CHAPTER 54 — The DNA Results He Never Expected
The test was done in absolute secrecy.
No one knew.
Not his parents.
Not his siblings.
Not the company.
Not even Yunxi.
Only he and the silent laboratory technician — a man who had been loyal to the Mu family for decades — knew a test was being conducted between Mu Rui and a child labeled only as Subject X.
The results came back faster than expected.
Mu Lingchen stood at the window when the technician entered, holding a sealed envelope.
His hands didn't tremble — they never did — but his heartbeat grew thunderous in his ears.
The envelope was placed on his desk.
The technician bowed and left without a word.
Lingchen stared at it.
Minutes passed.
And then — slowly, deliberately — he opened it.
He read the first line.
He froze.
He read it again.
And again.
And again.
99.98% probability of full sibling relationship.
His hand tightened around the paper until it creased.
It was true.
The child… the boy…
His son.
One of the twins was his.
If one was his—
Then the girl—
Then Yunxi—
His chest tightened painfully.
He remembered her startled eyes.
Her trembling voice when he rescued her.
Her trying so desperately to avoid him.
Her denying everything about that night three years ago.
She lied.
She had lied for years.
He wasn't angry.
Not exactly.
He wasn't even sure what emotion swirled inside him — grief, betrayal, desperation, or something far more dangerous.
But he needed answers.
Now.
He left the mansion with the envelope clutched in his hand.