Three days passed.
For most people in Zhen Group, those days were completely normal. Meetings continued, contracts were signed, and employees rushed through their work as always.
But for Liang Zhen, time felt strangely slow.
The envelope containing the DNA sample had already been sent to a private laboratory. Now all that remained was waiting.
And Liang Zhen hated waiting.
He stood near the glass wall of his office, staring down at the busy streets of Shanghai. His sharp eyes looked calm on the outside, but his thoughts were restless.
Behind him, Chen Kai sat lazily on the sofa, scrolling through his phone.
"You're pacing like a caged wolf," Chen Kai said without looking up.
Liang Zhen stopped walking.
"I'm not pacing."
Chen Kai glanced up and smirked.
"You've walked across that office at least twenty times."
Liang Zhen didn't respond.
Instead, he picked up a file from his desk, pretending to read it.
Chen Kai watched him for a moment before speaking again.
"You really think that kid might be yours?"
Liang Zhen's voice was quiet.
"I don't know."
Chen Kai leaned back against the sofa.
"Well, we'll know soon enough."
At that moment, Liang Zhen's phone vibrated.
Both men looked at it.
The lab.
Liang Zhen picked up the phone immediately.
"Yes."
The voice on the other side spoke politely.
"Mr. Liang, the DNA results are ready."
The room suddenly felt very quiet.
"What are the results?" Liang Zhen asked.
There was a brief pause.
"According to the analysis, the probability of paternity is ninety-nine point nine percent."
Liang Zhen's grip on the phone tightened slightly.
Chen Kai slowly sat up.
The voice on the phone continued.
"You are the biological father of Liang Rui."
The call ended.
For several seconds, neither man spoke.
Chen Kai finally broke the silence.
"Well… that answers your question."
Liang Zhen placed the phone down on the desk slowly.
His mind was racing.
Liang Rui was his son.
Which meant only one thing.
Mei Lin.
She was the woman from seven years ago.
The night he barely remembered.
The forgotten night.
Suddenly, pieces of the past began connecting inside his mind.
The strange scent.
His wolf reacting to her presence.
The child with golden eyes.
Everything made sense now.
Chen Kai stood up and walked closer.
"So what are you going to do?"
Liang Zhen looked toward the window again.
Far below, the city continued moving as if nothing had changed.
But for him, everything had.
"I need to confirm something," he said quietly.
Chen Kai frowned.
"You already have the DNA results."
Liang Zhen's eyes darkened slightly.
"That proves the child is mine."
He paused.
"But I still need to know why my wolf reacts to Mei Lin."
Chen Kai stared at him for a moment.
Then realization slowly appeared on his face.
"Oh…"
He let out a small laugh.
"You're kidding."
Liang Zhen didn't say anything.
Chen Kai rubbed his forehead.
"If what you're thinking is true…"
He looked at Liang Zhen seriously.
"Then she's not just the mother of your son."
Liang Zhen's wolf stirred deep inside him.
Even without confirmation, he could already feel the answer.
Chen Kai finished the sentence quietly.
"She's your mate."
At that same moment, Mei Lin was leaving the office building after finishing her work.
She walked toward the bus stop like she always did, unaware that her entire life had just been uncovered.
Inside the glass tower behind her, Liang Zhen stood silently.
He now knew the truth.
Mei Lin was the woman from seven years ago.
Liang Rui was his son.
And if his instincts were correct…
The woman who had been working beside him every day was not just part of his past.
She was his destined mate.
But another problem remained.
A dangerous one.
Because somewhere else in Shanghai, Han Wei had also begun searching for something.
And the moment he discovered the existence of an Alpha heir…
The quiet life Mei Lin had built would be shattered forever.