After leaving the Education Bureau, Jiang Cheng went to Xia Meng's home.
Xia Meng had originally returned this time to pick up her grandmother and bring her to Shanghai.
However, her grandmother didn't want to be a burden to Xia Meng and refused to go to Shanghai with her.
But Xia Meng didn't feel comfortable leaving her grandmother here alone. After some discussion, they finally decided she would stay at Xia Meng's aunt's house for a while.
After having dinner at Xia Meng's house, Jiang Cheng returned to his hotel alone.
After freshening up, Jiang Cheng lay in bed and began his transformation into a time management master.
He had originally wanted to flirt a bit with Zhou Ying and the others.
But to his surprise, when he opened wechat, he found that several of them had already sent him messages.
Crucially, all the messages were asking the same thing: about his charity work in Place Name.
Seeing so many inquiries, Jiang Cheng subconsciously held his breath.
Over the past two days, he had only been with Xia Meng, Wang Sheng, and Xia Li. Besides them, no one should have known what he was doing in Place Name.
Seeing that the Danger Perception Skill hadn't triggered, Jiang Cheng picked up Zhou Ying's video call.
After all, he was alone in his room right now, so it was perfectly safe.
After answering the call, a smiling, beautiful face quickly appeared on the phone screen.
Upon seeing Jiang Cheng, Zhou Ying immediately leaned closer to the screen, blinking her eyes and staring at him without moving.
Just as Jiang Cheng thought her internet had lagged, she giggled and moved, then said playfully, "My internet is fine. I just wanted to get a closer look at you."
Zhou Ying rarely said such sweet things to Jiang Cheng. Her blushing face after acting so spoiled made Jiang Cheng's eyes glaze over for a moment.
"Miss me?"
Seeing Jiang Cheng's grinning face, Zhou Ying hummed a few times with a charming laugh and said tsundere-ly, "I'm not telling you. By the way, didn't you say you were going to a friend's house in Place Name to play? How did you end up doing charity work?"
Seeing Zhou Ying's gorgeous face making such a cute expression, Jiang Cheng suddenly felt an urge to flash right in front of her.
Jiang Cheng asked with some confusion, "How did you find out about something so private?"
Seeing Jiang Cheng's clueless look, Zhou Ying said in surprise, "You're already on the hot search. Don't you know?"
"hot search??"
"I guess you don't check the Social Media Platform. I just took a screenshot of your picture. Take a look."
Jiang Cheng switched out of the video and checked the message Zhou Ying had sent.
The screenshot was of a post on the Social Media Platform. The post had over a hundred thousand shares and tens of thousands of comments.
The picture in the post was a photo of him with several children.
Looking at the photo, the scene was next to the school building. From the angle, it looked like Teacher Huang had taken it.
After understanding what had happened, Jiang Cheng explained the situation to Zhou Ying.
Zhou Ying looked at Jiang Cheng with Twinkle Twinkle Little Star eyes, full of admiration, and said, "Jiang Cheng, I've realized you're really kind-hearted. I also clicked on that blogger's homepage, and those children look so pitiful."
Jiang Cheng nodded. "Yeah. You didn't see their lunch—just plain white rice. Many children were even barefoot..."
"Yeah. I was actually a bit unhappy before, thinking about how I couldn't spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with you in Chengdu. But seeing these children in the photos, I'm glad you went there during the festival and were able to help them."
Seeing Zhou Ying say this, Jiang Cheng replied, "If nothing unexpected happens, I'll be back tomorrow to make up the Mid-Autumn Festival with you. By the way, is your mom also in Chengdu?"
Zhou Ying seemed to understand Jiang Cheng's meaning. Blushing slightly, she nodded and whispered, "Yeah, but when we go back to Shanghai, she won't be living with me..."
Hearing this, Jiang Cheng's Adam's apple bobbed subconsciously. He remembered the new [Sons and Grandsons Card] he had just obtained from Xia Meng the day before yesterday.
Does this mean things can be arranged?
Jiang Cheng nodded with great satisfaction. "Your mom is truly democratic. Give her my regards."
"Hmph, I saw that wicked grin."
"It's not a wicked grin, it's a heartfelt smile. I'm starting to look forward to when you return to Shanghai."
Seeing Jiang Cheng's burning gaze on her, Zhou Ying coughed shyly and changed the subject. "Are you alone?"
Jiang Cheng nodded naturally, then stood up with his phone. He walked toward the living room to pour a glass of water, and after drinking, he went to the bathroom to wash his hands.
On the screen, the corners of Zhou Ying's mouth had already curled up unconsciously.
Although Jiang Cheng hadn't explained anything, his actions had said it all.
Actually, she hadn't intended to check up on Jiang Cheng; it was just a casual question.
But Jiang Cheng had given her a full sense of security... After hanging up, Jiang Cheng replied to the messages from the others one by one.
Then he opened the small chat group and saw that several people were @ing him.
Qin Fen: "I have to say, Old Jiang's awareness is the highest among us. @Jiang Cheng, looking at your hot search, I suddenly feel like the mooncake in my hand isn't delicious anymore."
Then Qin Fen sent a photo.
Wang Congcong: "True, I really didn't expect this. @Jiang Cheng, let me show you two glowing mooncakes."
Wang Congcong then took a photo as well.
Qi Yuan: "You guys should learn more from Brother Jiang. While someone is giving out mooncakes to kids in the mountains for the Mid-Autumn Festival, you guys are posting so many 'Double-yolk mooncakes' in the group. I'm gonna puke. I'm reporting this."
Seeing the group suddenly turn NSFW, Jiang Cheng immediately said, "That's enough. The group's gonna get banned soon."
Wang Zheng: "Wait... so you guys are all eating that well for the Mid-Autumn Festival? I'm the only one at home eating actual mooncakes. Quick, tell me, what color are the 'egg yolks' you're eating?"
Chen Hao: "You guys are just taking advantage of the fact that Brother Jiang can't get mooncakes in the mountains to tease him, right? That's so mean. I'll post one too."
Seeing Chen Hao send two animated GIFs in a row, Qi Yuan spoke up again.
Qi Yuan: "I'm sick of it. I've been with my dad, mom, grandparents, and a whole bunch of relatives eating Five-nut mooncakes for two days."
Jiang Cheng: "Who said I can't get mooncakes in the mountains? Have you guys ever tried eating mooncakes by a river in the mountains?"
Jiang Cheng casually sent one of the pictures he had taken that day.
At first glance, the picture was of a beautiful lakeside landscape, even capturing the full moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, but it actually hid a secret.
The secret was in the reflection in the lake... At first, they couldn't see anything special, but upon closer inspection, they couldn't help but gasp.
Wang Congcong: "Where is this place? Is it far?"
Qin Fen: "I feel like I could take a Girl there to check it out??"
Wang Zheng: "I'm freaking sick of this. I'm the only one eating 'vegetarian'."
Qi Yuan: "@Wang Zheng, am I not a person???"
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