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In the end, Ye Bai still couldn't get the question out.

It wasn't because he was afraid of offending Qin Shengtu; he had no connection with this fifth uncle whatsoever, so he didn't mind rubbing salt into the other's wounds.

Unfortunately, just as he was about to ask, Qin Wanqing noticed something amiss.

Before he could even ask, she reached out and pinched his waist.

This made Ye Bai gasp in pain, and he swallowed the question that was on the tip of his tongue.

Clearly, Qin Wanqing didn't intend to let him ask.

"Little Peach is right here. If you want to gossip, you can ask Fifth Uncle in private."

After Qin Shengtu left, Qin Wanqing whispered a reminder.

Qin Shengtu did not take Xiaotaozi away. He was very busy with the business of the Qin Group recently and simply did not have time to take care of his daughter.

Although he has a nanny at his villa, it's not as reassuring as having her at his old house.

Moreover, Ye Bai also made it clear that it would take some time for Xiao Taozi's body to fully recover, and she would have to take medicine and acupuncture on time every day.

Toxins accumulated over many years cannot be eliminated so quickly.

After experiencing Old Madam Qin's illness last time, Qin Shengtu no longer doubted Ye Bai's medical skills.

Even Chen Yizhen, a famous doctor from Jingzhou, highly praised Ye Bai and even specially hired him to teach at the medical school, so one can imagine how skilled Ye Bai was in medicine.

"...When did you learn to be kind?"

Ye Bai looked at Qin Wanqing with a surprised expression, as if he were seeing her for the first time.

"Get out of my way! I've always been gentle and kind, okay?"

Qin Wanqing gritted her teeth in anger. She felt that Ye Bai was looking at her as if she were a tigress.

"...Sister, are you sure you really understand the meaning of the words 'gentle and kind'?"

Ye Bai opened his mouth wide and suddenly realized that whether a person's skin is thick or not seems to have little to do with the skin itself.

Queen Qin looked fair and delicate with incredibly good skin, but her skin was so thick it was almost as thick as a city wall.

"Ye Bai!"

Qin Wanqing instantly lost her temper and was about to explode when she discovered that Ye Bai had already turned around and made a hasty retreat.

As time went on, this despicable scumbag clearly learned new skills.

That means getting angry and then running away, mainly characterized by being "cheap".

……

"Brother Ye Bai, is this cat yours? Can I pet it?"

In the back hall of the villa, Ye Bai was adding cat food and water to the black cat he had rescued from the Buddhist supplies store in District 8.

Little Peach followed along, squatting down beside him with a curious expression and asking questions.

Normally, this little girl should call Ye Bai "brother-in-law".

But for some reason, Little Peach prefers to call him "brother".

Ye Bai and Qin Wanqing both tried to correct her twice, but when they found it was to no avail, they simply let her have her way.

It's just a name anyway, it doesn't really matter what you call it.

"Well, the cat was injured before and hasn't fully recovered yet. Can you pet it after it's better?"

Ye Bai smiled and pinched Xiao Taozi's cheek; it felt incredibly soft.

As expected, little girls at this age are the cutest. When they grow up, they'll either become a tigress or a silly little foodie.

The former is represented by Qin Wanqing, while the latter is exemplified by Sha Lulu.

"Okay, Little Peach will listen to Brother Ye Bai."

Little Peach nodded emphatically, her obedient appearance melting hearts.

Seeing this, Ye Bai couldn't help but feel sorry for the little girl and picked her up. Such a cute child. He wondered what that former fifth aunt was thinking, leaving her at home all day without caring about her while she went around looking for wild men to mess around with.

If it were a stepmother, it would be one thing, but it's her own mother, which is really hard to understand.

After playing with Little Peach and the black cat for a while, Ye Bai asked Shen Lu to take the little girl to rest, while he carefully examined the black cat again.

The wound has almost healed. In a few more days, the scabs should fall off, and then I can give the black cat a bath to make it clean.

However, Ye Bai did not plan to bring the black cat to his room to keep it, but instead planned to build it a nest in the back hall.

Firstly, Qin Wanqing is allergic to cat fur, so there's no need to make her suffer over such a small matter. Secondly, and most importantly, cats are naturally inclined to freedom, so keeping them confined in a room all the time isn't good either.

This black cat, in particular, doesn't look like a pet cat at all; on the contrary, it's very wild and likes to wander around and play.

When it was kept in the garage before, it was more obedient because of its injuries, but now that its injuries have healed, its lively and active nature has been fully revealed.

This is also why Ye Bai moved it from the garage to the back hall. He built a small ladder for it in the courtyard of the back hall so that the black cat could come and go freely.

When they want to wander around, they can go out and stroll around the Qin family manor. When they are hungry or sleepy, they can go back to the back hall to eat and sleep, which will undoubtedly make them happier.

"Little one, what secret do you hold?"

Ye Bai looked into the black cat's bright, sparkling eyes and murmured to himself.

After rescuing the black cat from the basement of the Buddhist supplies store last time, he began to realize that the reason why the black cat was tied up in the basement was probably not just a matter of animal abuse.

Although there are many psychologically abnormal and twisted people these days, the fact that the black cat was tied to a hidden compartment in the basement always gave people a strange feeling.

It even seemed as if they were deliberately guarding that black fish Bagua mirror.

Most importantly, the injuries on the black cat did not appear to be caused by human intervention, but rather by being bitten or attacked by something else.

Unfortunately, even though it's been a while since Ye Bai rescued the black cat, he hasn't found anything unusual about it.

The only special thing about black cats is that they recover from injuries very quickly and have an exceptionally strong will to live.

Faced with Ye Bai's question, the black cat didn't seem to understand. It just nuzzled its head against his hand and licked it twice with its pink tongue.

It's tingly and itchy, which feels very comfortable.

After petting the cat for a while, Ye Bai washed his hands and was about to go eat lunch when his phone suddenly rang.

It was Xiang Xinyi, the bar manager, who called.

"Mr. Ye, Duan Jitong spotted a suspicious target in the surveillance footage, but he's not entirely sure. I'll take a picture and send it to you..."

After leaving the bar yesterday, Ye Bai assigned Xiang Xinyi the task of picking up and dropping off Duan Jitong every day to watch the surveillance footage.

After all, he has a lot on his plate these days and can't be there all the time.

Especially when it's uncertain whether there will be any gains.

Unexpectedly, not long after that, Duan Jitong made a discovery.

Soon after Xiang Xinyi hung up the phone, Ye Bai received a message.

Upon opening it, I found a photograph inside.

"Huh? How come you have pictures of Little Peach's mom on your phone? Where did you get them?"

At this moment, Qin Wanqing suddenly came over, glanced at it curiously, and asked with a strange expression.