The moment the police officer shouted at them, Zhao Kang and Chen Hui immediately stopped walking.
When the couple turned around, flattering smiles instantly appeared on their faces again.
“Officer, is there anything else? Don’t worry, when we get home, we’ll definitely discipline her properly. She’s so young, yet she only knows how to cause trouble for people…”
Chen Hui quickly chimed in from the side.
“Yes, yes.”
One of the young female staff members could not stand watching anymore. She hurried over in small steps and helped Niannian up from the ground, where she had nearly collapsed. Gently patting the dust off Niannian’s body, she turned around and angrily scolded them.
“Are you really this child’s parents?! How can anyone drag a child around like that? Didn’t you see Niannian fall down? What if you tore her arm off?!”
Zhao Kang’s expression darkened.
In front of the police, he acted cowardly.
But now, the one yelling at him was just a young girl, so his temper immediately flared.
“Who the hell are you? This is our family’s business. What’s it got to do with you?!”
As he spoke, he raised his hand, wanting to slap the young staff member.
The police officer immediately stepped forward, grabbed his arm, and coldly barked, “What are you doing?! Trying to hit someone?!”
Zhao Kang quickly withdrew his hand and hurriedly forced out a smile.
“No, no! Officer, I just got impulsive for a moment! But Officer, you have to judge fairly too. What parent doesn’t discipline their child? It’s not illegal for me to discipline my own child, right?”
The police officer coldly replied, “Who said that? Abusing a child is illegal!”
Zhao Kang muttered under his breath, “This isn’t abuse. Can’t I even discipline a child anymore?”
He continued mumbling something afterward, his voice lowered, but judging from his tone, it was obviously nothing pleasant.
Meanwhile, Chen Hui seemed especially afraid of the police. Her eyes darted nervously around as she tugged on Zhao Kang’s arm. Then she forcefully picked Niannian up and whispered urgently, “Hurry up and leave!”
At that moment, Wen Chengxi spoke again to stop them.
“Wait! I’m not finished speaking yet!”
Zhao Kang was getting irritated.
“Are you people done yet? I already—”
Before he could finish speaking, Wen Chengxi loudly said, “Officer, these two may really not be Niannian’s biological parents! From a genetics standpoint, both of them have single eyelids. How could they possibly give birth to a child with double eyelids? The probability is extremely low!”
After Wen Chengxi said that, everyone subconsciously looked at Niannian, then at Zhao Kang and Chen Hui.
Niannian had a pair of large double eyelids, and her eyes were huge and bright black.
Her features were extremely delicate. Even at such a young age, her high nose bridge and oval face shape were already obvious. The contours around her eyes were also deeper than average. Looking carefully, she even gave off a slightly mixed-race appearance.
It had to be said that Niannian did not resemble Zhao Kang and Chen Hui in the slightest.
Anyone with eyes could tell that at a glance.
Zhao Kang’s face was greasy and grimy. Years of smoking had yellowed his teeth. His swollen single eyelids made his eyes appear especially tiny.
Chen Hui was about the same. She had a square-shaped face, and although her eyes were not particularly small, they were wide-set and clearly single eyelids.
If Niannian really was their biological daughter, then it would have to be some kind of genetic mutation!
Everyone also noticed that after hearing Wen Chengxi say this, Chen Hui’s expression immediately changed, and her evasive gaze became even more obvious.
The police noticed it too, and immediately frowned.
Chen Hui became even more flustered. She hurriedly explained, “W-Who says that?! She is my daughter! She’s mine and Zhao Kang’s daughter!”
Zhao Kang instantly exploded in rage.
“You’re still trying to fool me even now?! You bitch! I knew this money-losing brat wasn’t my kid! You accused me of cheating, but you’re the one who put a green hat on me in front of everyone! Bitch!”
Aside from the possibility that Chen Hui had given birth to a bastard child with another double-eyelid man, Zhao Kang could not think of any other explanation.
Furious and humiliated, he slapped Chen Hui across the face.
With a loud smack, Chen Hui lost her balance. Since she was still holding Niannian in her arms, both of them fell heavily to the ground together.
Almost instinctively, Chen Hui used Niannian as a cushion beneath her body to protect herself from getting hurt.
She herself was not injured badly, but Niannian’s little face instantly turned pale. She clutched her arm as cold sweat poured down her forehead.
“Hurts… it hurts…”
Wen Chengxi immediately rushed forward and picked Niannian up. When he saw that her arm was twisted unnaturally, clearly broken, his expression changed at once.
“Call a doctor, quickly!”
Since this was a parenting variety show, children getting minor bumps and bruises was unavoidable, so the production team had specially arranged a medical team on-site.
The doctor arrived very quickly. After examining Niannian’s condition, he seriously said, “Comminuted fracture of the left arm. She must be taken to the hospital immediately.”
Everyone once again directed condemning looks toward Chen Hui.
What kind of mother would use her own daughter as a human cushion?
Perhaps Wen Chengxi’s guess was correct after all. This woman probably was not Niannian’s biological mother either!
Chen Hui became extremely nervous. She tried to snatch Niannian back from Wen Chengxi’s arms while shouting, “Give Niannian back to me! I’ll take her to the hospital myself!”
But unexpectedly, Zhao Kang suddenly said forcefully, “We’re going to the hospital! And while we’re there, we’ll do a paternity test too! This damn bitch wants to divorce me and dump her bastard child on me. We absolutely must do a paternity test! If she’s not my child, why the hell should I raise her?!”
Chen Hui reacted even more violently.
“No! I refuse!”
Zhao Kang directly grabbed a handful of Chen Hui’s hair and yanked out more than ten strands. Then he turned to the police and said, “Officer! I’m this little bastard’s… this child’s legal father. I have the right to request a paternity test, don’t I? Besides, Niannian got injured here. If she really is my child, then since she got hurt here, I should receive compensation!”
The production crew was utterly speechless at his shamelessness.
This guy clearly wanted to extort money now.
Your wife was the one who crushed your child and injured her, okay?!
However, this was exactly what Wen Chengxi wanted.
He had a strong intuition that these two people could not possibly produce a child like Niannian.
This was the perfect opportunity to do a DNA test!
Wen Chengxi immediately contacted the private hospital belonging to the Wen Family Residence and had an ambulance dispatched at top speed.
Chen Hui reacted frantically, desperately clinging to Niannian and refusing to let her get into the ambulance.
Her behavior only made the police even more suspicious. They immediately restrained Chen Hui by force and escorted her to the hospital as well.
If this truly involved child trafficking, then they absolutely could not allow Chen Hui to escape!