"She's really my younger sister, and I'm not the biological son of my current mother either," Han Shuo replied sullenly. He didn't find out about this until the very end.
"I'm my father's illegitimate son. My father's legitimate wife was unable to have children. Since I'm a boy, he took me back. I only learned this after the fire."
Han Shuo's father later became the richest man in Ling City. At first, he was just a penniless young man. Relying on his toughness, he gradually grew from a foreman to a small real - estate developer.
Han's father originally had a childhood sweetheart. However, like him, she came from a poor family. When Han's father began to make a name for himself at the age of thirty - two, he broke up with her without hesitation and married a powerful and wealthy young lady.
No one knew that this childhood sweetheart found out she was pregnant after the breakup.
She hid it well and disappeared from Ling City. She went out alone to work and raise the baby.
Less than half a year after Han's father got married, the young lady revealed that she was infertile. It was precisely for this reason that the young lady chose to marry this penniless young man with no background.
The marriage was already a fact, and Han's father was firmly controlled by the young lady's father. If he wanted to divorce, he would surely be ruined.
Helplessly, Han's father had to accept the fact that his wife was infertile. However, having grown up in a family that favored sons over daughters, he still cared a great deal about having an heir.
At this time, Mrs. Han proposed the idea of adoption.
Han's father didn't give a definite answer. It just felt strange to raise a child that wasn't his own, so he just postponed the matter.
A year later, Han's father's former lover suddenly came to him.
She had been working hard outside for a year. Without a diploma and not being very smart, she could only do low - level jobs. In the later stages of her pregnancy, she even lost the chance to do those low - level jobs. Relying on the money she had saved by living frugally, she barely gave birth to the child.
She needed money for the postpartum recovery period. Having no money, she had to borrow, and finally, drowning in debts, she couldn't hold on any longer and came to find Han's father.
Just half a year after learning that his wife was infertile, a woman came to him with a child.
This was simply a great thing for Han's father. Moreover, even if this matter was discovered later and carefully investigated, it was just a mistake he had accidentally made in the past, and he hadn't had any extramarital affairs.
Han's father immediately arranged good food, clothing, housing, and transportation for his former lover. He secretly did a DNA test, and the result confirmed that the child was indeed his, so he finally felt relieved.
However, Han's father could only keep one child, and he only wanted Han Shuo. He promised to give his former lover a sum of money, an amount sufficient to buy a house in the city center and live a worry - free life.
By this time, his former lover had no feelings for Han's father anymore, so she readily agreed and left Han Shuo with him.
Then, Han's father first sent Han Shuo to an orphanage, and then rushed home non - stop to tell Mrs. Han that he agreed to adopt a child.
The couple immediately went to the orphanage and adopted Han Shuo.
Everything went smoothly. No one knew that Han Shuo was Han's father's biological child. The whole family kept it a secret from Han Shuo that he was adopted. Even Mrs. Han doted on him very much.
For the first nineteen years of his life, Han Shuo never suspected that he wasn't his parents' biological child.
"At that time when the accident happened and you came to me, I thought about telling you the truth. But later, Shao Rong came to me and told me about my background. I verified it, and it was true... After all, she's my younger sister, so I had to protect her..."
Han Shuo told Lin Yao everything without reservation.
"So, why are you telling me this now? Aren't you afraid that I'll nip this in the bud before anything even starts?" Lin Yao narrowed his eyes slightly. He always felt that things weren't that simple.
If this guy really cared so much about his family, why didn't he keep his mouth shut until the end? Why did he tell the truth at this moment?
"Later, when you took revenge on the Han family and the Han family was on the verge of bankruptcy, my father transferred all the liquid funds to Shao Rong. Since, legally, she had no relation with our family, my father originally planned to use this money to make a comeback in another place. However, Shao Rong took the money and ran away."
"So now you've seen that woman's true colors, remembered Miaomiao's kindness in saving your life, and come here wanting to turn over a new leaf? Han Shuo, you're underestimating me and the seriousness of this matter!"
Lin Yao was on the verge of an outburst. If it weren't for the medical equipment behind him still beeping for Miaomiao, he would surely teach Han Shuo a lesson about being a good person.
"I know that in my previous life, I was blind and stupid. So when I saw the news about Miaomiao in this life, I rushed here immediately. I know you'll never forgive me, and I don't expect your forgiveness. I just hope you can give me a chance to make up for what I've done to Miaomiao. I'm willing to spend my whole life making up for this guilt. I just hope you can give me this chance..."
"What gives you the right to say such things in front of me? Just because you were reborn and Miaomiao wasn't? Do you think if Miaomiao knew all this, would she forgive you? Would she hate you? You're an accomplice who protected the murderer who killed her. What makes you think you can say these things?"
"Sorry, I really... know I was wrong..."
Han Shuo knelt on the ground, sincerely repenting.
He was wrong the moment he chose to protect his sister and deny his savior the truth.
No matter what he did, he couldn't make up for this mistake. In his heart, he didn't think Miaomiao would forgive someone like him.
In the second half of his life, he lived in nightmares and guilt every day. He wasn't supposed to be such a person, but he had become the one he hated the most.
He had made up his mind to live a bright and honest life.
But in the end, he chose to walk into hell.
"You're unworthy. You'll never be worthy. Get out of here now, or I won't mind making your family go bankrupt again."
Lin Yao threw Han Shuo out of the ward.
Han Shuo sat dejectedly outside the ward, not even having the courage to plead again.
Just before closing the door, Lin Yao suddenly remembered the woman named Shao Rong and asked, "Where does that Shao Rong live now?"
"Ah? Uncle, my younger sister is only a four - year - old child now. She's still too young to understand anything..."
"Are you going to tell me or not?" Lin Yao was too lazy to listen to his nonsense. This guy was saying he wanted to make up for his mistakes and repent, but at the same time, he was still protecting the murderer.
"Sorry, she's still just a child. But I can guarantee that Shao Rong will never appear in front of Miaomiao in her whole life!"
Lin Yao sneered and looked down at Han Shuo haughtily. "Well, you'd better just get out of here."