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Everyone's eyes immediately turned to him. They were also curious about how the grace of fostering a child would be calculated. For Wang De and his wife, it meant nothing more than money to be collected.

"Old lady, if I'm not mistaken, my dad is not actually the adopted son of the Wang family because you’ve never gone to the Civil Affairs Bureau to go through the adoption procedures. The law does not guarantee that you have any familial ties to my dad," Wang Cheng said in a stone-cold voice.

Everyone was stunned. Back then, Wang De and his wife hadn’t taken this matter to heart, feeling that it was unnecessary and they could save some money without it. Anyway, they had the adoption agreement, and they never wanted Wang Hongxin to know about any legal contract. They delayed this matter again and again until they forgot about it.

Now that Wang Cheng brought this up, Wang De and his wife recalled the process. They hadn’t understood any laws at the time, and the national reform also occurred after they signed the adoption agreement. Decades had passed since then, so how could they remember such layers of family relationships?

Unlike the Wang De husband and wife, Wang Zhiren immediately understood what Wang Cheng meant. He then said: “Indeed, a privately-signed adoption agreement is not valid if the adoption procedures aren’t officially registered - you two can't be regarded as Hongxin's adoptive parents."

"Even so, my grandparents had begun to raise my third uncle before the national reform."

Wang Ningkai’s voice came in from the periphery of the crowd. He hadn’t been able to rest assured, so he and his parents had come over to take a look. Unexpectedly, the situation had taken an abrupt turn, becoming increasingly unfavorable for them. He was the only one of them able to understand what was going on a little, so he had no choice but to stand up.

Wang Cheng looked directly at Wang Ningkai, who didn’t have the nerve to return his gaze, and smiled. "I get it, you just want the money. I’ll calculate things with you now, ah. To be honest, who cares about how many hundreds of thousands it is, I’m fine with just throwing that amount of money away to beggars - the premise is that I’d be willing to take that money out in the first place."

Wang Ningkai flushed immediately, embarrassed.

Were they beggars in Wang Cheng’s eyes? Did he really feel like he was offering money to beggars?