"Of course, we'll stay a few more days. It's a rare trip for us, so Xiaozhu, remember to reimburse us for the hotel expenses. Otherwise, we can't afford such a high-end hotel." Zhang Yu chuckled, but as soon as she saw Bai Zhengping coming out of the study, she immediately became obedient again.

Bai Zhengping greeted Lin Shanfu and the others with a polite smile, and together with Lin Xiazhu, escorted them to the door and watched them get into their car and leave.

It was a bit windy outside, so Lin Xiazhu didn't take Xiao Moxun out, afraid he would catch a cold. She had the maid hold him inside, and when she went back in, the little guy was already asleep.

"Xiaoxue, Taozi, you two go and keep Zhao Ting and the others company tomorrow. Show them the way; they should visit all the scenic spots since they're here," Lin Xiazhu said.

"I have a gig tomorrow. I've already turned down a lot of gigs these past two days, so I can't take any more leave. My agent calls every day urging me to get back to work as soon as possible." Lin Xiaoxue didn't want to hang out with the people from her hometown at all. She's a celebrity now, and if reporters photographed her visiting a tourist attraction with a group of rural people, it would lower her status. She wasn't going.

Tsk, maybe this girl is a vain and heartless person. Forget it, we can't count on her. She's willing to be a guide for her relatives, and Lin Xiazhu still has to worry about her.

Look at Lin Xiaoxue now, acting all high and mighty, like she's a big star and everyone has to fawn over her. Lin Xiazhu just wants to punch her. If she were to get together with her uncle and the others, how arrogant she would become, and she'd definitely say something provocative.

"You should keep your mouth shut too. It's right that you didn't join in. You should stay away from your uncle and the others. Otherwise, if you open your mouth, do you believe Zhang Yu and the others will gang up on you?"

Lin Xiaoxue: "..." She's a celebrity now, everyone's eager to support her, who would dare to hit her? Don't think you can do whatever you want just because she doesn't have bodyguards right now. Just wait, she'll hire two bodyguards to take care of her later.

"Big sister, Song Cheng and I want to move to Garden Community. We've been living here for almost a week now." We're really going to be cooped up; it's so restrictive.

Lin Xiazhu smiled and nodded, "Okay, then I'll have the driver take you there after dinner tonight."

"Well, actually everything here is fine, it's just that there are too many people, and it feels a bit suffocating." It was only because Bai Zhengping wasn't around that Lin Chacha dared to say this. She pointed to the busy servants walking back and forth, and the bodyguards standing every ten meters or so outside.

"We only send extra people when we're hosting a banquet. We don't usually do this. When you came, the staff had already been arranged in advance. Maybe it's because I've lived here for so long that I've gotten used to it." Lin Xiazhu was actually quite easygoing. Her real thought was that no matter how capable these people were, they were just hired to protect her. She treated them as if they didn't exist.

Before the banquet began, they all remained hidden in the shadows and did not all step forward at once. Moreover, Lin Xiazhu was confident that unless these people attacked her together, they could not beat her in a one-on-one fight, or even one against five.

She could flatten one of them with a single punch; none of them were a match for her. Why would she back down from them?

She was initially a little unaccustomed to having many servants at home, but after getting used to being waited on, she found it very pleasant and enjoyed the feeling of having someone help her with everything.

Sometimes she felt like a mistress in an ancient palace, it was so damn enjoyable.

However, she could understand Lin Chacha and Song Cheng's feelings. After all, this was not their home. The twins were indeed noisy, and they were afraid that the two children would break something, so they were restrained and hesitant to do anything. It would be better to live in an apartment in the garden community, where they could be more at ease and have no worries about making a fuss.

Lin Shanfu and Zhang Yu stayed in Beijing for another week, making it ten days in total. Some of them missed home and wanted to go back. No matter how fun Beijing was, how beautiful the scenery was, or how much their food and lodging were reimbursed, they still wanted to go home.

"We still have work to do at home, and they've all called to urge us to go back. We really have to go back." All ten or so relatives from Linjia Village have gone back first.

A few days later, Lin Shanfu's family also went back, leaving only Lin Chacha and Song Cheng with their twins. Zhang Yu and Zhang Shengli were still there.

Except for her postpartum period, Lin Xiazhu was able to go out. These days, she would occasionally bring Xiao Mo to the Garden Community to look for Lin Chacha, but today she found that they were not there.

Strange, where did they all go?

Lin Xiazhu handed Xiao Moxun to the maid to hold, then took out her phone to call Lin Chacha. After a few rings, the other end answered, "Hello, sis, I'm outside right now. It's very noisy here. I'll call you back later."

Lin Xiazhu stared at the phone that had just been hung up, speechless. What was going on?

They waited until the afternoon before Lin Chacha and Song Cheng returned. Zhang Yu and Zhang Shengli were with them too. Their wives and children had gone back home, and they would move to the Garden Community to stay with Lin Chacha for the next few days, saying that the hotel fees were too high and they felt embarrassed to stay there any longer.

The Bai family wouldn't care about that little bit of money, but perhaps they felt more comfortable being with Lin Chacha and Song Cheng since they were alone, so Lin Xiazhu went with them.

"Where did you go? It's past lunchtime, I'm going to eat first." I was planning to take a nap, but I thought they would be back soon, so I stayed up and sat in the living room waiting. I didn't expect them to come back until almost two o'clock.

She always brings a maid with her when she comes over. The maid helps take care of the children and cooks, which makes her life much easier. Right now, the maid is taking the little one for a nap in the master bedroom.

Lin Xiazhu had previously asked Lin Chacha and Song Cheng to sleep in the master bedroom with the child, but they refused and only chose the adjacent secondary bedroom, which was slightly smaller but not small either. A couple of days ago, Zhang Yu and Zhang Shengli came over, but they didn't sleep in the master bedroom either; the two of them slept together in the guest room.

"Oh dear, I forgot to call you back. We ate out; Zhang Chaoyang treated us." Lin Chacha slapped her forehead; she really had forgotten.

"How did you end up with Zhang Chaoyang?" Lin Xiazhu asked suspiciously.

"Well, we were looking for business opportunities in Beijing. Zhang Chaoyang and his group happened to be there when your son had his one-month celebration, so we exchanged contact information. Zhang Chaoyang kept saying he wanted to treat us to a meal, but we were too busy having fun the other day and only managed to find the time to come these past two days," Zhang Yu explained in a long string of words.

"So what kind of cooperation do you have with Zhang Chaoyang?" Lin Xiazhu thought about how 'Five Star Electronics Factory' wanted to expand production and buy the adjacent factory buildings. Did Zhang Chaoyang want Song Cheng and Zhang Yu to become shareholders?

“Yes, we’re planning to open a food delivery shop in the industrial zone. Zhang Chaoyang said the business should be good. Then Song Cheng and I went to look at other places and thought we could cooperate to open a building materials store…” Zhang Yu went on and on, looking very excited and determined.

"Are you working together as a group?" Lin Xiazhu asked tentatively.

"It's not that we're worried about not having enough money, but we're unfamiliar with the area and people, so we're a bit unsure." The main concern is that we might not do a good job and lose money. If one person were to do it all and invest their entire fortune, wouldn't they go bankrupt?

How long would it take to earn back all that money if I went back to being a contractor?