Ye Xinghe continued to try to persuade Ye Mingqi, "Second Uncle, Siam is a country where everyone believes in Buddhism. There are more temples there than hotels in Jiangyang. There are thousands in just one city. There are temples all around your hotel."

"And you can also get yourself a Buddha amulet, one that helps with career luck. This time when you go to Southeast Asia to expand your business, you will definitely be very successful."

Ye Mingqi ignored him and waved his hands repeatedly in refusal, saying, "Your second uncle doesn't believe in those things. Like you said, there are temples everywhere, how can they all be effective? If they don't work when you go, you'll just waste your money buying them and they won't be effective."

Seeing this, Ye Xinghe could no longer continue speaking, as saying too much would surely arouse her second uncle's suspicion.

She could only feign disappointment and mutter softly, "Okay, then I'll go back and do some research online to see which temple is more effective."

"Stop researching foreign things all the time. Our Dragon Kingdom isn't without temples too!"

Just then, a very untimely voice came from outside the living room: "How can those third-rate Hinayana Buddhist heretics compare to Mahayana Buddhism in China?"

Grandma Ye was dressed in a white satin dress, showing no signs of old age. Her wrinkled face had a ruddy complexion, and her eyes were bright and piercing, shooting out two piercing beams of light as she glared at Ye Xinghe.

"Grandma, you know all this!" Ye Xinghe greeted her with a smile, got up and helped the old lady to the sofa.

"Then could you tell me about the differences between Mahayana and Hinayana Buddhism?"

Grandma Ye's voice was clear and resonant, full of energy: "Mahayana Buddhism emphasizes self-reliance and helping all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism, on the other hand, focuses on self-cultivation. One is about loving all sentient beings, while the other is about only oneself. How can they be compared?"

"Theravada Buddhism relies on street alms and donations to temples. Mahayana Buddhism, on the other hand, never asks for anything from others and relies entirely on its own efforts. It's too complicated to explain to you in just a few words."

Seeing that Grandma Ye had started talking, Ye Xinghe naturally didn't want to miss the opportunity and asked obediently, "Grandma, I've recently become very interested in Buddhism. May I go in and take a look at the room where you worship Buddha?"

Grandma Ye never allowed anyone to enter her Buddhist prayer room, not even Grandpa Ye. She cleaned that room herself.

Ye Xinghe had sneaked in once when she was little. She only remembered that the things inside were very eerie and terrifying, quite different from the Buddha statues she remembered, but she couldn't remember exactly what they were like because so much time had passed. Moreover, she was discovered by Old Mrs. Ye shortly after she went in.

After being caught that time, Grandma Ye gave her a severe beating and punished her by not allowing her to eat dinner for three days. After that, she never wanted to go into that room again.

Grandma Ye closed her eyes slightly, gently turning the prayer beads in her hand, and slowly said, "Xinghe, have you forgotten the beating you received when you were little? Wasn't it severe enough?"

Ye Xinghe didn't take it seriously and looked at Grandma Ye with a grin, "Grandma, you're just trying to scare me. When I was little, I didn't know any better, and you were afraid I would break the things inside, so you wouldn't let me in. I'm all grown up now, I won't mess with your things."

Grandma Ye remained silent, as if she hadn't heard. She never imagined that the same excuses she used to refuse children when she was a child would now be used against her.

The living room was quiet at this moment, as if everyone was waiting for Grandma Ye's reply.

About three minutes later, Grandma Ye looked at Ye Xinghe with a kind smile, "You little rascal, Grandma will let you see it. But not today, Grandma has to rearrange it so you can have a good look."

Ye Xinghe smiled and nodded in agreement.

In the afternoon, we didn't get much useful information, except that my second uncle was going to Southeast Asia.

Ye Xinghe thought to herself that if she knew her second uncle's identity information, she should be able to find out the flight and hotel he booked, but she didn't know her second uncle's ID number.

So she sent a message to Hua Qingmeng.

"Can you find a person's ID number if you only know their name and date of birth?"

Hua Qingmeng: "Okay. Send it to me."

Ye Xinghe sent her second uncle's name and date of birth.

I received a reply shortly afterward.

It not only has the ID number, but also the flight information to be taken and the hotel reservation information.

Is this person a tapeworm in my stomach?

Ye Xinghe smiled knowingly and replied with two words: "Reliable!"

She carefully reviewed the information. Ye Mingqi was only going for five days, and round-trip tickets from Jiangyang to Siam had already been booked, with the hotel also being the same one for four consecutive nights.

"It seems that my second uncle is only in Siam and doesn't go anywhere else." Ye Xinghe was thinking to herself when another message popped up, sent by Hua Qingmeng.

Ye Xinghe clicked on it and saw that this time it was someone else's information. She was also leaving for Siam tomorrow and staying at the same hotel as Ye Mingqi. Her name was Jiang Meiyu!

Jiang Yan's mother!

Ye Xinghe continued to check Jiang Meiyu's flight information and discovered that, apart from the first day in Siam, she would be going to several other Southeast Asian countries in the following days.

Ye Xinghe immediately understood. Ye Mingqi was using Jiang Meiyu as a cover. The company needed airfare and hotel expense reimbursement forms for business trips, and he had Jiang Meiyu make the trip while he stayed in Siam!

It seems that my second uncle really does have a problem!

Ye Xinghe pondered to herself. She was going to work at Hua's the day after tomorrow and wouldn't have time to go to Siam herself. There were only two options: one was to find a way to get her second aunt to go with her, which might ruin her second uncle's plan or prevent him from going at all. The other option was to have Qiao Lin go with her.

Even during dinner that evening, Ye Xinghe remained restless, constantly thinking about how to bring up the topic. Unexpectedly, her father brought up the business trip first.

"Mingqi, have you booked the plane tickets and hotel for tomorrow's business trip?"

Ye Mingqi replied respectfully, "Brother, they've all been ordered."

At this moment, Zhuang Xiuqing looked at Ye Mingqi with a smile in her eyes, "Honey, where are you going on your business trip tomorrow?"

Ye Mingqi picked up a piece of food and casually replied, "Didn't I tell you that a few days ago?"

“My second uncle is going to Southeast Asia.” Ye Xinghe glanced at her second uncle, still looking sulky. “By the way, Auntie, you can come along too! You can take a stroll around.”

Ye Mingqi quickly refused, "Xinghe, I already said that Second Uncle is not going on vacation. He has important things to do every day. Besides, Xiaoshuang is going to school to register the day after tomorrow, and your Second Aunt has to see her off."

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