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CHAPTER 202

"I have a grandfather. My grandfather?" Li Jing did not know whether she should laugh or she should cry. It was still overwhelmingly true. She did not know if she should believe what he was saying or not.

"Of course," Tang Zixin added. "He happens to be one of my business partners and he saw your picture and that necklace." Tang Zixin pointed at her necklace, which caused Ye Cheng to look at the necklace.

Ever since he met Li Jing, today was the first time he really took note of the necklace that it was not something he had seen before.

"According to him, it was his family's heirloom and he was surprised it was with you. The last person that had it was his daughter which in this case would be your birth mother."

"Did he say where she is?"

"I am afraid not. Your grandfather had been looking for your mother for a very long time and till now he had not seen her. There was no record of her death as well."

"Perhaps she is bearing a different name," Ye Cheng aired his views as well.

"As through as that maybe, we still do not have any lead whatsoever on her whereabouts."

"Then how sure are you that they are related?"

It was not that Ye Cheng was not happy for Li Jing especially as Li Xiu and her useless ex had proven to be a thorn in her flesh, he could not imagine what her childhood was like growing up in the Li, but he still did not want Li Jing to have hope and yet things would not be as they seemed.

"I did a DNA test from their saliva. Right now neither her grandfather, Mr Lin is aware of this development. I got the glass cups they both drank from and sent it to the hospital for analysis."

"Where is the result?" Ye Cheng asked again.

"Here, I brought you the DNA test result. It is 75% compatible." Tang Zixin handed over the envelope containing the test result to Li Jing.

She took it with shaky hands and closed her eyes, sucking in a deep breath before she opened the envelope and brought out its content.

Rather than fixing his gaze somewhere else, Ye Cheng watched her facial expression.

He knew this news was big for her but then again, this was Li Jing and she had ways of handling things like this.

Her eyes moved from the top of the paper to the base and then back again. She repeated the process three times before she peeled her eyes off the paper to look at Tang Zixin and Ye Cheng.

"What does it say?" Ye Cheng asked and straightened himself where he sat.

"It is true. It is a 75% compatibility. He really is my grandfather."

Ye Cheng's brows furrowed. She was supposed to be happy about the news but her mood did not improve. If there was anything, it felt that she was now down more than before.

"What is wrong? Don't you believe the authenticity of the test result? If you want, I can have another DNA test to be run just to be sure."

"If that is the problem, Li Jing, you do not have to worry. I would ensure another DNA test result is done," Tang Zixin chipped in.

"It isn't."

"Then what is? I thought you would be happy about it."

"I am but it changes and insinuate a lot of things and it also is not easy accepting someone new into your life. I am not saying it is bad or anything. I have always wanted to know my heritage but still."

Ye Cheng stood up from where he was seated and made his way to her. "Hey. Look at me." Li Jing obeyed and looked up at him. "It may not be easy but it can be if you open your heart and give him a chance. It was not his fault that he could not be a grandfather to you. We do not know what happened or why any of it happened. If there is one thing I know, you accepted and helped me a stranger. You can do it again."

"That was a different case, Ye Cheng. Accepting this can mean one thing."

"What is it? What are you so afraid of?"

"That Li Xiu and her mother were right, my mother was a mistress."

Her voice broke at the last part. It was hard for her to accept it. All her life she wished that it was her father that was correct and she was adopted but if it be that she wasn't, wouldn't her shame increase?

"That is nothing to be ashamed of or feel bad about, Li Jing. Your parent's status does not change who you are. It is who you are that matters most and not where you are from."

"Ye Cheng is right, Li Jing. Look at your sister for example. Even though she wasn't the child of a mistress, yet her character and behavior is nothing to write home about and she doesn't have half has much as the character you have."

"You are a good person, Li Jing and I want you to see that. In this life, we may not be able to change our fate or choose who our parents are but one thing is sure, we can choose who we want to become."

Their words were indeed something to hear. It had succeeded in lifting her spirit and she felt so much better than before.

They were right. What if Li Xiu and Ding Jiaying find out who really was. It would not still change how badly they have been treating her.

And it could not get any worse than that. Ding Jiaying was always going to be like that and Li Xiu, there was never going to be a change.

In the end, she had nothing to lose but to gain the love of a parent, be it grand or normal to cover up for her years of loneliness.