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"Ah Chen, you help your sister choose."

Although Qin Yu hadn't actually slept with Ye Chen yet, she knew in her heart that it was only a matter of time.

Letting Ye Chen choose is to pick some styles and colors that he likes; he'll see them eventually.

"Sister, I like this, and this, and this..."

Ye Chen pointed to several places in a row. Qin Yu's eyes widened instantly when she saw the styles he was pointing to, and then her face became redder and redder.

He was pointing excitedly when Qin Yu grabbed him.

"Excuse me, my boyfriend has a slight intellectual disability..."

"I understand, I understand."

Several female shop assistants covered their mouths and chuckled softly.

One of the female shop assistants couldn't help but joke because Ye Chen was handsome.

"Little brother, why did you choose those underwear pieces?"

Ye Chen tilted his head, his face full of innocence.

"Because they look different from other underwear."

The shop assistants were taken aback at first, then burst into laughter.

Qin Yu was both amused and exasperated. It turned out she had misunderstood. She had almost thought Ye Chen was pretending to be stupid, but was actually a little pervert inside.

"Alright, alright, that's enough."

She touched Ye Chen's face, then pointed to two sets of more conservative lingerie and asked the shop assistant to wrap them up.

Because the ones Ye Chen chose are practically unwearable on ordinary days, except for specific occasions.

After a slight hesitation, she said to the shop assistant, "Pack up those sets he was eyeing earlier too."

A few minutes later, she finally came out after changing her underwear.

"Let's go, we need to get to Gu Fang Pavilion quickly."

The two had spent a long time in the car, and buying lingerie had taken up some time. It was getting late, and they needed to hurry up and complete the task Gu Ning had assigned them.

Located in the center of the antique market, Gu Fang Ge is an antique-style building that is over ten meters tall. Standing out among the surrounding low-rise buildings, it is a landmark building in the antique market.

Ancient Fang Pavilion.

In an antique-style office.

The beautiful woman who had greeted Ye Chen and Lin Shasha when they arrived earlier was sitting in a pearwood chair, listening to the old steward report the news.

At this moment, however, her beautiful face was filled with anger, showing no trace of the smiling, charming demeanor she displayed in public.

The old steward sighed, "Young Master's visit to Jiangcheng this time seems to be ill-intentioned. Miss, you should prepare yourself!"

Nangong Qian's jade-like hand holding the teacup turned white at the knuckles, her beautiful phoenix eyes filled with hatred as she gritted her teeth and said.

"I severed ties with the Nangong family long ago, what does he want from me?"

"this......"

The old steward looked troubled, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Nangong Qian said in a low voice, "Uncle Zhao, just tell me. You'll find out sooner or later anyway."

"I've heard that the Nangong family has recently managed to curry favor with a powerful figure in the province. In order to curry favor with this person, they want to offer you to him as his concubine."

"Bang!"

Nangong Qian slammed the teacup in her hand to the ground, her whole body trembling violently with anger.

She had long known that Nangong Qi's trip to Jiangcheng was not for anything good, but she never expected that the Nangong family would be so shameless.

Although Nangong Qian herself announced her separation from the family and took responsibility for what happened to the Nangong family, she always sent the old steward to keep an eye on things, just to prevent them from using underhanded tricks to harm her.

She knew the powerful figure her family had always wanted to curry favor with; he was a perverted old man who had toyed with and killed many young and beautiful women.

Of course, the families and powerful groups that provided the women also reaped huge benefits.

As for the tragic fate of those women, who would investigate because they were intimidated by the tyranny of that powerful figure?

The old steward, his face filled with grief and indignation, spoke anxiously.

"Miss, you should run away quickly before the young master arrives. The farther you run, the better. It would be best to go abroad so they can never find you."

Nangong Qian sneered, her beautiful eyes burning with hatred.

"Escape? Why should I escape? I want to stay in Jiangnan Province and continue to fight them. One day I will trample them all underfoot and let them know just how heinous the things I've done really are."

"But the Nangong family is too powerful; with our current strength, we simply can't fight them!"

The old steward knew his young mistress was stubborn, and he was almost in tears with worry.

"Hehe, that's not necessarily true."

Nangong Qian suddenly smiled meaningfully, and then asked him.

"I've been asking you to send people to investigate that foolish young master of the Ye family these past few days. How's that going? Have you found out if he's really foolish or just pretending?"

Upon hearing this, the old steward's expression turned strange.

"I did indeed use the Hundred Flowers Society's channels to inquire about Young Master Ye's situation. According to multiple sources, Young Master Ye is indeed in a state of mental instability."

Nangong Qian pondered for a moment, then smiled and said.

I don't think so.

The old steward immediately said, "I also find it a bit strange. Although that young master Ye is in a mentally challenged state, the Sun family, Zheng family, and Han family, who tried to suppress the Ye family and the Gu family during this period, as well as Jiang Hu, who kidnapped Gu Ning that day, all met very tragic ends."

The Sun family was wiped out. Zheng Youliang, the head of the Zheng family, for reasons unknown, perished together with Tan Zhongqi, the adopted son of the Ye family, in the factory area behind the Ye Group. Han Shichang, the head of the Han family, hasn't been seen since the press conference, and the Black Tiger Gang was wiped out by Jia Kehu long ago. It's all like...it's like...

Nangong Qian continued, "It's as if there's an unseen hand behind the scenes, manipulating these families that oppose the Ye family, leading them step by step toward destruction."

"Based on the current situation, that is indeed the case."

The old steward nodded, then suddenly exclaimed as if he had thought of something.

"Does Miss mean that the person pulling the strings behind all this is that foolish young master from the Ye family?"

"It's not impossible," Nangong Qian said as she pondered.

The old steward lowered his voice, "Could it be that you intend to bet on the Ye family, using their influence to counter the Nangong family? Two days ago, you had me contact that person from the Gu family; was that preparation for this?"

He then added with some concern, "But the Ye family is currently preoccupied with their own problems. If they side with them, the consequences could be dire!"

Just then, a waiter came to report.

"Miss, Steward Zhao, that Young Master Ye from last time came to our Gu Fang Pavilion."

Nangong Qian raised an eyebrow. "What a coincidence! This is a perfect opportunity to test him again. If he's not stupid, I'll go all in on him!"

Meanwhile, Ye Chen and Qin Yu had already been invited to the tea room by the staff of Gu Fang Pavilion.

"Beautiful lady, we meet again."

Upon seeing Nangong Qian enter, Ye Chen seemed quite pleased, greeting her with a silly grin.

"Young Master Ye has arrived; I apologize for not being able to greet you properly."

Nangong Qian regained her charming and diplomatic demeanor, returning the greeting with her signature smile.

"You two know each other?" Qin Yu asked curiously.

Nangong Qian smiled and briefly recounted the story of how Ye Chen and Lin Shasha caused Jiang Hu to lose over 5 billion yuan at the auction held by Gu Fang Pavilion that day.

Qin Yu snorted coldly upon hearing this, revealing the domineering aura of a Valkyrie.

"What Tiger Lord? He's just a small-time hoodlum. If I had been there that day, I would have made sure he regretted it."

Nangong Qian waved her hand and laughed, "Miss, please calm down. That's all in the past. The grass on Jiang Hu's grave must be two meters high by now."

"By the way, I wonder if Young Master Ye is here to buy something?"

"Yes, Ningning's wife gave Achen a task: to buy an antique."

While Ye Chen was speaking, Nangong Qian carefully observed his expression and movements, but she couldn't discern anything.

"That's easy, please come with me."

The items displayed in the Ancient Fang Pavilion are of relatively low value; the truly valuable items are kept in the collection room.

Just as Ye Chen was about to go to the warehouse with Qin Yu and the others, he glanced out the window and suddenly saw two young women arguing with the owner of a pawnshop across the street.

The bustling street quickly attracted a large crowd of onlookers.

Ye Chen felt a strange sense of familiarity with one of the two women, as if he had some kind of past relationship with her.

"Could it be that I've seen her somewhere before?"

Thinking of this, he immediately grabbed Qin Yu's hand and started shouting.

"It's so lively down there! Ah Chen wants to go see what's going on. Sister Qin, can you take me with you?"