Xia Li heard that her home was on Shiqiao Street, and seeing Jun Ning's cordial invitation, she accepted it, "Okay, I'll go to your place for a meal today, and I'll treat you to a meal another day."

"Sure!"

Jun Ning held Xia Li's hand and was about to walk out of the factory gate when he heard two familiar voices calling from behind, "Aning, Aning..."

Jun Ning immediately turned her head and saw Du Juan and Song Weian standing not far away, waving their hands vigorously at her.

Jun Ning also waved to Du Juan, and then said to Xia Li beside him: "Xia Li, wait for me, I'll go say hello to Sister Du Juan."

Xia Li nodded, "Go ahead! I'll wait for you here."

Jun Ning trotted to Du Juan and said to her with a smile, "Sister Du Juan, I just happened to be looking for you guys for something. Have you two eaten yet? Let's go to my house and eat!"

Du Juan smiled as she watched Jun Ning become more and more beautiful, and teased her with a smile, "Aning, I heard from Director Luo that you are now a very busy person. How come you have time to come here to see us today?"

Jun Ning thought about how long it had been since he came to see them, and said with a hint of apology: "Sister Juan, please don't laugh at me. I've been a little busy recently. My cousin handed all the things here to me, and I've been busy like a top every day. Come on, come on, come home with me to eat, and I'll have a good chat with you then."

Du Juan confirmed with her again, "I heard from Director Luo that you bought the strange building on Shiqiao Street?"

Jun Ning smiled and asked her, "Yes, Sister Juan, are you afraid to go to my house?"

Du Juan smiled lightly, pretending to be fearless and said, "You are not afraid, so why should I be afraid? Come on, Wei'an, let's go to Aning's place for a meal today."

Song Weian had been watching them talking with a smile. When he heard his wife say this, he immediately responded, "Okay, Aning, we'll go and bother you then."

Jun Ning waved her slender hand, "Why are you being so polite to me? Let's go. I have something good to tell you when we get back."

Du Juan smiled and asked, "What good news? Can't you tell me now?"

Jun Ning kept it a secret, "We'll talk about it when we get back."

Du Juan looked at her in disapproval, "Aning, you've also learned bad habits. You've even learned to whet our appetite."

Jun Ning gave her a big smile in return.

Her smile, as bright as the sun, was so contagious that Du Juan couldn't help but laugh along with her.

When they all arrived at the factory gate, they found that Jun Ning actually had a driver to send her there, and they were amazed again.

Jun Ning opened the car door and invited Song Weian, Du Juan, and Xia Li to get in.

She also sat in the passenger seat, and then let Jun Er drive home.

When Jun Ning brought the three of them back to Gulou's home, Xiao Yanru and the others were still cooking and had not yet started eating.

Gu Xiangwen was setting the table in the restaurant. When he saw Jun Ning coming back with the guests, he immediately asked her with a smile, "An Ning, are there guests coming? Do you want to order a few more dishes?"

Jun Ning smiled and replied, "Make a few more dishes and larger portions, otherwise, I'm afraid there won't be enough to eat."

Gu Xiangwen smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll go talk to Yanru."

When Du Juan heard Aning's words, she also smiled and said, "Aning, don't treat us like gluttons. We just need to eat whatever we can."

Seeing Jun Ning busying herself with greeting them, Du Juan quickly said to her, "An Ning, stop busying yourself and sit down!"

After Jun Ning arranged the cakes and drinks, he said to them, "Please sit down and look around. I'll go to the kitchen to see what they have cooked and come out to accompany you later."

Du Juan reminded him again, "Aning, don't cook too many dishes."

Jun Ning smiled at her and said, "I'll see to it."

Du Juan understood Jun Ning's stubbornness and persistence. As long as she decided on something, she would do it and would not listen to others.

But her stubbornness and persistence always move people.

Jun Ning went to the kitchen and saw Xiao Yanru cooking and Luo Dali helping her.

On the table next to it, three prepared dishes had been placed, namely, fried bacon with garlic sprouts, scrambled eggs, and steamed sausage.

Xiao Yanru was still frying vegetables.

She saw Jun Ning coming in and asked her again, "An Ning, what else do you want to cook?"

Jun Ning looked at the ingredients in the kitchen, including cucumbers and eggplants.

Jun Ning said to Xiao Yanru, "Let's stir-fry some bacon and cucumber and braised eggplant. I'll go get two fish from the lotus pond and make some braised fish."

Xiao Yanru nodded, "Okay."

Jun Ning took out a small fishing net from the corner of the kitchen and went to the lotus pond to fish.

The little civet cat, which had been hiding somewhere to practice, jumped out as soon as it saw Jun Ning trying to catch its food. It grabbed the small fish net tightly with its two cat paws and meowed at Jun Ning, as if to tell him not to catch its fish.

Jun Ning reached out and tapped its little cat head, then said to it with a smile, "Little cat, I'll borrow two fish to make a dish today, and I'll return four to you another day, okay? Don't worry, I won't let you go hungry."

When the little civet heard her say that she would catch two and give it four in return, it let go of its little cat's claws.

But when the little civet cat saw Jun Ning really pick up the two fish and leave, his eyes were still filled with reluctance.

It wanted to eat it too, but what could it do? The little civet's big round eyes turned a few times, and then it jumped into the lotus pond as fast as lightning.

When it jumped up again, the cat had already picked up a lively fish in its mouth. It quickly ran to the kitchen, found Jun Ning, and meowed at her, asking her to cook it a cooked fish.

Jun Ning looked at the cute little civet cat meowing. She smiled and picked up the fish it had placed on the ground. She said to the little civet cat, "Okay, I'll help you cook it later. When it's done, come and eat it yourself."

The little civet raised its paws again and meowed to thank Jun Ning.

Xiao Yanru and Luo Dali saw the clever and cute appearance of the little civet and couldn't help but praise it, "This little cat is so smart and cute. Aning, where did you find it?"

Jun Ning smiled at the innocent little civet cat, and explained to Xiao Yanru, "This little civet cat was born and raised here. It is the guardian spirit animal of our family. It is very powerful. Don't mess with it."

First update~Thanks to everyone who gave tips and voted, muah~ 　　 　 (End of this chapter)