Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

Ye Ge narrowed his eyes.

Ququ...

"Yes, Daddy is talking to a guest about something very, very important." Bao Bingqing patted the little girl's head. "Go back to your room first, and Daddy will come to keep you company in a little while, okay?"

"Okay, fine." The little girl was very sensible: "If Daddy has guests, he should take care of the important things first. It's okay, Aunt Bai Jing can teach me first."

Bao Bingqing smiled slightly, his expression full of doting affection.

He gently pushed the little girl's wheelchair and led her out of the study.

Then they called over a maid in the hallway and asked her to take the little girl back to her room.

"Is she your daughter?"

Ye Ge crossed her legs and looked at Bao Bingqing as he returned to his room.

“Yes,” Bao Bingqing said, but he didn’t seem too keen to talk about his daughter with Ye Ge. After a pause, he returned to the previous topic and said, “Regarding this business, I think you should give it a good consideration.”

"I can assure you that everything I've told you is true. However, I understand your distrust; after all, no one easily trusts a stranger."

"So I hope you can stay here for a few days, visit this place, and learn more about the Dark Blood. I believe you will be interested, and your attitude will change then."

Ye Ge smiled knowingly: "What if my attitude doesn't change in the end? Would you kill me to cover it up?"

Bao Bingqing glanced at him, paused for a moment, and said, "No, even if we fail to reach an agreement, I have no intention of becoming enemies with the Ye family. But before you leave, I will have you drink a potion that will cause you to lose part of your memories. After that, you will forget all your memories from the past seven days."

"I see. Alright then, I'll stay here for a few days." Ye Ge smiled, "Consider it a vacation."

“I will have someone arrange your accommodations,” Bao Bingqing said. “I can also have someone show you around the Dark Blood production plant, including the processes, procedures, raw materials, and various research materials. If you have any needs, you can ask for them, and I will try my best to accommodate them.”

Bao Bingqing spoke very sincerely, and it was clear that he genuinely wanted to cooperate with the Ye family.

After Ye Ge agreed, she left the study and returned to the reception hall, where Gao Shenxue, Xia Xiyao, Long Ying, and Nangong Qiuyue were still drinking tea and eating snacks.

Nangong Qiuyue held a cake in one hand and a pie in the other, taking bites from each side from time to time. Her cheeks were bulging, and her mouth was covered with sesame seeds and oil. Moreover, the plate of pastries in front of her was the cleanest.

"..." Ye Ge thought to himself, "This girl is really carefree. Isn't she afraid of being poisoned to death?"

"Hmm... I didn't expect the pastries here to be so delicious. What are they made of? Wasn't it said that the environment outside the Great Wall is polluted by demonic energy and that nothing good can be made here...?"

Nangong Qiuyue was enjoying her meal when she looked up and said, "Hey, your beloved childhood sweetheart is back. He doesn't look like he's missing a piece of meat, does he?"

Gao Shenxue and Xia Xiyao both looked up. Xia Xiyao immediately stood up and ran to Ye Ge's side: "Xiao Ye, you're finally back! Xue'er and I were so worried about you!"

Long Ying looked at Ye Ge and asked, "What did that Bao Bingqing say to you?"

Ye Ge shrugged: "It's nothing, we just chatted about our life ideals."

Long Ying: "?"

At that moment, the young man who had been so thin and dark-skinned walked over. Ye Ge remembered that his name was Liang Kuan.

“Young Master Ye Ge, I have already followed the boss’s instructions. I will take you to your lodgings,” Liang Kuan said politely.

Ye Ge nodded: "Okay."

The women followed behind Ye Ge. Nangong Qiuyue quickly caught up and asked in a low voice, "Hey, what place to stay? Are we going to stay here?"

Night Song said, "Yes."

Nangong Qiuyue asked in surprise, "Why? What exactly did that lame leader say to you?"

"Why do you have so many questions?" Ye Ge glanced at her. "You need to understand that we're on someone else's turf right now. It'll be good enough if I can get you all out of here unscathed."

“…” Nangong Qiuyue felt that it seemed to be true, so she stopped talking.

Liang Kuan led Ye Ge and the others to the guest room. To Ye Ge and the others' surprise, although the outside of the factory was dilapidated, the interior was quite nice, with all the necessary facilities, almost like a five-star hotel. Xia Xiyao and Nangong Qiuyue couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Looks like this is really a vacation now.

Night Song's Thoughts.

"The environment is quite nice," Ye Ge said with satisfaction.

"If you need anything, just let me know. We have everything we need here," Liang Kuan said with a smile. "The boss said we'll treat you as our top-tier guests."

"Really?" Ye Ge tilted her head, then suddenly thought, "Those two Triceratops that brought us back before were pretty good. They must be rare mutant beasts, right? They look like they're definitely more nutritious than Xuan beef. I'd like to try their meat, is that okay?"

Liang Kuan: "......"

At this moment, Gao Shenxue noticed an iron plaque hanging from Liang Kuan's waist.

That was the War Academy's iron plaque, with the symbols of a musket and a sword on it.

"Where did you get this iron plaque from?" Gao Shenxue asked.

"Hmm?" Upon hearing this, Liang Kuan looked down and then took the iron plaque off his waist. "Oh, you mean this?"

"Before you arrived, there was another team of six people who were also escorting the same iron boxes as you. They drove through the Hundred Souls Forest, but we hijacked them and they are now locked in our dungeon. These things on them have become my spoils of war."

“I think they must be students of the War Academy like you. It’s just that the black iron box they were escorting has a level nine rune seal on it, and we’ve been unable to open it.”

"..." Ye Ge thought to herself, it seems that other teams on missions also had the same idea and chose the Hundred Souls Forest route, thinking that although it was a longer route, it was relatively safe.

Unexpectedly, this place had become the territory of the Wilderness Forces, and then they became the unlucky ones, all of them were captured...

"Where are they being held?" Night Song asked. "Take me to see them."