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"It shouldn't be..."

Ye Bai put down his phone, turned around abruptly, and looked towards Chen Jingmei's villa.

He suddenly had a feeling that there was a gaze watching him from inside the villa!

But Chen Jingmei isn't home, and there's no nanny or anything like that here. Who would be in the villa?

Could it be that Shen Lu is playing a prank on me?

Ye Bai carefully examined the villa, but did not see a single person.

But the feeling of being watched kept reminding him that his judgment was correct.

True masters have an extremely keen sense of sight.

"It's not Lulu... there's something wrong with Chen Jingmei's villa!"

Then, Ye Bai's eyes suddenly narrowed, and his expression became serious.

Although he couldn't see the person, he could sense a clear malice in their eyes!

Even if Shen Lu played a prank on him, this situation would never happen!

Ye Bai was well aware of how close his little follower was to him!

Since the person inside the villa wasn't Shen Lu, then the problem is serious.

In particular, the little girl suddenly disappeared. Could it be related to this guy hiding in the villa?

Under normal circumstances, the Qin family manor is naturally extremely safe.

It's almost impossible for something to happen inside the manor.

The Qin family's security force is the best in the entire Jingzhou.

The security department, which is maintained at a huge cost every year, is definitely not just for show.

But there are always exceptions.

The safety of the Qin family manor does not mean that Chen Jingmei's villa is safe.

If the second wife was hiding something in the secret compartment of the Buddhist hall, it wouldn't be surprising if there was another person hiding in the villa.

Ye Bai just couldn't understand why, if Shen Lu's sudden disappearance was really the work of the other party, wouldn't they be afraid of alerting the Qin family's security department?

However, since he couldn't figure it out, Ye Bai didn't bother to think about it anymore. After looking around the villa, he walked towards a corner.

To find out what's going on, all we need to do is catch the guy who's been secretly watching him with malicious intent in his eyes.

Ye Bai wasn't actually that worried about Shen Lu's safety. Even if the other party made a move, at most they would just knock the little girl unconscious; they would definitely not dare to kill her.

There was a window open on the second floor of the villa, and Ye Bai quickly climbed up and entered.

Even if the villa's gate was locked, his superb lock-picking skills would allow him to open it very easily.

But since he came uninvited, it's best to keep a low profile.

Fortunately, there were no surveillance cameras around Chen Jingmei's villa, which made it much easier for Ye Bai to take action.

Otherwise, if it were recorded, his unauthorized trespassing into the second wife's villa would easily lead to misunderstandings.

Especially since Chen Jingmei is not Qin Wanqing's biological mother, but her stepmother, and she is so young and beautiful.

After entering the villa, Ye Bai quickly went to the room where the malicious gaze had been before, following his memory.

Unsurprisingly, the place was completely deserted.

Clearly, the other party wasn't stupid either; they had been waiting here for Ye Bai's arrival.

This is a study. When Ye Bai visited Chen Jingmei's villa before, he only glanced at it from the outside and didn't go inside.

Upon entering, Ye Bai was surprised to find that the bookshelves in the study were filled with many Taoist classics.

Judging from the condition of those books, they have been sitting here for at least several years.

Realizing this, Ye Bai's expression began to turn strange.

Could it be that he was right before, that this second wife of the Qin family not only practices vegetarianism and chants Buddhist scriptures, but also studies Taoism?

However, if that's the case, it would explain why Chen Jingmei was able to chat so happily with the scoundrels of the Xuanmen sect and was particularly interested in them.

Although the "Five Scoundrels" have questionable character, they are, after all, from the Xuanmen sect and still possess considerable knowledge of Taoism.

After looking around and finding nothing of value, Ye Bai left the room and continued his search.

To his surprise, after searching every room in the entire villa, he still couldn't find anyone.

There was no one who gave that malicious gaze, not even Shen Lu.

"Could I have guessed wrong?"

Just as Ye Bai was filled with doubt, his phone suddenly rang.

He took it out and saw that it was a call from Shen Lu.

"Young master, young master, where are you? My phone died, so I went back to get a power bank..."

"By the way, young master, Miss said it's time for dinner and she wants you to come back quickly. Did you manage to steal the second madam's precious treasure?"

As soon as the call connected, Shen Lu started rambling on and on.

This made Ye Bai breathe a sigh of relief, but also left him feeling somewhat amused and exasperated.

He hadn't seen Shen Lu's phone and couldn't get through, and it turned out to be for this reason. He had worried for nothing.

But what was that malicious gaze from inside the villa? And where did the person go?

Does Chen Jingmei's villa also have hidden rooms or similar features?

Ye Bai frowned slightly, but in the end he didn't continue searching. Instead, he climbed out the window and left.

Since Shen Lu is alright, there's no need for him to find the guy hiding in the shadows.

I don't know if the other person saw him come out of the Buddhist hall; they probably didn't.

Ye Bai was already very close to the villa when he sensed the other person's gaze.

The Buddhist temple was quite a distance from the villa.

……

"What were you and Lulu doing in the bamboo forest behind the mountain? Were you planning to hunt bamboo partridges and bamboo rats again?"

During the meal, Qin Wanqing looked at Ye Bai and Shen Lu with suspicion.

These two foodies are usually incredibly enthusiastic about eating, but tonight they went out after dinner time, which is clearly very unusual.

She couldn't guess that the two men were going to steal the Second Madam's treasures; instead, she suspected they wanted to steal wild game.

"No way, Lulu and I are both so kind, how could we eat those small animals?"

Ye Bai quickly shook his head, then gave Shen Lu a look that said, "I wasn't wrong, was I?"

"Exactly, what's so delicious about bamboo chickens and bamboo rats? My son-in-law and I are both kind-hearted."

Shen Lu nodded in agreement, while secretly giving Ye Bai a thumbs up.

When she came back just now, Shen Lu wanted her son-in-law to keep his promise and take her to catch bamboo partridges and bamboo rats.

Ye Bai felt that with Qin Wanqing present, doing such a thing was very risky, and Queen Qin would definitely not allow the two of them to eat.

So we can't catch it today; we have to wait until Qin Wanqing goes to work before we can secretly catch it and eat it.

Only by perfectly disposing of the body afterward can the effect be achieved without anyone noticing.

Anyway, the bamboo partridges and bamboo rats are just there and won't run away; it's just a matter of when we'll eat them.

Although Shen Lu was somewhat disappointed after hearing this, she also felt that what her son-in-law said made sense, so she could only suppress her craving.

In retrospect, the son-in-law's understanding was remarkably prescient.

After having eaten and drunk their fill, Ye Bai and Shen Lu went to the monitoring room of the Qin family manor to see if anyone had visited Chen Jingmei's villa recently.

That malicious gaze made Ye Bai feel that things were not so simple.