At the laboratory, the atmosphere during DNA paternity testing was inevitably strange. Drawing blood samples and waiting for results – once begun, there was no turning back. While two days might pass quickly for others, for those involved, it was torturous.

Was it true or not?

If yes, how would they interact?

If not, then what…

Tina looked somewhat haggard. At 19, she had encountered a series of upheavals, and agreeing to DNA testing had taken great courage.

Xu Zhongyi kept glancing at her, while Tina’s emotions were complex.

“Dear, don’t be nervous. I’m always by your side.”

Mrs. Wilson comforted her, holding her hand. Those unaware of the situation would assume Mrs. Wilson was Tina’s adoptive mother. In reality, when Cui Yiru and Zhang Jiadong were alive and living with Tina in Los Angeles, the Wilsons lived in New York, meeting only a few times a year – hardly enough for such deep affection. The relationship hadn’t developed during Tina’s college years in New York, but rather after Cui Yiru and Zhang Jiadong’s deaths, when Mrs. Wilson’s deliberate attention caused their relationship to advance rapidly!

Xu Zhongyi looked away. He didn’t care how Tina spent money; he wanted to be good to her. But Tina didn’t accept him. He wouldn’t have minded gradually growing closer to Tina, but then others had to jump in to care for her – the Wilsons were Zhang Jiadong’s friends, and Xu Zhongyi couldn’t ignore this fact. DNA testing was right; confirming his father-daughter relationship with Tina would legitimize his role in guiding her life.

If not… no, it must be true.

As for Changle, he had even volunteered for DNA testing to make Tina more comfortable. How ridiculous – this child whom he had watched being born, whom he had raised until age five before going abroad, how could he not be his son?

Back then, his relationship with his wife Cui Yiru had been excellent, truly a model of marital harmony.

Professor Emerson approached Klaus.

The four gathered together again.

“The test results are ready. The entire testing process was monitored, and I stake my reputation on this report. Unless DNA testing technology itself has flaws undetectable by current knowledge, according to mainstream understanding, the three blood samples confirm a 95% probability of father-son, father-daughter, and sibling relationships!”

Professor Emerson smiled: “Congratulations! Klaus told me your family of three has been separated for twenty years. I’m glad you’ve found each other!”

Father-son, father-daughter, and sibling relationships are all confirmed!

Tina was Xu Zhongyi’s biological daughter!

Cui Yiru might have been unfaithful, but she hadn’t lied – she indeed only had two men in her life then: Xu Zhongyi and Zhang Jiadong.

Tina wasn’t Zhang Jiadong’s daughter; she could only be Xu Zhongyi’s – thanks to modern medicine confirming this, removing all doubts and concerns!

Xu Zhongyi’s face showed little expression, but his eyes contained profound emotion.

Xu Changle was relieved. This was the best outcome.

And Tina?

Tina was bewildered. She really was Xu Zhongyi’s daughter, but whether this was the result she wanted – even she couldn’t be sure.

Klaus congratulated them: “As you Chinese say, this is ‘yuanfen’ (destiny). I’m happy you have a joyful ending. I won’t stay to celebrate with your family – I need to rush to the hospital; my wife is about to give birth… Ha, I’m about to become a father!”

Cool surgeon?

Disciplined middle-class professional?

No, right now, Klaus was just a middle-aged man about to become a father!

If it was a boy, he could play soccer with him.

If it was a girl, he would spoil her like a princess!

It was wonderful.

Both the test results for the Xu family and the call from the hospital were wonderful.

Klaus couldn’t hide his joy; even Professor Emerson was infected by it.

Xu Zhongyi quickly responded, “Dr. Klaus, let me have someone drive you to the hospital – you’re too excited right now. A bit later, I’ll bring my family to visit your wife and newborn.”

Xu Zhongyi had brought some staff to America; though Zhang Jiadong was dead, Xu Zhongyi remained cautious.

Klaus didn’t refuse, shook hands with Xu Zhongyi, and left.

Xu Changle was also very grateful.

Even Tina, though still unsure how to face Xu Zhongyi, expressed gratitude to Klaus and best wishes for Wen Manni when she heard Klaus’s wife was in labor while he was delayed at the lab for DNA testing – this was basic courtesy, regardless of whether she wanted to be a Xu family daughter!

In contrast, Mrs. Wilson showed less courtesy.

As soon as Klaus left, Mrs. Wilson asked Professor Emerson: “If there’s a 95% chance they’re biological father and daughter, doesn’t that mean there’s still a 5% chance…”

Professor Emerson looked at Mrs. Wilson in surprise, “This is just cautious terminology. In reality, no matter which laboratory you go to, no facility capable of DNA paternity testing would ever give you a 100% result.”

Professor Emerson wasn’t wrong.

Even thirty years later, DNA paternity test reports would never show 100%!

No matter how mature the technology becomes, it would show 99.99%, with decimal points extending indefinitely!

Xu Zhongyi’s expression turned unfriendly: “I don’t understand Mrs. Wilson’s meaning. If you’re unsatisfied with the 95% result, we can test again at another facility. I only want to find my daughter, not covet any of her assets… Though I’m not as wealthy as the Wilson family, I have some assets. We Chinese are different from Americans – we don’t earn money desperately for luxurious living, but to leave it to our descendants. I won’t take Tina’s money; instead, I’ll leave her an inheritance that will ensure she never wants for anything.”

Tina was his daughter. While Xu Zhongyi dreamed of future family gatherings, Mrs. Wilson insisted on raising doubts, and Xu Zhongyi no longer held back in confronting her.

His business might be under the table, but he had indeed earned considerable money dealing in antiques!

In terms of personal wealth, he certainly couldn’t compare to the Wilson family’s three-plus generations of accumulation.

But Mrs. Wilson, Ivan Wilson’s wife, though a member of the Wilson family, was already a failure pushed out to China by the family’s leadership – Xu Zhongyi had more reason to suspect Mrs. Wilson’s closeness to Tina had ulterior motives!

Mrs. Wilson had indirectly criticized that Tina and Ji Jiangyuan shouldn’t befriend poor people.

The “poor person” referred to was Xia Xiaolan.

Even a lean camel is bigger than a horse – Mrs. Wilson felt she could look down on Xia Xiaolan’s modest assets.

Now, Xu Zhongyi could retort.

If money truly measured everything, the fallen Mrs. Wilson wasn’t as wealthy as Xu Zhongyi!

Xu Zhongyi was wealthy, didn’t want Tina’s money, and only wanted to reclaim his daughter – what right did an outsider like Mrs. Wilson have to question Xu Zhongyi or meddle in their affairs?