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

Chapter 5: Free snacks

Bai Zhen Zhen helped her dad sit down on the hospital bed. When she turned around, she found that the man was still standing at the door.

"Is there anything else?" Bai Zhen Zhen asked with distrust.

She regretted it as soon as she asked. The other was a fool, so he probably couldn't understand her.

Yang Suping mumbled in a low voice, "I'm afraid he wants to get some benefits…"

Huo Xiang entered the ward, sat down on the hospital bed next to the door, and pointed at the card inserted at the bedhead.

"I am staying in this ward."

Bai Zhen Zhen froze.

Such coincidence?!

She curiously stepped forward and shot a glance at the information on the card.

"Huo Xiang, male, 25 years."

Hey, just because it was a passerby, could his name be so casual?

Huo Xiang(1), his family should not sell air fresheners, right?!

"Lad, thanks a lot for just now!" Father Bai was clearly very excited. "To be living in the same ward, it's really fate! Say, what do you have?"

Huo Xiang pursed his lips in a smile: "It's nothing serious, just a headache."

Bai Zhen Zhen sighed in her heart. Sure enough, he had a problem in his brain.

Father Bai was very enthusiastic about Huo Xiang who had helped him, so he started introducing himself to him.

"My surname is Bai, you can just call me uncle Bai. She is my wife, surnamed Yang. These two are my girls, the older sister is Zhen Zhen and the younger sister is Mengru."

Huo Xiang nodded in response: "Uncle Bai, Aunt Yang, my name is Huo Xiang, Huo as in Huo Yuanjia(2), and Xiang as in fragrance."

When Yang Suping heard the name, she said with a laugh: "A boy called with the Xiang of 'fragrance'?! That's too much…"

Halfway through, she noticed both Father Bai and Bai Zhen Zhen looking at her coldly, and she immediately swallowed her following words.

Huo Xiang didn't get angry, and said with a smile: "Aunt, in fact, there are many handsome guys whose name contains the character 'Xiang', like… Chu Liuxiang(3)."

Bai Zhen Zhen glanced at Huo Xiang. She didn't expect that the people in the book also read novels ah. Unexpectedly, this passerby even knew Gu Long's books.

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"Hi, Zhen Zhen." Huo Xiang suddenly turned his head to look at Bai Zhen Zhen, and greeted her earnestly. This unexpected greeting made Bai Zhen Zhen feel somewhat overwhelmed.

"Hi." She smiled perfunctorily.

"I didn't expect us to meet again so soon." Huo Xiang continued. "We met in the corridor just a moment ago, do you remember?"

"Oh, so that person is you ah, no wonder you looked so familiar."

Because she was lying, Bai Zhen Zhen shifted her sight with guilty conscience. She recalled Huo Xiang's expression when looking at her the two times, plus striking a conversation so cordially just a moment ago, and in her heart she always felt it was weird.

Don't tell her…

—Bai Zhen Zhen: "System, are you sure that this person in front of me is not one of the main characters of the book?"

—System: "Host, the system has not recognized a main character at present."

—Bai Zhen Zhen: "Then, in case it's not one of the main characters, do other passersby and the like… do they also like me ah?"

—System: "Host, your character is set to be 'attractive'(4), if you accidentally break into the lives of passerby characters, it is very likely that they will also feel attracted to you."

—Bai Zhen Zhen: "Okay… I guess…"

It wasn't until this moment that Bai Zhen Zhen finally understood the meaning of the sentence "to be born with natural beauty."

"Xiao(5)Huo ah, where are you from? You're by yourself in the hospital, are you're relatives not coming to visit you?" Father Bai asked.

Huo Xiang said: "I'm an orphan."

"An orphan in addition to that name?" Yang Suping asked in reply to Huo Xiang.

Yang Suping is such an i***t.

Don't mention Huo Xiang, even Bai Zhen Zhen felt those words were really harsh. She didn't want to stay there either, listening to Yang Suping speak. Feeling uncomfortable, she got up at once and said: "Dad. I'll go out to buy dinner, and also buy you some daily necessities on the way."

Father Bai hurriedly said: "To buy outside is expensive, otherwise just go back home and eat there. Besides eating, you can also take the daily necessities from home, no need to buy them."

"Dad, these are all small money. You're going to get your disease treated, why do you still care about these?" Bai Zhen Zhen patted her father on the shoulder, "don't worry, I got a good job, they paid me the salary of half a year in advance, it's enough to let you get visited by the doctor and also to eat."

"Really?" Father Bai still didn't dare to believe.

"En." Bai Zhen Zhen nodded seriously.

"That's good…" Father Bai took Bai Zhen Zhen's hand, and tears appeared in his eyes. "Our family's Zhen Zhen has such a promising future; dad is really happy…"

Zhen Zhen couldn't bear with this emotive scene, and hurriedly said: "Dad, I will go out first."

Just as she got up, Huo Xiang immediately followed after.

"Zhen Zhen, it happens that I also wanted to go buy some things, I'll go with you, ok? I'm more familiar than you with this hospital's vicinity. "

Father Bai was very happy: "Good, let Xiao Huo accompany you! He can look after you."

Bai Zhen Zhen looked deeply at her father. Letting a fool look after her, only her father could say such things.

*****

Bai Zhen Zhen and Huo Xiang left through the hospital door together.

Huo Xiang pointed to the east direction and said, "There's a big supermarket 200 m ahead, why don't we buy the different things first and then go buy the food?"

"Ok." Bai Zhen Zhen agreed.

When the two people walked together, they naturally wanted to start a conversation, otherwise, the atmosphere would feel too awkward.

Huo Xiang was the first to introduce a topic: "Zhen Zhen, you said you just found a good job, what is it?"

Bai Zhen Zhen looked up at him. This person asked this question so accurately ah, just one question and it was precisely about what she had lied about.

"Oh, my job needs to be kept confidential, it's not convenient for me to disclose it to unrelated people." Bai Zhen Zhen answered ingeniously.

"So it's like that ah, I was hoping you could help introduce me", Huo Xiang said. "Otherwise, I won't even have enough for next week's medical expenses…"

Bai Zhen Zhen smiled perfunctorily.

It looked like this fool was not so foolish after all. Wasn't this to inspire compassion and sympathy, and then ask her to help pay his medical expenses?! She wouldn't be fooled!

The supermarkets in this world were pretty much the same as in the real world. In addition to buying daily necessities, Bai Zhen Zhen also loaded in the shopping cart lots of snacks that she wanted but was reluctant to buy in the real world.

Huo Xiang watched Bai Zhen Zhen push a cart filled with snacks and was astonished.

"Zhen Zhen, you…"

Bai Zhen Zhen didn't even glance at him, her eyes still lingering on the snack shelf.

"You don't know, I guess…" she continued to pick food, and answered unhurriedly without blushing, "Don't look at my dad's age, in fact, he loves to eat snacks…"

At the checkout, the daily necessities that Bai Zhen Zhen bought, like a kettle or a basin, only cost 100 yuan, while her snacks reached up to 500 yuan.

However, when Bai Zhen Zhen handed over the cash, she didn't feel distressed at all.

At this moment, she felt the happiness brought to her by her luck of one in one million. This was like a game, who wanted to develop feelings with an NPC ah! It was all about doing tourism and enjoying the scenery while playing!

The other side, Huo Xiang only bought a cup of instant noodles, which had a discount promotion.

Bai Zhen Zhen watched as he fished out small change from his pocket, took several coins to make 28 yuan, and handed it to the cashier.

"Do you usually eat this?" Bai Zhen Zhen couldn't help asking.

Huo Xiang pursed his lips: "I've been here for nearly half a month, and I've spent almost all my money, so for the next week I can only eat instant noodles."

"Oh dear, you don't have it easy." Bai Zhen Zhen sighed.

"It's okay, it will be alright soon." Huo Xiang said.

Bai Zhen Zhen looked at him with curiosity: "En?"

Huo Xiang looked stumped for words, then he grinned: "I mean, my illness is almost healed. When I leave the hospital next week, I can take a part-time job and earn money."

"Oh," Bai Zhen Zhen didn't doubt him.

In fact, this man's normal smile was actually quite good-looking.

"Well, I guess I can lend you a hand a little first." Bai Zhen Zhen said, "but I'm not doing charity ah, I am just lending you a bit, you can return it when you get a job and earn some money."

She originally wasn't intending to meddle, but thinking how Huo Xiang had helped her dad in the hospital, and how he didn't have any money at the moment, she thought to help him a bit as thanks.

And Huo Xiang was just a passerby character. According to the book's plotline, even if he likes her, he would at most be a cannon-fodder, not even count as a spare tire. She didn't need to worry about it.

"Really?" Huo Xiang was very happy. "Can you really lend me some money?"

Bai Zhen Zhen took a thousand yuan note from her pocket and handed it to him: "I don't have much, I need to save it for my dad's treatment, so I can only give you a thousand to deal with emergencies. But you don't need to be in a hurry to return the money, you can just give it back when it's convenient for you."

Huo Xiang took the money and looked gratefully at Bai Zhen Zhen: "Thank you."

"No need to thank, just remember it."

Bai Zhen Zhen didn't even think about getting the money back. She would happily go on a trip soon, so she wouldn't meet him. If the man really wanted to pay back the money, he could just return it to her dad.

"Well, now that I've bought this stuff, can I trouble you to bring them back for me? I'd like to go out for a walk. "

"I'll go with you, ok?" Huo Xiang said, "you can leave the things at the service desk. Don't worry, we can come on our way back, or I can come and bring it back."

"Er, I think I actually…"

"I know of a delicious local food restaurant, how about I bring you there?"

When she heard the words "local food restaurant", Bai Zhen Zhen immediately swallowed.

Also, when one's not familiar with the food of a place, one should try to find a free "guide", it is unlikely to go wrong then.

"That's also alright!" Bai Zhen Zhen nodded in agreement.

"It's just that…" Huo Xiang suddenly hesitated again.

"What's wrong?"

Huo Xiang said sheepishly, "I… I don't have money…"

Bai Zhen Zhen snorted: "So you were worried about this, am I not here? Don't worry, when I'm done ordering the food, I'll ask them to pack a few more dishes and another pair of chopsticks, isn't it just spending a little more money!"

Hearing Bai Zhen Zhen say that, Huo Xiang's smile blossomed, and he answered: "Okay!"

He immediately took the big bag in Bai Zhen Zhen's hands and walked to the service desk in big strides.

Bai Zhen Zhen followed him, heaving a silent sigh:

— A fool is really easy to satisfy ah!

Footnotes:

500 yuan ~70 USD right now… that's a whole lot of snacks!

1: His name ** means something like 'sudden perfume' or 'fragrance', since his first name Xiang uses the kanji for fragrance ** (xiāngqì). Not the name you'd use for a boy, I guess…

2: ****** Yanjia was a martial artist considered a hero for defeating foreign fighters. His life has been adapted into films and television series, depicted as a heroic martial artist that upholds the dignity of Chinese people in the face of foreign aggression. Source: Wikipedia.

3: Chu Liuxiang (***) is the fictional protagonist of the wuxia novel series Chu Liuxiang Series, written by Gu Long. He is a Robin Hood that upholds justice in the jianghu, considered one of the best martial artists. His name means 'lingering fragrance'. The series has 8 novels and many film and series adaptations and some games as well. Source: Wikipedia.

4: Here it uses *** which was also used in the t.i.tle of the book ( *****：*******). I translated this first part of the t.i.tle as 'Lovable Lady', but *** actually means something like 'attracting ten thousand people', or being idolized by many people, having many admirers… you get the idea. In short, her character is set to make everyone fall for her (it's a Mary Sue novel after all…).

5: Xiao (*) - Xiao means 'little', Xiao is used before a name in order to express closeness or intimacy. Frequently used with loved ones, family and children/younger people, specially with females.

Translated by BloomingTranslations. I did not write or translate the story. I'm only responsible for uploading. All credits to the owner(s). Also, sorry for any mistake.