Arranged marriage, love blossoms; a fiercely devoted soldier dotes on her alone.

at this time,

A corner of the hospital corridor

Xiao Zhan and Zhang Yingbao stood facing each other.

Zhang Yingbao then said, "President Xiao, this secret is only known to my wife and me. Even Qin Huanhuan herself doesn't know it. You just saw my wife's attitude. If I tell her, she will break up with me. So you have to give me a guarantee."

Xiao Zhan's lips curled into a cold smile as he said, "Then name your price!"

At this moment, Xiao Zhan vaguely sensed that the secret Qin Huanhuan mentioned by Zhang Yingbao was probably about her background; otherwise, Liang Yanhong wouldn't have reacted so strongly...

Is Qin Huanhuan not Liang Yanhong's biological child?

Zhang Yingbao hadn't expected Xiao Zhan to be so agreeable. Not only did Xiao Zhan not dislike him, but he also let him name his price. His cloudy eyes darted around a few times, and then he held up one finger and said, "Mr. Xiao, give me a million and I'll tell you all of Huanhuan's secrets."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhan immediately turned and left…

They left with such unwavering resolve.

Zhang Yingbao was completely dumbfounded.

What happened?

You asked me to name a price, and I did.

You listened and then left. What's going on?

Zhang Yingbao quickly stepped forward to stop Xiao Zhan and whispered, "Mr. Xiao, what do you mean by this?"

Xiao Zhan said coldly, "Are you robbing me?"

Zhang Yingbao asked awkwardly, "So, how much money are you willing to offer?"

Xiao Zhan held up one finger and said, "One thousand yuan!"

"What? A thousand yuan?"

Zhang Yingbao was dumbfounded again.

He asked for a million, and Mr. Xiao offered a thousand. I've heard of asking for an exorbitant price and then bargaining it down, but I've never heard of bargaining like this.

Zhang Yingbao said awkwardly again, "Mr. Xiao, you're bargaining too hard. You're only offering a thousand dollars for a million? That's not fair. Add some more."

Xiao Zhan sneered, "Then 1,500 it is. If you want, just say so. If not, then get out of my way and don't block my path."

Zhang Yingbao was almost in tears from Xiao Zhan's actions, saying, "Mr. Xiao, how can you raise the price like that? One million and fifteen hundred are too far apart."

Xiao Zhan retorted, "Alright then, I'm not going to argue with you anymore. Give me five thousand yuan. If you're okay with it, then say so. If not, I'm leaving. I don't have time to waste here arguing and fooling around with you."

Zhang Yingbao gritted his teeth and said, "Five hundred thousand is the minimum."

Xiao Zhan lifted his leg and walked away.

Zhang Yingbao quickly added, "Two hundred thousand should be enough, right?"

Xiao Zhan pushed Zhang Yingbao away and said coldly, "Do you think I run a bank, or that I'm an idiot, or that your brain has been compressed into tofu dregs by a pressure cooker?"

"If you don't tell me, I'll just ask Liang Yanhong, it'll be the same thing."

Zhang Yingbao grabbed Xiao Zhan's clothes and pleaded, "Mr. Xiao, you're so rich, worth hundreds of millions, do you really care about such a small amount of money? Surely 50,000 yuan would be enough?"

Xiao Zhan grinned and said, "Deal! Go ahead and say it!"

Zhang Yingbao was stunned again. He blinked, not expecting Xiao Zhan to agree so readily this time.

He regretted asking for too low a price; he should have said 80,000.

But words spoken cannot be taken back, like water spilled.

She could only say with heartache, "Qin Huanhuan is not my biological daughter."

Xiao Zhan knew about this because Qin Huanhuan had told him that she and Zhang Aiai were half-siblings.

He glanced at Zhang Yingbao and said, "If you want 50,000 yuan, just say the point. Otherwise, you won't get a single cent."

Zhang Yingbao had intended to pique Xiao Zhan's interest by keeping him in suspense, but he ended up making a fool of himself and making things worse.

So he awkwardly continued, "Huanhuan wasn't born to her deceased father either."

This was somewhat unexpected for Xiao Zhan, who forced a smile and asked, "Are you saying that Liang Yanhong isn't Qin Huanhuan's biological mother? Or is there some other reason?"

Zhang Yingbao nodded and said, "That's how it is. When Liang Yanhong was young, she worked as a nanny in the city. One night, she quietly returned to the village with a newborn baby in her arms."

Xiao Zhan raised an eyebrow and asked, "How did you know she returned to the village in the middle of the night?"

Zhang Yingbao's eyes flickered a few times before he said awkwardly, "I happened to be coming out of Widow Zhang's house at the village entrance that night and saw it."

Xiao Zhan deliberately asked, "What were you doing at Widow Zhang's house?"

Zhang Yingbao said nonchalantly, "Of course I'd go have an affair with Widow Zhang! Otherwise, why would I go out to work in the middle of the night?"

Xiao Zhan: "Go on."

Zhang Yingbao: "At that time, I saw Liang Yanhong coming home late at night with a baby in her arms. Since we were from the same village, I knew that Liang Yanhong worked as a nanny in the city and didn't have a boyfriend. Now that she had a child, I was very curious. So I secretly followed her and heard Liang Yanhong tell her mother that the child was her employer's daughter. However, her employer was a mistress kept by a powerful man. Now the wife of the real man had discovered that the mistress had hired gangsters to kill the mother and daughter. The employer gave her a sum of money and told her to take the child and escape overnight."

Hearing this, Xiao Zhan understood the gist of it. So Qin Huanhuan really wasn't Liang Yanhong's biological daughter. He hadn't expected Qin Huanhuan's background to be so complicated...

Xiao Zhan asked, "Tell me what's going on between you and Liang Yanhong? What happened when she said she wanted to break up with you?"

Zhang Yingbao: "Not long after Liang Yanhong returned to the village, she married Zhao Dabao. Who knew that Zhao Dabao would die young? Not long after, he had an accident and fell from the scaffolding, dying instantly."

"A few years later, I married Liang Yanhong and had a daughter, Zhang Aiai. During this time, I treated Qin Huanhuan as my own daughter, providing her with food, clothing, and education, and even supporting her to go to university."

Xiao Zhan glanced at Zhang Yingbao and asked, "You're lying. Liang Yanhong just said she didn't want to put up with you anymore and wanted to break up with you. If you don't tell the truth, I won't give you a single penny."

Zhang Yingbao: "Then transfer the money to me first, and I'll tell you about what happened between Liang Yanhong and me."

Xiao Zhan took out his phone, scanned Zhang Yingbao's WeChat QR code, and transferred 50,000 yuan to him.

"Now you can speak freely!"

Zhang Yingbao: "My family is poor and I can't find a wife. Liang Yanhong is the village beauty, the most beautiful woman in the surrounding area. Ever since she brought a child back from the city, all those who wanted to marry her have backed away. Nobody wants to marry a woman who has been played with by city men, especially one with a child."

"Only Zhao Dabao didn't mind and married Liang Yanhong. He treated her and her daughter well. It's a pity that Zhao Dabao died young in a fall."

"When I saw my chance, I started pestering Liang Yanhong every day. They say widows have a lot of trouble, and I knew about Qin Huanhuan's background. After my repeated pestering, and considering that the mother and daughter really couldn't live without a man to support them, Liang Yanhong finally married me."

"I swear to God, I have nothing wrong with her and Huanhuan."

Xiao Zhan stared into Zhang Yingbao's eyes and said coldly, "You make it sound nice, but I'm afraid you're the one using Qin Huanhuan's background to blackmail Liang Yanhong and force her to comply. You know best how you treat Qin Huanhuan. There's a saying that Heaven is watching what people do."

Zhang Yingbao shuddered for no reason, as if he had been electrocuted by something.

Xiao Zhan noticed Zhang Yingbao's reaction...

Xiao Zhan said, "Even Qin Huanhuan doesn't know her own background right now. Only you, me, and Liang Yanhong know. If a fourth person outside finds out, I'll send you in to work on a sewing machine until you die..."

Zhang Yingbao said unwillingly, "President Xiao, you want exclusive rights for just 50,000 yuan? Isn't that unreasonable?"

Xiao Zhan: "Fifty thousand is already an astronomical price. If you think it's too little and don't want it, just give it back to me."

In Zhang Yingbao's eyes, everything else was fine, but getting a refund was absolutely out of the question.

Zhang Yingbao: "If you want exclusive rights, I'll give you another 50,000."

Xiao Zhan's face darkened. "Don't be so greedy!"

"That will shorten your lifespan."

"Shen Jun, take this old bastard to a secluded place and teach him a lesson."

Shen Jun stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Yingbao by the neck, saying, "Old man, are you tired of living? Daring to bargain with President Xiao, you don't want to see the sun rise tomorrow morning."

Zhang Yingbao was immediately terrified and shrank back, repeatedly saying, "President Xiao, please spare me! Don't worry, I promise I won't reveal Huanhuan's background to anyone!"

Xiao Zhan: "Zhang Yingbao, from now on, do something sensible! Ai'ai is your own daughter, yet you don't care about her at all, indulging in eating, drinking, and having fun all day long. You're digging your own grave!"