"When I was on missions with the army before, the conditions were even tougher, in the wilderness, we all slept on the ground, so, the environment here isn't too bad," Qin Beiting said as he spread out his clothes.
Yu He: "..."
Indeed, these Italian designer suits, all custom-made by hand, were being used as rugs on the floor. If the designers saw this, they would probably spit up blood from anger.
Qin Beiting spread enough clothes to lie down on, then stopped. He looked up and generously invited, "Landlady, do you want to sleep with me?"
"Goodbye." Yu He was about to turn and leave, but she saw the black silk nightgown she couldn't find last night lying at the bottom of her suitcase.
"!"
She immediately rushed forward to snatch it. Qin Beiting sensed her intention and got the nightgown first, hiding it behind his back.
"Give it back to me!" Yu He glared at him.
Qin Beiting refused and deliberately said, "I bought this, so it should be mine, right?"
Yu He pounced, forcibly snatched the nightgown back, then took out her phone in front of him, opened Alipay, and transferred twenty-five thousand yuan to his account.
"I think this outfit and the courtyard are worth this much money. We're even!"
"..."
Qin Beiting feigned pity, "Baby, you're too heartless. At least leave me something as a memento, won't you?"
"Heh, so you know I'm heartless now?" Yu He stood up, patted the dust off her clothes, and walked out with the nightgown and the property deed.
But after only a few steps, her footsteps stopped. She said, "Don't sleep here."
Qin Beiting's heart leaped with joy. The young lady was truly soft-hearted towards him. "Then, Landlady, do you have a bed available? I can warm it for free."
"Dream on! Go left out the door, there are hotels for you to choose from." Yu He finished speaking and returned to the west wing.
Qin Beiting: "..."
She really was heartless.
But he had offended her, so no matter how heartless she was, he still had to coax her.
Qin Beiting was genuinely tired. When he was sick before, he could stay up for days without any issue, but after enjoying half a year of quality sleep, staying up late again was taking a toll on his body.
He didn't insist on sleeping on the floor anymore and went out.
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Yu He returned to the study and cleared up the negative online discussions about her grandmother. Once she confirmed Qin Beiting had really left, she came out to the west wing to sort through her medicines.
"Nannan." As she was meticulously preparing medicine, a call came from behind her.
Yu He turned around and saw the person who had arrived. Her hands didn't stop moving. "Grandma, why are you here?"
Today was the clinic's day off, and it was not open for consultations.
"What are you working on? Do you need my help?" Old Mrs. Yu took off her shoes and came in.
"I'm researching an improved version of the special formula. The black spirit pearl is hard to find, so I'm seeing if there's anything else that can substitute for it," Yu He explained. She didn't stand on ceremony. "Then please help me refer to this. Are these few herbs okay?"
"Okay." Old Mrs. Yu washed her hands, put on gloves, and went to help.
After they had been busy for a while, Old Mrs. Yu spoke again, saying,
"Nannan, yesterday's incident caused you trouble. I didn't expect Zisu to be so heartless just to force me to leave here."
She had wanted to say this yesterday, but the Ye family was present then, and it wasn't convenient for her to speak.
Yu He continued to sort through the Chinese herbs in her hands. "She dared to take out high-interest loans in your name, so this is nothing. Don't be so polite with me. You raised me, and I caused you more trouble when I was little."
Old Mrs. Yu sighed. "Perhaps I should just go back to the mountains. If she can do this this time, who knows what she'll do next."
"She won't have the chance! Qin Xinhong sent me a message saying she's been confined for three months." Yu He put down what she was holding and went to hug her.
"Alright, don't overthink it. You haven't caused me any trouble at all. Instead, I'm relying on you. I'm so lazy; if it weren't for you, this clinic wouldn't even be able to run."
Old Mrs. Yu sighed, knowing Yu He wouldn't be at ease with her returning to the mountains alone. She hugged her warmly and remained silent.
Yu He, worried that she might dwell on it further, put down her work, went out to change her clothes, grabbed the little pet pig, and took her to a nearby park for a stroll.
Ye Jianming and Ye Qichen had appointments and had left the hotel early. Cheng Lizhu, along with Old Mrs. Ye and Ye Zizheng, met Yu He at the park.
The weather in Beijing in June was neither hot nor cold, just right. The few of them strolled around the park, walking the pig.
Yu He sat on a park bench, squinting in the sun, and suddenly felt that such days were quite pleasant, provided she ignored Ye Zizheng, who was constantly asking questions beside her.
"Sister, is Vulcan your main account, and Crow is a smurf? Then what about S?"
"Sister, are all three of these accounts really yours?"
"Then what about Qin Beiting? He should be like me, right? Just starting to learn?"
"Sister..."
"Shut up!" Yu He interrupted him coldly.
Ye Zizheng finally had a chance to be alone with Yu He, so he wasn't going to be obedient. "Then promise to take me as your disciple first."
Yu He glanced at him sideways. "...Have you read the books I gave you?"
"I'm reading them, but some parts are quite difficult to understand, so I need to ponder them repeatedly, which is slow," Ye Zizheng replied truthfully.
Yu He reached into her bag, took out a USB drive, and handed it to him. "Take this back and study it."
This contained some tutorials she had made and the annotated C++ language book, which were originally intended for Qin Beiting. Little did she know that before she could give them to him, she had accidentally uncovered his identity.
It was fortunate she hadn't given them to him, or it would have been a complete humiliation.
"Thank you, Sister! No, Master!" Ye Zizheng happily accepted and immediately took out his laptop from his backpack, starting to study on the spot.
Yu He looked at his earnest expression, seeing her past self. Back then, when she received tutorials from her master, she had studied them excitedly, foregoing sleep and meals.
Suddenly, her peripheral vision caught sight of a man in a black tracksuit, wearing a hat and mask, standing by a willow tree, playing with his phone.
When they entered the park, Yu He had already seen this person following them.
At noon, Ye Qichen came to pick them up for lunch. Yu He saw her grandmother and the others into the car, leaving just herself and a pig.
"Brother, you guys go ahead. I have something to do, so I won't be joining you."
"Alright, call me if anything comes up," Ye Qichen said.
After watching them leave, Yu He walked the little pet pig around the park entrance. As expected, she saw the man in black again in a corner near the entrance.
Yu He took out her phone and made a call. Twenty minutes later, a blue Bugatti Veyron stopped in front of her.
The car window slid down, revealing Li Sichen's devilishly handsome face. "I thought it would take at least ten days to half a month for you to remember me. Get in."
Yu He walked to the rear door and pulled it, but it wouldn't open.
"Sit in the front," Li Sichen reminded her.
Yu He hugged the little pet pig. "Are you sure pets are allowed in the front?"
Li Sichen only then noticed the pig and sheepishly unlocked the rear door. "It's one thing you find a pig for an assistant, but you even keep a stupid pig around you. Do you like pigs that much?"
Yu He hugged the little pet pig and got into the back seat. The pig seemed to understand his words and let out a few protesting grunts.
"Where to?" Li Sichen asked.
Yu He glanced out the window at the man in black. "I'll treat you to a meal, anything you want."
Upon hearing this, Li Sichen's lips curved into a roguish smile. He started the car. "Alright, you said it."