Xu Qingqing knew that Xu Yan was just joking. With his current assets, he could live a carefree life for the rest of his life.
Moreover, he had a good eye for investment. He had bought houses in different cities, and the rent alone was enough for his retirement. He said those words just to avoid getting married.
So she blinked and said coquettishly, "That's not okay. These two kids were born by me. I'm going to spend a lot of money on them in the future. They'll take care of me in my old age. If you want kids, go find a wife and have your own."
The two siblings joked with each other, but neither of them told the other about their inner thoughts.
Meanwhile, at Lu Chuanbai's home, An An had a fever in the middle of the night.
The aunt in charge of taking care of her heard the noise and immediately woke Lu Chuanbai up.
"Master, please go and check on Miss. She suddenly had a high fever. Should we send her to the hospital now?" the aunt asked anxiously while waking Lu Chuanbai up.
Although Xu An An wasn't the young master's daughter, she had visited the house several times. She was cute and her words were very endearing. Even the aunt liked her very much.
Hearing this, Lu Chuanbai immediately got up and almost ran into Xu An An's room.
He touched Xu An An's forehead. Sure enough, she had a severe fever. Her closed eyes were tightly frowned, as if she was having a nightmare.
He quickly instructed, "Go outside and find some towels first. I'll help her cool down, and then drive her to the hospital."
The aunt immediately went to the living room to prepare. Lu Chuanbai held Xu An An's hand and comforted her, "An An, don't be afraid. Uncle Lu is here. Uncle Lu will always be with you. We'll go to the hospital right away, okay?"
"No, not Uncle Lu. It's Dad. We came to find Dad, but you won't tell us where Dad is."
Xu An An mumbled in a daze and subconsciously replied to Lu Chuanbai.
At this moment, she didn't even realize whether it was a dream or reality. She just followed her body's instinct.
Lu Chuanbai's eyes widened in shock, and his hand holding Xu An An trembled.
Not Uncle Lu, but Dad?
What did it mean? Could it be... these two were his children?
At this moment, he took a closer look. These two kids looked so much like him when he was a child.
Then he thought that Xu Yiyi seemed to have run away from home, and the first thing he did when he came back to the country was to look for him. That was how he had so many connections with Xu Qingqing later.
If he was the father of the two kids, then everything made sense.
But if that was really the case, why did Xu Qingqing hide it from him? Could Xu Qingqing be the ugly woman from five years ago?
It was impossible.
Lu Chuanbai was very confused, but subconsciously pulled out a strand of Xu An An's hair. When the aunt came back with the towel, he pretended to be calm.
He drove Xu An An to the hospital. Lu Chuanbai chose the hospital invested by his family. It had good medical equipment, and most importantly, it could keep secrets.
The aunt took care of An An in the ward. Lu Chuanbai had already called Xu Qingqing and believed that she was on her way.
At this time, Lu Chuanbai went to the office of Dr. Cheng, whom he trusted, and handed Dr. Cheng Xu An An's hair.
Dr. Cheng looked at him puzzledly, "What does this mean? Do you have an illegitimate child?"
Originally, Dr. Cheng was just joking with Lu Chuanbai. He had been friends with Lu Chuanbai for many years and knew that he didn't like to mess around with women. But Lu Chuanbai fell into a strange silence.
Then he slowly said, "Help me do a DNA test to see if she's my child."
The pen in Dr. Cheng's hand trembled and fell to the ground. He didn't even have the mood to pick it up. He stood up directly and looked at Lu Chuanbai as if he was looking at a madman.
"You, when did you have a casual relationship with another woman? How could you have a child?"
Lu Chuanbai didn't answer his question. In his mind, he remembered the ugly woman from five years ago.
But that woman was already dead, and her appearance was completely different from Xu Qingqing's. How could they be the same person?
Lu Chuanbai was very confused at this moment and didn't even have the time to answer Dr. Cheng's question. He just said seriously to Dr. Cheng, "I haven't found out the details of this matter yet, but please help me do the test. And don't tell anyone about this, especially the people from the Lu family."
Seeing his solemn expression, Dr. Cheng nodded, "Don't worry. I'm good at keeping secrets. I'll be in charge of the test all by myself. No one else will see it."
"Okay, then I won't stay here any longer, lest it arouse others' suspicion."
After finishing talking with Dr. Cheng, Lu Chuanbai returned to Xu An An's ward and saw Xu Qingqing and Xu Yan who had already arrived.
Seeing Xu An An's feverish and dazed face, Xu Qingqing's eyes immediately turned red.
"An An, what's wrong with you? Don't scare Mommy."
Lu Chuanbai stood behind Xu Qingqing guiltily, "I'm sorry. It's all my fault that I didn't take good care of An An."
Since Xu Qingqing had her back to Lu Chuanbai, she didn't see Lu Chuanbai's complicated expression.
Maybe he had a certain suspicion in his heart. Now when Lu Chuanbai looked at Xu Qingqing, he always seemed to see the ugly woman from five years ago. His mood was extremely complicated, and he didn't know how to face all this.
Hearing Lu Chuanbai's voice, Xu Qingqing wiped away her tears and still maintained her composure, "It has nothing to do with you. An An was fine at home. You took her back to the Lu family and she was in the car all the way. Maybe it's because of her constitution. She's been living abroad all the time, and she's not used to being back in the country suddenly."
Although she didn't have a good impression of Lu Chuanbai and Lu Fenglin, she wouldn't take out her anger on others. It was An An who asked to go to Lu Chuanbai's house by herself. She couldn't blame Lu Chuanbai just because An An had a fever now.
Looking at such a reasonable Xu Qingqing, Lu Chuanbai felt even more complicated.
Such a well - behaved, reasonable and morally upright Miss Xu couldn't be the ugly woman from five years ago. That woman was willing to be Lu Fenglin's lackey, helping Lu Fenglin to humiliate him and trample on his self - esteem.
No, if Xu Qingqing was really the person Lu Fenglin found five years ago, why didn't there seem to be anything abnormal between Xu Qingqing and Lu Fenglin?
Xu Qingqing even seemed a bit repulsed by Lu Fenglin. What exactly was going on that he didn't know?