Rebirth from the Ashes

569-570

Chapter 569: Stone Cold and Inhuman

“Fu Qingxuan!” Fu Qingli scoffed coldly while his gaze was fixated on his brother. “Where do you think you’re hiding?”

With tears all over his face, Fu Qingxuan sniffled and stuck his neck out. “Who’s hiding? I’m not hiding. Why would I hide?”

Without giving him another look, Fu Qingli approached Shangguan Yanqiu who was lying on the bed. His calm and grim eyes finally cracked as worry seeped through. He furiously looked at Fu Qingxuan and questioned him. “What happened to Mom?”

Fu Qingxuan really did it this time. Fu Qingli might be able to lay him off for taking Mom out, but what was Mom doing lying in bed? Was she sick? What was wrong?

Intimidated by the glare, Fu Qingxuan was shaken and it showed in his voice. “S-she… p-passed out.”

With a raised brow, Fu Qingli’s complexion grew chillingly scary.

Fu Qingxuan kept to himself and merely moved his gaze to Jin Yu.

It finally got to Fu Qingli’s head that there was someone else in the room. His sharp eyes darted toward Jin Yu as if to cut through him. His eyes reflected all sorts of emotions as a sense of familiarity swept over him. Yet, his voice remained as flat as ever, just like his whole being would be unaffected no matter where and when. “Who are you?”

While he was sizing Jin Yu up, Jin Yu was doing the same. He had learned bits and pieces about Fu Qingli from Li Yuan but had never bothered about what he looked like or what kind of person he was.

Perhaps, had Jin Yu grown interested in Fu Qingli sooner, they would not have had to wait till now to cross paths.

Jin Yu was about to speak.

Fu Qingxuan suddenly stood up and protectively jumped in front of Jin Yu. His tone was firm as he relayed every word. “He’s Dad!”

Hiding the scowl in his eyes, Fu Qingli clenched his fists tight as every inch of his being was screaming and trembling. Still, he kept his cool. “He told you?”

The man before him had similar or even identical bearings to Dad.

However, his face was utmost unfamiliar. It was a face he had never seen before.

“Mom recognized him.” Fu Qingxuan mustered all his courage to look Fu Qingli in the eye. “I can be sure that he is our father.”

At this very moment, Jin Yu was caught in an interplay of emotions.

For Fu Qingxuan to come to his defense without hesitation, Jin Yu was embraced with warmth and happiness.

Although he was relieved by Fu Qingli’s aloofness and composure, he was also saddened by it.

Indeed, Fu Qingli’s response was normal toward a person whose identity had not been backed by proof but only intuition.

Yet, Jin Yu felt sorry for Fu Qingli to have the self-control that he had.

“Oh, really?” Fu Qingli took a good look at Jin Yu before turning to Fu Qingxuan. “Whether it’s true or not, we shall wait for a DNA test to tell.”

He sat by the bed and lowered his gaze to shield the fleeting complicated feelings and woes in his vision.

Infuriated by his heartless words, Fu Qingxuan was huffing in rage. Turning bloodshot in the eyes once more, he hissed through clenched teeth. “Do you not believe Mom or me?”

What was the meaning of this?

Who was he trying to insult?

DNA test? Why was there a need for a DNA test?