Chapter 20: This is Your Daughter?

Chapter 20: Chapter 20: This is Your Daughter?

"Daddy, Mengmeng wants to go to the amusement park, can we?"

Mengmeng, in the back seat, had spotted an amusement park outside the car window.

Jiang Fan could see the intense longing in her eyes.

He thought of that woman, Yin Ruxue. Xuerong International was hers, and she owned other smaller companies as well. She must be incredibly busy.

She probably didn’t have much time to spend with Mengmeng.

"Alright, Daddy will take you, but you have to listen to me, okay?"

"You have to hold my hand the whole time."

"Okay, Mengmeng will be good."

After finding a spot in a parking lot outside the amusement park, Jiang Fan parked the car and led Mengmeng inside.

The park wasn’t large, but it had all the basic rides: a roller coaster, a pirate ship, bumper cars, a zip line, a space travel simulator, and a drop tower called the Cloud Piercer.

The sight of the Cloud Piercer made Jiang Fan’s stomach churn. He remembered begging Sun Xiao to come here with him, a pained look on his face.

In the end, just one ride on the Cloud Piercer had sent him running to the bathroom several times, puking his guts out.

’That thing really isn’t for humans,’ he thought.

"Daddy, Mengmeng wants to ride the Cloud Piercer."

Jiang Fan...

’Damn it. It’s like I’ve jinxed myself. The one thing I didn’t want to happen, happened.’

"Mengmeng, can we maybe pick a different one?" Jiang Fan said in a low voice.

Mengmeng blinked her big eyes. "Daddy, are you scared?"

Her tone was calm, but to Jiang Fan’s ears, the words had a different sting. ’Scared?’

He was being called scared by a little girl.

’Damn it, I have to bite the bullet and go on this thing.’

"How could Daddy be scared?"

"If you want to ride it, of course Daddy will go with you." He regretted the words as soon as they left his mouth.

But on second thought, if Mengmeng went up, he would have to go with her to keep her safe anyway.

’What have I done to deserve this? My brain runs its mouth, but my stomach has to suffer the consequences.’

Jiang Fan bought two tickets. After waiting in line with Mengmeng for a short while, they were seated on the ride.

After the staff secured their safety harnesses, Jiang Fan double-checked Mengmeng’s.

"Mengmeng, if you get scared when we’re up in the air, just close your eyes and hold my hand. Daddy will protect you."

"Mhm, I know." Mengmeng’s little eyes were filled with anticipation.

There wasn’t a trace of fear in her.

’It’s true what they say. Kids are fearless.’

’She isn’t afraid of anything.’

"Jiang Fan?"

’Who’s calling me?’

A familiar voice reached his ears.

Then, someone tapped him on the shoulder.

To his left sat a woman with a smoking hot body.

She wore a white t-shirt, super-short shorts, and a pair of stockings.

’A bit of a strange outfit.’

Jiang Fan was slightly taken aback. "Sun Xiao?"

He never expected to run into his ex-girlfriend here.

"It’s me."

"Jiang Fan, I can’t believe I’m running into you here."

As Jiang Fan’s gaze swept over Sun Xiao, he faintly sensed something was different about her.

It was as if his eyes could see through things.

’No, wait... I think I can see the color of her underwear.’

’Red. No, what’s wrong with my eyes?’

’I’m seeing more...’

As he focused, the tantalizing image before him vanished, replaced by a complete map of Sun Xiao’s acupoints.

The Sun Xiao in front of him now looked just like one of those acupuncture charts hanging behind master physicians in a traditional Chinese medicine hospital.

Jiang Fan shook his head, and his vision grew even clearer.

There was a problem with the woman’s *shenyu* acupoint.

In an instant, useful information flooded his mind, as if it had been stored there all along.

’Sun Xiao... has a kidney deficiency.’

"Jiang Fan, Jiang Fan, what’s wrong with you?"

Sun Xiao called his name twice, a smug curl on her lips. ’I can’t believe it. It’s been so long, and this simp Jiang Fan is still obsessed with me.’

She loved this feeling of being adored.

Jiang Fan snapped out of it to find Mengmeng shaking his arm.

"Daddy, Daddy, who is she?"

"Little girl, you call him ’Daddy’?" Sun Xiao, who had been ecstatic just a moment ago, was utterly shocked.

"Yeah, Auntie. What’s wrong?"

"You called me ’Auntie’? Be a good girl and call me ’Big Sister.’ Big Sister will give you candy."

Mengmeng shook her head. "Daddy taught me that I should call people older than me ’Uncle’ or ’Auntie,’ and people younger than me ’little brother’ or ’little sister.’"

Sun Xiao’s expression turned mocking. "Jiang Fan, is this your daughter?"

"I can’t believe it. So you were married all along."

Sun Xiao felt a pang of relief. ’Good thing I never let him knock me up, or I would have been the one losing out.’

Jiang Fan was about to explain, but when he looked at Mengmeng beside him, his gaze immediately softened.

He couldn’t be bothered to explain.

Sun Xiao frowned, annoyed at being ignored.

How dare that simp Jiang Fan ignore her.

"Jiang Fan, I seem to remember you throw up on the Cloud Piercer."

"Little girl, you’d better take care of your daddy. In a minute, he’s going to get scared and puke all over your face."

Jiang Fan frowned. How had he never noticed how disgusting this woman was before?

"You’re a bad lady! Don’t you say mean things about Mengmeng’s daddy!"

"Mengmeng hates you!"

"You little brat, what kind of way is that to talk? Jiang Fan, get your kid under control."

The Cloud Piercer had already started moving. Jiang Fan turned a deaf ear, letting the woman run her mouth beside him.

From the moment she had blocked him, he had realized that they were now complete strangers.

’She’s just trashy to the bone, always has been. Loves to lie to people.’

’And I actually expected her to change. I even went into debt for her.’

’I must have been out of my mind.’

’Now, it’s clearer than ever that I made the right choice.’

’A dog can’t be taught not to eat shit.’

The Cloud Piercer was now in full motion, yet Jiang Fan didn’t feel the slightest bit of discomfort.

Jiang Fan was finally discovering just how special he had become.

’Enhanced memory... I don’t get sick on the Cloud Piercer anymore...’

’I can see people’s meridians and acupoints... I have X-ray vision...’

’I really am... different now.’

Jiang Fan thought back to the dream he had last night.

It was full of ancient creatures—dragons, elephants—but the images seemed incomplete.

The only thing he remembered clearly was a book: the *Celestial Return Medical Records*.

’Could it be because of that medical text?’

’No, where did the medical text come from?’

’That’s right... Mengmeng’s jade pendant.’

High in the air, Mengmeng cheered joyfully. "We’re flying so high!"

"Daddy, Mengmeng is flying!"

"Mengmeng is so amazing!"

"Daddy, let’s ask Mommy to come with us next time, so the three of us can fly together."

"Okay." It was hard to hear against the rushing wind, but Jiang Fan’s hearing seemed to have improved significantly too, and he heard Mengmeng’s words perfectly.

A short while later, the ride on the Cloud Piercer was over.

A staff member released the safety restraints, and Jiang Fan lifted Mengmeng out of her seat.

Beside them stood a man. He was slender and wore gold-rimmed, dark-lensed glasses. He was rather handsome, but the large floral tattoo sleeve on his arm gave him a bit of a gangster vibe.

’Logically, a guy with that much ink should at least be a real man’s man, right?’

But who would have thought? He ran up to Sun Xiao, acting like a total simp. "Xiaoxiao, you must have been so scared."

Jiang Fan’s gaze swept over the man, and his X-ray vision unintentionally pierced through his body.

The man was slender, and Jiang Fan could see all of his energy channels, meridians, and acupoints.

’This guy... Kidney deficiency, plus a dual deficiency of yin and yang. And he’s got other illnesses on top of that.’

’But, looking at the watch on his wrist, gold and diamond-studded, it’s clearly expensive. Looks like Sun Xiao found herself a rich husband. No wonder she got married so quietly.’