Chapter 312 - 311: Reactions from All Sides
"Ah..."
Mr. Chu looked at Mr. Ding, then at Yiyi, completely at a loss for words.
It was Jiang Yizi who had a stroke of insight and exclaimed with surprise, "Could it be... Yue Jun is your daughter?"
Hearing this, Mr. Ding smilingly nodded and said, "Yes, Yue Jun is my daughter, my biological daughter."
But by the end, his expression carried a hint of bitterness.
"Back then, when Yue Jun was very young, she went missing. I searched many places but couldn’t find her, and later, people misled me into believing she had an accident. Fortunately, heaven had mercy on me and allowed me to find her. And look, now even a granddaughter is here."
Mr. Chu was utterly astonished.
In his memory, Ding Yuejun had always been the baby girl abandoned in the countryside, later kindly adopted by his own sister. He never expected that she would turn out to be Old Ding’s daughter, making it hard for him to accept at once.
Even Jiang Yizi found it inconceivable.
Although she had casually guessed earlier, she didn’t expect it to be true. She quickly turned to Yiyi and asked, "Yiyi, is this... is this true?"
Though she was reluctant to admit it, it was an unchangeable fact. So, Yiyi nodded and said, "Yes, it should be true."
In the end, Yiyi looked at Mr. Ding and said, "I hope you can do a paternity test to prevent too many people from claiming that my mother is an impostor."
Previously, she had suppressed the thought, but now thinking about it, even if not to convince Mr. Ding, it was at least necessary to convince others.
People don’t care if you look alike or have the same birthmark; without reliable evidence, someone will always claim you’re a fake, so a paternity test is very necessary.
After considering Yiyi’s words, Mr. Ding thought it over seriously and ultimately agreed.
If someone really came up and said Yue Jun was an impostor, what then? He didn’t want Yue Jun and her daughter to face even a tiny bit of doubt.
"Alright, let’s find some time to do the paternity test."
Though most people might not know about paternity tests, Mr. Ding had heard of this technology, knowing it to be quite reliable.
Upon hearing this, Yiyi nodded, then looked at Mr. Ding and said, "Old Ding, you usually have a lot to handle, so please head back for today."
Hearing Yiyi’s words, Mr. Ding felt a tinge of disappointment as his granddaughter seemed to be urging him to leave.
But having had the meal and said what needed to be said, staying longer might only cause Yiyi discomfort, so he reluctantly left.
After Mr. Ding left, Mr. Chu had a chance to inquire about the truth of the matter.
Yiyi simply explained a few things.
She said that her mother looked a lot like Mr. Ding’s first wife, even having the same birthmark, so Mr. Ding suspected her mother was their missing daughter.
Upon hearing this, Mr. Chu was full of emotion.
He hadn’t expected such a thing to happen.
"However... I vaguely heard about this when I was young, that besides his current wife, Mr. Ding had married another woman."
Speaking of the past, Mr. Chu’s eyes took on a reflective look.
"Back then, many people were shocked because Mr. Ding’s first wife came from a farming family, and many were surprised that Mr. and Mrs. Ding would agree to such a marriage. But later, Mr. Ding married Chen Meilian from the Chen family quickly, so young people didn’t know about Mr. Ding’s first wife, and the older folks wouldn’t bring it up, so people gradually forgot about it. But I didn’t expect Yue Jun to be Mr. Ding’s daughter with his first wife."
At the end, he couldn’t help but shake his head.
"Back then, many people hadn’t seen Mr. Ding’s first wife. Naturally, I hadn’t either, so I couldn’t discern the connection between Yue Jun and the Ding family."
But soon he came around, realizing that if Yue Jun was indeed Mr. Ding’s daughter, then the Chu family and the Ding Family would naturally be considered relatives.
Thinking about this, Mr. Chu felt secretly pleased.
But Jiang Yizi found it somewhat hard to adapt.
In the past, although she liked her sister-in-law Ding Yuejun, she always felt they were different. After all, Ding Yuejun came from a small place and was essentially a rural woman.
But now the situation had reversed, and it was instead her who seemed to lack status in front of Ding Yuejun.
With complex feelings, Jiang Yizi found an opportunity to talk about this matter with Zhuang Caixin.
Zhuang Caixin was never fond of Ding Yuejun and Yiyi, and upon hearing their true identity, she outright denied it, saying, "Impossible, what kind of a family is the Ding Family? How could Ding Yuejun be Old Ding’s daughter? There must be some mistake."
Jiang Yizi glanced at Zhuang Caixin and said, "Do you think Mr. Ding would mistake his own daughter?"
Upon hearing this, Zhuang Caixin was momentarily speechless but still instinctively denied, "There must be some mistake somewhere. Ding Yuejun grew up in the countryside, how could she be Old Ding’s daughter? It can’t be; I don’t think this is true."
"I heard from my father-in-law that Mr. Ding’s eldest daughter went missing when she was very young, so Yue Jun should be Old Ding’s daughter, there’s no mistake."
Zhuang Caixin’s face turned slightly embarrassed, feeling very uncomfortable inside.
She had looked down on Ding Yuejun before, but if Ding Yuejun really was Mr. Ding’s daughter, her previous disdain would become a complete joke.
On the other hand, the also surprised person was Yu Qiulan.
Yu Qiulan originally was unaware but knowing Yiyi was hospitalized, she eventually came to visit her, only to run into Mr. Ding.
Though she hadn’t met Mr. Ding often, she did recognize him. Upon learning that Ding Yuejun was Mr. Ding’s long-lost daughter, she was shocked enough to swallow an egg.
She had tried various ways to ensure her son and Shu Yunfang got together because she saw the value in the Ding Family. But now being told that Yiyi was truly the Ding family’s granddaughter, the legitimate and closest one, she found it incredible.
In the following days, after some inquiries, she belatedly discovered that Mr. Ding had long divorced Chen Meilian, the reason being Chen Meilian attempted to harm Yuejun and Yiyi, which is when she learned the truth about Yiyi’s injury.
At this point, Yu Qiulan felt a sense of relief.
Fortunately, she didn’t overly oppose her son and Yiyi back then, or else she would have ended up as a joke.
Knowing Yiyi was Mr. Ding’s most favored granddaughter, had she pushed Yiyi away in favor of Shu Yunfang, it really would have turned her into the biggest joke in all of Shangjing.