All the goddesses in the world are lusting after my body.

However, he still couldn't shake his habit of always thinking of others.

"While I can't paint for you, it's best not to book boudoir photoshoots or anything like that. I've heard the photography scene is pretty chaotic these days."

"Even if you want to capture the most beautiful moments of your youth for future remembrance, it would be better to at least hire a photographer of the same sex."

Speaking of this, Jiang Tang suddenly remembered someone: Zhou Zhitu.

She seems to be good at photography.

Upon hearing this, Genji narrowed her eyes.

"Okay, I'll listen to Jiang Tang. Thank you for your concern."

"No need. Just stop keeping me in suspense. Once you've had your fill of appreciating the artwork, tell me what you want to tell me as soon as possible."

"So eager? Maybe you'll regret knowing this after I tell you?"

The more Yuan Ziji said this, the more curious Jiang Tang became.

"I won't regret it."

He spoke earnestly, looking into Minamoto no Shiki's eyes.

"Alright, I remember you met with Lilith's mother recently, didn't you?"

"...Hmm, Lilith told you?"

"No, I have other sources of information."

With her hands behind her back, Yuan Ziji began to walk back and forth in front of Jiang Tang.

Jiang Tang had no choice but to follow in her footsteps.

"Did Lilith's mother talk to you about anything related to business?"

"Business……?"

Jiang Tang carefully recalled the events and confirmed that Lilith's mother had not mentioned anything about business.

"Then that means there isn't one."

Yuan Ziji sensed this from Jiang Tang's tone and muttered to herself.

"No wonder Lilith has been so cheerful these past few days. I thought she was heartless."

"It turns out we were kept in the dark from the very beginning."

"Anyway, she's just lucky. In the future, the family business will be taken care of by men, unlike me, who has to keep an eye on the international stock market every day!"

As she spoke, Minamoto no Shiki began to complain.

It seems that the grievances of being a businessman in the family, or rather, a tool, have always existed, and he just took the opportunity to vent them now.

Compared to her, Lilith certainly seemed lucky and had an easy life.

"You mean, the Lilith family's business... is doing very poorly lately?"

"It's more than just a recession; thanks to that crazy woman, they're almost forced to withdraw from the entire Chinese market."

"Not just that, it should be said that the entire Eastern world. The Lilith family's business in Japan was very small, just a hobby, and it was completely squeezed out. You can imagine how terrible this commercial encirclement and relentless attack is."

To achieve this level of "utter extermination".

It's hard to say whether the families of Minamoto no Murasaki and Miyamoto Maizō did not participate.

Of course, it was more of a coalition of Chinese conglomerates, barely united under that woman's whims, to tear off chunks of flesh from the Lilith family, this behemoth, to nourish themselves.

As the saying goes, "from the fall of a whale, all things are born," and Lilith's family was forced to suffer a severe blow and cut off one of its own arms as a result.

But this is an adult matter; what right do Minamoto no Murasaki and Miyamoto Maizō have to say anything about it?

Miyamoto Maizo was kept in the dark, just like Lilith.

Minamoto no Shiki, who knew everything but was unable to change anything, was tormented by her inner turmoil.

That's why she finally chose to tell Jiang Tang everything.

If there is anyone who truly broke the deadlock...

Besides Jiang Tang, there should be no one else.

"A crazy woman...?"

Jiang Tang couldn't help but ask in confusion.

But at the same time, his heart suddenly began to pound.

A girl's image flashed through my mind...a girl who shouldn't have been remembered.

Her smile was haughty and disdainful, her hair silver.

301. Liking something is precious.

"Judging from your expression, who are you thinking of?"

As Yuan Ziji walked out of the exhibition room, Jiang Tang would chase after her without her having to do anything.

In a sense, it can be considered as fulfilling a small wish that Minamoto no Shiki had been holding for some time.

She was pursued by Jiang Tang—albeit in a physical sense.

"I don't want to guess, just tell me directly."

Sometimes, the truth is much gentler when told by someone else than when told by oneself.

"Alright, since things have come to this point, I've already told you everything."

"Her name is Jiang Peining. I don't think there will be any problem calling her by her name directly, right?" Yuan Ziji joked.

You can tell she's different from the adults in her family who are so superstitious.

As a young girl, she was quite resentful of Jiang Peining, so she made sarcastic remarks.

Fortunately, only Jiang Tang overheard it, otherwise Yuan Ziji might have been severely punished by her family.

After all, nobody wants to offend a powerful and crazy girl, right?

It really was her.

The moment Jiang Tang heard that name.

My heart felt as if it were sinking into a deep, inky pool.

Unaware that he was lost in thought, he walked slowly forward.

Until they almost collided with Minamoto no Shiki, who suddenly stopped.

She turned around and stared at Jiang Tang's face with curiosity and concern.

"This is the first time I've seen you make that expression, Jiang Tang."

Only then did Minamoto no Shiki begin to take things a little seriously.

Because in her mind, Jiang Tang had always been the kind of person who had no power, no influence, and no money.

But there's really nothing you can do with him; he's a confident man who's always calm, collected, and at ease.

But now, it's simply because I heard Jiang Peining's name.

He had already begun to waver.

Yuan Ziji doesn't know much about Jiang Tang's past, or his connection with Jiang Peining.

But she was undoubtedly deeply curious about it.

"Who is she to you?"

"You two seem to have known each other for a very long time."

"If that's the case, what's the point of having us..."

Yuan Ziji sometimes speaks to Jiang Tang, but sometimes she also murmurs to herself.

"Could it be that Jiang Peining is a cuckold... cough cough, but that doesn't make sense either. The fact that she got angry because Lilith's family crossed the line means she's not that magnanimous."

"At least when it comes to your ownership, they're not so generous."

Jiang Tang sighed softly. Now, he had no desire whatsoever to look at the artworks around him.

As the person who knows Jiang Peining best to some extent, he might be able to provide a reasonable answer to this.

"I think... that's because she just treats you all like toys."

“One by one…toys used to coax me.”

"Boiled!"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Ziji burst out with a perfectly enunciated and clear Chinese curse.

As you can see, the girl was so angry that her teeth were clenched together.

"That woman... what does she take us for? She's so awful!"

She seemed never to have considered doubting Jiang Tang's statement.

In other words, Minamoto no Shiki actually trusted Jiang Tang very much.

"That's just her personality, I've known that for a long time..."

Jiang Tang was taken aback for a moment, "I should say I've known about it and gotten used to it for a long time."

But despite his habits, Jiang Tang has never succumbed to her clutches.

Jiang Tang never really understood why she became his fiancée.

I never thought about this kind of question when I was a child.

But as he grew a little older and became a teenager, he vaguely realized that his family was not worthy of the terrifying background behind Jiang Peining.

At its peak, Jiang Tang's family influence was merely that of the mastermind behind Rongcheng.

It sounds a bit like something out of an urban novel.

But what Jiang Tang said was true.

Jiang Peining's family, on the other hand, possesses an indescribable sense of mystery and an invisible power.