Zhan Mohan hesitated for a few minutes, then said, "Choose a secluded place. There are some things he might not say easily."
Fang Xun quickly understood Zhan Mohan's meaning: "President Zhan means he's afraid Xin Ran won't tell the truth."
"Does that even need to be asked?"
If Xin Ran met Wei Yumeng, he certainly wouldn't tell the truth. He wanted to force him to speak the truth.
Fang Xun nodded slightly: "Understood."
When Xin Ran received the message, he looked at the address. It was very remote. He was a bit puzzled at the time why Zhan Mohan would choose such a place to meet.
However, true to his character, Xin Ran didn't overthink it and drove straight there.
After getting out of the car, he saw Fang Xun, who walked up to him.
"Mr. Xin, President Zhan has been waiting for you for a long time."
Xin Ran still looked at Fang Xun strangely and asked him.
"Why did you think of meeting here? Can't places like coffee shops be used for meetings?"
"We can meet, but those places are too crowded and not convenient for conversation."
Fang Xun's tone remained official and cold.
Xin Ran thought that since he was already here, what else could he do? He just had to go along with it.
He pushed the door open and saw Zhan Mohan sitting inside. Even in this simple and remote small wooden cabin, he still possessed a cool and noble demeanor that Xin Ran could not compare to.
This man exuded an aura of royalty from his very bones, someone who would always be looked up to, no matter where he went.
He also admitted that he felt very inferior in front of Zhan Mohan, but now that Wei Yumeng wanted to leave him herself, this was the best opportunity for him.
Zhan Mohan pointed to the chair already prepared in front of him: "Sit down. I have a few things to ask you, and I hope you answer truthfully."
Although the tone was calm, Xin Ran could smell gunpowder in the air. A sense of unease inexplicably welled up in his heart, and he even felt an urge to escape from here. The key was that even if he wanted to leave now, he might not be able to.
He could only choose to sit here and see how things unfolded.
Xin Ran was generally curious about what Zhan Mohan wanted to ask.
"Ask away."
The man leaned forward slightly, his gaze probing, sharp, and deep, making Xin Ran feel a little uneasy.
"What exactly did you talk about with Wei Yumeng?"
Xin Ran had no intention of hiding the fact that Wei Yumeng had gone to the hospital for an examination. He knew very well that he couldn't hide it, and with Zhan Mohan's personality, he would definitely investigate it thoroughly.
If he concealed it, it would only expose his flaws.
"She said she had already had the examination done at the hospital."
"The results?" As Zhan Mohan asked this, his heart inexplicably tightened. He didn't know if he was afraid or expectant.
"The result... the result is that the child is mine, and has nothing to do with you, President Zhan."
As Xin Ran said this, there was a hint of smugness and provocation in his eyes.
Upon hearing this, Zhan Mohan clenched his fists on both sides, his face grim, his eyes seeming to want to kill.
"You're lying!"
"You can go and confirm with Yumeng whether I'm lying. If the child was yours, why would she come to me? There's no need for that, is there?"
Xin Ran now wore the demeanor of a victor, unaware that he had touched Zhan Mohan's bottom line.
Zhan Mohan suddenly called out, "Fang Xun, come in!"
Fang Xun thought something had happened and quickly pushed the door open.
"President Zhan."
"Go and check Wei Yumeng's paternity test results. I want to see them in ten minutes."
Fang Xun was stunned: "Ten... ten minutes."
It would take him more than ten minutes to even get to the hospital, and he needed to get the results within ten minutes. Why was President Zhan giving him such difficult tasks lately?
"Is there a problem?" Zhan Mohan shot him a cold glance, and Fang Xun felt like he was about to collapse.
Why did he have to suffer when the couple was having a conflict?
"Alright, I'll go now."
Fang Xun could only steel himself.
When Xin Ran heard Zhan Mohan asking Fang Xun to go, he felt a bit nervous. At this moment, he really wanted to contact Wei Yumeng and tell her that Zhan Mohan had started investigating.
But in his current situation, he was truly helpless.
Xin Ran looked at Zhan Mohan sarcastically: "President Zhan, it's useless for you to say these things to me now. The outcome cannot be changed. The child in Yumeng's womb is indeed not yours."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhan Mohan's eyes suddenly turned cold, and he punched Xin Ran heavily in the face with a bang.
Xin Ran, caught off guard, staggered and almost fell off his chair.
The man's eyes were filled with a bloodthirsty coldness as he warned.
"Shut up!"
Seeing how angry Zhan Mohan was, Xin Ran felt even more delighted. If it weren't for Zhan Mohan, he could guarantee that Yumeng would have chosen him. It was precisely because of Zhan Mohan's appearance that Yumeng ignored him.
Regardless of the truth of the matter, he wanted to make Zhan Mohan know that the child in Wei Yumeng's womb was his and had nothing to do with Zhan Mohan.
Xin Ran tilted his head back and laughed: "I'll shut up, but don't you need to face reality, President Zhan? You are the man admired by women throughout Pengcheng, and Yumeng is also a normal woman. She will weigh the pros and cons. Why didn't she choose you? Isn't it because the facts don't allow it?"
Zhan Mohan raised his eyebrows arrogantly, his eyes filled with a terrifying wildness.
"You'd better remember what you said today. If I find out you've deceived me, your Xin family will be in a worse state than now. No matter how many Zheng families come to help you then, the outcome will be the same."
Xin Ran felt a chill run down his spine, but he couldn't take back his words now, so he could only see it through to the end.
Fang Xun returned quickly and pushed open the door.
"President Zhan."
"How did the investigation go?" The man's face was serious.
"It's done. Madam did go to the hospital for an examination, and I had the doctor copy a result for me. However, President Zhan... the result might not be what you want."
Therefore, whether to look at it was up to him.
When he received the result, he still found it difficult to accept. He had originally thought that heaven might show President Zhan a little more mercy, but the cruel reality had spared him none of it.
As his assistant, he even felt a little sorry for President Zhan.
Sometimes he wanted to advise President Zhan to give up on Madam and find someone else, even Miss Jiang, because at least the two of them wouldn't have so many conflicts and hardships.
It was painful for an onlooker, let alone for those involved.
Hearing Fang Xun's words, Zhan Mohan already had an answer in his heart. When he heard Xin Ran talking about Wei Yumeng's unborn child, he had even held a sliver of hope that Xin Ran might be deceiving him.
However, what Fang Xun returned and told him was like two harsh slaps from reality.
Seeing the desolation in the man's eyes, the disappointment and shock on his face, Xin Ran truly believed at this moment that Zhan Mohan genuinely loved Wei Yumeng.
It was just that two people who loved each other didn't necessarily end up together. Some people were destined to miss each other.
He spoke again, his voice filled with smugness.
"President Zhan, you must believe me now. The child in Yumeng's womb is mine, and the two of you should never have been together."
"Is it your place to lecture me here?"