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"Miss! It's true, this really is a box from Feng's Antique Shop! I saw them packing it for Zhu Daji, and it was exactly the same box!"

Shen Lu also curiously came over, and after taking a look, she excitedly shouted.

She was small-minded and simple-minded, and she believed what her son-in-law said.

This scene undoubtedly proved her right, and she was naturally overjoyed.

"Even if it's from Feng's shop, it doesn't prove anything. Besides, who knows if it's that painting in there!"

Qin Wanqing snapped out of her shock and snorted coldly again.

"That's easy, just open it up and see."

Ye Bai was speechless. He had discovered another characteristic of Queen Qin: she was very stubborn.

"Hmph, let's tear it down then! Do you think I'm afraid of you?!"

Qin Wanqing rolled her eyes at Ye Bai, and then, with Shen Lu's help, carefully opened the high-end and exquisite box.

"What a beautiful painting!"

Qin Wanqing gasped softly, but quickly realized her reaction was inappropriate. Her pretty face flushed slightly as she coldly snorted, "Don't be so smug. There are countless paintings in this world, but genuine works by Master Dong are extremely rare!"

Queen Qin remained stubborn and refused to admit defeat.

Ye Bai didn't bother arguing and continued to eat heartily.

"Miss, miss, see? I told you so! It really is that painting! What's it called? Something about mountains and streams..."

Shen Lu slowly unrolled the scroll and cheered again.

"The Scene of Descending the Mountain by the Stream!"

Qin Wanqing took a deep breath, her whole body almost petrified.

A storm raged within me!

She was naturally familiar with the painting that she had offered a large sum of money to Feng Tianji to purchase.

Now that Feng Tianji has actually sent this painting over, doesn't that mean that what Ye Bai said before was true?

how can that be!

How could a mere adopted son of the Ye family possess such immense power?

"Young master, would you like to take another look? That guy surnamed Feng isn't going to try to fool us with a fake again, is he?"

Shen Lu looked at Ye Bai and asked.

She didn't have many complicated thoughts; she was only worried that this painting might still be a fake.

"No need, he doesn't have the guts."

Ye Bai smiled and shook his head.

Such deception is not uncommon in the Taoist community.

In fact, it could be said that many people are extremely good at it.

Feng Tianji would only dare to provoke him, the current leader of the Xuanmen sect, if he were tired of living.

"That's true. No matter how capable that guy surnamed Feng is, he can't compare to my young lady. If he dares to lie to people again, he'll be too ungrateful!"

"Perhaps the first fake was deliberately made to trick Zhu Daji, who knew she was going to come and steal it."

Shen Lu nodded her little head repeatedly, looking like she deeply agreed.

Ye Bai chuckled and gave a thumbs up, saying, "Lulu is the smartest."

This little girl is clearly a die-hard fan of Qin Wanqing. In her eyes, Queen Qin is practically a goddess.

That's why I subconsciously felt that the person Feng Tianji dared not deceive, as Ye Bai said, was Qin Wanqing.

Even the previous counterfeits have found a very reasonable excuse.

"Alright, you two can't even shut up while eating!"

Qin Wanqing scolded him, then put away the painting and took it away, but she didn't even feel like eating.

Her mind is completely blank right now; it's starting to shut down.

In just a few days, the situation has changed dramatically.

Her life can be described as full of ups and downs!

This made Qin Wanqing feel that she needed to sort things out properly.

……

After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, Ye Bai saw that it was still early, so he simply asked Shen Lu to lead the way and strolled around the Qin family manor.

After all, I'll be living here for a long time, so I need to get familiar with the terrain.

But Ye Bai was shocked when he started browsing around.

The Qin family manor is incredibly large!

Conservative estimates put the area at least tens of thousands of acres!

The estate not only has a lake, but also a mountain and a forest!

There are also quite a few buildings, more than a dozen villas, scattered sparsely in various places.

The Qin family has seven direct descendants, including four daughters, each with their own residence within the manor.

However, not everyone lives here. Given the Qin family's wealth, their assets are naturally not limited to this one place.

Ye Bai noted down the locations of Qin Wanqing's third aunt and fifth and sixth uncles' villas.

These guys are all bad news; they're always trying to harm Qin Wanqing.

As for anyone who dares to touch his "sugar daddy" and prevent him from making money, Ye Bai will not only kill their whole family, but he will also make sure they get away with it.

After wandering around for a while, Ye Bai returned to his room, took a shower, and was about to lie down on the bed to read a book when his newly bought phone suddenly rang.

Ye Bai opened it out of curiosity and found that someone had sent him a message.

"have you slept?"

It's just this one sentence, without any beginning or end.

As for the phone number, it was completely unfamiliar; I had never seen it before.

Of course, Ye Bai was unfamiliar with all the phone numbers; this was the first time he had used such a high-tech device.

There is only one name in the entire contact list.

Shen Lu.

While teaching Ye Bai how to use a mobile phone, the young girl also saved her own number so that her son-in-law could contact her immediately if he needed anything.

But this number has no name, so it's obviously not Shen Lu.

Ye Bai, who had never chatted with anyone on his phone before, suddenly found it novel and began to clumsily type with one index finger.

It took me several minutes to type out those forty-odd characters.

"The night is long and I have no desire to sleep. It seems you are also a lonely person. Why don't we have a talk by candlelight, using the world as a backdrop for our wine?"

Ye Bai wasn't actually good at flirting.

Due to his upbringing, he never had much interest in women.

On the contrary, they are extremely enthusiastic about mundane things like food, drink, clothing, and daily necessities.

Fortunately, he had a "good" mentor.

Leaving aside that old Taoist master's other skills, when it comes to boasting, he is absolutely unparalleled in the world.

Whenever he finished drinking, he would boast to Ye Bai about how dashing and charming he was back in the day, driving countless women crazy for him.

When Ye Bai was young, he actually believed it.

It wasn't until I grew up that I realized he was just an old bachelor who liked to fantasize.

Ye Bai still remembered many of the flirtatious lines that the old masters considered incredibly charming, and naturally typed them out unconsciously at this moment.

"...I'm so damn lonely!"

Qin Wanqing, sitting in front of her phone screen, almost smashed her phone next door in anger when she saw Ye Bai's reply.

She learned from Shen Lu that Ye Bai had bought a new phone, so she asked for his number.

She wanted to ask the other party about Feng Tianji and the painting.

But not knowing whether Ye Bai had already rested, I sent a message to ask.

Unexpectedly, this guy surnamed Ye turned out to be a scumbag who liked to flirt.

No wonder he always looks so frivolous and unserious!

Qin Wanqing gritted her teeth, her beautiful eyes blazing with anger. She was about to reveal her identity and give Ye Bai a good scolding, but before pressing the send button, she suddenly changed her mind.

I deleted all the text I had typed and typed a new line.

"Okay, okay, I love listening to stories. Brother, I can tell you're someone with a story, right?"

Qin Wanqing forced herself to endure the nausea and sent the message.

You can know a person's face but not their heart; this seems like a good opportunity to see the true colors of the Ye family's adopted son...