Chapter 219: Liang Chaosu’s Can And Cannot
Xiao Da finished breakfast, carrying the packed meals, and waited by the stairwell.
Seeing Liang Chaosu coming out, he pressed the elevator button.
Liang Chaosu took the lunchbox from his hand and instructed, “Go wait for Lin Lanfeng and coordinate with his people. After getting Liancheng’s blood samples this afternoon, find a nearby hospital for a check-up.”
Xiao Da froze, not quite understanding.
“Do you mean a physical examination like a blood count?”
After returning to the country, Liancheng only had one follow-up check-up; she had severe anemia, mild gastritis, and poor blood clotting.
Later, Aunt Wang’s consistent nourishment yielded pleasing results, and by the time she reported to the Liang Family, her face had color.
At least she was in a much better condition than Liang Chaosu, who couldn’t stop his medication and had countless daily taboos.
Liang Chaosu nodded.
Xiao Da asked in surprise, “But a paternity test only requires up to ten milliliters of blood; that’s not enough for a physical examination.”
This was common knowledge, and Liang Chaosu always planned ten steps ahead. If Liancheng was going to have a paternity test, he would surely have thoroughly understood it, so he couldn’t possibly not know this.
Liang Chaosu’s expression was unreadable, “Mo Shicheng is not stupid. If he leads this, it will be hard for people to accept just one result. To ensure Lin Xianzi is silenced afterward, he will definitely collect multiple samples and send them to different institutions for testing. Only when the results verify each other will it be acceptable, even if Lin Xianzi doesn’t believe it, it will be acceptable to Mo Shifu.”
Xiao Da suddenly understood.
The elevator doors opened, and many people entered one after another, shoulder to shoulder, filling the air with a mixture of food and perfume.
Liang Chaosu stepped into the elevator and, upon reaching the suite, found Liancheng on a video call with Bai Ying.
“Is the hospital busy? You haven’t contacted me since you returned to Nan Province.”
Bai Ying paused, put on her glasses, and looked at the computer screen, “It’s only been a day and a night. You’re not afraid I’d be heartbroken and go drinking alone on the street, crying my eyes out, are you?”
Liancheng asked, “You haven’t?”
Bai Ying scrolled the mouse, not looking at the camera, “No, losing a relationship is not like losing my father; it doesn’t require that.”
Liancheng was relieved.
With Bai Yixian around, Bai Ying’s heartbreak was real.
Really… not worth mentioning.
Bai Ying, on the other hand, was concerned, “How about you? Did you meet that Ms. Lin?”
Liancheng shook her head, “It’s a bit complicated. Liang Chaosu is here, and the Lin family cannot come forward for the paternity test now; it’s being handled entirely by the second branch of the Mo family.”
Bai Ying knew Liang Chaosu’s movements and advised her, “It’s right that it’s complicated. All wealthy families in the world are the same, scheming and conniving. Why was the Liang family’s reputation so good before? Was it because no one discovered their true character?”
“No, it’s because the Liang family had less internal strife. The previous generation had Liang Zhengping, who kept everyone down, and this generation has Liang Feng. The branch families of the Liang family could only give up, which led to decades of harmony and friendship.”
Liancheng’s breathing hitched, and she leaned on the bolster, “Why… do you seem to have changed your tune about him?”
Bai Ying froze, then laughed, “Did I? I haven’t changed my tune; I’m just stating facts. Take my family for example; in the early years, my father was capable and had conquered my uncles, but now my sister-in-law dislikes me. ” She changed the subject, “What are you planning to do next?”
Liancheng pressed her lips together, about to speak, when there was a knock on the door.
Liang Chaosu’s voice called out, “Come out for breakfast.”
Liancheng was stunned and subconsciously checked the time, realizing he had been out for less than fifteen minutes.
Bai Ying on the other end seemed to see something on her computer, her expression suddenly becoming stunned as well. Realizing this, she hastily ended the video call.
“I saw a report on a forum. There are some issues, I have to go now.”
Liancheng was speechless.
Liang Chaosu knocked again, urging her, “Mo Shicheng needs to do the paternity test this afternoon, and it requires a lot of blood. You must eat breakfast.”
Before the words were out, footsteps came rapidly from inside the room, and the locked door clicked open again.
The dark gray door opened a small crack, and Liancheng cautiously poked her head out, staring at him, “Really?”
Liang Chaosu’s hand moved like lightning, grasping her arm and dragging her out, holding her under his arm, “Fake.”
Liancheng immediately pushed him away, “You’re a scoundrel—”
Liang Chaosu tightened his grip, completely subduing her, “Your eating is real.”
Liancheng’s face turned green with anger, “I don’t believe you. You always keep your word. Since you warned me not to do the paternity test, you’ve made up your mind to stop me.”
Her eyes also reddened, her entire body’s nerves and muscles tensed, her body rigid and trembling involuntarily.
“Yesterday you asked if I had an answer. You were willing to let me stab myself in the heart, willing to be ruined and imprisoned, and you could go this far. You seem to be in pain too. But for four years, I had no understanding at all, only feeling that you despised me and tormented me.”
Liang Chaosu’s arm loosened. His face, backlit, was dark and he gazed at her silently, “Why?”
Liancheng looked up, meeting his gaze and seeing herself in his eyes, “Because I can’t feel it.”
“For these four years, you’ve rushed back no matter how late your social events were, you’ve taken me on every business trip, bought a manor in Provence, and built buildings in Qingxi Valley. From a worldly perspective, you’ve invested time, energy, thought, and money into me, and all of that is good.”
“But this goodness scares me. At least, the way you gave it to me, I found it horrifying. And what I truly longed for, to end our relationship and for you to return to your role as my brother, you wouldn’t give me that; instead, you would punish me and correct me.”
“It’s still like this now,” Liancheng stepped back.
“I don’t want to think of you as my brother anymore, but I want to leave, and you still won’t allow it. To achieve this, I sought out my biological parents. Once there’s a possibility of threatening you, you will resort to any means to force me to obey, just like you used Liang Wenfei to suppress me before.”
“You acknowledge me as your brother but cannot accept me; I understand that,” Liang Chaosu said without any waves, as obscure as a stone, “Then if you don’t consider me family anymore, why do you still want to leave?”
Liancheng was stunned, unable to comprehend his logic and main point, “What are you saying?”
Liang Chaosu strode forward, restraining her with such force that she felt fear.
“If you don’t consider me family, you have no moral shackles. I am like Shen Lichuan, Feng Shien, and countless other opposite-sex individuals in this world. You can accept their pursuit, so why can’t I?”
“Moreover, Shen Lichuan weighs the pros and cons, Feng Shien seeks wealth and power. You have your own thoughts and desires when you meet men, but I don’t need them. Even if you want freedom, I’ll accompany you. New Zealand, Antarctica, the bottom of the universe, if you want to go to the space station or ride a submarine, it’s not impossible to achieve.”
Liancheng stared, her heart pounding madly, beating as if it would explode. She felt suffocated and dizzy, sensing that the conversation had been distorted and had veered off course.
“I don’t want to go to the sky or the sea at all. I just want to confirm if I have a blood relation with Lin Xianzi. I want—”
“You can.”
Liancheng faltered, “What?”
Liang Chaosu leaned down, embraced her, and kissed her hair and forehead, “Mo Shicheng is doing the paternity test this afternoon. You will go.”
The impact of the previous minute was too great, and Liancheng’s thoughts were in chaos. Sensing his willingness to negotiate, she directly asked, “I want to leave—”
Liang Chaosu said darkly, “No.”
