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Qin Hai said, “Big Brother… you mean the two recent times? When I saw that child, I guessed our nephew might not be dead. I wanted to persuade him to confess to you, so I sent someone to your manor to give him a reminder. As for the second time, in the alley… yes, I deliberately tried to stop him.”
Qin Canglan jabbed a finger at him.
“You’re helping the villain do evil!”
Qin Hai lifted his head, shame and helplessness in his eyes.
“Big Brother, hit me if you want, scold me if you must. But I only have this one son… I couldn’t just watch him walk to his demise…”
Qin Canglan snapped, “What, you actually believed Daya and Su Mo were trying to assassinate him?”
Qin Hai muttered softly, “That’s… what he told me… he asked me to stop them…”
“And you just believed him? What kind of pig brain do you have?!”
Qin Canglan was nearly driven mad by his foolish younger brother.
The carriage came to a stop in Lihua Lane.
Qin Canglan barked sternly, “All of these, you need to explain clearly in front of Daya later!”
Qin Hai froze.
Pulling back the carriage curtain, he realized they had somehow arrived at a secluded alley.
And the coachman had already been switched, replaced by one of his elder brother’s men.
Qin Hai was dragged into the courtyard by Qin Canglan.
The whole family had gone out earlier, and on the way back everyone got caught in the rain.
At this moment, Father Su was in the house washing the three little ones’ hair and giving them baths, while Su Ergou had also gone inside to change clothes.
Since it was inconvenient for Wei Ting to meet Qin Canglan, Wei Ting didn’t show up. Instead, he hopped on a carriage again, secretly plotting his next target.
Su Xiaoxiao was in the main hall sorting medicinal herbs.
“Get in!”
Qin Canglan gave Qin Hai a hard kick on the rear.
Qin Hai stumbled a few steps and nearly fell headfirst.
Awkwardly rubbing his nose, he muttered a greeting: “L-Little Grandniece…”
Su Xiaoxiao said, “Last time in the carriage, you recognized me, didn’t you?”
“Mm.” Qin Hai admitted honestly.
Su Xiaoxiao had guessed as much, so she wasn’t surprised.
She looked at Qin Hai.
“You came here for—”
Qin Hai resigned himself and said, “I already confessed to Big Brother just now. Qin Che is my son.”
Su Xiaoxiao asked, “Are you sure?”
Qin Hai was stunned. “Huh?”
What kind of question was that?
If he wasn’t sure, why would he acknowledge Qin Che?
Su Xiaoxiao turned to Qin Canglan.
“I hadn’t finished speaking earlier before you left. Qin Che looks like you, but he also looks like Qin Hai.”
When Qin Canglan faced Su Xiaoxiao, the killing intent in his eyes instantly vanished.
“Yes, that’s why I assumed he was Qin Hai’s son.”
Su Xiaoxiao shook her head.
“That’s not what I meant. I conducted a genetic test for you. You can think of it as another form of blood-recognition. The results show that Qin Che is indeed related to both of you, but not as a son. To put it simply, neither of you is Qin Che’s biological father.”
“What?”
Qin Canglan and Qin Hai both opened their mouths wide in shock.
Su Xiaoxiao flipped through the test report on the table, her expression serious.
“Qin Che… is your younger brother.”
The two of them were thunderstruck……
A half-brother from the same father, with a different mother.
At first, Su Xiaoxiao had suspected that Qin Hai was Qin Che’s biological father.
But it wasn’t until she got the test results back from the pharmacy that she finally realized the truth.
So many things that once didn’t make sense now had an explanation.
For example, why did Qin Che look like the Qin family?
Because he really was.
And why did Madam Qin treat Ruan Xianglian and her son so harshly back then?
Disliking Ruan Xianglian was not something unusual. However, Qin Che was her biological grandson, so how could she have been willing to drive away her own flesh and blood?
If he were the illegitimate son of her love rival, then it made sense.