Chapter 8 — The husband's family controls the finances

She arranged it all. This is a trap. A trap I cannot refuse. Chu Khai also added:
“That's right, Van Tinh, go check it out, everyone can rest assured.”
I looked at the two of them, mother and daughter, and laughed coldly. Ma Tu Lien, you still refuse to give up. She thought that just by exposing my lie of "carrying a fake identity" she could knock me back to my original form and regain power once again. Unfortunate. She thought she was standing on the fifth floor, but in reality, I had been standing outside the atmosphere waiting for her for a long time.
"Okay."
I happily agreed.
“Just in time after the examination, I also have something to officially announce to everyone.”
I deliberately spoke in a mystical way. Chu Khai and Ma Tu Lien looked at each other, both seeing a trace of doubt in the other's eyes. The next day, at the hospital. In front of the ultrasound room. Ma Tu Lien was even more nervous than me, constantly walking back and forth in the hallway. Chu Khai also couldn't sit still. I took the lottery ticket and calmly sat on the bench.
“Number one hundred and thirty-five, Van Tinh!”
The nurse called my name. I stood up and walked into their expectant and tense eyes. The moment the door closed, I saw Ma Tu Lien clasping his hands, seemingly praying. What did she pray for? Pray I don't have the intelligence to prove her right? Or pray that I really have the strength so she can hold her grandchild soon? The human heart is truly complex. More than ten minutes later, I walked out holding a sheet of ultrasound results. Chu Khai and Ma Tu Lien immediately surrounded him.
"How's it going? What did the doctor say?"
I showed them the vague black and white image.
“The doctor said everything is normal.”
Chu Khai grabbed the result sheet and excitedly looked at the tiny bag above.
“So good! So good!”
Ma Tu Lien also came to see. The expression on her face changed from doubt to surprise, and finally turned into crazy joy.
"Really... really got it! God bless!"
She was so agitated that her speech was confused. Looking at her face changing in the blink of an eye, I felt extremely sarcastic.
“Now we can talk about what you want to announce.”
I took them to the small garden below the hospital floor.
"What's going on? Why is it so mysterious?" Ma Tu Lien happily asked.
“Regarding this child.”
I looked at Chu Khai, then looked at Ma Tu Lien.
“I decided that after the child is born, it will bear my last name.”
10
“What did you say?!”
Chu Kien Quan's screams almost made the living room ceiling explode. Since returning from the hospital, his face has always been gloomy. When Zhou Kai told him my decision, he completely exploded.
"The child has your last name? Wen Jing, do you have a problem with your mind! Our Chu family has passed down a tradition for several generations, and in your life you want to destroy the incense burner?!"
He was so angry that his lips trembled. Ma Tu Lien stood next to him and continued to add fuel to the fire.
"That's right! From ancient times until now, don't all children have their father's surname? What reason do you have for saying that! If you spread it out, people will laugh and lose their teeth!"
They think this is me being arbitrary. I'm using the child to intimidate them. Chu Khai also looked at me awkwardly.
"Van Tinh, isn't this... a bit too much? I know you feel resentful, but my last name The child is a big matter, you can't make decisions out of anger."
I looked at the three of them, like I was watching a comedy. I said nothing. I just took a file from my bag and gently placed it on the table. It is a DNA paternity assessment report. The subjects examined were Zhou Kai and his father, Zhou Jianjun. In the assessment results section, the bold black text clearly states:
“Excluding biological paternity.”
The whole living room immediately fell into deathly silence. The air seemed to freeze. The anger on Chu Kien Quan's face slowly turned into surprise, then confusion. He picked up the report, his fingers shaking like fallen leaves in the autumn wind. He read it once and then read it again. It's like not recognizing the words written above. Ma Tu Lien's face immediately turned white, without any blood left. She rushed forward, wanting to grab the report.
“Fake! Definitely fake! It's you who faked it! She wants to separate their father-son relationship!”
I leaned back, avoiding her hand.
"Whether it's fake or not, everyone knows best in their hearts."
I looked at Chu Khai. His expression was like he had just been struck by lightning, blank and blank. He looked at the report, then at his mother, then at his father. His entire worldview collapsed before his eyes.
“What… what is this about?” He muttered. “Dad… mom… what is this all about?”
Zhou Jianjun did not answer him. He just stared at Ma Tu Lien, his eyes looked like he wanted to eat people.
“Ma Tu Lien!”
He gritted his teeth and said three words.
“You explain it clearly to me!”
“I… I didn't…” Ma Tu Lien still tried to argue, but his eyes began to avoid.
“How do I know what this is all about! Surely she… is this wretched woman playing tricks!”