"Our three blood types?" Xu Nianhua wasn’t too surprised, as she was not biologically related to begin with; it was understandable that their blood types were different.
When the nurse heard Xu Nianhua’s words, she smiled and asked, "Are you siblings by blood?"
"Yes," Xu Nianji affirmed with a nod.
Xu Nian’an sat there, still pondering over the chart of blood type inheritance.
"If one of your parents is type A and the other is type B, then it’s possible for the three of you siblings to be type B, type O, and type AB," the nurse answered earnestly.
Xu Nianji seemed to understand but didn’t quite get it.
Upon hearing this, Xu Nian’an had an epiphany and said with certainty, "Right, right, right, that’s also a possibility, you scared me for a second there."
Xu Nian’an heaved a huge sigh of relief; when he first saw the three different blood types, he really got a fright. But after the nurse’s explanation, he immediately felt at ease.
Xu Nianhua didn’t understand these things either, and after hearing what the nurse said, she also couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. She didn’t wish for this matter to be revealed, not because she was afraid that her parents and two older brothers would despise her, but because she didn’t want it to disturb their peaceful life.
When Xu Nian’an got home, he shared the blood type test results, saying, "Mom, you and Dad really need to get tested to be more assured. If you don’t go for a test, I won’t let you leave the house tomorrow."
Xu Nian’an was particularly insistent on this point.
Xu Qinghe and Ji Ying exchanged glances. They had been worried about their secret being exposed when they heard the blood types of their three children, but Xu Nian’an hadn’t doubted them at all and even said it was perfectly normal.
This made the couple feel like blood types weren’t as terrifying as they had thought.
With the three siblings taking turns persuading them and Zhou He also urging them on, the couple followed Xu Nian’an to the hospital for a blood type check.
"Dad, Mom, I told you, getting a blood type test is very simple. If neither of you has Panda Blood, then we can all rest easy," Xu Nian’an said with a smile, having been concerned about this matter ever since the incident with his little sister; he feared the recurrence of her incident.
"Alright, alright, you call the shots," Xu Qinghe said, sitting in the hallway, talking to Xu Nianhua about the furniture factory business.
Xu Qinghe found his daughter to be exceptionally smart; every time he finished discussing with her, he would come away with new ideas.
Soon, the results came out.
The moment Xu Nian’an got the report, he first checked for negative and positive. Upon seeing positive, he grinned, but his smile quickly faded.
"Impossible," Xu Nian’an muttered, taking the report to the nurse. He said, "Nurse, did you get the wrong report? How can both my parents have type B blood? Surely one of them must be type A and the other type B."
Xu Nian’an was certain the nurse had the wrong report.
The nurse glanced at it, affirming, "No, we haven’t got the wrong report."
"Impossible," Xu Nian’an persisted. "Then there must have been a mistake during the test, let’s test it again."
Xu Nian’an dragged Xu Qinghe and Ji Ying to get tested once more.
"What’s going on?" Ji Ying’s heart skipped a beat. Seeing Xu Nian’an’s reaction, she felt a flutter of panic. If only she had known, she would never have agreed to get their blood types tested, no matter what Nian’an and the others said!
"It’s nothing, Mom; they just got the report mixed up," Xu Nian’an assured her.
The nurse’s lips moved slightly; she wanted to say that she hadn’t mixed up the report, but Xu Nian’an’s constant urging and his confident tone made her wonder if she had indeed made a mistake at some stage of the process.