Chapter 1257: Can You Speak Like a Human?
Kai Bright poured two glasses of wine, picked up his own, clinked it with the one Charles Seymour had placed on the table, then downed it in one go. With a loud bang, he slapped his glass back onto the table, speaking with heroic bravado, "There’s nothing we can’t get through!"
After saying that, Kai poured himself another glass, lifted it to his lips, and slowly took a sip. Before he could swallow, he heard Charles speak, "I have a son..."
Poof...
Kai spat out the wine, thankfully controlling it and turning his head, sparing Charles a wine-soaked face.
Charles was spared, but Kai was not; he was left coughing uncontrollably, his face flushed red, only calming down after patting his chest with difficulty.
"You, you... you have a son?" Kai’s words were still in shock, and by the next sentence, his tone had quickly turned to anger. He reached out and pressed directly on Charles’ shoulder, "How could you do this to my sister!"
Charles frowned slightly, moved his hand skillfully, and pried Kai’s hand off his shoulder, tossing it aside: "The child is Sophie’s."
Kai was stunned, "!!!"
He slapped his own head hard, feeling like his brain was in a knot and couldn’t function.
He only had one glass of wine; was he really already drunk?
"Can you explain this to me?" Kai asked weakly, supporting himself on the table as he sat down. "Didn’t you say Sophie had regained her memory last time? If she did, you have a child with her, what are you worried about? Shouldn’t she remember?"
"Or... was Sophie’s memory recovery incomplete, and she didn’t remember giving birth to a child? Even so, can’t you just tell her?"
The more Kai thought, the more puzzled he became, staring at Charles in confusion.
Charles sighed heavily, his fingers incessantly rubbing the rim of the glass: "The child is mine and Sophie’s, but Sophie didn’t give birth to him."
Kai blinked and then glanced at the wine bottle on the table. Did he pick up the wrong alcohol, like a high-proof one?
No, even if it was high-proof, he shouldn’t be drunk to the point he couldn’t understand human speech with just one glass.
So...
"Can you talk like a normal person?" Kai asked irritably.
"I thought Sophie was dead, so I made a test tube baby, found a surrogate, and she gave birth to a son." Charles, also extremely frustrated, blurted it all out in one go.
"Oh... This is kind of understandable." After listening, Kai thought the situation was rather unusual, yet he could only say that Charles loved Sophie deeply. After learning Sophie was gone, he went to great lengths to continue their bloodline... continue the bloodline...
"Wait a minute, how did you get Sophie’s eggs?" Kai suddenly caught onto the key point and looked at Charles in confusion.
Even to continue the bloodline, it had to have both of their genes.
Charles sighed softly and said, "Back when Sophie was in that illegal organization..."
"Oh, I know." Kai nodded. He had heard Charles mention it before, how Sophie was sold by traffickers to an illegal organization, used as a test subject. Later, Sophie grew stronger on her own, gaining a position.
"Destroying that illegal organization was not uncalled for; it’s so shameless to do such things." Kai said angrily.