2B, Tifa, Wonder Woman, Kikyo, Artoria...

If it weren't for the fact that Lin Wan still had to go to work the next day, Lu Zheng would definitely have to try out the newly bought Bibi Dong and Flame Spirit as well.

...

After thinking it over, Lin Wan still ended up handing the Sheep Head Bronze Statue to Lu Zheng.

Giving the statue as a gift when several of them traveled to Beidu together carried some risk of exposure; better to let Lu Zheng make a solo flight with no trace at all.

Early the next morning, Lu Zheng drove Lin Wan to work, then went back home and crossed over to ancient times.

"Wan is back?"

Lu Zheng had just crossed over; as soon as he stepped out the door, he saw Shen Ying and Si Lingxi playing Go under the persimmon tree. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Lu Zheng nodded. "Same as yesterday?"

"Of course!" Shen Ying said with a smile.

These days, aside from watching opera, Lu Zheng had been cultivating the Heart Sutra together with Shen Ying. Si Lingxi wasn't cultivating it herself, but she had read it and would occasionally give a pointer or two based on her own experience.

Of course, time on their side wasn't urgent at all.

So Lu Zheng first served tea and water and waited on Shen Ying and Si Lingxi while they finished a game of Go, then took out the Scripture and cultivated together with Shen Ying.

By noon, Lu Zheng personally cooked. The three of them had a warm lunch, then went hand in hand to find Liu Qingyan, and together with the little tag-along Du Yueyao and Liu Qingquan, who had come to bring food, they headed to Yu Ling Garden.

Today was the last day that troupe was performing in Tonglin County, and they were bringing out their ace show, so Lu Zheng had come to join in the fun as well.

...

"Yiyiyaaa..."

"Haha, good! That was great! Another hundred bundles of red ribbons as a reward!"

"Click! Click!"

Cracking melon seeds, Lu Zheng shook his head and complained, "Charge them! You have to charge them for food! My Sweet Shop and Sugar Workshop are feeding over a dozen people, and we don't even earn one hundred coins a month!"

"Heehee!"

"Hahaha!"

...

After listening to opera for several days, he started missing Hai City's night scenery again.

So that afternoon, after going home, Lu Zheng took the three women and crossed back to modern times, got in the minivan, picked up Lin Wan, and went straight to the mall.

Dinner, fun, and a movie in one go, and they brought back an armful of plush dolls.

"Ding ding ding!"

As soon as they plugged in the charger and turned the phones on, Si Lingxi's and Shen Ying's notification sounds started going off one after another.

"I feel like you guys are busier than me," Lu Zheng said helplessly.

Just as he finished speaking, his phone and Lin Wan's rang at the same time.

Zhao Xiaodao: @Lu Zheng, Brother Lu, the post-production for Biluo Song is almost done. Should Director Zheng and I bring the drive over to Hai City?

Lu Zheng: That fast?

Zhao Xiaodao: The VFX team has been working with the editing since we first started shooting. Once filming wrapped, we went straight into post. It's been over a month now. There's still some post work left, but it's basically there.

Lu Zheng: Have you seen it? How does it feel?

Zhao Xiaodao: I think it should be pretty good. We deliberately cut down some of the romance and added more big set pieces. It's at least better than most xianxia dramas on the market. You still don't trust my taste?

Lu Zheng: Yeah? All right, Lingxi and I are both free these few days, you can come over whenever.

Zhao Xiaodao: Great, great! Then we'll come over tomorrow. But tomorrow's the weekend, will we be bothering you?

Lu Zheng: You won't. Come.

Zhao Xiaodao: Okay, I'll book a meeting room at a hotel here, and you can come over?

Lu Zheng: OK!

...

Close to noon the next day, Lu Zheng brought the four women to the hotel entrance where Zhao Xiaodao and Zheng Kuo had booked.

Zheng Kuo was dumbfounded, because the woman on Lu Zheng's arm today was another stunning beauty he hadn't seen last time.

Graceful and willowy, as fresh and elegant as a chrysanthemum.

"Sister Qingyan, you came too!" Zhao Xiaodao hurried over to greet her. "How come you didn't come last time when Brother Lu and Sister Lingxi were recording?"

Liu Qingyan smiled faintly. "Because I had to go to work at the clinic."

"Hello, Director Zheng." Lu Zheng reached out and shook hands with Zheng Kuo.

"Hello, Mr. Lu! Please, please come in!" Zheng Kuo tried hard to control his facial expression, then led Lu Zheng and the others into the hotel lobby. "I booked a private room. Let's eat first?"

"Sure, after you."

As soon as Lu Zheng finished speaking, his gaze flickered and he turned to look toward the hotel entrance.

"What is it?" Liu Qingyan asked.

"What a coincidence, another acquaintance," Lu Zheng said, shaking his head.

Right then a minivan pulled up at the hotel doors. The door slid open automatically, and Deng Pao Pao and Lady Sun got out.

"Xiaodao? You're in Hai City?" Deng Pao Pao immediately spotted Zhao Xiaodao.

But Lady Sun had already seen Lu Zheng and Lin Wan standing beside him.

"Brother Lu? Wan… Sister Wan?"

The slight hesitation was because she'd noticed that the woman standing closest to Lu Zheng was another delicate, graceful beauty.

Zhao Xiaodao's eyes lit up and she immediately went over. "Brother Chao, Sister Li, what brings you here?"

"We're here to discuss a film script collaboration," Deng Pao Pao said, then he also caught sight of Lu Zheng and quickly greeted him. "Hello, Brother Lu!"

"Hello. What a coincidence, we're here to talk collaboration with Xiaodao too," Lu Zheng said with a smile.

As they were talking, another group of people came out from inside the hotel. "Brother Chao! Sister Li! You're here, forgive me for not greeting you at the door, my apologies, my apologies!"

"You're too polite, we just got here too," Deng Pao Pao said, waving it off.

"Miss Zhao?" The newcomer spotted Zhao Xiaodao and hurriedly greeted her as well.

"Hello," Zhao Xiaodao nodded slightly, but it was obvious she didn't know who they were.

Deng Pao Pao introduced both sides, but when it came to Lu Zheng, he only mentioned his surname and nothing more.

Lixing Culture's boss, Li Fuhai, glanced over at Lu Zheng's group.

A man who was just barely passable, with four absolutely stunning women—was this Zhao Xiaodao's new drama and they'd already started casting?

If Zhao Xiaodao wasn't a woman herself, he would've absolutely thought something dirty.

"Miss Zhao, if you don't mind, shall we have lunch together?" Li Fuhai said. "I've only just entered the film and TV industry not long ago, and there are many things I'd like to ask your advice on."

Because of Deng Pao Pao, it was hard for Zhao Xiaodao to refuse outright. She looked at Lu Zheng, but Lu Zheng shook his head and said, "No need. We're just grabbing a quick lunch at noon; we've got things to do this afternoon."

Then he turned to Deng Pao Pao. "If you finish up early this afternoon, we can have dinner together tonight."

There was no way Lu Zheng was going to drag his wives along to drink and socialize with strangers.

"Okay, okay, okay!" Deng Pao Pao nodded repeatedly.

Only then did Li Fuhai belatedly realize that Lu Zheng was the real big shot here—he could make decisions for Zhao Xiaodao, and when he mentioned having a meal together, Deng Pao Pao agreed right away.

"Um… Mr. Lu… please forgive me for not recognizing Mount Tai just now…"

Lu Zheng waved his hand. "It's fine. I just don't really like socializing, and we really do have things to do this afternoon. I won't delay your business with Brother Chao."

"Of course, of course!" Li Fuhai could only nod again and again, then watched as Lu Zheng and his group left. Only then did he realize that those four peerless beauties all had extraordinary bearing and seemed faintly to take him as their center.

Clicking his tongue in amazement, Li Fuhai couldn't help turning to Deng Pao Pao and asking curiously, "Brother Chao, is he some Crown Prince of Hai City's rich second generation?"