Chapter 2399

"Childish!" Old Four looked at Zhou Andong who had chased after her, her mouth twitching to reveal a contemptuous smile, then she walked to the sofa and sat down with a thud.

"You've gone too far, Zhou Anning!" Zhou Andong was "provoked" by Old Four's attitude. He walked over aggressively, lowered his head, and looked down at Old Four: "How am I childish? You explain it to me clearly!"

"Ningning isn't wrong at all. You're already a father, yet sometimes you're more childish than Su Su." Gu Minglan pushed Zhou Andong out the door: "Look at what time it is, hurry up and go to work, you'll be late in a while."

Zhou Andong wanted to say something else, but Gu Minglan didn't give him a chance to speak at all, closing the door with a bang.

"I..."

Zhou Andong stood with his mouth open, looking at the tightly closed door, sighed, then turned around silently and walked slowly toward the stairwell, while thinking secretly in his heart.

It must be that I, as the older brother, am too perfect, which is why I've made Old Four feel inferior. After all, children grow up and have their own thoughts, especially when facing a perfect older brother like me every day who has no flaws; the mental pressure must be very great, which is why she uses this method to attract my attention to her.

Zhou Andong arrived at the four-section courtyard, suddenly stopped, and just stood there quietly, as if thinking about something. After a while, he took a pack of cigarettes out of his pocket, pulled one out, lit it, and took a deep drag.

The smoke diffused in front of him, obscuring his furrowed brow. After the smoke dissipated, he raised his head, narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at the rising sun. The sunlight shone on his face, reflecting a look of "deep worry."

At this moment, a light sound of footsteps came from the front, and Gu Bing walked toward this side. He also wanted to go see Jian Qiu and his niece, and when he suddenly saw Zhou Andong standing there looking up at the sky, he couldn't help but freeze for a moment.

So, he walked over quickly, stood beside Zhou Andong, and then, like Zhou Andong, raised his head, his gaze looking straight at the sky: "What are you looking at?"

Zhou Andong didn't answer him, as if he hadn't heard, his eyes still narrowed slightly, staring at the sun in the sky, as if something were truly attracting him. This made Gu Bing even more curious, and he couldn't help but ask again gently: "Did you hear me talking or not? What exactly are you looking at?"

Zhou Andong still didn't respond, maintaining the posture of looking up at the sky. Just as Gu Bing was preparing to ask again, suddenly, without any warning, Zhou Andong let out a huge sneeze.

"Achoo!"

After sneezing, Zhou Andong seemed to feel it wasn't enough, rubbed his nose, and revealed an indescribable expression of comfort on his face: "Damn, that feels so good!"

"Fuck!" Gu Bing cursed fiercely, so angry he almost jumped. His neck was a bit sore from looking up, and this idiot was actually just trying to sneeze: "Can you do something serious?"

"How is me sneezing not doing something serious? Do you know how uncomfortable it is when you can't sneeze?" Zhou Andong snorted: "Besides, just now I was thinking about a very, very serious problem in my heart!"

"You're thinking about a fart of a serious problem!" Gu Bing didn't believe Zhou Andong's words at all and walked away.

Zhou Andong grabbed Gu Bing's arm, not letting him leave, and continued: "I'm serious, you know? Xiao Qin, Xiao Bei, and Old Four, they are all very outstanding, but they have me, an older brother who is even more outstanding and perfect without any flaws.

Whether in work or life, it causes them a lot of pressure. So I've been thinking about how to solve this matter, to let them face me, their older brother, correctly, positively, and optimistically?"

"..."

Gu Bing looked at Zhou Andong speechlessly, and only after a long while did he say: "Can you please have some shame?"

"Indeed!" Zhou Andong reflected for a moment: "I do have flaws."

"That's better!" Gu Bing looked at Zhou Andong with contempt: "Although your skin is very thick, you still have a little self-awareness."

Zhou Andong nodded seriously: "My flaw is that because I am too perfect, I have no flaws."

"You dog, you can't have a proper conversation, can you!" Gu Bing turned and left, a look of indignation still on his face.

"Heh!" Zhou Andong laughed: "You just go ahead and be jealous!"

In the third-section courtyard, the sunlight shone on the bluestone slabs, reflecting a faint glow. Zhou Anqin, Liu Zhenyan, and the others were sitting together, still chatting enthusiastically.

"This job of ours was given by my brother." Zhou Anqin had a calm smile on her face: "Originally, I wanted to ask for a design fee of three thousand per person, but he just wouldn't give it. I pestered him for a long time before I finally managed to win two thousand per person."

"Two thousand is already very high!" Huang Liming said with great emotion: "When we work for our teachers, we've never even received two hundred. These two thousand yuan are enough for our living expenses for a year!"

Zhou Anqin didn't mention the company, because it was still too early to talk about these things. After this job was finished, the feelings among the few of them would progress further, and inviting them to join her company then would have a better effect.

"Our current task is to finish the police uniform design first, and then the horse-face skirts and mandarin-collar shirts; these are all urgently needed."

"No problem!" Zheng Weihong nodded and said: "Big Brother has already provided us with the design concept, and you've already drawn the first draft; the overall design that follows will be very easy."

At this moment, Zhou Andong strolled over from the back, not in a hurry. From far away, he heard the chattering and laughter of the few young women, and couldn't help but reveal a smile at the corners of his mouth: "Let's go, let's go eat, aren't you hungry?"

"A little bit!" Mu Yun was the liveliest, saying with a grin: "Let's go, let's go, let's go eat!"

"Let's go!" Zhou Anqin said with a smile: "It's almost eight o'clock, I'm a bit hungry too."

A group of people walked to the dining room talking and laughing. Liu Zhenyan and the others couldn't help but open their mouths slightly, and their eyes began to dart around—was the dining room this big too? But thinking about it, Zhou Anqin's family had nannies and security guards, so it really wouldn't do if the dining room wasn't a bit big.

But soon, they discovered a problem. The dining room was very big, but there was only one table. With the security guards and nannies, there were more than thirty people; how were they going to eat?

Just as they were puzzled, the door of the room opposite creaked open. Their gazes looked over in unison, and only then did they suddenly realize that the room opposite was the dining room where the security guards and nannies ate.

"Sit!" Zhou Andong greeted everyone warmly, gesturing with his hand for everyone to find a seat as they pleased.

Sister Liu and Sister Hong skillfully brought the breakfast to the table. Steaming buns, meat pies, fried dough sticks, soy milk, rice porridge, and other foods emitted an alluring aroma.

Zhou Andong picked up a bun and took a bite: "Everyone don't stand on ceremony, just treat this as your own home. If anyone is thin-skinned and doesn't get full, you can only blame yourselves."

"We won't stand on ceremony!" Mu Yun also imitated Zhou Andong, picked up a bun with her hand, opened her mouth to take a bite, and then her little head began to nod vigorously: "Delicious, too delicious."

When the others saw this, they no longer stood on ceremony either, picking up chopsticks to pick up a bun and put it in their bowls, then lowering their heads to take a bite. It was truly fragrant in every mouthful.

"Delicious, right!" Zhou Anqin drank some porridge first, then raised her head and said: "These Sister Pang buns are very famous in our Jiangzhou."

Everyone chatted while eating. The few girls ate little and were soon full.

"Big Brother, please eat slowly, we're going to work!"

"Go ahead, go ahead!" Zhou Andong nodded with a smile: "As long as I'm satisfied, besides the agreed-upon design fee, I will also give each of you a gift."

"Thank you, Big Brother!" The few little girls thanked him excitedly, then walked away talking and laughing.