I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

Have you seen him?

Qi Yunche shook his head repeatedly: "I've never seen it even once. From what I've observed, either no one lives in that courtyard next door, or the person from Beichen only stays there occasionally. Anyway, when I lived here, I never saw anyone come in or go from next door."

Lu Qingxuan frowned slightly: "Did the person who sold the house lie to you? Does he actually not live here at all?"

Qi Yunche said, "No, my dad told me. I've been wondering if he was scammed."

Lu Qingxuan slightly opened her eyes: "As a member of the leadership of Beichen, he couldn't possibly have received incorrect information, could he?"

"That's not necessarily true. He told me that this founder of Beichen is quite mysterious, even within the company. Only the core leadership team who initially followed him often sees him. As the head of the BJ branch, he only met him once. If he was really deceived, there's no way to reason with him."

Lu Qingxuan crossed her arms and said, "I heard that person is very young."

Qi Yunche nodded: "Yes, a young genius, a national treasure."

"Tsk, it's a shame we never get to see someone like that."

The two young women sighed deeply, lamenting that they hadn't been able to meet the founder of Beichen.

Lu Qingxuan, in particular, is a young girl with a strange stamp collecting obsession, and her life goal has always been to meet all the outstanding talents in the world.

She enjoys collecting contact information for outstanding people, especially outstanding men.

She doesn't develop relationships with these people; she just feels content as she associates with outstanding individuals.

Just like when Chen Ya played the piano at Fushou Hall, some of the older people might still look down on him because of his humble background. But Lu Qingxuan had already started to see him in a different light because of that one incident.

After all, not everyone has the right to bathe with her.

According to her evaluation system, the founder of Beichen meets all her definitions of "excellence".

It's quite a pity for her to miss out on such a good relationship.

Qi Yunche naturally knew his best friend's quirks, and he put his arm around her and laughed:

"It's okay, I'll act as your eyes and ears here. If I see anyone, I'll definitely keep them occupied so you can come and catch him."

Lu Qingxuan teased, "'Kiss'? Well, you're really bold. You're offering yourself up right away. You've already kissed me, what am I supposed to do here? Catch you in the act?"

Qi Yunche chuckled and patted her arm: "You're so naughty! That's not what I meant at all!"

The two girls started teasing and joking around, walking from the first courtyard into the second.

Suddenly, Qi Yunche turned around and asked, "Why isn't Chen Ya saying anything? What are your thoughts after reading this? Is my house big?"

Chen Ya had been lost in thought about his courtyard house and hadn't noticed what the two were talking about. When Qi Yunche suddenly asked this question, he casually replied:

"Your house is quite big. Can you go straight to sleep when you're tired from playing?"

"Sure, you can go straight to sleep when you're tired, no problem. Where do you want to sleep?"

"Ahem..." Noticing that her best friend and Chen Ya's conversation was getting a bit out of line, Lu Qingxuan coughed twice and then said, "Yun Che, don't underestimate him. With his abilities, as long as he works hard, he can definitely live in a big house like this too."

Qi Yunche stood next to Chen Ya and said with a smile, "I know, but if he doesn't want to work hard, he can move into a big house like this much faster."

"You're so dirty-minded today, are you going through puberty? Why are you making such lewd jokes?"

Qi Yunche glared at her, feigning innocence: "Where did I go wrong? If you don't want to work hard, you can easily buy a house like this in the countryside for a few million, right? It's clearly your thinking that's the problem. Do you want me to check your brain?"

After the two women joked around for a while, Lu Qingxuan said seriously to Chen Ya, "Don't compete with him pointlessly. The founder of Beichen is a monster that only appears once every few hundred years. You can't compare to him."

"Xiong Jing?"

Qi Yunche also said to Chen Ya, "Yes, it's good to have a sense of challenge, but don't compare yourself to that person. That person is a genius, and you can't compare to him."

Chen Ya was a little stunned. It turned out that the two girls thought he was upset because he wasn't talking, and now they were trying to comfort him.

Before he could react, the two women, smiling and chatting, left Chen Ya, who was standing there dumbfounded. They linked arms, and Qi Yunche continued his introductions as they walked:

"The beasts on the eaves also have their own significance. The higher the status, the more birds and beasts are on the eaves. Our house is of the level of a princess, and the one next door is of the level of a prince..."

"In addition, there are five courtyard houses in total, one with four rooms inside the other. The middle one is called Qian Courtyard, and the other four are called Yuan, Heng, Li, and Zhen respectively. They are taken from the divination text of the Qian hexagram in the Book of Changes. They are very good in terms of feng shui."

“This is the Yuan Courtyard, and the Qian Courtyard is right next door. All four of our rooms are three-courtyard houses, but the one next door is a five-courtyard house. If we could go inside and take a look, it would feel even more impressive…”

"..."

The three of them strolled around the courtyard for a while, and then got tired. Qi Yunche invited them to his room to play games and rest.

She wasn't lying; her house really does have a lot of fun things to do.

There's a game room here that houses almost every model of game consoles from Nintendo to Sony, from Ninja Gaiden to Mario, making it a dream for many boys.

However, Chen Ya ultimately chose to play UNO with the two girls, and whoever lost would have to choose one of Truth or Dare.

Chen Ya wasn't taking it too seriously at first, and was the last one to leave in the last two rounds. He was punished twice, and couldn't tell the truth. He chose dare both times. Fortunately, the punishments chosen by the two girls weren't too harsh.

The three were initially a bit reserved, but after a few rounds, they completely let loose. Whenever Chen Ya lost, the dares they played became more and more outrageous.

When it was the two girls' turn to lose, they kept choosing truth or dare. Both girls were raised in large families, their romantic experiences were like blank sheets of paper, unremarkable, and they couldn't get any interesting questions out of them, so it wasn't very fun.

After Chen Ya lost the last round, Qi Yunche suggested that he go outside and kiss his bodyguard, but Chen Ya refused on the spot. Instead, Chen Ya chose truth, and Qi Yunche, enraged, raised his hand and said:

"You guys don't agree to anything too outrageous like Truth or Dare, and Truth or Dare isn't fun, so let's do this: in the next few rounds, the third-place winner has to hug and kiss the second-place winner."

Lu Qingxuan's face turned pale on the spot: "No! Absolutely not! If he gets third place, wouldn't that be a reward for him?"

Qi Yunche chuckled: "Think of it on the bright side, what if you win?"

Lu Qingxuan thought that if she were in first place, it would mean that Chen Ya and her best friend kissed, which was even more unacceptable. She immediately shook her head like a rattle drum.

Qi Yunche slapped his thigh domineeringly: "Whether you come or not, I've already cast my vote. Now it's one vote for and one vote against. Chen Ya, do you agree or not? If you agree, it's two against one, and you win. If you don't agree, then we're not playing this game!"

Lu Qingxuan turned around, staring intently at Chen Ya: "You dare to agree!"

Chen Ya smiled faintly, picked up the cards and said, "It doesn't matter, I will win."

Lu Qingxuan gritted her teeth: "With your card skills, how do you expect to win? I'm not playing anymore."

Qi Yunche sat cross-legged on the bed and said, "Okay, then Chen Ya and I will have a bullfight. Whoever loses has to hug and kiss the other."

Lu Qingxuan's face turned pale. Her best friend seemed quiet and gentle on the surface, but in reality, she was wild and capable of anything. She was very likely to do what she said she would do.

Chen Ya and Qi Yunche started embracing and kissing while playing cards—this image flashed into Lu Qingxuan's mind. Of course, she couldn't let such a tragedy happen in front of her, so she had no choice but to join in the battle.

Qi Yunche smiled secretly. She could tell that there was something ambiguous between Lu Qingxuan and Chen Ya, but both of them were incredibly reserved and didn't seem to have any intention of making things official. So she decided to give them a push.

But man proposes, God disposes. Chen Ya wasn't playing seriously earlier, but now that he's serious, he hasn't lost a single game in the two matches he's played.

In the third round, Lu Qingxuan, under immense psychological pressure, miraculously had incredible luck, with an amazing hand of cards. She didn't want to win, but as she played, she forgot about not being able to win and unknowingly played all her cards.

Chen Ya was the second to play his cards. Qi Yunche threw down his cards, utterly dejected, and said, "It's over, what do we do now?"

Qi Yunche was conflicted. She wanted to bring Lu Qingxuan and Chen Ya together, but if she kissed Chen Ya, it would be awkward for the two of them.

Lu Qingxuan bit her lip and said, "Who told you to play like this? You're reaping what you sow."

Lu Qingxuan, unaware of her best friend's thoughts, continued her sarcastic remarks. Qi Yunche, angered by this, steeled himself, thinking he wouldn't lose out anyway, untied his hair tie, tossed it onto the bed beside him, and proudly declared:

“Okay, let’s do it, let’s kiss Lu Qingxuan.”

Chen Ya laughed and said, "Forget it."

Qi Yunche tugged at Chen Ya's sleeve: "How can that be? You have to accept the consequences of your bet."

“It’s fine if you guys are just playing around, but I can’t do that. We just met today, I can’t do something like that,” Chen Ya said.

Qi Yunche clicked his tongue and said with a sneer, "Coward."

"Let's keep it for now, and talk about it after we've met a few more times and gotten to know each other better."

Lu Qingxuan slapped Chen Ya hard, but her mood inexplicably improved.

After leaving the two in the room, Chen Ya went outside and greeted the bodyguard.

"Are you tired? There's no danger now, why don't you come inside and sit down?"

"No."

The bodyguard stared at Chen Ya, his expression still somewhat wary.

In his eyes, Chen Ya was still a dangerous person. He had been waiting outside ever since.

Chen Ya didn't pay any attention.

After strolling around the yard for a while, he noticed the clear spring water in the backyard pond, where the carp seemed to float in the air. After feeding the fish for a while, Lu Qingxuan suddenly ran over and asked him if he minded resting there that night.

“Yun Che has been alone these past few days and is feeling really bored. She finally managed to catch me and insisted on having me stay here for one night. Even if it's just for her sake, I'll stay here and keep her company. If you have something to do, you can go back by yourself.”

Chen Ya himself was indifferent; he didn't mind if Lu Qingxuan wanted to stay here.

"I'll stay here for one night, as long as there's a room available."

"Heh, I wouldn't let you sleep with Yun Che," Lu Qingxuan said sourly, then added after a moment's thought, "Is this what you really want?"

Chen Ya, however, was only thinking that he could take some time in the evening to go and check on his own house next door.

I just don't know if I'll be able to get in.

……

……

As night fell, Chen Ya sneaked out of the courtyard house, only to find Qi Yunche standing awkwardly outside.

It wasn't that he was afraid of his true identity being discovered, but he felt that if Qi Yunche found out that he was the founder of Beichen, then her father would also find out, which would mean that the entire BJ branch would know.

You'll bring endless trouble upon yourself and waste a lot of breath.

So it's better not to let her know.

Fortunately, Qi Yunche couldn't guess what he was doing out there. Instead, he nervously raised his finger and gestured "shh" to Chen Ya.

“I sneaked out,” Qi Yunche pulled him aside and whispered, “You must not tell anyone, especially not the bodyguards.”

Chen Ya asked, "What are you doing out here?"

"Take a break," Qi Yunche brushed a strand of hair from his forehead. "You have no idea how annoying it is to be followed around all the time."

"I know," Chen Ya replied sincerely.

Are you coming with me?

Chen Ya shook his head, declining the girl's invitation: "I have other things to do."

Qi Yunche nodded and said, pointing to the street without streetlights, "Then I'll go this way."

"Remember to come back soon."

"I know," the girl replied, turning to him with a sweet smile.

After parting ways with her, Chen Ya strolled over to the neighboring house as if taking a walk, staring at the "Qianyuan" in front of him, and discovered that the gate was an iris lock.

He clicked to unlock, scanned his iris, and the door opened with a soft "click."

Pushing open the door, a dusty smell wafted out. This courtyard house, long abandoned, had been forgotten by its owner and no one had come to clean it; the ground was already covered with fallen yellow leaves.

Looks like I'll have to hire a cleaning company to clean it up tomorrow.

Chen Ya walked slowly inside with his hands behind his back, finally reaching the main room of the fifth courtyard. He pushed open the door and lay down on the bed inside for a while.

About two minutes later, he suddenly sat up and sat on the bed in a daze.

Who says living in a courtyard house is comfortable?

...After quietly slipping out of the neighbor's yard, I walked a little further out onto the street. Not far away, just half a street away, I saw Qi Yunche's figure.

The girl was squatting on the street corner, gently stroking the head of a stray cat when two dark figures flashed past and walked towards Qi Yunche.

At first, Chen Ya thought the two people were Qi Yunche's friends, but then he realized he was wrong. The two people, one on each side, one covering Qi Yunche's mouth and the other with her hands tied behind her back, dragged her to a van parked by the roadside.

Then, the van quickly started its engine and sped away, taking no more than half a minute in total.

Chapter 249 You're messing with my mentality

The first thing the woman did after rushing into the police station was to slap the bodyguard who was standing next to her with his head down.

"waste!"

The woman's voice echoed throughout the hall. The slap was so forceful that everyone present heard it, and even the police officers in front stopped and looked over.

"We paid so much money to hire you to watch over our daughter, and now where are you? I'm asking you, where is the person you're supposed to be protecting?"

The woman was wearing a mink coat. Because of her age, she was somewhat overweight, and coupled with her aggressive manner, she looked like a shrew.

However, the bodyguard didn't dare to breathe loudly at this moment, just stood there with his head down, secretly clenching his fists.