The Passerby I Married Is The Richest Man! [Transmigration Into A Book]

Chapter 20 Part 3: I Just Like His Money

"Let's talk, leniency to those who confess and severity to those who resist."

Bai Zhen Zhen sat down on the bedside with her legs crossed and looked closely at Huo Xiang's face.

Huo Xiang was sitting on a small wooden stool, without place to stretch his long legs, with a face like bitter melon.

"Zhen Zhen, I didn't want to hide it from you. I swear, I only went to see my grandfather yesterday afternoon!"

Huo Xiang had already said this words just a moment ago to Father Bai, Bai Zhen Zhen had also heard them from her room.

Bai Zhen Zhen asked again: "But didn't you say you were going to a job interview?"

"Yes ah, originally I wanted to go look for a job, but then I was blocked by two men in black." Huo Xiang made a pause, "at first, I thought it was Leng Hao Chen, that slob. I wasn't expecting that upon getting into the car, there would be an old man with a benign face..."

"Then that person said that I probably was his long-lost grandson, and he also said he would bring me to do a paternity test..."

"At that time, I was totally befuddled, I wasn't completely aware of what was going on, it took me a whole night for it to sink in. It's just that, even until now, I didn't know how to explain this matter to you... "

Bai Zhen Zhen looked at Huo Xiang's face, which looked extremely innocent and feeling wronged. Suddenly, she didn't know where to aim her anger at.

It seemed like --- she indeed shouldn't blame him?!

After more than 20 years leading a live of solitude and impoverishment he suddenly found his missing family, this originally was a huge happy occasion. Coming here today, she should also think of sharing the first moments of joy. If she were to blindly pour cold water on him... that would be a bit unkind.

"Is that Elder Huo really your grandfather?" Bai Zhen Zhen asked, did you do the DNA test?"

"En!" Huo Xiang nodded, "since the result came out today, my grandfather warned me repeatedly to no disclose it before then, that's why I kept it a secret from you for a night."

After saying that, Huo Xiang extended his hand very cautiously and pulled the hem of Bai Zhen Zhen's clothes: "Zhen Zhen, you're not really angry at me, right?..."

Bai Zhen Zhen was amused by his small action.

"My brother Xiang, you're 25, how come you look like a small child!"

Huo Xiang heard Bai Zhen Zhen's tone and knew that she didn't blame him, and he felt happy.

"Hehe, I knew it, Zhen Zhen definitely didn't want to be angry at me!"

"Shameless!" Bai Zhen Zhen glanced at him, then swallowed and said, "I heard you talking with my dad a moment ago, I heard everything...Those things he said, don't take it to heart."

Huo Xiang didn't mind, he waved his hand and said: "It's alright, I already expected that Uncle Bai wouldn't react immediately, it will be alright later."

"However, your status is indeed different now, we..." Bai Zhen Zhen wanted to talk but hesitated.

Huo Xiang understood Bai Zhen Zhen's meaning.

But now he could only pretend not to know, so that he could keep "cheating".

"We are still good friends ah!" he said giddily, "we signed the agreement just yesterday, we will keep being friends with mutual non-interference, this pacts will not change just because of a change in my status."

Bai Zhen Zhen breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good."

Then, after a short pause. She said: "Huo Xiang, I might be going on a business trip tomorrow. It just happens that you also have a new identity, therefore I intend to tell my father that there are some family matters you need to attend to, and then they won't rush us with things like a wedding ceremony and whatnot."

"You're going on a business trip?!" Huo Xiang was surprised.

Idk what happened today but my fingers were so clumsy tling today's chapter, was making typos every two seconds and had to go back and correct hundreds of times >.< maybe bc static electricity jolts my fingers so often (seriously, very very often) now that the heaters are on ... the whole city seems to be hypercharged with static, some nights I can even see the sparks produced by my own pajamas!! it was really creeping me out until i figured out what it was...
so maybe my finger cells are all fried and that's why they don't work properly anymore.... that or maybe I should go sleep x)

Footnotes:

1: T/N: 坦白从宽，抗拒从严 - leniency to those who confess, severity to those who resist. China's criminal policy for meting out punishment.