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"What? Is the food cooked by that beautiful department head really that delicious? Is it so good that you don't want to leave?"

Qin Wanqing, who was sitting at her desk processing documents, couldn't help but sneer after listening to Ye Bai finish recounting the evening's schedule.

She simply didn't believe that Song Fuling's cooking skills could compare to the private chefs at the Qin family manor's state banquets. So, it was obvious that this scumbag had ulterior motives for accepting the invitation.

Whether he wanted the vegetables or Director Song, only this scumbag himself knows the answer.

Qin Wanqing guessed it was the latter.

Any normal man would definitely want to sleep with that kind of beautiful mature woman.

"Director Song also has a black fish Bagua artifact in his home."

Ye Bai said while brewing tea.

Qin Wanqing's eyes widened suddenly: "She also practices vegetarianism and chants Buddhist scriptures?"

"..."

Ye Bai was speechless for a moment, and really wanted to say, "Do you think everyone is your stepmother?!"

However, thinking of Qin Wanqing's current distress over Qin Xiuwen's sneaking out of Chen Jingmei's villa at night, he could only swallow back the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

Then, he briefly recounted the tragedy that had befallen Song Fuling.

"...That Qi Shangtai is such a scumbag!!"

Qin Wanqing was filled with righteous indignation after hearing this, and even found Ye Bai more pleasing to the eye.

This guy is a scumbag, but at least he's not a truly scumbag.

"At present, it can be confirmed that those black fish Bagua artifacts are all related to Feng Shui. Moreover, these things should all come from the same organization."

"If Song Fuling can make a breakthrough, we should be able to figure out what's really going on between Aunt Chen and Qu Yunting."

Ye Bai took a sip of tea and said with a smile.

"Heh, don't use other people as an excuse. I think you just want to take this opportunity to seduce your beautiful director!"

Qin Wanqing sneered again, with an expression that said, "I see right through you."

Instead of retorting, Ye Bai gave the other party a strange look.

Qin Wanqing felt a chill run down her spine from that gaze and glared at Ye Bai, saying, "What are you looking at?"

Ye Bai smacked his lips and said, "I feel like you've been acting strange ever since you met Han Mengmeng last time. Did that girl say something to you?"

Having spent some time with the Qin woman, he could sense some of her changes.

While it has had its moments of erratic behavior before, it was noticeably more severe than this one.

"I want you to take care of it!"

Qin Wanqing felt a little guilty, but she remained stubborn.

She didn't want to tell Ye Bai that Han Mengmeng's words had made her heart flutter, and that she was constantly feeling anxious and insecure.

Otherwise, if that scumbag finds out, who knows how smug he'll be.

Fortunately, Ye Bai was just asking casually and didn't expect Queen Qin to actually give him an answer, so he turned his attention to another matter.

"Has there been any news from Qin Zhong yet?"

Yan Yangshuo hadn't shown up in District 8 for a long time, and no one could find where he was hiding. So Ye Bai felt there was no need to waste too many people there.

As long as a few people stay behind, they can protect Shen Zhu and Jiang Kou'er.

When they went to the Ye family's banquet last time, they happened to run into the feng shui master who was suspected of secretly tampering with Qin Wanqing's fate. The master hid in a villa.

Because there might be a secret room, Ye Bai searched around but couldn't find the other party. So he simply transferred Qin Zhong over and had him lead a few people to secretly monitor the area.

Several days have passed, and Ye Bai felt it was time for something to happen.

To his surprise, Qin Wanqing shook her head and said somewhat dejectedly, "I suspect that guy is actually a coward. He hasn't shown up since he went in last time."

She was even more eager than Ye Bai to find the guy who had paralyzed her, but unfortunately, things didn't go as planned.

After entering the villa, the other party vanished without a trace, as if a stone had sunk into the sea.

"Could there be a secret passage or something under that villa, and that guy has already sneaked out?"

Ye Bai suddenly thought of a possibility.

"...Do you think that's some desolate wilderness? In those upscale villa areas, the underground pipes and wiring are incredibly dense!"

"It's practically impossible to dig out a secret passage on your own; it's more like a sewer."

Qin Wanqing shook her head. Although the Qin Group did not focus on real estate as its main business, it did have some business in this area, so it was well aware of how complex the underground facilities of a high-end residential community were.

The sewers were the only underground passage. But how could a normal person possibly pass through such a filthy and smelly place?

More importantly, even if you want to enter the sewers, you have to come out of the villa first.

Otherwise, are you suggesting I crawl into the toilet or floor drain?

"Did anyone else go in or come out?"

Ye Bai's heart stirred, and another possibility came to mind.

"There really is one..."

Qin Wanqing nodded, took out her phone, and opened the chat interface with Qin Zhong.

Barring unforeseen circumstances, Qin Zhong reports to her twice a day, morning and evening, always in writing, which makes things clearer and more concise.

"On the first day, no one entered or left. On the second day, at 10 a.m., a middle-aged woman entered the villa with tools in her hand. It was later verified that she was a full-time cleaner for the community and left two hours later."

"The situation remained basically the same for the next few days. Apart from the cleaning staff, no one else entered or left the villa."

Qin Wanqing quickly recounted the contents of the message to Ye Bai.

"It seems the other party is still hiding inside the villa..."

Ye Bai shook his head helplessly. He had guessed that the guy might use disguise to sneak away from the villa.

After all, he was a master of the Xuanmen sect, so it's not surprising that he possessed this skill.

But now it seems he was wrong.

There was only one cleaning lady coming in and out. No matter how powerful that Xuanmen master was, it was impossible for him to turn himself into a tiny thing and sneak out of the other person's bag...

Wait! A bag?

Ye Bai's eyes suddenly narrowed, and he said in a deep voice, "Did that cleaning lady take out any large bags or suitcases when she came in and out?"

Qin Wanqing was taken aback, then shook her head and said, "I really don't know. I'll call Qin Zhong and ask."

The information did not include this information, which means either this situation had never occurred, or Qin Zhong did not consider it important and therefore did not report it.

The call connected quickly, and after only a couple of sentences, Qin Wanqing's pretty face changed.

"Qin Zhong said that the first time the cleaning lady went there, she came out pulling a large toolbox, the kind with wheels, which looked quite heavy..."

Qin Wanqing put down the phone and looked at Ye Bai.

"...Then we won't keep staking out; the person has already escaped."

Ye Bai sighed and gave a wry smile.