Rebirth of the Villainous Female Boss
Chapter 1490 - 1462: The Inescapable Secret About Kiara’s Origin (Part 1)

Chapter 1490: Chapter 1462: The Inescapable Secret About Kiara’s Origin (Part 1)

"I know about my daughter-in-law’s origins, and I also know about that Soul Particle Experiment. There’s no harm in speaking frankly between us. The people from JR captured my daughter-in-law, is it because of this soul exchange experiment?"

Mario Yuno revealed the secret that he had been holding in his heart for a long time.

If Kiara hadn’t gotten into trouble, he might have pretended that this matter did not exist, but now since Kiara had disappeared, and the reason might be related to this issue, there was no need to hide it any longer.

Hearing him say this, Yuzo Joel let out a long sigh.

"When did you figure it out?"

"In the first few months of Kiara’s pregnancy, you disappeared, and she was worried about you. Your circumstances destabilized her emotions. Someone took advantage of this and almost induced ’Smile Depression’ in her through a brainwashing method of reading. During that time, I started to suspect her origins, and after investigating down the line, I finally discovered that you had come to the Domestic Region in the past to conduct a defiant experiment, and the key figure in that experiment was my daughter-in-law."

"Yes...originally, I had planned to hide the truth forever, but you all are indeed too clever.

"In order to find Kiara sooner, I hope you’ll tell me the whole truth about what happened back then."

Yuzo Joel pondered for a moment, organizing his thoughts.

"You might have heard that I left the country because of that particular historical period, but that’s not true. My ancestors had emigrated overseas during the period of the Republic of China, and in the 1950s, my father and I were invited back to the country to provide technical support. After a few years, you should know what happened."

Mario Yuno nodded, understanding that those years were not easy for intellectuals.

In this light, Yuzo Joel and his father deserved admiration. Calling him a "traitor" was unfair to him.

"After a bit of turmoil, I left, barely alive, which does not need to be elaborated. You probably know the rest, I achieved exceptional success overseas, almost reaching the pinnacle of the industry. When everything became too unchallenging, as though I could pluck the stars from the sky, I lost my life goal and became bored. Coincidentally, all my friends were getting married and having children, and I felt I should have a child too, perhaps having a kid would relieve the boredom."

"So... who exactly is Kiara’s child with?"

"A deceased female Chinese-American scientist. As for her specific name, I don’t know; I just randomly selected from the gene bank. She had been dead for several years by then, and I just found a surrogate mother to give birth to Vanilla, who is a child belonging only to me."

Mario Yuno’s mouth twitched, "You should call her Kiara."

"The name Vanilla has deep implications. Why are you so against her real name?"

Camden felt that compared to Charita Joel, the name Kiara was far more refreshing, elegant, cute, and pure.

Vanilla, if said quickly in dialect, wouldn’t it sound like... that? Too crass. The thought of a bunch of people calling his daughter-in-law that made him feel an urge to flip the table.

"I think my daughter-in-law won’t like such profound names... So, if Kiara’s birth mother doesn’t exist, what’s the situation with you having a child with my mother-in-law?"

"It was fake, you know? I didn’t want to tell her about the soul exchange experiment but still wanted to acknowledge my daughter, so I came up with a great idea. I made a fake lab report and let Rico Clark see it on purpose so that he would think Kiara wasn’t his child, and then I disguised myself as Kiara’s biological father. Sure enough, Kiara recognized me. Actually, although Kiara’s soul is that of my Califa Arumi, her body was still born to Rico Clark and her mom."

That’s why Rico Clark could keep calling Kiara a ’little bastard’.

"The lab report of Rico Clark... was fake?!" Mario Yuno was utterly bewildered.

Yuzo Joel claimed he had faked the report, but how did the NDA test that Camden secretly did after Clark died show... Uh?

"It had to be fake, ah, you have to keep this secret for me, understand? You absolutely can’t let Kiara know. She and her mom are so close, if she found out what I did behind her back, she’d definitely kick me out. You might think I’m selfish for doing this, and yes, I really owe her mother an apology, but when it comes to protecting my daughter, I would rather offend all under heaven than hurt her."

If the experiment of swapping souls were to get out, Kiara would be thrust into the spotlight and her peaceful life would no longer exist. Hiding the secret while still acknowledging her as my daughter was only possible by smearing Kiara’s mother, creating a pretense that she had an affair with Yuzo Joel, conceived Kiara afterward, and then was brainwashed by Yuzo Joel to forget everything. That way, Kiara could be freed from this desperate situation of soul exchange and become his daughter openly and honorably.

So, the truth that Yuzo Joel admitted was that Kiara’s body was indeed Rico Clark and Suzanne Grutt’s, but her soul was his own daughter, Charita Joel. To acknowledge Kiara as his daughter, he resorted to various methods, brainwashing both Rico Clark and Kiara’s mother, and creating layers of illusion with a single goal in mind.

Openly and honorably acknowledging Kiara as his daughter!

Mario Yuno felt that if his IQ were a little lower, he wouldn’t have understood a thing. It was just too confusing!

"Are you sure that my daughter-in-law was born to Rico Clark and my mother-in-law?"

"Of course. Do you think Suzanne Grutt’s character is that of someone who would have an affair during marriage? I didn’t let Kiara have a DNA test with Rico Clark because I was afraid she’d find out that scumbag was her biological father. I’m a way better dad than that dirtbag could ever be."

"... That’s not true, though." Mario Yuno murmured quietly.

"What did you say?" Yuzo Joel didn’t catch that.

"I was asking, if you were abroad and Kiara’s mother’s family was in the domestic region, why did you choose their child to swap?"

On hearing this, Yuzo Joel sighed deeply, took some medicine from his pocket to stabilize his emotions, and then continued.

"Kiara’s birth brought me too many surprises. I remember her first cry and her first smile at me. I found that raising a child gave even more sense of achievement than becoming an authority figure, because you can never predict what kind of person a child will grow up to be. It’s a journey into the unknown. But back then, I was too busy to spend much time with her, especially once when I had to travel for nearly a year. When I came back, she had changed so much she hardly resembled the kid in my memory anymore... Kids change so quickly. That realization hit me hard, and I felt I couldn’t miss out on her growing up any longer and planned to spend more time with her. But then she fell critically ill. Seeing my child was on the brink of death, I used my connections to assemble a group of scientists to start the Soul Particle Experiment. Based on Sisi’s calculations, we determined that the child of Rico Clark and Suzanne Grutt could be exchanged with Califa Arumi."

"But why did you specifically choose my mother-in-law’s child for the experiment?"

"Explaining the theory is complex, but to put it simply, our experiment intersected several major scientific fields, and we even had to use methods of mysticism to calculate who could be switched and who couldn’t. To give you an analogy: think of the body as a container and the soul particles as an object inside. Whether the object fits when moved to a different container is crucial. There’s also another important condition that both bodies involved in the exchange must be in a very weakened state. After searching many candidates, only Rico Clark’s child and my Califa Arumi had contracted a serious illness and were barely clinging to life... Ultimately, we chose the Clark family child for the swap, and in exchange for conducting the experiment on both children, I gave them a sum of money. Then an accident happened."

Mario Yuno remembered then. Indeed, his daughter-in-law had said something like that, that she felt as though she dreamed a dream where she was lying next to another little girl on a kang bed in the Urban Village!