Shi Jing was used to the heat, so this time he didn't react much as usual. He just furrowed his brows tightly for a moment, and then quickly relaxed.

Even though Zhu Jinchao was closest to him, she didn't notice anything wrong with him at all.

He reached out and touched the pendant of the necklace through his clothes. The pendant still had a lingering warmth, but it wasn't hot anymore.

“Shi Jing, I actually think it would be very advantageous for us to be the first to go find someone,” Zhu Jinzhao suddenly said.

"What are the benefits?" Shi Jing leaned forward slightly, and two short hairs on the back of his head turned completely white in that instant. But he himself didn't notice it at all.

Zhu Jinzhao narrowed his eyes slyly and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "While we're looking for people, we can also find the perfect hiding place for ourselves."

“Those who hide first usually don’t have much time to find a proper hiding place, but we are different. We can take our time to find people, and we can also take the opportunity to slowly search for different hiding places.”

“…That makes sense.” Shi Jing raised an eyebrow in surprise, completely convinced by Zhu Jinzhao.

Zhu Jinzhao's perspective on things was more unique than most, yet the reasoning behind it was flawless. Shi Jing's slight resentment due to the bad draw was instantly dispelled by Zhu Jinzhao's words.

Wow, Zhu Jinzhao is absolutely right! They have no time limit for searching, so they can definitely use that opportunity to find a hiding place for themselves in advance!

[This is seriously amazing! Playing games today makes my brain work like it's been blessed, it's incredibly sharp!]

I am Jingjin's Dog Taking the Imperial Examination: [Hahaha! Now you know how smart our dynasty is! Hurry up and join our dynasty, become a veteran and die-hard fan!]

Before the game started, the assistant director added one more thing: "Because the number of members in the three teams is not equal, in order to be fair, the production team specially arranged for the accompanying assistants to act as temporary partners and join the other two teams with fewer members."

"Little Li, Little Yang, let's join the team."

"Alright!" The two accompanying assistants stepped forward at the same time and joined the group they were in charge of.

"Ahem..." The assistant director cleared his throat, then announced, "The mission rules have been set, the game of hide-and-seek is about to begin!"

"You only have ten minutes to prepare to hide, so please act quickly, everyone!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the two groups of guests responsible for hiding immediately scattered and fled, while Shi Jing, Zhu Jinzhao, and Xiao Chen were taken to a temporary storage room by the assistant director to wait for the hiding time to end.

"How are we going to look for it later? Should we go together or separate?" Xiao Li asked.

Shi Jing thought for a moment, then replied, "Let's search together. This villa is so big, and there are many public areas. If we search separately, we might miss some places."

"Yes." Zhu Jinzhao nodded in agreement. "I also think it's better to look for them together."

Xiao Li: "So, where should we look for first?"

Zhu Jinzhao: "The common areas of this villa are very large, but I think there will definitely be people hiding in their rooms. So, let's search the rooms first."

“Okay,” Shi Jing agreed.

Ten minutes isn't a long time, but it's still a bit boring to have three people just standing there waiting.

"Hey," Shi Jing nudged Zhu Jinzhao's arm, then suddenly lowered his voice and asked her, "Do you have any ideas about 'making trouble'?"

"Yes," Zhu Jinzhao said affirmatively.

"What is it?" Xiao Li and Shi Jing asked at the same time.

"Heh heh..." Zhu Jinzhao chuckled mysteriously twice, then shook his head at the two people in front of him, "I'll tell you later."

[I've got it! Zhu Jinzhao has another bad idea! All departments, take note! Be on high alert!]

[Damn, I almost wanted to climb into the live stream, grab Ning Shi by the ear, and yell: Zhu Jinzhao has come up with another way to mess with you guys!]

[A fresh brain is great, huh? They came up with such a wicked idea in such a short time.]

Ahhh, I can't wait! What tricks will Zhu Jinzhao pull this time?

"Ten-minute countdown is over! Hunters are out of the mountains, begin the search!"

As soon as the assistant director finished speaking, Zhu Jinzhao and Shi Jing were immediately released from the storage room.

As planned, the three of them went up to the third floor of the villa to look for the other guests in their rooms.

Room number one was the room where Su Ying and Zhu Mingyue lived. The three of them pushed open the door and entered, but Zhu Jinzhao went in first.

She looked around the spacious suite to make sure there was nothing inappropriate to display before beckoning Shi Jing, Xiao Li, and the photographer to come in.

Room number one is very large, with three bedrooms that are almost identical, as well as a spacious living room.

Zhu Jinzhao briefly assigned tasks: "Xiao Li and I will go into the rooms to search, while Shi Jing will stay in the living room and be responsible for this area and the balcony."

Shi Jing had no objection: "Okay."

The three rooms all looked basically the same. Zhu Jinzhao randomly pushed open a door and went in, only to be surprised to find that the room's owner was actually Su Ying.

Remembering what Shi Jing had told her that morning to change her attitude towards Su Ying and become more aggressive, Zhu Jinzhao immediately decided to turn Su Ying's room upside down!

She started from the doorway and slowly searched inside, not wanting to miss a single corner.

But after searching the room carefully, she couldn't find a single person.

"Nobody's here?" She rubbed her forehead and looked around the spacious room. After hesitating for a few seconds, she decided to search the walk-in closet, where people could easily hide, again.

The walk-in closet was large, but since Su Ying didn't bring many clothes, there weren't many things stored inside, and the space wasn't particularly secluded.

Zhu Jinzhao pulled open all of Su Ying's clothes but didn't see anyone inside. Then, she moved the boxes where Su Ying kept her cosmetics and jewelry next to the stacked clothes, but still didn't see anyone behind the boxes.

Next, she continued searching in the drawers and behind the sliding doors of the dressing room, but still couldn't find anyone.

"No one is in my room."

Just then, Xiao Li's voice rang out from not far away.

Shi Jing followed up, "There's no one in the living room or bedrooms either. I've searched everywhere. What about you, Jin Zhao? Have you found her?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Jinzhao stepped out of the dressing room: "I couldn't find it here either."

Shi Jing: "Are Su Ying and Zhu Mingyue really that smart? Neither of them went back to their rooms..."

[Holy crap! Su Ying dodged it! Su Ying actually dodged it! I searched the walk-in closet twice today and still couldn't find her.]

[Hmph, Zhu Jinzhao's reasoning is indeed correct, but my Yingying isn't someone to be trifled with. How could she find it so easily!]

[Su Ying successfully dodged this wave; she's definitely going to win this round!]

That's not necessarily true; don't be too certain.

"No, I still feel like I've missed something." Zhu Jinzhao had just walked into the living room when he immediately turned back to Su Ying's room.

"This room is so good at hiding people, there should be no one hiding here."