Li Rong originally thought his life might just pass like this, without increasing the risk of exposure.
So he had always kept the secret.
He had told neither Li Yuning.
Nor Li Xingfan.
Until Li Yuning needed a kidney transplant, he panicked and wanted everyone to get tested, to quickly find a suitable kidney for his only remaining son, who carried both his and Su Lian's bloodline, and have it transplanted.
He originally thought Li Xingfan, who had been married for many years, wouldn't do it, and there would be no need for her to return for blood tests or anything. Unexpectedly, she came back.
She even went for blood tests behind his back.
Then, as expected, problems were discovered.
The reason these issues weren't discovered before was mainly because many past medical reports, especially those concerning blood types, had been personally interfered with by Li Rong.
Some alterations and modifications had been made.
This time, Li Rong was flustered himself, and coupled with the fact that Li Xingfan didn't think she needed to apply to Li Rong for a kidney compatibility test with her brother, the problem was exposed.
Originally, they planned to conduct further in-depth examinations, including genetic testing. Fortunately, Li Rong discovered it in time and quickly stopped them from proceeding further, thus preventing them from discovering that they were half-siblings. Many things that followed were orchestrated by Li Rong.
Under his manipulation, the results were changed to indicate that the children had been swapped by two families, and the original host had been recognized.
The core of the specific identification was mainly that only Li Rong and the original host, and Li Rong and Li Xingfan, underwent genetic testing. Without Kong Yanzi's involvement, the original host was naturally identified as Li Rong's biological daughter, and Li Xingfan was also naturally identified as having no blood relation to Li Rong. Li Xingfan was the daughter of her mother Su Lian and her later husband.
She had no blood relation to Li Rong from the beginning.
Therefore, this result was normal.
Because of this result, everyone naturally assumed the babies had been swapped and no one considered conducting genetic tests between the children and Kong Yanzi.
Following this, it was a logical progression.
The original host also underwent kidney matching with Li Yuning.
The final result was quite unexpected and highly compatible. This made everyone even more convinced that the previous genetic tests were correct; it was reasonable for siblings to be compatible.
Li Rong was also very happy.
Because this meant his son could receive a highly suitable kidney. He even felt that when he exchanged the two girls back then, he hadn't abandoned his daughter but had given her to someone else to raise. Perhaps Heaven was reminding him to leave a pair of kidneys for his son to use.
Kidneys left by Heaven.
They must be the best.
Scientific matching results combined with metaphysical self-imagination and self-affirmation, Li Rong was exceptionally determined to obtain the original host's kidney. Li Yuning was initially reluctant, feeling that his sister had suffered for so many years and now had to donate a kidney for him; wasn't that too cruel? How could he even bring himself to ask!
It was only at this point that Li Rong cautiously revealed Li Yuning's true identity to him and stated that if Kong Yanzi hadn't agreed to the marriage, his biological mother would not have died. This was something Kong Yanzi owed them, father and son.
Taking compensation from her biological daughter's kidney was just right.
One had to admit his thick skin and twisted nature. If he hadn't proposed, how would the other party have agreed?
The Kong family wasn't exactly eager to marry off their daughter.
But regardless, Li Yuning, who eventually accepted the situation after a long period of shock, finally agreed to his father's suggestion and even cooperated in setting up a scheme.
This scheme was to deliberately use money to lure the original host into donating a kidney.
The primary reason for this was that Kong Yanzi disliked people who were easily swayed by money. She, a pampered individual who had never worried about finances,
Disliking people who were easily swayed by money was understandable.
The father and son worried that Kong Yanzi might later feel guilty towards this daughter and compensate her with the company shares and other assets she still held.
Therefore, they specifically set up this scheme.
The original host, thinking that one million and an apartment would be enough for her son's wedding, ultimately decided to grit her teeth and agree, which directly led Kong Yanzi to believe that this daughter was not only poorly educated but also of poor character.
There were simply no redeeming qualities.
Ultimately, she naturally grew to resent her.
Later, when the original host reneged, Li Rong increased the price and, while hiding it from his wife, threatened the original host. This further convinced Kong Yanzi that her daughter was no good.
Li Rong thought he had it secured now, and there would be no more trouble after this, as long as the transplant went smoothly.
But who could have foreseen that Ding Yun would arrive later?
At that point, everything was beyond his control.
It began to hurtle in an unknown direction.
His desire for the original host's kidney had almost become an obsession, even to the point of breaking the law.
Eventually, under Ding Yun's machinations, he fell into a trap.
However, he was still struggling.
Upon understanding this, Ding Yun quickly recorded all the key events, key figures, and locations of key evidence from his memory. Then he left his sea of consciousness.
He quickly returned to his own body and, sleeplessly, wrote down that information on paper. Starting the next day, he began to conduct further investigations based on this information.
Although, due to the passage of time, it remained difficult to investigate even with this information.
However, it was much better than having no clues at all.
Therefore, not long after, Ding Yun finally found some leads, and as the evidence piled up.
The investigation became smoother.
The chain of evidence became increasingly complete.
It was about to form a solid chain, to convict Li Rong.
Meanwhile, the investigation by the Public Security Bureau was quite unsuccessful. This was because they lacked Ding Yun's ability to directly access a person's memories, as if cheating.
With only a small amount of testimony, how could they possibly investigate the events of thirty-eight years ago?
Several times, the investigating staff felt like giving up, thinking it was best to drop it. Many cases from ten or twenty years ago couldn't be solved, let alone cases from forty years ago. They decided to focus on interrogating Li Rong based on the testimony provided by Ding Yun's adoptive parents.
They were tired of digging through old archives.
After days of investigation, their eyes were almost blind.
However, the main person in charge felt that there was definitely more information to be unearthed from behind the scenes. Furthermore, the Li family's constant use of lawyers and capital to counter them and reduce their guilt made him quite displeased, so he firmly demanded that the investigation continue strictly.
He vowed not to stop until everything was thoroughly uncovered.