Pampered by Short-Lived Bigshot by Beautiful Crescent

Chapter 289: 199 Paternity Test, Fifth Master "Warns" Xie Duo (3 more) Xie Duo carefully checked the timings of Jiang Yanting and Shen Zhixian's study abroad.

Shen Zhixian hadn't gone abroad on her own; she didn't have that kind of money. It was a publicly funded scholarship from her school. When she arrived in Country E, Jiang Yanting had already been there for over three years. However, when searching for his nin the alumni records, she found nothing.

His headache was getting somewhat severe at this point.

Xie Duo hoped the investigation was not about the Jiang Family, yet he also hoped it was them... After all, if it was someone else who knew about Shen Zhixian's affairs and spilled them during the annual meeting, the impact would be even worse.

The Jiang Family had been acting really odd lately. To say they simply took a liking to Shen Zhixian and Taotao and accepted them both felt strange.

He thought again about the twhen Shen Zhixian was unconscious in the hospital, about Jiang Yanting's assured demeanor...

It was truly impossible to delve deeply into many things, and the more he thought about it, the more his head hurt.

Meanwhile, someone was knocking at the door.

"Xie Duo? May I cin?" Du Jinglan's voice.

"Mom, please cin." Xie Duo composedly switched the computer screen and picked up a file from beside him to flip through.

"I've brought you sginger tea. It's too cold outside, be careful not to catch a cold," Du Jinglan said as she entered with the ginger tea in hand. “What's this? Still busy?" "The grandfather askedto double-check everything for the annual meeting. Even though I've been working for so long, he still doesn't trustto do it right, afraid that there might be smistakes," Xie Duo said with a smile as he stood up to take the ginger tea from her.

"So he called you in for this, but acted so mysteriously about it," Du Jinglan chuckled.

"He even said I haven't been performing well at work this year and scolded me. I guess he wanted to save my face in front of you," Xie Duo said, smiling helplessly.

"He's doing this for your own good, you are the only grandson of the Xie Family, and they surely have high hopes for you. It's normal to be a bit strict. You carry on with your work; I won't disturb you." "I'll walk you out." "You're at home; there's no need to walkanywhere. Keep busy." After Du Jinglan left, Xie Duo switched back to his screen and stared at the information there. He boldly supposed that if Jiang Yanting and Shen Zhixian had known each other long before, and even more boldly, if Jiangjiang was that "dead infant" from back then...

Xie Duo drank a cup of ginger tea but felt even chillier than before.

If that were the case, then back then it wasn't a mistake made by the medical staff; the only other possibility lay with the family members who were with her... It was also the reason why he subconsciously lied to Du Jinglan when she entered the room just now.

His family... might be unclean.

But all of these were just his speculations; they needed proof.

Now that Xie Duo had a suspicion in his heart, he naturally would take actions...

** That safternoon, Xie Duo accompanied the old Mr. Xie to bring gifts to the Xie Family to pick someone up and to offer apologies.

"Brother-" Taotao was excited to see Xie Duo, running towards him with a doll in her arms.

Xie Duo bent down and scooped her up, "Who bought you this doll?" "Uncle did," Taotao glanced at Jiang Yanting who was not far away.

Xie Duo and Jiang Yanting were already sworn enemies. They nodded to each other as a form of greeting, but seeing his daughter being so close to his nemesis made Jiang Yanting feel uncomfortable, especially since up till now, Taotao was still very afraid of him.

He had listened to Shen Zhixian's advice and tried to get closer to her, but his sudden warmth was, honestly... Even more frightening! Taotao would rather run to Jiang Jinsang's side and read books with him rather than be more affectionate with her own father.

Now she was clutching the doll he gave her, running into the arms of his arch-enemy! "How should I address him then if you call him brother, and you also callbrother...?" Jiangjiang curiously looked at Xie Duo with an innocent and naive expression that made Xie Duo catch his breath.

Xie Duo was somewhat at a loss for words.

It was Taotao who suddenly grinned, "You can call him brother too; we're all siblings." Xie Duo gave a forced smile; he had no desire to becany kind of brother to that kid of the Jiang Family.

But now Jiangjiang was standing right in front of him. As Xie Duo looked down at Taotao, he started to think, bent over to put Taotao down, and said to Jiangjiang, "Thank you for looking after her while Taotao is here." "I didn't really take care of her much." Jiangjiang was always stubbornly insistent.

Xie Duo smiled and patted his hair.

"Ouch-" Jiangjiang suddenly cried out in pain. "Why did you pull my hair?" "It might've been the shirt button that got caught by accident. I'm sorry," Xie Duo said, looking apologetic. These little tussles with hair happened all the time, and they were so common that no one thought much of it.

As Xie Duo was putting hair into his pocket, he glanced up and caught sight of Jiang Jinsang coming down from upstairs. The heating was strong inside the house, yet he was bundled up heavily, holding a sapphire blue mug. Their eyes met, and there was a smile at the corners of his eyes and mouth, but his smile always seemed to carry a disingenuous, cold gloom to it.

As if he had seen through something.

"Second Uncle." Taotao really liked Jiang Jinsang. Upon seeing him coming downstairs, she ran over with her doll! "Mmm," Jiang Jinsang touched her hair. He knew clearly in his heart that she was his dear niece, whom he naturally doted on, "You're leaving now, huh?" "Mm." "The story I was telling you earlier isn't finished. I'll send you the book later." "But..." Taotao bit her lip, "I don't recognize many of the characters, maybe..." "Maybe what?" "Maybe you can tellthe story another day." After saying this, Taotao pretended to be well-behaved, but she already felt quite pleased with her own cleverness.

Everyone in the living room laughed out loud.

"Alright, I'll tell you the story another day." "Promise." Jiang Jinsang suddenly felt that this child seemed to be more clever than Jiangjiang. If she grew up, who knows which boy would benefit from her cunning.

The elder Xie had cto apologize, but the old lady did not care at all. In fact, she should thank him instead, for if he had not insisted to keep things hidden and coerced her to go on a blind date, who knows how much tit would have taken for Jiang Yanting and Shen Zhixian to figure things out...

However, she would never verbalize such thoughts. He apologized, so she just responded that it didn't matter, a courtesy.

When the Xie family left, Jiang Yanting wanted to personally escort them back, but Elder Xie refused.

Instead, it was Xie Duo and Jiang Jinsang who walked side by side, both smiling at the corners of their mouths, looking as if they were having a very pleasant chat.

"Taotao likes you very much." Xie Duo had rarely seen Taotao take a liking to someone. In fact, this child was not one to easily warm up to others. After all, not having a complete family had its impact on her, to sextent.

"I might just be likable." Xie Duo adjusted his glasses. The Jiang brothers were really something, one more shameless than the other.

"By the way..." Jiang Jinsang tilted his head to look at him, "Why did you tug on Jiangjiang's hair?" "What?" "You want to do a paternity test?" "I don't know what you're talking about." "Are you sure there's nothing in your pocket?"

Xie Duo didn't have much contact with Jiang Jinsang as they were natural rivals with Jiang Yanting, meeting yearly but not closely acquainted. Here he was, smiling placidly, yet the words he spoke sent a chill down Xie Duo's spine. “Jiang Jinsang? What are you trying to do?" Xie Duo raised an eyebrow at him, unafraid.

"What can I do to you? I just want to tell you that Pandora's box is best left unopened." His voice was always! is voice calm and harmless. With his thin figure, in the cold wind, his pale skin, and even the color of his lips, exuded a chill. Xie Duo stared intently at the man before him, but it was as if he could not see through him.

"Is this a reminder?" "It's a warning!" Jiang Jinsang looked up at the sky with a smile, "It's snowed, so it's pretty cold, isn't it?" Xie Duo pursed his lips, “I should get going..." "Xie Duo!" Jiang Jinsang called out to him.

"Is there something else?" "Actually, I guessed that you pulled Jiangjiang's hair and kept it to yourself. From that distance, a strand of hair, I couldn't see it. I don't have magnifying glasses or microscopes in my eyes." " This pair of Jiang brothers really are toxic, each more cunning than the last! He was actually bluffing him! After sending off the Xie family, Jiang Yanting specifically asked Jiang Jinsang, "You talked with Xie Duo for quite a while, what did you discuss?" It might have been a brother's intuition, but he felt like there was something going on between Jiang Jinsang and Xie Duo.

"Taotao likestoo much. He's probably jealous. Such a grown man, yet so narrow-minded." Jiang Yanting's face darkened...

He was jealous too! "Brother, you're not jealous too, are you?" Jiang Jinsang asked on purpose.

Jiang Yanting went straight into the house without responding to him.

However, after the Little New Year, the Xie Corporation's annual event was scheduled. At this time, all m companies are having their annual events; Xie Corporation is not exclusive, and even adding a family recognition, ordinary people wouldn't pay attention to these things. Yet unexpectedly, before the annual event even started, it hit the trending searches once.