"You're quite impressive," Brian said.
Zhouzhou humbly replied, "It's nothing, just good luck."
Hearing this, Brian's lips curled into a faint smile. "You Chinese are always so modest," he said, his tone carrying a hint of arrogance and disdain.
Zhouzhou didn't bother explaining further. After all, foreigners like them would never understand their culture anyway.
Clearly, Brian had no real interest in Zhouzhou and didn't want to engage with her further. As he turned his attention to Brian Junior, his expression imdiately beca serious.
"Brian Junior, have I told you how to behave when you're outside?" Brian asked.
Upon hearing this, the smile on Brian Junior's face imdiately faded. His expression returned to its usual, stern deanor as he stiffly replied, "Sorry, Grandpa."
His grandfather had told him countless tis to always rember his status and act with decorum, especially when outside.
"Mm." Brian nodded indifferently. "Go on."
"Yes, Grandpa." Brian Junior nodded respectfully, then turned to Zhouzhou, grunting through his nose. "Co on, let show you around my house."
Zhouzhou nodded. "Sure."
As they rounded a corner, Zhouzhou couldn't help but ask, "Are you scared of your grandpa?"
A fleeting shadow of sadness crossed Brian Junior's face as he answered, "Grandpa is strict, but I know he does it for my own good."
Zhouzhou, listening to him, said, "My grandpa is also very strict, but he would never say those words to ."
She could truly feel the tenderness in her grandpa's gaze, but when it ca to Brian, well, his look at Brian Junior seed more like he was evaluating a piece of work. There was more calculation and less warmth.
But Brian Junior clearly admired his grandpa. He wouldn't let Zhouzhou talk like that about him, so he replied, "Maybe the way he shows it is different, but the heart is the sa."
Zhouzhou shrugged and didn't say more. After all, that wasn't her grandpa, so it wasn't really her business.
Brian Junior glanced at her, unable to resist asking, "What's your grandpa like?"
Zhouzhou replied with a bright smile, "He's good, really good!"
"Then if you're close to your parents, would your grandpa be upset?"
"Of course." Zhouzhou nodded.
Brian Junior seed to understand, nodding thoughtfully. "Grandpas are all like that."
Zhouzhou continued, "Because my grandpa gets jealous. He wants to spend more ti with him."
Brian Junior was puzzled. "Jealous? Does that an he doesn't let you see your parents?"
"Of course not!" Zhouzhou blinked, then tilted her head. "When he gets jealous, I just have to coax him, and everything's fine!"
Brian Junior's expression beca one of confusion.
"How long has it been since you last saw your parents?" Zhouzhou asked him.
Brian Junior thought for a mont and replied, "I see my dad often, but my mom..."
He started counting on his fingers and then looked up, his face blank. "I don't rember, it's been a long ti. I think the last ti was when I was three?"
At that ti, he had a nightmare, so he slept with his mom. The next day, his grandfather found out and scolded him, saying that it wasn't appropriate for soone who would one day lead the family to act that way.
After that, he never saw his mom again.
However, he added, "Grandpa says that once I grow up and take over the family business, I can see my mom again."
Upon hearing this, Zhouzhou couldn't help but glance at him with a furrowed brow. His mother clearly must have...
Before she could voice her thoughts, a voice from the distance suddenly called out to Brian Junior. Zhouzhou looked over and saw a middle-aged man, accompanied by a very alluring woman. The man had his hand resting casually on her waist, and the two seed very intimate.
Brian Junior's face imdiately darkened when he saw them. Turning to Zhouzhou, he said, "Let's go play sowhere else."
"Okay." Zhouzhou nodded.
The two headed in the opposite direction.
When the man saw Brian Junior's blatant disregard for him, he imdiately began to curse under his breath. Brian Junior's face tightened, his eyes showing clear disdain.
Once they were inside a room, Brian Junior clenched his fists and said, "When I grow up, I'll make sure Mom divorces him."
"He's always with other won. I won't let my mom suffer anymore."
In the past, he had talked to his grandfather about this issue, but his grandfather had told him that for a successful man, won were nothing more than trivial playthings, not worth worrying about.
His grandfather had even scolded him for overreacting.
But what about his mom? If she ever found out that her husband was cheating, how devastated would she be?
But Brian Junior knew that saying anything about it was pointless. He could only wait until he was older and more capable to protect his mother.
Zhouzhou, hearing this, couldn't help but glance at him again, sighing quietly.
It seed like he still didn't know the truth about his mother.
Sigh. Rich families sure are heartless, unlike her own.
Her family was wonderful! Every single person in her family was so kind!
Thinking about this, Zhouzhou couldn't help but feel a sense of pride.
Brian Junior's idea of "playing" was basically just going to a different room to read and solve problems. He pointed to a room filled with books, saying, "Look, I've finished reading all these books!"
Zhouzhou followed his gaze and looked up, only to see shelves towering with books, all neatly arranged. However, for so reason, Zhouzhou felt a sense of suffocation from the scene.
It was uncomfortable.
Since arriving at the Brian household, she had felt this way. There was no warmth, no human connection here.
Seeing that she didn't seem too interested, Brian Junior grew a bit dissatisfied. Then, out of the blue, he thought of sothing and said, "There's sothing here that will definitely impress you!"
With that, he dragged her into another room. On the table was a large sand table, surrounded by screens on the walls, each showing different images. It was clear they were surveillance caras.
Zhouzhou's heart tightened, but her face betrayed none of her feelings.
Brian Junior grinned. "This is the family's blueprint. You've seen how big our house is. This is a 100:1 scale model. Doesn't it look like a maze?"
"Every room, every door, has a password, and each one is different. There are a total of ten thousand doors, and I can rember all of them."
"Impressive, right? Only Grandpa and I can do this."
Grandpa had told him that his dad had failed to inherit the family business because he couldn't even rember all the passwords.
Zhouzhou couldn't help but give him a thumbs-up. "Impressive."
At last, Brian Junior seed satisfied.
Zhouzhou continued to examine the screens. She pointed to a house in the southwest corner and asked, "What's that place?"
Just as Brian Junior was about to speak, a voice suddenly ca from the door: "Why do you want to know about that place?"
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