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

Back at the Qin family manor, Qin Wanqing hadn't finished get off work yet, and there was still some time before dinner.

After thinking about it, Ye Bai simply went to the garage at the very back of the Qin family's old house.

If Shen Lu hadn't reminded him, he would have almost forgotten that there was a scoundrel from the Xuanmen sect being held captive here, Lu Sita.

Fortunately, Shen Lu brought this guy water and food every day, and there was also a toilet in the garage, otherwise Lu Sita would have been dead long ago.

"Mr. Ye, you are my ancestor. I will do anything you ask as long as I can see the light of day again..."

Upon seeing Ye Bai appear, Lu Sita knelt down with a thud, hugging his leg and bursting into tears.

He cried so bitterly, as if he had seen his father after many years.

Unfortunately, among the "Five Scoundrels," Lu Sita was originally the most spineless one.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have confessed everything after being captured by Ye Bai, without Ye Bai even having to use any special methods.

Moreover, being locked in this dark and gloomy garage every day, Lu Sita felt like he was going crazy.

He always felt that he was a person who yearned for the light and could not live in darkness every day.

"White Cloud Tower, Black Taoist Robe, I roam freely with the light!"

This is the epitaph that Lu Sita arranged for himself when he was four years old. Of course, he didn't want to die such a miserable death in the garage.

"Are you sure? What if I ask you to kill Sun Yibiao and Zhong Erbin?"

Ye Bai lightly lifted his right leg, kicking Lu Sita several meters away, and said with a playful expression.

"No problem, no problem! Mr. Ye, you tell me who to kill, and I'll kill them! It's just that my strength is too weak; I can't beat them..."

Ignoring the pain, Lu Sita quickly got up from the ground, bowed and scraped again, and began to express his determination.

"Alright, in that case, take this pill."

Ye Bai nodded noncommittally, took out a small medicine bottle, and tossed it to Lu Sita.

"What...what is this?"

Lu Sita opened the medicine bottle with trembling hands; inside was only a pill the size of a soybean.

It is entirely brown and has a strange smell.

Apart from that, there's nothing special about it.

But Lu Sita had a chilling feeling; his intuition told him that this little pill was definitely not a good thing.

"You don't need to know what it is. You only need to know one thing: after you take this 'Seven Deadly Heart-Locking Pill,' your life or death will be in my hands."

"Of course, you can also choose not to eat and just wait to die in this garage, that's fine too."

Ye Bai grinned, and his large white teeth, under the dim lights of the garage, seemed to faintly radiate a chilling glint.

"I……"

A hint of hesitation flickered in Lu Sita's eyes. He had never mentioned the name "Seven Deadly Heart-Locking Pill" before, but it didn't sound like a good thing.

Whether on TV or in real life, it seems that every medicine related to the words "seven" and "absolute" is utterly terrible.

Once he ate it, it meant he had become Ye Bai's lackey, and his life was in someone else's hands.

This feeling is definitely not pleasant.

But Lu Sita thought about it carefully and realized that even if he didn't eat it, it wouldn't make any difference; in fact, he would die even faster.

In the end, the thing simply opened its mouth and swallowed it whole.

“Very good. The first task I’m giving you is to find out the whereabouts of Sun Yibiao and Zhong Erbin.”

Ye Bai nodded, gave his phone number to Lu Sita, and then asked Shen Lu to escort him out of the Qin family manor.

It is necessary to subdue a scoundrel from the Xuanmen sect to work for you, but it is pointless to keep him in the Qin family.

The greatest use of the Four Towers of the Land is to lure other scoundrels from the Xuanmen sects into a trap.

"Young master, young master, your Seven-something Pill seems amazing! Was it made in the legendary alchemy furnace? And the kind that requires forty-nine days?"

Soon after, Shen Lu returned, grabbed Ye Bai's arm, and started asking him a barrage of questions, her face beaming with excitement.

"...That pill was from the vet, it's for deworming kittens and puppies. I just put it in my pocket after I finished feeding them."

Ye Bai shook his head, realizing that he should try to deceive others less in front of Shen Lu in the future.

This little girl can't stand listening to this kind of superstitious stuff; she always takes it seriously.

Being mentally challenged is one aspect, but the main reason is watching too many TV dramas.

"So this is ah……"

Shen Lu looked disappointed. She had always believed that the powerful martial arts and elixirs depicted in TV dramas were real.

"By the way, son-in-law, since this medicine is fake, aren't you afraid that the man surnamed Lu will see through it and run away?"

Shen Lu thought of a crucial question.

"It's alright. The biggest characteristic of people who are afraid of death is that they are suspicious. Even if you tell him that the pill is not poisonous, he won't believe you."

Ye Bai smiled and shook his head.

……

"I heard you went to see Han Mengmeng today? How did your chat go?"

During dinner, Qin Wanqing asked a question that seemed casual.

"It's alright. I reckon she won't have time to get involved in anything else these days."

Ye Bai answered while peeling mantis shrimp for Shen Lu.

I don't know if it's because we foodies share the same feelings, but simply because she's greedy, this little girl is starting to eat more and more like Ye Bai.

She loves to eat whatever Ye Bai loves to eat.

This means that sometimes Ye Bai has to serve this little tyrant.

Take mantis shrimp for example. Shen Lu loves to eat it, but she doesn't like to peel it because she always ends up hurting her hands.

Even though the chefs had already processed the mantis shrimp, the little girl just couldn't remember the trick.

So Ye Bai had no choice but to do more, peeling food for Shen Lu while eating it himself.

The worst part is that this little foodie eats really fast, chewing non-stop with his cheeks puffed out like a little squirrel.

Although Ye Bai moved quickly, he was still a little overwhelmed.

"She's in university, not high school, so what could she possibly be busy with?"

Qin Wanqing was a little puzzled. In her memory, Han Mengmeng was incredibly lazy.

I never put in any effort in my studies; it was only because I was smart that I was able to get into Kyungju University.

"Miss, Miss, I know what happened!"

Shen Lu volunteered to help answer the question, which pleased Ye Bai, who finally had a chance to eat some mantis shrimp himself.

Back when we lived in the mountains, we didn't lack meat, but seafood was practically nonexistent.

This made Ye Bai's love for seafood far surpass that for anything else, and Qin Wanqing and Old Madam Qin clearly noticed this as well, so they specially instructed the kitchen to prepare some seafood for dinner every day so that Ye Bai could eat his fill.

In other words, seafood is considered to be cold in nature, and eating too much of it is bad for your health. Otherwise, Old Madam Qin would have allowed Ye Bai to eat seafood as his staple food.

When it comes to doting on her grandson-in-law, the old lady may not be the best in the world, but at least she has no rivals in Jingzhou.

"Hehe, this girl is quite kind-hearted, she's quite an anomaly in the Han family."

Qin Wanqing smiled faintly, surprisingly refraining from mocking Han Mengmeng.

Just as Ye Bai began to wonder if Queen Qin had suddenly changed her personality, he saw Qin Wanqing suddenly take out her phone and make a call.

"Chu Qian, go and acquire a pet hospital, the bigger the better... Yes, even a little girl who's still in school knows how to do good deeds, why can't the Qin Group do more..."

Seeing this, Ye Bai's teeth started to hurt again.

Without a doubt, Qin Wanqing is clearly competing with Han Mengmeng in secret.

However, this is not necessarily a bad thing; this cold world deserves more kindness.