Fu Jingnian noticed the eager looks in Xia Yu and Xu Jianian's eyes, and he immediately put the crystal ball back into the box.

Shen Youyou reached out to interrupt, "Brother Fu, can I play with it?"

Shen Youyou forcibly took the crystal ball from her.

"Can we play with it too?" Xu Jianian asked.

Shen Youyou didn't think much of it and gave it to them.

Fu Jingnian's heart was pounding. They weren't playing with a crystal ball; they were playing with his life! "Hey, what's so fun about this? Hurry up and put it back in the box!"

"Brother Fu, isn't this already yours? Why are you still treasuring it so much? Anyone who didn't know better would think you're stingy," Shen Youyou said coquettishly, actually testing Fu Jingnian's limits.

Fu Jingnian may not be good at acting in other areas, but he is a natural at putting on airs.

"Alright then, be careful, after all, this crystal ball is very rare."

Fu Jingnian pretended to be calm and continued to lead them on the tour, but his mind was completely focused on the crystal ball.

Mr. Dong, a leading figure in the art collecting world, was a friend of his grandfather.

He went through a lot of trouble to get into Mr. Dong's collection room. He even secretly took the crystal ball out to make a show of it, relying on the fact that Mr. Dong only used an old-fashioned mobile phone and didn't use the internet.

"It's quite fun." Xu Jianian and Xia Yu tossed the ball back and forth.

Fu Jingnian's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets when he saw this.

"Give it back to me!"

He reached out and snatched the crystal ball back.

"Brother Fu, why are you so nervous? Anyone who didn't know better would think this crystal ball doesn't belong to you."

Xu Jianian's words made Fu Jingnian nervous.

He chuckled dryly, "Heh, how could that be?"

After looking around, there was no trace of life in Fu Jingnian's house, which meant there was no material to show to netizens.

As he saw them downstairs, Fu Jingnian's anxious mood vanished, and he even boasted, "I own countless houses, and I can't even live in them all, so it's normal that I don't have much stuff."

When the elevator reached the third floor, Xia Yu's stomach rumbled: "The second floor is the restaurant, let's go and have a meal there. I'm curious if the food at Tianjing Huating is as good as that at Wangjing Port."

Upon hearing this, Fu Jingnian retorted excitedly, "What's there to compare? It's one thing if you're hungry, but none of us are. Besides, we have to rush to visit the next guest's house. You're being selfish and it's affecting the filming schedule, okay?"

Xu Jianian, protective of her own, retorted, "Fu Gou, what are you barking about?"

He continued, "The tour was supposed to last half an hour, but the house you rented was empty and there was no material to show. The tour was over in just fifteen minutes. We haven't even said you didn't fulfill your duty as a host. Can't you even afford to treat us to a meal at the end?"

Fu Jingnian retorted, "Are you crazy? What do you mean my house is rented? Do you want me to throw the property certificate in your face?"

Shen Youyou watched them argue silently.

"Fine, go ahead and throw the property certificate in my face if you dare!" Xu Jianian shoved her face in.

"Hey, stop arguing," Duan Xiaotang said, trying to stop them.

Xia Yu pulled Xu Jianian back: "Don't be angry with him, let's go eat by ourselves, it's on me."

A comment from a top-tier account appeared on the screen, accompanied by an entrance effect that lasted for half a minute.

[Shang Xu: What are you babbling about? Come to my house for dinner.]

The next stop is Shang Xujia.

He watched the live stream on his phone, and every time he saw Xu Jianian and Xia Yu getting close, he felt uncomfortable.

Xia Yu remembered that Shang Xu was a good cook: "Okay, let's go to Shang Sha Diao's house for dinner."

Shen Youyou was somewhat reluctant. She automatically imagined Shang Xu's house as bare, old, dilapidated, and crawling with cockroaches.

“I’m hungry too. Let’s eat here. Brother Fu, what Brother Jianian said is right. It’s not hard for you to treat us to a meal, is it?” Shen Youyou’s voice was skeptical.

Fu Jingnian gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, I'm only treating you because of Youyou."

The five people went to the restaurant on the second floor.

"Order less. We'll be eating at Shang Xu's house later too. His cooking might not be as good as these delicacies, but we can't let him down," Fu Jingnian said, feigning understanding.

He stared intently at the two people who had embarrassed him, as if afraid they would order some exorbitantly priced dishes.

[Shang Xu: It's okay, be more open-minded. There's no need to save money for Fu Jingnian; that would be disrespectful to him, wouldn't it?]

[The words may be rough, but the principle is sound: order more food, don't try to save money for Strong, otherwise it will lower his standards, right?]

[How come Shang Xu's account spending level is so high? Is it even higher than Luo He's?]

Luo He originally thought his account was awesome, but now that he saw an even more powerful account, he couldn't help but try to uncover its true identity.

[Luo He: This account's spending is incredible. I asked my assistant to investigate. This account was originally run by a mysterious person who specifically targeted charity accounts and showered them with donations until they were scared off and immediately ended the live stream.]

Shang Xu then realized the value of his account.

So they immediately clarified.

[Shang Xu: Actually, I'm not the Shang Xu from the fictional world; it's just a coincidence of names. In reality, I'm an old man nearing fifty.]

Netizens are not easily fooled and are eagerly anticipating the guests' visit to Shang Xu's home.

"Xia Yu, you're such a spendthrift! Can you even finish all this food? And you, Xu Jianian, what kind of example are you setting for your fans? You just keep ordering as much food as you can as I'm paying, don't you?" Fu Jingnian judged them sternly.

"Are you crazy? I ordered my own food and paid for it myself. What's it to you?"

Xia Yu looked gloomy.

"That's right, who said you were going to treat the two of us and Sister Xiaotang? You should keep the money in your pocket that's practically empty to pay the rent!" Xu Jianian clicked her tongue and shook her head.

While Fu Jingnian was confronting them, he didn't notice that Shen Youyou across from him had actually ordered a whole table of dishes.

"Youyou, why did you order so much?"

Fu Jingnian couldn't bear it, so he asked the waiter to cancel some of the orders.

Shen Youyou immediately became suspicious: "Brother Fu, are you having financial difficulties lately?"

"I'm cultivating good habits so that I can't waste things. You should learn from me, Youyou."

Fu Jingnian felt a pang of heartache when he saw that the dishes in front of him cost hundreds of thousands of yuan.

[Shang Xu: Is this something I can say? The 19th floor of Tianjing Huating was just rented out last night.]

[Luo He: You're really good at talking, bro.]

Although Luo He did not know Fu Jingnian, he only knew that Fu Jingnian had some dealings with his close friend Jiang Shuyi. However, he had seen a lot of people and could tell at a glance that Fu Jingnian could not afford to live in Tianjing Huating.

His acting skills were actually quite poor, but he had an incredibly strong sense of conviction, and he genuinely fantasized that things that didn't belong to him were his possessions.

A comment from Shang Xu once again thrust Fu Jingnian into the spotlight.

Fu Jingnian's face darkened: "I'm speechless. You can't stand seeing others have it just because you've never lived in such a nice house, can you? You're just spreading rumors."

Fu Jingnian wondered how these people knew about the house he rented.

[Shang Xu: You're just all talk.]

Shang Xu has a very good public image, and netizens are all on his side.

Fu Jingnian couldn't gain anything by arguing with him, so he could only pretend he couldn't see the comments.

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