If You Could Hear My Heart
Chapter 1238: DNA Matches Completely

Chapter 1238: Chapter 1238: DNA Matches Completely

No matter what he was, in her eyes, her father was a heartless man.

"Madame Fourth Young Master, the Fourth Young Master is asking if your coffee is ready?" a servant carefully inquired as she ran over.

Xu Chaomu finally snapped back to reality and continued grinding the coffee, grumpily saying, "It’s not ready. If he wants to drink it, he can come down and grind it himself."

"..." The servant pursed her lips tightly; she dared not speak and could only silently retreat to the side to help Xu Chaomu.

When she brought the coffee out to the balcony, sure enough, Shen Chi took a phone call, and Xu Chaomu felt a sudden thump in her chest.

"Mumu, I have a luncheon today," Shen Chi hung up the phone and stroked her hair, "It’s an old client of the group, I can’t get out of it."

Xu Chaomu understood. It was Zhou Ran who had someone call Shen Chi, to send him away.

She didn’t say anything, just nodded her head, "You go ahead, I’ll take Xiaobao to the mall this afternoon."

Shen Chi also nodded, consenting.

Once Shen Chi left, Xu Chaomu had no more appetite for breakfast; after finishing a cup of coffee, she found an excuse to leave the Shen Family.

The weather was good today but quite cold, so Xu Chaomu wrapped herself in a thick scarf.

Sure enough, when she arrived at the coffee shop, she saw a blue car parked at the entrance.

As soon as Zhou Ran saw Xu Chaomu, she lowered the passenger-side window, "Come over to the passenger seat. I have something to tell you."

Now that Xu Chaomu was not pregnant, she had nothing to fear and directly opened the door to sit in the passenger seat.

"You’re still very curious about your father, aren’t you?" Zhou Ran glanced at Xu Chaomu, then looked straight ahead again.

The road was very quiet, with almost no one walking by the car. The light shone straight down, reflecting colorful hues on the glass of the car windows.

"I’m not that curious. In my heart, he equals a blank slate," Xu Chaomu replied, "I don’t know if you’re about to concoct some lie to deceive me, after all, the heat from last year’s lie hasn’t even died down."

"Well, you have quite the nerve to come meet me."

"The ones with a guilty conscience are you, not me."

And with that, Xu Chaomu turned to give Zhou Ran a look.

Whenever she saw Zhou Ran, she couldn’t help but clench her fists, fearing she couldn’t control her impulses.

In front of Zhou Ran, she was still young after all, incapable of maintaining the composure that Zhou Ran had.

"After the last paternity test, the DNA matched perfectly. How come you’ve never asked why it turned out that way?"

"Because I don’t care, so I don’t bother to delve into it," Xu Chaomu said indifferently.

She really didn’t care who her father was; having gone so many years without one, she carried on just the same. Her life had slowly become calm, and she didn’t want to suddenly have a ridiculous father at a time like this.

When she and her mother had a hard life, this father never came to them; when she nearly froze to death on the streets of Paris, this father never showed up. And now? He was supposed to suddenly appear?

Ha... Xu Chaomu found it truly laughable.

"Do you really not care? Everyone wants a complete family," Zhou Ran said. "I don’t believe you really don’t care."

"Ha..." Xu Chaomu scoffed, "What’s there to care about him for? When I most needed his care, he was absent. now he suddenly wants to acknowledge his daughter?"

Of course, Xu Chaomu didn’t rule out the possibility that Zhou Ran was lying!

"No matter what, you both share the closest blood relation; that’s something you can’t deny," Zhou Ran said.

"Then what are you trying to tell me, or, whom are you trying to drag me off for a paternity test with?" Xu Chaomu was calm.

"The paternity test was already done by Cexian last year, no need to do it again, the results are very clear," Zhou Ran said. "As for whose blood it is, I’ll tell you all about it in a bit."

Xu Chaomu froze for a moment, then after a while, she understood.

As it turned out, the paternity test report was not falsified.

That is to say, Shen Cexian had used her biological father’s blood for the paternity test last time, no wonder... there were no issues with the result.

That is to say, Shen Cexian and Zhou Ran had known who her biological father was for a long time, but what about Shen Chi? Did he know?

She wasn’t sure what all Shen Chi had in his heart, just like he had known about what had happened fourteen years ago, but he had never mentioned a word about it to her!

If it weren’t for Bai Man blurting it out to save her life, she might never have known for her whole life.

After Zhou Ran finished speaking, she didn’t wait for Xu Chaomu to respond and stepped on the accelerator, driving the car forward.

This place was only a half-hour drive from the prison, and she was going to take her to see Jiang Zhilan.

"Where are you taking me?" Xu Chaomu looked at Zhou Ran.

"You’ll know when we get there."

Xu Chaomu fell silent, deciding not to speak.

In fact, over the years, she and Zhou Ran were not very familiar with each other. She hadn’t been at the Shen Family long before Zhou Ran and Shen Cexian divorced, and afterward, the times she had seen Zhou Ran were indeed few and far between.

The woman who was once as ethereal and delicate as a fairy had now... settled in the depths of her heart, and she even refused to talk about it.

She was really afraid she couldn’t control her emotions...

On the way, she gripped the seatbelt tightly, not letting herself act impulsively.

Silence, both were silent.

As the car moved forward, Xu Chaomu felt something was off. The drive was becoming more and more secluded and remote.

"Where are you taking me?" Xu Chaomu couldn’t help but ask again.

"We’re here." Zhou Ran drove the car a bit further and then stopped.

Xu Chaomu looked left and right, frowning: "The prison?"

"Yes."

With that, Zhou Ran, wearing high heels, started walking inside.

The Xu Chaomu behind her was really stunned. Her father was in prison? Was he a convict?

Her heart felt like it had been stabbed, sending waves of pain through her limbs.

She was frozen, unable to take a step forward. She even thought about stepping back...

Zhou Ran guessed her thoughts, stopped as well, but didn’t turn around. She just said lightly, "Your father is not inside."

...

When Zhou Ran and Xu Chaomu walked in, Jiang Zhilan was sitting down, appearing to read a newspaper, but it was more like she was in a daze.

"Zhilan," Zhou Ran called out.

The figure moved slightly and then turned her head.

But as soon as she turned around, Xu Chaomu nearly shouted out. This... wasn’t Jiang Zhilan, it was Bai Man’s mother, right?! How could she be in prison? Was the person Zhou Ran wanted her to meet her?!

Xu Chaomu felt overwhelmed for a moment and stepped back a few steps, supporting her head.

Her mind rapidly searched for everything related to Jiang Zhilan, but sadly, aside from seeing her a few times, she came up empty.

The first time she met Jiang Zhilan was when Bai Man’s family came to discuss marriage with the Shen Family; at that time, she envied Bai Man, envied her for having a complete family, envied her for having Shen Chi.

Moreover, the Bai Family was very powerful, and at that time, Bai Man was to her the happiest woman in the world.

Just that, she never expected, in just six years, how greatly things changed.