Honestly, Xu Qiuyan and Old Shu had completely confused me.
Xu Qiuyan said Bingbing and I had never had any connection whatsoever, yet Old Shu said Little Nian Bai was my child and that there was absolutely no mistake.
What the hell was going on? Could one of them be lying?
But neither of them looked like they were lying.
I coughed lightly and asked Old Shu, "Before coming here, I met Xu Qiuyan. She said Bingbing and I had never had any connection, not ever. Those memories about Bingbing and me had been deliberately created by someone—they were all fake. If that's the case, how could Little Nian Bai possibly be my son?"
Old Shu frowned, seeming to consider how he should answer my question.
But soon, he looked at me and said, "You and Bingbing indeed had no connection. Xu Qiuyan wasn't wrong about that. But that doesn't prevent Little Nian Bai from being the son of you and Bingbing. I had someone investigate Little Nian Bai, and the results showed that he really is your and Bingbing's son. It's just that neither you nor Bingbing had much to do with this matter. Little Nian Bai is merely a genetic composite of the two of you. He isn't an embryo-born lifeform in the true sense."
I narrowed my eyes, feeling as though I understood a little.
Old Shu's gaze was somewhat hesitant, but Dr. Zhu took over. "Right after World War II ended, the Soviets began researching the life sciences. They carried out certain experiments that we would consider inhumane. One of those projects was genetic composite testing. Uh, it was somewhat like artificial insemination—using the genes of two unrelated people for hybrid matching, with the purpose of making the new lifeform's genes more perfect. Naturally, this new