The random passerby I married is the world's richest man!

Chapter 8: Suddenly urged to marry

Father Bai’s surgery was completed smoothly. According to Doctor Zhang’s instructions, he could be discharged from the hospital after two more days of observation. After a month, he would have to come back to the hospital for chemotherapy and Chinese medicine treatment.

Bai Zhen Zhen was very happy, but Father Bai frowned with worry, always feeling he was a burden, spending too much of the money they had at home.

Bai Zhen Zhen sat beside the hospital bed and talked to her father: “Dad, I already told you, I have enough money, you can be at ease receiving the treatment. If we cure the disease this time, it will also avoid us to spend money in the future, what do you say?”

“What you say is right, but from childhood to now, dad couldn’t give you good food to eat, and now that you have earned some money with great difficulty, you’re being burdened by your dad…”

When Father Bai said these words, Yang Suping felt vexed hearing them, spitting: “Then you shouldn’t have stopped your daughter from being another’s secretary ah! One hundred thousand a month, that’s more than enough for your surgery.”

Huo Xiang was astonished: “One hundred thousand a month?! Secretary of which company ah, do they hire men?!”

“How could it be just a secretary!” Father Bai took over the conversation, saying with disdain: “Just serving tea and bringing water immediately earns you one hundred thousand yuan? Definitely, it is wanting my daughter to do some shameful business! We won’t be fooled!”

Bai Zhen Zhen smiled: “Dad, nowadays secretaries don’t just serve water or tea anymore…”

“It’s out of the question! Even if I need to risk my own life, I won’t let you suffer any losses!” Father Bai’s words interrupted her sppech.

Bai Zhen Zhen felt a bit moved in her heart. She smiled, for the first time taking the initiative to hold her father’s hand, and said, “Don’t worry, dad, I have already found a good job.”

Father Bai asked again: “That’s right, what’s your job ah? Is the boss really willing to pay you the salary of half a year ahead?”

Bai Zhen Zhen nodded solemnly. Taking advantage of this opportunity, she started giving a couple heads-up.

“Dad, I didn’t have the money for your treatment, so I signed a contract with the company letting the company pay my salary in advance, but as a condition, I will go on a business trip next month, and I might have to be away for about a year.”

“Away for so long?! Where are you going ah?!” Father Bai held Bai Zhen Zhen’s hand tightly.

“The destination hasn’t been determined yet, it should be at the eastern region.” Bai Zhen Zhen casually dodged the question. “After all, our company is just expanding their business over there…”

Yang Suping glanced suspiciously at Bai Zhen Zhen: “You talked so much yet you still haven’t said which company it is ah! You should not be thinking of abandoning your dad and me and then run away, right?!”

“Suping, what are you saying! What kind of person Zhen Zhen is, you still don’t know?!” Father Bai was somewhat angry.

Bai Zhen Zhen swallowed with a guilty conscience.

—System: “What a simple and guileless father ah! Host, is your conscience not hurting?”

—Bai Zhen Zhen: “Can you recommend any cost-effective tourist attractions?”

—System: “Sorry for bothering you.”

When Bai Zhen Zhen’s company was mentioned, the actor Huo Xiang claimed the opportunity and began his performance in a timely way: “Uncle Bai, Aunt Yang, when I went shopping with Zhen Zhen earlier, she told me about her company, it’s indeed a large company! That one with an English name! My colleagues and I can’t get in even if we want to!” Huo Xiang said earnestly.

Yang Suping sneered: “And her? Who only graduated from high school? And she still can join an English company?”

“What English company, that’s called a foreign company!” Father Bai corrected seriously, then again looked at Bai Zhen Zhen, “Zhen Zhen, it’s no wonder you didn’t tell the company’s name to your dad and mom, even if you did, your mother and I wouldn’t be able to understand it ah…” After he spoke, he laughed a couple of times.

Huo Xiang added: “Uncle Bai, you can rest assured! Zhen Zhen’s is a regular company, they felt that she had a rich social experience, which is why they trust her.”

Hearing Huo Xiang speak with such confidence, Father Bai’s heart was finally put to rest.

Bai Zhen Zhen thought she had finally escaped and was about to rejoice. She didn’t expect that a more troublesome topic would follow after.

“Zhen Zhen, you have already grown up and are sensible. Dad and mom don’t need to worry about your work… Now ah, the most important is to find a boyfriend quickly, get married soon, and settle down. This way, your mom and I will have peace of mind… ”

Father Bai’s sentence spoke exactly the words in Yang Suping’s heart. She always lived by the idea of “having a good job is not as good as marrying into a good family.”

Her former husband’s situation was very good, and the days at that time passed comfortably. It was a pity that she gave birth to a daughter and wasn’t liked by her mother-in-law. Later, when her former husband died, that mean mother-in-law snatched the family property, and there was nothing left for herself and her daughter.

If it wasn’t because she needed to remarry, she would by no means be with Bai Zhen Zhen’s father.

“That’s right ah, Zhen Zhen, how many times have I said it already? You need to find a man to marry early when you’re young, someone whose salary is much better than yours! It’s best if you can find a man from a wealthy family. It’s not important whether you hold a wedding or not, the most important is he can give you allowance for household expenditures and take care of your father, isn’t it!” Yang Suping continued from Father Bai’s words.

Father Bai frowned: “Suping, what you said is wrong, marriage is for a lifetime. How can it be only because of money?”

Then looked at Bai Zhen Zhen again, “Zhen Zhen, your mom wants you to let you live a good life, but the family conditions are not the most important. The most important is that he treats you sincerely, this way dad will feel reassured to hand you over to him.”

Bai Zhen Zhen held her forehead. In the real world, she was urged by her parents asking about her boyfriend. Now that she was in this ‘experience for yourself’ world, unexpectedly she still couldn’t escape this curse.

“Dad, I have a plan in mind, don’t worry about it.”

Yang Suping suddenly thought of the boss who had come to the hospital the day before and asked: “Hey, Zhen Zhen, that big boss that wanted to hire you as his secretary, is he interested in you or not ah?”

Huo Xiang crossed his legs on the neighboring bed and curiously glanced at Yang Suping, gnawing a piece of watermelon: “Oh! A big boss?”

“Don’t say nonsense, people like the big boss, how could he be interested in me!” Bai Zhen Zhen glanced at Yang Suping.

At this moment, Yang Suping’s face was like a brothel’s owner from ancient times selling girls in the brothel.

“Yeah, it doesn’t matter if it is in appearance or academic qualifications, your sister is much better than you, how could that big boss take a fancy to you?!” Yang Suping chuckled, and suddenly her mind started running wild, “Hey, could it be that the big boss fell for Mengru, but he was embarrassed to declare his feelings, so he approached her family on purpose?! ”

Bai Zhen Zhen replied seriously: “Then he should ask you to be the secretary ah, you’re the person with the closest relation to her after all.”

“Yeah, that’s right…” Yang Suping muttered to herself. “Is he looking for the wrong person ah? Maybe he didn’t know you are not Mengru’s blood-related sister…”

Bai Zhen Zhen: “…”

Father Bai glimpsed at Yang Suping, his mouth pursed into a line, somewhat unhappy: “Don’t talk about the big boss, I don’t think he is any good, Xiao(1) Huo is much better!”

At the sudden cue, Huo Xiang lifted his head from eating melon at the side. His face expression said “I don’t dare,” but actually in his mind, he was smugly thinking he must grasp this.

“Father Bai, you joke, how could I compare to the big boss ah…”

“How can you not compare? I think that compared to him you look better and also have a better personality, I immediately came to like you!” Father Bai spoke righteously, then he narrowed his eyes and looked at Huo Xiang, “That… Xiao Huo ah, do you have a girlfriend?”

Bai Zhen Zhen: ???

Footnotes:

1: Xiao (*) – Xiao means ‘little’. Both Xiao and Ah are used before a name in order to express closeness or intimacy. Frequently used with loved ones, family and children/younger people, especially with females. Another similar endearing way to call someone is to repeat their given name.