Going home for Chinese New Year, I squeezed onto a bus with three energetic young women.

Jiang Ruyue spoke very softly just now.

Bai Li didn't hear it at all.

He pulled out a chair next to the dining table and looked at Jiang Ruyue's flushed ears with suspicion.

"What did you just say?"

Bai Li frowned:

"Why do you seem so strange?"

Lin Xiaoshuang heard it all clearly.

She quickly interrupted to cover for her:

"No, no, no! Big brother, you must have misheard!"

"Little Sister Kisaragi is having trouble sleeping in this new bed!"

Lin Xiaoshuang slapped her thigh, realizing she hadn't even bothered to write a draft of her lie:

"I didn't sleep well in the guest room last night, and I woke up a bit suddenly, so my head is a little fuzzy."

What a joke!

If Bai Li were to follow up on this topic and find out that he had live-streamed the whole thing for this girl last night...

My butt is definitely going to get a good beating from Bai Li.

Bai Li glanced at Lin Xiaoshuang's guilty look and didn't intend to pry.

He turned his gaze back to the bowls and chopsticks on the table:

"Did you make this breakfast, Kisaragi?"

Jiang Ruyue held the glass in both hands, her fingertips rubbing the glass rim somewhat awkwardly.

Her heart was pounding, and she stammered in response:

"Um... I just made some plain congee and boiled eggs."

Li Mengmeng was completely unaware of the undercurrents at the dinner table.

She stirred the white porridge in the bowl with a spoon, speaking very naturally:

"This is good enough. If I could have another packet of pickled vegetables... tsk tsk, that would be perfect."

At the four-person dining table, everyone except Li Mengmeng was scheming.

Bai Li took two sips of the warm congee and asked casually:

"Kisaragi".

"Is your face constantly flushed because you have a fever?"

After saying that, Bai Li stretched out his fingertips, wanting to touch her cheek.

Jiang Ruyue shrank back before her fingertips even touched her skin.

"without..."

She was not only shy, but the doubts that had been building up in her heart all night were also too much to contain.

"Bai Li".

Jiang Ruyue's long eyelashes fluttered twice as she asked the question with great seriousness:

"Do all men like girls' feet?"

Bai Li paused for a moment, then replied casually:

"It depends on the person; some people like it, and some people are indifferent."

"But what's so attractive about a girl's feet?" Jiang Ruyue completely failed to understand this kind of fetish.

She leaned back in her chair and raised one leg into the air.

The legs of the pure cotton pajama pants slid down to the calves.

The little foot, encased in soft white socks, swayed gently in the air.

A girl who has just turned eighteen has a body that is at its most delicate stage.

Even through a thin layer of white socks, her rosy complexion was still visible.

The soles of her feet are small and delicate, with well-proportioned arches.

The five little toes curled restlessly at the toes of the socks, displaying an undisguised youthful vitality.

This natural, unintentional allure of youthful innocence, without any deliberate seduction, is terrifyingly potent.

Bai Li swallowed hard, struggling to tear her gaze away from the swaying white-socked foot.

"I'm indifferent, but I can understand it..."

Bai Li forcibly tried to salvage the situation:

"Maybe it's because the men's soccer team is bad..."

Jiang Ruyue gave a blank "oh," then stammered out another question:

"Well... there's one more question."

Bai Li put down her chopsticks, a bad premonition rising in her heart:

"Go ahead and ask."

Jiang Ruyue's clear, large eyes were filled with a pure thirst for knowledge. She tilted her head and said, word by word:

"What do you mean, Geely is rising, and BYD is following suit?"

The voice just fell.

"puff--"

Lin Xiaoshuang spat out a mouthful of porridge onto the back of the empty chair opposite her and coughed violently.

Li Mengmeng's hand holding the bowl froze in mid-air, and a blush began to creep onto her cheeks.

Bai Li felt a chill run down her spine.

I understand everything now.

This isn't just a case of getting a fever from waking up early.

This is clearly someone who listened outside the door for most of the night!

Even though Bai Li usually has a thicker skin than a city wall, he couldn't take it anymore.

"Don't be such a kid, always asking about all this useless stuff!"

Bai Li raised his voice and quickly interrupted the spellcasting.

Seeing that Jiang Ruyue still wanted to ask more questions, Bai Li couldn't stay a second longer.

He pushed back his chair and stood up.

"You guys eat first."

Bai Li casually straightened the hem of his trench coat:

"I'm going to Villa No. 1 to check on Tingting and the others, and also to tell them about my trip to Yunshi today!"

But the way he strode out the door, his back view, looked like he was fleeing in a panic.

Wait until Bai Li's footsteps faded into the distance.

Lin Xiaoshuang slammed the spoon in her hand onto the table, jumped over, grabbed Jiang Ruyue's cheeks with both hands, and pulled them outwards forcefully.

"You blockhead!"

Lin Xiaoshuang lowered her voice in exasperation:

"How can you ask such a thing in front of your older brother?!"

Jiang Ruyue's face was pinched until it was deformed, and her mouth pouted like a little yellow duck.

Her clear, innocent eyes were filled with confusion as she offered a vague and indistinct explanation:

"I...I really don't know."

Li Mengmeng's mind was racing at this moment.

Recalling Lin Xiaoshuang's behavior last night, and recalling Jiang Ruyue's words, the little girl immediately guessed the truth with a high degree of accuracy.

"Well, you're something else, Lin Xiaoshuang."

Li Mengmeng crossed her arms, exuding an aura despite her petite frame:

"So you not only hijacked the deal last night, but also gave Xiaoruyue a live stream, right?"

Lin Xiaoshuang relaxed Jiang Ruyue and stood with her hands on her hips with a righteous air.

"That's for giving Ruyue some basic science education!"

Lin Xiaoshuang's reckless spirit kicked in:

"I'm not as stingy as you. Of course, I should share knowledge with my sisters!"

…………

At the same time.

Yunshi, inside the main building of Banshan Manor.

The spacious and luxurious walk-in closet was in complete disarray.

The floor, the sofa, and even the dressing table were covered with all kinds of expensive clothes.

Haute couture gowns, Chanel-style jackets, and casual sweatshirts were piled up haphazardly.

Xie Lingmo stood in front of the full-length mirror, holding up a fitted light gray suit skirt and trying it on herself.

Her short pink hair was a little frizzy from being pulled, but her face was absolutely gorgeous.

Her bright, clear eyes looked left and right, her brows furrowing more and more tightly.

"dad."

Xie Lingmo didn't turn around, but called out towards the door:

"Does this outfit look good?"

The door to the walk-in closet was open.

Xie Lingmo's father, Xie Tianyun, stood at the door with a cup of coffee in his hand.

This is the sole leader of the Xie family, a powerful figure whose every move shakes the entire business world of Yunshi.

Looking at his most beloved daughter, and then at the bed full of discarded designer clothes, his expression was indescribable.

"MoMo".

Xie Tianyun spoke, his tone full of indulgence:

"The suit you're holding was custom-made in France last time. The cut is excellent, and it's quite suitable for wearing to company meetings."

"It looks awful!"

Xie Lingmo simply tossed the suit jacket into the pile of clothes at her feet:

"Wearing this is not cool at all."

As she spoke, she turned around and started rummaging through the bottom of the wardrobe for a motorcycle leather jacket.

Xie Tianyun shook his head helplessly.

He originally handed over his media company to his daughter to manage, but it was just a spur-of-the-moment decision to find her something to do.

Who knew that after glancing at the list of partners yesterday, this girl would become incredibly enthusiastic, like she'd been injected with adrenaline.

"No, Dad was just wondering."

Xie Tianyun leaned against the doorframe, looking completely bewildered, and asked:

"So what if I gave you a small company?"

Xie Tianyun pointed to the mess on the ground:

"Even on your first day at the company, how can you be more picky than if you were attending your grandfather's birthday party?"