “You did! Mommy said you want them to take the child away. I want to be with Mommy.”
Li Huifang’s eyes also reddened. She sighed and said: “All right, then let’s go to the hospital now!”
Because Zhao Dongshan and his wife had personally made the arrangements, the hospital handled everything very discreetly. Throughout the entire process, aside from the Specialist Doctor, no unrelated personnel appeared.
When the blood was drawn, Yang Liu held Niannian in her arms and said: “Baby, close your eyes. It’ll be over very soon.”
The child did not make a single sound before the blood draw was finished. She was then carried to a hospital room to be put on an IV drip.
The Pediatrician said: “Commander, Madam, the child is too thin, so it’s difficult to insert the needle. Wouldn’t it be better to have her drink milk powder and take nutritional tablets to supplement her nutrition?”
With the current technology, it would take a week for the results to come out.
Li Huifang made the decision and said: “Let the mother and daughter come home and stay with us for now.”
Zhao Dongshan naturally had no objections, but Zhao Beichen disagreed.
Li Huifang said: “Sooner or later, they’ll have to come home anyway. Bring them back to stay today.”
Niannian looked at Li Huifang and said in her clear, childish voice: “No. I want to be with Mommy. The bad guys want to sell Mommy for money~”