"I originally thought about having them help knock through, luckily they didn't," Zhan Yifang said.
"Neighboring doors are fine, there's no need to knock through," Guo Xuyang said.
"I didn't know you'd bring such a sister along."
"Little Xi still has to go back to school after giving birth here. By the way, you should think about taking Little Xi to prenatal exercises from now on."
Guo Xuyang turned and looked at Li Minyu.
"No problem. Can she stay in my room when she comes back? We'll have common topics too," Li Minyu said.
"That's exactly what I was thinking.
She left for school shortly after her last visit and isn't very familiar with this place.
When she's back, take her out to explore, don't let her stay cooped up in her room all the time."
"You don't need to tell me. She won't be mistreated with us."
"Don't look now, you can't see any effects yet. Come back again when there's a noticeable change.
I'll take you to see the estate," Guo Xuyang said.
"That would be great, we've never been there before."
"Xiao Xi goes almost every day, she's practically become the supervisor."
"We don't know the way. Otherwise, we'd go every day too," Zhan Yifang said.
"Let's go, I'll show you the way today, so you can visit when you have time.
However, the construction site is quite dirty, so I suggest you don't wear high heels when you go."
"Then I'll go change my shoes," Zhan Yifang said, looking at everyone's feet.
Besides her, only Wang Qi was wearing mid-heels.
Li Minyu and Jiang Wuxi were pregnant and both wore flats. Xiao Yu was a student and wore sneakers.
After Zhan Yifang and Wang Qi changed into sneakers, everyone followed Guo Xuyang to the estate.
"You guys be careful, make sure to pull the warning ropes tight, don't let anyone careless fall in."
Old Xu, the on-site supervisor, was lecturing a few excavator operators.
"It's okay, Manager Xu, who would come out on such a dark night?" a young fellow responded.
"Caution prevents trouble. The pits you're digging are quite deep, if a vehicle falls in, it'll likely be scrapped, driver and all," Old Xu said.
"Alright then." The young fellow agreed, then muttered, "This is purely a waste of effort, like trying to fart after pulling your pants down."
"Er Bing, what are you muttering about?" Old Xu called out.
"Nothing, Manager Xu. Don't worry, we'll definitely surround it securely," the young man called Er Bing quickly replied.
"If anything happens, I'll skin you alive."
"You can rest assured, there will be no problems."
After speaking, Er Bing beckoned to the other excavator drivers to pull the warning ropes.
It was fortunate that Old Xu had arranged for these people to set up the warning ropes in advance. In such a wide area, if someone unaware stumbled in, they wouldn't even have a place to cry.
When Guo Xuyang arrived at the estate with his companions, it wasn't completely dark yet.
Machines rumbled, each occupying their own space.
"This scene is so spectacular! Why are there so many vehicles? And those excavators and transport trucks," Wang Qi exclaimed.
Guo Xuyang was also taken aback.
He knew the estate had started construction, but he hadn't expected the scale to be so grand.
"No wonder Xiao Xi comes every day! This is amazing!"
"Don't tell us this is your first time here too," Li Minyu said, glancing at him.
"Believe it or not, today is indeed my first visit. I didn't expect the scene to be so spectacular."
"You're quite the hands-off manager."
"If I had to handle everything, wouldn't I be worked to death?"
"Worked to death? I heard some people were almost squeezed dry like jerky." Li Minyu rolled her eyes.
"Who said that? Aren't they deliberately smearing my glorious image?"
"Who said it? Everyone in the courtyard knows, maybe only you don't know?" Li Minyu said with a huff.
"No wonder you ran out in such a hurry that day, someone was waiting for you outside."
"That's not true." Guo Xuyang quickly denied it.
"Not true? Dare you say you weren't drained dry?"
"How is that possible? Otherwise, would I still be standing here with you all?"
"It's been more than ten days since you left us, and today is your first appearance. I heard you didn't even attend the estate's ribbon-cutting ceremony."
"Didn't Mom and Dad represent me? Where would it be my turn?"
"Nonsense. I heard you couldn't be woken up no matter how much they called you."
"Who said that? Was it Xiao Xi?" Guo Xuyang suddenly asked Li Minyu.
"If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it. Since you did it, don't be afraid of people talking.
You two are quite something, managing to stay in bed for a week.
How come you didn't get worked to death?"
"The most venomous woman, that's what they say about you." Guo Xuyang glared at her.
"What are you glaring at? If you really died on a woman's belly, you'd have done a good deed.
At least these people would have something to chat about over tea."
"Just be glad. I'm just wondering, who is this gossip spreading rumors?"
"Think about it yourself. Anyway, I won't tell you," Li Minyu snorted.
"Xiao Yu, has anyone here visited?" Guo Xuyang asked Xiao Yu.
"No. I go to class every day, I haven't noticed anyone visiting," Xiao Yu replied.
"You two, tell me?" Guo Xuyang looked at Zhan Yifang and Wang Qi.
They acted as if they hadn't heard him, completely ignoring him.
"Fine, you won't tell me?
If you don't tell me, then there'll be no dinner tonight.
I must go back and find out who said it." Guo Xuyang got angry when no one spoke.
"If you did it yourself, aren't you afraid of others knowing?" Jiang Wuxi said from the side.
"You know who said it? Then tell me quickly." Guo Xuyang's eyes lit up.
"Don't you know who you were with?"
"You're saying Xiao Yun? How is that possible? She couldn't move when I left."
"No wonder they wouldn't say anything no matter how they asked her, so it was her," Jiang Wuxi commented.
"Are you tricking me?" Guo Xuyang exclaimed.
"Don't talk nonsense, how did I trick you? For the past few days, everyone has been guessing who has such great ability to make you unable to move. We didn't guess it was Xiao Yun."
"So you don't know who it was?"
"If we knew who it was, would we have to guess? I knew you were squeezed dry within two days of arriving here."
"Indeed, good deeds don't go out, but bad deeds spread a thousand miles."
"What charm does Xiao Yun have to make you so infatuated?" Li Minyu interjected.
"What charm? Doesn't she want a child? Otherwise, why would I have tried so hard?" Guo Xuyang said irritably.
"Are you going to bed?"
"How would I know? I heard Little Xi was coming today, so I brought her out."
"Don't you have enough room in the villa?"
"Too many people, too many words, I'm also afraid she won't get used to it, especially since she interacts less with them," Guo Xuyang said.
"It's perfect for you to live with me, we should be able to talk well," Li Minyu said, looking at Jiang Wuxi.
"Thank you, sister."
"You're welcome."