Zhong Yuan's aggrieved gaze swept over the three of them before he threw himself heavily onto the sofa and began to withdraw into himself.

Jiang Xiaoli suppressed a laugh and handed him an apple. "She'll arrive in Kyoto at 1:30. We can pick her up first and then buy food, we'll have enough time! Yuan-ge, are you going to be my safety officer?"

Upon hearing this, Zhong Yuan instantly perked up. He sat up and laughed, "Little Pear, I knew you were a true friend!"

Dafu brought over the plate of cut fruit. "Little Pear, let me tell you about what happened at the construction company today."

Jiang Xiaoli forked a piece of honeydew melon and stuffed it into her mouth. "Go ahead and tell me."

Daifuku handed her several documents. "Although we expected that the cost of building a branch factory in Kyoto would be higher, the quotes from these two companies are 1.5 times higher than the cost of our Xijing branch factory. That's way too much!"

Jiang Xiaoli looked through the price lists from the two companies. "Heh, they're obviously trying to rip us off. Although Uncle Xiao gave us a discount on the price, he also said that he would still make a profit. These two companies are just trying to fleece us!"

Dafu nodded. "Yes, and I don't think they have much room to offer discounts."

Jiang Xiaoli thought for a moment and then dialed Xiao Jincheng's number directly, "Uncle Xiao, help!"

When Xiao Jincheng heard about her situation, he laughed and said, "I thought it was something serious! It's just a business trip! No problem! Here's what we'll do: I'll take Xue Bin with me when I go to Kyoto with your mother on the 10th, and this job will be mine! I happen to have a group of people here whose work will be finished by the middle of the month."

She immediately said, "Uncle Xiao, thank you."

"If you keep being so polite with me, I'm not going!" Xiao Jincheng pretended to be angry. "Besides, once the land in Kyoto is settled and construction starts, I'll feel more at ease having my own people do the work. Consider this a chance for everyone to get used to things here!"

"Hehe, Uncle Xiao, I've actually taken a fancy to a piece of land today."

She explained the information about the land to Xiao Jincheng, saying, "I think this location is really rare!"

Xiao Jincheng clapped his hands excitedly, "Little Pear, I knew you could handle this! Here's the thing, don't go with your mother on the 10th, I'll go to Kyoto on the 8th! Let's meet and talk in detail!"

"Haha, no problem!"

After listening to her phone call, Dafu exclaimed, "It's wonderful that Uncle Xiao's company is willing to take on this job!"

Jiang Xiaoli raised her eyebrows smugly, "That's right, considering our relationship!"

After saying that, she continued, "However, Uncle Xiao's company is still lacking in architectural design. Let's hold a bidding process for the architectural design of a branch factory."

Dafu agreed, "Okay, I'll take care of it."

Jiang Xiaoli said with a smile, "Brother Dafu, it's so great that you came to Kyoto! I love it when you said 'Leave it to me,' it's so reassuring!"

Zhong Yuan chimed in from the side, "Brother Zong, do you feel relieved now that you've brought me to Kyoto?"

Zong Jia gave him a complicated look and asked in return, "What do you think?"

Zhong Yuan said very confidently, "I think so. You're busy at school and also have to work on technology. I've helped you get the advertising, sales, and external communication aspects sorted out. Isn't that amazing?"

Zong Jia nodded. "You have indeed helped me a lot at work, and I deserve the shares I gave you."

Zhong Yuan was still a little dissatisfied, "Why is it only about work? Before Fu Zi came, our personal life was so harmonious!"

Dafu sneered and said to Jiang Xiaoli, "Xiaoli, don't you think this person has any self-awareness at all?"

Jiang Xiaoli smiled and shrugged. "Maybe that's just Yuan-ge's personal characteristic."

Zhong Yuan was very upset, "Fu Zi, why are you always stirring up trouble?"

They had their nth fight this year, and Zong Jia simply took his girlfriend and went back to the other side.

Jiang Xiaoli smiled and looked at him, "Is it appropriate for us to just leave like this? What if those two start a fight over something?"

Zong Jia patted her head and said, "They won't fight."

She pulled his hand away. "How did you know?"

Zong Jiayu chuckled and said, "Dafu knows a little kung fu. Dayuan is just asking for a beating if he dares to make a move."

Jiang Xiaoli's eyes lit up. "Brother Dafu knows kung fu? I've never heard you guys mention that!"

As the two sat on the sofa, he explained, "Dafu's mother passed away early, and Dafu's father was busy with work and often had to travel for business. When Dafu was a little over four years old, he was sent to a temple. His maternal grandfather was a martial monk."

Her eyes widened in surprise. "Brother Dafu used to be a novice monk? How come he left the monastic life?"

"Hehe," Zong Jiayu said with a smile, "He's not really a little monk. Dafu's father takes him home every year for holidays, so he doesn't have to stay at the temple anymore..."

He said his maternal grandfather wanted him to study hard, but I heard from his father that he was caught eating meat several times and the temple expelled him.

Hahahaha!

Jiang Xiaoli laughed and fell into Zong Jia's arms, "Now I know why you guys can get along so well, you're all gluttons!"

She laughed so hard that Zong Jiayu gently laid her head down so she could rest it on his lap.

"You're not wrong if you put it that way."

She asked curiously, "Is Brother Dafu's kung fu very good?"

Zong Jiayu thought for a moment, "About five or six years ago, a few of us were setting up a stall at the night market. A few young thugs in their twenties saw that we were young and wanted to take our stall. Dafu packed up his things and stuffed them into our hands. He beat up four of them by himself, and one of them was even beaten so badly that he ended up in the hospital."

Jiang Xiaoli smacked her lips. "Brother Dafu is a real hidden talent! I always thought he was a very reserved and mild-mannered person, but I never expected him to be so imposing!"

Zong Jiayu laughed and said, "That's what they mean by not messing with honest people!"

She looked at the corners of his mouth turning up and reached out to touch them. "Looks like I can only mess with someone as dishonest as you."

Zong Jiayu held her hand and kissed it, "Little Pear, there's a saying that goes, 'What kind of pot goes with what kind of lid...'"

She pouted, "Then I'll definitely be the all-purpose pot lid!"

Zong Jia flicked her forehead. "You're now bound to me!"

Jiang Xiaoli rubbed her forehead. "This pot has violent tendencies; it seems we can't keep it."

She had barely finished speaking when she was scooped up. "Want to return it now? Too late!"

After he finished speaking, he placed a tender kiss on her.

The only sounds in the quiet room were the two people's breathing, sometimes rapid and sometimes long.

After a long while, Jiang Xiaoli hugged his neck and asked, "You clingy little thing, do you have some kind of skin hunger disorder?"

Zong Jiayu looked at the faint red mark on her neck with a deep gaze, "It's because the little pear was too sweet."

She looked into his beautiful eyes and said, "Brother Ayu, I think I'm sick."