Ye Qiu forgets about the incident quickly when he arrives home, because he simply doesn’t care about the Vice Mayor’s son.

For now, he just taught the guy a lesson, but if he dares to mess with him again, there’ll be more serious consequences.

Xiaomai has already bought groceries and is in the kitchen making dinner, while Li Qianqian and Lin Xiang are helping her. Ye Qiu sits in the living room watching TV.

He’s planning to visit Jiang Xiyue tomorrow morning, but he hasn’t called to let her know.

However, Ye Qiu decided to call Ma Wenwen first.

"Wenwen, it’s me."

"Ye Qiu, you?"

"I’m coming over tomorrow to see you guys."

Ma Wenwen and Xiaohui live in the Zi Garden luxury villa, and Jiang Xiyue only occasionally visits there.

Upon hearing that Ye Qiu is coming over, Ma Wenwen feels like she hasn’t seen Ye Qiu in ages.

"When are you coming tomorrow?"

"In the morning."

After hanging up with Ma Wenwen, Ye Qiu goes to the fish pond outside the courtyard to feed the fish.

Once Xiaomai finishes preparing dinner, Ye Qiu, along with Lin Xiang, Li Qianqian, and Xiaomai, eats in the dining room.

After dinner, Ye Qiu heads upstairs to play on the computer, take a shower, and prepare to continue his cultivation.

Not cultivating these past days has definitely delayed his cultivation breakthroughs.

Now he realizes that beauty indeed affects his cultivation.

If he can’t break through quickly, he won’t be able to sense his Storage Ring, retrieve those Immortal Pills and remedies inside, making it harder to ascend back to the Heavenly Court Imperial Medical Bureau. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Ye Qiu finishes his shower and sits in front of the computer, knowing Li Qianqian has entered without looking, her scent and footsteps are distinct from other ladies.

"Ye Qiu."

"What’s up?"

"I’m going to take a shower."

"Alright, go ahead."

Looking at Li Qianqian now, he feels she’s like a little fairy clinging to him.

After Li Qianqian finishes her shower and returns, she asks Ye Qiu to turn off the room lights.

Meanwhile, Xiaomai and Lin Xiang are still downstairs watching TV in the living room, waiting for Ye Weidong and Ye Xue to return.

Late in the evening, around eleven, Ye Qiu tells Li Qianqian, "You should sleep, I’ll continue cultivating in a while."

Li Qianqian can’t fathom what Ye Qiu’s cultivation entails.

Ye Qiu goes to take another shower, then sits cross-legged by the window to cultivate.

Early the next morning, Ye Qiu wakes up early.

After waking Li Qianqian to wash up, Ye Qiu has to drop her and Lin Xiang off at Jin University for classes since it’s Thursday.

Seeing Ye Weidong and his wife, Li Qianqian feels differently now, referring to Ye Qiu’s parents with much more familiarity.

After breakfast, Ye Qiu drives Li Qianqian and Lin Xiang back to the male dormitory at Jin University. As they get off the car, Li Qianqian asks, "Ye Qiu, aren’t you going to classes too?"

"Attending classes now would just be a waste of my life and time. I’m heading to East Sea, maybe returning tomorrow night."

Tomorrow night?

What’s that scoundrel doing in East Sea?

Could it be there’s a beauty over there?

As Li Qianqian ponders, Ye Qiu drives away.

From here to East Sea City, it takes over an hour on the highway, but once in the city center, driving to the Zi Garden luxury villa takes another hour.

It adds up to two or three hours.

Meanwhile, at the Zi Garden villa, at the villa owned by Ye Qiu, Ma Wenwen and Xiaohui are already up.

Ma Wenwen dressed up specially.

"Xiaohui, how does this dress look on me?"

"Very pretty," Xiaohui says.

This dress was bought in an East Sea brand store by Ye Qiu.

"Really? I feel it’s not quite nice."

Ma Wenwen changes into another dress, trying on more than a dozen until none quite satisfied her.

She still doesn’t know when Ye Qiu will arrive.

Meanwhile, Ye Qiu is already down in the first-floor hall, noticing the door is open but not seeing Ma Wenwen and Xiaohui.

"Where is everyone?"

"Wenwen, Ye Qiu is here."

The two rush down from their rooms and indeed, see Ye Qiu.

Since Ma Wenwen and Ye Qiu had that relationship, Ma Wenwen feels different about Ye Qiu.

Seeing Ye Qiu now, it’s like seeing her husband.

"Ye Qiu, have you had breakfast?"

"I have," Ye Qiu says.

Ma Wenwen sits beside Ye Qiu while Xiaohui prepares a pot of hot tea. Ma Wenwen asks, "Miss me?"

"Of course not."

"Then why?"

"Mainly here to check on the Jiangyue Group’s status."

Ye Qiu has long wanted to shift his business focus to East Sea, but besides the Jiangyue Group, he hasn’t invested much elsewhere, whereas investments in Jinling have steadily increased.

So now he’s checking on Jiangyue Group’s progress.

"Didn’t you say you’d shift the focus to East Sea, when will that happen?"

"No rush."

Ye Qiu isn’t rushing at all.

Like the Imperial Cuisine Restaurant, at least seven or eight outlets should open in East Sea City, but currently, not even one has opened, while two have already launched in Jiangzhou.

"I want to see you more often."

If Ye Qiu shifts focus here, Ma Wenwen believes they’ll surely see each other often, unlike now where it feels like keeping a beauty hidden away, having bought her a luxury villa, yet without Ye Qiu’s presence seen.

Ma Wenwen is no longer a journalist, now a freelance writer, mainly composing articles for newspapers and magazines, enjoying quite a comfortable life.

Ma Wenwen also plans to write some travel-themed essays and novels for publication, summarizing her journalism years as a travel reporter.

Since the material and content are ample, Ma Wenwen can write anytime she has peace and space, making this villa’s tranquil environment ideal.

"Does Jiang Xiyue and Wang Leshan stay here?"

"Miss Jiang comes occasionally, the flight attendant you mentioned doesn’t."

Jiang Xiyue has her own car and can come at any time, but Wang Leshan is different. The airport is far from here, so Wang Leshan can only take a taxi, and if Ye Qiu doesn’t come, Wang Leshan definitely won’t.

"I’ll see if Wang Leshan is off work."

Ye Qiu calls Wang Leshan.

After a while, Wang Leshan’s lazy voice answers, "Ye Qiu, it’s me."

"Are you off today?"

Wang Leshan has a habit of sleeping in whenever she’s off.

She’s clearly not up yet.

"I’m at the villa here, come over."

"Villa? Which villa?"

"The one in Zi Garden."

Zi Garden?

That means Ye Qiu is here.

Wang Leshan wakes up instantly, says, "I’ll get ready, freshen up, and come find you."