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“Linzhou is mountainous, and many wealthy people from Yuncheng like to buy private villas there. Half a year ago, Qin Wushuang took over a second-hand villa in a private villa in Linzhou.”

“…A second-hand villa?” Pei Xingzhi narrowed his eyes, feeling that something was amiss. “Qin Wushuang isn’t short of money; he could have easily bought the entire estate. Why did he only buy one villa?”

Shen Yan shook her head: "I don't know either. I don't have much information. I can only find out that he bought a villa in the resort half a year ago. I don't know anything else."

"..."

Pei Xingzhi frowned, lost in thought, and remained silent.

Shen Yan looked at him and said, "I'm telling you this because I think the timing and location of Qin Wushuang's purchase of this villa are very strange."

"Qin Wushuang has no property in Linzhou, so why would he buy a second-hand villa in the mountain resort for no reason? And why did he suddenly buy it half a year ago?"

"The only possibility I can think of is that he had been planning to kidnap Zhaoyuan for half a year. In half a year, Zhaoyuan could give birth and finish her postpartum confinement, and the villa could be renovated in time."

"Where is that villa?" Pei Xingzhi asked.

Shen Yan frowned and said sadly, "I only know that the villa is in Linzhou, but I don't know exactly where in Linzhou it is."

"...You still don't know?" Pei Xingzhi's brow furrowed even more.

Shen Yan smiled sheepishly: "...I really don't know."

Pei Xingzhi looked at her suspiciously: "You don't know anything? Then where did you find out about this?"

Shen Yan scratched her head: "Yes, I heard it by chance from a blind date."

Pei Xingzhi: "A blind date?"

Shen Yan explained, "This morning, at my father's request, I went to meet a blind date. His friend owns a villa in Linzhou, and Qin Wushuang's villa was bought from his friend."

"Who is his friend?" Pei Xingzhi suddenly perked up.

Shen Yanhui shook her head again: "He refuses to say. Qin Wushuang told them to keep it a secret, and he only revealed this much before shutting his mouth and refusing to say anything more."

Pei Xingzhi clenched his fist, his tone suddenly turning ruthless: "He won't talk... that's because he's not scared enough. Send me his contact information and personal details, I have plenty of ways to make him talk."

"Pei Xingzhi, what do you want to do?" Shen Yanhui was frightened by the coldness in his tone, and goosebumps rose on her body.

Pei Xingzhi smirked: "Just send me his information, don't worry about anything else. If anything happens in the future, I promise I won't implicate you."

“You…” Shen Yan Hui suddenly regretted revealing this to Pei Xing Zhi.

But she had already said everything she needed to say, and it seemed there was no point in regretting it now.

"Pei Xingzhi, please don't do anything rash." She took out her phone and sent the man's contact information and personal details to Pei Xingzhi's WeChat.

Pei Xingzhi did not respond to her instructions, but only said, "Thank you."

[Congratulations, host! You have successfully earned ten favor points. Your current favor point balance is -27.]

The system notification sounded so suddenly that Shen Yan was stunned for a few seconds before her eyes lit up.

But after a moment, the light slowly dimmed.

"System," she said in her mind, "didn't I gain ten points of favorability?"

"Yes," the mechanical female voice replied.

Shen Yan replied, "I remember my previous favorability rating balance was around -32. If I add 10 to -32, shouldn't the balance be -22? How come it's -27?"

Mechanical female voice: [Host, have you forgotten? You bought five favor points from me on credit to exchange for information. Now that you've earned those favor points, you should definitely settle the debt as soon as possible.]

"...Oh, I see." Shen Yanhui had really forgotten.

Mechanical female voice: [Host, right now there are only you and Pei Xingzhi in the living room, it's the perfect time to win him over.]

Shen Yan looked at Pei Xingzhi across the coffee table, biting her lip in a conflicted manner: "I know, you don't need to remind me."

The mechanical female voice carried a hint of sarcasm: "[Host is too soft-hearted. I'm afraid if I don't remind you, you'll forget your mission.]"

Shen Yan replied, "I can't forget it, so you don't need to nag me."

Mechanical female voice: [Since you can't forget, then hurry up and do it! What are you waiting for?]

"Ahem..." Shen Yan cleared her throat and tried to speak at the system's urging.

“Pei Xingzhi, you…”

"Wow...wow..."

"Wow……"

Xiangxiang's crying suddenly came from upstairs, interrupting Shen Yanhui's anxiety.

"Brother Pei!" Ye Ci carried Xiangxiang out of the room and peered down the corridor. "Brother Pei, are you alright? Xiangxiang is crying so hard, I can't soothe her!"

Pei Xingzhi put away his phone, quickly got up from the sofa, and ran upstairs.

"I am coming!"

“Sigh…” Shen Yanhui stood up as well, staring at Pei Xingzhi’s back with a somewhat helpless expression.

Pei Xingzhi took three steps at a time and ran up to the third floor in the blink of an eye.

"Don't cry, Xiangxiang, Daddy's here." He took Xiangxiang from Ye Ci's hands and patted and comforted the child in his arms with practiced ease.

He had his back to Shen Yanhui, so Shen Yanhui couldn't see his face, only his lonely yet resolute back, and could hear his gentle and patient coaxing.

"Be a good girl, Daddy's here..."

"Daddy's here, be a good girl..."

"Do you miss your mom? Mom has gone out to fight monsters, but she'll be back soon. Think about drinking your milk and sleeping well, and stay healthy while waiting for Mom to come home."

"Don't cry, Daddy misses Mommy just as much as you do..."

"Brother Pei, I guess he really misses his wife. He wasn't this hard to coax when she was home." Ye Ci's voice was a little sore.

Pei Xingzhi blinked, forcefully suppressing the tears welling up in his eyes.

"I will definitely find A-Yuan."

[Host, what are you still standing here for? Hurry up and go upstairs to help soothe the child. Once Pei Ye is appeased, Pei Xingzhi will be more likely to accept you.]

The mechanical female voice urged impatiently.

Shen Yanhui's hands, hanging by her sides, loosened and clenched, clenched and loosened, repeating this several times until finally, she let them go limply.

"Never mind." She picked up her bag from the sofa, turned and walked towards the door. "Let's leave it at that for today. We can talk about taking care of the child another day."

"Why?!" the mechanical female voice asked anxiously. "Why do we have to postpone it?"

Shen Yan let out a breath, her tone inexplicably becoming very relaxed: "Because I don't want to coax the child today."

"By the way, do you know any suicide methods that are slightly less painful?"