Bab 423: An Unexpected Joy

Zhen Zhu sat upright with a wooden expression, as if her soul was no longer there.

"What do you want?" she hissed after a long while.

"Niece is indeed intelligent. She knows that I have a request."

Zhen Chongming laughed out loud. "In that case, I won't beat around the bush in front of an honest person."

His smile faded. "Back then, your father insisted on teaching your mother a lesson. I tried to stop him, but he didn't listen. Later on, because I knew what he had done, he was always afraid of me. It was only because of the old master that he gave me a sinecure in the group. Not long ago, he actually listened to Shen Hanyu's slanderous words, saying that I colluded with outsiders to frame the company. He used the excuse that the company suffered a huge loss and forced me to resign."