He actually wanted to criticize Shen Chi for still having the mood to take Lin Xiaoguai out for dinner, displaying such intimacy, but he still had some reason, knowing that they were, after all, husband and wife, and his niece had no formal relationship with Shen Chi, so he had no standing to voice such criticism.
"President Dong is joking," said Shen Chi with a dispassionate expression, setting down the menu. "I’ve said from the beginning that the child in Xu Meimei’s belly isn’t mine. Whatever scheme the Dong Family is concocting, I presume, is clear to you alone."
Dong Min hadn’t expected him to still be so assertive at this time and immediately, his face turned ugly. He admitted that his reluctance to force his niece to abort the child, aside from her own staunch refusal, was largely because Shen Chi’s power and influence were simply too enticing. Even if the Dong Family couldn’t truly become in-laws with Shen Chi, as long as Xu Meimei gave birth to Shen Chi’s child, the benefits they could leverage were innumerable.
Under such circumstances, Xu Meimei’s personal happiness didn’t count for much.
But seeing Shen Chi’s demeanor now, Dong Min felt a sense of foreboding. Shen Chi was too composed. This sort of certainty, without a trace of guilt, made his heart skip a beat.
He glanced at Lin Xiaoguai beside him, who hadn’t even changed her expression, opened his mouth as if to say something, but then said nothing.
He was a man. There were things his wife and sister could say, but it wouldn’t be proper for a grown man to utter them.
"Since Mr. Dong is in a hurry to visit your niece who is giving birth, my wife and I won’t keep you," said Shen Chi in an indifferent tone.
Dong Min’s face flushed with anger, he was obviously...
But seeing Shen Chi’s impatient expression, he dare not offend him to death and left disgruntled.
Despite the departure, the enthusiasm of Shen Chi and Lin Xiaoguai had been nearly spoiled by him, and even the delicious food served up could not mend that.
"Aren’t we really going to the hospital?" Lin Xiaoguai said with some hesitation on the way back. "It’s been dragged out for so long, resolving it sooner could bring us peace." Although people no longer dared to look at her differently after Shen Chi’s declaration, it was still not as comfortable as before.
"Just wait," Shen Chi said, soothingly stroking her head. "They’ll come to us on their own." It wasn’t just Xu Meimei they had to deal with. Some people would quickly re-emerge if they weren’t hit hard all at once.
He had to teach them a lesson.
Just as Shen Chi had predicted, in less than a month, Dong Min and Dong Fei brought Xu Meimei, cradling a child, to their doorstep.
"Look, Shen Chi, this is our son. Doesn’t he look a lot like you?" As soon as she entered the door, Xu Meimei excitedly ran up to Shen Chi with the child.
"Miss, please have some self-respect." Mrs. Yu, who had specifically come back to help out, stood in front of her and glanced at the child in her arms with a chilly tone: "Joking has its limits. This child’s eyes are small, his nose flat, and his mouth so big, where does he look like our master at all?"
Actually, the facial features of a one-month-old baby are not distinct, but Mrs. Yu had seen quadruplets when they were little and knew what delicate-facial-featured babies looked like. So, to her, the child didn’t resemble her master in the slightest.
"You’re talking nonsense!" Xu Meimei retorted angrily. "The baby clearly looks exactly like Shen Chi!"
"Meimei!" Dong Min called her to stop, not saying a word, but directly took a document from his briefcase and tossed it onto the coffee table. "Shen Chi, see for yourself whether the child is yours or not."
He spoke with a sense of smugness.
Thinking about how Fangda Group would soon ride on the Shen Family’s coattails to skyrocketing success, his excitement was palpable.
Shen Chi raised an eyebrow, picked up the document calmly, and chuckled. "A 99% probability of being an immediate relative?"
"That’s right, now you can’t deny it anymore," Dong Min’s tone seemed calm but couldn’t hide his pride.
"Heh..." Shen Chi laughed softly, while wrapping an arm around Lin Xiaoguai’s waist, he spoke dispassionately, "Have you forgotten where my DNA sample originally came from?"
Dong Min was stunned. Wasn’t Shen Chi’s DNA sample provided by himself?
But Dong Fei reacted, her eyes widening. "The DNA sample you provided was fake?" She thought so; how could the paternity test be like that? Recalling the fake report she had someone specially make, frustration washed over her.
What a mess. Things backfired!
"Shen Chi, how can you play people !" On the surface, she could only show such indignant demeanor.
"Who is really playing people?" Different from Dong Fei’s theatrical anger, Shen Chi’s voice was light, only the noise of the thrown document on the coffee table made the three members of the Dong Family’s hearts skip a beat.
"I think, no matter whose DNA sample was sent, the result from your hands would have been an immediate relative, right?" His question came off more as a statement.
After saying this, he didn’t wait for their response and immediately made a phone call.
"Jiang Tao, bring over the paternity test documents."
At this, not to mention Dong Fei, even Dong Min’s expression soured.
Jiang Tao arrived quickly, holding not just one document, but a stack several centimeters thick. He placed these documents on the coffee table before turning to look at the three members of the Dong Family.
"Mr. Dong, Ms. Dong, perhaps you thought your actions in the hospital were quite concealed, but in reality..." Jiang Tao adjusted his glasses, "since Ms. Xu Meimei’s child was related to a Lieutenant General of the Military Department, we naturally wouldn’t be as indifferent as we appeared. Your every move was under our surveillance from the start to the end."
Ignoring their shocked and angry expressions, he bent down to pick up the top document. "The key is what comes next."
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