"Little girl, I saw you come here yesterday, and you were so quiet. You didn't wake up until now, did you?" Li Sichen saw Yu He wearing pajamas.
The black slip dress made her skin appear exceptionally fair and luminous, her swan-like neck and the alluring curve of her ample bosom creating a breathtaking silhouette that caused Li Sichen's throat to involuntarily bob. He averted his gaze awkwardly.
It wasn't that he was particularly chaste, but he feared he might not be able to resist if he looked any longer.
He recalled the lingering pain in his nether regions after she had hurt him last time, and he felt cowardly.
Yu He sensed his gaze and turned, casually picking up the light jacket hanging on the coat rack by the entrance and putting it on.
"What is it?" she asked, yawning lazily as she walked into the room. Her eyes fell on the meal boxes on the coffee table, and she suddenly felt hungry. "..."
"I found the photos you asked me to investigate," Li Sichen said without politeness, entering the room and sitting down on the living room sofa, crossing his legs.
Upon hearing this, Yu He immediately sat down in front of him. "What's the situation?"
"Are you just ordering your master around like this?" Li Sichen raised his eyebrows in displeasure.
Yu He tutted, retrieved the tea set from beneath the coffee table, selected a jar from among the various containers, and slowly boiled water, brewed the tea, poured a cup, and placed it in front of him.
Li Sichen then took a satisfied sip of tea and said, "Twelve years ago, people from Xing Que did indeed visit the Qin family. At that time, Xing Que commissioned Shu Yun'er to design a key. The specific project was classified, so I can't tell you more."
Yu He knew that Xing Que was very secretive, so she asked, "What were the people from Xing Que doing?"
"Shu Yun'er died unexpectedly. Xing Que was worried that unfinished data in her possession might be leaked, so they sent people to retrieve it," Li Sichen explained.
Sudden, unexpected death. This meant it wasn't Xing Que's doing.
That old fox, Qin Yonghao, still wanted to deceive her and shift the blame to Xing Que.
Yu He remembered that the voice in the recording ordering the assassination of her adoptive mother was indeed Huang Shi's voice before her surgery. Coupled with Qin Yonghao's feigned affection towards her before, this adulterous pair must be inextricably linked to her adoptive father's imprisonment!
Now, she needed to find a way to expose their true natures!
"This shouldn't be hard to investigate. Why didn't Qin Beiting let you look into it?" Li Sichen asked curiously.
Yu He drank her water in silence. She recalled how every time she asked Qin Beiting about the progress before, he would say he hadn't found anything and then change the subject. It made her feel terribly uneasy and restless.
Seeing her silence, Li Sichen seemed to sense something and became somewhat excited. "Did you two have a fight?"
"..."
Yu He neither denied nor confirmed.
This made Li Sichen even more excited. He picked up the teapot and poured himself more tea, continuing, "While investigating this matter, I also uncovered something interesting that you should be very keen to know."
"What is it?" Yu He looked up at him.
"Your father, no, it should be your previous father, Master Qin Six's case file, was sealed by Qin Beiting's order."
Li Sichen waited for Yu He's shocked reaction. This was a rare and significant piece of leverage he had found against Qin Beiting.
This was bound to sow discord between them!
However, Yu He simply responded with a calm "Oh."
Her expression remained unruffled, her face as cold as ever, because she had already guessed it.
Only Xing Que could possibly control the affairs of the Qin family, the foremost of the four great families.
"Oh?" Li Sichen was surprised. "Aren't you surprised? Weren't you investigating Master Qin Six's case?"
Yu He faintly uttered two words, "Surprised."
Li Sichen: "..."
Shouldn't "surprised" be accompanied by a more surprised demeanor?
You're being too perfunctory.
"Master, don't you want to secure your Li family's inheritance? There's something you might want to do," Yu He suddenly said.
"What is it?" Li Sichen was curious.
Yu He beckoned him over. Li Sichen leaned in, and Yu He whispered something in his ear. Li Sichen's eyes lit up, then he looked at her suspiciously, saying, "You're not old, but you've got quite a nerve!"
"Are you doing it or not?" Yu He retorted.
To deal with Qin Yonghao and Huang Shi, and to guard against Qin Beiting's interference, she needed to find allies.
Li Sichen curved his lips into a cunning smile. "Let's do it! How can we not do something so underhanded and conniving?"
Yu He: "..."
Before leaving, Li Sichen drank the entire pot of tea and asked, "What kind of tea is this? It's quite good."
"It's my own blend, a kidney-nourishing tea. Do you like it? Then you can take the rest," Yu He said, handing him the jar of medicinal herbs.
Li Sichen: "……………………"
He felt like she was mocking him, but he had no proof.
After Li Sichen left, Yu He finally washed up and ate the meal from the boxes.
As she ate, she sent a message to Yang Lin.
Yu He: [Brother Lin, I'm in Nanshi. Are you free for dinner tonight?]
Yang Lin, who happened to be free on the other end, saw Yu He's avatar on WeChat and was somewhat surprised that she would contact him.
They had barely been in contact since the Luo Xiaoyao case.
Naturally, Yang Lin was happy to have dinner with a beautiful woman and immediately replied: [Sure! Brother will take you to eat something delicious.]
Seeing his reply, Yu He's lips curved into a mischievous smile. She then swiped her fingers and bought the soonest flight ticket to Nanshi.
"Tiramisu, Mommy is going out for a bit. I'll be back tonight, so be good while I'm gone." Before leaving, Yu He refilled the water and food in the little pet pig's dish.
The little pig grunted, not wanting her to leave, and kept nudging Yu He's palm with its snout. Yu He played with it for a while until the car she had called arrived, and then she left.
Upon arriving at the airport, Yu He passed through security and headed for the boarding gate, feeling as though someone was following her.
She suddenly turned around. Hei Zi, who was following her, immediately pretended to be a passerby and darted into the nearest shop, picking a random item and asking, "How much is this?"
The sales assistant looked a bit surprised but politely asked, "This is a limited edition item from our store. We have limited sizes. May I ask what size you are looking for? I'll see if we have it."
Hei Zi squinted and realized it was a women's lingerie store, feeling suddenly embarrassed.
"Hei Zi, what a coincidence. Buying intimate apparel for your wife?"
Just then, Yu He's voice came from behind him.
Hei Zi turned back with an awkward laugh. "Hehe, Miss Yu, what a coincidence."
"Give him one of every style in the store in the size he needs, and calculate the price," Yu He said to the sales assistant.
The sales assistant, rarely encountering such a generous customer, immediately began calculating the price.
Seeing this, Hei Zi's ears turned red, and he quickly said, "Miss Yu, there's no need!"
"Go back and spend time with your wife. Don't follow me anymore." Yu He swiped her card and instructed the sales assistant to ensure he took everything before he could leave.
The sales assistant immediately understood. Seeing Hei Zi trying to follow Yu He, she quickly stopped him. "Sir, you haven't told me your size yet."
In the public place, with two female sales assistants blocking him, Hei Zi dared not be rough with them and could only urge them to hurry.
Twenty minutes later, Hei Zi, carrying two large bags of lingerie in his left and right hands, arrived at Yu He's boarding gate amidst the curious stares of passersby, only to find that the plane had already taken off.
He had no choice but to send a message to Qin Beiting:
[Master Seven, Miss Yu found me and ditched me.]