Forcing Me to Be a Godly Tycoon, Right?

Before long, Zhang Jingdong and the others followed the girl back to where they had parked.

Only then did Zhang Jingdong reluctantly put Song Yunshan down.

To avoid awkwardness, he turned his head and said directly to the girl, "You’ve got a hotel around here, right?"

The girl nodded first. "Yeah."

But she quickly thought of something and said, "Thing is, that hotel’s conditions are actually pretty bad in all respects, and guests complain about it all the time. How about you stay at my place instead? The second floor of my house is a homestay."

"...Don’t worry, the money you gave me back on the boat was way too much, so your food and lodging are all on me, free of charge."

Zhang Jingdong looked back at Song Yunshan and the others, then asked, "How many rooms does your homestay have in total?"

"Three rooms altogether, but each room has two beds. Definitely enough for the four of you."

Zhang Jingdong paused, then nodded. "Okay, thanks a lot then."

"Please don’t be polite. Honestly, I’m the one who should be saying thank you. You gave me so much money—if I can’t take good care of your food and lodging, I’ll feel guilty."

After that, Hu Ling and Song Yunshan got into the Audi TT, while Zhang Jingdong and the others took the girl with them and got into his Land Rover Range Rover.

Before starting the car, Zhang Jingdong said, "Oh right, I kept forgetting to ask what I should call you."

The girl said shyly, "My name’s Shangguan Yue."

"Shangguan Yue!?" Zhang Jingdong’s face instantly lit up with surprise. "That’s a pretty rare family name!"

Shangguan Yue pressed her lips together. "Yeah, among the surrounding villages only our village has people with our surname."

"The last time I heard that surname was the famous Shangguan Wan’er. Your ancestors wouldn’t happen to be related to her, would they?"

Shangguan Yue blinked her beautiful eyes. "I don’t know about that. I only remember my grandpa saying when I was little that our ancestors came from over in Yu Province."

"Is that so? Then that kind of lines up—back then Shangguan Wan’er made her name all over the land together with Wu Zetian in Luoyang, Yu Province. Wouldn’t be surprising if you really were their descendants."

"If that’s true, your family would be from a truly prestigious bloodline!"

Shangguan Yue was clearly a simple, straightforward girl and didn’t catch that Zhang Jingdong was teasing her. She paused, then shook her head. "...That I really don’t know."

Seeing that, Zhang Jingdong felt a bit bad about continuing to tease her, so he said, "Alright, let’s hurry to your place. I’m getting a bit hungry—point me the way."

"Turn right up ahead, then just keep going straight. When you reach the big banyan tree, turn right again and you’re there."

"Got it..."

As Zhang Jingdong spoke, he started the car and, after a deft series of moves, the vehicle quickly pulled away from where it was.

Hu Ling also worked the controls and followed after them.

Seven or eight minutes later, the two cars stopped one after the other in front of a two-story small building on the edge of the village.

They got out of the cars. Shangguan Yue went to open the door, and then they all went inside together.

At that moment, there was a little boy who looked about seven or eight in the yard tending the fire, and a girl who looked thirteen or fourteen cooking at the stove.

When they saw Shangguan Yue, both of them happily called out, "Big Sis is back!"

Shangguan Yue nodded toward them, then asked, "Did Mom take her medicine?"

The boy said, "She did. I was the one who fed Mom her medicine today."

Shangguan Yue replied dotingly, "Good boy... I’ll take the guests upstairs first, then I’ll come down and cook."

"Mm, thanks for your hard work, Big Sis!"

"Thanks for your hard work, Big Sis!"

Watching the deep bond among the three siblings, Zhang Jingdong and the others all felt a bit moved.

What could they do—they were all only children, and had never personally experienced this kind of genuine sibling affection, so it was natural to feel a bit envious.

Hu Ling casually took some chocolate out of her bag, then walked over.

"You two are so sensible. We didn’t bring much in the way of gifts, so here, have some chocolate. Try it, it’s really tasty."

But the boy and girl both didn’t take it, instead looking over at Shangguan Yue together.

Shangguan Yue hesitated slightly, then nodded. "Go ahead and take it. Thank you, Sis."

Only then did the two of them accept Hu Ling’s chocolate, and they both bowed to her together.

"Thank you, Sis!"

"Thank you, Sis!"

Then Zhang Jingdong and the others followed Shangguan Yue into the house and went upstairs.

Although the rooms weren’t very big, they were all very clean, and the decor was extremely cozy. You could tell at a glance that someone had put a lot of thought into it.

Originally, Zhang Jingdong had planned to be pragmatic and share a room with Liu Yang, but then Song Yunshan unexpectedly volunteered to share a room with Hu Ling.

Hu Ling was taken aback at first, because she knew her cousin had a cleanliness obsession. Even when she stayed at her place, Song Yunshan wouldn’t let her share a room with her. But now...

In a flash, Hu Ling recalled how, on the way down the mountain earlier, Zhang Jingdong had carried her cousin on his back the whole time, and quickly put two and two together.

So she took the chance to deliberately say, "...Alright then, you’re my cousin after all. To keep you safe, I suppose I’ll just have to put up with it."

Shangguan Yue showed them to their respective rooms and pointed out things like where the light cords, bathroom, and flashlights were, then went downstairs.

After resting on the bed for a while, Zhang Jingdong suddenly heard a commotion coming from outside the courtyard.

And going by the smell, he judged there were three men outside, one of them being the guy he’d personally taught a lesson to back at the lakeshore.

His eyes sharpened. He immediately got out of bed, quietly left the room, and went downstairs.

Seeing him come down, Shangguan Yue instinctively wanted to ask what he was going to do.

But Zhang Jingdong simply waved at her, then silently mouthed, "Don’t say anything. That guy I taught a lesson at the lake is here. I’m going to settle this once and for all."