Fu Fangzhou didn’t start out doubting his identity.
In his memory, his parents were always busy, and he thought this was normal. After all, they managed such a big family business, and it was understandable that they didn’t have time to accompany him.
It wasn’t until the birth of his two younger brothers, seeing his parents’ love and care for them, that he began to realize his position as merely an onlooker, recognizing his parents bit by bit.
Through his two younger brothers, he finally realized how neglectful and indifferent his parents had been toward him.
As a child, Fu Fangzhou thought it was parental favoritism.
Later on, as he grew up, seeing the resemblance in appearance his brothers had with the parents, and himself in the mirror bearing no resemblance at all, he was dazedly aware of something.
So parental favoritism was normal after all.
Although he suspected, Fu Fangzhou did not express this, nor did he tell anyone about it.
His parents were distant emotionally, but when it came to money, they never treated him badly.
Last year, when he graduated from college, his parents even offered him a position in the Fu Group, but Fu Fangzhou refused and chose to start his own business.
In terms of his suspicion, Fu Fangzhou was originally not planning to confirm it.
Firstly, he had grown into an adult, and regardless of whether the Fu Family’s parents were his biological parents, he was grateful for their upbringing.
Secondly, even if the Fu Family’s parents were not his biological parents, he was past the age of needing parental care. Besides, he didn’t know why he came to the Fu Family back then, nor did he know if his biological parents were still alive.
After various considerations, Fu Fangzhou chose not to act.
Until last month, he saw Jiang Ning help a volunteer search for his longtime lost sister. Watching the video of the family crying with joy, Fu Fangzhou finally decided to take this step.
The Fu Family values health and has annual medical examinations, so obtaining his parents’ blood samples wasn’t difficult.
Then Fu Fangzhou found a highly private identification agency to separately verify the genetic relationship between himself and the Fu Family’s parents.
The results showed he had a 0% blood relationship both with Mrs. Fu and Fu Fu.
He was indeed not the son of the Fu Family’s parents.
That night, Fu Fangzhou called the Fu Family’s parents, who didn’t hide anything and truthfully told him he was indeed adopted.
On a cold, blustery night, the couple arrived home late from a business trip and heard the cry of a baby from a roadside trash can, bringing him home. When attempts to find his biological family failed after alerting the police, they chose to adopt the child they felt some connection with.
The reason for not telling Fu Fangzhou was to avoid causing him emotional harm.
After all, the family’s wealth was enough to ensure Fu Fangzhou would live a life of comfort.
That phone call ended peacefully among the three.
However, the Fu Family’s parents had no clue about Fu Fangzhou’s biological parents’ identities.
Fu Fangzhou specifically looked into search organizations and knew the country now supports finding one’s origins.
He independently went to the police station for a blood test, later receiving notification, but didn’t find a match in the blood database.
Fu Fangzhou realized when he decided to pursue this matter, he truly wanted to find out his biological parents’ whereabouts.
That’s why he thought of Jiang Ning.
Fu Fangzhou had a strange premonition that Jiang Ning, with her peculiar Conan’s physique, might be able to help locate his biological parents.
After listening to Fu Fangzhou’s story, Jiang Ning appeared pensive, just as she was about to summon the system, the system voice echoed in her mind:
[Ding! Received Fu Fangzhou’s commission, please help him find his biological parents, Host!]
[Task targets: Li Manhong, Chen Jiang]
[Task reward: Life value 9 days, Merit 20.]
[Task partner reward: Merit +2]
Jiang Ning’s expression was complex, fixing her gaze on a familiar name, she checked the data displayed on the system panel, then looked at Fu Fangzhou, who was waiting anxiously for her reply on the sofa opposite, and asked in her mind: "System, are you sure this information is correct?"
"What’s the plan? Do you have any channels that can help me find my biological parents?"
Since Jiang Ning didn’t respond immediately, Fu Fangzhou seemed a bit tense, his hand lightly clenched in earnestness, saying, "Compensation is not a problem."
"Okay." Jiang Ning agreed right after concluding her conversation with the system.
The system had in fact already integrated information about his biological parents into Jiang Ning’s mind.
If she wanted, she could inform Fu Fangzhou right now.
But Jiang Ning wasn’t planning to do so.
She still lacked a reasonable explanation for knowing this information.
Jiang Ning took her phone from her pocket: "Let’s add each other as friends first, you might need to send me some personal information."
Although Fu Fangzhou was the class monitor, due to Jiang Ning’s solitary college life of four years, she had little contact with her classmates, even fewer on her WeChat.
Fu Fangzhou’s face lit up, "No problem! Just tell me what information you need, I’ll surely cooperate!"
Ten minutes later, the three left the private room.
While riding the elevator down, Fu Fangzhou’s mood was noticeably lighter than before.
This secret he had been keeping to himself was finally shared; even though he didn’t know if Jiang Ning could find his real parents, the burden of the secret was lifted.
Now, he felt a closer connection to Jiang Ning and Qi Xingzhou.
Fu Fangzhou introduced to the two, "Besides dining and accommodation, the entertainment facilities in this building are the most complete. The eighth floor is a foot massage area; the technicians are highly paid professionals. Are you interested in trying it out?"
"No, it’s late, we should get going," Jiang Ning shook her head.
As for Qi Xingzhou, his compulsive cleanliness only suited his familiar surroundings.
"Alright, I’ll take you down," Fu Fangzhou didn’t insist.
After seeing Jiang Ning and Qi Xingzhou off, Fu Fangzhou returned to the sixth floor and happened to bump into Zhang Jingjing.
Zhang Jingjing was holding her filming device, looking around, clearly searching for someone.
Seeing Fu Fangzhou, her eyes lit up: "Monitor! Have you seen Jiang Ning and Qi Xingzhou?"
She had just gone around twice and couldn’t find them!
Fu Fangzhou pointed at the elevator behind him: "They’ve just left."
"Ah!" Zhang Jingjing shouted.
She had come to this class reunion specifically for Jiang Ning today.
Though she’s now an internet celebrity, with only over twenty thousand fans, she couldn’t compare to Jiang Ning’s millions. If Jiang Ning directed traffic to her, reaching a million fans would be a breeze!
Oh no, missed it, missed it all!
Zhang Jingjing’s face was full of regret.
Fu Fangzhou seemed to guess her thoughts from her expression but pretended not to notice and walked around her, leaving.