Cui Yiru broke free and slapped Zhang Jiadong hard across the face.

Zhang Jiadong didn’t dodge or avoid it. “Yes, take your anger out on me. Apart from concealing the truth about Xu Zhongyi, haven’t I treated you and your children well all these years? I raised your son as my own, and if he wants, he can take over my company. Yiru, I’m better than that coward Xu Zhongyi in every way! Let me tell you the truth – he attracted attention when he tried to sell gold in San Francisco, he was already being watched… He was weak and useless, did you think he could protect you and your child?”

Zhang Jiadong’s words were full of contempt for Xu Zhongyi.

Cui Yiru wept while Xu Zhongyi was deeply stung – this man could commit evil acts and still twist right and wrong, it was astounding.

“Raised me as your son? Who would put so many people to monitor their child?”

While everyone’s attention was on Zhang Jiadong and Cui Yiru, Faan had somehow retrieved the gun that Zhang Jiadong had knocked from Cui Yiru’s hand and now pointed it at Zhang Jiadong’s back.

Zhang Jiadong pushed Cui Yiru behind him and turned around:

“Faan?”

“Don’t call me that. I have my name – I’m Xu Langle.”

Tina, who had been silent until now, finally found her voice, her mind in chaos: “Daddy, is all this true? Brother, put the gun down…”

Xu Langle assessed the situation. “Tina, listen to me. Go over to the table. I’ll explain everything to you later. Just know that we’re full siblings, and I’ve always been protecting you. I won’t let anyone hurt you.”

He pushed Tina, who stumbled toward Xia Xiaolan’s direction. Pan Bohua gently pulled her over.

“A young girl just gets in the way. Should we knock her out?”

Zhang Jiadong and Cui Yiru’s conversation had revealed certain things, and Pan Bohua felt what might come next wasn’t appropriate for Tina to hear… Though rough around the edges, Pan Third Brother had a chivalrous heart and believed young girls should be protected.

Especially inoffensive young girls.

“No, I won’t!”

Tina was angry. She didn’t want to be overprotected anymore. Tonight’s events had turned her world upside down, but she had a right to know the truth!

“Third Brother, let it be. Let her listen,” said Xia Xiaolan, sympathizing with Tina.

Pan Bohua grunted, “Fine, I won’t knock you out, but don’t run around. It’s not safe here.”

Where wasn’t safe?

Tina wanted to argue, but her brother was pointing a gun at her father – no, not her biological father… her father was someone else, and her mother had just tried to commit suicide!

Madness! Everything tonight was insane!

Zhang Jiadong also didn’t want Tina to get hurt. With Pan Bohua protecting her, Zhang Jiadong felt less constrained.

He even smiled at Xu Langle: “A grand family reunion. You finally couldn’t hold back? I truly treated you as my son. You’ve disappointed me deeply!”

“I’m sorry, but I could never see you as my real father. I never forgot what happened when I was young. My memory is better than most people’s… so good that I never forget anyone I’ve met. I can’t forget how much my father loved me, can’t forget how my grandparents gave us their valuables so we could have a better life abroad.”

Xu Langle’s hand holding the gun didn’t shake: “I’ve been waiting for this day. I knew my father wouldn’t abandon my mother and me. I knew he would appear again.”

This twist left the Du father and son stunned – but thinking carefully, Zhang Jiadong deserved this for raising someone else’s son, who could never truly be loyal to him. Even Du Chenrong wouldn’t completely trust his son, so Zhang Jiadong raising his enemy’s son was truly foolish.

Even more foolish was – if you’re going to be a villain, why not go all the way?

In the underworld, why talk about true love?

All for this woman?

Du Chenrong couldn’t understand it at all.

She wasn’t even exceptionally beautiful. As someone who had seen many women, Du Chenrong truly couldn’t comprehend why someone would plant such a dangerous seed for a merely average-looking woman.

If you’re going to steal someone’s wife, just do it completely – you’ve already killed her husband, might as well kill the kid too. Then there wouldn’t be today’s trouble!

Zhang Jiadong sighed, “I thought I treated you well all these years. Whether or not you truly forgot your childhood, I believe I did right by you. I never expected you were pretend all along. I’m curious – when did you find out?”

“Langle!”

Xu Zhongyi was proud of his son. Xu Langle had endured for so many years because he hadn’t been sure he could handle Zhang Jiadong.

But at this moment, Langle shouldn’t be taking the lead – he, as the father, should be the one to deal with Zhang Jiadong.

“No, let me continue. He’s curious about how I knew the truth, so I’ll tell him why I don’t acknowledge his care! Zhang Jiadong, you were good to me to make my mother happy. You doted on Tina because you thought she was your daughter – but Tina is my full sister, and today I can finally reveal the truth. It feels so good!”

Zhang Jiadong’s expression changed dramatically.

Xu Langle’s words had touched a sensitive spot.

Even Cui Yiru, in her deep pain, looked at her son in surprise.

“Impossible! I did a DNA test with Tina!”

DNA paternity testing has only become reliable in recent years.

Zhang Jiadong had always known Tina was his child. Back then, when Cui Yiru showed signs of pregnancy after just over a month, she was terrified and wanted to end their relationship, but Zhang Jiadong wouldn’t agree.

The timing of Tina’s conception coincided with when he and Cui Yiru were most intimate… Tina could only be his child.

He had claimed Tina was Xu Zhongyi’s daughter because he didn’t want her to know about the past or bear the stigma of being born from adultery. Since everything was now in the open, he didn’t care anymore and revealed the DNA test.

Tina looked between Zhang Jiadong and Xu Zhongyi.

Both men watched her with intense emotion, but she didn’t know who her real father was!

“What’s impossible about it? You deceived Tina by calling it a routine physical when you took her blood for the DNA test, but I happened to overhear your conversation with the doctor about testing Tina’s DNA… Regardless of whether Tina was your child or not, I feared the result more than you did. Fortunately, Tina isn’t your daughter, but I couldn’t let you know that, so I found ways to alter the test results. Sure enough, after you got the report, you became even more loving toward Tina. You thought she was your biological daughter, which meant Tina would be safer.”

This might have been Xu Langle’s proudest achievement.

Every time he thought about Zhang Jiadong’s genuine love for Tina, Xu Langle couldn’t help but mock Zhang Jiadong’s stupidity.

His words had finally struck Zhang Jiadong’s weak spot.

“Your mother also said—”

He stopped mid-sentence, looking at Cui Yiru, showing a bitter smile for the first time that night:

“So you deceived me from the beginning?”

Cui Yiru’s face still bore tear stains, but now showed no expression.

“No, I didn’t deceive you. I couldn’t tell whose child Tina was – this was heaven’s punishment for my infidelity. Back then, I didn’t know you had two faces. I just made the choice any mother would make, giving my children a better life – not just Tina, but Langle too… You believed Tina was your daughter, so naturally you wouldn’t mind raising Langle as well.”