The man’s eyes seemed to be shooting sparks, desperately transmitting signals to Dong Huiying begging to be touched, comforted, and cared for.

Dong Huiying’s little face twitched, and she went: "..."

Completely speechless!

"Stop messing around."

Seeing Shujun holding her hand, the others all wore an inscrutable expression, glancing between her and Shujun, making her face a bit flushed.

Shujun exaggeratedly widened her eyes and solemnly spoke nonsense. "Who’s messing around? I’m not the one causing trouble. Obviously, it’s Xiao Hui being biased... Xiao Hui’s got a wandering eye, Xiao Hui’s fallen for someone else, Xiao Hui only has eyes for Yixuan, Xiao Hui doesn’t even look at me anymore..."

She whined pitifully in a low voice, clutching her chest like a tragic heroine, putting on a well-crafted display of heartbreak. And remarkably, her eyes even turned red as she spoke emotionally.

Dong Huiying: "???"

Could someone tell her what she did wrong? Why was this drama queen causing trouble again?

She was full of question marks and feeling overwhelmed.

"Ahem!"

Eldest brother Zhi Chen assumed the air of a responsible elder brother, casting a deep and unreadable glance at Shujun. Shujun suddenly shuddered, inexplicably reminded of the uproar Shu Yu caused a few days prior.

Tsk tsk tsk, he couldn’t compare to Lao Er, who had such unparalleled achievements. Suddenly anxious, she quickly composed herself, looking cautiously at her brothers while giving a compliant smile, demonstrating just how adept she was at evaluating the situation.

The brothers each shifted positions slightly, the ground covered with neatly placed mats. According to Dong Huiying, this trip was akin to a sightseeing tour, and everything followed the standards of a camping picnic.

Right now, the brothers were huddled together, and the eldest brother reached out to support his wife in sitting down before finally looking at the pretentiously cute Shujun and asked, "Tell us the news from your side."

Though the Huizi Store was founded on commerce, overtly it was a lucrative business, but covertly... it was hard to say if Shujun was too bold, she nearly matched a top intelligence leader.

Even though his current intelligence network was still far from the black market, it was already beginning to take shape.

Initially stirring this intelligence network was actually because of the mischievous elder brother, Little Liu, and Haoming, who left and got lost, and yet another who disappeared.

It started as a way to gather intelligence on the brothers, to track their whereabouts, but it unwittingly flourished.

Turning to business, Shujun adjusted her posture: "I just met with the substore owner in this city. Our Huizi Store has established branches in nearly every city, and those directly overseeing these branch stores are the substore owners I mentioned."

The waters run deep in Dongdi, and not just ordinarily deep.

The Huizi Store has been in operation for quite a while, with considerable profits elsewhere, but only in Dongdi, though not operating at a loss, does profitability lag somewhat behind other locations.

When taken all together, it may not seem noticeable, but once many substore owners gather for quarterly summary reports, the eastern substore owner is always embarrassed and hesitant to speak up.

From this, it is evident that the East cannot compare to other places.

"Actually, I’ve been paying attention to the situation in Dongdi previously, and I discovered a problem."

"There are many prominent families, most engaged in commerce, unlike the Northwest which focuses on agriculture and livestock, or Jiangnan which is culturally rich and connected to the diverse ports here... how to put it?"

Shujun furrowed her brow.

"It’s like everyone is doing business, yet the East isn’t as prosperous as Jiangnan or other regions."