Chen Cheng blinked and asked tentatively:

"How about I buy it instead? We're all family; you should save your money for buying bags and pretty little dresses?"

"No!" Andy looked at Chen Cheng with a smile and shook her head.

Chen Cheng's mouth twitched. It was over; even Andy was getting involved in this.

"How have you all planned to chip in for this?"

Zhu Zhe glanced at the women. "Jingjing and Xiao Ye will contribute 100 million; Jianguo will contribute 50 million; Zhen Zhen will contribute 50 million; Han Su and Li Na will each contribute 20 million;"

"Lucy, Xiao Guan, Qin Shi, Eleven, Suo Suo, Lulu, Ming Zhen, Nansun, and I will each contribute 5 million;"

"Nansun will contribute 500,000;"

As she spoke, Zhu Zhe glanced at Xiao Qi, who was sitting next to Chen Cheng. "Let's leave Xiao Qi out of it; she's still too young."

Jiang Nansun suddenly raised her hand. "I'll contribute 5 million, too."

She pointed at Chen Cheng, feeling very embarrassed. "On the way back, he transferred 10 million to me, telling me to buy some gold for my grandmother and spend the rest on myself."

None of the women teased Jiang Nansun.

Chen Cheng rubbed his forehead. Well, Jiang Nansun must have been so embarrassed about being broke that she suddenly thought about speculating and doing some financial planning on the way back.

Even He Zhinan was richer than Princess Jiang.

However, it was highly likely that He Zhinan had borrowed the money from Han Su.

Because she wasn't around, Chen Cheng hadn't given her that much money.

After all, among everyone here, besides Qiao Jingjing, Xiao Ye, Ding Jianguo, Ye Zhenzhen, and Han Su, the money for everyone else basically came from Chen Cheng.

Chen Cheng turned his head and looked at Xiao Ye suspiciously. "Old Ye gave you that much money?"

Xiao Ye pursed her lips and nodded, feeling a bit embarrassed.

"Yes, he gave me 100 million in cash and a 1 billion dollar trust."

"How much?" Chen Cheng's eyes widened.

"Mhm," Xiao Ye nodded. "1 billion dollars."

"A trust."

Damn.

Chen Cheng immediately raised his right hand and made a '666' gesture.

He was really generous.

These real estate developers really made a lot of money in the past few years.

Chen Cheng turned his head to look at Ding Jianguo again. "Is your money also from your dad?"

Ding Jianguo nodded. "Yes, it's all the pocket money he gives me regularly. I don't spend much, so I just saved it up."

"..."

Chen Cheng was speechless for a moment, then turned to look at Ye Zhenzhen. "Didn't you just spend money to start a company?"

"Yeah," Ye Zhenzhen nodded with a grin. "We agreed to buy a house, so I told Old Ye that I was still short on liquidity, and Old Ye told me to sell two houses in Shanghai."

Chen Cheng: "..."

I give up competing with you rich second-generation kids.

He never expected that Jiang Nansun, who lived on Fuxing Road, would actually end up being the poorest among all the women.

Even Xiao Qi might be richer than her. After all, Deng Half-City is rich enough to buy into the same residential area as Qiao Jingjing.

Suo Suo gets pocket money from Chen Cheng, plus what she earns from her self-media work.

As for Jiang Nansun, she felt she owed Chen Cheng for what happened when her family went bankrupt last year, so she had always refused to accept the pocket money he offered.

It was only the red envelopes Chen Cheng sent occasionally that she had saved up; otherwise, she wouldn't even have the few hundred thousand she claimed she wanted to invest.

Chen Cheng calculated the money they had pooled together. Excluding what Jiang Nansun added later, it came to exactly 400 million.

"With so many people in our family, we'll probably have to buy a manor villa."

"Four hundred million probably won't be enough, right?"

The women turned to look at Andy. Andy looked at Chen Cheng with a provocative expression. "I'll cover the rest."

Awesome!!!

Chen Cheng immediately gave Andy a thumbs up.

How could he have forgotten about her?

"Sister Andy is mighty!" Ding Jianguo, Qin Shi, and Xiao Ye immediately cheered.

Chen Cheng curled his lip. "So, where are we planning to buy?"

Ye Zhenzhen spoke up: "Buying a house is for the future. With so many people in the family, I guess only Big Brother Tan's residential area will do."

Chen Cheng immediately thought of the large mansion he had chatted about casually with Tan Zongming before, and he waved his hand.

"The 'King of Buildings' in that residential area won't do."

"Why won't the 'King of Buildings' do?" Jiang Nansun asked, somewhat confused.

Chen Cheng smiled helplessly. "In Old Tan's residential area, the villa's floor area plus the garden area, measured in acres, could arguably be called the number one luxury residence in the country."

"As the 'King of Buildings' of the country's top luxury residence, our family can't live there."

Zhu Zhe nodded. "Yeah, that 'King of Buildings' really won't do."

"It's too flashy."

The other women nodded in agreement as well.

Chen Cheng thought for a moment and looked at Andy. "Andy, just contribute one like Jingjing and Xiao Ye; I'll cover the rest."

The manor villas in that residential area cost at least 500 to 600 million. With so many people in the family, we have to buy the largest one besides the 'King of Buildings'.

That would probably be heading towards 800 or 900 million.

They had pooled 400 million, which was only half; it would be a bit unreasonable to let Andy pay for the rest.

"No!"

Before Andy could even speak, all the women unanimously made a 'forbidden' gesture.

"Don't argue, that's settled," Chen Cheng said, making the final decision.

He thought for another moment. "I also agree to the thing you were thinking about."

"Really?" Ye Zhenzhen blinked and asked suspiciously.

"Mhm," Chen Cheng nodded.

Lucy's mouth curved into dimples, and she crossed her arms. "Why don't you take this opportunity to explain about those sisters of ours on the outside, too?"

Chen Cheng glared at Zou Yu. "With Zou Yu as a little spy, is there anything you guys don't know?"

"Hmph, I don't know where you went last night," Zou Yu said, raising her fair chin and looking at Chen Cheng provocatively.

Chen Cheng: "..."

"Junyue Mansion~"

Hearing this place name, all the women turned their gazes toward Ye Zhenzhen.

Ye Zhenzhen's pretty face flushed red. "Why are you all looking at me?"

"Wang Manni doesn't even live in Junyue Mansion."

She turned her head and cast her gaze toward Eleven. "Eleven, who did he go to see last night?"

"This..." Eleven was suddenly put on the spot and looked at Chen Cheng, feeling a bit at a loss.

Jiang Nansun, who was sitting next to her, immediately grabbed her hand. "It's okay, Eleven; we're all here. He won't dare do anything to you."

"Sigh," Chen Cheng let out a breath and rolled his eyes at Jiang Nansun, annoyed. "Zhong Xiaoqin."

Eleven kept looking at him; it was obvious she wouldn't say it.

Since Jiang Nansun kept pestering her, it was better for Chen Cheng to just say it himself.

"Zhong Xiaoqin?" Jiang Nansun was stunned, wondering who this was.

Qin Shi looked at Chen Cheng with a smile. "She's the girl who looks a lot like Sun Xin and her younger sister Sun Xiang."

"Oh, right, not a girl, but a young married woman."

"Ah... this..." Chen Cheng spread his hands, out of options. He said with annoyance, "Are we still eating?"

"Pfft~ Hahahaha." Seeing him get shut down, the women burst into laughter.

Looking at them all getting along so harmoniously, Chen Cheng rolled his eyes at the instigator, Jiang Nansun.

He was being targeted.

He sighed helplessly, picked up his chopsticks, and prepared to turn his grief and indignation into appetite.