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Back in city A, after a day, I went home.

This time I went back to get the routine samples of my father and mother for paternity testing.After getting the samples, I asked Yuan Jie out for dinner again.

We made an appointment to meet in an ordinary home-cooked restaurant.Yuan Jie was wearing a white bread jacket, with healthy powder on his cheeks, looking very energetic.

I pushed the menu in front of him, "You can order two dishes first, have you been doing well recently?"

"Well, it's okay, I found a job." Yuan Jie ordered a braised eggplant and a fried lotus root. "Where are you and Brother Chen?"

"It's all good. I asked you to order two dishes, but you really only order two, and they're all vegetarian?" I flipped through it casually, and ticked another fried shrimp in a typhoon shelter, "Can I eat shrimp?"

"Yes. Yuyuan, just these three dishes, the two of us have enough to eat, and it's a waste to order too much."

"Then I want another water shield soup, if it's not enough, I'll add more." I called the waiter to give her the menu, and after confirming the order, Yuan Jie sat dryly and looked at his phone.

While waiting for the food, Yuan Jie and I started chatting.

"Yuan Jie, how old are you this year?"

"24, my 24th birthday just passed in December."

According to the month Yuan Jie is talking about now, he is eight months younger than me, but this is not his real birthday.My brother should have been born in January of the same year as me, three months older than me.

I laughed, "Then I'm older than you, did you go back to your hometown for Chinese New Year this year?"

Yuan Jie scratched his head, "No, there is something wrong at home, and my family won't let me go back."

I didn't ask what was the matter, but rolled my eyes twice on his face, pretended to be surprised, pointed at his hair and said, "I saw one of your white hairs!"

He groaned, with an ugly expression on his face, "Do I actually have white hair?"

"Don't move, I'll help you pull it out." I stood up, and regardless of the surprise on Yuan Jie's face, I leaned over and quickly pulled out two hairs, and then I lost my gesture, "Okay."

Our relationship is indeed not so close, but in this extraordinary period, we can only use extraordinary methods.

"Thank you Yuyuan." Yuan Jie smiled embarrassedly, "I probably use my brain too much recently."

"No matter how busy you are at work, you must pay attention to your body." I tapped the table with my left hand and casually looked at other tables, "Why hasn't the food come yet? The waiter doesn't know where he went..."

Yuan Jie volunteered, "I'll go to the front desk to remind you."

After he left, I carefully put the two twisted hairs into a transparent sampling bag.

The main purpose of this meeting was achieved, I let go of my worries, and had a pleasant meal with Yuan Jie.

……

In the afternoon when the results of the paternity test report were due to come out, I was very restless.

There is a new colleague in the group, he is a man, he feels very deserted, but also gentle, polite and the kind of person who rejects people thousands of miles away.

His name is Wenzhi.

Wen Zhi's arrival did not cause much splash in the group. The turnover rate of the company's personnel is not low. Some people come and some go. No one can tell when other people will change jobs, and whether they will be the next one to resign.

However, Song Zhiyuan seemed to dislike Wenzhi.

I heard him say to Xiao Xia with my own ears—"Wen Zhi is really a bitch, from head to toe, even his name is full of girlishness."

Song Zhiyuan didn't deliberately avoid us when he said this, and Wen Zhi heard it too.But he still had a calm expression as if he had never heard of it, and he didn't lift his head towards the computer.

I'm almost certain that the two of them must have known each other before, and maybe they still have old enemies.

Song Zhiyuan has always been good at being a man in front of his friends, it is impossible for him to talk nonsense to a new colleague, but Wen Zhi is not angry at all, allowing Song Zhiyuan to insult him like this.

There must be a reason behind it that I don't know...but I'm not qualified to ask Song Zhiyuan.

……

I got the appraisal report, no surprise, Yuan Jie is indeed my brother.

To me, this result seems to be a ray of light in the darkness. With this ray of light, I can get out of the predicament.Everyone will be happy, mom will be very happy, dad will be very happy...I wish I could bring Yuan Jie to them tomorrow.

Chen Zheng put the two reports away and put them in his file bag, and asked, "Are you going to tell your parents first, or should you talk to Yuan Jie first?"

"Take care of Yuan Jie first, and make sure he agrees to go home, otherwise wouldn't it be a waste of joy?" Thinking of the chaotic situation that may be faced next, I couldn't help pressing my temples with a headache, "However, Mom By the way, I have to prepare her mentally."

Chen Zheng rubbed my forehead considerately, "Everything will be fine, Yuan Yuan, I'll be by your side. I know you want to try your best to handle it yourself, but don't put so much pressure on yourself."

I posted the group photo I took with Yuan Jie during dinner to Moments, and then chatted with Ma Dan.

[Me: Mom, have you seen my circle of friends? 】

【Mom: I see, your new friend? 】

【Me: Well, he was an intern under Chen Zheng some time ago, his name is Yuan Jie.Mom, look at him carefully, who do you think he looks like? 】

Yuan Jie's face shape and combination of facial features are very similar to his grandfather's, and his eyes are very bright and big, inherited from his mother.

It took a while for Mom to come back.

【Mom: He looks a bit like your grandfather when he was young. 】

[Me: Mom, Yuan Jie's hometown is in X province. 】

This sentence is to remind Mom tactfully, let her connect Yuan Jie and my brother online, and make an association.

【Mom: Yuanyuan, mom understands what you mean, but this person can't be your brother's. Your brother doesn't have moles on his face. 】

mole?I zoomed in on the photo and saw the rice-grain-sized black mole on his cheek—the mole that I once thought was very round and beautiful.

The result of the report told me that Yuan Jie must be my brother, so what is the matter with this extra mole?

It seems that it's time to find Yuan Jie again.

It's only been a week since the last appointment, Yuan Jie should be surprised that I came to him again, if I hadn't said that I have important matters to discuss with him, he might have refused this meeting with the excuse of being busy with work.

Considering safety and privacy, I set the location directly at my home.

Yuan Jie was a little afraid of Chen Zheng. In order to reduce his discomfort, I specifically asked Chen Zheng to stay in the bedroom and not come out.

"Drink some fruit tea." I handed Yuan Jie a cup of hot fruit tea, and he took it silently, took a sip and said, "Yu Yuan, what do you want to tell me? Why don't you let me come to you Coming home... I'm a little scared."

"Don't be afraid." I patted his back reassuringly, pursed my lips and tried my best to smile gently, "Yuan Jie, I've always been curious, is this mole on your face natural?"

After I finished speaking, I fixedly looked him in the eyes.

He flinched from my stare, shook his head and said, "No, it was planted."

Sure enough...

"Why did you think of moles? When was it planted?"

"My parents are a bit superstitious. It seems that I had a mole because I had an unlucky face. As for when I planted it, did I plant it when I was in elementary school?" Yuan Jie said in an uncertain tone, "I can't remember the exact year. Cleared."

Occupying a child from someone else's home destroys the child's original name, face, and identity.Even so, however, it cannot completely conceal the evil beneath the surface.

As long as it is a crime, there will be a moment when it will be revealed to the world.

I closed my eyes, and suddenly touched the small mole on Yuan Jie's face. He was startled by my sudden movement, and hesitated, "Yu, Yu Yuan?"

"They, are your parents treating you well?"

"It's good, what's the matter with you? Why do you ask me this?"

I was at a loss for words, not knowing how to express the cruel truth.

Tell him that he is not the real son of the Yuan family, tell him that he was trafficked, tell him that I am his younger brother, and my adoptive parents are his real parents?

"Wait a minute, I have something to show you." I turned and went to the bedroom, and when I returned to the living room, there was an extra stack of white paper in my hand.

"I think, you need to see this." I pushed the appraisal report in front of Yuan Jie, "You must know the truth."

Yuan Jie was confused by my solemnity, he took it hesitantly, lowered his head and glanced at the front page of the report, and then asked me angrily: "What did you do to me? Why is there my name on it?"

The first page of the report reads "Parent-child Relationship Appraisal Opinion", and the column of the appraised person writes the names of Yuan Jie and my dad.

"Don't worry, finish it." I forcefully suppressed his anger, and prayed, "Would you like to read it first before talking about it?"

Yuan Jie glared at me, then finished flipping through the two reports in silence.

He asked me: "What nonsense are you talking about? Is this a prank, Yuyuan? You called me to your house to mess with me? It's not funny, not funny at all. I don't even report these two No one knows who the other two people are."

"Yes, this is not funny at all...so, this is not a prank." I drew a circle on the report with my parents' names, "Li Lian, this is my father; Han Sulan, this is my mother .”

Yuan Jie's mouth was slightly opened into an oval because of being too surprised, and I continued: "And I am your younger brother. Your original name was not Yuan Jie, but Li Yuheng, the balance of balance."

"You were abducted by human traffickers when you were three years old. Speaking of human traffickers, who do you think of?"

Yuan Jie's face instantly became extremely ugly.

"It's your fourth uncle, Yuan Sihua, who happens to be a heinous human trafficker. It's him who sold you to his elder brother and sister-in-law, your current parents."

"You... What evidence do you have?" Yuan Jie opened his mouth with difficulty.

"The paternity test is evidence, and you are also proof. If you don't believe me, you can go and do a test with Yuan Dahua and his wife yourself."

"I'm sorry, I can't accept it! I really can't..." Yuan Jie covered his face in pain, "I can't hear a word of what you are saying, how could I not be me? I am Yuan Jie, I have been Yuan Jie since I was a child. Why are you telling me this? What do you want me to do!"

"I, we hope you come back, come back to Li's house, and recognize your biological parents. My parents are your biological parents. Yuan Dahua and his wife are not worthy to be your parents!"

"You can't say that about them!" Yuan Jie scolded me angrily, "Even if I'm really not their child, they have raised me for more than 20 years!"

"They are thieves! They are guilty! They ruined a happy family! When my mother lost you, you don't know how sad she was. She looked for you for a long time, but you were taken over by Yuan Dahua and his wife. You were born by your mother , you can’t speak for those who have done wrong!”

"Yuan Jie, you are a student of the Fa. You should know that buying abducted children constitutes a crime, right? Are you trying to protect them by speaking for them?"

"No!" Yuan Jie shook his head in horror, "You can't report them! I'm so confused now, you let me go back and think about it, let me go back and think about it, okay? Yu Yuan, my world has collapsed, do you understand? "

He said that his eyes were red, and a few tears fell.

I felt very uncomfortable, and I pushed him too hard, but he was the last hope for our family reunion, and it was Mom's hope to bring Dad back.

I hardened my heart, pulled out a tissue and put it in his hand, turned my face away, "One week, give me an answer in a week. Mom needs you now, our family needs you."

Yuan Jie lowered his head, and when he walked to the door, I called him: "Brother——, you come back, you should return to the life you should have had."

He froze, gently closed the door, and left.