Li Heng raised his brows. “Shameless? I’m not as shameless as you.” He snorted. “Anything else you need?”
“Any progress there?”
“Not at the moment. What about you? Liang Lin told me Shen Qianan is back?” His expression darkened at the mention of the woman. “I told you not to spare her baby!”
“It’s a living being,” Fu Chengyan retorted. He was not that kind, of course. Shen Qianan had once saved him – he was merely returning the favor. Besides, he couldn’t stand aside and do nothing when Shen Qianan asked for his help.
“I heard Shen Shixiu is back too?”
Fu Chengyan’s face fell. “You’re well-informed, aren’t you?”
“Did you forget that Jiangyuan Group is partnering with Prosperous Group? Li Xufan told me Shen Shixiu has been in contact with him.” Li Heng waved a hand, hinting at Pei Huan to bring Bao out. When they both had left, he continued, “You want me to find out if Shen Shixiu and Shi Yu are the same person, right?”
“You’re smart. May told me Shi Yu left the Shi family to go to C Country when he was a teenager. Coincidentally, Shen Shixiu appeared in the Shen family when he was in his teens. We couldn’t find anything about him when he was young. Obviously, someone had deliberately erased his past.”
Fu Chengyan squinted his eyes. “I’ve never connected them both. However, Shen Shixiu resembled both Shen Qianan and May a lot. That might be a huge possibility.”
Li Heng pondered the possibility before saying, “I’ll find out ASAP. You inform me if you find something too.”
“Okay!” Fu Chengyan hung up. When he turned around, he saw Shi Nuan standing by the door. Waving her over, he asked, “You heard everything?”
Shi Nuan inclined her head. “Do you also think Shen Shixiu could be my uncle?”
“There might be a possibility, but I can’t be sure yet.” Fu Chengyan held her hand and gestured for her to take a seat. “There is no evidence to prove that for now. But since you’re curious, I’ll find out ASAP.”
“Thank you, Yan.” Shi Nuan was moved. “Actually, I’m not that sure either. I just want to find out who my birth parents are. Why did they leave me with the Shi family? How are they related to them? I think Grandpa knows something, but he refuses to reveal anything.”
“He has his reasons for keeping it a secret.”
“I know, so I didn’t force him to reveal it.” Shi Nuan knew Shi Yunsheng had his reasons for keeping her birth parents’ identity a secret. As her grandpa had always said, sometimes, it might be better to stay in the dark.
However, Shi Nuan didn’t think that way. She was an adult now, so she didn’t want to have any regrets in her life.
“No worries. Both Shen Shixiu and Shen Qianan are in Jiang City now. If you’re suspicious, I can arrange for a DNA test to find out your relationship with the Shen family.” Fu Chengyan would resort to extreme means for Shi Nuan’s sake.
However, Shi Nuan held his hand and shook her head. “Not now. Let’s not alarm them. It’s a complicated matter.”
Shen Shixiu was acting as if he didn’t know her at all. It’ll be okay if they weren’t related, but if they were related, and Shen Shixiu refused to acknowledge her, Shi Nuan wondered who she was to him.
“Sure!”
Meanwhile, the Shi family left Yun Shui Jian. Shi Jingzheng was frowning as he brought Jiang Yu and Shi Wei back. Shi Wei didn’t want to come back at first, but she dared not go against an obviously upset Shi Jingzheng. She had never seen her father this mad.
Previously, whenever Shi Jingzheng got furious, Jiang Yu would try to console him. But she realized that today’s situation was different and stayed silent, especially after Fu Chengyan played the recording of Shi Wei bursting out in anger.
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