NOVEL NEXT Chapter 353: Who Would Believe It!
Fang Zhiyuan said sheepishly, "What are you talking about? How can you say warming a cold shoulder with a hot face? She's my own biological daughter."
"You're suddenly realizing she's your biological daughter now? Who was it that broke off relations with her back then? Those harsh words weren't just mine. You had your part too. If you want to acknowledge her as your daughter, you need to see first if she acknowledges you.
Now that she's climbed the social ladder, does she even look up to you?"
Fang Zhiyuan's face darkened, this woman has been speaking like this, sarcastically, since the day she married him.
"Ye Hua, I'm telling you, don't act shamelessly. There are so many people here. Let others laugh at us, laugh at our Fang family's joke. You better watch out when I get home."
He kicked Ye Hua fiercely under the table.
Ye Hua groaned in pain, what a bastard, why did she marry such a loser back then.
Fang Zhiyuan stood up and went straight to Old Mrs. Song.
"Old Mrs. Song, it's been some days since we've seen each other, you look very healthy."
His sudden appearance interrupted Old Mrs. Song, who was introducing her grandson and granddaughter-in-law.
"And you are…?"
Old Mrs. Song had never met Fang Zhiyuan before. Although the two families are relatives, she didn't want to interfere in her youngest grandson's marriage, so they had never met.
"I'm Fang Xiaohui's dad, actually, I'm also Jiang Xiaoxiao's dad! Xiaoxiao, meeting your dad without saying hello, even if you have grievances in your heart, dad and mom are still dad and mom, you can't be so disrespectful."
Old Mrs. Song's table was entirely occupied by the elderly of her generation.
These were all giants in the medical field, and each of them perked up at the mention of Fang Zhiyuan, someone they could recognize as Old Sir Fang's son.
However, Fang Zhiyuan wasn't the same league as them, their circles and statuses were not on the same level.
Though the Fang family's heritage barely matched the Song family, Old Sir Fang was an academic professor.
Not the same as those in the medical field.
Everyone kept to their own affairs.
It was unexpected that the Fang family became related to the Song family by marriage.
Upon hearing what was said, how come there are two daughters?
One is Fang Xiaohui, who is getting married today, while the other was Jiang Xiaoxiao, whom Old Mrs. Song had just introduced as the granddaughter-in-law. It's easy to believe Fang Xiaohui is his daughter, as they share a surname, and everyone understands.
But to say Jiang Xiaoxiao is his daughter...
One is Jiang, the other is Fang, how does that work?
Many people couldn't help but look at Fang Zhiyuan with smiling eyes.
Even if they were curious, they wouldn't let Old Mrs. Song feel like they were laughing at her family.
Upon hearing Fang Zhiyuan's name, Old Mrs. Song understood that he was Jiang Xiaoxiao's biological father.
But coming out in front of so many people to claim kinship, what is this? Isn't this a deliberate slap in the face?
You're both Fang Xiaohui's father and want to be Jiang Xiaoxiao's father too. You won't let go of any advantage.
"Mr. Fang, today is your daughter's wedding, it's a joyous occasion. You've had a few too many drinks, and everyone can understand. But rambling here while drunk is inappropriate. I have no relation with you, you are Fang, I am Jiang, what relationship can there be between us?
My real dad and mom are waiting for me at home. You're here claiming to be my dad without any evidence. Even if you're searching for a sense of existence, consider where you are. Today's a joyous day for your daughter and son-in-law, what you're doing isn't giving them any face."
Jiang Xiaoxiao firmly held onto the words "no evidence". If she doesn't acknowledge it, Fang Zhiyuan's claim would be futile.
"Indeed, Fang boy! You being a father-in-law to one of my grandchildren isn't enough, do you want to be father-in-law to both of my grandchildren? I've met Xiaoxiao's parents, our relatives are good and honest folks, they treasure their daughter dearly.
They worry she'll get hurt or fade away. If you claim they're not the real parents, I don't believe it, go sober up quickly."
Old Mrs. Song naturally sided with Jiang Xiaoxiao.
This was her favorite granddaughter-in-law.
"Old Mrs. Song, Jiang Xiaoxiao is truly my biological daughter, she was mistakenly swapped at the hospital, Xiaohui is my adopted daughter. We raised her well because we couldn't bear to send her back due to our emotional attachment.
In reality, we treat both children as our own biological daughters."
Fang Zhiyuan still wouldn't give up.
Jiang Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes, Fang Zhiyuan was still the same as in her past life.
Solely driven by advantages.
He won't let go of anything.
"Uncle Fang, saying that is irresponsible, the swap, wasn't deliberately done by you. Whether the incident was a mistake or not back then, no one knows.
There's no evidence to prove it was an error. If you claim it was truly a mistake, then provide concrete proof. You can't just talk about a mistake without evidence and expect to claim a biological daughter. That would create chaos in the world.
If I randomly claim someone as my dad and show up to acknowledge it, do you think that's appropriate?"
Many people nodded.
The boy was right, things require evidence. You can't claim it was a swap and then claim a daughter. The kid wants to claim the prime minister as their dad, does that work?
"Why do you speak like this? Back then, the nurse came forward and clearly stated your adoptive parents deliberately swapped the child. Dad, why doesn't this child believe it!
If you weren't part of our Fang family's flesh and blood, how could I randomly recognize a child from another family? Further, recognizing you brings no benefit to us. If you aren't our flesh and blood, no one does such things. Look how similar you are to your mom in looks."
Fang Zhiyuan harbored resentment, this Jiang Xiaoxiao didn't know how to appreciate favors.
Many people looked at Ye Hua and indeed noticed some resemblance, but not entirely so.
"Uncle Fang, children resembling others isn't uncommon. Saying that is highly irresponsible. The nurse also mentioned she accepted 500 yuan from you, she'll say whatever you want.
I don't believe such talk. I don't believe for good reason. Several uncles can see Fang really tried to bring me back. My parents, considering my future, thought having biological parents as officials would help my development.
Despite their reluctance, they still sent me back. Yet little did they know, Fang's uncle and aunt wanted me to replace their son in the countryside as an educated youth. So I didn't comply and ran back.
They immediately severed ties with me. I reasoned that if they were my real parents, they wouldn't have found me and just let me replace their son in the countryside.
That's something I couldn't grasp. I thought, if they were really my biological parents, they wouldn't do such things, so I'm convinced I am not their biological daughter.
Let's just treat this as a joke, Uncle Fang, don't say you're my biological parents anymore. Without concrete evidence, I won't acknowledge or believe that. My parents are the Jiang family's mom and dad. Regardless of whether they are my biological parents or not, they will always be my parents forever."
Jiang Xiaoxiao completely tore off the last fig leaf.
Fang Zhiyuan's face changed drastically.
This wretched girl dared to say it out loud in front of so many people.
Everyone looked at Fang Zhiyuan with ambiguous smiles, there was indeed something fishy about this matter.
The situation was worthy of scrutiny, if she was his biological daughter, replacing his son in the countryside was questionable.
Raising someone else's daughter as a biological one sounds unbelievable.