Chapter 249 Going Home

"ah?"

Shi Jing was stumped by his question: "What do you mean by listless? What things shouldn't you be doing?"

"Hmph," Shi Fei sneered on the other end of the video call, "What do you think? You're all young men in your twenties, surely you can understand what I'm saying?"

"..." Shi Jing was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood what Shi Fei meant.

"...My father, what are you thinking?" Shi Jing frowned speechlessly, his eyes filled with disdain as he looked at Shi Fei. "Your son isn't some hypocrite, how could he bully Chaochao like this so soon after they started dating?"

"...We should only consider that kind of thing after the relationship is stable and both sets of parents agree. Besides, even if I'm a beast in human clothing and couldn't resist taking advantage of someone, it doesn't mean I'd become listless, does it?"

"I'm a young man full of vigor, how could I be so useless? Who do you think you are?"

"..." Shi Fei raised an eyebrow, ignoring his words, and said only, "As long as you know your limits. Jinzhao is only twenty years old after all. You can't act like a scoundrel and try to take advantage of her as soon as you've established a relationship."

Shi Jing: "I know. Although I brought her to live at home, we sleep in separate rooms. I know my limits, and even if I'm impulsive, I won't easily hurt her."

"She's still young, let's talk about this later."

"Hmm." Shi Fei nodded, barely satisfied with Shi Jing's awareness. "Did your family find out about your relationship today?"

"Eh..."

Speaking of this, Shi Jing couldn't help but sigh: "We don't know yet. Chaochao's older brother has a rather eccentric temper and is the only patriarch of the Zhu family, so Chaochao needs to think twice before slowly talking to his older brother about dating."

“His older brother has a bad temper, and so do I. If we hadn’t taken precautions beforehand, I probably would have started a fight with my brother-in-law as soon as we met.”

"Is today's elder brother named Zhu Xingye?" Shi Fei narrowed his eyes and suddenly asked.

Shi Jing: "Yes, let's call him Zhu Xingye."

"Oh..." Shi Fei twitched his lips, revealing a faint smile. "I've met him. He's quite capable and has excellent skills. I heard he took over the Zhu Group at the age of seventeen?"

"Yes." Shi Jing grabbed a towel from the side and roughly wiped the water droplets off his hair. "Chao Chao's parents died early, and Zhu Xingye was only seventeen when he was forced to take over the Zhu Group. He really had a tough time. He wasn't even an adult yet, but he had to manage the company and take care of his younger siblings at the same time."

"So I can understand if you have a bit of an eccentric temper."

Shi Fei: "Who needs your understanding? You should be learning from others! They were able to run such a big company at seventeen, while you were still out there being a non-mainstream person at seventeen."

"There's no harm in comparison..."

"Tch..." Shi Jing scoffed. "You have the nerve to talk to me like that? I was a non-mainstream person when I was seventeen. Weren't you a non-mainstream person when you were seventeen?"

"Fighting, causing trouble, and dating too early—you're way better than me!"

Shi Fei stared at him coldly: "If I hadn't had a relationship with your mother in my early childhood, where would you be now? You were born with a silver spoon in your mouth and will never have to worry about food or clothing for the rest of your life, so you should be secretly happy."

"Happy, happy, happy!" Shi Jing replied dismissively, "I'm already secretly happy right now."

He glared impatiently at his wretched son, growing increasingly annoyed with each glare, and then he began to curse.

Taking advantage of the fact that he wasn't home and couldn't draw a card from him, Shi Jing started arguing with him on the other end of the video call.

The father and son started another verbal battle after a disagreement.

He finally shut up when Zhu Jinzhao sent Shi Jing a WeChat message urging him to come over.

"I'm not talking to you anymore, I'm going to the next room to find my Chaochao."

"roll!"

After uttering those words, Shi Fei hung up the phone immediately.

Shi Jing put his phone in his pocket and happily ran to the next room.

As soon as he opened the door, Zhu Jinzhao told him some not-so-good news.

"Shi Jing, I might need to go home tomorrow afternoon."

"...Why?" Shi Jing panicked immediately, quickly dropping the towel to hug Zhu Jinzhao. "Did your older brother find out about you and call you back to interrogate him?"

"I don't know either." Zhu Jinzhao frowned in frustration. "Mingyue just sent me a WeChat message saying that her older brother called her and told her to go home as soon as she finishes work tomorrow. It seems that her older brother has something very important to tell her."

“Mingyue and I are together. Since my brother is urging her to go home, he is very likely to urge me to go home as well.”

Shi Jing pouted unhappily: "How long are you going back?"

Zhu Jinzhao: "Tomorrow is Saturday, and the second episode will be recorded on Sunday afternoon. If I go back tomorrow afternoon, I will definitely have to stay at home for one night."

"Shi Jing, we'll probably have to meet on the set."

"Ah..." Shi Jing's face darkened, her reluctance written all over her face. "I'm in the honeymoon phase right now, and I really can't stand being apart from you for so long!"

Zhu Jinzhao touched his face and gently comforted him, "I don't want to be separated from you either, but my brother said I have to go back."

"Buzzing—"

"Buzzing—"

Just then, Zhu Xingye made a video call.

Zhu Jinchao immediately put down the mirror, clutching her phone in a panic: "What should I do? What should I do? My older brother video-called me!"

Shi Jing only paused for two seconds before pulling Zhu Jinzhao to the balcony: "You take the video call here, don't let your older brother see the room's decor."

"I'll wait for you outside, don't panic."

"Yes!" Zhu Jinzhao was already panicked, but still obediently nodded.

Shi Jing grabbed her shoulders, leaned down and quickly kissed her lips. After the kiss, he strode outside, saying, "Chao Chao, don't be afraid, I'll be waiting for you outside!"

Zhu Jinzhao gripped her phone nervously, took a few deep breaths to calm herself, and then sat down in a chair to pretend to be calm as she answered the video call.

"Big brother."

She looked at Zhu Xingye in the video and forced a stiff smile.

"Chao Chao." Zhu Xingye was sitting in the study, a black pen between his fingers.

"Have you had dinner?" He looked at Zhu Jinzhao with gentle eyes, his tone as tender as ever.

Zhu Jinzhao nodded: "I've already had dinner. What about you, brother? Have you eaten?"

"Big brother hasn't eaten yet." Zhu Xingye propped his head up with the back of his hand, a tired smile on his cold, handsome face. "I just finished a video conference and haven't had time to eat yet."

“Nothing is more important than a meal during a meeting. Even if you’re busy, you should eat first before you get busy.” Zhu Jinzhao said, while glancing at Zhu Xingye’s face. Seeing that Zhu Xingye seemed to have no negative emotions other than fatigue, the weight in her heart slowly lifted.