Lin Qi nervously denied, "I've never given birth to a child."
The man's cold eyes narrowed, "Are you still trying to play dumb with me?"
Lin Qi said, "Huo Tingdong, if I say I haven't given birth, then I haven't. You tied me up here to ask for a child, there are plenty of women who would line up to have your child! Why come after me?"
Huo Tingdong had little patience for this back-and-forth.
He coldly ordered, "Everyone, leave."
Everyone exited together.
The door closed behind him.
Huo Tingdong's gaze once again fell on her, the daunting aura exuding from him was suffocating even from several meters away.
Lin Qi, even more vigilant, took a half step back, pressing herself against the wall.
Huo Tingdong questioned while scanning her body, "Did you have a natural birth, or a cesarean section?"
Lin Qi nervously gasped, "I don't understand what you're talking about..."
Suddenly, Huo Tingdong walked towards her, "Whether you've given birth or not, a check will reveal the truth."
The man's intimidating presence at a height of 1.92 meters.
As he glanced at her, inching closer step by step, her spine stiffened.
Each step forward made her retreat towards the bedside, but with nowhere else to go, she fell onto the bed.
In no time, the man had reached the bedside, grabbed her chin, and demanded coldly, "This is your last chance, clarify the matter about the child, and I will let you go."
He was too close to her.
So close that, with a faint inhale, she could smell his distinctive light fragrance.
Lin Qi suddenly felt a pressing threat.
Huo Tingdong must have looked into her background, discovered she hadn't remarried, and perhaps, even found out about Momo, but she wasn't sure, dare not mention Momo, lest she inadvertently confess?
She couldn't explain Momo's origin at all and clung to a sliver of hope, saying, "I've said I haven't given birth, so I haven't!"
"Not talking, huh?" The man's tall frame had already closed in, suddenly grabbing her hands and pinning them behind her back.
"Ouch... Huo Tingdong, let go!" As the man stared at her abdomen in a daze, Lin Qi bit his neck fiercely out of desperation.
Huo Tingdong staggered back in pain.
Lin Qi struggled to turn around, intending to jump off the bed, but the man reacted more swiftly, grabbing her slender legs and pulling her back under him.
He pinned her down on the bed and coldly warned, "You think you can escape?"
Lin Qi forcefully struggled, her little hands beat against his immovable body, but it was as ineffective as tickling.
He didn't budge an inch.
Lin Qi screamed in fear, "What are you doing!?"
"Whether you've given birth or not, a check will reveal the truth."
Huo Tingdong's large hand tore her clothes, revealing her flat and smooth lower abdomen.
Lin Qi cried out in shame, "Huo Tingdong, you're insane!" She felt a humiliating violation.
However, Huo Tingdong ignored her struggles, his gaze meticulously scanning her stomach until it paused on a seam that looked like a cesarean section scar.
His fingertip gently brushed over the scar.
Even though the scar was almost fading away, his sharp observation instincts immediately made him suspicious, his eyes filled with inquiry, "What is this?"
Lin Qi hurriedly said, "...This is a surgical scar from an operation."
Huo Tingdong squinted, "Cesarean section?"
Lin Qi explained, "It's a scar from an appendicitis surgery."
Clearly, this explanation did not alleviate his doubts.
Huo Tingdong insisted on further tests, she frantically grabbed a pillow and hurled it at him viciously, cursing fiercely: "Bastard!! Huo Tingdong, you big bastard!"
The pillow flew towards him.
Huo Tingdong easily dodged it.
The pillow knocked over a crystal vase worth 800,000 behind him, shattering it to pieces.
Lin Qi gritted her teeth and said, "Are you sick in the head?! What exactly do you want to do?"
Huo Tingdong's expression froze: "You dare to curse me?"
Lin Qi saw the torn clothes, which were the parent-child outfits for her and Momo. She was extremely heartbroken and furious. She slapped him across the face with a loud "smack": "What about it if I curse you? Psychopath! Bastard!"
Meanwhile, just as the doctor, butler, and bodyguard rushed in from outside upon hearing the commotion, they heard Lin Qi continuously cursing Huo Tingdong and all took a sharp intake of breath, covering their mouths in shock!
This woman, she actually dared to slap Mr. Huo?!
The man's eyebrows slightly furrowed, his big hand caressing the area she had slapped, a touch of anger quietly brewing in his phoenix eyes.
He turned around, saw the starstruck crowd, and his gaze grew even colder.
The people immediately lowered their heads, no longer daring to meet his eyes.
Huo Tingdong said: "Bring the child over!"
Five minutes later, Han was brought over by the nanny.
Upon seeing Han, Lin Qi was stunned.
The little guy and Huo Tingdong were like they were cut from the same mold.
This was Huo Tingdong's child?
Had he fathered this child with another woman?
Seeing Lin Qi dazed with a confused expression, Huo Tingdong demanded: "The child that you gave birth to, don't you recognize him?"
Lin Qi exclaimed in shock, "My child?"
Huo Tingdong pressed: "Are you saying you don't recognize him, or because Han was born with an intellectual disability, you don't want to acknowledge him? You just give birth and refuse to take responsibility, is that it?"
Lin Qi said: "I am not that kind of vile woman! If this were my child, I wouldn't refuse to acknowledge him just because of his intellectual disability!"
She had only ever given birth to two children, the eldest boy died young, the younger was named Lin Jinmo. They had relied on each other for so many years.
But she had to strictly guard the secret of Momo's parentage.
Holding Han, Huo Tingdong demanded: "Then how do you explain this point about the pregnancy history?"
Lin Qi hurriedly said, "I really haven't had any children!" At least, this child was definitely not born to her.
Huo Tingdong didn't want to waste any more words on her and ordered his subordinate, "Take her blood, do a paternity test!"
After speaking, he turned holding Han and left.
"Huo Tingdong!" Lin Qi chased to the door, but was restrained by the bodyguard. She struggled for a moment and gritted her teeth, "This is illegal detention! I can sue you!"
Beside her, the bodyguard sneered, "Miss Lin, save it, do you want to sue until you bankrupt yourself?"
Suing Huo Tingdong would really end up bankrupting her!
Lin Qi felt a bit desolate!
Outside the door, two doctors walked in.
Lin Qi was quickly pinned down on the bed, the doctors came over, tied a rubber band around her arm, and prepared to draw blood.
Lin Qi watched the sterilized needle slowly pierce into her skin, her blood continuously drawn into the collection tube, she watched helplessly as her blood was taken away, unable to resist.
In the cozy children's room.
The nanny gently lifted Han onto the bed and covered him with a blanket.
Huo Tingdong stood at the door, behind him, a bodyguard came over and told the man, "Mr. Huo, the doctors have drawn the blood, it's now been sent for analysis, the results should be out in about three days."