CH 77

Chapter 77: Extramarital Affair

“No problem, just slipped.” Jin Yang said casually.

Zhou Mushi smiled and naturally took the plastic bag from his hand, letting Jin Yang open the door.

Three days later, Zhou Muxian sent him a message, and Zhou Mushi took the keys from home and the money on the table to the hospital by taxi to get the test results.

The results were not surprising at all.

Zhou Qingwen rubbed his hands uneasily. “Jiexi, I know that I have not been a good father to you all these years. I regret it in my heart. Can you give me a chance to make it up to you?”

Zhou Mushi and Zhou Muxian had never seen Zhou Qingwen in such a lowly state of begging his son.

The great patriarch, who was always in a high position, why would he beg someone in a low voice? The nature of the matter was different, the situation was different, and his attitude varied from person to person.

“How do you plan to make it up to me?” The wording was not very polite, but at least it had some boundaries, and it was much better than when he didn’t even want to see him before.

“As long as you want it and as long as I have it, I will do whatever it takes to make it up to you,” Zhou Qingwen said earnestly.

Only heaven knew how much courage it took for Zhou Qingwen to say such words. For decades, he had been obsessed with reputation and money, and it was not until today that he suddenly realized the sins he had committed against innocent children in the past.

Despite the past grievances, Zhou Muxian and Zhou Mushi still respected their father, but when they learned about these things, they found it difficult to keep the relationship between the father and son like before.

Wang Xijie remembered the days when he, a small child with a dull temperament and no father’s protection, was bullied and beaten up by the boys in the class. He had actually experienced it, how could he pretend that nothing had happened?

Zhou Qingwen waited for Wang Xijie’s response, feeling anxious like a child, impatient but years of wisdom kept him steady.

Wang Xijie thought for a moment, his gaze swept over the man in the suit and leather shoes, then fell on the two young men dressed just as elegantly behind him.

He had never looked directly at these two men like this before, and Zhou Mushi didn’t know that when Wang Xijie first met him, he seemed to have seen the rarest sunlight in the middle of winter, fleeting and elusive.

That look made Zhou Qingwen feel uneasy, he couldn’t possibly, should not be thinking of…

Zhou Qingwen instinctively pulled Mushi behind him, but being just over one meter tall, what could he do to hide him?

Naturally, Wang Xijie saw his action, he rubbed the appraisal results in his hand and smiled faintly. “Why don’t you take some time to have the fourth child?”

Zhou Qingwen’s face stiffened. He came here to make amends for his son, but he never expected his son would ask him to have the fourth child!

The young man put the appraisal results in Zhou Qingwen’s hand, and continued, “To be frank, this is compensation for over twenty years. Words are easy to say, but actions speak louder than words. Besides, both of your children are excellent and don’t need me as an heir.”

His words were not pleasant to hear, but they were true. If Wang Xijie was only interested in being the heir of the Zhou family, why would he bother with all of this?

Wang Xijie was not someone who looked down on money, but he was a man who could earn his own living. Why bother to flatter others for money?

“I just wanted to confirm my own identity, so that I wouldn’t have doubts in my heart. We don’t have much of a relationship, so there’s no talk of compensation or anything.”

Wang Xijie left in a carefree manner, at least on the surface. Although his palms were sweaty, there was no sign of it on his face.

Zhou Mushi looked at his departing figure and suddenly felt a sense of familiarity, as if he had seen him somewhere before, but couldn’t remember where.

Zhou Muxian and Zhou Mushi were only here today to accompany their father through the process.

Since the other party had the intention of finding a second spring, they as sons couldn’t say anything.

Zhou Muxian’s face didn’t look good throughout the process, but Zhou Mushi was okay.

“Well, if there’s nothing else, I’ll go first. I have a flight today.”

Zhou Qingwen nodded. “Mm, take care of your wife and children when you get back.”

Zhou Muxian’s face stiffened for a moment, nodded vaguely, and passed it off.

“Brother, I’ll see you off.” Zhou Mushi patted his older brother’s shoulder and went to drive.

Time is a very peculiar thing. Even though these two brothers used to stick together all the time when they were young, as time went by, they were no longer as open as they used to be.

The older people get, the more secrets they have, and the more things they can’t say.

As Zhou Mushi drove the car, the two didn’t have much to say, and Zhou Muxian had been feeling depressed because of their father’s situation.

He had accidentally seen a male couple keychain on his elder brother’s keys.

On any other day, Zhou Mushi wouldn’t have paid attention, but it just so happened that these days, he was thinking about picking a pair of unobtrusive couple keychains with Jin Yang, and before he had even placed the order, he saw a similar one on his elder brother’s keys.

“The other half of this keychain is with Chen Sheng?”

Zhou Muxian suddenly snapped back to reality, and after thinking about his younger brother’s words, he felt like he had a lump in his throat that he couldn’t swallow or spit out.

It seems like everything is happening too hastily.

“What…what?” Zhou Muxian attempted to play dumb.

“Alright, since I’ve figured it out, don’t pretend with me. When did you start dating Chen Sheng? Or was it from the beginning?”

“No!” Zhou Muxian refuted, feeling his words were not very believable. “It’s only been the past two years.”

“Then what about my sister-in-law?” Zhou Mushi’s heart trembled. His big brother’s current behavior was probably scarier than when their father had a one-night stand and had a illegitimate child. Although he and Chen Sheng couldn’t have a child themselves, they couldn’t resist being so close to each other.

Zhou Muxian’s brow was tightly furrowed, and the light outside shone on his face, making it difficult to see his expression. After thinking for a long time, he turned his head to look at his younger brother and opened his mouth.

“Before we got married, we had an agreement. She’s a lesbian and I like men, but we can’t handle the pressure from society and our families. We just went through the formalities, and our child was conceived through IVF1 IVF stands for “in vitro fertilization”. It is a type of assisted reproductive technology (ART) used to help couples who are having difficulty conceiving a child. During IVF, eggs are removed from a woman’s ovaries and fertilized with sperm in a laboratory. The fertilized eggs, or embryos, are then transferred to the woman’s uterus in the hopes of a successful pregnancy..”

This news was too shocking, and Zhou Mushi couldn’t digest it for a while. He stopped the car at a parking spot by the side of the road, staring at his brother in disbelief.