Why did you provoke me?

When everyone heard that Jia Chengping had made a good deal with Jing An because he was investigating this news, they all fell silent for a moment.

Jia Daoyi was the first to ask, "Does Jing Ancheng have any connection with this Zhou family?"

Jia Chengping paused for a moment, "Afterwards, I had someone investigate this matter again, and it seems to be related to Jingchuan. That swaying beauty, it is said that the Jingchuan base was the one that truly researched it, and Nangong Tianshou, Jingchuan, and the Zhou family all have connections."

He paused here, looking at Jia Daoyi, "Clan Chief, I suspect this is... the one that needs to be investigated."

When he discovered the connection to Jingchuan, he dared not investigate further.

"Jingchuan Base? Wasn't that disbanded? How could it be involved with the Zhou family?"

Jia Daoyi and his second uncle exchanged a glance. "From now on, maintain a friendly attitude towards anything related to Jingchuan. Our family's bone-drawing master owes a great deal to the Jingchuan Guild Hall. Remember that?"

Keep a close eye on the younger generation. If they offend the Jingchuan Guild, don't talk to me about family ties.

Jia Daoyi spoke sternly. They did know about the Jingchuan Guild Hall's treatment of their own bone-drawing master, so they all nodded readily.

"Who would go to such a remote place to cause trouble?" The man said, then chuckled self-deprecatingly.

When the meeting ended, Jia Chengping stayed behind.

Jia Daoyi then inquired in detail about the course of events.

Jia Chengping did not hide anything and told the whole story in detail.

Jia Daoyi, holding a cup of tea, said, "Here's what we'll do: have our people keep an eye on the Zhou family's affairs, and lend a hand if they encounter any difficulties."

Upon hearing this, Jia Chengping smiled and said, "Elder Uncle, I've been keeping an eye on this matter."

"It seems I made the right choice. Keep up the good work; the family needs young people like you." Jia Daoyi was very pleased.

When Jing Ancheng and his group arrived in Kyoto, Jia Chengping picked them up. After asking their questions, he took them to a secluded small building.

Jing Wu remained silent throughout, simply following behind Jing Ancheng.

Seeing that Jing Ancheng had no intention of introducing him, Jia Chengping wisely refrained from asking further questions, but instead gave the man a few more glances.

The two sides met formally a day later.

Jingwu sat down opposite Jia Daoyi.

Upon seeing Jingwu, Jia Daoyi was even more satisfied with Jia Chengping's abilities. This was because Jia Chengping had already presented Jingwu's information to him.

Although he knew Jingwu's true identity, he was now representing Yu Meng, so Jia Daoyi treated him very politely.

Although Jingwu was a young master from a prominent family in Kyoto, he had no access to hidden families. Throughout the journey, he appeared calm on the surface, but his heart was far from peaceful.

He prepared dozens of plans, fearing that the Jia family would make things difficult for him. When he arrived, Secretary Wu clearly stated that the profits could be split 50/50.

But he was uncertain. He thought Secretary Wu had gone mad, that the interests of the reclusive family would be split 50/50. He felt that Secretary Wu was targeting him.

The three-day negotiations passed quickly, and Jingwu returned to her room in a daze. The contract was signed smoothly, the profit sharing went without any haggling, and the Jia family was even willing to give up 10% of the profits so that he could secure some benefits for his own family.

He had never imagined that a reclusive family could be so kind and understanding.

Seeing his reaction, Jing Ancheng reminded him, "You're representing Teacher Yu, not your own family. It's only right that they treat you politely."

This sentence brought Jingwu back to reality.

He told Secretary Wu the whole story, including the details of the one percent profit margin.

Secretary Wu's reply was concise: "It's signed, come back now."

It took Jingwu a while to realize what was happening after reading the message. He had just been a gofer; Secretary Wu had already arranged everything. He had thought this was going to be a tough battle.

He smiled and didn't dwell on it for too long. With such a powerful backer, he felt very secure.

With the procedures for the first battlefield completed, Secretary Wu began her busy work.

When Qingyuan heard that the experimental garden could be moved to the front line, she was completely stunned.

"Yu Meng, do you know what the things in the experimental garden are? Can they really work on the front lines?"

"The first battlefield is the Jia family's home ground, so we can still take a piece of land." Yu Meng didn't elaborate further.

"Okay, whatever you say. When are you moving? I need to get ready."

The Jia family quietly took over the first battlefield, and the observing forces all showed incredulous expressions, looking towards the Wang family.

They had all witnessed the Wang family's madness back then.

To everyone's surprise, the Wang family showed no intention of dealing with the Jia family, choosing instead to observe silently, which was quite strange.

The Wang family's wait-and-see attitude caused many other families that were eager to make moves to stop their small actions.

The Jia family acted swiftly, taking advantage of the lull to work with Jingwu to arrange everything properly.

When the first battlefield reopened to the outside world, many of the rules inside had been changed.

Yu Meng even sent Teacher Sun and Huang Yan to the front lines to oversee the situation. The Jia family followed suit and also sent their bone-drawing master.

This led to a surge in the number of people entering the front lines. Because it was safe!

Niannian looked at Yu Meng with some confusion, "Fourth Sister, didn't you say you didn't want to worry about it?"

"Sigh, there's nothing I can do. The person behind this won't come forward. In this big world, where am I supposed to find someone?"

"So you're using the primary battlefield as bait?"

"No, I just placed the bait on the first battlefield."

"Fourth Sister, I don't understand."

"In a while, I will move Aunt Qing's experimental garden there. With the expansion of the space, there will be more things to do, which will lead to a shortage of people. I plan to recruit some senior film-making technicians to manage it."

"The alien battlefield is very dangerous, are they willing to come?"

"What if the condition is that they can become bone painters?"

Niannian blinked. "They'd definitely be willing to do that. But the people behind them might not even come, right?"

Yu Meng smiled and offered no explanation.

The Jia family extended an invitation to the experimental garden under the pretext that a certain bone-drawing master wanted to conduct alien experiments there.

Given the Jia family's status, those who would receive an invitation would naturally be prominent and aristocratic families.

In an instant, most of the hostility from all the families towards the Jia family vanished. At Yu Meng's suggestion, it would be best to have one quota per family.

Niannian and Yumeng also secretly went to watch their assessment.

"Fourth Sister, are there any bad guys among them?"

"Bad guys don't have words written on their foreheads, how would I know?"

"Then why are you doing this?"

"Making money! They take care of the experimental garden, I don't need to pay them a salary, the things in the experimental garden are very valuable. I'm just giving them an opportunity to become bone painters. Hmm, they'll be grateful to me."

"But they get all the benefits, don't they? Money isn't important to you."

"But they will be my eyes, and they will report any abnormalities back to me. And in the future, if I do something, at least they won't stab me in the back."

Looking at the test ahead, Niannian felt that she couldn't keep up with her fourth sister's train of thought; she couldn't catch up with her.

She tried to hold back her tears. Before, she could understand everything her fourth sister said immediately, but now, even after her sister had said so much, she still didn't understand and kept asking questions. She knew her fourth sister would get tired of her sooner or later. Thinking of this, she could no longer hold back her tears. She lowered her head, said, "I have something to do," and ran off.