Chapter 46: Just Deny Everything to the Death

Faced with his parents’ questioning, Bai Yun’an stubbornly insisted that the tael of silver was something he had found.

Moreover, he claimed to know absolutely nothing about any so-called secret seasoning.

Bai Tian: “As long as it wasn’t you.”

Jiang Dai: “Then they must have mistaken you for someone else.”

After all, their eldest son Bai Yunqi had once picked up a piece of gold from dog poop he stepped on right in front of them!

So the third son finding a piece of silver didn’t seem all that strange.

Meanwhile, Juanjuan, who knew the whole truth, stood nearby: …

The child opened her mouth but chose to say nothing.

What could she even say?

That the barbecue seasoning was what Third Brother had sold?

But then where did Third Brother get the seasoning from, and how did she know about it?

She couldn’t explain any of it.

Sometimes, the more you say, the more trouble you invite.

So when Juanjuan realized that speaking up might lead to consequences she couldn’t handle,

She chose to remain silent.

Seeing that his parents believed him and no longer suspected anything, Bai Yun’an still didn’t completely relax.

【Although I’ve managed to handle it for now, from Father’s description, the manager of Shíwèi Restaurant seems to really need this barbecue seasoning. I’m worried about running into him in town later.】

【He probably won’t come to our home. If he does, I’ll just deny everything to the death. Since I claimed it was a family secret and my parents don’t know about it, there’s no way to prove it otherwise.】

【I can’t sell the barbecue seasoning for now. I need to quickly unlock more favorability points to exchange for some raw seasoning materials, like cumin, chili peppers, white pepper, white sesame seeds, and such.】

Bai Yun’an calculated the entire situation in his mind and tried to formulate a plan.

Completely unaware that his shameless thoughts were causing immense shock to little Juanjuan behind him.

Juanjuan: So… you can just be this shameless?

I seem to have learned something incredible, but isn’t this a bit wrong?

Just as Juanjuan was lost in thought with her head lowered,

Bai Yun’an approached her: “Juanjuan, I got this today from the peddler in exchange for sweet potatoes. Give it a try?”

Resting in Bai Yun’an’s palm was a piece of filled toffee.

Yes, just obtained today.

【This is filled toffee—it should be delicious. I refuse to believe that after eating this, she still won’t like me!!!】

【As long as the favorability points increase, I can unlock more permissions and take more things out from the space! Like rough toilet paper, tooth powder, white sugar, and salt!】

Juanjuan pondered to herself: Liking Third Brother… so favorability points mean I have to like Third Brother?

And the more I like Third Brother, the more things Third Brother can produce?

Juanjuan carefully accepted the candy from her third brother.

Then, under his expectant gaze, she placed the filled toffee into her mouth.

Juanjuan felt like this scene was somewhat familiar.

So, to help Third Brother produce more things,

Juanjuan began trying to hypnotize herself: Third Brother is good, Third Brother isn’t dangerous, like Third Brother, Third Brother can produce things.

The little one kept hypnotizing herself.

Bai Yun’an saw the favorability points in the void, originally at zero, begin to flicker, flashing as if about to change and rise.

But this time, the number change seemed unusually slow, as if the connection was poor.

Finally, under his watchful gaze, the round, plump zero jumped around for a long time before turning into a vertical one.

Bai Yun’an: …

【Are you kidding me! All that jumping just to change to a one!】

【System, is the favorability points connection lagging?】

Bai Yun’an complained inwardly, unaware that the little child chewing the toffee had a sudden sparkle in her eyes.