Ch 2: A Lifetime of Strength
“When you were almost six months old, the Mystical Arts Association came to my door asking for my help. I agreed, but Huo Yunjing didn’t, he felt you were too young, and I should stay home and take good care of you.”
Gu Qingyin pouted, “We argued. I left without saying goodbye, and I didn’t contact him during the entire mission. Later, I chased the mission target into another dimension, and when I came out, it was now.”
Huo Xingye still didn’t speak.
“I know this sounds unbelievable, but that’s the truth.” Gu Qingyin shrugged and suggested, “I can go with you to do a paternity test.”
Huo Xingye’s eyes flickered slightly, “Okay.”
Gu Qingyin stared at him intently, and after several seconds, suddenly opened her mouth, “Do you think I’m crazy?”
Huo Xingye shifted his gaze and vaguely denied, “No.”
Gu Qingyin snorted, “Let’s go! Let’s get the test done now!”
“No!” Huo Xingye instinctively refused. His face was swollen like pork; how could he go out? Didn’t he have any pride?!
Gu Qingyin seemed to see through him. She took out her phone and “click” took a picture of him, grinning, “If you dare to be disrespectful to me again, I’ll post the picture online.”
Huo Xingye’s phoenix eyes seemed to be spitting fire, but he dared to be angry but dared not speak.
Gu Qingyin left a souvenir, slowly strolling to Huo Xingye, her slender white fingers gently touching his face a few times.
Magically, the burning pain on Huo Xingye’s face instantly dissipated. He raised his hand and touched his face, “Is it better?”
Gu Qingyin pondered for two seconds and shook her head, “Not completely.”
Huo Xingye got up from the ground and went to the bathroom to look in the mirror. Indeed, the redness was gone, but the bruising was still there, especially around his eyes, like a panda that had become a spirit but hadn’t fully evolved.
Huo Xingye took a deep breath, took out his phone, and called the bodyguards outside the door, telling them to stop banging on the door and go outside to buy him concealer.
The bodyguards were confused, but for the sake of their high salaries, they asked with concern, “Is everything alright, Family Head?”
Huo Xingye gritted his teeth and said, “I’m fine.”
The bodyguards: ??? This tone doesn’t sound like everything is fine.
Huo Xingye hung up the phone, walked back to the room, found a place to sit down, and pondered.
No wonder there wasn’t a single picture of Gu Qingyin in the house. It turned out that his parents didn’t have a proper love marriage. Without any emotional foundation, how could there be pictures?
But he vaguely remembered when he was a child, Huo Yunjing looked for people everywhere. He should still have liked her, right? It’s just that this feeling didn’t have time to be expressed before something happened.
“How did Huo Yunjing die?” Gu Qingyin asked.
“Car accident.” Huo Xingye responded in a low voice, “The Huo Family investigated for a long time and finally determined it was an accident. His mental state wasn’t very good during that time.”
The regret in Gu Qingyin’s eyes flashed by. Ten years, Huo Yunjing had probably already been reincarnated. Her first love had ended without a trace.
Thinking of this, Gu Qingyin couldn’t help but rejoice. Fortunately, her feelings for Huo Yunjing didn’t have time to develop, otherwise, she would have been so sad.
It’s all that Strange Beast’s fault! Why did it have to drill into the space crack? Don’t let her see it again next time, or she will definitely skin it, pull out its tendons, and throw it into a pot of oil to fry it.
Huo Xingye looked at Gu Qingyin’s constantly changing expression, and the little bit of trust he had in her couldn’t help but waver. Would a mentally normal person’s emotions be so changeable?
Not long after, there was a knock on the door.
Huo Xingye: “Enter.”
Bodyguard: “…The door won’t open.”
Huo Xingye suddenly realized. No wonder the bodyguards hadn’t come in for so long. It wasn’t dereliction of duty, but they couldn’t get in.
Gu Qingyin waved her hand at the door, and the invisible Restriction was removed, “Enter.”
The bodyguard tentatively pressed the doorknob, and the door opened.
Huo Xingye took the concealer from the bodyguard’s shocked and surprised gaze and turned to go to the bathroom.
While applying it to his face, he called his assistant, “Find an testing institution that can give results today. I need to do a paternity test.”
Assistant Xue was a little confused, but he quickly agreed. He turned around and contacted the institution. In just half an hour, Assistant Xue sent the institution’s address to Huo Xingye’s phone.
“Let’s go, to the testing institution.”
After Huo Xingye came out of the bathroom, the bruising on his face was mostly covered. At first glance, you would only think that he looked unwell, with a pale face and dark circles under his eyes.
Like a ghost, Gu Qingyin commented in her heart, then got up and walked out, “Wait, I’ll go change my clothes.”
When she came out again, the bodyguards had already retreated outside the villa.
Gu Qingyin walked down the stairs step by step, very directly feeling the coldness inside the villa. Although everything was clean and tidy, there was no sign of life. She didn’t know how long it had been empty.
She didn’t notice anything unusual when she came back last night.
Gu Qingyin sighed inwardly and went out to get in the car.
The two sat in the same car, but there was no communication along the way.
When they arrived at the institution, they also cooperated silently, doing whatever they were told. After taking the samples, neither of them left. Three hours later, the results came out.
Gu Qingyin only glanced at it, revealing a “just as I thought” expression.
Huo Xingye’s mood was much more complicated. Who would have thought that after twenty years, his mom would be back, and still so young, looking like his sister at first glance.
“Let’s go, son.” Gu Qingyin patted him on the shoulder, “Mom is hungry. Which restaurant is good? Take Mom to try it.”
Huo Xingye drove, and Gu Qingyin got into the passenger seat.
“Do you have any dietary restrictions?”
Gu Qingyin shook her head, “Barbecue and hot pot are fine.”
“Okay.” Huo Xingye turned the car around and went to a private barbecue restaurant.
The restaurant was opened by a rich second-generation in the circle. The meat used was all from his own farm, absolutely natural and pollution-free, and of extremely high quality.
The soft beef ribs were placed in the pot. As the sound of grease sputtering rang out, the tempting aroma spread.
Gu Qingyin took a deep breath and couldn’t help swallowing, “Is it ready? Can I eat it?”
Huo Xingye sat across from her, seeing her appearance, he was very puzzled, “My dad shouldn’t have deprived you of food and drink, right?”
Speaking of this, Gu Qingyin couldn’t help but feel sad, “You have to avoid certain foods when you’re pregnant, and you have to avoid certain foods when you’re breastfeeding. As soon as I weaned you, I took a job in the wilderness, eating one meal but not the next, it was terrible!”
Huo Xingye’s ears turned slightly red, a little embarrassed. His hands kept flipping the beef, and after it was cooked, he put it on Gu Qingyin’s plate, “Eat.”
“Thank you, son!” Gu Qingyin’s eyes lit up. She blew on it a little and put the whole piece of meat in her mouth, making a happy “mmm” sound. This is what people should eat!
Halfway through the meal, the door of the private room was knocked on. A young man wearing gold-rimmed glasses and a silver-gray suit walked in and placed a file bag on the table.
“Family Head, what you asked for.”
Assistant Xue’s attitude was respectful, but his eyes glanced at Gu Qingyin without leaving a trace. This is the one who did the paternity test with the Family Head? She looks too young, how does she maintain herself?
“If you want to look, look openly. What are you doing being sneaky?” Gu Qingyin chewed on the meat and asked vaguely, “Are you from the Xue Family?”
Assistant Xue smiled and turned around, facing Gu Qingyin, responding respectfully, “Hello, I am Xue Ning, the Huo Family Head’s personal assistant in this generation.”
(End of this chapter)