"I never really cared about him in the first place. So as long as he doesn't cross my path, everything will be fine," Wei Ziqi said indifferently. He didn't want to get involved in that family's mess at all.
After this topic was over, the three friends ate and drank their way through a wonderful birthday.
But just one day after he said that as long as no one bothered him, everything would be okay, he ran into this adopted son on his second day at school.
"Hello, I'm Du Ziming. I'm the adopted son in your family," said the wheelchair - bound teenager who blocked Wei Ziqi at the school gate. Du Ziming looked at him with a smile, his eyes clean and clear.
"What do you want?" Wei Ziqi's attitude wasn't too harsh.
As an adopted child, he didn't have much of a choice. The outrageous things his biological mother did had nothing to do with him. So there was no need for Wei Ziqi to be rude to a disabled person.
"I have something I'd like to ask you for help with," Du Ziming said, biting his lower lip. He seemed a bit hesitant, his eyes wandering up to the person pushing his wheelchair.
"I don't think I can help you with anything," Wei Ziqi wanted to decline. He didn't want to get entangled with Du Ziming and lifted his leg to leave.
"Brother! Can I call you brother? I really have something to talk to you about," Du Ziming said, on the verge of tears. People who didn't know better might think Wei Ziqi had done something wrong to him or bullied him.
Wei Ziqi was quite speechless at his teary - eyed look. He had just refused someone he didn't want to deal with. Why was this guy overreacting like this?
However, looking into Du Ziming's eyes, Wei Ziqi somehow thought of Miaomiao. Their eyes were quite similar, both clean and clear, looking like someone with a pure heart. His biological mother had protected this adopted son very well.
"Just tell me what you want," Wei Ziqi said with a sigh. He just couldn't say anything too harsh when faced with such eyes.
"Can we talk alone?" Du Ziming still stammered and didn't state his purpose clearly. As smart as Wei Ziqi was, he immediately understood what the other meant.
He rolled his eyes at the person pushing the wheelchair, took the wheelchair handle forcefully, and wheeled Du Ziming away.
That person tried to catch up quickly but was stopped by Wei Ziqi's cold stare. Then he still wanted to follow.
"If you know anything about the situation, you'll know that I'm the biological child of the Du family. Although my biological mother doesn't really like me, my biological father dreams of having me back home. Do you think I can't get you fired with just one word?" Wei Ziqi's threatening words made that person stop completely.
After wheeling Du Ziming a bit farther away, Wei Ziqi stopped and said, "Okay, tell me what it is."
"I want you to help me find my biological parents. I want to go back to them," Du Ziming said, tears streaming down his face. Wei Ziqi was completely confused and didn't know why he was crying.
"I heard from Uncle Du that your biological mother was a nanny. She couldn't afford to raise you after giving birth, so she secretly switched us. Now she has received legal sanctions. So if you want to go back to her, you'll have to wait until she's released from prison. As for your father, there's still no clue. Even the nanny herself didn't know who your father was," Wei Ziqi explained.
"No, it's not like that. My mother is definitely not that nanny!" Du Ziming suddenly said anxiously.
"I know it's hard for you to accept that your mother is a criminal. But people have to accept the facts. If you think your biological mother isn't her, then show me the evidence. Even if I want to help you, without any evidence, I can't search for your biological parents like looking for a needle in a haystack," Wei Ziqi thought his so - called younger brother was being really strange.
"I... I don't have any evidence, but my intuition tells me it's not like this. Moreover, that nanny had taken care of me for a long time. When taking care of me, she was just like a worker, showing no personal feelings at all. She was polite, distant, and respectful to me, not like a mother to her child. And the current mother doesn't show any motherly love for me either. Every time she looks at me, I feel like I'm someone else. Also, she won't let me contact anyone. Although I'm disabled now, I really can't accept this kind of life anymore," Du Ziming said.
It seemed that although Du Ziming had grown up in luxury, he wasn't happy. From his description, Mrs. Du must have been very strict with him.
If what he said was true, then this matter was really strange. How could someone switch the children and still work in someone else's house without any guilt? And she showed no personal feelings towards her own child. Such a person's character shouldn't be just that of a nanny. There must be some hidden story behind this.
But so what if there was a hidden story?
This matter had already been decided. Without any substantial evidence, no one could change this fact.
"Go back. I'll remember what you said. But you don't have any clues about your biological parents, and you can't even prove that you have no blood relation with that nanny. So I really can't help you. If you can convince your mother or Uncle Du to do a paternity test between you and that nanny, maybe Uncle Du will help you find the truth himself," Wei Ziqi said.
"But mother also won't let me get too close to father," Du Ziming replied after thinking about the feasibility of this method.
"I bet she also doesn't want you to get close to me. She probably didn't even want you to come and find me. But you still came, didn't you? You can move this wheelchair by yourself. Wherever you go is your own decision. You shouldn't be at someone else's mercy. After all, you live under the same roof. It shouldn't be that hard to talk to your own father," Wei Ziqi thought Du Ziming's character might have been formed because of Mrs. Du's long - term pressure. It was really ridiculous that he couldn't even approach his own father in his own home.
Was Mrs. Du so paranoid that she thought everyone in the world wanted to harm her adopted son?
"I... I understand. I'll try then," Du Ziming lowered his eyes. He knew he was cowardly and didn't have the courage to rebel against his mother. Coming here to see Wei Ziqi today was already a great improvement for him.
"Go back. I have no intention of going back to that home. I don't care if you really want to leave today or if you're here to test me. It doesn't matter. If you want something, you have to fight for it yourself. That's a truth I've understood since I was a child."