[Hahaha, what a man, with a big butt?]

[Lei Zi, being your fan is so embarrassing most of the time! Waaah, my face is all drooled over!]

[You're supposed to lose weight to build abs, not to get a big butt!!!]

[I'm truly impressed. I considered a million ways you could be found, but I never imagined you'd be exposed because of your big butt!!]

"How about Leizi compensates me some money? I feel like my eyes and ears have been severely damaged."

"Is anyone still on the fourth floor?" Shi Jing escorted the suspect, Fang, and walked side by side with him out of the study.

Upon hearing this, Fang Lei suddenly rolled his eyes slyly: "I don't know if there's anyone on the fourth floor, but I do know there's someone hiding in the study."

"Who?" Shi Jing immediately stopped in his tracks, becoming alert.

Fang Lei raised an eyebrow with a half-smile: "I can't say who it is, it would definitely offend people if I did. You guys stay and find it yourselves."

Shi Jing frowned slightly, turned his head to scan the study behind him, and believed Fang Lei's words without any suspicion.

"..." Zhu Jinzhao stared at Fang Lei expressionlessly for a few seconds, then suddenly said, "Don't believe him, there's definitely no one in the study."

"Huh?" Shi Jing was shocked. "There's absolutely no one left? How can you be so sure?"

"..." Zhu Jinzhao didn't rush to explain, but instead stared blankly at Fang Lei.

Fang Lei's gaze was unfocused, his eyes were unfocused, and his lips inexplicably pursed and relaxed repeatedly.

Zhu Jinzhao was immediately certain of his guess.

"Shi Jing, don't believe Fang Lei. There's no one else hiding in the study."

Shi Jing glanced at Fang Lei, then walked over to Zhu Jinchao: "Chaochao, did you discover something?"

Zhu Jinzhao explained his analysis in its entirety: "Although the program only has seven guests, there are nine people in total, including today's temporary partners participating in the hide-and-seek game. But now you, me, and Xiao Li are the hunters, and we've found Su Ying, Ning Shi, and Lei Zi one after another. So there are only three people left hiding."

"Of these three people, Brother Li is his companion. If Brother Li is also hiding in the study, then Lei Zi would never be able to expose him."

Shi Jing was a little confused: "If he doesn't expose Brother Li, then he can expose Zhu Mingyue and Xiao Chen. They are from a competitor's family. If they are also hiding in the study, then Lei Zi will have a reason to expose them."

"Hmph..." Zhu Jinzhao smiled innocently, "Mingyue isn't stupid, how could she possibly hide in the same room as her competitor? Don't forget, the production team allows everyone to mess around with each other. If Mingyue or Xiao Chen were really here, Leizi would probably have exposed them already."

"Don't be so absolute." The lie has been exposed, but Fang Lei hasn't given up on swindling and deceiving.

“Mingyue certainly won’t hide in the same room as me, but doesn’t her group also have Xiao Chen? Xiao Chen is a temporary partner sent by the production team, and she’s not very familiar with our rules for causing trouble, so she’s very likely to make such a basic mistake.”

“That’s impossible,” Zhu Jinzhao said definitively. “Xiao Chen is a member of Mingyue’s group. When she first joined the game and was unfamiliar with everything, she would only follow Mingyue around. It’s absolutely impossible for her to act alone and hide in the same room with an unfamiliar man.”

"..."

Fang Lei was speechless after being rebuked, but at the same time, he was also convinced of his superiority.

“You win.” His tense shoulders relaxed a little, and he gave Zhu Jinzhao a genuine thumbs up. “Your brain is really something else. You weren’t fooled at all.”

"Hmph." Zhu Jinzhao raised her chin arrogantly.

[Holy crap, this is the ultimate brainpower moment!]

This analysis is so insightful, it left me completely stunned.

Wow, Zhu Jinzhao is so deceptive! Before watching her play games, I thought she was just a cute but silly girl, who knew she was actually so smart!

Hahaha, we're the fools.

No wonder Young Master Shi is so infatuated with her; I would be too. This little thing is just too attractive!

"Impressive." Shi Jing gave a thumbs up and gently rubbed his fingertip against Zhu Jinzhao's cheek.

Zhu Jinzhao's performance was both within his expectations and beyond his anticipation. He knew Zhu Jinzhao was intelligent, but he hadn't expected that Zhu Jinzhao's intelligence would also be accompanied by five parts rationality and five parts clear-headedness.

Such cleverness and wit almost overturned his initial stereotype of Zhu Jinzhao as naive and innocent.

Zhu Jinchao may be slow to react at times, but he is not stupid at all, and certainly not unintelligent.

I don't know who gave her the self-perception that she's "not smart enough," but she's always thought that way.

Sigh... Shi Jing thought to himself, it seems he really needs to make this silly girl seriously realize her own shortcomings.

"Zhao Zhao." On the stairs leading to the third floor, Shi Jing suddenly raised his arm and pulled Zhu Jin Zhao into his arms.

"Hmm?" Zhu Jinzhao responded to him, still somewhat confused.

He glanced sideways at Zhu Jinzhao's long, curled eyelashes and asked softly, "How are you so smart? What's your brain made of?"

Zhu Jinchao frowned and answered seriously, "I'm not smart. I just think a lot when I'm playing games. As for what my brain is made of, it's probably made of flesh, if nothing unexpected happens."

Shi Jing: "..."

[Hahahaha! This honest answer from today has completely stunned Young Master Shi.]

[Haha, I just remembered a joke—Question: What's your girlfriend's zodiac sign? Answer: I think she's a Buffalo.]

Ah! She's so adorable today! Who can understand the contrast between her cleverness one second and her goofiness the next?!

I don't understand... It's just loading cargo...

"..." Shi Jing closed his eyes helplessly, automatically ignoring Zhu Jinzhao's awkward second half of the sentence, and only said: "You analyzed Lei Zi's lie so logically, isn't that being smart? You're practically smarter than the sky!"

"Hmph..." Zhu Jinzhao shook his head slightly, pursing his lips and revealing a slightly bitter smile.

"Tsk, why are you shaking your head? You're really smart! Why are you so insecure? Did someone brainwash you and call you stupid?" Shi Jing asked tactfully.

Zhu Jinzhao wasn't on guard against him, and when he asked her that question, she honestly replied, "From childhood to adulthood, that's basically what everyone around me has said. Everyone thinks I'm stupid, so how could I possibly be smart?"

"...What?" Shi Jing's gentle eyes instantly turned cold.

Here it comes again, that eerie sense of disconnect.

Before her true identity was revealed, Zhu Jinzhao was always the most beloved eldest daughter of the Zhu family. Even if she were truly stupid, let alone not stupid, the people around her would never use words like "stupid" to brainwash her.

The Zhu family dotes on her so much; she should be intelligent, beautiful, and confident. She shouldn't be insecure, timid, and hesitant, only daring to reveal her true self when playing games.

Such timidity is truly incompatible with her status.