The second report was anxiously awaited.
As Xu Nian’an thought about a certain possibility, he vehemently shook his head, believing it to be impossible.
"See, I told you my results were correct." The nurse, upon seeing the results, specifically compared the two reports, and they matched perfectly.
Xu Nian’an stared blankly at the report, standing frozen on the spot.
"What’s wrong?" Ji Ying always felt something was off.
Xu Qinghe also felt uneasy and asked, "Nurse, is there some problem?"
"Is she, also your daughter?" the nurse counter-questioned instead of answering.
Xu Qinghe nodded without thinking.
The nurse then asked, "The three siblings who came yesterday, are they all your children?"
"They are siblings, and their oldest brother is off doing work today, he didn’t come," Xu Qinghe explained.
The nurse looked at the report, her expression troubled, unsure of how to explain.
"Nurse, what exactly is the matter?" Xu Qinghe asked anxiously.
The nurse, looking at Xu Nian’an who couldn’t accept the scenario, thought that since the report had already come out, explaining it a bit more wouldn’t hurt, right?
The nurse explained, "Both of you spouses are type B blood, so your children can only have two possible blood types, either type B or type O."
She thought that her explanation was clear enough, wasn’t it?
"So, it’s impossible for my parents to have an AB blood type child." Xu Nian’an spoke softly. He walked over to Xu Nianhua and taking her hand, said, "Little sister, you are my little sister, and you will always be my little sister."
Xu Qinghe and Ji Ying looked at each other, their secret that had been hidden for so many years, was it really just revealed ?
Xu Nianji had just delivered goods to several nearby county towns and raced back home for dinner. Upon returning, he felt something was amiss and asked, "Mom, Dad, what’s going on here?"
"Tired, huh? Let’s have dinner first, and talk after eating."
Seeing her eldest son had returned, Ji Ying went to the kitchen to bring out the food for dinner.
"What happened?" Xu Nianji kissed his son and whispered in Zhou He’s ear, inquiring.
Zhou He silently shook her head, indicating she also didn’t know.
Something had been off ever since they returned from the hospital.
"Little sister, eat more, this pork rib soup with red dates, Mom made it especially for you." Xu Nianji, trying to lighten the mood, kept urging Xu Nianhua to drink more soup, and shared some amusing incidents from today’s delivery, yet...
The mood was subdued, even normally talkative Xu Nian’an was unusually silent today.
Xu Nianji racked his brain but couldn’t figure out what was going on.
The meal was particularly awkward, nothing like the usually joyous family gatherings.
After dinner, when everyone was seated by the fire, Xu Qinghe and Ji Ying exchanged a glance, and Xu Qinghe said, "Nianhua is not a biological daughter of me and your mother."
Xu Nianji had just taken a sip of water and spat it all out when he heard this.
Zhou He, holding the child, quickly moved aside.
"Dad, what are you talking about? How could my little sister not be your biological daughter?" Xu Nianji thought they were making a bad joke. However, seeing his parents’ grave faces, and with neither Xu Nian’an nor Xu Nianhua offering any rebuttal, Xu Nianji slowly came to a realization.
Zhou He’s eyes widened as she looked at her sister-in-law, pondering over her daughter-in-law’s status, and swallowed all her doubts.
"I’m not talking nonsense; Nianhua is indeed not our daughter," Xu Qinghe sighed deeply, his gaze filled with reminiscence.