Chapter 1627 — Paternity Test
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Who was this Palace Master of the Ice Palace? She was the head of an ancient sect—how could she possibly go to the Tang family to acknowledge her ancestry and return to the clan? If what happened back then had truly been an accident, that would be one thing, but the events of that year were precisely not an accident!
My own dear mother, you have truly doomed us! Tang Yuyi cursed inwardly. Not only had she doomed his own father, she had doomed the entire Hidden Tang family! A figure of such caliber—and she had simply thrown her away?
That night was destined to be sleepless. Xiao Ming was too excited to sleep, her heart brimming with sweetness. Old Master Tang and Tang Yuyi pondered the Tang family's future, their feelings mixed with joy and worry. And Bing Tang—she did not quite know how she should face this Hidden Tang family!
Tang Lingtou, her own father? Kill him? Her mother Xiao Ming would certainly never agree. If it came to it, she could only make an example of that eldest young madam. As for the hidden clan behind the eldest young madam, Bing Tang did not take them seriously in the least.
"Palace Master, rest early..." Xiao Qing saw Bing Tang's worries and could not help urging her.
"Yes, very well, Aunt Qing..." Bing Tang said so, yet felt no trace of sleepiness...
Bing Tang and Xiao Qing had not worn their usual gauze robes today, but had changed into ordinary clothes. At this moment Bing Tang was like any ordinary young woman, bright and striking, much like a university student.
Yet Bing Tang's face remained cold and stern, without the faintest smile!
No one spoke much. Since Bing Tang said nothing, Old Master Tang and the others naturally dared not say more. They went straight to the cars and headed for the nearest hospital to prepare for the paternity test.
The two cars drove directly to the nearby hospital. After registering, Bing Tang and Xiao Ming walked together into the laboratory and underwent mitochondrial sequencing and autosomal STR typing. Since few people had this done, the results would be ready quickly.
Bing Tang's face was expressionless; Xiao Ming was excited and nervous; and Old Master Tang and Tang Yuyi were bitter at heart. Now that Bing Tang knew the truth of that year, his original plan had come to nothing, and whether the Hidden Tang family faced fortune or disaster was still uncertain!
At last the results came out—but the findings were somewhat strange!
"The DNA similarity between the two is around twenty-five percent. Theoretically, the DNA similarity between mother and daughter should be above fifty percent, though special cases cannot be ruled out," the doctor said. "Such a similarity, while possible between two unrelated ordinary people, is very unlikely; it appears most often among members of a maternal family line. So for these two examinees, the possibility of a mother-daughter relationship cannot be excluded..."
"What?" Old Master Tang was dumbfounded by the doctor's words. Possible? How could it only be possible? How had such a situation arisen? He could not help but grow vexed. "How does your hospital do these tests? How can there be a 'possible'?"
"What can be confirmed now is that the examinees should belong to the same maternal family line. The father did not come; if the father came and had his DNA tested as well, we could basically make a determination," the doctor explained.
"The father did not come—will the grandfather do?" Old Master Tang somewhat regretted not bringing Tang Lingtou along.
"The grandfather... would also do. We can do Y-chromosome STR typing. Once the Y-chromosome comparison results are out, if the examinee is also a member of the paternal family line, then the child's identity can basically be confirmed," the doctor said.