The Shi family's residential complex was extremely large. After entering, Zhu Jinzhao looked around but couldn't see where the end of the complex was.
Moreover, she walked along the road for several minutes without seeing anyone else in the neighborhood besides them.
"Shi Jing, your neighborhood is so quiet." She felt a little strange, so she tugged at Shi Jing's clothes and whispered in his ear.
Shi Jing raised an eyebrow and asked her with a smile, "Wouldn't it be better to be quiet?"
Zhu Jinzhao nodded: "That's great. The people in your community are really well-mannered. It's only 10 p.m. and they're already keeping quiet."
"People in the neighborhood?" This question puzzled Qin Ming. "Jinzhao, who are you referring to as 'people in the neighborhood'?"
Zhu Jinzhao turned to look at him: "Of course, I'm referring to the other residents in this community."
“But there are no other residents in this community.” Shi Jing turned Zhu Jinzhao’s head around, making her look at him obediently.
"No other residents?" Jiang Jingwen frowned, looking somewhat bewildered. "What, is your family the only one living in this complex?"
"Yes," Shi Jing replied confidently and naturally, "It's true that only the Shi family lives in this neighborhood."
"...Huh?" Zhu Jinzhao didn't understand. "Why?"
"Because this entire community belongs to the Shi family," Qin Ming explained enthusiastically. "Every blade of grass, every tree, every insect, and every bird you see in this community belongs to the Shi family. And strictly speaking, this place is not a community, but the Shi family's garden."
"……ah?!!!"
Zhu Jinzhao and Jiang Jingwen were both terrified.
"This...this place is huge!" Jiang Jingwen spread her arms wide, gesturing an exaggeratedly large circle. "This is all the Shi family's garden?!"
“Yes,” Shi Jing readily admitted, “Everything you see here belongs to the Shi family. Even the sidewalk outside the wall was built by the Shi family.”
"Ha—" Zhu Jinzhao raised her hand to cover her mouth, gasping in horror, "Your house is way too big!!"
"Hey..." Qin Ming put his hands behind his back, his face full of envy, "This is nothing, the Shi family has even more 'luxurious' things."
"There's more?!" Jiang Jingwen's eyes widened, feeling goosebumps all over her body. "Shi Jing, your family is way too rich!!"
"Mmm-hmm!!" Zhu Jinchao agreed repeatedly.
Jiang Jingwen raised one hand to hug her arm, and then raised the other hand to hug Ning Shi: "In front of the Shi family, our family strength is no different from that of refugees."
Ning Shi looked sorrowful: "So can you understand how inferior I've felt in front of Shi Jing all these years? Even if I were assigned to put shoes in Shi Jing's villa, he would complain that it was too small."
Qin Ming: "Be content. At least your villa can hold shoes, while my tiny flat isn't even big enough to be Laifu's doghouse."
"..."
The boasting became increasingly outrageous, until Shi Jing finally couldn't take it anymore.
"Keep bragging." Shi Jing rolled his eyes at Ning Shi and Qin Ming, speechless, and said, "You two, one owns a mountain villa and the other owns a winery, and you still want to pretend to be poor and inferior in front of me? May I ask, in what way is your mountain villa or winery smaller than mine?"
"..."
Ning Shi and Qin Ming remained silent, gazing up at the sky.
“Zhao Chao…” Jiang Jingwen looked at Zhu Jinchao with tears welling up in her eyes, “They’re all pretending to be poor, only the two of us are truly poor!”
“Yes!” Zhu Jinchao wholeheartedly agreed.
"You two, stop acting." Shi Jing put his arm around Zhu Jinzhao's shoulder, deliberately pulling him closer. "I know better than you how much money the Zijiang Group and the Zhu Group make. You're both rich kids, why are you pretending to be refugees in front of me?"
"That's different!" Jiang Jingwen disagreed with him. "We're just ordinary rich kids, but you're a super-rich kid!!!"
"Yes!" Zhu Jinchao wholeheartedly agreed.
"You're right, my foot." Shi Jing flicked Zhu Jinzhao's nose lightly with his finger, his tone indulgent. "Chaozhao, don't brag like them, don't let them lead you astray."
"Eek..." Qin Ming couldn't help but say sarcastically, "The moment Jinzhao showed up, we all became the bad guys~"
“Yeah, yeah~” Ning Shi echoed sarcastically, “We’re all bad guys, except for Young Master Shi, who’s a good person…”
"Hmph," Shi Jing chuckled smugly, "Of course I'm good..."
Before he could finish speaking, Shi Jing suddenly felt empty beside him. After a few seconds of stunned silence, he looked up and realized that Zhu Jinzhao, whom he was holding, had been kidnapped by Ning Shi!
"Hahahaha!" Ning Shi grabbed Zhu Jinzhao's hand and ran wildly in front of him, taunting him as she ran, "Snatch Chaochao! Hit Shijing!"
"Hahahaha!" Zhu Jinzhao laughed foolishly from the side.
"Tch..." Shi Jing said with a disdainful look, "...childish."
Then he suddenly chased after her: "Give Chaochao back to me!!"
Ning Shi: "Every day is mine!"
Wishing you a happy day: "Hahahaha!"
"...Childish." The three of them were running around like madmen, and Qin Ming couldn't bear to watch.
But Jiang Jingwen, who was standing to the side, found it quite amusing and took out her phone to take pictures of them.
"You're the head of the CP fan club and also the admin of the fan site?" Qin Ming asked with interest, arms crossed.
Jiang Jingwen said, "I also wanted to be an assistant, but my dad wouldn't allow it."
"Assistant?" Qin Ming raised an eyebrow in surprise, his cold eyes smiling. "Why would a rich young lady like you want to be an assistant to the emperor?"
"Because I want to be with her." Jiang Jingwen took the photos and immediately started retouching them. "Chaochao is timid and has a soft personality. I'm worried about her if I'm not with her."
"Ah..." Qin Ming nodded, "You two have such a good relationship."
Jiang Jingwen smiled slightly: "Chaochao is my best friend, and also the family I chose for myself."
"Yeah," Qin Ming smiled, "It's good."
The group of people walked in, laughing and joking, and only stopped when they were almost inside.
Shi Fei had been waiting in the courtyard for a long time, and as soon as he heard their joking voices, he couldn't wait to come out to greet them.
"Dad." Shi Jing stepped forward, raising his right hand, and gave Shi Fei a high five in perfect unison.
"Hmm." Shi Fei responded softly, then walked directly to Zhu Jinzhao.
Zhu Jinzhao looked at him nervously, and greeted him politely and obediently.
"Hello, Uncle Shi."
"Hello, Jinzhao." Shi Fei bowed slightly, even speaking in a low voice.
"!!!!"
The people standing nearby were all taken aback by the stark contrast in President Shi's demeanor.
Zhu Jinchao was pleasantly surprised: "You recognize me?"
Shi Fei smiled kindly: "I've watched your live stream."
Shi Jing promptly exposed his true identity: "He's the 'hater'."
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