"Chao Chao, are you busy today?" Zhu Qian brought over a glass of warm water, placed it in Zhu Jinchao's palm, and asked casually.
"It's alright, not too busy." Zhu Jinzhao held her cup and sipped water slowly, her eyes somewhat vacant.
Zhu Qian sat down next to her, looking at her through his glasses with a half-smile: "Since you're not busy, why don't you reply to your second brother's WeChat messages?"
"The 3, 2, 1 combo deals the most damage..." Zhu Ning was teaching Zhu Mingyue how to play games on the other side of the sofa when she suddenly shouted, "Third Brother hasn't replied to my WeChat message either!"
Zhu Xingye raised an eyebrow: "My older brother didn't reply either."
"...Huh?" Zhu Jinzhao was stunned. "You guys sent me a WeChat message today?"
Zhu Qian: "Of course, I sent you several messages, but you didn't reply all day."
"I didn't receive it!" Zhu Jinzhao quickly put down his water glass, took his phone out of his bag, unlocked it, and opened WeChat. The WeChat message notifications only contained some random group messages and a few public account subscription notifications; he didn't see any messages from the three Zhu brothers at all.
"No." Zhu Jinzhao handed her phone to Zhu Qian to show him that she really hadn't received their WeChat messages.
Zhu Qian adjusted his glasses, and with his slender index finger, he lightly swiped twice across the phone screen, bringing up several unread messages that had been buried at the bottom.
Isn't that right?
"..." Zhu Jinzhao's expression froze on his face, and an awkward smile appeared on his lips.
"This...this must have been overshadowed by other news, which is why I didn't see it."
"I'm sorry, brothers."
"Silly and silly..." Zhu Qian flicked her forehead, his eyes filled with helplessness and indulgence.
"Give me your phone." Zhu Xingye stretched out his right hand and suddenly gave the order.
Zhu Jinzhao looked up at him and saw that he was languid but had a sharp aura, and his cold eyes held an unyielding pressure.
She didn't dare refuse and quickly handed the phone to Zhu Xingye.
Zhu Xingye tapped and swiped a few times on the phone screen, then handed it back to Zhu Jinzhao.
"That way, you won't miss our messages anymore."
Zhu Jinzhao glanced down and saw that Zhu Xingye had pinned the contact "Big Brother" to the top. Below the pinned contact were Zhu Qian, Zhu Ning, and Zhu Mingyue.
"..." Zhu Jinzhao rolled her eyes inwardly, "Big brother is so smart."
Zhu Xingye: "Of course."
It's getting late. People who don't have to work can stay up all night without worry, while those who do have to work can only rush back to their rooms and try to get some sleep.
Zhu Jinzhao said goodnight to everyone in the living room, then picked up her bag and hurried upstairs.
"Chaochao is working too hard," Zhu Mingyue said, putting away her phone and feigning concern. "She's been studying hard for five days straight, and then she has to work long hours at a part-time job on the weekend. Chaochao is so thin, can her body handle it?"
“I can handle it.” Zhu Ning put his hand on her shoulder, leaned back on the sofa, and closed his eyes sleepily. “Don’t let Chaochao’s thinness fool you, she’s actually very strong. She went to see a traditional Chinese medicine doctor two months ago, and the doctor said her pulse was as strong as an ox’s, and she has inexhaustible strength.”
“Mingyue, don’t worry about her.” Zhu Qian adjusted his glasses, his gaze towards Zhu Mingyue gentler than a lake. “Zhaochao can eat, drink, jump, and play. She’s incredibly healthy and can handle these part-time jobs without any problem.”
"On the contrary, you are so thin it's heartbreaking. Your second brother has made an appointment with the best traditional Chinese medicine doctor in the capital for you. You should go see him with your second brother tomorrow and have him prescribe a medicine to help you recover."
Zhu Mingyue nodded obediently: "Yes, thank you, Second Brother."
Zhu Qian: "We are family, and family members don't need to say thank you."
Zhu Mingyue felt a warmth in her heart, and her eyes suddenly welled up with tears: "Okay."
But actually, she didn't say that because she was really worried about Zhu Jinchao, but because she didn't want Zhu Jinchao to go out for part-time work anymore.
Zhu Jinzhao is away from home all day because of that lousy job, and all her plans have no chance to be implemented.
Although her brothers now dote on her, she still resents Zhu Jinzhao's existence. She desperately wants to find a weakness in Zhu Jinzhao so that he can be expelled from the Zhu family without any real trouble.
The Zhu family can only have her as a daughter, and her brother can only have her as a sister...
The next day, Zhu Jinchao woke up at six o'clock as usual.
She rolled out of bed with her eyes closed, washed up, changed her clothes, and went downstairs with her heavy schoolbag on her back.
Jiang Jingwen was already waiting for her at the door. As soon as she pushed open the villa gate, she saw the ice-berry pink Porsche.
"Bang!"
The car door opened and closed again. Zhu Jinzhao yawned and asked Jiang Jingwen, "Where's Shi Jing? Didn't you go pick him up?"
“Ha…” Jiang Jingwen also yawned repeatedly, “Shi Jing left first in his friend’s car, we can just go to the film set to find him.”
"Oh." Zhu Jinzhao leaned back in his seat, lying down like a long, thin fish.
Jiang Jingwen noticed the backpack in her arms and asked curiously, "What's in your backpack? It looks so bulging!"
Zhu Jinzhao raised her hand and patted her backpack, which made a series of crisp "slap slap" sounds: "It's full of snacks. We'll be on set all day again today, and if we don't bring some food, we'll go hungry again. Especially Shi Jing."
"He's a boy, with a big appetite and gets hungry quickly. The boxed meals provided by the crew are never enough for him."
“Ah…” Jiang Jingwen dragged out her words, glancing at Zhu Jinzhao meaningfully, “You gave these snacks to Shi Jing on purpose, didn’t you?”
Zhu Jinzhao honestly replied, "Half of it was specially given to him, and half was specially given to the two of us. After all, Shi Jing helped me, and now that he's poor, I definitely have to take care of him."
"Mm." Jiang Jingwen nodded and didn't say anything more.
...
Su Ying was late again today; the entire crew waited for her for nearly three hours.
She arrived unhurriedly by car, first offering a perfunctory apology to the director before going to the RV to get her makeup done.
"I'm hungry." Jiang Jingwen, unfazed, stretched out her hand to Zhu Jinzhao with a blank expression.
Zhu Jinzhao took out two packets of cookies from his pocket, giving one to Jiang Jingwen and the other to Shi Jing, his tone filled with deep helplessness: "Can we have lunch first? We can't film anyway."
Shi Jing shook his head: "I don't think it will work. The production team is so angry they're green with rage, they don't have the time to care about us."
Jiang Jingwen: "Luckily, I brought food today, otherwise we would have been starving again..."
"What?! She was in a car accident?! Is she alright?!"
"No, what will happen to the production crew if she goes to the hospital? Who will take her place?"
The director received a phone call and suddenly erupted in anger.
Zhu Jinchao secretly stuffed a cookie into his mouth and tilted his head to watch the show quietly.
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