The phone screen displayed Jiang Mian.
Ji Zixiu glanced at it, answered the call, and put it on speaker.
"Axiu, when are you coming back for dinner tonight? Aunt Song has already cooked." Her voice immediately reached everyone's ears.
Lu Cong licked his lips, being careful not to make any sound.
Ji Zixiu said indifferently, "I have a dinner party with someone tonight and probably won't be back. Eat by yourself first."
The voice on the other end became noticeably dejected, "You're not coming back? I asked Aunt Song to make a lot of dishes."
"Be good, you're busy these days, eat more."
The man's gentle, coaxing voice made her heart feel sweet. However, if she could see, she would notice that Ji Zixiu's expression was completely blank as he said these words.
She said understandingly, "Then you go ahead and be busy. Drink less alcohol."
The call ended.
Ye Yi clicked his tongue, "I didn't realize Mr. Ji was so good at changing his expression."
Ji Zixiu glanced at him but didn't reply.
Chang Qin said, "You have surveillance at home, right, Xiu Ge?"
Ji Zixiu nodded, "Yes."
"If you don't go back, she'll surely be anxious. Turn on the surveillance and let's see what she's doing at home."
Ji Zixiu grunted, "Okay."
Lu Cong asked a waiter for a tablet, and Ji Zixiu transferred the villa's surveillance feed to it.
On the screen, they could see Jiang Mian sitting on the sofa for a while.
Aunt Song came over to speak with her.
Ji Zixiu said, "I'll adjust it."
Soon, everyone heard Aunt Song asking if it was time to eat.
Lu Cong gave a thumbs-up, "Xiu Ge, I don't even know if I should admire you. You have surveillance in the living room too? Is there no privacy anymore? But if you didn't have it, we wouldn't be able to use it today."
Ji Zixiu glanced at him, "There's no surveillance in the bedrooms, so it's fine."
The entire Xiushui Mountain Villa was designed and constructed by him. Except for the bedrooms, surveillance was installed everywhere inside and out.
Even Jiang Mian only thought there was surveillance around the perimeter of the villa.
In reality, as long as one stepped through the villa gate, he knew everything they did.
Ye Yi stared at the tablet, his brow furrowing slowly, "This woman went into the room." He turned to look at Ji Zixiu, "Is there surveillance in the room?"
Lu Cong let out a "poof" and laughed, "If there's surveillance in the room, how can you do... that?"
Ji Zixiu knitted his brows, "There's no surveillance in the room."
Chang Qin said, "Let's wait for her to come out."
Not long after, "Jiang Mian" actually came out.
She was walking out while on the phone.
The few of them listened intently.
Lu Cong: "She said something about what sea? It was too fast, I didn't quite hear."
Chang Qin: "She said Santorini, in the Aegean Sea. Could this be the real hiding place of the little sister-in-law?"
Ji Zixiu and Ye Yi said in unison, "I'll send people to investigate now."
Lu Cong rubbed his chin, "It would be great if we could know who she was calling."
Ji Zixiu narrowed his long, almond-shaped eyes, "Is that difficult? I'll have Fan Cheng investigate."
Lu Cong pointed at the tablet, "Look quickly, she's on the phone again!"
Chang Qin: "Who is she calling this time?"
In the private room, Ji Zixiu's phone rang.
The few of them immediately held their breath and muted the tablet.
Ji Zixiu answered the call and, as usual, put it on speaker.
"Axiu, are you still busy? If not, there's something I wanted to ask you." The voice on the other end, identical to Jiang Mian's, sounded.
Ji Zixiu suppressed the disgust in his heart, exhaled slowly, and pretended to be calm, "You say it, what's wrong?"