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Pei Xingzhi, holding Xiangxiang, leaned out from the third-floor corridor: "Come upstairs and tell me I need to put Xiangxiang to sleep."

Ye Ci: "Okay!"

He had been to the Xie family many times before, and he could find Pei Xingzhi's location with his eyes closed.

He ran upstairs quickly, taking three steps at a time, and walked easily to Xiangxiang's room.

"Come here." Pei Xingzhi saw him and the first thing he did was hand the child over. "You coax Xiangxiang to sleep, I'll sit down and rest for a while."

"Oh." Ye Ci put her phone in her pocket, carefully took Xiangxiang, adjusted her posture, and began to skillfully soothe the baby.

"Good girl, let Daddy put you to sleep." He patted Xiangxiang's bottom gently while waving his hand back and forth.

Imagine her staring blankly at him with her big, bright eyes, and her vision started to blur in less than two minutes.

"What do you want?" Pei Xingzhi sat on the edge of Xiangxiang's bed, rubbing his sore temples with his eyes closed.

Ye Ci glanced at him, her expression somewhat conflicted: "It's about the Qin Group's slander against the Law of Love for plagiarism. It's not a particularly big deal. I originally wanted to call you about it, but your phone was off, so I couldn't reach you and had to drive over here."

Upon hearing this, Pei Xingzhi immediately reached into his pockets, only to realize after a while that he had left his phone in the next room.

"...I was running around all night yesterday, and my phone died a long time ago." He sighed, looking up at Ye Ci. "What happened? Has the Qin Group pulled another stunt?"

Ye Ci: "No. It's just that the studio staff have compiled the evidence that Fu Yushu gave us and wanted to ask you when you'll release it."

"When was the originally scheduled release date?" Pei Xingzhi asked.

He hadn't slept for a day and a night. Although he didn't want to sleep at all, his brain was too tired to function. He had no recollection of the things they had agreed on long ago, and every time Ye Ci said something, he had to ask "why" in confusion.

"..." Ye Ci was silent for two seconds, her eyes filled with worry as she looked at him. "Brother Pei, the original release date was today."

Pei Xingzhi: "Then let's post it today. Have the studio's employees register an official account and post the evidence directly."

Ye Ci hummed in agreement: "I registered the official account this morning. Since you've agreed, I'll have my staff send out the evidence at a later time."

“Okay.” Pei Xingzhi kicked off his slippers and lay down on the bed. But he didn’t go to sleep; instead, he touched the ring on his hand and stared blankly at the ceiling above his head.

Xiangxiang was very well-behaved. Ye Ci only had to coax him for a few minutes before he closed his eyes and fell asleep obediently.

"Brother Pei," Ye Ci said in a low voice, carrying Xiangxiang to the bedside, "Xiangxiang is asleep."

Pei Xingzhi took the child and gently placed him beside him: "Thank you."

"Tsk..." Ye Ci glared at him, "Are we even talking about this?"

Pei Xingzhi twitched the corner of his mouth but didn't say anything.

Ye Ci walked to the sofa at the foot of the bed and sat down. Looking at Pei Xingzhi's tired and pale face, she said with some pity, "Brother Pei, go and get some sleep. Don't stay up too late."

"Think about it, I can keep an eye on things here, and I can also manage things at the studio. Your sister-in-law hasn't been found yet, so please don't ruin your health."

"I won't break down." Pei Xingzhi gently touched Xiangxiang's face, a hint of tenderness hidden in his bloodshot eyes.

“A-Yuan is an exceptionally strong person. She was kidnapped by Qin Wushuang and taken to an unfamiliar place, and she must be trying her best to escape. She is so thin and timid, yet she is tenaciously fighting wits and courage against Qin Wushuang. So I will definitely not collapse here either.”

"I will take good care of Xiangxiang, my parents, and run the studio well, and wait for Ayuan to come back safely."

"That's right!" Ye Ci's nose tingled, and the anxiety that had been hanging over her for a day and a night finally eased a little. "Brother Pei, you should do this! Qin Wushuang kidnapped your sister-in-law not only to satisfy his perverted psychology, but also to watch you be tormented by this suffering until you're neither human nor ghost. You can't fall for his tricks, you have to stand up for yourself!"

"Your sister-in-law is working hard over there, so you should work hard here. I don't believe he can break you two up!"

"Hmm." Pei Xingzhi nodded, a smile finally appearing on his face.

Ye Ci: "But the premise of standing firm is that you have to protect your body. You haven't slept for a day and a night, go and get some rest. I'll keep an eye on things here for you."

“No need.” Pei Xingzhi held out a finger for Xiangxiang to hold. “I’ll just sleep next to Xiangxiang for a while. After I wake up, I’ll go to the police station to check the surveillance footage. I have a feeling there’s something wrong with that footage.”

"What's the problem?" Ye Ci asked.

Pei Xingzhi lowered his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice, "Have you been to those two alleys?"

Ye Ci: "I've seen them. What happened to those two alleys?"

Pei Xingzhi: "Of those two alleys, one is a straight alley leading to the backyard of a house, with no exit at all. The other is at a fork in the road; once you go around it, you end up on the next street. We've basically confirmed the time of A-Yuan's disappearance, the route she was taken from, and the suspect vehicle, but why can't we find any trace of her?"

“That suspected black car was using a fake license plate. The owner has been taken to the police station, but he insists that he didn’t see A-Yuan in the alley, and they didn’t find anything related to A-Yuan in his car. Don’t you think that’s too strange?”

"Hiss..." Ye Ci raised his hand and pinched his chin, his eyes somewhat confused. "It is strange, but wasn't there only one suspect vehicle there at the time? Besides that vehicle, what else could have taken my sister-in-law away so quietly?"

"He must be lying when he says he's never met his sister-in-law."

“…Not necessarily.” Pei Xingzhi shook his head. “There were actually two cars in the alley at the time, but one of them belonged to a resident of the alley, so the police quickly ruled it out as a suspect.”

"But that doesn't mean it can't be a tool to take A-Yuan away."

"...What do you mean?" Ye Ci's heart skipped a beat, and the hairs on his body stood on end. "Brother Pei, do you suspect that the suspect car was just a cover?"

Pei Xingzhi: "It's just a suspicion. Whether it's actually covering up something or not, we'll have to let the police investigate to find out."

"Okay." Ye Ci nodded. "Then you go to sleep first, and then go to the police station to resolve this suspicion."

Pei Xingzhi took a deep breath and then closed his eyes: "Wake me up in two hours."

Ye Ci: "No problem."

"Om-"

"Om-"

Just as Pei Xingzhi closed his eyes, Ye Ci's phone rang unexpectedly.

“…Shen Yanhui?!” He stared at the name on the caller ID, his eyes widening in surprise.