Looking at Zhu Jinzhao sprawled on the floor like a salted fish, Zhu Mingyue blinked, then asked, somewhat bewildered, "Zhu Jinzhao, may I ask you something?"

Zhu Jinzhao: "..."

She touched her throbbing, numb forehead and felt a lump on it, which made her already bad brain feel even worse.

"I'm sorry..." Even though she was half-fallen like Wu Bai, she still didn't forget to apologize to Zhu Mingyue.

Zhu Mingyue frowned slightly, momentarily confused about what Zhu Jinzhao was up to.

Zhu Jinchao scrambled to his feet, picked up his luggage, and headed out the door.

"I...I'm leaving again. Can you hold them off for a bit and prevent any of my brothers from coming looking for me..."

Zhu Mingyue: "..."

Zhu Jinzhao walked to the door and was about to open it with one hand when the door was suddenly pushed open from the outside.

Zhu Xingye stood outside the door, blocking Zhu Jinzhao's way.

"...What are you doing?" He frowned immediately when he saw Zhu Jinzhao carrying so many bags.

"..." Zhu Jinzhao stared at him blankly with her big eyes, not yet having come up with a reason to respond.

Zhu Xingye then turned his gaze to Zhu Mingyue: "Mingyue, what does Chaochao want to do?"

Zhu Mingyue shrugged: "I don't understand, it just suddenly turned out like this."

Zhu Xingye's expression darkened slightly: "Zhu Jinzhao?"

Zhu Jinzhao: "..."

Get your brain working! Speak up!

"...I suddenly felt that lying down was meaningless, so I wanted to go out and take a gamble! If I win, I won't come back... If I lose, I won't come back either."

Zhu Xingye looked at her as if she were an idiot: "...Where are you going to fight?"

Zhu Jinzhao honestly said, "I want to be a fully automated mobile engineer for fermenting dough, and also a senior financial advisor."

Zhu Xingye: "...Speak like a human being."

Zhu Jinzhao: "I'm a bakery server. When there aren't many customers, I also collect the cash. I earn 3,800 a month with room and board included."

"..."

Zhu Xingye closed his eyes, feeling a headache coming on. He sighed, snatched Zhu Jinzhao's luggage, and tossed it back into the room.

Pots, pans, pillows, and socks were scattered all over the floor.

"!!!!" Zhu Jinzhao opened her mouth wide in horror, wanting to pick it up but not daring to.

Zhu Xingye flicked his finger and gave her a hard tap on the head: "Put these junks back where you got them from."

"..." Zhu Jinzhao didn't move. "But I really want to go and get a job and give it a try."

Zhu Xingye: "You're having trouble even with the puzzle... Just stay home and work on your puzzle, bro."

"Go back to sleep, don't corrupt Mingyue."

“…Oh.” Since Zhu Mingyue had been mentioned, Zhu Jinzhao had no choice but to listen, whether she wanted to or not.

"Mingyue." Zhu Xingye looked up at Zhu Mingyue and gently beckoned to her. "You must be exhausted after traveling all day. Come here, let your older brother take you back to your room to rest."

Zhu Mingyue put aside her earlier hostility and obediently agreed, "Okay."

Today's escape attempt clearly failed. Zhu Jinzhao stole a glance at Zhu Xingye's face and, seeing that he seemed a bit difficult to deal with, turned around and slunk back.

Zhu Mingyue walked towards her from the opposite direction, and just as they were about to brush past each other, she suddenly stretched out her foot in her direction, while leaning her body slightly forward, already prepared to fall.

But unexpectedly, Zhu Jinzhao fell even faster than her.

"ah--"

"Bang!"

You fall down somewhere and fall down again. Zhu Jinchao was incredibly unlucky; she was distracted while walking and didn't notice a shoe that had fallen off. She stepped on it and fell flat on her face.

Zhu Mingyue: "..."

No, you knocked my wrestling, what am I supposed to knock?

"Every morning!"

Zhu Xingye ran in from the doorway, flipped Zhu Jinzhao over, and then pulled her into his arms.

"How are you? Where did you fall?"

"Hiss—" Zhu Jinzhao grimaced, first pointing to his elbow, then to his knee.

Upon closer inspection, Zhu Jinye noticed that both of the places she pointed to had scraped skin.

"What happened? What happened?" Zhu Qian rushed over upon hearing the noise, unaware of what had transpired in the room.

Zhu Mingyue pointed at Zhu Jinchao expressionlessly: "Chaochao fell."

"Oh dear, let me see." Zhu Qian also went over to take a look.

Zhu Mingyue coldly watched Zhu Jinzhao, who was surrounded by his two older brothers not far away, and gritted her teeth in hatred.

Next time, she'll definitely fall before Zhu Jinzhao!

...

That night, Zhu Jinzhao had a nerve-wracking and unlucky night. He failed to get the job and ended up getting injured in a fall. The tattered luggage that he had painstakingly packed was also thrown back by Zhu Xingye.

The next day, Zhu Jinzhao got up early and packed her luggage from the night before. Before Zhu Mingyue came downstairs, she quickly went to Zhu Qian's side and whispered something to him.

"Second brother, I have an idea."

Zhu Qian looked up from his phone and asked her, "What are your thoughts?"

Zhu Jinchao: "I want to go out and start my own business."

Zhu Qian: "What kind of business do you want to start? What exactly will it be?"

Zhu Jinzhao: "...Well, I haven't decided exactly what to do yet, but I just want to start a business. If you agree, I can leave right now! I'm confident I can make something of myself!"

"..." Zhu Qian looked at her without saying anything.

"If you don't say anything, I'll take that as a yes." Zhu Jinzhao didn't care about anything else, and directly pulled out the luggage hidden behind the sofa, almost running towards the front door.

Unfortunately, he was caught red-handed by Zhu Xingye before he could take two steps.

Zhu Xingye snatched her luggage, threw it on the floor, and then grabbed her by the collar and dragged her to the dining table.

"If I see you dragging a bunch of junk out to start a business again, you'll see what I do to you."

"I..." Zhu Jinzhao glanced at Zhu Mingyue, who was sitting opposite her, and said, "Then, then I won't start a business, I'll go and get a job, how about that?"

Zhu Xingye ate the fried egg on his plate and only replied with one sentence: "Try making one yourself."

Zhu Jinzhao was a little indignant: "Working isn't a bad thing, why can't I work..."

Zhu Xingye: "Because I won't allow it."

"..." Zhu Jinzhao dared not speak.

"Here, Mingyue, try this. Your second brother made it for you himself."

"Mingyue, eat an egg."

During breakfast, Zhu Xingye and Zhu Qian both lingered around Zhu Mingyue, ignoring Zhu Jinzhao.

Zhu Jinchao was quite happy to have some peace and quiet, munching on his bread while thinking about new part-time job plans.

She had subtly hinted at her intention to leave by mentioning working part-time, so why couldn't Zhu Xingye see through it? His younger sister had already returned to the Zhu family; shouldn't he have pretended not to understand and simply let her leave?

Or was her hint not obvious enough? Maybe she should just confront her directly...

"Chao Chao, have an egg."

She was lost in thought when Zhu Qian suddenly called her name. She snapped out of her reverie and quickly stood up to take the eggs Zhu Qian offered.

Zhu Mingyue kept an eye on her movements out of the corner of her eye, and quietly placed her fair right foot under the slightly upturned chair leg of Zhu Jinzhao, just waiting for her to press down without her knowing!

"Thank you, Second Brother."

Zhu Jinzhao accepted the egg and politely apologized. Just as he was about to sit back down, his legs suddenly gave way, and he and the chair fell out of Zhu Mingyue's sight.