As a typical father, when unable to control his children, he would shift the blame to their mother.
Xu's Father angrily turned to his wife, "How have you been raising her? You've turned a perfectly good child into someone with no sense of shame!"
Xu Weiwei stepped forward, shielding her mother, "Dad, what have I done wrong? You found me a fiancé, and when I didn't accept him, you scolded me for being inconsiderate. Now that I'm willing to get along with him, you accuse me of being shameless and want to cancel our engagement. I really don't understand what you're thinking, and now you're pushing all the responsibility onto Mom."
Xu Weiwei continued defiantly, "You say we're engaged when you want, and you cancel the wedding when you feel like it. What am I to you? Do you even consider me your daughter? What do you think our engagement is? A children's game of playing house? You open and close your mouth, and suddenly we're engaged. Then you do it again, and our engagement is canceled. It's ridiculous."
"If you don't explain yourself clearly today, I won't let this go. As for canceling my engagement to Lu Shao, I don't agree. If he doesn't move to my floor tonight, I'll move into his room. Canceling the engagement requires both of our consent, and I don't agree to cancel it."
Xu Weiwei's tone was conversational, but her words could make Xu's Father cough up blood in anger. "Oh, don't worry, Dad. Lu Shao and I will attend classes during the day and make babies at night. We'll try to have two kids in three years, so you can save face in front of your old friends."
Is an unmarried daughter having children something to be proud of?
Xu Weiwei's mouth was like a machine gun, not giving Xu's Father a chance to speak. She continued, "Aren't you in a hurry to have grandchildren? You keep pushing my brother to go on blind dates. With me around, there's no need to worry. Big brother doesn't need to date strange socialites. I heard that university students can even get extra credits for having children. It's a win-win-win situation."
But Xu's Father wasn't concerned about losing face now. He was worried about what would happen if his daughter actually had a child with Lu Shao.
One was his daughter, and the other was his son. Incestuous marriages could lead to deformed children.
Any family that produced a child with problems would be gossiped about behind their backs, saying they must have committed too many sins in this life.
Seeing that he could no longer keep it a secret, Xu's Father was genuinely worried that Xu Weiwei might give birth to a deformed baby.
Xu's Father decided to lay his cards on the table, "You can't be with him. You're siblings."
Oh wow, Xu Weiwei hadn't expected her father to be so bold as to admit it directly.
Xu's Father dared not deny it, fearing that Xu Weiwei might not control herself and create a scandal with Lu Shao. If he were to acknowledge Lu Shao in the future, he would face an even greater disaster.
As for admitting now that Lu Shao was his illegitimate son, it wasn't much trouble. Which rich man didn't have illegitimate children? Compared to others who had a whole bunch of illegitimate children, he only had Lu Shao. His wife should be grateful.
She couldn't possibly make a fuss about this, could she?
Xu Youlin and Xu's Mother, true to their mother-son relationship, both opened their mouths wide upon hearing this explosive news, their jaws dropping to the same degree.
Their minds were now filled with question marks.
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They both thought of the same issue: if Lu Shao was his illegitimate son, why did he want Weiwei and Lu Shao to get engaged? According to him, Weiwei and Lu Shao were siblings.
Mother and son exchanged glances and then looked at Xu Weiwei standing in front of them.
Weiwei's behavior today was so unusual; could it be that she knew something?
Lu Shao, who had been quietly watching the scene unfold from the corner of the study, widened his eyes. He was his son?
This old man was quite confident in himself.
Were there any normal people left in the Xu family?
Neither of the Xu children looked like Xu's Father; this was Xu's Mother's superior genes triumphing over Xu's Father's inferior ones.
Fortunately, both siblings took after Xu's Mother, which saved them.
Otherwise, this pair of siblings would have looked as offensive as Xu's Father.
Lu Shao was handsome because his mother had once been a famous movie star in the country, a beloved public figure over a decade ago.
Lu Shao's facial features resembled his mother more, but his face shape and contours were different.
He had seen photos of his parents when they were young and was absolutely certain that he was their biological son.
Now someone had come out of nowhere, claiming to be his father.
This was absurd.
It had already been strange enough when, after his parents died in a car accident, Xu's Father had insisted on adopting him at his parents' funeral.
His parents had left behind some assets, but after their death, unscrupulous relatives had seized everything, leaving him homeless.
If Xu's Father had wanted to help him, he could have simply hired a lawyer to help him reclaim his parents' inheritance. As the first in line to inherit his parents' estate, such a lawsuit should have been easy to win.
Lu Shao had suggested this to Xu's Father before, but for some reason, Xu's Father had made various excuses and ended up bringing him home almost forcibly.
Coincidentally, Lu Shao was very curious about what Xu's Father was really trying to do.
What did Xu's Father want to gain from him?
Logically speaking, there's no free lunch. Xu's Father had been friends with his parents, but there was no need to bring him home and raise him personally.
Even stranger was that after he came home with Xu's Father, Xu's Father had even proposed that he and Xu Weiwei get engaged.
The more he thought about it, the more it seemed that Xu's Father had ulterior motives.
Hearing Xu's Father's claim about being his biological father, Xu's Father's series of actions seemed somewhat reasonable.
Apart from thinking that Xu's Father was very confident in himself, Lu Shao, like the mother and son of the Xu family, couldn't quite understand why Xu's Father would want him and Weiwei to get engaged.
Before Xu's Mother could even start making a fuss, Xu's Father had already gone on the offensive, scolding both his wife and children. Although he had fathered an illegitimate child, he was absolutely not at fault.
This night was destined to be sleepless.
Xu Weiwei argued with her father all night until dawn, when Xu's Father escaped the house under the pretext of having to attend a company meeting.
After Xu's Father left, Xu Weiwei told Xu's Mother that Lu Shao was not her father's child, that he was just daydreaming, and if she didn't believe it, they could do a DNA test.
Xu's Mother naturally wanted to believe her own daughter, but her husband's confident demeanor made her wonder if her daughter might have guessed wrong.
Looking at Lu Shao's handsome face again, Xu's Mother became one hundred percent convinced of Xu Weiwei's words.
However, knowing that her husband had been sneaking around behind her back gave Xu's Mother a wake-up call.
Men are only well-behaved when they're hanging on the wall. This time, they were lucky that Lu Shao wasn't that dog's biological son, but what if one day he really brought home a biological son? The impact on her and the children would be significant.
So, should the first step be to transfer assets, or to ensure that old bastard couldn't father any more children?
