Don't come back next time.

After Rong Ci and He Changbo finished their meal and drove off, she received a call from Chu Zilan.

"Xiao Ci, where are you? I'm so tired, come pick me up to eat."

Rong Ci didn't mention that she had already eaten, "Where are you?"

"Yulianyuan," Chu Zilan said, "It's the ancient-style courtyard development from a few years ago. I've been here with my aunt since early morning looking at houses, I'm exhausted."

"Okay."

After hanging up, Rong Ci adjusted the navigation and headed to Yulianyuan.

About ten minutes later, Chu Zilan called again: "Damn! Do you know who I ran into here?"

Rong Ci paused.

Recently, the only person who could make Chu Zilan swear like that was—

"Feng Tingxin and Lin Wu's family! He brought the Lin family here to look at houses!"

Rong Ci stared ahead, expressionless, and replied with a faint "Mm."

Usually, when Feng Tingxin and Lin Wu went out, they often brought Feng Jingxin with them. Today, Feng Tingxin left Feng Jingxin at home, probably because he was taking the Lin family to look at houses.

It made sense. Since the Sun family had already moved in, the Lin family would need to buy property in the capital if they were planning to settle down.

When Rong Ci arrived at Yulianyuan, she parked the car and informed Chu Zilan that she was there, sending her a location.

Chu Zilan replied that she would be out soon.

Rong Ci asked her where she was, wanting to go to the sales office to use the restroom.

Chu Zilan sent her a location.

Just as she was about to get out of the car, Rong Ci saw Old Lady Lin, Lin Lihai, and Sun Yueqing walking toward the parking lot. They were all smiling, clearly in a good mood.

Rong Ci got out of the car, but Lin Lihai and the others entered the parking lot from the other side and didn't see her.

A few minutes later, when Rong Ci reached the entrance of the sales office, she ran into Feng Tingxin and Lin Wu.

They were surrounded by seven or eight key staff members from the sales office, walking out from inside.

When they saw her, Feng Tingxin glanced at her, and Lin Wu, holding onto Feng Tingxin's arm, coldly looked her over.

Rong Ci calmly looked away without showing much emotion.

After entering the sales office, she went straight to Chu Zilan.

When Chu Zilan saw her, she gritted her teeth and whispered, "The starting price for the houses here is three billion, and just now I overheard the staff here saying that the villa Feng Tingxin is buying for the Lin family is the highest grade here—it costs more than six billion!"

Rong Ci responded with a simple "Mm."

Chu Zilan looked at her face, then said, "And... I also heard that the reason they came here to buy a house is because Lin Wu's mom likes the style of these houses..."

Rong Ci paused her steps imperceptibly.

No wonder Sun Yueqing had been so happy when she saw her earlier.

Suppressing her emotions, Rong Ci said in a low voice, "I'm going to the restroom."

"Okay..."

Once inside the restroom, Rong Ci clenched her fist.

She had stopped caring when people spoke about how good Feng Tingxin was to Lin Wu, but hearing that he was trying to please Sun Yueqing still—

Just then, the voices of the sales office staff outside the door could be heard: "That Mr. Feng has such good taste, his girlfriend is so pretty."

"Yeah, his girlfriend's mother is also elegant and classy. The most important thing is, her husband and mother-in-law let her have whatever she wants. They spoil her so much. Look at them, and then look at my husband and my in-laws—it's really frustrating!"

"Exactly. Mr. Feng treats his girlfriend so well, and they're not even married yet. He bought a six-billion-dollar villa for her family just like that. Ah, as women, his girlfriend is truly a life winner!"

"…"

By the time Rong Ci came out of the restroom, ten minutes had passed.

After having dinner with Chu Zilan, she suddenly wanted to go to the nursing home. But thinking about the situation with Rong Yingcheng and the director telling her she couldn't see anyone familiar, she found herself at the nursing home's entrance. In the end, she didn't go inside and instead drove back home.

When she got home, she locked herself in her room and began to work on her own things.

She didn't know how much time had passed.

Her phone rang again.

It was a call from Feng Tingxin.

Rong Ci glanced at it, noted the data on her desk, and didn't answer.

The call was naturally disconnected.

A few minutes later, another call came in.

Rong Ci still didn't pick up.

After a while, Feng Tingxin sent a message: Grandma wants us to go back to the old house for dinner.

Rong Ci didn't reply.

Seeing that she hadn't responded, Feng Tingxin remained silent for a moment, holding his phone.

Just then, Feng Jingxin's voice came from the stairs: "Dad, you're back!"

By the time she finished speaking, Feng Jingxin had already reached the bottom of the stairs and jumped into his arms.

Feng Tingxin supported her, giving a small "Mm."

Noticing that he was holding his phone and seemed to be about to send a message, Feng Jingxin asked, "What are you doing, Dad?"

Feng Tingxin replied, "Your mom isn't answering her phone."

Hearing her mother mentioned, Feng Jingxin pouted and turned her little face away.

Feng Tingxin noticed and pinched her soft cheek, "You get upset when we talk about your mom. Did you make her angry?"

Feng Jingxin widened her eyes, becoming more upset, "It's mom who made me angry!"

Feng Tingxin, holding his face with an elegant hand, seemed curious, "Oh?"

Feng Jingxin huffed and began to complain, "Mom promised to take me skiing, but today when I called her, she said she had something to do and told me she'd take me another time!"

"Since your mom has something to do and can't take you out to play, you should understand her, not get mad at her. Isn't that your fault?"

"You!"

Feng Tingxin smiled, gently pressing her head, and stood up, "Let's go."

Feng Jingxin paused, "Where to?"

"Your grandmother wants us to go back for dinner."

"Oh..." Feng Jingxin grumbled and ran after him.

On the other side, Rong Ci ordered takeout. By 7 o'clock, she had just finished eating when she received a call from Old Lady Feng.

She could ignore Feng Tingxin's calls, but since Old Lady Feng had done a lot for her family, she still had to answer: "Hello, Grandma."

Old Lady Feng said, "Xiao Ci, I heard from Tingxin that you're busy. When will you be done?"

Rong Ci didn't want to go back to the old house. Since Feng Tingxin had already lied for her, she said directly, "I'm busy these next couple of days, sorry Grandma, I probably won't have time to visit you."

Old Lady Feng didn't mind and said, "It's fine here. I'm just worried you're working too hard."

"I'm fine, Grandma. I know my limits."

"That's good." Old Lady Feng continued, "Tingxin will be coming back tomorrow. I'll have him bring you some good food, so make sure to eat more."

Rong Ci replied, "Okay."

After hanging up, Old Lady Feng looked at her grandson sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper and sighed, "Next time, if Xiao Ci still doesn't come back with you, you don't have to come back either."

Feng Tingxin raised an eyebrow, "Then should I leave?"

Old Lady Feng: "…"