Chapter 1627 — Paternity Test
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
"And so I was left behind in the Hidden Tang family, becoming the eldest young master's concubine. Before long I was with child..." Xiao Ming sighed. "But the eldest young madam saw me as a thorn in her eye. She too came from a hidden family, so she had always found me an eyesore and wanted to put me in my place... Several times I nearly miscarried..."
Xiao Ming recounted the circumstances of those years in fits and starts, until the moment the eldest young madam sent men to snatch the child away. Bing Tang listened in mounting fury; she brought her palm down on the jade table in the inn room, and the jade table crumbled into a heap of powder...
"The eldest young madam, is it? Very formidable, is she..." Bing Tang's voice was cold. Had that eldest young madam been before her eyes, Bing Tang would likely have struck her dead with a single palm. However formidable the hidden family behind her might be, before Bing Tang they would not dare so much as break wind—they might even clap their hands and cry, Well struck! Wonderfully struck!
"She... ah, it is not entirely her fault either. Her jealousy was only natural..." Xiao Ming shook her head.
"Natural, was it... Then it must be that eldest young master who was too worthless?" Bing Tang said indifferently. "He cannot even keep his own woman in hand—what sort of family head is that? He might as well be dead!"
Xiao Ming looked somewhat embarrassed... Though their union had not begun in joy, so many years had passed and there was a child between them; she had come to feel something for Tang Lingtou, and she understood his difficulties. So she bore a grudge against no one—she was simply that kind of kindhearted person.
"Find a hospital and have a paternity test done. Similar looks they may have, but the world is vast and strange things are everywhere." Bing Tang composed her feelings, then said mildly, "If you truly are my mother, then stay in the Ice Palace. That home—I do not wish to return to it, and I cannot return to it!"
"This..." Xiao Ming was taken aback. She knew what Old Master Tang intended: he wanted Bing Tang to acknowledge her ancestry and return to the clan, which would more than double or triple the Hidden Tang family's strength. But now Bing Tang seemed to have no intention of acknowledging the Tang family at all.
"Other matters can wait until later." Bing Tang saw Xiao Ming's predicament and silently lamented her good heart. But everything must wait until the paternity test results came out; science was so advanced now that a paternity test was a simple matter.
Though Bing Tang belonged to an ancient sect, she was not the sort to shut her ears to the world outside her window; she still knew of the technology beyond.
"Very well..." Xiao Ming nodded hurriedly.
Leaving the room, Bing Tang returned to Old Master Tang's former room. Seeing her expression dark, Old Master Tang wanted to ask how Xiao Ming was faring, yet hesitated, not knowing what to say for fear of provoking her.
"To the hospital. A paternity test!" Bing Tang said mildly.
"Good, good! We will go at once." Old Master Tang was overjoyed. By saying this, did Bing Tang mean to acknowledge her place in the Tang family? At the thought, Old Master Tang was beside himself with delight.
Bing Tang paid Old Master Tang's expression no mind and strode from the room again, leaving a few words behind: "Tomorrow morning, wait for me here!"
With that, Bing Tang took Xiao Qing and left the inn, returning to the Ice-Snow Spirit Mountain, leaving behind only Old Master Tang, whose lips twitched with glee, and Xiao Ming, who lingered with reluctance. As for Tang Yuyi, he felt that matters were perhaps not so simple...