"Where are you? Shall I bring the food over to you?" Yu He asked deliberately.
It was rare for the little girl to be so clingy, and Qin Beiting felt happy. At the same time, he felt guilty about deceiving her.
"I'm at the black market, discussing a business collaboration. It's a bit far, so don't bother. I'll come back to find you as soon as I'm done."
Hearing "black market," Yu He's hands paused. The black market was right next to Xing Que.
"What time did you arrange?" she asked tentatively.
Qin Beiting: "Two o'clock."
"Then it's indeed a bit tight. You go ahead and be busy," Yu He said regretfully.
"Be good, I'll finish as soon as possible and come to the Ye family to find you."
"Okay."
Yu He hung up the phone, opened WeChat, switched to Wuming's account, and sent a message to the Xing Que Hall Master. Then she immediately opened Qin Beiting's computer.
She remembered that the first time she hacked into the Xing Que Hall Master's computer, the website was at Shengda Venture Capital.
Recalling that night at Qinghai Lake, the rescue Qin Beiting had arranged, and the Xing Que logo on the helicopter...
Was it really such a coincidence?
She also remembered that the Xing Que Hall Master had asked for photos. Her actual appearance and the photos were so different, even in terms of gender, yet the other party didn't find it strange at all, as if they already knew her identity...
Yu He stared intently at the computer booting up, until the password input prompt appeared on the screen.
She took a USB drive out of her bag and plugged it into the computer.
At the same time, Xing Que · Tianyi Pavilion.
Qin Beiting looked at the WeChat chat box sent by Wuming, his brow furrowed.
Wuming: [The money from the special medicine auction has all been received, right? Have the money ready, I'll come to collect it at two in the afternoon.]
What was wrong with the little girl today?
Why was she being so sudden?
Had she discovered something?
At Shengda Venture Capital.
Yu He used code to process all the data on the computer but found no information related to Xing Que.
At the same time, she also discovered something interesting: the document timestamps on this computer were very far apart, only a few times a year, and all the chat records had been deleted, clearly not a commonly used office computer.
A computer in an office, not used for work, but for decoration?
She then infiltrated the company's internal network and accessed the front desk surveillance footage. She replayed the morning's surveillance at 16x speed and did not see Qin Beiting come to the company.
Not just today; she checked the previous surveillance footage as well and still did not see Qin Beiting.
Yu He's peach blossom eyes narrowed slightly, her fingers tapping rhythmically on the desktop.
So, where did Qin Beiting work every weekday in Beishi?
In the past, Qin Beiting always said he wasn't treated well in the Qin family and didn't come to work, which Yu He thought was hypocrisy. But she was also hiding her own identity, so they were both equally guilty.
Now she realized that Qin Beiting was not just hypocritical; he was even better at pretending than she was!
Just then, her phone screen lit up, and a WeChat message notification popped up on the lock screen.
She opened it.
Xing Que Hall Master: [Okay, come directly to Tianyi Pavilion.]
He didn't refuse?
Yu He immediately exited the computer, deleted her traces, unplugged the USB drive, and got up to leave. She booked a car to Xing Que.
...
In the conference room of Tianyi Pavilion, only Qin Beiting was physically present at the head of the large round table. The other ten seats were occupied by 3D holographic projections of people.
The figures were all black silhouettes, with only the jade thumb ring on the right index finger being in color. These were the ten mysterious elders of Xing Que, and the different patterns on their jade thumb rings represented their identities.
This was the online meeting mode for Xing Que's high-level executives. Everything said by each person was processed by AI and automatically converted into the language set by the connected party.
As the meeting began, Qin Beiting's phone on the table lit up, displaying Yu He's call.
But it was quickly hung up by the other party, followed by a WeChat message.
Baby: [When will you be done? I happen to be going to Xing Que for something. Let's go back together after you're done.]
The little girl was rarely this clingy. Qin Beiting glanced at the time. He could finish the meeting before three o'clock, so he replied:
[Okay, I'll try my best to finish by three and come find you.]
In the lobby of Tianyi Pavilion.
Yu He came openly this time, not even wearing a mask.
Bei Ming invited her to sit down and respectfully poured tea.
He had been curious about her true identity before, wondering who had made Qin Beiting so unprincipled at the auction. Seeing her in person now, he couldn't help but feel awe. Although he had already learned from the news about Qi Yuanyuan impersonating the divine doctor Wuming that Yu He was the real divine doctor Wuming.
"I didn't expect Miss Yu to be the divine doctor Wuming." Bei Ming poured Yu He a cup of tea.
"You recognize me?" Yu He stared at him intently.
Bei Ming thought to himself: How could I not recognize you! You're my sister-in-law!
But he said politely and distantly, "I saw it in the news."
Yu He nodded as if understanding, and subtly surveyed the lobby, especially behind the screen. She didn't see the Xing Que Hall Master.
"Isn't your Hall Master here?" she asked.
"The Hall Master is busy," Bei Ming replied.
"Oh..." Yu He responded indifferently, glancing at Qin Beiting's reply in her WeChat.
Three o'clock...
"This is the payment from the Hall Master, which he asked me to give to you. Thirty billion cash is too much, so the Hall Master converted it into a check." Bei Ming took out a black envelope with gold-embossed Xing Que logos and presented it to Yu He with both hands.
"Thanks." Yu He took it, didn't open it, and placed it directly on the coffee table. She picked up her teacup, took a slow sip, and asked, "Are you busy?"
"Not too busy, I'm free right now," Bei Ming replied.
The Hall Master was in a meeting. At this time, he just needed to guard the office and prevent anyone from disturbing them, so he wasn't busy.
"Then I'll borrow this place for a while to wait for someone," Yu He said.
Bei Ming thought, this is Brother Ting's office, you can sit for as long as you want.
Forty minutes later, Qin Beiting's meeting ended. Yu He sat in a rosewood chair, playing with her phone. She drank one cup of tea after another, showing no signs of leaving!
Bei Ming started to get anxious.
Qin Beiting's meeting was already over. If he came out now, wouldn't it be exposed?
He immediately sent Qin Beiting a text message.
Qin Beiting, in the conference room, saw the message: "..."
Qin Beiting: [Take her out for a walk.]
Bei Ming received the reply and was contemplating how to take Yu He out for a walk when he suddenly heard Yu He ask:
"Does your Xing Que's Hall Master also have to work every day?"
If it were an ordinary person asking such a question, Bei Ming would definitely not answer. Wasn't this clearly prying into the Hall Master's whereabouts?
But the person in front of him was no ordinary person; she was his sister-in-law!
"Depends on the Hall Master's mood," Bei Ming said.
Yu He: "..."
Saying that was as good as saying nothing.
Just then, her phone rang. She thought it was Qin Beiting arriving, but when she looked, it was Shi Ban.
"Boss, I need urgent help. The website of Nanou Studio has been attacked by hackers. The website contains a lot of private information and data of artists that cannot be leaked. I can't stop it anymore. Can you help? It's really urgent. If that information is leaked, Nanou will suffer heavy losses..."
Yu He clicked her tongue impatiently, "Wait a moment."
Then she got up, took the check, left Xing Que, and found an internet cafe nearby.
Yu He sat in a corner booth of the internet cafe, plugged in her USB drive, and had just connected to Shi Ban to remotely control his computer when her phone rang. The caller ID showed Qin Beiting.
"Baby, I'm at the entrance of Xing Que. Where are you?"