After being forced into a marriage of convenience, a master of metaphysics manipulates a cold and al

"...Are you sure you really don't want it? That's no small amount of money! Grandma's health is of utmost importance to us. Even if you offer an exorbitant price, I won't refuse."

Despite being reprimanded by Ye Bai, Qin Wanqing did not get angry. Instead, she continued speaking with a playful expression.

She had reason to suspect that this greedy and lustful man was playing hard to get.

However, she didn't find it offensive; she just wanted to test whether this guy would take the opportunity to make an exorbitant demand.

Only the two of them truly know the nature of their relationship.

There was absolutely no emotion involved; it was at most a transaction.

Since it is a transaction, measuring it with money is undoubtedly the most appropriate method.

To her surprise, Ye Bai shook his head again with absolute certainty.

"I said I don't want any reward, and that's final! Qin Wanqing, if you keep nagging, I'll spank you."

Old Madam Qin treated him better than her own grandson, so even if Ye Bai liked money, he would never try to earn it at a time like this.

Otherwise, what difference would he make from someone like Ye Xuanyuan, who prioritizes profit above all else?

"..."

Looking into Ye Bai's clear, genuine eyes, Qin Wanqing felt a sudden, intense shock and was speechless for a moment.

"...Hey sis, I get the feeling this guy surnamed Ye has quite a temper. You're not really intimidated by him, are you?"

"You dare to say you'll spank me right away? Haven't you spanked me plenty of times before?"

Seeing Qin Wanqing's constantly changing expression and her surprisingly silent state, Qin Shuang began to have doubts.

She knew her sister's fiery temper better than anyone else.

But now, despite being treated like this by Ye Bai, it still shows no signs of losing its temper, which is clearly abnormal.

Something's definitely going on here!

Could it be... that my older sister has really been won over by this cheap brother-in-law? Does that mean I'm going to have a little nephew?

Upon realizing this, Qin Shuang's beautiful eyes widened, and her whole body began to go numb.

Although judging from the fact that Ye Bai possessed such a magical amulet, this cheap brother-in-law was clearly not simple.

But this doesn't mean that this guy is a good match for his older sister, because the amulet was probably obtained by chance and may not necessarily be related to Ye Bai himself.

Qin Shuang had always been honored by how proud and powerful her elder sister, known as the "Queen of Jingzhou," was, so how could she easily fall into a man's arms?

Could this be the legendary case of a turtle finding a mung bean pleasing to the eye?

But who the hell is the bastard and who the green bean is?

Qin Shuang's mouth gaped open into an "O" shape, and she felt her mind getting more and more confused.

Shen Lu, standing to the side, was in no better shape; at this moment, only one sentence kept running through her mind.

It turns out that what the son-in-law always said about disciplining his daughter when she misbehaved was actually true, and he wasn't just bragging...

But wouldn't that be considered the young lady being bullied by the young master?

If it counts, should I help the young lady?

The little girl, whose brain was already small, was so conflicted that she was almost in tears.

"...Suppress your head, my foot!"

Qin Wanqing finally came to her senses, feeling both ashamed and angry, and glared fiercely at Qin Shuang.

Fortunately, she didn't have the magical ability of "mind reading," otherwise, if she knew what those two little girls were thinking, she probably would have been so angry that she would have died on the spot.

"And you! You're no better than me!"

Seeing Ye Bai grinning beside her out of the corner of her eye, Qin Wanqing became even angrier.

……

Not long after, Ye Bai handed the completed form to Qin Wanqing.

The above are all the medicinal materials needed to treat Old Madam Qin's illness.

"Old ginseng (100 years or more), astragalus (100 years or more), he shou wu (70 years or more)..."

Qin Wanqing took it and glanced at it twice before she couldn't help but widen her beautiful eyes and gasp.

She could recognize most of the names of the medicinal herbs on the list.

However, the year requirement indicated later is quite surprising.

Due to deforestation in the past few decades, the amount of forest has decreased sharply, and wild herbs have become increasingly rare.

Those that are older are especially rare.

Those artificially cultivated are not only far less effective than wild ones, but more importantly, they are also far from meeting the required age.

At this moment, Qin Wanqing understood why Ye Bai said these medicinal herbs were difficult to collect; they were indeed very challenging.

Fortunately, the Qin family is wealthy.

Under normal circumstances, money can solve 99% of the world's problems.

"By the way, you'd better find someone you can trust to do the buying of the medicinal herbs."

Ye Bai thought for a moment and then gave a word of advice.

Although those elders of the Qin family might not be so audacious as to tamper with the medicinal herbs, it's still necessary to take precautions.

The main problem is that this kind of old medicine is hard to find. If it has been tampered with, Ye Bai won't be able to deal with it and will have to throw it away. Buying it again would not only waste time, but also make it more difficult.

Old medicinal herbs are always becoming increasingly scarce.

"I will go myself!"

Qin Wanqing nodded.

Even without Ye Bai's reminder, she wouldn't entrust such a crucial matter to someone else.

She knew more about the Qin family's upper echelons than Ye Bai did.

For the sake of profit, there's nothing those people wouldn't do.

As for her complete lack of knowledge about medicinal herbs, that's not a problem either.

Those pharmaceutical dealers wouldn't dare to cheat her.

Having assigned tasks, the two wasted no more time and began to work separately.

Ye Bai took Shen Lu with him to buy the most crucial ingredient in the prescription.

Ye Bai estimated that Qin Wanqing couldn't buy this medicinal herb through legitimate means; only he could obtain it personally.

Fortunately, there's a place in Jingzhou where you can get it, so you don't have to go too far.

"Me too! Me too! Take me with you!"

As soon as Ye Bai and Shen Lu got into the car, Qin Shuang rushed over, yelling and insisting on following them.

"What are you doing here! You can't do anything, you'll only make things worse!"

Shen Lu looked at Qin Shuang with disdain. With the young lady and son-in-law backing her up, she could finally stand up for herself and no longer indulge this second young lady.

However, Shen Lu was right. Qin Shuang neither knew how to drive nor how to do kung fu. Apart from being arrogant and annoying, she was completely useless.

"Shen Lu, you've really gone too far, haven't you? Besides being a glutton and having no brains, what else can you do?"

Qin Shuang didn't want to argue with this kind of physically strong "reckless woman," but with Ye Bai present, it would be very embarrassing to back down too quickly, so she gritted her teeth and stood her ground.

"Do you think I won't dare to beat you up just because your son-in-law is here?"

Shen Lu clenched her little fists so hard they cracked, her big eyes wide open, and her cheeks puffed out, giving her a cute but fierce expression.

"...Alright, alright, Xiaoshuang can come if she wants."

The two girls started arguing as soon as they met, which gave Ye Bai a headache, so he quickly agreed.

"Hmph, you'd better behave yourself!"

Since her son-in-law had given the order, Shen Lu had no choice but to comply. In the end, she fiercely waved her little fist at Qin Shuang.

"Hmph, I can't be bothered with you!"

Qin Shuang disdained to lower herself to the level of a shrew, raising her fair chin with the air of a proud little swan.

"Young Master, are you going to the Ghost Market?"

In the car, upon hearing Ye Bai announce their destination, Shen Lu was immediately startled and exclaimed in surprise.

Qin Shuang, however, looked excited and exclaimed, "Where is the Ghost Market? Are there really ghosts there?"