The younger generation, starting from where the wind blows...

Chapter 258 This family must break up!

Su Mingyu had anticipated that Su Mingcheng would act uncooperatively and was prepared for this.

"I've saved up some money from working these past two years. If you come to the hospital tomorrow morning and the results prove I was wrong, I'll give you 10,000 yuan as an apology!"

After saying that, he left without looking back.

Su Mingcheng stood there stunned for a few seconds before he reacted, then, furious and embarrassed, shouted at Su Mingyu's retreating figure:
"Why would I care about your ten thousand yuan?"

"You're dreaming if you want me to go to the hospital!"

……

The next morning, at the entrance of the Southeast University Affiliated Hospital.

Su Mingcheng took a taxi early and waited for more than half an hour before he saw Su Mingyu walking over from the sidewalk.

She had a bag slung over her shoulder, clutching it tightly in one hand, as if afraid of losing it.

Su Mingcheng hesitated for a moment, but finally gritted his teeth and quickly stepped forward.

Upon meeting, he was visibly impatient.

"Couldn't you have come a little earlier? You're willing to bet ten thousand yuan, but you can't even afford to take a taxi?"

Su Mingyu was too lazy to waste words with Su Mingcheng and went straight into the hospital.

Taking a taxi from the school to here would cost at least fifty yuan, while taking the subway would only cost two yuan.

She earned all her money through hard work, unlike Su Mingcheng, who only needed to open his mouth to receive "milk".

As Su Mingcheng quickly caught up, he warned him rudely:

"Let me tell you, I'm not here today for your money. I'm here to give you an explanation, because you've called me 'brother' for so many years!"

Su Mingyu, who was walking in front, suddenly turned around.

Su Mingcheng slammed on the brakes and nearly hit Su Mingyu.

"It's free, right? Perfect! I'll give it to anyone I see who feels sorry for me when we get to the hospital!"

Su Mingcheng stared wide-eyed at Su Mingyu.

Are you fucking sick?

"Where's the money? Give it to me!"

Su Mingyu took out a thick brown envelope from her handbag. Su Mingcheng reached out to take it, but Su Mingyu stuffed the envelope back into her bag.

"I told you, the money is yours once the results are in."

"Row!"

Su Mingcheng snorted coldly and walked into the hospital first.

Ten minutes later, in the genetics clinic.

After listening to Su Mingyu's request, the doctor adjusted his glasses and took the opportunity to glance at Su Mingyu and Su Mingcheng.

In terms of appearance, they do not look very alike.

Su Mingcheng, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke up:
"Doctor, how much does this kinship test cost?"

"Standard appraisal: 2000; expedited appraisal: 5000."

As soon as the doctor finished speaking, Su Mingyu immediately followed up:
How long does it take to get the results with expedited processing?

The doctor was stunned for a moment.

Normally, people would ask how long the regular processing time is first. But to ask how long the expedited processing time is right off the bat, how anxious must they be to know the result?

"About six hours."

The doctor glanced at his watch and said, "I should be able to get the results today, before I leave work at six."

Su Mingcheng was taken aback upon hearing this.

Six hours?
He thought it would be like a blood test, and at most it would be done in a little over an hour.

Just as I was about to ask how long the normal time would take, Su Mingyu's voice rang out first.

"Doctor, we need expedited service."

The doctor glanced at Su Mingcheng.

Su Mingcheng originally wanted to oppose it.

He felt that expedited service was too expensive, and that it was better to do a regular one, which would only mean waiting a few more days.

But Su Mingyu had already made her point clear beforehand.

Moreover, just now at the hospital entrance, Su Mingcheng mocked Su Mingyu for not even paying for a taxi.

If he said he thought it was too expensive, Su Mingyu would definitely look down on him.

"Okay, then let's do it expedited, so that someone won't be unable to sleep tonight!"

The doctor wrote out a prescription, and Su Mingyu took it to the payment window to queue up.

Su Mingcheng stood aside and watched.

When it was Su Mingyu's turn, Su Mingcheng saw that Su Mingyu had taken the money from an envelope, and he was immediately furious.

After Su Mingyu paid the money, Su Mingcheng immediately went over to question her about why she had touched the money in the envelope.

Didn't we agree that the 10,000 yuan was a "bet"?

Su Mingyu gave Su Mingcheng a cold look.

"You know that's a bet, we'll talk about it after you win."

After saying that, he took the payment slip and walked towards the laboratory.

snort!
What's with the arrogance?

When the results come out, you'll be crying.

With that thought in mind, Su Mingcheng quickly followed.

After the blood was drawn, Su Mingcheng didn't want to wait idly in the hospital, so he found an internet cafe nearby, opened a computer, and sat down.

I played CrossFire for an hour, lost six games in a row, and finally quit the game cursing.

I watched the video for a while, but nothing particularly interesting came to mind.

The Old Boys and Plastic Brothers, whom I've been following, haven't updated their videos recently.

It's said that a short online film has been made, but it won't be released until this weekend.

Su Mingcheng checked the time; only two hours had passed. He raised his hand, called over the internet cafe manager, and ordered a plate of fried rice.

It costs twenty yuan.

Su Mingcheng ordered without even blinking.

Although it has only been less than two months since the start of the school year, he has already spent most of the living expenses his family gave him.

He was thinking of finding an excuse to ask his family for some more money later, but unexpectedly Su Mingyu took the initiative to bring him money.

Ten thousand yuan is enough for me to live comfortably through this semester.

Deep down, Su Mingcheng never doubted his blood relation with Su Mingyu.

He already considered the 10,000 yuan "bet" as his own.

When the fried rice arrived, there was no soup in it.

Su Mingcheng then asked the internet cafe manager to bring him another bottle of orange juice with pulp.

Just finished eating and drinking—

"Drip drip!"

The QQ icon in the bottom right corner of the screen shows a busy status, and a friend has sent a new message.

Su Mingcheng moved his mouse over and saw that it was a message from his older brother, Su Mingzhe, so he quickly opened the chat box.

"Spending the middle of the day at an internet cafe again?"

"I'm about to start writing my graduation thesis, so I'm just looking up some information online." Su Mingcheng's lies came out without him even needing to think them through.

After sending the message, Su Mingcheng glanced at the time: 12:30 pm.

I did the math, and it should be around 9 p.m. in California.

I thought my older brother Su Mingzhe would be concerned about my thesis topic, but Su Mingzhe didn't mean that at all and went straight to asking about the family's recent situation.

"Everything is great. Mom just retired in September, and now she plays mahjong whenever she has free time. She's living a very comfortable life."

Su Mingcheng typed a reply.

"Where's Dad?"

"The same as always. Anyway, they all have retirement pensions, so there's no need to worry. You can just stay in the US and develop your career. I'll graduate next year, and I'll take care of things at home, so don't worry!" Across the ocean, in a student dormitory at Stanford University.

Sitting in front of his computer, Su Mingzhe saw the message from his younger brother and was speechless.

It's precisely because of you that I'm worried!
"By the way, how's Mingyu doing lately? I asked you to go to her school to check on her, did you go?"

"Brother, can you please stop mentioning that heartless woman? She's completely cut off all ties with the family, and you still treat her like a sister?"

Upon seeing Su Mingcheng's reply, Su Mingzhe subconsciously frowned.

He had already gone abroad when Su Mingyu took the college entrance examination.

Otherwise, Su Mingzhe would have tried his best to stop his mother from forcing Su Mingyu to change her college application.

Although Su Mingzhe knew that his mother did this so that she could save all the family's money for his studies abroad and for Su Mingcheng to attend a third-tier university.

But deep down, Su Mingzhe still felt quite sorry for Su Mingyu.

Su Mingzhe had explained this principle to Su Mingcheng more than once.

Every time, Su Mingcheng would verbally agree with Su Mingzhe's statement, but in reality, he didn't take it seriously at all.

Even so, Su Mingcheng had never said before that he didn't acknowledge Su Mingyu as his sister.

"What exactly happened? Did you and Mingyu have another fight?"

Su Mingcheng replied quickly:

"Brother, this time it's not my fault. She came to the school to find me, and as soon as we met, she complained to my girlfriend, saying a lot of bad things about me and my mom, and even called me a mama's boy. If it weren't for our past relationship, I would have slapped her on the spot!"

Su Mingzhe frowned.

"Mingyu took the initiative to come to you?"

In the internet cafe, Su Mingcheng saw the message sent by Su Mingzhe and snorted coldly.

Does it feel like the sun has risen in the west?
The most exciting part is yet to come!

"After deliberately driving my girlfriend away, she actually suggested that I take a DNA test with her, saying she suspected that my girlfriend wasn't my parents' biological child! Can you believe how stupid she is to come up with such a terrible idea?"

Not long after the message was sent, Su Mingzhe sent a shaking window.

"You agreed?"

"I agreed!"

Anyway, I don't have to pay anything, and I can even get paid!
As Su Mingcheng thought this to himself, his fingers flew across the keyboard:
"I just went to the hospital with her this morning to have my blood drawn. It was an expedited test, and the results will be available in six hours. I was getting bored while waiting at the hospital, so I came to the internet cafe to play for a while."

Snapped!
I pressed the Enter key and sent the message.

The next second, Su Mingcheng realized that things were not going well.

I just told Su Mingzhe that I came to the internet cafe to look up information, but I accidentally let it slip!
Just as she was thinking about how to salvage the situation, Su Mingzhe sent her a message in a fit of rage.

“Mingyu is doing such a stupid thing, and you, as her brother, don’t stop her? You’re even fooling around with her. Is your brain filled with mush?”

Su Mingcheng was completely stunned.

"Brother, whose side are you on? Su Mingyu has even made a scene at my school. If I don't go with her to do this psychiatric evaluation, she'll keep coming to bother me every few days. What am I supposed to do?"

Su Mingzhe replied instantly:
"You should have told me first! If you can't persuade Mingyu, I will! Go back to the hospital right now and tell Mingyu that the paternity test is not allowed. Tell her to come to the internet cafe, and I'll talk to her!"

Seeing how nervous Su Mingzhe was, Su Mingcheng finally realized that something was wrong.

"Brother, let's get it done, what's there to worry about? Or do you know something and are deliberately hiding it from me?"

"I know nothing!" The usually refined Su Mingzhe blurted out a curse.

In fact, Su Mingzhe had secretly suspected the blood relationship between the three siblings a long time ago.

However, Su Mingzhe's suspicions were not directed at his sister, Su Mingyu.

It was his younger brother, Su Mingcheng!
Su Mingzhe has memories from a very young age. He remembers that when he was in the middle class of kindergarten, his younger brother Su Mingcheng was less than a year old.

For a long period of time, my father, Su Daqiang, did not live at home.

Every time Su Mingzhe asked where his father had gone, his mother Zhao Meilan would coldly reply.

I'm away on a business trip!
Until one afternoon, my grandmother came to our house.

Su Mingzhe was taking care of his younger brother Su Mingcheng while he was sleeping in the room when he suddenly heard arguing outside.

He mustered his courage and peeked through the crack in the door, witnessing a scene he would never forget.

Grandma knelt before her mother, Zhao Meilan, pleading desperately for something.

Zhao Meilan covered her face and wept, initially ignoring her grandmother's pleas.

Finally, the grandmother started kowtowing repeatedly to Zhao Meilan, the loud thuds startling Su Mingzhe, who was hiding behind the door.

Finally, Zhao Meilan managed to pull her grandmother away after she hit her forehead and bled.

Later, I don't know what the two talked about, but my grandmother left happily.

My mother stood alone in the yard for a long time.

It wasn't until Su Mingcheng woke up and cried loudly until his voice was hoarse that Zhao Meilan went back to the room to feed him rice cereal.

Not long after that, Su Daqiang went home.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Meilan became pregnant with Su Mingyu.

Before Su Mingyu was born, her uncle's family's household registration was transferred to the city.

After being demoted to become a librarian, the father, Su Daqiang, stopped caring about anything at home and became completely invisible.

To outsiders, Su Mingzhe's relationship with his mother, Zhao Meilan, appears respectful and harmonious, but as her son, he knows that the two have long been like strangers.

She's only made do with this life for the sake of her children.

As he grew up, combined with his mother's dislike for his younger sister Mingyu and her favoritism towards his younger brother Mingcheng, Su Mingzhe developed a bold guess.

When my father went on a business trip, it was very likely that he was actually preparing to separate from my mother and get a divorce.

At that time, there was no housing reform, and the house where the Su family lived was allocated by Su Daqiang's work unit.

Once the parents divorce, the house will be reclaimed and redistributed.

Without the house, the uncle's family could no longer transfer their household registration to the city by staying with relatives.

In order to help her uncle's family change their household registration, the mother used some means to trick the father into returning home.

After becoming pregnant with Mingyu, she tied her father to her very side due to the rule that divorce was not allowed during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Originally, Su Mingzhe never considered the blood relationship between the three siblings, even though his parents had a strained relationship that even led to a potential divorce.

However, as Su Mingcheng grew up, Su Mingzhe discovered that the differences between him and his sister Su Mingyu were becoming increasingly significant.

Su Mingyu and Su Mingzhe look like siblings at a glance, but Su Mingcheng doesn't resemble them much.

If it were just their looks, that would be one thing, but Su Mingzhe and Su Mingyu are both excellent students, the kind of academic superstars you can't deny.

Su Mingcheng was the only one who was a poor student.

This made it hard for Su Mingzhe not to overthink things.

But in the past, Su Mingzhe only thought about it, and each time he comforted himself that he was overthinking it.

But now Su Mingyu actually dragged Su Mingcheng to get a kinship test. Although the results haven't come out yet, Su Mingzhe's heart is already in suspense.

I hope I'm just overthinking things.

Just as Su Mingzhe was praying silently, Su Mingyu was sitting on a bench in the hospital corridor, holding a two-yuan bread and a one-yuan bottle of mineral water.

This is her lunch today.

When I used to work on weekends, this was how I ate lunch and dinner.

In the past, Su Mingyu would still feel unsatisfied after finishing a piece of bread like this, but today she couldn't eat any more after only eating half of it.

She was feeling extremely conflicted and had no appetite whatsoever.

Finally, at four o'clock in the afternoon, the test results came out.

As soon as she received the test results, Su Mingyu went to the office of the doctor she had met that morning.

Just as I sat down, Su Mingcheng arrived.

Su Mingcheng went to the laboratory first but found nothing, so he quickly ran over here.

The doctor carefully reviewed the test results in front of the two siblings.

As soon as they put it down, Su Mingcheng and Su Mingyu said in unison:

"Doctor, what were the results?"

The doctor looked up and glanced at the two of them.

"According to the report, you two are indeed related by blood—"

(End of this chapter)