Chapter 243 - Father-in-Law’s Suggestion (1/2)

Zhang Che really wanted to ask, Is that Zhen Manting an ex-girlfriend father-in-law dumped? Otherwise, why did she pick on me so harshly?

Of course, Zhang Che didn’t dare to ask that. He was afraid he’d get beaten, yet wouldn’t be able to retaliate…

“But you don’t have to worry, either. I’m guessing the reason she came here this time was purely to annoy me. She wouldn’t go to the extent of acting out against a junior like you. Moreover, our Huang family isn’t afraid of their Zhen family, and you didn’t do anything wrong, either. What can she do?!” Huang Juyun spoke grandly, as if he really wasn’t afraid of the woman.

Zhang Che kept to himself. He couldn’t bear to burst his future father-in-law’s “confidence”.

-When a woman’s temper flares, would she care if I was a junior or not?

-Especially since I’m already your Huang family’s tacitly acknowledged son-in-law, and you, father-in-law, dumped that woman heartlessly in the past. I’m only worried that she’ll play her cards illogically.-

“Don’t worry, Uncle Huang. My conscience is clear, nor am I afraid of others coming to find trouble with me. If someone really dares to stir up trouble out of nothing, I’m not someone so easily bullied, either.”

Huang Juyun burst out in laughter, “You’re right! If others dare to make trouble with us over nothing, we’ll just deal with them fiercely! As long as we have no dirt on ourselves, who or what are we afraid of?”

After a short pause, Huang Juyun changed the topic and said, “Although, it would be best if you don’t leave Bei Du during the next few days. It’ll be troublesome if the Nine Military Bureaus need your assistance in their investigation and you’re nowhere to be found.”

Zhang Che could tell that Huang Juyun was actually more apprehensive of the Nine Military Bureaus. After all, they all belonged to the same system, and knew of each others’ background. In some matters, it would be hard to fight back if they weren’t the ones in the right.

He could also tell that, although the Department Head Xu Lingkong seemed friendly and amiable, someone who could rise to such a position was definitely not simple.

Thus, it could only mean that he was a smiling tiger.

In any case, from Zhang Che’s point of view, both Xu Lingkong and Zhen Manting weren’t kind souls. One of them hid a dagger underneath his smile, while the other was a vengeful woman through and through. Neither were easy to deal with.

-But I’m no sheep waiting to get slaughtered, either. If anyone really dares to step over my head and shit all over me, they better be prepared for their whole family to get thrown into the latrine pit!,- Zhang Che thought to himself. He was no longer his previous self. He totally had the capability for that.

“Oh, right, Xiaoche, what future plans do you have? Are you still going to attend school?” Huang Juyun suddenly asked after a short silence. “If you want to continue school, I can go talk to Bei Du University. With your current strength, it’s definitely no problem for you to enroll into their beastmaster major.”

Zhang Che shook his head, “Forget it. I don’t think there’s any meaning to that.”

“Mhm. I think so too,” Huang Juyun nodded. “Why not join the army? Temper yourself in there, and I can use this opportunity to help you rise up in the ranks.”

Zhang Che felt deeply moved. He knew that Huang Juyun was planning on nurturing him as his successor.

However, the problem was that he had too many secrets that couldn’t be exposed. It’d be fine if he became truly strong, but now that he was neither here nor there, it would be extremely easy for some of his secrets to be exposed if he encountered any danger.

He hesitated for a while, and shook his head in rejection in the end.

“This… let’s talk about it in the future, Uncle Huang. I prefer to be free. It’s too restricting for me to join the army; it’d be hard for me to adjust to it.”