Qin Beiting served the noodles he had cooked and reminded, "Baby, the noodles are ready, you can eat now."
Yu He washed her hands and sat at the dining table. Seeing the heart-shaped egg on top of the noodles, her lips curved. "Thanks, you can go now."
"Used and then kicked out?" Qin Beiting rested his hands on the table and looked at her.
Yu He raised an eyebrow. "Then will you leave after washing the pot?"
Qin Beiting: "..."
Qin Beiting: "Alright."
Yu He watched him turn and obediently go to wash the pot. After she finished eating, Qin Beiting slowly came to wash her empty noodle bowl.
"Did you agree to develop new chips for the Qin family for Qin Yonghao?" Qin Beiting suddenly asked.
Yu He leaned down to pick up the little piglet rubbing against her feet. She paused and said, "Seventh Master Qin's news is really well-informed!"
She had only returned from the Qin family a short while ago, and he had already received news of her signing with Qin Yonghao.
"It's not that my news is well-informed, I think the whole world knows." Qin Beiting finished washing the bowls, wiped his hands, and opened his phone, showing it to her.
On it was the official Weibo post from the Qin Consortium, released fifty minutes ago:
"We warmly welcome 'Wu Ya' to the Qin Consortium, taking on the position of Chief Technical Director for the Qin Consortium's new generation chip research and development."
Yu He: "..."
Qin Yonghao was indeed a man of action! She hadn't even confirmed her start date, and he had already released the news. Was he afraid she would go back on her word?
"Are you serious?" Qin Beiting sat down opposite her.
Yu He petted the pig. "The contract has already been signed."
Qin Beiting was a little unhappy. He looked at her and remained silent for a while.
After a moment, his thin lips parted, and he asked, "Are you doing this to investigate Brother Six's matter?"
Yu He glanced at him, truly wondering if he was a mind reader, knowing everything she was thinking.
She didn't answer and checked the time, reminding him, "You should go back now."
This was to avoid another instance like last time, where he deliberately lingered until late and then found an excuse to stay.
"Before that, Miss Yu, would you consider switching jobs to XS Group? XS Group can offer double the price," Qin Beiting said.
"Not considering it," Yu He refused without hesitation.
Qin Beiting: "..."
"Wait." Yu He remembered the photos she had taken from Qin Yonghao in her bag. She got up and went back to her room. As she took out the photos from her bag, a small piece of paper fell to the floor.
Yu He picked it up and opened it: [No. 30, the Koi Pond at Shijing Park.]
The handwriting was clear, natural, and in Ye Genyou's signature brush pen style, simplified Chinese. She couldn't recall whose handwriting it was among those around her.
Who could it be? And when had they slipped the note into her bag?
She recalled her journey back from the Qin family and suddenly remembered Qin Xinyao, who had been following her.
Was it him?
"What are you looking at?" A deep, magnetic voice came from behind her.
Yu He was startled and immediately pocketed the note. "It's none of your business."
Qin Beiting, using his height advantage, glimpsed "Shijing Park's Koi Pond" from behind her, but the date was obscured. He couldn't see it.
Seeing how nervous the young girl was, he immediately thought of something. His chiseled, handsome face contorted into a displeased expression, as if he was about to write "unhappy" on his forehead.
Qin Beiting: "Are you being asked out by another man? You're not allowed to go!"
Yu He felt his breath on her ear as she spoke. She took a step away, not letting him get so close. "You can't control me."
Qin Beiting stepped closer, his eyes dark as he guessed, "Is it Li Sichen?"
"No."
Yu He tried to dodge him to the other side, but Qin Beiting stretched out his hand, bracing against the wall, blocking her path.
"Shen Yao?" he continued to press.
Yu He: "No!"
Qin Beiting watched her dark pupils deepen. In just a few days, what kind of scoundrel had the young girl met behind his back?
"Then who is it?" He tried to move closer, but Yu He pushed him with her hand against his chest, interrupting his persistent questioning with a cold voice, "If you ask again, we're breaking off."
Qin Beiting's gloomy face instantly turned a shade of grievance. "Baby, you're yelling at me for another man. I'm so sad, I can't be comforted."
Yu He: "..."
His ability to change his expression was like flipping a book. It was a waste of talent not to go into acting.
"Unless you give me a kiss," Qin Beiting added.
"Be serious. This, you take a look." Yu He handed him the photos.
Qin Beiting immediately recognized the background of the photos as Yu He's childhood residence in the Qin family. He had visited often in the past, even staying there for a period.
But upon seeing the row of people in uniforms with the Starfall insignia, a flicker of complex emotion crossed his eyes.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"As the Hall Master, can you find out what they were doing back then?" Yu He asked.
Qin Beiting took the photos. "This uniform style is a bit old. I'll go back and look into it."
Yu He watched him leave of his own accord, without the usual haste, and felt a little unaccustomed to it.
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Meanwhile.
Qin Xinhong received two photos from Yu He and was a bit bewildered. She replied with a question mark, but Yu He didn't respond for a long time, so she had to study them repeatedly.
Finally, from these two photos, which lacked any compositional structure or aesthetic beauty, she recognized the familiar background. Wasn't this the backyard of Jincheng?
She zoomed in on the area of the tree roots. There were signs of disturbed soil, and it seemed like something was there.
Where was Yu He?
Qin Xinhong immediately took her servants to the location. She didn't see Yu He, but found pills mixed with soil under the locust tree!
She immediately thought of the miscarriage-preventing medicine that had been replaced earlier and the murderer who had never been found. She immediately said to the servants, "Pick all of this out for me!"
Servant: "Yes."
"Aunt Pei, who do you think did this?" Qin Xinhong asked Aunt Pei beside her.
"Young lady, don't worry. Be careful not to upset your pregnancy. The murderer will be found," Aunt Pei comforted her.
Qin Jincheng, returning from school, entered his residence and saw Qin Xinhong with several servants searching for something in his backyard.
His heart sank. He walked forward and asked, "Godmother, what are you doing?"
"Jincheng." Qin Xinhong turned and looked at him.
Seeing her grim expression, Qin Jincheng had a bad premonition. Especially since Qin Xinhong had been investigating the culprit who replaced the medicine recently, and the investigation had led to him, it didn't feel like a good omen.
But seeing two servants digging something near the locust tree, his suspended heart settled back into its place.
"Young lady, they've all been picked out," a servant said, handing a bag of pills in a transparent bag to Qin Xinhong.
Qin Xinhong's face was solemn. She took out a pill and handed it to Aunt Pei. "Aunt Pei, take this to Pharmacist Fang and have her test it."
"Yes," Aunt Pei replied, placing the pill in a small transparent bag.
Qin Jincheng looked at the small pills in the transparent bag in their hands. His pupils contracted violently. How could this thing be here?