Paternity test, his own nephew!

"You useless idiots! Didn't I tell you to go make trouble for Jiang Ze?!"

In the end, Jiang Ze was perfectly fine, while the men sent after him had landed themselves in jail first.

The young man's handsome face twisted with frustration and fury. Beside him stood a man with bleached blond hair, looking every bit the slouching street thug.

"Shen Yun, look, I'm not making excuses, but we really had rotten luck this time. Who knows what got into that damned old man? He ratted out my buddy."

Shen Yun gave him a disgusted look.

"You didn't get the job done. You're not getting a cent."

The blond man immediately protested at the mention of money.

"Hey, buddy, even if we didn't pull it off, we still put in the work. We made that Jiang Ze guy miserable, didn't we? And two of our own ended up in the station."

"I won't ask for the full hundred thousand. Money's a little tight lately, so just give me fifty thousand to spend for now. Isn't your boyfriend rich? Surely that little bit's nothing to him."

The man's expression was fawning, his tone sleazy.

The disgust in Shen Yun's eyes became even more blatant. Knowing the man would probably keep pestering him until he got his money, he handed it over as though giving alms, then sent him away.

"Jiang Ze, you got lucky this time. Next time, you might not."

Since meeting Jiang Ze twice, he had kept feeling that many things in this life had changed because of his appearance.

He suspected that Jiang Ze had been reborn too.

Shen Yun's gaze turned vicious. He had been through plenty in his previous life, and he would stop at nothing to achieve his goals.

In this life, he absolutely would not let anyone stand in his way.

Meanwhile, seeing that Uncle Feng had cleaned the child up and dressed him neatly, Jiang Ze couldn't help beckoning him over.

"Can you talk?"

The little boy nodded, then shook his head. His eyes, like dark grapes, held wariness, but even more fear.

Jiang Ze knew the child wouldn't trust him anytime soon. With Uncle Feng's kindly appearance, he figured the boy would find him easier to accept.

He simply left the child with Uncle Feng and went inside to shower.

Meanwhile, Meng Zhiyuan hadn't been idle either. He had someone contact the best and fastest testing agency, insisting that the results be delivered before tonight.

Just as he was debating whether to give his third brother a heads-up, Jiang Ze came to the study after his shower, looking distinctly furtive.

After poking his head in to look at the person inside, Jiang Ze led the little boy into the room.

Now that he had been cleaned up, the child's little face was no longer filthy. His skin was still somewhat dark from years of exposure to the sun and wind, but his fine features were easy to see.

"Hey, Uncle Zhiyuan, look what I found!"

Jiang Ze pushed the child in front of him and pointed at the boy's nose.

"Look at this nose!"

Then he pointed at the boy's mouth.

"And look at this mouth! Don't they look just like yours?"

He blinked his big eyes, staring straight at the man's nose, unable to stop himself from thinking.

His nose really is impressive! That bridge, wow...

Meng Zhiyuan glanced at the little boy a couple of times, then sat down unhurriedly without interrupting him.

"Uncle Zhiyuan, I really do think he looks a lot like you. Could he be your long-lost illegitimate son?"

Jiang Ze studied the powerful man's handsome face, which remained expressionless, unable to work out what he was thinking.

I've gone this far, so why isn't he reacting at all? Can't he at least get suspicious? Even if the boy isn't his son, he should wonder whether he's his nephew!

Forget it. I've laid the groundwork. I'll leave the boy here for now. Surely they'll recognize him sooner or later!

Seeing that all the talking had left Jiang Ze parched, Meng Zhiyuan handed him the tea Uncle Feng had just prepared on the desk.

Jiang Ze took it without thinking and wet his throat.

Wait, why did that feel so natural?

Figuring he had laid enough groundwork for today, and that he couldn't be too obvious without arousing suspicion, he said a few more words before leading the little boy away.

"From now on, call him Uncle, got it?"

The little boy seemed especially willing to listen to him and gave a slight nod.

"Just stay here and be good. You'll find your family soon. That man just now is really capable. Finding your family will take him no time at all."

The little boy seemed very eager to find his family. He nodded hard, some of the wariness fading from his eyes.

"You really can't talk?"

The little boy hesitated, then uttered a few syllables. But perhaps because he hadn't spoken in so long, his voice was unusually hoarse.

At that, the boy immediately shut his mouth again and refused to say anything else.

Relieved to see that the boy hadn't been born mute, Jiang Ze let out a breath.

His vocal cords were probably somewhat damaged from years without speaking. He would find some time to have a doctor examine him.

By the time all that was over, evening had arrived. Jiang Ze asked Uncle Feng to get the child settled. He had just returned to his bedroom when he heard a mechanical voice he hadn't heard in a while.

"Ding! Congratulations, host! You have successfully found Meng Zhiyuan's long-lost young nephew and earned 200,000 points!"

Jiang Ze's eyes lit up. His guess had been right after all. Although he had already been almost certain, only the system's notification finally put his mind at ease.

"Wow, first I got five hundred thousand today, and now I've earned a huge pile of points. Absolutely perfect!"

After enjoying his good mood for a while, Jiang Ze browsed the exchange interface, indulging in a little window-shopping.

Although he now had a little over two hundred thousand points, he had to spend them where they mattered most. Items on the interface could easily cost tens of thousands, and he couldn't afford to splurge.

Closing the exchange interface, he looked in the mirror beside him. Sure enough, ever since taking that Soul-Stabilizing Pill, his face had grown closer to how it had looked in his previous life.

The changes were so slight and gradual that people who were around him regularly couldn't notice them at all.

He rubbed the little mole at the corner of his eye again, feeling a little wistful.

"System, why do you think I was so determined to jump in and save someone back then?"

Still, it was only a passing thought. Given another chance, he would probably choose to jump in again.

"I've always wanted to know-did the child I saved actually make it out? I didn't die for nothing, did I?"

Jiang Ze asked the system with an expression full of earnest curiosity, waiting eagerly for its answer.

In fact, that question had weighed on his mind ever since he had transmigrated.

The system hesitated for a few seconds. Seeing how sincere he looked, it finally told him the outcome.

"Don't worry, host. Because you kept the child afloat back then, the child was eventually rescued!"

Only then did Jiang Ze breathe a sigh of relief, the heavy weight in his heart finally lifting.

While he was reminiscing about the past, Meng Zhiyuan received a test report at the very same time Jiang Ze received his points.

It was the paternity test he had ordered someone to rush through.

Because the Meng family had spent years searching for this missing descendant, Old Master Meng had made each of the brothers keep some samples of Meng Zhixing's hair.

That way, if they came across an orphan who resembled him, they could have a test done immediately.

Looking at the 99.99% on the report in his hands, Meng Zhiyuan finally felt his taut nerves relax.

It really was him.

Knowing this was major news, Meng Zhiyuan didn't hesitate. The first person he notified was the old master, the Meng family's true patriarch, who had now stepped back behind the scenes.

Old Master Meng, Meng Qingshan.

"You little brat, has the sun risen in the west? You're actually calling me?"

The old master's voice rang strong and clear over the phone, launching into mockery as soon as the call connected.

Meng Zhiyuan seemed used to it. He let him say a few things before sharing the news.

"Father, we've found my third brother's child."