Humans Can Lie, But Machines Don't

Seeing his father suffer, Tapas Pratap was so angry that his lungs were about to explode. Tinki pulled him back. "Don't interfere."

"Shivam is too much!" Tapas Pratap had always admired his father, but his father was treated like this by Shivam!

How could he take this lying down?

"Mom said that it's important to return to the Pratap family first. Otherwise, there'll be a lot of trouble in the future." Tinki stopped him.

Tapas Pratap could only give up for the time being, but he was very upset with Shivam. They were both grandchildren of the Pratap family. Why should he be high and mighty while he had to suffer all kinds of hardships? Did he even need to get permission to return to the Pratap family?

The venom in his eyes lingered.

"The old man is here!" someone shouted.

Everyone looked up the stairs, but Old Madam Pratap was so angry that she did not want to look at him.

Old Master Pratap was still hale and hearty. The custom-made suit made him look even more dignified and upright. He walked slowly from the second floor to the hall.

Yash Pratap was delighted. "Dad!"

"Grandpa," Tapas Pratap and Tinki greeted him at the same time.

Old Master Pratap walked into the hall and swept his gaze over everyone. He spoke slowly, his voice steady and strong, "Everyone, I'm sure everyone knows what's going on. My unfilial son, Yash Pratap, left the Pratap family in his early years and was removed from the genealogy. Now, he's repented and wants to return to the family."

They all nodded.

"At first, I didn't agree. However, the Pratap family's bloodline is ultimately the Pratap family's bloodline. If they wander outside, it'll be a disgrace to the entire family. Therefore, I agreed to let them return."

Everyone nodded in agreement. The Pratap family was a big family. As members of the family, they naturally had to obtain their rightful identities. Otherwise, everyone would lose face.

Old Master Pratap continued, "I invited everyone here today to be witnesses. I want Yash Pratap to bring his children to acknowledge their ancestors and enter the Pratap family's genealogy."

One of the elders asked, "To enter the Pratap family's genealogy, one has to have the bloodline of the Pratap family. Old Master, has the matter been made clear?"

Old Master Pratap waved his hand, and the butler brought over two documents. He handed them to the elder who had asked the question first.

Those two documents were naturally the DNA test reports of Tinki and Tapas Pratap.

The elder took it in both hands, examined them, nodded, and passed them to the next person.

In a moment, everyone had finished reading the two documents.

The butler took back the two documents and stood aside.

Tinki's clenched fists slowly relaxed, and her expression was no longer tense.

Only then did Old Master Pratap say, "As everyone has seen, these are the test reports I asked Dr. Chauhan to do."

Dr. Chauhan was a doctor that Old Master Pratap trusted very much. He had worked for the Pratap family for many years. Since he was the one who ran the tests, no one had any questions.

"Butler, bring me the genealogy," Old Master Pratap said.

The butler put down the documents, picked up the genealogy with both hands, and held it in front of Old Master Pratap.

Old Master Pratap said, "Yash Pratap, you were the one who voluntarily removed yourself from the genealogy and left the Pratap family. Even though you've returned, you still have to pay any price. Although I agree to let you return, you have to agree to two things. First, after you return, you, Tinki, and Tapas Pratap will have nothing to do with Pratap Group. In the future, you're not to interfere with any of Shivam's work or participate in any operations."

Yash Pratap was already mentally prepared for this. He said, "Of course. I came back to acknowledge the family and not to obtain the family assets. So, Dad, you can rest assured."

Rudra muttered to himself, "How is that possible? The three of them have a lot of shares. Even excluding Gaurav and the others, they still have a lot. It's enough for them to cause trouble."

"Secondly, in the future, the distribution of benefits of Pratap Group will have nothing to do with you. The three of you can inherit my inheritance, but you have no right to everything else that belongs to Shivam," Old Master Pratap said.

"This..." Yash Pratap hesitated. "Dad, this is a little unfair to us, right? We're no longer involved in the business. We're even being deprived of our share of the profits. How are we going to live in the future?"

Tinki also bit her lip.

Tapas Pratap tried his best to restrain himself.

Old Master Pratap said, "This is the price and condition for your return. If you agree, I'll give you a fair share of my inheritance in the future."

Yash Pratap was unwilling to accept this outcome.

However, if they didn't accept it, they wouldn't be able to return to the Pratap family. As they had neglected the shareholders some time ago, they would be pursued by the stockholders because they didn't have the Pratap family to take care of them.

He had no choice but to swallow his dissatisfaction and say, "Okay, I agree."

This was a stopgap measure. He would have to plan for the future.

"In that case, all the conditions have been fulfilled. The three of you can acknowledge your ancestors now. Butler, bring me the genealogy."

The butler, who was already prepared, raised the genealogy with both hands.

Old Master Pratap reached out to take the genealogy and glanced at Shivam. Although he had already used the conditions to suppress Yash Pratap, this was still not fair to Shivam.

But at this moment, this was the best he could do.

He held the genealogy and lowered his head in thought.

Yash Pratap was afraid that Shivam would cause trouble again, so he urged, "Dad? It's getting late. Why don't we—"

Old Master Pratap sighed softly and unfolded the genealogy. For a moment, he could not write anything.

"Dad! What are you waiting for? Don't wait anymore," Yash Pratap urged again.

"Wait!" a voice called from outside the door.

Everyone looked out the door. It was Hari.

Everyone knew that Hari was Shivam Pratap's special assistant and his most capable and trusted subordinate.

What could it be?

Yash Pratap had always been helpless against Shivam, but he really couldn't accept it when even Hari dared to show off in front of him.

He said angrily, "Hari, why are you shouting here?"

Hari ignored him and walked straight to Shivam's side. "Mr. Pratap, I found it."

"Okay." Shivam took the document from him and said a few words.

Hari went out without stopping.

Seeing that the two of them did not take him seriously at all, Yash Pratap was even angrier. He glared at Kareena. This was the good son she raised!

Old Master Pratap asked, "Shivam, what is it?"

Yash Pratap said, "Dad, let's get down to business first. We'll talk about Shivam later."

"I'm afraid this matter can't be put aside." Shivam took a step forward. His calm tone was filled with strong confidence and an irresistible deterrence.

Yash Pratap controlled his temper. "Shivam, can you wait until we're done?"

"Grandpa, Tinki can't acknowledge her ancestors and enter the genealogy," Shivam opened his eyes and said indifferently, but his words were earth-shattering.

"What? What's going on?" Everyone was surprised.

Tinki dug her nails into her palms and asked calmly, "Mr. Pratap, we respect your status and have always been polite to you. But you're always against us siblings. This doesn't suit your status, right? I know you've always been brooding over the incident regarding our mother. However, that was a matter of the previous generation. Can we put aside those prejudices?"

Her words were reasonable, guiding everyone to think that Shivam was interfering because of his personal feelings.

Shivam didn't waste his breath on her and said, "Hari, bring the person over."

Tinki's nails tightened.

Hari walked over with a person.

"Dr. Chauhan?" Everyone recognized that the person Hari had brought was Dr. Chauhan.

Dr. Chauhan was a doctor that the Pratap family trusted very much. He had worked for the Pratap family for a long time, so no one understood what this meant.

Dr. Chauhan lowered his head, looking completely devoid of his usual confidence. He looked at the ground in shame, not daring to look up.

When Old Master Pratap saw this, he seemed to have guessed something. He clenched the genealogy tightly and waited for Shivam to speak.

Shivam said, "Dr. Chauhan, why don't you tell everyone?"

Dr. Chauhan stammered. Tinki glared at him, but he suddenly raised his head and said loudly, "Tinki is not of the Pratap family's bloodline. The DNA we found at that time clearly showed this. I was afraid of making a mistake, so I repeatedly checked. The results showed that she's not Yash Pratap's daughter at all!"

"Nonsense!" Tinki stopped him. "Dr. Chauhan, I know you're on good terms with Mr. Pratap and you've always been taken care of by him. But a medical examination is not child's play. You can't casually slander me and my mother because of your personal feelings and family interests! You're really too much! You'd better think about what you're doing!"

"I... I've already thought everything through! At that time, I followed the old man's arrangements and carried out the reports. You were the one who suddenly returned and told me to make the report meet your requirements. You even said that you would give me a large sum of money..."

Yash Pratap was furious and rushed over to beat him up. "Do you still have any medical ethics? You do whatever Shivam wants you to do and say whatever he wants you to say. You're simply not worthy of being a doctor!"

He didn't believe Dr. Chauhan at all.

Hari protected Dr. Chauhan and pushed Yash Pratap away.

Tapas Pratap supported Yash Pratap and said angrily, "I thought Mr. Pratap was an amazing person. It turns out that all his abilities and tricks are just rumors. When he's in trouble, he only knows how to use such sinister schemes to sow discord! Grandpa and everyone else here, don't tell me you'll believe such words?"

Everyone was talking.

Old Master Pratap shouted, "Old Chauhan, tell me! What's going on?!"

"Old Master, I'm really not lying. The current test report was really given according to Tinki's request. In fact, she and Yash Pratap are not father and daughter at all. Perhaps people can lie, but the testing machine will never lie!" Dr. Chauhan tried his best to distinguish.

"Nonsense! You were the one who took Shivam's money to deliberately slander us," Tapas Pratap scolded.

Dr. Chauhan swore to the heavens. "If I had accepted Mr. Pratap's money and I'm deliberately slandering you, I'll die a horrible death! Previously, when Tinki came to me and asked me to change the test report for her, she gave me a million in one go. She even said that she would put it in my overseas account and no one would find out.

"After serving the Pratap family for so many years, how could I betray the Pratap family for this little bit of money? However, not long after, I realized that my seriously ill son, who was waiting for a kidney transplant, was in the hospital. Tinki appeared again and told me that as long as I agreed to give her the test report, she could give my son a complete and compatible kidney source.

"That was what tempted me. My son is only 18 years old, but he's in the hospital because of a kidney disease. Even though I'm not short of money, I was never able to find him a suitable kidney source.

"As a father, how could I ignore my son? Because of this, I agreed to Tinki's request and made a fake report for her."

It was no secret that Dr. Chauhan's son was sick.

Now that he had said it, everyone believed him a little more.

Tinki's expression changed slightly. "Dr. Chauhan, you're a doctor. You actually made up so many stories just to slander me! You even used your own son! I'm really speechless!"

"You have nothing to say because you're in the wrong! What I said is true!" Dr. Chauhan said loudly. "If it weren't for my son, I wouldn't have... I wouldn't have been muddle-headed and made a huge mistake. I'm ashamed of my profession and the oath I made when I entered the hospital."

"Alright, I know this is all Shivam's way of spreading rumors about me. He doesn't want me to enter the Pratap family. I really admire you. You can think of anything," Tinki said innocently.

Old Master Pratap asked, "Since you've already promised Tinki, why did you go back on your word now?"

"I'm sorry, Old Master. I promised her before, but she kept holding my son captive. My son has to take medicine and go for hemodialysis every day. I'm really worried about him. It was Mr. Pratap who appeared and told me that he would help me look for my son. And just before I came, Mr. Pratap appeared. Not only did he send my son back safely, but he also told me that he has helped me find a kidney source.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Pratap. I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. I was stupid to have done such a thing." Dr. Chauhan was agitated.

He walked up to Shivam and bowed heavily. "Mr. Pratap, thank you for helping my son. No matter what, I can't make up for my mistake. In the future, I'll be at your disposal."

When Tinki heard that Dr. Chauhan's son had been brought back, a trace of panic flashed across her heart, but her expression did not change. She said, "It seems that this story was arranged by Shivam from beginning to end. It's really exciting. Even I can't help but clap my hands."

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