"Oooh oooh oooh~~~" (rapid panting~~~)
Staring at the stimulating scenes constantly flashing on the computer screen, Tang Guo'an's old face flushed and he grew even more excited.
Finally, with a long exhalation~~~
The study returned to silence once more....
Just as Tang Guo'an lay limp in the computer chair like a sack of potatoes, exhausted as if all his strength had left him.....
Out of the corner of his eye he happened to catch the time displayed in the bottom-right corner of the computer.
His eyes instantly lit up, and he jumped up on the spot in excitement.
"Wahaha~~~"
"That bowl of soup worked so well?! It actually let me last five seconds!!!"
"......."
Never in a million years did Tang Guo'an expect.....
That his usual stable performance of 2.5 seconds could now be extended to 5 seconds, a full extra 2.5 seconds out of nowhere!!!!!
This feeling of becoming stronger was just... too freaking cool!!!! ?(?＞?＜?)?
At this moment, Tang Guo'an's eyes reddened, almost moved to tears....
Composing himself, he put his pants back on and tiptoed to head back to the bedroom the way he came.
Having done this many times, Tang Guo'an wasn't flustered; he knew his wife was still sleeping like a log and wouldn't notice his absence....
"What are you doing? |?)"
Just then, a sudden questioning voice rang out in the silent study, making Tang Guo'an's whole body stiffen as if his blood stopped flowing in an instant.
Crack crack!
He stiffly twisted his neck and saw a familiar figure suddenly appear at the study door.....
"Wife, y-you... you're not asleep yet?"
"Hehe... I just got up to use the bathroom! As for you, what are you doing sneaking into the study at midnight to jerk off?"
"I didn't, I wasn't, don't talk nonsense!"
Tang Guo'an shook his head frantically, delivering a triple denial; then, having a brainwave, he quickly made up a reason.
"I just couldn't sleep, suddenly wanted to listen to the new song released by [L], and was afraid of disturbing you, so I came to the study to listen quietly..."
"Alright then! It's late; I'm feeling a bit sleepy too!"
"( _)( - . - )(~O~)....( - . - ) yawn~~~ Let's go back to the room and rest! We still have to get up early for work tomorrow!"
"......."
Casting a glance at the big wad of paper in the trash, Xu Shuyun's gaze turned deep; she didn't expose her husband's riddled-with-holes lie.
She only felt another surge of reverence for Lin Xuan's mysteriousness in her heart.
Then she directly handed Chu Ling's file and her paternity test report to the utterly confused Tang Guo'an.....
"Huh? Wife (O_o), what is this?"
"Tzzzz~~~ Paternity test report? Huh!!! Why does it show this girl has a parent-child relationship with you?!"
"Damn! (??へ??╬) Wife, did you cheat on me? Cuckold me? Tell me—who's the adulterer?!"
"......"
When he saw the specific contents of the report, Tang Guo'an flew into a rage and was just about to glare at Xu Shuyun and question why she had wronged him....
Slap slap slap slap slap!!!!!
Several big palm slaps smacked him in the face in quick succession; Tang Guo'an immediately sobered up a lot and, with swollen, reddened cheeks, looked aggrievedly at the expressionless Xu Shuyun.
"Are you clear-headed now?"
"Clear-headed. ???"
"Then shut up! (⊙x⊙;) Listen while I make a long story short......"
"......"
Just like that, Xu Shuyun tOld Tang Guo'an everything she'd seen and heard at the hospital that afternoon and the sinister plot of the two children's lives being switched in Chu Family Village eighteen years ago, leaving out only the matter of the "inner voice."
A moment later, having learned the ins and outs, the man's eyes went wide; he slumped dumbly into the computer chair.
"How could this happen? Impossible....."
"Xiao Rou isn't our biological daughter, and that Chu Ling is? How could this be...."
"Heaven actually plays this kind of joke? I'm not still dreaming, am I? Are you sure this paternity report is real? No mistakes?"
"........"
Tang Guo'an clutched his forehead in pain, murmuring to himself.
He simply couldn't accept that the Tang Rou, whom he had raised like a treasure since childhood, wasn't his biological daughter but the offspring of that vicious couple.
As for his biological daughter Chu Ling, she had been abused by that vicious couple since childhood, living in a world of suffering, never knowing if she'd have enough to eat day to day.
Now she'd even developed stomach cancer, her life hanging by a thread.....
This truly is... fate's cruel joke!!!
At this very moment.
Tang Guo'an's mind was in chaos; the sudden explosive news made his brain crash all at once.
He had absolutely no idea how... to face this suddenly appearing, unfamiliar daughter......
Two and a half minutes later, after he'd calmed down a little, Tang Guo'an pondered for a moment and spoke again.
"Tomorrow let's go to the hospital together; I want to see the child first."
"If there's a chance... let's bring her home as well! No matter what, we can't just let her keep suffering outside."
"Especially since Chu Ling is currently by my nephew's side—who knows when she might be hurt by him...."
"......."
Tang Guo'an's prejudice ran deep; he always felt Lin Xuan was no good.
So, to be on the safe side, without caring about anything else, he decided to bring his biological daughter home first.
"Lin Xuan ... he's not quite the same now."
"I went to the hospital myself this afternoon; he truly is our daughter's savior. You shouldn't keep looking at him with this prejudice."
Xu Shuyun frowned slightly; she didn't want her husband to provoke Lin Xuan any further. If she could choose....
She would actually prefer to see the two men shake hands and make peace; that would only benefit the Tang family.
.......
"Merit is merit, fault is fault. The two can't be conflated, much less cancel each other out."
"Besides, people can put on an act. How long have you even been with him? For all we know, that kid is deliberately putting on a performance in front of you to fool you."
"Back then weren't we all deceived by his appearance too?"
"We thought he was just a bit extreme in temperament but basically a decent person. Who would have thought he could do something worse than a beast...."
"......."
Thinking of the harm Tang Rou had suffered, anger blazed in Tang Guo'an's heart; he absolutely refused to believe in Lin Xuan's so-called reformation.....