Anchor with goods, the price of F2 is very reasonable, right?

Chapter 816 Re-exposed
"Then you must be careful. Wang Dadong is probably monitoring our movements as well. The news of your return probably won't be kept secret for long."

Wang Yang pondered for a moment and agreed with Qin Qingqing's reasoning. Wang Dadong had frantically searched for Wang Yang after learning of his disappearance a while ago. Shen Qiang, who was far away in Haicheng at the time, concealed relevant information, preventing Wang Yang from succeeding.

Now that he has returned to Beicheng, he is essentially back under Wang Dadong's watchful eye, making it impossible for the other party not to find him.

"That's true. But I still need to be careful. It's not too bad if he finds me; at least he'll know I'm still alive, and he'll know I have someone backing me up, so he won't dare to act rashly."

Wang Yang's only worry was that Shen Qiang would find out about this. The two of them absolutely must not meet.

"Don't worry, I'll try my best to stall him with company matters. His company is currently working on a new project, and if I get involved now, he probably won't have time for you."

Wang Yang nodded with a smile: "See? You always say you can't help, but in my opinion, your greatest value is in handling these matters that I have no time to attend to. Without you, I would never be able to concentrate on other things."

These words warmed Qin Qingqing's heart. What she feared most was that she would be of no help to Wang Yang.

"If you go out to investigate a case, could you take me with you?"

"Didn't I just say there might be danger? Besides, you need to stay at the company; otherwise, how can you keep Wang Dadong in check?"

Qin Qingqing understood this principle, but she was truly reluctant to part with Wang Yang.

"How long will it take you to investigate this matter? Will you have to travel far again?"

"Not for now. I need to go see Lao Wang and the others first; they don't know I'm back yet."

Qin Qingqing nodded in agreement. A moment later, Wang Yang arrived at Old Wang's house. He thought they were unaware of the situation, but to his surprise, he saw Xiao Jiang sitting in the living room enjoying fruit as soon as he entered.

He then suddenly realized that Xiao Jiang's first priority after returning must have been to find Xia Xia, which explained why they had met here.

"Boss, you're finally back! We've been waiting anxiously for you."

"Yes, I didn't tell you I was coming back in advance. I wanted to give you a surprise, but I didn't expect Xiao Jiang to be here too."

Xiao Jiang was quite surprised to see Wang Yang. Logically, he should be at home with Qin Qingqing right now.

"Why are you here? Why aren't you at home with your wife? What are you doing here?"

"Of course I have important matters to discuss. Please excuse me for a moment, I have something to say to the two of them alone."

Xiao Jiang looked utterly bewildered. In the past, Wang Yang never hid anything from him when discussing matters with Lao Wang and Xiao Xia; why was he acting this way today?

"I'm not joking, this is indeed a very important matter, please excuse me for a moment."

Xiao Jiang nodded in agreement, whispered a few words to Xia, and then got up and left. Seeing Wang Yang's solemn expression, Lao Wang and Xia knew that it must involve major secrets.

"Is it related to Wang Dadong's matter?"

"No, it has nothing to do with him. I received some new information and want to confirm whether Xia is your biological daughter?"

When raising this question, Wang Yang did not ask Xia to leave the room. He believed that hiding it would be pointless; whatever the truth, she would eventually find out.

Upon hearing this, the two people opposite him were stunned. They never expected Wang Yang to ask such a question.

"Boss, what makes you say that? Why do you ask such a question?"

“This matter is of great importance, and I hope you will tell me the truth. I didn’t ask Xia to stay away because if the rumors are true, she will find out the truth sooner or later.”

Wang Yang has not yet explained the situation, and he hopes that Lao Wang will take the initiative to confess.

"Boss, why don't you tell me what this is about? I really don't know where to begin with that question."

From their expressions, Wang Yang had already guessed seven or eight parts of the truth; his guess was probably correct. "Years ago, a group of people must have come looking for you. They said there was a doctor in the village, and I remember you said you were the only doctor in the whole village?"

Old Wang shook his head and denied it: "That's not the case. I wasn't the only doctor at first; there was actually another one before that."

Where is that doctor now?

"I don't know about that. He left in a hurry back then and disappeared without a trace."

Wang Yang still found it strange. When he was in the village, he had never heard anyone mention that there was another doctor.

"Old Wang, I understand you may want to keep this a secret, but I hope you can be honest with me. If Xia is really not your biological daughter, someone is looking for her right now."

Upon hearing this, Xia and Lao Wang exchanged a glance, knowing that this secret probably couldn't be kept any longer.

"Actually, I can tell that Xia herself should understand, right? She is indeed not your biological daughter."

Old Wang nodded with difficulty: "You're right, Xia is not my biological daughter. But this matter concerns life and death, so you must keep it a secret for us, boss."

"Don't worry. If Xia is really the one I suspect, I will never let anyone know her identity."

Even Lao Wang himself didn't know Xia's true background.

"Boss, what do you mean by that? I still don't know my own background."

"If you truly don't know, perhaps I can provide clues. But I'm not sure if you're the person I'm looking for. Please tell me exactly how you adopted Xia?"

Old Wang nodded in agreement and began to reminisce about the past. When he adopted Xia, the child was about five or six years old.

“When I mentioned earlier that there was a doctor in the village, it wasn’t out of intent to deceive, but because I couldn’t reveal his identity. He was the one who initially adopted Xia.”

"Then why did this person leave later? And how did Xia end up being raised by you?"

Old Wang sighed heavily. To be honest, he still hadn't fully figured out the whole story.

“Back then, we became sworn brothers. I was completely unaware that he had adopted Xia. Until one day, he suddenly asked me to take care of Xia and told me to move to the neighboring village immediately and never continue living here.”

Old Wang would never have agreed to the request from anyone else. But that person was his sworn brother whom he had always trusted.

"Only then did I realize that Xia was not his biological daughter. He only briefly mentioned that she was the daughter of an enemy, and that he must not let anyone discover her identity. Now the enemy has come knocking on our door."

Wang Yang nodded slightly. Since that person said Xia's biological father was his enemy, he was most likely referring to Shen Qiang.

"I see. Do you know where this person went afterward?"

"More than ten years have passed, and there has been no news of him. After I fled to the neighboring village with Xia, that group of people did come looking for us, but they did not know about my relationship with him."

Old Wang remained skeptical. Although they had a deep friendship in those years, the other party seemed to have deliberately left no trace in his life.

"Later I realized that he had been preparing to escape all along. He left no trace in the village, and most importantly, he didn't let anyone find me through him."

That's why they managed to escape. Old Wang was able to move safely to a neighboring village with Xia without being discovered.

"No wonder Shen Qiang once said that the clues ended there; it turns out he entrusted the child to you."

Wang Yang couldn't help but wonder, could it be that the person had already fallen into Shen Qiang's hands?
"Boss, do you know who my biological parents are? All these years, although my adoptive father has always told me not to ask, saying that there might be some unspeakable reasons for my identity, I still yearn to know the truth..."

(End of this chapter)