Fang Yecheng couldn’t answer his son’s question.

Because…

Fang Ji hadn’t come looking for him during this period either!

Coincidentally, before Fang Yecheng could figure out how to reply to his son’s question, his wife sent him the same question:

[Xiao Ji hasn’t sent me any messages in three months. How about you?]

Fang Yecheng: …

Fang Yecheng completely stopped his stretching.

He solemnly searched for and opened the family group chat, inviting all group members (Dad, Mom, Brother, Sister, Ji) to a group call.

Fang Mom and Fang Bro instantly joined the call.

After waiting for half a minute, Fang Sis also joined the call.

In the family group, four out of the five avatars were lit up. The only one left, “Ji,” who never missed a call, was unusually absent this time.

Until the default call invitation time expired, Fang Ji never joined the call.

The GreenChat group, which was usually filled with the rustling sounds of people doing their own thing and even the background noise of low-voiced conversations with subordinates, suddenly fell silent.

Soon, Fang Sis spoke up: “Dad, Mom, Bro, has Xiao Ji sent you any messages in the last three months? Why hasn’t he been calling me recently?”

Three voices answered one after another.

Fang Dad: “Xiao Ji didn’t look for me either.”

Fang Mom: “Xiao Ji didn’t look for me either.”

Fang Bro: “Xiao Ji didn’t look for me either.”

The group fell silent again for three seconds.

Fang Bro was the first to break the silence, calmly proposing an idea.

His speech was rapid: “Three months ago, the professional big brother moved into the Fang family. The timing of these two events is too coincidental. I suspect the whole matter is related to the professional big brother.”

Fang Bro suggested: “I recommend notifying Uncle Li to give us a report on Xiao Ji’s life from January to April in ten minutes, and at the same time, have the legal team re-examine the sixty-million contract.”

Fang Sis agreed with Fang Bro, her speech also rapid: “Currently, there is only one bodyguard, Brother A, responsible for protecting Xiao Ji. I don’t think that’s enough.”

Fang Sis suggested: “I recommend sending two to three more people to live in the Fang family to record and report on the interactions between Xiao Ji and the professional big brother at all times. Their salary should be one and a half times that of a live-in nanny.”

Fang Mom disagreed with Fang Sis, her speech also rapid: “It would be better to sign a supplementary agreement directly with the professional son, install a twenty-four-hour surveillance device on him, allow for a limited period of privacy shutdown each day, and set a total daily shutdown time limit. This method is safe and efficient.”

Fang Mom paused, then added: “The compensation for the surveillance can be negotiated within twenty million.”

Fang Dad disagreed with Fang Mom, his speech equally rapid: “According to Jingming’s news and the intelligence we have obtained, there is a very powerful tech team behind the real young master’s team!”

Fang Dad stated: “The fields the team is involved in include at least biotechnology and network information technology.”

“Their hacker team can even modify the paternity test report of any hospital in a very short time. So, even if we monitor him around the clock, we can’t guarantee that the content of the surveillance isn’t fake content created by the tech team behind him.”

Fang Bro’s attention was diverted by the topic, and he showed some interest.

Fang Bro: “Their biotechnology strength is very strong?”

“What area are they in? Which company or laboratory is behind them? Can it align with the direction our group is currently looking to cooperate in?”

Fang Dad replied: “According to Jingming, their technology can make a living person temporarily appear to be in a state of death, with almost zero side effects. The information needs to be verified, but its credibility is high.”

“I’ve had people look into it. There are currently no related technology products on the market. If there’s a chance, we can inquire. If there’s a business cooperation opportunity, we should seize it.”

Fang Sis’s attention was also diverted, and she eagerly joined the conversation.

Fang Sis: “If this information is confirmed to be accurate, I will have someone conduct a round of market research in the European biotechnology sector later. If there is a possibility of cooperation, we can start a pilot project in the European market.”

Fang Mom calmly brought the topic back: “We’ll discuss cooperation after confirming the other party’s technological background.”

“Xiao Lian, go and notify Old Li to give a report in five minutes. The report should be controlled within ten minutes. We will decide whether to send more people to the house based on the report.”

“Considering the possibility of future cooperation, the electronic surveillance plan is canceled. Yecheng, you go and communicate with the professional son first, see what his take is, what his thoughts are, and then we’ll make a decision.”

She concluded: “Let’s try to resolve this within twenty minutes so as not to affect each other’s work, okay?”

Fang Dad: “I agree.”

Fang Bro: “I agree.”

Fang Sis: “I agree.”

The call ended. The four of them dispersed. The call duration was 03:28.

As soon as he hung up the group call, Fang Yecheng, on behalf of the whole family, immediately dialed Lin Chen’s GreenChat voice call.

A moment later, the call connected.

Lin Chen greeted him: “Hello, Sixth Dad.”

Fang Yecheng was puzzled: “Hello, son. Why do you call me Sixth Dad?”

Lin Chen smiled: “Because you are the Sixty-Million-Dollar Dad.”

Fang Yecheng asked: “Am I the only one who has been charged sixty million?”

Lin Chen soothed him: “I will mark you as Number One and Number Two in my notes.”

Fang Yecheng felt there was nothing wrong with that: “Oh.”

Fang Yecheng started again: “Hello, Sixth Son. I have a question I hope you can answer for me.”

Lin Chen: “Please speak, Daddy.”

Fang Yecheng asked with puzzlement: “Why hasn’t Xiao Ji sent me any messages or called me in the past three months?”

Lin Chen was greatly surprised: “Oh? Is that so?”

Fang Yecheng said in a pleasant tone: “Your team has thirty-seven years of rich experience. I believe you definitely wouldn’t overlook such a detail.”

Lin Chen sighed heavily: “As it happens, while our team has thirty-seven years of rich experience, we also have extremely high professional ethics!”

Lin Chen vowed solemnly: “Except for the projects commissioned in the contract, we will not casually, privately, or proactively pry into the private matters of the mission target without permission.”

But Lin Chen was very concerned about his client: “For now, the complaint issue has been preliminarily resolved. Has Sixth Dad encountered a new parent-child problem?”

Fang Yecheng sighed with worry: “Yes! Xiao Ji hasn’t sent a single message to me, his mom, his brother, or his sister in the past three months. You tell me, isn’t that worrying?”

Lin Chen let out a soft gasp: “Not sending you any messages for three months, this situation is quite serious!”

Fang Yecheng stated solemnly: “That’s right. This situation was not written in the work plan attached to our contract. But if the problem continues, it will definitely greatly affect Xiao Ji’s subsequent transformation work.”

Lin Chen said with great solemnity: “Although the problem is very serious, please believe that the [Professional Real Young Master Actor] studio is the world’s top acting studio, with rich experience in handling various difficult family problems.”

Lin Chen pondered for a moment, seemingly having made a major decision.

He said seriously: “You are a client introduced by Daddy Jingming, and our cooperation over the past three months has been very good. For this reason, I have decided to give Sixth Dad a complimentary Parent-Child Problem Elimination Gift Package. As long as you and your family cooperate fully, leave the rest of the problems to us!”

Fang Yecheng exclaimed: “As expected of the world’s top acting studio, your strength is truly formidable, and your work is truly reliable!”

He guaranteed with great sincerity: “Please rest assured, Sixth Son. If everything goes smoothly, there will be a handsome reward upon completion!”

Lin Chen was satisfied and ended the conversation.

Fang Chengyu returned to the villa, to his room.

Fang Ji was currently in the room, staring blankly at his phone. Only when he heard his brother’s return did a little light return to his eyes.

“Brother!”

He trotted to Fang Chengyu’s side and showed him the lit-up phone screen.

The screen displayed the group chat that Fang Ji had just not joined, but which had still lasted for three and a half minutes before ending.

Fang Ji was dejected. His free hand gently hooked the corner of Fang Chengyu’s clothes, his words filled with a lack of confidence.

He said: “Brother, I did as you said just now, and I found that they… they really don’t care whether I join the group chat or not.”

“Brother, look at the time. At their communication speed, they must have already finished talking about whatever they wanted to talk about!”

“I…” He fell silent for a moment, then said sadly, “My presence or absence in the family voice call seems to have no effect on them.”

Fang Chengyu listened patiently. His usually gentle expression now rarely showed a trace of anger.

He slammed his hand on the table angrily: “How can Mom, Dad, Brother, and Sister be like this? They’ve gone too far!”

Fang Ji mumbled with grievance: “Right? Brother, you also think Mom, Dad, Brother, and Sister are a bit too much, right?”

“When I was at school, I heard that other families’ parents and children would chat in the family group! They’d talk about breakfast, lunch, dinner, classmate gossip… anyway, they’d talk about lots and lots of things! But our family group…”

He fell silent for a moment, then suddenly remembered something: “…Speaking of which, they still haven’t added you to the group yet? I’ll add you to the group!”

Fang Chengyu snorted softly: “No. What’s the point of joining? To see if the group goes silent for three months if the two of us don’t initiate a conversation?”

Fang Ji was speechless, unable to refute.

Just then, Fang Ji’s phone suddenly vibrated with a “dudu-du.”

Fang Ji was startled. He looked down and saw a GreenChat call invitation with the contact name “Bro” brightly lit on the screen.

Fang Ji’s breath hitched subconsciously.

He held the phone tightly, his face uncontrollably showing a look of excitement and disbelief.

He subconsciously reached out, wanting to press the green button to answer the call.

However, his finger was only halfway there when it was gently held in mid-air.

Fang Ji suddenly came back to his senses and looked up uneasily.

He saw Fang Chengyu asking him gently and calmly: “Xiao Ji, do you still remember what we said not long ago?”

Of course, Fang Ji remembered.

After he had confided in his brother about his long-standing family troubles, his brother had asked him if he wanted to change the current way of interacting, where he unilaterally tried to contact his parents and siblings, unilaterally tried to start topics with them, and failed nine times out of ten.

He had said, of course, he wanted to.

So, his brother had given him an idea.

His brother had said: “Then, for the next seven days, without my permission, Xiao Ji is not to answer any of their calls or reply to any of their messages.”

His brother had gently tied the bell to his ear, held up the bell, and looked at him: “If you can do it, in three months, brother will have a way to make Mom and Dad learn to actively care for Xiao Ji.”

After speaking, his brother had winked at him: “Is Xiao Ji willing to believe brother?”

Fang Ji clearly remembered that he had said at that time—”Of course I believe brother.”

But now, faced with the call invitation, Fang Ji couldn’t help but waver.

He asked Fang Chengyu uneasily: “But brother, what if… what if I ignore them, and Mom, Dad, Brother, and Sister get angry and just completely disown me?”

Fang Chengyu looked at him gently and said: “Although brother’s salary is not high, it’s still very easy to support Xiao Ji.”

Fang Ji’s restless mood slowly calmed down under Fang Chengyu’s calm gaze.

He could even manage a slight smile. As he moved his finger to hang up the call, he even said to his brother, “Then brother has to keep his word.”