After the examination, I am sent back to my suite.
Although the decor is luxurious, there are surveillance cameras everywhere.
I feel like a caged bird.
I recall a minor surgery I had as a child and know that there must be a period of preparation before the formal "transformation".
Perhaps I still have a chance to escape?
But the Su family estate is heavily guarded, with infrared alarms and patrolling security guards everywhere.
Even worse, the entire estate is equipped with signal jammers, and my phone and computer have been confiscated.
This is simply house arrest!
That night, Cedric Su condescends to come to my room.
As soon as he enters, he complains, "This room is too small.
Tomorrow, I'll have you moved to the main building."
I think to myself, it would be better to replace your brain instead.
I deliberately use a sharp and grating voice to make him dislike me, saying, "Please, let me go.
I don't want to be kept here."
He seems dazed for a moment, then suddenly bursts into laughter, "The pitiful way you reject me, it's just like her."
My god, how can this person be so perverted and obsessive?
I really want to give him a slap and see if that makes me even more like his Camellia White.
But I don't dare.
I still want to leave here alive.
Cedric Su takes out a priceless ancient jade bead necklace from his pocket and places it in front of me, "Once you adapt to life in the Su family, all of this will be yours.
You'll find that wealth and glory are even more wonderful than you imagine.
For the sake of future happiness, a short-term sacrifice is worth it."
Heh, I'm afraid I won't live to enjoy these things.
Just as Cedric Su is about to leave, I have a sudden inspiration and call out, "Daddy!"
Cedric Su's body suddenly stiffens.
He turns his head and looks at me in disbelief, "What did you say?"
"Daddy, I'm your daughter."
I go all out, "You've found so many people to remember my mother, have you forgotten her now?"
"You're Camellia White's daughter."
Cedric Su asks in shock.
I'm startled.
So she really is Camellia White, and a white one at that.
I blink my eyes, pretending to look very confused, "I don't know.
I grew up in an orphanage since I was young and don't know who my parents are.
I only know that my mother passed away after giving birth to me."
Cedric Su looks at me suspiciously, "Then how do you determine that I'm your father?"
I smile, "Our eyes are very similar.
You must have noticed it too.
And I always feel that we look somewhat alike."
I say with feigned affection, "Actually, even if you're not my biological father, it doesn't matter.
I've always regarded you as the father figure in my heart.
If you really are my dad, that would be wonderful."
Cedric Su's expression becomes very complex.
He almost staggers as he leaves the room.
I can't help but want to laugh.
It seems he hasn't encountered this kind of situation in all these years.
I want to see if he can stomach a daughter who calls him daddy.
How shameless.
He's almost fifty and still wants to take possession of a young maiden like me.
Disgusting.
Before long, someone comes to collect samples of my hair and blood.
I know they're going to do a paternity test, but I'm not worried at all.
I'll delay it for as long as I can.
I just want to make this old man sick.
However, a few days later, the test results come out, and they actually show that I am indeed Cedric Su's daughter!
How is this possible? I'm certain that my parents are alive and well, and I am their biological daughter.
This result not only shocks me, but Cedric Su seems even more incredulous.
He stares at me, unable to speak for a long time.
"Impossible.
Camellia White's daughter can't possibly be twenty-three years old already."
Cedric Su mutters to himself with a furrowed brow.
I have a sudden inspiration and quickly say, "Daddy, actually I'm not sure of my actual age either.
I grew up in an orphanage since I was young, and the age on my ID card might have been filled in randomly."
Cedric Su is silent for a long time before finally saying, "Impossible.
Camellia White and I never had that kind of relationship."
I put on an innocent and naive expression, but I'm secretly laughing inside.
Whatever the case may be, I'm his daughter now.
I start calling him daddy even more excessively, in the sweetest and most delightful way possible.
This move of mine catches everyone off guard.
The original "transformatio."
plan is naturally put on hold.
Housekeeper Chen looks at me with eyes full of confusion, not knowing whether to call me "Mis."
or "Talia", and not knowing whether to treat me as Cedric Su's daughter or future wife.
In the following days, I live a carefree life in the Su family.
I can freely enter and exit various areas of the estate, eat whatever I want, but I just can't contact the outside world.
Haley Tang is not so lucky.
Because now she is the only "substitut."
left, she has to be busy all day long.
My "salar."
from last month arrives on time, and there's even an extra few hundred thousand.
The final number is interesting, a round 2.5 million.
It sounds a bit like it's cursing me, doesn't it?
Although Cedric Su is skeptical of the result, just to be on the safe side, he still has that authoritative institution do several more tests.
The results prove again and again that I am indeed his daughter.
Now even I myself am stunned.
Could it be...
that I was adopted by my mom?