The hall was as silent as a grave.
Mo Ziyang looked around then sat down with a snort.
“Terribly sorry, my hand twitched.” Someone condescended.
‘You call that a twitch? What twitch can flip a table?’
But Mo Ziyang’s words got the Li clan out of this awkward situation. Li Xuanyu asked the servants to clean it up and reset the table.
Li Xuanyu said, “In my honest opinion, nephew Mo’s anger is well placed!”
“A woman gave her youth, her most precious years, to a man who showed not an ounce of appreciation. Calling him scum is putting it mildly.”
“Dad!” Li Shili couldn’t take the mortifying moment any longer.
Li Xuanyu continued, “I was wrong then. If I had intervened, this child wouldn’t have left nor would his mother disappear.”
Li Shili trembled and Li Mo was enraged.
Li Xuanyu was in the dark even now that Shui Tingyun killed herself. Li Shili had covered it up since and told him that she had left with Li Mo.
Li Xuanyu thought Shui Tingyun left because Li Shili wanted to marry Ning Baihe.
Li Xuanyu paused and sighed, “A true meaning of a skeleton in the closet. I was going to take it to my grave, but when I saw my grandson, I decided to prove to everyone that he is my eldest grandson, part of my flesh and blood!”
Ning Baihe sneered, “Grand-sir, can it be you do not know what happened?”
Li Shili barked, “Enough, Baihe!”
“Not by a long shot. Today, grand-sir wants to bring back the past so I shall unearth the secret long hidden of that time!”
“You wanna know why Shili cast them out? Because Shui Tingyun had an affair!”
“Shili cast them out?” Li Xuanyu was in shock.
“Nonsense!”
Thump!
Mo Ziyang ‘turned’ the tables, again.
But Ning Baihe’s words were far too gripping that his outburst was ignored.
“Ha-ha, Shui Tingyun didn’t stop to one time, oh no. By the time Shili found out, not even Li Mo was his. Tell me, is there a man who could suffer such betrayal?
“Was it wrong for Shili to cast them out?” Ning Baihe threw caution to the wind.
Li Shili’s face was more than unsightly. He wanted to make this celebration a matter of unprecedented prestige, but now it was wishful thinking.
This celebration would undoubtedly turn his clan into the laughingstock of the people.
‘It’s all that vile spawn’s fault!’
Li Shili’s face was gruesome as he glared at Li Mo.
Li Mo said, “I came today to celebrate grandpa’s birthday and wash away my mother’s injustice!”
Li Mo gifted the millennium ginseng to Li Xuanyu.
Yu Boyan and Zhang Jingshen were the closest and jumped in shock, “Millennium ginseng!”
“What? Millennium ginseng? I heard that once a ginseng passes its thousandth year, it can save a man from certain death!”
“Millennium ginseng? The world actually has such a divine item?”
“Elder Yu and Elder Zhang spoke at the same time. So it must be real…”
“This gift is priceless.”
Li Mo attracted everyone’s attention with his filial gesture.
The illegitimate son was so rich yet the clan had no idea? It all happened so casually that Ning Baihe’s shocking words paled before the shock given by the millennium ginseng.
Li Xuanyu, Li Shili, and Li Shizhong never saw it coming. They were all slackjawed.
Li Mo said, “Brother Hu, now.”
Li Shili now realized who invited Chuan Province’s Tang Group’s son in law.
Hu Dezhi clapped and a woman in her forties from behind him presented a device.
Hu Dezhi explained, “This is the latest in DNA testing. It can show the result instantly!
“She is Chuan Province’s military-affiliated hospital’s deputy chair of the board, Yu Mingyu. I believe everyone should’ve heard of her. “
“Of course…”
“Deputy chair of the board Yu often appears on television. The whole nation knows her.”
“She holds power in the national health department and is a worldly renowned doctor.”
Li Shili’s tone was unnatural when he asked Li Mo, “What are planning?”
“A DNA test, right here and right now to ascertain the relation between us.”
“I refuse!” Li Shili barked, “We are not related. Go test whoever, but leave me out of it!”
“Your words are useless. It is this device who will tell the truth.”
Li Shili’s demeanor crumbled under his rage, “Men, get this spawn out of here and beat him up!”
Ten men rushed over but Hu Dezhi, Wang Huan, Yu Boyan, Zhang Jingshen, Secretary Wang, and more, all guests off Li Shili’s guest list, stood by Li Mo’s side.
Li Shili’s legs began shaking at this scene.
What did that mean? That all of them were here at Li Mo’s request.
What was called favor? This. They didn’t recognize Li Mo for his clan, but for being himself.
Those that called Li Shili brother were sporting different faces.
This wasn’t being haughty. They were on polite terms with Li Shili, while Li Mo’s were friends.
“Test.” Li Xuanyu spoke.
Deputy chair of the board Yu took Li Shili’s blood despite his vehement protests. he could do nothing when even grand-sir intervened.
Deputy chair of the board Yu then took Li Mo’s blood and the DNA device began analyzing.
Li Shili turned to the ashen Li Shili, “If this proves there’s no relation between us, today marks your death!”
Li Shili blew a gasket, “Evil spawn, it is my fault for being lenient on you then. I should’ve killed you when I had the chance!”
At this point, pretty much all the guests could figure out that Li Shili and Li Mo had bad blood between them.
The DNA device concluded in five minutes with a flash of green.
“99% match, they are father and son!”
Li Shili was white as paper. He knew the result even without the device.
Li Mo sighed.
Ning Baihe snorted, “So what if their DNA match? It only proves Shui Tingyun didn’t have an affair when together with Shili, but not after. Shili caught her red-handed then and cast her out. Shili, isn’t that right?”
Li Shili parted his mouth but words left him.
Bang!
Li Mo raised his hand and slapped Ning Baihe.
Ning Baihe bled from the mouth and shrieked as she jumped Li Mo.
Li Mo gave her another slap and another, leaving her rooted on the spot.
“Wretched spawn, you take my Ning clan for air?”
Ning clan head flew into a rage and ten bodyguards stepped forward.
“You take the Mo clan as invisible?”
Mo Ziyang sank into his habit of flipping tables, then arrived in no time at all before Li Mo.
“I can no longer stand this injustice!”
