Chapter 62 Zhao Zonglan is blatantly protecting his own.

The Song family's old residence is located in the northern suburbs of Beijing, quite far from the Zijing Tanyuan Garden.

On the way there, Shen Jingni was bored, so she started talking to Chang An: "Did Zhao Zonglan fight with Xie Chengsui yesterday?"

Chang An paused for a moment, then said tactfully, "Yesterday, you and Master Xie were sparring. Master Xie... was not as skilled, so he was injured."

"Thank goodness you came, otherwise he would have been injured even more seriously."

Fortunately, Miss Shen arrived in time, and the master stopped hitting her; otherwise, Master Xie would have been in real trouble.

Shen Jingni was quite surprised to hear his answer.

In the past, Chang An would never have told her these things; he would have mostly just said something like, "Sorry, I don't know."

Now, things seem a little different.

Does this mean they consider her one of their own?

Shen Jingni then asked, "Then why did they suddenly want to... have a sparring match?"

Chang An: "I'm sorry, Miss Chen, I'm not quite sure."

Shen Jingni: ...

It turns out she wasn't one of us; she was just being delusional.

Why did Zhao Zonglan beat Xie Chengsui? Was it because of that news?

But he knew it was fake.

Forget it, I can't figure it out, I'm not going to think about it anymore.

There is a long private road leading to the Song family residence, which is closed to outside vehicles.

Chang An drove his car through the checkpoint. The officers on duty at the roadblock nodded slightly to him and let him pass without asking any questions.

The young man, who had only been on the job for a few days, asked in confusion, "Master, why didn't we stop that Maybach? It looks unfamiliar to me; it's not from the Song family."

The man addressed as "Master" frowned and reminded him, "Remember this, that's Mr. Zhao Zonglan's car. No one in Beijing dares to stop him."

The Maybach that Zhao Zonglan drove most often had the license plate 京A1111, which was easy to remember; anyone who had seen it could remember it.

His car could indeed move freely in Beijing, and no one dared to stop it.

The long driveway wound its way through the trees, and it took Shen Jingni quite a while to finally see the Song family's old house.

Traditional Chinese courtyard houses have high gates and walls, and are heavily guarded.

When the security guard on duty at the gate saw that it was Mr. Zhao's car, he hurriedly pushed open the two heavy wooden doors.

He hurriedly relayed a message inside: "Go and inform the Second Madam that a distinguished guest has arrived."

Shen Jingni listened to Chang An talk about the Song family in the car.

Song Yanting's father retired from the company a long time ago, and his mother was bedridden and did not care about domestic affairs.

The old lady of the Song family favored her second son, so when Song Yanting was away, the people in charge of the Song family were from the second branch of the family.

The second wife's name was He Yunxin, the only daughter of a business tycoon in Hong Kong. She married into the Song family in her early years, aiming to become the matriarch of the family. However, she never expected that her husband, Song Bingcheng, would be so useless that he couldn't even defeat a junior.

Before getting off the bus, Chang An reminded Shen Jingni with concern: "This He Yunxin is no pushover. She is shrewd and calculating, and she will stop at nothing to achieve her goals. You need to be careful when you are with her."

Shen Jingni yawned lazily, seemingly not taking it to heart.

From afar, He Yunxin saw a girl get out of Zhao Zonglan's car, accompanied by Chang An, and knew that she was no ordinary person.

She hurried forward, smiling sweetly, and asked, "Assistant Chang, whose daughter is this beautiful young lady?"

Chang An introduced them with neither servility nor arrogance: "Madam Song, this is our master's girlfriend, Miss Shen Jingni."

Zhao Zonglan's girlfriend?

He Yunxin narrowed her eyes slightly.

It is widely rumored that Zhao Zonglan is not interested in women, and over the years, many daughters of prominent families have tried to woo him, but none of them have caught his eye.

Tsk, no wonder, he has such high standards, he picked a fairy.

"I wonder what brings Miss Shen to my Song family?"

Shen Jingni didn't like dealing with such scheming people. As she walked towards the reception room, she said, "I have a good friend named Wen Shuyi. I heard that she was invited as a guest by your second branch of the family. I'm here to ask for her back."

Upon hearing this, He Yunxin was stunned.

How could she know?

And they said it so directly.

He's so young, yet he's got quite the big mouth.

He Yunxin maintained a polite and elegant smile, "Miss Chen must have misheard. Miss Wen is not here with me."

"I wonder which gossip dared to spread rumors about our second branch of the family. If Miss Shen doesn't believe it, why don't you bring that person here for a confrontation? That way we can clarify things and avoid hurting our relationship."

He's definitely a high-level player.

However, Shen Jingni was not afraid at all and did not fall for her trap. She simply sat casually on the armchair, crossed her legs, and spoke in an arrogant and domineering tone.

"I don't know if someone is spreading rumors, and I don't have time to care."

"If the person is with you, hand him over; if he is not with you, send someone to find him immediately."

"Anyway, all I'm asking you is who you want."

He Yunxin never expected that Zhao Zonglan's girlfriend would be so unreasonable and cling to her.

Her smile had already faded. "Miss Shen is Mr. Zhao's woman, so I'm being polite to you, but you can't be this unreasonable."

Shen Jingni scoffed, crossed her arms, and readily admitted, "Yes, I am unreasonable, so you'd better go find someone right now. I'll give you half an hour; I need to see Wen Shuyi safe and sound."

She paused, a cold smile playing on her lips, and stared at He Yunxin, "Otherwise, I'll have your Song family smashed up."

He Yunxin was so angry she couldn't speak. Forgetting all etiquette, she pointed at her and strode forward, yelling, "You...you little brat..."

At this moment, Chang An stood in front of Shen Jingni.

In a calm tone, she warned He Yunxin: "Please be careful with your words and actions, Madam Song. Our master cannot bear to see Miss Shen suffer the slightest grievance."

Zhao Zonglan is blatantly protecting his own.

He Yunxin's face turned pale. Suppressing her anger, she turned and left the reception room.

Since Zhao Zonglan already knows that Wen Shuyi is in her hands, then this person has no choice but to be released.

Shen Jingni sat leisurely in the armchair, swinging her legs, and called out to her back, "Is this how the Song family treats its guests? I've been here for ages and haven't even had a cup of tea. I want to drink Wuyishan Da Hong Pao."

He Yunxin: "..." She even placed an order.

I must say, it feels really good to bully others with your power.

You can disregard and ignore everything.

All it takes is sitting down and uttering a few harsh words to silence someone's anger.

With Zhao Zonglan backing her up, what's the point of reasoning with her?

Moreover, she couldn't outmaneuver this kind of person with cunning and tricks, so she could only resort to shamelessness.

Chang An was already used to it.

After all, Miss Shen often makes Mr. Chen angry like this.

She wasn't afraid of even her husband, so naturally she wouldn't be afraid of this second branch of the Song family.

Ten minutes later, Shen Jingni drank Da Hong Pao tea.

Twenty minutes later, she received a call from Wen Shuyi.

She has safely returned to her apartment.

Shen Jingni stood up from the armchair, stretched, and said to Chang An in a light tone, "Let's go back."

News travels very quickly among aristocratic families.

While the old lady of the Zhao family was worshipping Buddha in the ancestral hall, Aunt Ruan came over to report.

"Grandma, the message from the Song family says that Fifth Master's girlfriend went to the Song family today to demand her return. She got into a fight with the second branch of the family and even threatened to smash up the Song family's property."

Grandma Zhao's hand, which was holding the Buddhist prayer beads, suddenly stopped.

Somewhat incredulous: "Girlfriend?"

"I think it's that second wife of the Song family who's always scheming and has lost her mind, talking nonsense."

"If Zong Lan really had a girlfriend, I wouldn't need to be praying to Buddha all day long."

Aunt Ruan: "Chang An personally accompanied me there and said it himself, so it shouldn't be wrong."

This news came as a complete surprise.

Grandma Zhao was stunned for a long time.

Only then did he slowly raise his eyes to look at the golden nanmu wood Buddha shrine.

The Buddha sits high, with lowered eyebrows and downcast eyes, gazing upon the world with compassionate light.

Suddenly, she burst out laughing.

Buddha finally appeared.

It was evening.

When Shen Zhuoyuan returned from his social engagements, he received several messages from a group chat for middle-aged and elderly people.

The most recent one was from Lao Qin tagging him.

[Old Shen, is your Miaomiao dating someone? There's a rumor that her relationship with Mr. Zhao Zonglan is something special. Eating melon seeds.jpg]

Shen Zhuoyuan: [Impossible, don't spread rumors, my Miaomiao is very well-behaved. Angry.jpg]