CHAPTER 310: CHAPTER 310 HEADING TO THE ZHOU FAMILY MANSION

Zhou Zhenghui had checked the crew from Beijing.

And there was only a girl named Jiang Leyi, no Ji Leyi.

Clearly, Jiang Leyi had told a little lie, but that wasn’t important. She was an actress with some notoriety, and a quick browser search brought up her basic information.

Coincidentally, she was also nineteen years old this year.

Just like his daughter who had been missing for nineteen years.

When Zhou Zhenghui tried to delve further, he encountered obstacles; he couldn’t find detailed information about Jiang Leyi.

This wouldn’t happen with a child from a common family; his attention turned to the Jiang Family in Beijing.

Both having the surname Jiang, Zhou Zhenghui had a hunch.

No wonder she didn’t accept his high offer to pretend for a short time, nor did she take his money, because she wasn’t short of money herself.

He smiled amiably at Jiang Nanshu, “Are you Le Yi’s younger sister? Why don’t you come with us? It’ll be quick.”

“To the hospital?” Jiang Nanshu curled her lip, “I don’t like places like hospitals and don’t want to go.”

Zhou Zhenghui was somewhat taken aback; he hadn’t expected Jiang Nanshu to refuse so bluntly, not giving any face.

But Jiang Leyi looked at her with eyes full of heartache. Although she couldn’t hear Jiang Nanshu’s inner voice anymore, she guessed that Jiang Nanshu must be thinking about those unpleasant past experiences.

About that “girl,” Jiang Nanshu had an experience she hadn’t spoken of.

That was after the soft-hearted deity had passed away, what exactly happened during those dark times.

Whether it was wandering in hospitals full of disinfectant or being sick with endless medication to take.

This is why Jiang Nanshu said she didn’t like hospitals.

She took a deep breath, looked toward Zhou Zhenghui, and asked without hesitation, “Mr. Zhou, could we change the location? My sister doesn’t like hospitals. If that’s not possible, how about I wait to see her after your wife’s condition improves and she leaves the hospital?”

Zhou Zhenghui saw Jiang Nanshu clinging to Jiang Leyi’s hand like a koala, and he wanted to say, why not go by yourself.

But seeing her sister’s insistence, it was clear she had to go.

Zhou Zhenghui had finally gotten Jiang Leyi to agree; he wouldn’t delay the meeting, hoping the sooner the better.

So he gritted his teeth and said, “It’s okay, we can go to the Zhou Family Mansion; my wife’s condition has stabilized, and she can be discharged anytime. I planned to have her stay home for a quiet recovery in the evening after you met her this afternoon, but it’s fine to go a bit earlier.”

“This… Is that really alright?” Jiang Leyi felt slightly embarrassed.

She thought postponing it by a couple of days wouldn’t matter.

But Zhou Zhenghui was in a hurry, “It’s fine, I will arrange things. Let’s go now.”

“Nannan, what do you think?” Jiang Leyi turned her head to ask Jiang Nanshu’s opinion.

She nodded and smiled at Jiang Leyi, “I’m okay with anything, I’ll listen to my sister.”

“Mr. Zhou, let’s go, because I have a lot of scenes to do tomorrow and might not be able to make time.”

Zhou Zhenghui breathed a sigh of relief.

He personally drove Jiang Leyi and Jiang Nanshu to the Zhou Family Mansion.

In Port City, the city was filled with skyscrapers, the roads winding in circles, like a round.

The Zhou Family Mansion was located in the center of Port City, in the wealthiest district, and through the window, you could see the broad river, offering a great view.

The mansion gate was entwined with green vines, the carefully maintained flowers blooming brightly; even in deep autumn, it felt like spring had come.

Ancient-looking blue stones paved the path in front of the door, clear and green.

Jiang Nanshu silently stared at these stones for a long time. It was no wonder that the richest family in Port City used jade stone to pave the floor!

And it extended all the way to the main gate; just the exterior renovations here must have cost over a hundred million.

She dared not imagine how energetic and cheerful a thief would be if one came along.

“Please take a seat in the living room for a moment, it’s usually just my wife and me living in this house, so treat it like your own home, I’m going to check on her,” Zhou Zhenghui left them with that and went off.

Even if he left the two in the living room, there were plenty of attentive servants, so he was not worried.

Jiang Leyi nervously rubbed her hands together, a maid poured her a cup of Flower Tea, and she accepted it, politely saying, “Thank you.”

Then she looked around the grand villa.

The interior was decorated in European-style relief work, looking quite splendid and magnificent.

There were two spiral staircases in front, with a chandelier encrusted with small diamonds hanging down in the middle, and beside the TV was a tall ebony shelf, filled with antiques.

Although there were many large items, there were also plenty of smaller ones.

Jiang Leyi shook her head, “Mr. Zhou really trusts us to be here; he’s not afraid we might steal these treasures. Look at that antique vase on the top with twined gold plum blossoms, it’s worth three billion, there are only three in the world. One is in a museum in Y country, another in Hua Country museum, and then there’s this one.”

Jiang Nanshu glanced at it, then looked around at the servants who appeared to be working but were actually keeping a close eye on them.

She smirked, “Maybe the moment you tuck it into your clothes, bodyguards will come bursting in.”

She didn’t want to linger in these places.

Turning to Jiang Leyi, she said, “I’d like to have a walk around the villa.”

It wasn’t really proper to wander around someone’s house on the first visit, but Jiang Leyi also worried Jiang Nanshu might get bored, so she asked the maid.

The maid agreed but said that a guide must accompany them because some rooms were off-limits.

Jiang Nanshu nodded, followed the maid in the lead, half a step behind her as they began to tour the mansion.

The maid began by describing the history of the mansion, which had taken a whole century to build from the past to the present, having been renovated several times. According to the Zhou family’s tradition, the house would be remodeled with each change of the Family Head.

Jiang Nanshu followed her upstairs, thinking Zhou Yanxu, who liked the ancient style, would plant a courtyard full of begonias, just like when he was in Beijing and had bought a courtyard, making it eternally spring inside.

“Has this house always been in this European style?” Jiang Nanshu asked softly.

The maid found Jiang Nanshu pretty and good-natured. She didn’t look or touch things randomly and behaved, saving the maid a lot of worry, so she was also willing to chat with her, “It’s been in several styles before; the mansion was only renovated in recent years into this one. This type of house is safer, the old mansion used to catch fire easily.”

Jiang Nanshu looked at her curiously, “Auntie, what do you mean by that? Did the old mansion used to be in the ancient style and caught fire?”

The maid couldn’t refrain from glancing at her, seeing her innocent eyes and knowing that she hadn’t inquired about the Zhou family’s past.

With a sigh of regret, she said, “Yes, I’ve only worked here for three years, but I heard all the staff before me were fired, and only then did I find out that the previous big mansion had mysteriously caught fire, killing the former Family Head and destroying half of the house. Afterward, it was all torn down, and this villa was built in its place.”