140: Neighbors

Neighbors

Zheng Zhong grumbled out loud to his childhood friend. After so many years, all the young ladies that he had fancied still fell for the guy beside him.2

 Chen Che heard the grumbles and stopped. He stared at Zheng Zhong with a profound look, causing Zheng Zhong to feel uneasy.

 "Ah Che, what's wrong?"

 Chen Che frowned, "You've really fallen for Qin Jiaojiao?"

 He was long used to his childhood friend constantly whining about whichever new girl he had fallen for. But really, he had never tried anything on any girl before.

 Zheng Zhong patted his chest, "Of course, I have never seen such a beautiful lady."

 While talking about her, Zheng Zhong's heart became soft. He had fallen for Jiaojiao the first time he saw her, remembering their first encounter perfectly. The weak girl looked right at him with determined eyes and seeing her made his heart go soft as he became determined to be the one for her at that very moment.

 But Jiaojiao seemed to like Ah Che. Upon thinking about this, Zheng Zhong's heart turned sour.

 "Ah Che, you don't like Jiaojiao, so you have to help me."

 Chen Che stared at Zheng Zhong and seeing the seriousness and love in Zheng Zhong's eyes, he sighed. "Qin Jiaojiao isn't suitable for you. She isn't a good person."

 His childhood friend was simple-minded and had always been protecting him as a result. He could tell from the first time he saw Qin Jiaojiao that she was not simple. She had a lot of ideas and was extremely shrewd. 

He did not like her at all. He did not understand how a person like Uncle Qin could have her as a daughter.

 Zheng Zhong was startled, "Ah Che, are you blind? Jiaojiao is such a good girl, and she is also Uncle Qin's daughter. How is she not a good person? Alright, you must be burdened with too many worries these days. I won't ask you to accompany me to see Jiaojiao tomorrow, you can have some rest."

 Chen Che did not speak further. His childhood friend had a rough temper and would only understand these things through painful lessons. Fine, let him go and experience it for himself. When he sees Qin Jiaojiao for who she truly is, he will let her go.

 While thinking about this, the two arrived at their villa. Zheng Zhong did not open the door, noticing the people staying in the opposite villa.

 "Ah Che, seems like we have new neighbours," Zheng Zhong was excited. He had initially pestered Ah Che over and over again to come here just to increase his knowledge. People who were able to stay in villas were strong and he had initially eyed the villa opposite because of the pretty garden. But as they were embarrassingly short on resources, they did not manage to get it. It seemed that their neighbors were rather affluent.

 "I really want to meet them."

 Chen Che's eyes were deep and profound as he stated, "We will."

 On the second day, Qin Yi woke up early. Seeing that Xiao Lan was still asleep, she did not wake the lazy fellow up. Lin Qing and the others were still asleep as well, so Qin Yi started to prepare breakfast.

 She was extremely satisfied with the villa. Not only was the interior decorated very elegantly, all the furniture was in good health too. It was worth 90 catties of rice.

 After breakfast, Yun Huan handed a packet of milk to Qin Yi and said, "We will be going out to take a look at the base."

 They had just arrived and wanted to know more about the affairs of the place where they would be living.

 Qin Yi drank the milk with a straw and brushed Xiao Lan's feathers away, following Yun Huan to 'tour' the base.

 It really was a tour, as he had an aura of nobility around him, like a king. As expected of the future Young Emperor, of course.

 The group split into two teams: She, Yun Huan, and Chu Mohe were tasked with examining the land, while Lin Bai and the others were to obtain information.

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