"Really? You really are a good person." Her smile instantly blossomed, her eyes curving as she gave Young Master Fei a good-person card.
I'm a good person? Good my ass! You're the good person—your whole family is full of good people! Didn't you hear what I just said? I was going to smear him! Why aren't you taking your young master's side?
Young Master Fei was nearly angered to death by her. It took him quite a while to calm down.
"Do you know what happened between your young master and me?" Young Master Fei frowned slightly, dissatisfied with that answer.
"Dunno."
"You don't know? Then why did you apologize just now?"
"Because Young Master often does bad things."
Ye Chen, oh Ye Chen. Why didn't you hide it better when you were doing bad things?
"Then I wouldn't?"
"Mm-hmm, you're a good person. You forgave Young Master just now, so I believe you wouldn't do bad things." A Jiu nodded vigorously, staring at him with firm eyes as she answered innocently.
"..."
What kind of logic was that!?
Both of them were thoroughly stunned, but the little maid recovered first and said, "Young Master, we should handle the important matter first. We still don't know where A Jiu's young master is."
Although she had no feelings toward that so-called young master, she couldn't bear to see A Jiu sad. The little girl was quite cute, after all.
True enough. There was no need to argue with A Jiu over such things. At Jiang Anran's reminder, Young Master Fei stopped dwelling on all that nonsense.
"Mm, then we'll split up. A Jiu, wait at home. If Ye Chen comes back and doesn't see you, he'll get worried. I'll go find him, and if he's in any trouble, I'll help him too."
Finding him was impossible—he was locked up right now. But helping him through his difficulties was genuine. He had to move the plot along.
"Mm, okay!"
"Oh, right. Don't tell anyone that your young master has gone missing. Even if you do tell someone, don't say that I'm helping you look for him."
This was to keep others from making connections. If a third party found out, they might inevitably have unnecessary thoughts.
Like:
"Ah, that rich young villain actually seems pretty nice. He's helping look for someone."
"Didn't I hear that Fei Yangyao had a terrible reputation before? Why does he seem so loyal?"
"Ye Chen beat him up before, and he's still helping him. He's so amazing, I'm crying."
Such comments from ignorant bystanders could lead to some unpleasant consequences.
A Jiu hadn't thought that deeply about it, and she couldn't help asking, "Why?"
"The reason you told me about this is because I'm a good person, right? I won't hurt you." Young Master Fei hadn't expected the good-person card he had just received to become useful so quickly. "Think about it. Doesn't your young master have lots of enemies? What if they find out he isn't around and take the chance to do something bad?"
"Oh, right." Thinking of those enemies who had caused her young master trouble before, A Jiu felt that it was indeed very possible.
"That's right. So, go back first."
"But I don't have any money~" A Jiu looked pitiful. ╥﹏╥ She had spent it all on breakfast last time.
"No money?"
Oh, right. Since A Jiu didn't know how to use a phone and often got purchases wrong, Ye Chen generally gave her exactly however much money she needed to spend. The money was usually locked in Ye Chen's room.
No wonder she had said she hadn't eaten for the past few days when she came over earlier.
Ye Chen, couldn't you just give her a little more money at once?
"Then how about this? Jiang Anran, go keep A Jiu company. Take this card. The password is six sixes, and there's a hundred thousand in it—enough for you to eat until Ye Chen comes back."
"Oh, right. Eat well. I'd better see the money in there going down. If you come back without gaining weight, I'll deal with you!" Remembering Jiang Anran's habits, he added another sentence.
Misfortune and fortune went hand in hand. Now he could send Jiang Anran away. At least while Ye Chen was staying in the station these next few days, he would finally have some peace and quiet!
Although his carefully crafted persona might have already fallen apart in front of her, that was superficial. He couldn't let her find out when he helped Ye Chen advance the plot later.
"Huh? I'm going?" Although she was touched by Young Master's words, she truly didn't want to leave him.
"Yes. Otherwise, she'll be lonely by herself. And I'll have people keep an eye on... look for Ye Chen. Once we find him, I'll tell you both. Don't worry, it'll only be a few days." Worried that she might stubbornly refuse to leave, Young Master Fei generously promised that Ye Chen would return soon.
"Okay..." Jiang Anran then took A Jiu to get something else to eat.
Watching the two leave, Young Master Fei suddenly felt that the world had become peaceful.
The world was wonderful!
Unfortunately, after savoring the moment, he had to get to work.
First, he instructed Zhao Jinfei to have someone keep an eye on Ye Chen's side and report any new developments immediately.
Previously, he had only been paying attention to his own little territory.
He hadn't expected Ye Chen to make such a huge mistake. Jiang Anran rarely looked at her phone, A Jiu didn't have one, and he himself had been busy these past two days, with no mind to check the local forums he usually didn't browse anyway.
It was only when one of his subordinates reminded him that he found out Ye Chen had been thrown in!
Thinking of the scene where the three of them had stared at each other wide-eyed just now, Young Master Fei felt that his intelligence-gathering efforts needed serious improvement.
From now on, he needed to keep a close watch on Ye Chen and not let him run around and cause some kind of mistake.
Then there was Gu Xiyue's company.
He definitely couldn't use his own account to warn her, and he didn't have Ye Chen's account either.
He could only register a new email address and send Gu Xiyue an email in Ye Chen's name, warning her that the contract was risky.
Although it was a burner account, it should still work.
After all, as long as she opened the email and read its contents, she would immediately be alerted.
Next was Chen Xiaoxiao's storyline.
He pondered how to handle Chen Xiaoxiao's plot when a thought suddenly struck him.
If Young Master Fei remembered correctly, the medical-treatment plot happened right around this time.
Moreover, this part of the plot was time-sensitive. It couldn't be delayed!
Chen Xiaoxiao's condition had been worsening, and if nothing was done in the next couple of days, she would go completely blind. By then, no matter how capable Ye Chen was, there would be nothing he could do.
So Young Master Fei had no choice.
He could only step in personally.
That was right. Young Master Fei's plan was to replace Ye Chen and heal Chen Xiaoxiao's eyes!
Fortunately, he had already mastered the Thirteen Needles of Ghost Gate.
Young Master Fei had never remembered what it was for before.
Now he finally understood. This was the medical art Ye Chen used to cure Chen Xiaoxiao.
In other words, he had already met the necessary conditions to cure Chen Xiaoxiao!
As for the less tangible conditions, Chen Xiaoxiao couldn't see, so he didn't need to worry about anything else. He only needed to worry about his voice.
His voice?
He remembered that thing—the voice changer.
Reciting the command in his mind, Young Master Fei looked at the bow-shaped voice changer he had taken out and had no idea where to even begin criticizing it.
Why did they make me cosplay?
Isn't this a prop from Detective Conan?
Still, the voice changer was quite discreet. In the original work, it could be used openly without anyone noticing.
Though for Chen Xiaoxiao, concealment was an unnecessary advantage.
But if other customers came in, being more discreet would still save him some trouble.
And on top of that, he knew the plot between them.
Mm, there shouldn't be any problem.
With his mind finally at ease, he went alone and personally drove to Little Flower Shop.
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