Weng Zhen blurted out, "If that's really what he thinks, we can't just let him do as he pleases." With Weng Shao's insatiable greed, he would definitely use this leverage to bleed the entire Weng family dry, squeezing out every last drop of value.
Zhou Shujing also felt they could not handle this matter rashly. She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but with her two sons still standing nearby, some things were not appropriate to say.
Weng Yingjie had been married to Zhou Shujing for over twenty years. One look was all it took for him to know what she was thinking. Without giving anything away, he looked at Weng Zhen and Weng Sui, then casually found an excuse to send them away.
Once only the two of them remained in the hospital room, Zhou Shujing's previously composed face immediately darkened. "Weng Zhen is right. We can't let that little bastard control us."
"Of course I don't want that either." Weng Yingjie was restless and agitated. "But if he insists on getting a paternity test—"
"Then let him get one!" Seeming to think of something, a sneer appeared on Zhou Shujing's well-maintained, delicate face. "So what if he gets a paternity test? It's been so many years. Even the county hospital from back then has gone bankrupt. If he has the ability, let him investigate it himself. We don't know anything. We're innocent too."
Her words cut through the fog. Weng Yingjie, who had just been thrown into a panic, suddenly came to his senses and looked at Zhou Shujing with dawning realization. "That's right!"
So much time had passed. There were no records to investigate and no clues to follow. They could simply say they had never known there was anything wrong with Weng Shao's background. After