Chapter 7: The Man's Backbone

Wang Zimin got the required paternity test from the paternity testing center, and he has been looking forward to this paternity test for a long time. Because he and Li Yuping did not go through the marriage formalities, the child was born at home, and there was no birth certificate issued by the hospital, Li Yuping had no news, and if she wanted to register Xiaoxue, she could only prove that Wang Xiaoxue was her own child through paternity testing, and the police station could register Xiaoxue in accordance with the regulations.

This paternity test is the only basis for Wang Zimin to register Wang Xiaoxue at the police station. He flipped through the paternity test in his hand, looked down line by line, and when he saw the last few lines of the results printed on the white A4 paper, he began to feel a little confused, he couldn't believe it.

He folded the card as it was, closed his eyes and fixed his mind before opening it again, and silently looked at it twice more to make sure he wasn't dazzled. Yes, that was not that right. It was indeed the conclusion that made him unbelievable: "Based on the available data and DNA analysis results, Wang Zimin is ruled out as Wang Xiaoxue's biological father." ”

When these dozens of words of conclusion ruthlessly appeared in front of Wang Zimin's eyes, he was as if he had been hit by five thunderbolts. In an instant, those lines writhed in front of Wang Zimin's eyes like a group of clowns, grinning at him one by one, looking at him mockingly.

Each of these dozens of words was like a heavy stone, and each piece smashed mercilessly into his heart. When he was caught off guard, he smashed his head and face, smashed his viscera, smashed his eyes, smashed him dizzy, smashed him with nowhere to hide.

Wang Zimin tried to calm himself down, still holding a glimmer of hope in his heart, he looked into the eyes of the director of the appraisal center, and wanted to see a suspicion in these eyes: "Are you mistaken?" Is someone else's sample taking it for mine? Is there any basis for this conclusion? How can you be sure that I am not the father of this child? ”

The director of the appraisal center is a middle-aged man, and his slightly fat posture gives people a sense of calm and relaxation. In the face of Wang Zimin's question, his eyes did not show a trace of hesitation and uneasiness, but were full of sympathy, which was the instinctive sympathy of one man for another.

The director of the appraisal center tactfully explained to him: "I understand the questions you raised, and I also understand your current mood. But I want to tell you seriously and responsibly that the appraisal conclusions we have made are carried out in strict accordance with the operating procedures, from sampling to sealing, from the identification test to the appraisal conclusion, each step has strict requirements, each step is carried out by professional and technical personnel according to the standardized procedures, each step has a special person to supervise and verify, and each step has someone to sign and bear the corresponding responsibility. I can assure you of the complete veracity of this conclusion, and at the same time, I hope that you will fully understand it. ”

From the unhurried words of the director of the appraisal center, Wang Zimin did not get any clues that he wanted to get to doubt this conclusion, and a kind of despair welled up from the bottom of his heart, making him look at the man in white overalls in front of him with an indifferent expression. He wanted to ask something more, but he couldn't say it anymore.

Wang Zimin looked at the background of the director of the appraisal center who turned to leave, his hand hung down weakly, and the thin pages of paper in his hand suddenly became like heavy lead ingots. At that moment, he felt that the backbone he relied on to be a man was about to be ruthlessly broken, and the heart that had experienced the ups and downs of the years was also about to be ruthlessly crushed. Wang Zimin's originally hopeful heart was like being stuffed into a huge ice cube, and an endless chill instantly flowed through his body.

This is the darkest and most desperate moment of his life, and it is also the most powerless and helpless moment of a man. Wang Zimin recalled that afternoon that once made him feel ashamed, he only remembered that his feet seemed to be unconscious, and he did not know how he got out of the identification center. His hand holding the pages of the paternity test trembled all the time, he couldn't control it at all, the hands that gradually became numb seemed to leave his body, and he only felt that he could not hold the thin pages of paper.

Wang Zimin can't remember how he got out of the center, he just felt that he couldn't support it anymore, so he leaned against the trunk of a plane tree with a huge canopy on the side of the road. In his memory, he had never shed tears, but at that moment he burst into tears. The whole body was so weak that he had no strength at all, and his legs slowly bent as if he could no longer support them. He seemed to have lost the last of his strength, and sat on the ground with his butt slumped, his hands and feet completely numb, as if they no longer belonged to him, and he couldn't move for half a day, and his mind seemed to have been hit by something, and he became blank unconsciously.

When Wang Zimin recounted this experience to Dongfang Siyi, there was still an unspeakable expression of remorse on his face. This remorse is mixed with helplessness and helplessness, as well as the shame of losing self-esteem. Wang Zimin explained: "Before going for the paternity test, I never suspected that such a problem would occur, and I was not psychologically prepared at all, completely confused by the conclusion of the test, and did not know what to do." ”

After Wang Zimin finished talking about the incident, he quickly regained his calm expression. He told Dongfang Siyi: "You may not believe it, when I calmed down, when I clearly knew that Xiaoxue was not my biological daughter, I began to think that it was not Li Yuping who deceived me, I knew that she must have something difficult and did not make it clear to me, I don't hate her." I'm just worried about the various problems that Xiaoxue will face, and if I can't solve the hukou problem for Xiaoxue, I don't know how to face this child in the future, and how to explain these things to this child. She was just a child, and she couldn't understand these emotional entanglements between adults. ”

Wang Zimin let out a long sigh, and then said: "Li Yuping and I are both adults, and we are responsible for our own actions. Right or wrong, it doesn't have to be clear. Later, when I thought about it again, I thought it was better to be confused about some things. However, Xiaoxue is an innocent child, what will she do in the future? If she didn't have a hukou, she would have become a black household. Li Yuping left her, I definitely can't leave her again, although she is not my child, but she must be Li Yuping's child. ”

Wang Zimin obviously still has a glimmer of hope for Li Yuping in his heart: "If Li Yuping comes back one day and Li Yuping comes to me to ask for a child, how can I explain it to her?" After all, we used to be together, not husband and wife, but also husband and wife, and Li Yuping and I still have feelings. If I don't care about this child, who will take care of it? Even though my child is not related to me, the first thing she will say after she is born is to call me dad. How could I bear to leave her alone? She's an innocent kid after all. ”

After Wang Zimin returned home from the appraisal center that day, he inexplicably developed a high fever. Wang Zimin's sister Wang Daping found him lying on the bed and fell asleep, unable to wake him up no matter how she shouted, and didn't know what happened to him, so she panicked and hurriedly ran to the village clinic to invite a doctor. After the doctor examined Wang Zimin, he did not find too many abnormalities, so he judged that there was not much danger, and he could be treated with infusion for a few days. After that, Wang Zimin slept groggily for three days before waking up.

Wang Zimin opened his eyes in a daze, he felt as if he had walked a long, long way, and he didn't have any strength in his body. Wang Zimin opened his eyes and saw Xiaoxue with tears lying beside him, and heard her crying timidly and weakly, "Dad, Dad", he finally woke up. Wang Zimin looked at Xiaoxue and muttered weakly and asked, "What's wrong with you?" Cher, when Dad wasn't at home, someone bullied you? Don't be afraid, Dad is here. Don't be afraid, don't cry, Cher. ”

It was only then that the few relatives who were waiting in the house breathed a sigh of relief. They told him that Xiao Liu, the village doctor, came every day to give him infusions, take his temperature, and measure his blood pressure. Sometimes he had a fever, sometimes his temperature returned to normal, but he never woke up. While everyone was talking, the village doctor Xiao Liu came to see him on time again, and when he saw that he had woken up, he comforted him with a smile: "It's okay." You are in a hurry, and your qi and blood are blocked, resulting in fatigue, increased blood pressure, dizziness and fainting. Do you feel dizzy? Don't have any strength in your body? That's right, just rest for a few days and you'll be fine. ”

After Xiao Liu measured his blood pressure, he prescribed some medicine for him: "Have you ever had this symptom before?" Wang Zimin shook his head, and Xiao Liu instructed again: "Pay attention to your diet in the past few days, don't worry about anxiety, don't think about anything in your heart, let yourself calm down, don't be anxious." Your symptoms are caused by the rush to attack the heart, not only to prescribe the right medicine, but also to relieve the root of the disease, to relieve the root of the disease is to calm down, not impatient, carefree, to relax about everything, in a word, to open a little, to calm yourself down. ”

After a few days, Wang Zimin gradually regained his strength, but he felt sleepy as he had never felt before, and he looked listless all day. He remembered the paternity test that he had torn apart by himself and had been thrown away, and looked at Xiaoxue who was inseparable from him with a little distraction, and let out a long sigh.

Wang Zimin took Xiaoxue's hand and said, "Xue'er, if Dad can't wake up, what will you do?" Xiaoxue cried when she heard this, and he hurriedly coaxed the child again: "It's okay, it's okay, Dad won't leave Xiaoxue, Xiaoxue needs Dad, Dad won't leave Xiaoxue." Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Xiaoxue is not afraid. ”

Sister Wang Daping saw that he was completely well, so she asked him what happened: "Is there any news about Li Yuping, if it wasn't related to Li Yuping, you can't be so anxious." I can't think of anything else you have in mind, only that it may be related to Li Yuping. I know you haven't been able to forget her, but I still have to advise you not to think about her in the future, after so many years, she has not had any news, no one knows whether she is dead or alive, what use do you think she has? It can only increase your own troubles, and it is useless. Fortunately, she left you a child, you just need to raise this child well, and don't think about other things if you can. ”

Wang Zimin didn't talk to anyone about doing a paternity test for Xiaoxue, not even Wang Daping. He was afraid of bringing a bad influence to the child, so his sister Wang Daping didn't know either. Wang Daping saw that Wang Zimin didn't speak, and comforted him again: "Xiaoxue's matter, don't worry, if there is any difficulty, when I can help you, you can just say that this child has been raised by me since he was a child, and he kisses me, closer than her mother, she has long regarded me as her own mother." However, it is also very pitiful to look at this child, and sometimes, when I sleep with me, I hear her calling for her mother in her dreams. Alas, this Li Yuping, is she dead or alive? ”

Wang Zimin looked at his sister Wang Daping gratefully and said, "Xiaoxue, this child, fortunately you help take care of it, otherwise she would be too miserable." This hard-working child, with you, can be regarded as a savior. I have worked hard for you all these years, and in the years when I was not at home, I relied on your care, and I didn't complain, Li Yuping and I should thank you. ”

Wang Daping waved his hand: "Is this what my brother said?" What's the difference between your child and mine? Aren't they all the children of the Wang family? Don't say anything like that in the future. Bring the child up well, maybe one day Li Yuping's conscience will find out and run back, it is also possible. I think it's hard for you to give up on her, and it's hard to say that God might give you a chance. There is nothing wrong with thinking about everything in a good place, at least it can give you some hope. ”

After this serious illness, Wang Zimin finally figured out that his encounter with Li Yuping was just a game designed by others, and he inadvertently became an insider. It was only at this time that he finally believed the rumors he heard in the process of inquiring about Li Yuping's whereabouts.

Someone told him that Li Yuping was a lover of the boss Ah Lei, and Ah Lei's wife could not have children because of infertility, and the two reached an agreement in private, and the wife agreed that Ah Lei would find a lover outside to have a surrogate child, but it must be a boy before he can take it home to recognize his ancestors. He also heard that Ah Lei had more than one lover, and Li Yuping might be just one of them.

Although this past emotion has left a mystery, this past life is real, which Wang Zimin will not forget, and those traces cannot be erased simply and easily. The child is innocent, and she should not and cannot be harmed in any way because of the mistakes of her parents.

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