Chapter 236 - The Adults' Hidden Plan

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Huo Tian didn’t notice the hidden thoughts under the three adults’ conflicted expressions and took the initiative to ask, “You guys have been discussing things behind my back recently. What are you guys planning? Is there anything you can’t let me know?”

Xi Cheng and Ding Chen immediately looked surprised, wearing an expression that said, “How did you know?” However, Ding Rong looked calm.

She smiled helplessly and looked at the two men beside her. “I’ve told you guys long ago that Tiantian is very smart. Maybe she didn’t notice anything amiss at first, but over time, she’ll definitely be able to tell that you’re planning something behind her back. It’s better to explain it to Tiantian from the start.”

Huo Tian wrinkled her nose proudly. “Dad, Uncle, you guys are really doing something behind my back. If you confess, I’ll be lenient and if you resist, I’ll be strict. As long as you can take the initiative to tell me, I’ll let bygones be bygones about what you’ve been hiding from me!”

Ding Chen rubbed Huo Tian’s head unhappily. “You brat, you’re really rude. How dare you talk to your uncle and father like that?”

Huo Tian dodged her uncle’s attacks while trying to tickle Ding Chen in retaliation. The two of them played for a long while.

Ding Rong and Xi Cheng smiled as they looked at them. Ding Rong was already used to the two of them fighting and did not think much of it, but Xi Cheng felt inexplicably touched…

Ever since he was young, what he had always wanted was such simple and ordinary happiness…

Ding Rong seemed to have sensed Xi Cheng’s emotions. She turned to look at Xi Cheng, who was a little moved, and took the initiative to hold his hand. Xi Cheng looked at Ding Rong. After their gazes met for a moment, the two of them could not help but smile.

Ding Chen played around with Huo Tian for a while. When he came back to his senses, he realized that his sister and Xi Cheng were looking at each other and smiling inexplicably again. He rolled his eyes helplessly and interrupted the tacit and warm atmosphere between the two of them without hesitation.

He said to Huo Tian, “Your father was the one who suggested this and planned it. If you want to know, go ask him. I won’t say anything.”

Hence, Huo Tian sat down beside Xi Cheng and hugged his arm, shaking it. “Dad, hurry up and tell me. What are you planning behind my back? Hurry up and tell me…”

Xi Cheng, who rarely saw his daughter’s spoiled side, could not take it at all and surrendered within three seconds.

He said helplessly to Huo Tian, “Alright, alright. Let go of me quickly. I’ll tell you now.”

Huo Tian let go of Xi Cheng’s arm in satisfaction and listened carefully to him with her chin resting on her hand.

Xi Cheng said to Huo Tian in a gentle voice, “You know that I still have a family business in the United States. Although I suppressed the other successors firmly back then, 20 years have passed and I’ve never gotten married or had any children. As a result, these people are raring to make a move again.”

There was a hint of coldness in his eyes. “In the past two years, there were actually many people who have started to suggest choosing some outstanding youngsters to be adopted under my name. Heh heh, I can see their thoughts clearly. I’m afraid that after I’ve just adopted another family’s child, I will die unexpectedly in a few years. The entire family will fall into the hands of my adopted son.”

As he spoke, Xi Cheng’s gaze gradually turned cold. Ding Rong slapped the back of his hand and said in a reproachful tone, “Why are you telling Tiantian this? Tiantian isn’t interested in those horrible things in your family at all.”

Xi Cheng quickly smiled ingratiatingly at Ding Rong. “These things are indeed annoying, but Tiantian is my child.. Sooner or later, she’ll have to face those wolves in the family who are eying the position of the head of the family…”