After the empress transmigrated, she became the judge of the entertainment industry.

The next day, Ye Sanqing got up very early. She ran around the courtyard twice as exercise before she saw Xiao Yuan come out.

"Xiao Yuan, why are you up so early?" Ye Sanqing asked, waving his hand.

"Good morning, sister!" Xiaoyuan ran over as soon as she saw her. "I came out to buy food for my younger brother and sister. Do you want breakfast, sister?"

"Okay. Let's go eat together." Ye Sanqing said, leading Xiaoyuan towards the restaurant.

"Where's my brother?" Xiao Yuan asked.

"They're probably still sleeping, I don't know," Ye Sanqing replied.

She didn't care much about what Sheng Hanyu was doing, as long as he was on time when they set off.

"Aren't you and your brother dating?" Xiaoyuan asked cheerfully, seemingly having shaken off the gloom of the previous night.

"No," Ye Sanqing said.

Then she and Xiaoyuan stared at each other for a while.

Xiaoyuan asked in confusion, "But only people in love stay together forever."

"First of all, that's not necessarily true; secondly, even if I were to stay with him all the time, we would just be friends." Ye Sanqing was in a good mood after exercising, so he casually explained this to Xiao Yuan.

"But a man and a woman are always together, either dating or getting married..." Xiaoyuan continued to wonder.

“It’s not always like this. He’s not here with me right now.” Ye Sanqing didn’t know how to explain this to the child, but she tried. “The relationship between a man and a woman is not necessarily a romantic relationship. Xiaoyuan needs to know this.”

"Okay..." Xiaoyuan nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

When the two arrived at the restaurant, the owner was already up and greeted them, "Good morning, so early?"

"We have to leave after breakfast, so we need to leave early," Ye Sanqing said with a smile.

"Oh, shall I prepare food for everyone now?" the boss asked. "You can eat this first, and if it's not enough, please ask for more."

Ye Sanqing glanced at the kitchen next to the restaurant. There were indeed ingredients that had been taken out, and soy milk and sesame cakes were already on the table. "Then I won't be polite."

"I won't be polite either!" After Ye Sanqing took a portion, Xiaoyuan also reached out and took her breakfast.

"Enough to eat? With so many children in your family, how can it be enough?" Ye Sanqing asked.

This amount is just enough for her to take before meals.

"There will be more in a while. I can either have them come over or I can pack them up and take them back with me."

"Okay." Ye Sanqing picked up the sesame seed cake and took a bite. He found that the sesame seeds on it were very fragrant, which meant that the ingredients of these foods were indeed quite good.

"Good morning," Sheng Hanyu and Sheng Luoxin said as they came out together and saw the scene. "Sorry we're late."

"It's alright, we're not in a rush," Ye Sanqing said. "Have a seat, but you can help out in the kitchen if you'd like."

"Let's skip this morning. I'll cook lunch and dinner again, right?"

"Yes. But I'll help you."

"I'll make it later. For now, let's enjoy the boss's cooking," Sheng Hanyu said.

He checked the owner's cooking skills yesterday, and they were above average. He felt the home-style dishes were quite good, which is about the level that most people can achieve.

Or perhaps she's already opened a shop, so at least it's at a decent level.

"Okay." Ye Sanqing then looked at Sheng Luoxin.

Sheng Luoxin said proactively, "I'm fine, there's nothing wrong with me today."

"That's fine."

The boss brought out breakfast, and after everyone finished eating, Ye Sanqing said, "Xiao Yuan, go and let the children have breakfast first, and then we'll set off."

"Okay!" Xiaoyuan nodded enthusiastically.

"Hanyu just told me..." Sheng Luoxin said with a sigh after Xiaoyuan left, "You guys really made a very important decision."

"It's nothing, just something I did," Ye Sanqing said.

"Yeah, I think it's just something that can be done easily," Sheng Hanyu said. "As long as you don't think we're causing you trouble."

“How could that be? How can this be called trouble?” Sheng Luoxin said. “It’s hard to ignore something like this. Besides, I don’t find it troublesome. I’ve always liked children.”

He had only listened briefly to Sheng Hanyu's account of what happened, and hadn't expressed his own thoughts before going out to eat.

"That's good." Ye Sanqing said with a smile, "They'll be staying with us for a while now."

“I’m fine with that,” Sheng Luoxin smiled. “A little liveliness is good. Besides, they all seem very well-behaved, quiet and well-behaved, almost unlike children, unlike Xiao Wang…”

Sheng Hanyu:

For some reason, I feel like he's talking about his childhood self... But most people probably can't be as lively as Nangong Wang, who can be so energetic all by himself!

“Oh, I don’t mean you don’t look like a child. You were very cute when you were little,” Sheng Luoxin said to Sheng Hanyu.

"Uh...it's not important." Sheng Hanyu felt inexplicably shy; he didn't want to say this in front of Ye Sanqing.

“Kids are all adorable,” Ye Sanqing nodded seriously, “except for mischievous kids.”

“There aren’t usually that many unruly kids. Apart from those who are born bad, it’s all because the adults haven’t taught them well.” Sheng Hanyu quickly changed the subject.

"That's true." Ye Sanqing stood up. "I'll go tidy up a bit, see you in a bit."

"Ah."

After a while, everyone was ready and set off.

Sheng Hanyu also received daily necessities and clothes for the children from the boss. She prepared everything very well and even tried to refuse the red envelopes he offered.

After Sheng Hanyu persuaded her, she finally agreed to accept it.

"The people here are so polite," Sheng Hanyu remarked from inside Ye Sanqing's RV.

“That won’t do. You have to get paid for what you do,” Ye Sanqing said.

Sheng Luoxin and the children rested in Sheng Hanyu's RV. He seemed to be having a lot of fun, and they all decided to leave them with him.

The children also liked this "handsome older brother" very much, were willing to approach him, and indeed did not cry or make a fuss.

“I know. So no matter how much she refused, I gave it to her.” Sheng Hanyu said with a smile, “With the information provided by the boss and the supplies he helped prepare, things became much easier for us.”

"What do we say now? Should we contact the man surnamed Lu?" Ye Sanqing asked. "Has your investigation yielded any results?"

“Not for now,” Sheng Hanyu said. “I checked on that person, and he now runs a medium-sized company. He seems to have no connection with these events anymore. Of course, we’ll have to investigate further if we want to get to the bottom of it.”

"Hmm. Do you think Lu Wangshen might know the answer?" Ye Sanqing suddenly said. "Judging from how much he cares about Lu Mingye, I feel he will investigate Zou Tianming."

“That’s not impossible,” Sheng Hanyu nodded. “He started planning much earlier than I did, after all, I hadn’t returned to China when the Zou family’s incident happened…”

“Then I’ll ask him.”