Chapter 1324 - 875: The Grand Finale: He’s Just an Ordinary Man Playing Both Dad and Mom

Outside the bedroom door, Xiao Xiaoang’s big eyes were bulging out...

Su Xiaomeng... is Xiao Xiaoang’s biological mother...

Xiao Xiaoang is one hundred percent sure he didn’t hear wrong; Pu Yang said Su Xiaomeng is his mother! Su Xiaomeng... really is his mother!

The innocent Xiao Ang had no mixed thoughts at this moment, only excitement and joy in his heart!

He had never met his biological mother, and there wasn’t any particular mother-son bond with the deceased Shen Huan, but it was different with Su Xiaomeng. He dreamed that Su Xiaomeng could become his mother!

Perhaps because Xiao Xiaoang’s expression of shock mixed with surprise was seen by Little Tiger, Little Tiger also seemed to want to join in the joy, so he opened his mouth and barked.

Xiao Xiaoang quickly glared at Little Tiger and then hurriedly slipped away.

The two people inside the bedroom, who were in confrontation, heard the barking outside the door. Pu Yang frowned, walked to the door, opened it, and glanced outside. He didn’t see anyone, just saw Little Tiger running away from the corridor corner, and it was obvious... who might have been here just now.

Pu Yang closed the door, and Xiao Yan quickly asked, "Was it Xiao Ang?"

"No, it was Little Tiger."

Xiao Yan let out a long sigh of relief, only heaven knows how high his heart jumped at that moment.

Pu Yang looked at Xiao Yan’s pale face and coolly said, "I thought you would keep your cool."

Xiao Yan looked at Pu Yang, inexplicably clenching his fists.

"Where do you get the confidence to let Xiao Xiaoang and Su Xiaomeng run into each other and still pretend it’s no big deal, even let them go out to play together, and even let them develop feelings... Xiao Yan, I’m wondering if you’re thinking of directly stealing Yin Shixiu’s wife from him."

"Keep your voice down." Xiao Yan pressed his voice down, saying to Pu Yang.

Pu Yang let out a light snort, seeing that she guessed correctly that Xiao Xiaoang is indeed their son.

"When did you do the paternity test?"

"Just last week."

"Pu Yang, what do you want?"

"Xiao Yan, even at this point, you’re still asking this question. If you hadn’t shown today that you’re going to break your promise, I wouldn’t have thrown this paternity test in your face."

The truth held by Pu Yang would always be a bargaining chip for her, for Xiao Yan as well as for Su Xiaomeng.

Unless absolutely necessary, she wouldn’t let this ticking time bomb explode.

"You’re still going to get married, right?"

"What else?"

"Fine, get married."

Xiao Yan agreed in one breath.

"Can I still trust what you say?"

Pu Yang looked at Xiao Yan amusingly, and Xiao Yan took a deep breath, asking Pu Yang leisurely, "Besides you and Pu Wei, who else knows?"

Xiao Yan spoke directly, and Pu Yang was stunned for a moment, wondering how he knew Pu Wei knew.

"When I was waiting for you at the parking lot, I saw Pu Wei driving away. Her eyes have been healed, right? Not driven insane."

Pu Yang took a deep breath,

"That’s right, at first she did hurt her eyes, but later she combined with the treatment. At that time, I just wanted to gain Su Xiaomeng’s trust and sympathy and stop her from probing further into the issues of Pu Wei plagiarizing her thesis and defaming Yin Shixiu for intentional harm."

"Isn’t Su Xiaomeng easy to deceive?"

Xiao Yan chuckled softly.

"Xiao Yan, you don’t need to take her side. At least until now, I haven’t deceived her in any way."

"Ha..."

Xiao Yan just let out a cold laugh. At this moment, he suddenly realized why Xiao Ang had no good impression of Pu Yang, and why Xiao Ang would rather go on a hunger strike than agree to his marriage with Pu Yang.

He didn’t have Xiao Ang’s keen eye for people.

He knew Pu Yang was scheming; he also knew Pu Yang’s motives for marrying him weren’t pure, but he didn’t expect...

Her tricks in threatening people, she used again and again, going through others’ privacy again and again behind the scenes, she indeed was someone skilled at pricking people’s soft spots.

Right now, she already knew that Xiao Ang was Su Xiaomeng’s son...

Once Su Xiaomeng found out, the incidents at the hospital five years ago would quickly be uncovered, and with a DNA test done, Xiao Xiaoang would no longer have any connection with him. If Yin Shixiu and Su Xiaomeng wanted, they could press charges against him for kidnapping and trafficking children.

Even though... he and Shen Huan saved the then already fainted Xiao Xiaoang.

Such a small premature baby, held in the palm of his hand like that...

At that time, there were so many doctors and nurses operating on Su Xiaomeng that even the hospital director was alarmed.

He was just an intern doctor doing an internship in the hospital on his grandfather’s orders, and many even didn’t know he was the grandson of the old hospital director.

"But now I finally understand why you look at Su Xiaomeng the way you do..."

"..."

"Xiao Yan, I’m really curious, according to the timeline, you were with Shen Huan at that time, and Su Xiaomeng was already married to Yin Shixiu. When exactly did you two get together?"

Xiao Yan raised an eyebrow, watching Pu Yang mumble to herself while holding that personally verified report...

"But I’m a bit confused. You see the look in Su Xiaomeng’s eyes, so nostalgic, yet Su Xiaomeng seems not to have much affection when she looks at you... Is she just hiding it too well, or has she no feelings for you anymore?"

She speculated to herself, muttering ceaselessly around Xiao Yan.

"I just find it odd, clearly he was an adopted child, why would you treat him as an irreplaceable treasure, giving up your promising future, even the chance to join the National Scientific Research Institute... So he is your biological child."

"Xiao Yan, you and Su Xiaomeng sure know how to put on a show, didn’t leave a trace at all... But if you have to try so hard to pretend, then why let Su Xiaomeng and Xiao Xiaoang meet? Inviting Su Xiaomeng over repeatedly..."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan understood...

The DNA test Pu Yang conducted was between Su Xiaomeng and Xiao Xiaoang, and naturally, she assumed that his care for Xiao Xiaoang was because Xiao Xiaoang was his and Su Xiaomeng’s son.

There were no other options in her mind; she didn’t think he had any reason to raise someone else’s child.

Indeed, he knew the Pu Family was full of schemers, but he thought Pu Yang was relatively better among them, her little ploys still within acceptable limits for him.

As long as Pu Yang promised to treat Xiao Xiaoang well and marry her, he saw no issues; everyone got what they needed.

But now it seemed, Pu Yang was the most meticulous thinker in the Pu Family, so... the most ruthless and precise methods came from Pu Yang.

Xiao Yan was just an ordinary man, still an ordinary man playing both father and mother, needing to save patients in the hospital and care for his son at home. His attention wasn’t so focused on Pu Yang, so... he couldn’t perceive the cruelty and darkness in Pu Yang’s heart.

What he couldn’t perceive, Xiao Xiaoang could.

"My feelings for Su Xiaomeng are still okay, but my sister really hates Su Xiaomeng deeply. I bet right now at home, she’s already thinking up a hundred ways to spread this news across the skies of Beijing."

"Not getting married; do you think my grandfather and father’s medical resources wouldn’t be available to you?"

Xiao Yan had no means to counter Pu Yang’s threats.

He didn’t understand how to hurt people or play mind games with them; he only knew how to use his hands to save and his heart to love.

Therefore, when faced with evil, he could only bow his head, letting Pu Yang take what she wanted.

"Yes."

Xiao Yan’s mind worked quickly, and Pu Yang no longer concealed anything.

"Can you ensure that you eliminate all those hundred methods your sister has in mind?"

"I can."

"Can you ensure this secret follows you siblings to the grave?"

"I can."

"Pu Yang, I want you to remember, you can ask me to do anything, but when it comes to Xiao Xiaoang’s benefits, I won’t budge even half a step. If worst comes to worst, it’s mutual destruction, no one gets anything good."

This was perhaps the harshest and most threatening thing that Xiao Yan, a man without machinations, chips, or a treacherous mind, could say to Pu Yang.

"I remember."

Pu Yang looked up at him... She knew, if someone doesn’t love you, then your years of companionship are in vain. If he doesn’t love you, you’re just someone to be discarded at any moment.

Only by firmly grasping a person’s weakness, finding it, and hitting it, can you become someone he dares not ignore, someone he would never abandon.

"Xiao Xiaoang is Xiao Yan and Shen Huan’s son."

Xiao Yan stared into Pu Yang’s eyes, seriously saying it again.

"Get the marriage certificate tomorrow." Pu Yang looked back at him, with eyes sharp and determined, saying five words firmly.

"...Alright."

Xiao Yan agreed.

He had been striving to give Xiao Xiaoang the best. The Pu Family would never understand, nor comprehend why he considered Xiao Xiaoang as his own, why he was willing to sacrifice his marriage to keep Xiao Xiaoang.

The Pu Family would never understand; this world isn’t just about relationships of interest or blood ties; there are many things more important than life.

Of course... it relates to everyone’s beliefs, to one’s family, and approach to life.

Xiao Yan didn’t hope Pu Yang could understand, but hoped Pu Yang and he could take what they need from each other, hoped Pu Yang wouldn’t destroy his.

"Knock, knock"...

The sound of knocking came again. Xiao Yan went to open the door, and Sister Liu respectfully asked, "Young Master, it’s late, shouldn’t you have dinner?"

"Just about to, where’s my dad? Hasn’t come back yet?"

"Young Master, look at your temperament, didn’t I just tell you, the master won’t be having dinner here tonight."

"...Oh, right."

Xiao Yanren went to the dining room; Xiao Xiaoang was still at the dining table, picking at grains of rice and putting them into his mouth. Seeing Xiao Yan approaching, he still didn’t speak.

"Sister Liu has long asked you to eat, hasn’t she? Why are you eating so slowly, with so much rice still left in the bowl?"