Without a word, Ye Mingqi grabbed one of them with each hand and sent them out, saying, "You two little girls, don't cause me any trouble."

"I'm not afraid of offending the abbot here. I'm worried that if I anger your grandmother, I'll be the one who gets scolded."

Ye Mingqi saw the two off at the temple gate, then went back to get the box.

Qiao Lin stood at the gate, hands on his hips, scanning the temple. "I'm just very curious. The more they forbid me from seeing, the more I want to see. I'll climb over the wall tonight when it gets dark and take a good look at what's inside."

Ye Mingqi said sternly, "Don't be ridiculous! There are surveillance cameras all around this temple. There are also guards inside. If you break in without permission, you'll be arrested."

Ye Xinghe patted Qiao Lin on the shoulder and said with a grin, "You know, this temple is quite interesting. It doesn't allow outsiders to enter, there's hardly any incense burning, and it's even equipped with a ring of surveillance cameras. I wonder what treasures it has inside."

Qiao Lin rubbed his hands together, eager to go in and take a look.

Ye Mingqi knew he had said too much, and he needed to get Ye Xinghe out of there as soon as possible. "Let's go. There are treasures inside, but you won't be able to see them. They're heavily guarded! Stop studying these things. Your second uncle will treat you to dinner."

Ye Xinghe said dejectedly, "We came here after lunch. We wanted to bring our friends here, but they won't let us in."

"By the way, why don't we wait here for Grandma to come out and then pick her up to go back to the old house together?"

Ye Mingqi cursed under his breath and quickly said, "Your grandma might not finish for a while. Besides, I have things to do. You should go back first."

“Okay.” Ye Xinghe had only taken a few steps when she turned back. “Second Uncle, then give me the suitcase. I’ll drive it and take it back for you.”

Ye Mingqi gave a stiff smile. "No need. You should take your friends out and have some fun. Don't just stay at home all the time."

After finally persuading the two to leave, Ye Mingqi smoked two more cigarettes before leaving Sanbao Temple.

He had originally planned to return two days early to spend some quality time with his mistress before going home, but Ye Xinghe had suddenly appeared and disrupted his plans. He couldn't go anywhere tonight and had to go back to the old house. Besides, he had been too flustered and his words were illogical.

Ye Xinghe had originally planned to circle around the area twice before returning to Sanbao Temple, but after chatting with Ye Mingqi, she learned that the area was under surveillance and it would be easy to be discovered. Moreover, after today's chance encounter, they would definitely be very cautious now, and she couldn't act rashly.

Ye Xinghe drove aimlessly, "Qiao Lin, use the app to see where Ye Mingqi went?"

Qiao Lin opened his phone. "It's showing up at Blue Coast Villa now."

Ye Xinghe recalled her past life and remembered that Ye Mingqi had a lover living there. He must have been secretly meeting with his mistress.

She suddenly grinned mischievously, "Let's go take a look."

The two arrived at the main entrance of the South Bank Villa District.

This villa area consists of stacked villas, and the residences are quite dense. The software can only show the approximate row, not the specific number.

Ye Xinghe asked Qiao Lin to go down and find out the house number.

Qiao Lin, wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses, walked to the guardhouse.

"Hello, is this Mr. Ye Mingqi a resident here? I'm a friend of his wife. My phone is dead right now. I only remember it's Building B, but I've forgotten the number."

The security guard blurted out, "Mr. Ye is at number 5. He just got back and is home now. I'll let him know." He then picked up the landline to make a call.

"No need." Qiao Lin quickly hung up the phone. "Today is Mr. Ye's wife's birthday. I came to give her a surprise. You notified her in advance, which ruined the atmosphere. Mr. Ye will complain about me."

The security guard smiled and said, "Understood. It's Ms. Li Xinxin's birthday today. Please give her my regards and wish her a happy birthday."

Qiao Lin smiled and thanked him, "I will definitely take it. I'll go buy something and come back later."

Qiao Lin got back into the car, and the two drove to another gate and stopped.

Ye Xinghe found the nearest funeral supplies store online and ordered two wreaths. She left the order under Li Xinxin's name and Ye Mingqi's phone number.

I instructed the shopkeeper to enter through the west gate. It's a bit noisy inside, so please knock loudly.

Soon after, two wreaths appeared at the gate.

For occasions like weddings and funerals, security guards usually don't stop people; the deliveryman can get in quickly after saying the recipient's name.

Ye Xinghe and Qiao Lin burst into laughter in the car.

Then, she found another shop and ordered four more wreaths, this time choosing cash on delivery.

She saw comments saying that the delivery person was extremely rude, had violent tendencies, and even tried to force her to buy something.

The two waited a while longer, and then a small truck stopped at the entrance of the villa area. A burly man with tattoos all over his arms got out of the truck and unloaded four wreaths.

Ye Xinghe smiled contentedly and, without waiting for further results, drove home.

Later, it was learned from Ye's father that Ye Mingqi's face was bruised and swollen, but he said that he had accidentally bumped into something.

Back home, Ye Xinghe started working on design drafts. The company wasn't very safe; a slight mishap could cause the drafts to fall into the wrong hands, so she could only draw at home. During her time at the office, she'd draw a fake draft to make it look legitimate.

She stored the design drawings she needed to submit on the computer her older brother gave her, and also made a backup copy on her phone.

Then she revised the fake design again, saved it to her old computer, and also saved a copy to the USB drive that Wang Nana gave her.

This fake image was originally an excellent design. It even earned second place in the entire year's final exams.

However, Ye Xinghe made many changes, not only because the design structure was problematic, but also because the color scheme was vulgar and the symbolism was very unlucky.

To make Wang Nana feel that the drawing was reasonable, she added many annotations, writing down the design concept and her own ideas.

On Monday, Ye Xingchen finished his annual leave and went to work with Ye Xinghe in the morning.

As soon as he arrived at the hospital, a male colleague came over and told him that a female patient had been looking for him for several days, but they had managed to get rid of her.

Ye Xingchen smiled and handed her a breakfast. "Thanks. You didn't tell her I was going to work today, did you?"

The male colleague opened the breakfast wrapper, and just as he put it to his lips, he said, "I told her. I told her to come again today."

Ye Xingchen snatched the breakfast from her male colleague's hand, took a bite herself, and said, "You can leave now."

He turned on his computer, looked at the list of patients who had registered for his appointment today, and then called the triage office. "Those who registered today will be called in their normal numbers. If anyone asks me if I'm at work today, just say I didn't come."

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