"No, the Hall Master asked me to give this to you."
Bei Ming pushed the brocade box on the table towards Yu He, then looked her over.
There had been news reports saying the nameless divine doctor was the eldest daughter of the Qi family. He had met Qi Yuanyuan in Xingge, and the aura of that person was completely different from the aura of the nameless divine doctor he saw in Xingque last time.
The person in front of him was the nameless divine doctor he had met last time.
If Qin Beiting wasn't watching from the private room at this moment, Bei Ming would really want to rush forward and rip off the mask of this nameless divine doctor.
He really wanted to see what kind of face was hidden beneath that mask?
It actually made Brother Ting give up a century-old ginseng he had treasured for years without any hesitation, even going against the opposition from Xingque!
Yu He glanced at the brocade box, then at Bei Ming, and stepped forward to open it.
Inside lay a ginseng of excellent quality. She picked it up and examined it carefully, confirming it was indeed a rare ginseng close to two hundred years old.
The real deal, honest and without deception.
Having truly exchanged Qin Beiting's ten private photos for this priceless century-old ginseng made Yu He even more curious about who the Hall Master of Xingque was.
"I'll take the ginseng. Thanks." Yu He put the ginseng back into the brocade box.
Bei Ming: "Please do."
Yu He picked up the brocade box. Seeing that Bei Ming made no move, she turned to leave.
As her hand touched the doorknob, she suddenly turned back and asked, "If I may be so bold, is your Hall Master's sexual orientation towards men?"
Bei Ming: "???"
How could that be?!
In the private room, Qin Beiting, who was watching through the one-way glass, said: "..."
"Are you a cross-dresser?!" Bei Ming suddenly thought of something incredible.
Yu He froze. She hadn't thought of that angle at all!
Suddenly, she felt Bei Ming lunge at her from behind. She dodged by turning her head.
Immediately after, Bei Ming's hand went straight for her mask. Yu He blocked it with the brocade box. With her other hand, she twisted her fingers, and two silver needles appeared at her fingertips, which she flicked towards him.
Bei Ming immediately blocked with his hand. The silver needles pierced his suit and lodged in his arm. It didn't hurt, but it caused a numbing sensation.
Yu He seized the opportunity, opened the door, grabbed the brocade box, and ran.
At the same time, the door of the private room behind Bei Ming opened, and Qin Beiting came out with a grim expression.
Bei Ming immediately turned back, knelt on one knee with his fist clenched, and pleaded guilty, "I'm sorry, Brother Ting, I couldn't help myself for a moment, I wanted to see her true face."
"Get lost! Run ten laps around North City!"
...
Yu He ran out of the private room. The corridor was empty at this time, so she went down to the first floor through the safety stairs.
At the entrance, Shi Ban had been waiting for less than half an hour when he saw Yu He come out in a hurry. She opened the rear car door and got in. He immediately started the car and merged into the traffic.
Yu He took off her mask and looked back. Seeing no one chasing her, she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Boss, you actually went to steal things!"
Shi Ban was driving, and he glanced at the brocade box next to Yu He in the rearview mirror, gasping in shock.
The Crow God was indeed the Crow God, swift and decisive.
Ever since he had released the news of Crow's price for Qin Meimei in the hacker community last time, the hacker community had referred to Crow as "Crow God," even more formidable than her master "S."
He never expected that in reality, Yu He was just as formidable!
She dared to go to someone's door and steal things?!
"Drive properly." Yu He gave him the address of a villa in the suburbs, then leaned back against the cushion, closed her eyes, and reviewed what had just happened.
Bei Ming had tried to remove her mask just now. She wasn't sure if this was Bei Ming's own action or if it was instructed by the Hall Master of Xingque. However, according to rumors, Xingque had very strict rules, and people below could not disobey the Hall Master's orders.
If it was indeed the Hall Master of Xingque's order, then he actually didn't know her identity?
And the transaction was simply because he genuinely liked Qin Beiting's physique in the photos?!
And he thought she was a cross-dresser?!
She suddenly remembered Qin Jincheng saying that Qin Beiting was gay, and she slowly opened her eyes and looked at Shi Ban, who was driving.
"Pig, I have a question for you."
Shi Ban was driving seriously, "Ask away."
"What is it like for people like you to like the same sex?" Yu He asked.
Shi Ban thought for a moment, "It depends on whether it's innate or acquired. Like me, I'm innately gay. I've never been interested in women since I was young. The feeling of liking men might be the same as how normal people feel about the opposite sex. For acquired homosexuality, it's more about temporary stimulation, right? I'm not very sure. Why are you suddenly asking this?"
"Do you collect private photos of men?" Yu He asked instead of answering.
"Cough cough." Shi Ban choked on his own saliva. He hadn't expected Yu He to ask so directly, without blushing.
"The exceptionally exceptional ones, yes." After saying that, he quickly added, "You absolutely must not tell Nan Ou."
Yu He: "..."
If that were the case, it would explain the Hall Master of Xingque's perverted tastes.
"Then what are your feelings towards girls? Would you say intimate things, or even live together?" she asked again.
"Close friends would. I lived with a girl for over five years. She was my savior. When she saved me, she was already pregnant. Later, when she gave birth, I took care of her. Now her son calls me Daddy, but it's a godfather. We lived together like a family, and I always treated her like a younger sister."
As Shi Ban said this, his voice involuntarily became cheerful. It was clear that he had a very happy time during that period.
Although Shi Ban had a delicate face and looked only in his early twenties, he was actually thirty years old.
Yu He unconsciously superimposed Qin Beiting into the actions described by Shi Ban. Her thick and slender eyelashes drooped as she looked at the brocade box beside her, her mood somewhat complicated.
She didn't understand love very well, and no one had taught her about it. The only person who had mentioned emotions to her was her master, whom she had never met. He had said that all men were terrible, and she shouldn't get involved with love.
At the time, she hadn't thought much about it, feeling that love was too far away from her.
But now, she didn't know what was wrong with her. As soon as she thought that Qin Beiting only treated her like a niece, she felt as if something was blocking her chest, making her uncomfortable.
Seeing that she suddenly fell silent, Shi Ban glanced at her in the rearview mirror. Seeing that her expression was not right, and combining it with the questions about homosexuality she had asked earlier,
He was startled and asked, "Boss, you haven't encountered a scumbag, have you?!"
Impossible, right?!
Was she referring to Qin Beiting?
Shi Ban remembered Qin Beiting's impossibly handsome face. If he were gay, he would definitely be a top-tier catch in the gay community.
But as a gay man, Shi Ban could feel that Qin Beiting couldn't be.
Because the way he looked at Yu He clearly showed doting, and his possessiveness. If he said he had no feelings for Yu He, then Shi Ban would write his name backward!
"Stop here." Yu He came back to her senses and saw that they had reached their destination outside.
This area was a suburban health-preserving villa district, not very crowded. Shi Ban braked, and Yu He put on her mask, opened the door, and got out.
"Boss..." Shi Ban wanted to gossip, but she had already walked far away.