The old mansion of the Jia family has a long history. It was the great-great-grandfather of Jia Simao's grandfather... even Jia Simao himself couldn't remember how many generations it had been passed down. But this old mansion is definitely verifiable and considered a cultural relic in Nanjiang City, as the Jia family produced an imperial physician and three top scholars.

In recent years, with urban renovation, residential buildings and villas have been built along the riverbank road, but no one dares to touch the Jia family's old mansion. There are two exquisitely carved stone lions at the entrance, a vermilion gate with two animal head door rings. The four sides of the courtyard wall are planted with bamboo that rustles in the breeze.

Inside there is a small garden and pavilion, main rooms and side rooms covered with glazed tiles and octagonal flying eaves adorned with bells that tinkle when they sway in wind. This old mansion is warm in winter and cool in summer; some people offered high prices for it but Mr. Jia refused to sell it because it was not about money anymore - it was now an heirloom left by his ancestors.

If he sold it off, how could he face his ancestors?

After circling around town for a while, standing at its doorstep made Jia Simao very excited. On both sides of the door hung couplets: "One imperial physician upon entering court; Three top scholars upon leaving." In front of him flowed a murmuring river where he used to bathe and fish as a child.

He gently touched the plaque on which were engraved "Simao," two characters he carved himself using his penknife after being named so by his grandfather who hoped that he would inherit their legacy by promoting traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). But what about himself? He fled abroad after losing to Wen Ren Laofoye in a medical contest and even did some absurd things... sigh, I wonder if Xiao Ya has woken up yet?

Jia Simao knocked on the door a few times and waited for a while. Then he heard the sound of slippers dragging along with a girl's voice: "Who is it?"

Xiao Ya was Jia Simao's childhood playmate, but he never had any romantic feelings towards her; she was like his little sister. She grew up with her grandmother who passed away just when Jia Simao wanted to go abroad to clear his mind, so he entrusted the old mansion to her.

It had been over a year since then; he wondered if she had changed at all.

Creak! The door opened and out popped a small head that shouted at him: "Who are you? From the demolition office? Get lost!"

She was an oval-faced girl whose hair was casually tied back with loose straps hanging off one shoulder of her beige nightgown. Her feet were clad in slippers as she rubbed sleep from her eyes. Cough cough, except for being flat-chested, one must admit that she was quite pretty.

From the demolition office? Who would dare demolish their own ancestral home? Looking at how confidently she spoke made Jia Simao doubt whether he came to the right place or not. He looked around and confirmed that this was indeed the Jia family's old mansion before asking: "Miss, I solemnly tell you that I am not from the demolition office but rather your landlord."

"Landlord? You're my landlord? Can't you come up with something more tasteful?" She raised an eyebrow skeptically.

"I am indeed your landlord. Oh yeah, where is Xiao Ya now? Are you friends with her?"

"Huh?" The girl stared at him incredulously before saying: "Oh! So you know Xiao Ya jie?"

"Of course, I entrusted this house to her."

She scrutinized him up and down with a hint of cunning in her eyes before saying: "You should have said so earlier. Come on in, I'll call Xiao Ya jie for you."

In the heart of the city's prime location, there are not many houses like this small garden. There is even a grape arbor nearby with a stone table and bench surrounded by colorful flowers that attract butterflies fluttering around - it makes one feel peaceful.

The girl had already run off along the gravel path while Jia Simao smiled and took two steps inside when suddenly he heard several dog barks followed by seeing that same girl running out holding onto an all-black Doberman Pinscher.

Jia Simiao deliberately took two steps back and trembled, "What... what do you want to do?"

"What do I want to do?" The little girl shouted, "Don't think that just because you mentioned Xiao Yajie's name, I will believe you. This lady is so smart, what kind of person hasn't she seen? Are you leaving or not? If you don’t leave, I’ll really let the dog bite you."

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So she still didn't believe herself? Jia Simiao said: "Okay, if you have the guts, release the dog."

She warned again: "I'm telling you that this Du Gao hunting dog is quite powerful. If it bites and kills you, I won't care."

This little girl was quite interesting. Jia Simiao stood there boldly and loudly said: "Come on? Am I afraid of you? If it can’t kill me then… hehe~~~"

"Bite this pervert to death."

It could be seen that this little girl had a good heart. Even so, she did not loosen the rope but pulled the Du Gao hunting dog towards Jia Simiao. Who would have thought that this Du Gao hunting dog was like crazy; with one pull it almost made her fall down and howled as it pounced towards Jia Simiao.

Will it bite someone to death? Although demolition offices are hateful they shouldn’t deserve death penalty.

She quickly stood still until she saw clearly what was happening in front of her; her mouth opened into an “O” shape and couldn’t close for a while. That extremely fierce Du Gao hunting dog which cost all her pocket money - buying meat and giving him food - finally bought over by her actually wagged its tail while rubbing its head against the young man’s thigh like a flattering puppy instead of being ferocious or aggressive at all.

Jia Simiao patted the Du Gao hunting dog and laughed: "Xiao Hei, go play by yourself."

The Du Gao hunting dog barked twice and ran away happily.

Jia Simiao rubbed his hands and smiled evilly: "How about it? This time let's see where you can run to..."

The little girl took a few steps back nervously and said, "What... what do you want? I don't have any money. It’s impossible for me to give myself up. Also, Jun Ao is a police officer; you should be honest."

"Who says it's impossible? Even if you shout until your throat is hoarse it won’t help." Jia Simiao didn’t care about Jun Ao at all. He jumped towards her but she turned around and ran while shouting: “Zi Yu, Zi Yu, wake up quickly! There’s a pervert here!”

When she reached the door, she grabbed a broomstick casually and shouted loudly: "Pervert! If you dare take one more step forward I will beat you to death!"

Jia Simiao laughed: "Try beating me?"

Creaking sound - The door opened as a tall beautiful woman walked out with furrowed brows saying: “Xi Xi (nickname), why are you screaming like that in broad daylight? We’ve been on the plane for so long we’re exhausted.”

Zhang Xixi shouted: “Zi Yu (nickname), why are still sleeping?! A pervert came to our house!”

“Pervert…” Tang Ziyu rubbed her eyes and exclaimed in surprise: “Ah Yi (nickname), isn’t this Jia Simiao who carved his name on our front gate?

Jia Simiao quickly said, 'Yes, yes, it's me.'

Zhang Xixi pointed at Jia Simiao and then at Tang Ziyu and asked, 'Ziyu, do you mean he...he is the super handsome guy you met on the plane?'

Tang Ziyu blushed slightly and glared at her saying,'Who said he was handsome? Jia Simiao, there's something I need to tell you. Albeit we both believe what you said is true but Xiao Yajie isn't in Nanjiang City. The demolition office wants to demolish our house to build a new building so she went to America looking for you.'

'Ah? Looking for me?'

'Yes. It has been a few months now and we don't know when she'll be back.'

'So are you guys...'

'Me, Xixi and Shen Junao are all tenants of Xiao Yajie. To put it simply, Xiao Yajie knew Junao before leaving so she rented us her house before going away. Do you understand now?'

Of course he understood! He was in America when this happened; his trading business had just stopped working due to frozen accounts and even his phone card got lost which explains why Xiao Ya couldn't find him earlier.

But still one thing puzzled him: He handed over the management of the house to Xiao Ya who then went looking for him in America only to rent out the same house later on with Tang Ziyu,Xixi,and Shen Junao living inside- where did that leave him?

Jia Simiao smiled bitterly as he asked,"So...who am I?"

Tang Ziyu chuckled,"You're Jia Simiao."

Jia Simiao replied,"Then I'm the owner of this house right? Can I live here?"

"This..."

While Tang Ziyu was pondering, Zhang Xixi jumped in and exclaimed,"No way! When we rented the house from Xiao Yajie, it was agreed that no one else could rent it out or even let a man stay here. We're three girls living together; if you move in as well, our reputation will be ruined by your lecherous behavior.