Chapter 334: Chapter 334: What Kind of Scheme is Being Concocted?
Huo Tingdong narrowed his eyes, and suddenly there was the sound of a door opening behind him.
Huo Yanlin entered the room holding Ye Chan’s hand.
The corner of Huo Tingdong’s eye glanced at Huo Yanlin, and finally, slowly settling on Ye Chan, he abruptly hooked the corners of his lips into a smile, turned to Song Shuyan, and said with a meaningful tone, “Do you know, I swapped the sperm samples in the bank ahead of time. The sample you took away could very well be my father’s.”
No sooner had his words fallen than Song Shuyan’s eyes widened in disbelief, “How is that possible?”
Huo Yanlin was momentarily unable to react, “What?”
Song Shuyan said somewhat agitatedly, “That’s nonsense! There are labels clearly marked with your name!”
Huo Tingdong replied, “The labels are correct indeed, but the sample inside is not mine. To be precise, I destroyed all the samples that belonged to me in the sperm bank seven years ago. Some of the preserved tubes were labeled with my name, but I had already switched them with my father’s samples. So, can you really be sure whose child is in your belly?”
Ye Chan was shocked and lost color, “How is that possible…”
Huo Tingdong said, “Don’t believe it? Go check.”
Song Shuyan retorted, “You’re talking nonsense! If you swapped the samples, why didn’t you say so earlier?”
Huo Tingdong answered, “I didn’t mention it before because I didn’t want to make this matter irreversible, and I was also giving you a way out. I provided you a way out, but you refused to take it and became even more demanding. Now, there is no need for me to consider anyone’s dignity anymore. You want to have this child, then give birth to it!”
Having said this, he turned to leave.
Huo Yanlin grabbed his arm in a flash, “Tingdong! Make yourself clear, how did her child become mine?”
Ye Chan also exclaimed in shock, “Yes! Tingdong, make yourself clear!”
Huo Tingdong turned his head, spoke indifferently, “Haven’t I already made myself clear enough? Father, congratulations, you’re going to be a dad again.”
After speaking, he impatiently freed his hand from Huo Yanlin’s grasp and turned his back to Old Madam Huo, “Grandma, such things should not occur a second time. If you miss me, just give me a call, but if next time you still resort to such bluffs to trick me into coming back, don’t blame me for getting angry! Three strikes and you are out!”
Huo Tingdong opened the door and strode away.
“Tingdong!”
Song Shuyan, cradling her belly, tried to follow, “Tingdong, don’t go…”
But Huo Tingdong, with wide strides, reached the escalator. He descended emotionlessly, and just left!
The Old Madam sat dumbfounded in the room, still unable to regain her senses!
Ye Chan and Huo Yanlin also followed him out.
Huo Yanlin looked at Song Shuyan in disbelief, while Ye Chan, the most agitated of all, dashed up to Song Shuyan, grabbed her hand, “What does he mean!? He says the child in your belly is not his, but my husband’s! What exactly is going on, explain it to me!”
Song Shuyan said, “Don’t listen to him! He’s just talking nonsense!”
Huo Yanlin came over, holding back Ye Chan, “Ye Chan, calm down a bit.”
Ye Chan suddenly became hysterical, “How can I remain calm!? When I married you, how did the Old Lady force me to sign that agreement? She wouldn’t allow me to have children for you, I signed that unfair agreement so that I could marry you! And now, Tingdong says, the sample that Song Shuyan took, is actually yours! The child in her belly is your seed! How can I accept this!”
Song Shuyan said: “He is trying to drive a wedge between you two! Uncle Huo, do you have your sample in the sperm bank?”
Huo Yanlin closed his eyes and nodded with a headache.
To be precise, the Huo Family’s sperm bank has stored genetic samples from most members of the Huo family.
Ye Chan’s breathing became even more rapid, and she glared at Song Shuyan viciously, as if she wanted to tear her apart and swallow her whole!
Song Shuyan took a step back, frightened by her gaze: “Impossible! He must be talking nonsense! Don’t believe him! It’s impossible for me to take the wrong sample!”
Ye Chan angrily said: “Didn’t you hear what he just said? He has already replaced all the samples! The sample you took is not Huo Tingdong’s! The child in your belly is not his either! It’s my husband’s!”
Song Shuyan said: “How could that be!? If he really had that intention, wouldn’t it have been easier to just destroy all the samples? Why bother swapping them, what’s the point of such redundancy? What does he gain by doing this?”
Ye Chan’s emotions became more and more agitated: “I know Tingdong! He never lies, he disdains lying! Since he said that, it must be true!”
Song Shuyan said: “Haven’t you thought about it, what if he is deceiving you? He knows, he’s certain that by saying this, you would be greatly distressed. He’s just using you as a pawn to kill indirectly, hoping to use you to abort the child in my belly!”
Ye Chan said: “But what if it’s true!? Before the child is born, how can I be sure of the true nature of the fetus in your belly?”
Song Shuyan was at a loss for words and could only look to Huo Yanlin with a plea for help: “Uncle Huo, you don’t believe his words, do you!? If you don’t believe me, when my pregnancy is further along, I am willing to undergo amniocentesis to prove my innocence!”
Ye Chan sneered: “How would that prove anything? They have a father-son relationship; their genes are highly consistent. The DNA from the same paternal line is also highly similar! Can the DNA from amniocentesis clearly determine whom the child belongs to? You can only be certain after comparing further once the child is born!”
Song Shuyan was frightened by Ye Chan’s chilling gaze and retreated back into the room: “Grandma…”
She grabbed the Old Lady’s hand: “Grandma, you must believe me! I definitely wouldn’t make such a mistake!”
The Old Lady’s mind was in turmoil.
Huo Tingdong’s words were like a thunderbolt out of the blue.
Indeed.
As Ye Chan said, if Huo Tingdong’s words were true, then there would indeed be too many uncertainties regarding the truth behind Song Shuyan’s pregnancy!
Ye Chan rushed into the room, grabbed Song Shuyan’s hand, and said loudly: “Come with me! I’ll take you to the hospital right now to have the child aborted!”
Song Shuyan struggled desperately: “No… I don’t want to! You’ve all been deceived by Huo Tingdong, he’s succeeded, he’s succeeded in provoking you, you’ve all been bewitched by him.”
Ye Chan said: “In matters like this, it’s better to mistakenly kill a thousand than to let one go!”
She had been married to Huo Yanlin for so many years, always following the rules strictly and abiding by the agreement. Despite her desire for a child, Huo Yanlin had always disagreed, and the Old Lady as well!
Now that Huo Tingdong suddenly claimed that the child Shuyan was carrying was Huo Yanlin’s, she naturally wanted to eliminate any potential problems!
The Old Lady stood up: “Ye Chan, stop it.”
But Ye Chan suddenly lunged over and fiercely pushed Song Shuyan to the ground.