Old Man kept puffing on his water pipe silently, his mind tumultuously turning. The doubts that had plagued him for days were finally being answered. If his guess was correct, He Xuewen must be Ah Nan's biological father. No wonder he insisted on settling in Yuequan Village and treated Ah Nan so well. Now he even eagerly wanted to establish a formal familial tie, obviously to look after his daughter close by! However, why wouldn't he acknowledge Ah Nan as his own? Old Man was still puzzled about this.
"Fugao, ask He Xuewen to come see me," he spoke to Zhong Fugao after pondering for a moment, "Tell him I have a few questions to ask him. If his answers satisfy me, we will agree on the familial ties."
