Frightened, Song Leilei huddled closer to Xu Jingzhi, hugging herself and darting around nervously. "What if it still has a family? What if it comes back for revenge while I'm asleep? Have you checked it?"

“Do you know how filthy this place is? Every time I come, your snacks are all open and scattered on the table, and there are traces of Coke on the floor.” Xu Jingzhi shook his head. “With your living environment, there’s probably more than just the spider’s family. There’s probably a cockroach family, an ant family, a rat family, an unknown insect family, and so on.”

Song Leilei: "!!"

She asked anxiously, "Then what should we do?"

Xu Jingzhi teased her on purpose, "I suggest you leave the house empty for them to live in, and buy a new house. At least for the next two years, there won't be a family of spiders. You can continue to cause as much trouble as you want."

This was a sarcastic remark about her bad lifestyle habits, and Song Leilei understood it.

“Where would I get the money to buy another one?” Song Leilei hugged her legs, pouting pitifully. “Why don’t you stay at my place for the next couple of days? We can go buy insecticide together tomorrow.”

Xu Jingzhi pretended to get up. "That won't do. We're just childhood friends. Unless you call me 'brother' from now on, we're not related. I don't even have a proper title if I stay at your house."

Song Leilei clenched her fist to hold back her anger. "Okay... Brother, please stay here for now."

Late at night, Song Leilei didn't dare close her room door, fearing that there might still be insects.

She rested her head on the pillow and asked in another fan group, "Why do some people want to be someone else's brother so much?"

"I'm missing a younger sister."

"Wanting to be the boss, thinking it's prestigious, right? Many men are like that."

"......"

After reading everyone's comments in the group, she felt that the most reliable thing about being the leader was that Xu Jingzhi, with her bad character, had been suppressed by her since childhood and definitely wanted to become the leader and finally get her revenge.

Song Leilei peeked into the living room; the lights were still on. She was afraid that bugs might crawl around and she wouldn't be able to see them, so she told him not to turn off the lights to sleep.

Even with the lights on, Xu Jingzhi falls asleep instantly.

He's a very active person, but once he calms down, his sleep quality is much better than most people's.

He couldn't hear Song Leilei's occasional screams all night long.

As soon as it was light, Song Leilei, with dark circles under her eyes, slipped out the door and bought ten bottles of insecticide.

Xu Jingzhi was still fast asleep, his face turned towards the back of the sofa, when suddenly he was slapped hard twice on the back.

"Brother!!! Brother!! Get up and kill the bugs." Song Leilei shouted into his ear.

Upon hearing the two "brothers," Xu Jingzhi's fatigue vanished instantly, and he diligently sprayed insecticide in every corner of the apartment.

Then, in a very cheerful mood, he put his arm around her shoulder and quickly got into character with his new role, saying, "Brother will take you to have breakfast."

"I'm not awake yet, I'm not going."

"They just sprayed pesticide, are you in here inhaling the pesticide's toxicity?"

Song Leilei: "......"

After finishing breakfast, when Xu Jingzhi was paying, he specifically pointed to Song Leilei standing there and said to the proprietress with a smile, "Um, my little sister, isn't she cute?"

"Hmm, this girl is quite pretty. Do you have a boyfriend? I can introduce you to her," the proprietress said enthusiastically, glancing at Song Leilei.

Xu Jingzhi's face immediately fell. "My sister is still young, she doesn't need to find a boyfriend."

Song Leilei was standing a bit far away, so she could only see his back as he talked to the landlady, but she couldn't hear what they were saying.

She thought she could finally go home and take a nap after eating, but Xu Jingzhi said, "Insecticide won't work so quickly. I'll take you shopping for clothes."

As he spoke, he took her to the mall.

Song Leilei felt that Xu Jingzhi was acting strangely today, very strangely.

Xu Jingzhi usually opposes her shopping and always says that she buys too much stuff.

Did the sun rise in the west today?

"Are you crazy? I'm out of money and don't want to go shopping."

"It's okay, I have it." Xu Jingzhi thought for a moment, then changed her mind and said, "Actually, this area belongs to a friend of mine. As long as you mention my name, all the meals will be free."

He couldn't let Song Leilei know that this place was one of his family's assets.

Although his family had frozen his bank cards, he could still use his status as the young master of the Xu family.

The Xu family's fortunes have indeed declined, but that's only in comparison to their former state. They're still doing business, though they're always losing money.

Now all that's left of their wealth is the business in this shopping mall.

Song Leilei stood outside and looked around, but didn't go in. "No way, I'm beholden to those who feed me, and I can't accept things that don't cost me anything."

"That's my friend, it has nothing to do with you."

“Uncle Xu once said that one must have one’s own principles. Just because I like these material things doesn’t mean I should abandon my principles,” Song Leilei said. “I also don’t want to make things difficult for you.”

"Then you can choose the one you like first. Just consider it as if I borrowed it from that friend, and I'll pay him back later." Xu Jingzhi pulled her into the store.

When it was noon, Xu Jingzhi used the same excuse again, saying that there were too many insects in her house and that the insecticide would not be effective until the evening, otherwise the insect eggs would not be completely killed.

Song Leilei felt a chill run down her spine when she heard that there were even insect eggs!

Thus, Xu Jingzhi successfully fooled the naive Song Leilei, taking her to a restaurant to have dinner with her friends.

His friends all come from well-off families; they are all second-generation rich kids.

When Xu Jingzhi's friends saw that he had brought a girl with him, they all smiled.

"Young Master Xu, who is this...?"

"Please tell us about it!"

They thought they were going to hear some gossip, so they were all very excited.

Xu Jingzhi gestured for Song Leilei to sit next to him, cleared his throat, and said with a hint of boastfulness, "Isn't my little sister cute?"

Friends: "......"

"Is this your sister? You must be kidding me."

“We’ve never heard of you having a younger sister. You’re the only son in your family. Where did you find a sister?”

Before Song Leilei could explain, Xu Jingzhi spoke up first, "It's just that you guys don't have younger sisters, so you're envious, aren't you? Who cares where I picked up my younger sister from? Anyway, I have one, and you don't."

He became more and more proud as he spoke, his face beaming with pride.

During the meal, Xu Jingzhi kept calling her "my sister" repeatedly, to the point that her friends were tired of hearing it. Song Leilei, sitting there, felt very awkward.

Song Leilei thought to herself: Xu Jingzhi is probably addicted to being an older brother.

Not only that, Song Leilei also felt special care from Xu Jingzhi. The shrimp were peeled, the fish was boneless, and he kept pouring milk for her to drink.

Xu Jingzhi also explained to her friends, "My little sister is growing taller by drinking this."

After being shown off so many times, my friends have become numb to it.

I've seen people brag about their girlfriends before, but this is the first time I've seen someone brag about their sister. What's so great about this sister?

They couldn't understand why this young master Xu seemed to be having some kind of psychological problem lately.