Chapter 193
The news was exposed by someone from the research institute.
The content was easy to understand too.
The exposer secretly pointed out that Mu Chen used to be a genius, how could he not be able to even make the antidote for this disease?
Even if he couldn’t, it’s been so many months, why doesn’t he have a basic outline of something that could possibly work?
That person analyzed a few reasonable points with proof.
And he eventually made a conclusion.
Mu Chen didn’t want to save them.
[Holy s***, I think this sounds reasonable.]
[I’ve heard that Mu Chen is a moody person. It’s possible that he’s selfish and he doesn’t want to save others.]
[Tsk, does he even have any morals as a doctor?]
[Don’t stop me, I’m going to blow his ancestor’s grave up.]
[Disgusting. He’s watching people die, how is the genius in the medical field?]
Mu Chen even smiled when he flipped through the comments and thought these people were right about him.
He indeed didn’t have any morals.
So what?
Mu Chen didn’t really feel anything when he read the comments, but it didn’t mean that he wanted the child to see it.
After all, this brat could read quite a lot of characters already, perhaps she read it already.
The man took the phone from her hands expressionlessly and pinched the little girl who was spacing out. He stayed silent for a while but pursed his lips together, “Brat?”
Ye Sang blinked and didn’t say anything.
“Uncle.” She stretched out her little hand and tugged a corner of his clothes, sounding soft and obedient.
Mu Chen replied, “Mhm.”
The little thing whispered, “Sangsang can’t read those characters.”
She gave him a hug and then clung to his thighs like a koala. She pouted and changed the topic, “What are we eating today?”
Mu Chen immediately saw through her intention and his fingertips moved a little. He pursed his lips together and replied indifferently, “Up to you.”
It was impossible for him to make food anyway.
More like he would blow the kitchen up with Ye Sang.
Mu Chen stretched out a finger and poked her forehead, “How about we eat outside?”
It was a good suggestion.
The little thing didn’t have any objections and nodded, “Okay.”
Mu Chen glanced at her overalls and raised an eyebrow, “Who put this on for you?”
Ye Sang pulled the straps and replied, “Sister.”
Mu Chen: “...” A stab right to the heart.
He didn’t even know how to put it on yet another kid put it on her so easily.
Ouch.
Ye Sang didn’t know how shocked he was and he didn’t even speak while hugging her.
The little thing buried her head in his arms with a nice faint smell and hugged him tightly.
...
Mu Chen didn’t take the news to his heart and even planned to take the child outside for food.
The little thing wore a pair of overalls with puffed cheeks, looking rather cute when her cat eyes.
She glanced all around her and made the women on the streets melt.
They all yelled, “Baby look at me!! Mommy loves you!”
Mu Chen’s face turned dark from this.
He pulled the little thing who was walking in front of him back and pinched her chubby face expressionlessly and found a quiet place to eat.
Ye Sang felt like her face was distorting.
The little girl said that she wanted KFC, and the man stared at her for a few seconds.
Eventually...
He surrendered.
Mu Chen hugged the little ball and wanted to curse.
When he spent time with her, he was never able to let his anger out on her.
He pulled her cheeks and never expected that he welcomed his first time going to KFC in his life.
All the people were here because of their children. But Mu Chen and a pretty little girl was doubtless the most eye-catching scene.
They caught many people’s attention.
“She’s so cute, both the father and daughter are good-looking.”
“Right? I really want to pinch her chubby face.”
“Woah, she’s so cute.”
Someone on the other table narrowed her eyes thoughtfully and whispered at Mu Chen, “Oi, doesn’t that man look like Mu Chen?”
Now that she mentioned it, she reminded everyone around her.
He quickly took out his phone and carefully checked the photo on Weibo and confirmed it.
“He is Mu Chen.”
The girl sighed, “Tsk, how does he have the face to take his kid out for food?”
“I know a reporter,” The boy whispered, “I’ll call him and tell him to bring people over.”
As for what he wanted them to do, it was too obvious.
The girl nodded without objections.
...
The little thing put her head on the table restlessly and she fidgeted around eagerly.
She started blowing on her fringe and poked her puffed cheeks.
Everyone started smiling at it.
“Uncle...” Ye Sang suddenly blinked and called out at Mu Chen, who was spacing out.
The man looked at her and replied, “What’s wrong?”
Before she could ask, a waitress brought over the hamburgers, drumsticks, and chips.
Under Mu Chen’s speechless glance, she swayed her short legs and started munching on a drumstick, looking rather contented and pleased.
She totally forgot what she was going to say.
He slapped his forehead and didn’t bother with a brat.
After the little girl had enough, Mu Chen paid and wanted to leave with her.
The little thing covered her full stomach and slowly walked at the front with short legs.
But the couple sitting next to them suddenly stopped them.
“Wait.”
The boy plucked the courage and stood up, “Are you Mu Chen?”
The restaurant sank into deadly silence.
Who didn’t know who Mu Chen was?
The number viral news had his name on it.
The man narrowed his deep and beautiful eyes without reply.
Seeing how many people were blocking the door, Mu Chen’s pupils shrank.
“Come back.” He panicked.
Without a doubt, it was for Ye Sang.
But it was too late.
After the little thing walked out, she faced a crowd of people who quickly surrounded and blocked them without caring that she was a child.
They knew that they had a good relationship from how nervous Mu Chen was.
The man’s face turned dark and clenched his fist, his eyes were filled with ice and malice.
And he scared everyone in the restaurant.
His face was expressionless as he left the restaurant gloomily.
The man pursed his lips together tightly and pulled the little thing into his arms without hesitation.
Ye Sang buried her face into Mu Chen’s sturdy chest and blinked slightly.
For the first time, the little thing thought that...
Her daddy’s hug made her feel so safe.
Chapter 194: He’s Still Sangsang’s Daddy No Matter How Bad He Is
“Daddy...” The little thing clenched his clothes anxiously and sobbed.
Mu Chen looked down and hugged her as he lightly rubbed the back of her neck to comfort her.
Honestly, it was the first time in his life feeling so panicked.
“Don’t be scared...”
“Daddy’s here.” The man comforted her in a low voice and when he looked up, coldness and malice filled his eyes.
But the reporters didn’t care.
They all shoved their cameras into his face and asked questions as if they were pouring beans on his face:
“Mr. Mu, what are your thoughts on the news?”
“Mr. Mu, do you have arguments against the information that the staff from the research institute exposed?”
The first few questions were considered mild.
But it became harsher and harsher.
Mu Chen was blocked there and he couldn’t leave, the little thing’s curly lashes trembled and she buried herself in his arms.
“Mr. Mu, if you can make the antidote, why are you watching people die?”
The man stayed silent.
The male reporter continued to ask, “I’ve investigated into your family background, your parents used to work there too.”
“They were geniuses when they were alive and even made contributions to the society after they were dead.”
“Did they know that you grew up to be a cold-blooded and selfish person?”
Mu Chen pressed the little thing in his arms tightly and looked up expressionlessly, “You can go down there and ask them yourself.”
Male reporter: “...”
Seeing that he failed, another woman reported took over:
“Mr. Mu, why are you watching people die?”
“Why do you choose to ignore it if you can save them?”
“Mr. Mu, is that your illegitimate child?”
“The outside world had no information about her and you don’t seem to have any relatives, so is this child really your illegitimate child?”
Mu Chen covered the little girl’s ears expressionlessly, hiding the iciness in his eyes.
“Mr. Mu, do you know how many people you’ll kill? You don’t even have any morals as a doctor, aren’t you letting your dead parents down?”
“Mr. Mu...”
The crowd of people squeezed them recklessly and asked harsher and sharper questions.
*
Public opinions spread like the wind; even people on the internet started to criticize him.
The first person who learned about the news was Shen Chuchen. The Shen family’s network was spread out through the entire city and it was easy for news to reach him.
Huo Yao also received the same news. But before he could do anything, Shen Chuchen had already given him a call.
He said, “I’m going to pick Sangsang up, don’t show your face yet.”
After a pause, the man added, “It’ll be chaos if you do.”
Huo Yao frowned and snorted coldly, “Easy for you to say. If you went, aren’t you telling the entire world that Sangsang is your daughter?”
He understood why, but it was horrible that Shen Chuchen was looting from a burning house!
The man smiled, “Don’t worry, I’m only going there to pick them up. If we go there together, they’ll probably figure something out especially with so many reporters there. What are we gonna do if they think we are gay, right?”
Huo Yao was disgusted by his words.
The man hung up the call expressionless and gifted him the words, “F*** off”.
And the two’s unfriendly conversation ended like this.
...
Shen Chuchen put his hands in his pocket lazily and glanced at Special Assistant Liu.
He smiled lightly.
“Follow me.”
Special Assistant Liu’s eyes lit up and followed eagerly.
“Boss boss, are we going to blow up those newspaper agencies?”
Shen Chuchen narrowed his eyes lazily in silence.
The man walked with his hands in his pocket and Special Assistant Liu immediately followed. His tall and cold back view made him look like a villain who was about to make a mess.
*
A crowd of people surrounded them and some people looked extremely indignant at the injustice.
“Watching people die is your institute’s so-called morals?”
“Tsk, is that kid your illegitimate child? You have a child too, how could you be so merciless?”
“If his parents knew, they would regret it so much.”
Mu Chen was calm.
Regret?
He sneered.
Who knows.
The little thing felt the man’s rigid body and hugged him subconsciously while calling him helplessly, “Daddy daddy...”
Although her voice was soft, the reporters were people who could watch six roads and listen in all directions at the same time.
The eyes of the female reporter who stood the closest to Ye Sang lit up, “Listen, she called Mu Chen daddy!”
Isn’t this the best proof?
Immediately, the crowd started to stir restlessly.
They didn’t know who started it but they all yelled towards Ye Sang,
“Your dad isn’t a good thing, you will definitely grow up to be a harm to society too.”
The little thing’s lashes trembled and dragged her voice on. In an angle where the others couldn’t see, tears started forming in her eyes, “... That’s not true.”
Ye Sang’s voice was too soft and others couldn’t hear her at all.
That person continued to yell, “He could save them, why is he watching them die?”
“Do you think this person is good enough to be your father, good enough to be a doctor?”
The person became sharper and sharper.
Mu Chen listened to his aggressive interrogation and his stroking on Ye Sang’s neck stopped.
The man’s eyes trembled and his throat felt dry.
Mu Chen could feel the little thing’s tears on his shirt and his heart ached at the feeling.
He hugged her tightly and pressed down all the dark emotions. He looked at the aggressive reporter, “Don’t say that to my child.”
The man covered her ears and replied in a clear voice, “My daughter’s still young.”
“Ha.”
Someone immediately smiled coldly.
“You know that your daughter’s still young? Then think about those children who are waiting for you to save them, arent’ they pitiful too? You can’t stand it because we said something? Why won’t a cold-blooded and merciless person go die?”
Mu Chen smiled lightly.
He was indeed a bad person.
But so what?
No one was ever kind to him.
“Daddy...” While Mu Chen was spacing out, the little thing’s trembling voice sounded from his arms.
He froze for a second and let her break free unnoticed.
The sharp and piercing voice sounded again as he targetted Ye Sang.
He sneered: “He’s such a cold-blooded person, I’m afraid that his daughter doesn’t even know what kind of person he is.”
“How does it feel to acknowledge a traitor like your father? Huh?”
“Wu...” The little thing heard his words and froze in her spot for a few seconds. After a while, she tried her best not to cry but she couldn’t help but sob.
Ye Sang’s little milky voice sounded terrified, “But he’s still Sangsang’s daddy no matter how bad he is.”
Chapter 195: Perhaps You Are Her Dad?
Those around her were shocked by her words.
Some opened their mouths and wanted to argue back.
But no one had the face to say anything to a young little girl.
Someone couldn’t help but say, “Have you thought of the suffering other people went through, saying that? He can save them but he won’t, is this type of person worth defending?”
Tears rolled down her cheeks but for once, she didn’t let herself cry, “But Sangsang only wants daddy...”
Ye Sang’s voice trembled. She was terrified but she still chose to stand firmly before Mu Chen and wiped her tears, “Y-You all want to save people, but Sangsang only wants daddy.”
The little thing started sobbing and her tear-filled face made their hearts melt.
“...”
All the reporters were speechless.
They didn’t do anything wrong, but the child was even more innocent.
It was exactly like what she said.
No matter how bad Mu Chen was, she only wanted her dad.
They’ve been in the entertainment industry for so long and they’ve encountered many strange things, but they haven’t met a child like this before.
Other five-year-old children didn’t understand things like this.
They all stood with the world, but she wanted to stand next to Mu Chen.
The chaotic situation fell into a short period of silence because of a child’s innocent words.
Her childish and tearful “Sangsang only wants Daddy” made Mu Chen freeze on the spot.
The man stared at the teary little thing and the tense string in his heart snapped.
His heart never felt so soft.
Mu Chen pulled her back and hugged her tightly. He wiped tears from her face little by little and eventually smiled, “What are you crying for?”
It wasn’t his first time seeing this crybaby cry.
But no other times made him feel as sorry as this time.
The little thing sobbed so hard that she could barely breathe. She buried herself into his arms and hugged him tightly.
She was like a poor little cub.
...
When Shen Chuchen rushed over, he just happened to hear this. He put a hand in his pocket lazily and gentleness flashed across his eyes.
Tsk.
Here comes another one to fight over his daughter in the future.
Special Assistant Liu stood on his tiptoes and looked at the crowd of reporters and bystanders, feeling distressed, “How are we going to get in there?”
Judging from the situation, those people definitely won’t Mu Chen go easily.
Shen Chuchen tapped the car lightly with his fingertips. After a while, he stopped leaning against it and straightened up lazily.
The man smiled coldly.
He doesn’t have any so-called values whatsoever.
Shen Chuchen looked at all the people who blocked the door and smiled with evilness fashed across his beautiful eyes.
He grinned. “Run into them.”
Special Assistant Liu: “...”
“??!”
When he finally realized what he meant, Shen Chuchen had already opened the door and gotten in. Then he smiled and stepped on the accelerator furiously, running directing into them.
The sportscar’s tires sent dust up in the air. All the reporters turned around abruptly and saw a red sportscar running directing at them.
Their souls almost left their bodies.
The reporters immediately scattered away.
The man performed a perfect drift and stopped by the door. He poked his head out of the car and revealed his charming face.
Shen Chuchen smiled nastily at those reporters, “I dare you to move everyone.”
They all hushed in terror.
One of the reporters wasn’t happy and mumbled, “Who is this? Why is he so arrogant? He almost ran over us and he doesn’t even apologize, he’s threatening us?”
“Shut up.” Another person rolled his eyes at him and ground his teeth, “If you dare to move, your newspaper agency will go bankrupt tomorrow.”
No one knew how strong the Shen family’s relation network was, but no one dared to offend him if they wanted to stay in the entertainment industry.
Knowing how arrogant Shen Chuchen was, he was already considered merciful for not crushing their faces with his car.
“We are going.” The man smiled and called out to the blank-looking Special Assistant Liu and the others.
The red sportscar left and made the others inhale a stomach of dust, but they all swallowed their complaints.
This is too much!!
*
Shen Chuchen had the chance to pretend to be cool. He didn’t take them straight back to the Mu family but turned around to eat lamb skewers at the amusement part.
Special Assistant Liu’s lips twitched. He watched his boss fall to this and couldn’t help but exclaim how fast a person could change.
The little thing was probably terrified and she even sobbed in her sleep.
They all felt so bad for her.
Mu Chen patted her back lightly and he was as patient and gentle as he could ever be.
Shen Chuchen drove them to the amusement park. He had never eaten here before but after going with Ye Sang, he unexpectedly found it to be quite good.
“Excuse me,” The man called lazily and ordered beer and lamb skewers.
Under a crowd of people’s curious glances, he sat down carefreely and started chatting with Mu Chen.
“What do you think of Sangsang?” He rested his chin on his hands and asked amusedly.
Mu Chen’s movement paused and his eyes landed on Shen Chuchen, “What do you want to say?”
The brat was like a little sun.
No wonder Huo Yao and Shen Chuchen fought over her.
The man blinked and asked back, “Aren’t you curious as to why Sangsang calls both of us daddy?”
After a while, Shen Chuchen added, “And you.”
“Don’t tell me you’ve never felt curious about it?”
Mu Chen hugged the little girl even tighter. His heart beat accelerated uncontrollably as he pursed his lips together to force him to calm down.
The man breathed deeply and replied expressionlessly: “I did.”
But knowing his personality, he wouldn’t ask first no matter how curious he was.
He at most thought that one of them was a godfather or something like that.
Shen Chuchen swayed the bottle of beer sloppily and filled a cup for himself. He grinned and looked at Ye Sang gently, “Have you ever thought of the possibility that this child wasn’t lying from the beginning?”
“Perhaps...” His lips curved upwards and looked straight at Mu Chen, “Perhaps you ARE her dad?”
Shen Chuchen didn’t originally plan to tell Mu Chen the truth so early.
He didn’t want his daughter to have another father.
But seeing how much the little thing cared, his silly daughter would feel wronged if he hid the truth from Mu Chen.
After Shen Chuchen finished speaking, Mu Chen’s beautiful dark pupils shrank and astonishment appeared on his face.
Chapter 196: Paternity Test Results
Shen Chuchen watched Mu Chen’s expressions and smiled. He bit into his lamb skewers happily and squinted his eyes lazily as he looked to the night view not far from him, feeling the unprecedented calmness in his heart.
In fact, these three didn’t exactly feel that hostile towards each other.
The only conflict they had was their daughter.
They all lived in the darkest part of the world and no one would know them more than each other.
Shen Chuchen drank a glass of beer and thought it was quite nice.
“Want a drink, brother?”
Look.
It’s only been a while and he’s started calling Mu Chen brother already.
Mu Chen ignored him. The poor little girl clenched his clothes tightly in his arms and sobbed in her sleep.
He patted her back to comfort her and looked up expressionlessly, “What do you mean?”
Shen Chuchen supported his chin whilst grinning and slowly replied, “Exactly what you are thinking.”
He counted the numbers and couldn’t help but to laugh, “We found three out of five, but we have information on the other two as well.”
However, Huo Yao was the genius who helped her find the first two.
They didn’t have any relationships with the other two.
He didn’t mind telling Mu Chen because these three could spend time evenly with their daughter.
As for Su Ye and Gu Cheng?
Hah.
They can play wherever they want.
Even three were too many people to share with, let alone five.
Mu Chen’s eyes twitched.
What was going on?
“Sangsang is your daughter, do you believe it?” He raised his tone slightly and asked gloomily.
Mu Chen opened his mouth and wanted to say that Shen Chuchen was joking, but he saw Shen Chuchen’s serious eyes and his throat felt dry, “Are you serious?”
Shen Chuchen rolled his eyes at him, “Do I need to give you a paternity test result?”
Honestly, he felt annoyed just from looking at the result, he might as well slap it onto Dog Mu’s face.
Mu Chen replied slowly, “I won’t mind it if you give it to me.”
He made a rough assumption from Shen Chuchen’s annoyed expressions.
But it was an assumption, after all, he would feel different if he actually saw the test result.
Shen Chuchen glanced at Special Assistant Liu who was on his side, and he quickly took out the file he brought alone and shoved the thin paper with paternity test result into Mu Chen’s hands.
The human and his dog both looked sloppy while doing that.
Shen Chuchen calmly enjoyed Mu Chen’s expressions change drastically, he smiled and felt much better.
Huo Yao and he were the best helpers.
Others would try to hide it but one of them pushed their daughter into other people’s arms, and one of them helped with paternity tests.
They were probably the most unfortunate fathers in history, weren’t they?
“So?” The man supported his chin and sounded annoyed.
Mu Chen tightened the grasp on the test result and his knuckles turned white. He looked down at the sound asleep little thing and he couldn’t mask the shock in his eyes.
He...
Has a daughter?
No.
He hasn’t even touched a woman before as he shut himself at the research institute for as long as he could remember, where did he get this daughter come from?
Shen Chuchen pulled a smile, “Surprised? Intense?”
Mu Chen rigidly hugged the little bun tightly and squeezed out a few words stiffly, “...Too i-intense...”
Damn it.
Who could explain this to him?
He carefully held the child and he was too scared to wake her up.
The man’s head was ringing as he was still confused.
How did it feel to learn that his enemy’s child was his daughter?
Mu Chen felt sick.
Shen Chuchen enjoyed watching his expressions change and then lazily continued, “I have a rough idea, but the emphasis is on her “grandpas”.”
He made the plural heavier in an attempt to remind Mu Chen.
The man pulled his lips and hugged the little girl tightly. He rested his chin on her head and sounded airy, “Her grandpas...”
“Aren’t they gods?”
A doctor should be benevolent, and dare to be the first.
Is that something normal people would say?
Honestly speaking, none of Ye Sang’s fathers could do this.
Shen Chuchen pondered, “Who knows?”
It was always the “number one”.
“To tell the truth...” He felt defeated, “I only have two words to describe the impression I have of Ye Sang’s grandpas.”
Mu Chen raised an eyebrow. “What is it?”
Shen Chuchen smiled. “Number one.”
Mu Chen: “...”
He recalled what he learned and thought that he was quite successful in comparison.
“She has so many grandpas, who knows who they are?” Shen Chuchen munched on his skewer and sounded cold.
Mu Chen didn’t know who they were either.
He didn’t chase for an answer but carefully held the little girl. He lowered his head and smiled as he pressed his forehead against hers.
He was always alone whether it was his previous life or this life.
But now.....
He suddenly had a daughter.
It would be fake to say that he wasn’t feeling complicated.
The man lightly pinched her soft cheeks and a smile flashed across his eyes.
Bloodline was a wonderous thing.
It felt quite nice to be defended for the first time...
The little thing turned her head and stuck onto him like an octopus, a cute round ball.
“Da...” She mumbled a milky syllable as if she ate something nice in her dream and it made their hearts melt.
When a young and fragile life was in his arms, Mu Chen felt helpless and he didn’t know what to do.
He was scared to bump her and Shen Chuchen was surprised at how careful and panicked he was.
Damn.
So Huo Yao and him weren’t the only ones who had big reactions.
Even Dog Mu.
Look at him.
He was so careful that he looked like a different person.
Shen Chuchen forced himself to help Mu Chen and felt annoyed. He took a sip of beer and narrowed his eyes lazily. He watched a bunch of kids playing in the amusement park not far from him and smiled.
Luckily she was asleep.
Or she would fight them to play too.
Perhaps he shouldn’t have said that. The idea had only just popped up in his mind when the little thing woke up.
After she woke up, she blinked her cat eyes sleepily. When she met with Mu Chen’s pretty dark eyes, Ye Sang stared blankly for a few seconds and pouted as she didn’t want to give up, “Daddy.”
Although she knew that he probably won’t reply, but the little thing still wanted to call him that.
But today, the man looked down said “mhm”.
He stretched a hand out and pinched her face gently.
The little thing pouted and thought that this person was up to no good.
“Uncle.” Ye Sang called him again seriously.