"Ye Chu, Xiao Pei," Wu You called from outside, "have you finished searching for clues? Time to discuss them in the living room!"
"Let's go." Pei Yanchuan tugged at Ye Chu, who was still in a daze.
"Oh, okay."
By the time Ye Chu came downstairs, the other three were already sitting on the sofa, snacking on sunflower seeds. He sat down beside Pei Yanchuan.
"So, who wants to go first?"
"Me, me, me!" Wu You sprang up from the sofa. "I searched Pei Xiaohu's room."
Pei Yanchuan raised an eyebrow. "What could you possibly find in my room?"
"Plenty." Wu You gave him a challenging look and opened her hand, revealing a stack of photographs of the clues she had just found.
"First of all," Wu You said, holding up a photograph, "Pei Yanchuan never even finished elementary school."
Everyone else looked at Pei Yanchuan in surprise. He cleared his throat. "First, a disclaimer: please keep the script separate from reality. We might have the same name, but please don't confuse us."
"Second, Wu You, you're giving me too much credit. I never even finished kindergarten."
Wu You nodded. "Why would Huang He hire someone who never even finished kindergarten as his secretary? Just because you're good-looking?"
"Maybe?" Pei Yanchuan shrugged, looking utterly smug.
Wu You choked on her words and shot him a glare. "How could a normal person not even have a kindergarten education? Maybe you aren't human at all, but a spirit? I found loads of catnip in your room. Could you be a cat spirit?"
Pei Yanchuan smiled and met everyone's curious gazes. "I'm not a cat spirit. I'm a hundred-year-old catnip plant. The construction of the leather factory destroyed my habitat, so I had no choice but to take human form. I'm really just