Ye Hao heard the glasses-wearing old Daoist's words, and a sweet voice came through on the other end of the call: "Hello!"

Ye Hao didn't bother with what those two old Daoists just said and addressed the caller on the other end: "Fang Ni? It's Ye Hao."

"I knew it was you! Busy guy, going to Peng City without letting me know you're safe. How come you have time to call me now?" Fang Ni complained to Ye Hao over the phone.

Ye Hao repeatedly apologized, saying, "I've been too busy, still not quite used to it over here, and didn't feel right about calling during work hours..."

"Hmph! Really busy, huh? I wonder who's been going on a killing spree in Peng City, leaving tens of heads across the streets, headless corpses all over, and then instructed their small employer to massage and pamper them. What kind of work is that?" Fang Ni was upset with Ye Hao, though she didn't really know why she was mad.

"Well, it was pretty enjoyable, haha!" Ye Hao made a joke to lighten the mood and then said, "Do you have any information on Ye Long? How are they doing?"

Fang Ni stomped her high heels hard on the other end of the phone, but when she heard Ye Hao asking about his brother, she still told Ye Hao about Ye Long's situation.

Ye Hao breathed a sigh of relief hearing this. As long as there were no major issues on Ye Long's side, he was fine. From Fang Ni's intelligence, Ye Hao roughly knew Ye Long's position in the Primordial Forest.

It's just that their mercenary group's name changed, but if Ye Hao were to go find Ye Long now, he could find the location even without any coordinates.

Because that location was the second refuge he found when he was the boss of the Dragon Soul Mercenaries. After chatting a bit more with Fang Ni, Ye Hao felt at peace, thinking the two old Daoists were really talking nonsense...

Meanwhile, the first old Daoist who had left earlier, claiming to be a Celestial Awakening person, wandered the streets like a vagabond, though his demeanor didn't reveal any dishevelment, still exuding an aura of immortality.

The second old Daoist, who followed him out, saw the Celestial Awakening person wandering aimlessly, rushed up, and directly knelt on the street, shouting, "Celestial Awakening Daoist, I want to take you as my master."

This scene on the street attracted everyone's attention. The Celestial Awakening person chuckled at the middle-aged Daoist kneeling beside him and laughed, "Why do you want to take me as your master?"

"Because your Finger Pinching Divine Skill is too extraordinary. Even though I've used the Zhou Yi Eight Trigrams, I'm still not as fast as you, and the things you divine match the answers I come to after much pondering. I think you must be an enlightened sage, and I want to learn fortune-telling from you..." At this moment, the glasses-wearing Daoist showed none of his previous serenity and composure, replaced by the eagerness of a long-time student without a good teacher.

"Haha! Stand up, why do you want to learn fortune-telling?" the Celestial Awakening person asked with a laugh.

The glasses-wearing Daoist felt a little sad hearing this, stood up, and said, "Because I want to help more people avoid misfortunes and make the world a better place. My family completely lost their lives in a big fire, so to reduce others' pain, I want to learn fortune-telling, to use my life to glimpse the Heavenly Dao, helping more people to avoid disasters..."

The Celestial Awakening person shook his head at these words, looking at the glasses-wearing Daoist with a smile, "You're too persistent, it's not suitable, move along!"

With that, the Celestial Awakening person ignored him and left the bustling street.

The glasses-wearing Daoist seemed intent on apprenticing and chased after him...

Ye Hao entered the supermarket and came out again with over a hundred pounds of stuff. This time, it was mainly ingredients for cooking tonight, so he didn't complain.

After shopping all morning, the three of them were a bit tired, and when they got home, it was already past two in the afternoon.

Ye Hao, like a hardworking farmer, unloaded everything from the car's trunk and then stored them in the kitchen's refrigerator, but also took out some fresh ingredients to prepare lunch for the two little beauties.

"Ah! I'm so mad, my strongest champion, Yuyu, you totally messed me up." Su Qing shouted from upstairs, clearly heartbroken over how Lin Ruyu messed up her game.

"Alright, alright! Stop shouting, let's play another one! I promise I won't mess you up." Lin Ruyu said, a bit embarrassed.

"No! I'm going to ask Ye to help me play. Yuyu, you messed it up!" Su Qing stormed downstairs, her chest bouncing as she descended, making one want to shout: Little miss, hold up, don't drop them...

"Ye!" Su Qing came into the kitchen, looking a bit aggrieved at Ye Hao.

"What's the matter!" Ye Hao was busy cooking and washing vegetables, not turning around to pay her much attention.

"Yuyu's so bad at playing games! I lost my strongest champion!" Su Qing said with a bit of grievance.

"What's the big deal! Isn't it just the strongest champion? When I have some free time, I'll help you play." Ye Hao chuckled as he poured the greens from the basket into the water basin.

"No! Can you help me now?" Su Qing suddenly asked.

"Now? I don't have time now, wait till tonight, okay?" Ye Hao was busy cooking, and there was no time to play games for her, especially since Lin Ruyu's dad, the main employer, was returning tonight. If things weren't sorted out, people would surely talk.

"No! Ye, how about now? I'll cook." Su Qing asked again.

"Can you handle it? I'd be surprised if you didn't make a mess. Go play." Ye Hao waved her off with a smile.

"No! If you don't help me get back to the strongest champion, my classmates will laugh at me tonight!" Su Qing revealed her original motivation because during the day at school, she told her friend she was the strongest champion, but her friend didn't believe her, resulting in this situation.

In her heart, she regretted playing with Yuyu earlier.

"It's alright, after I finish cooking, I'll help you play that game." Ye Hao felt that gaming wasn't the priority; doing his duty was most important, so he'd help her later...

"Hmph! You're just unwilling to help me; you prefer helping the pretty teacher with her lecture, not helping Qingqing." Su Qing pretended to sob quietly.

Sure enough, as soon as Ye Hao heard this, he decisively took off his apron and said, "Do me a favor with this soup, wash this dish, and this, this..." as he pointed and explained everything to Su Qing.

Su Qing nodded vigorously, saying "mm-hmm" repeatedly.

In fact, by the time Ye Hao instructed her on the second task, she had already forgotten what the first task was.

But to persuade Ye Hao to help her play the game, she had to agree to it all...

As expected, Ye Hao helped Su Qing reach the rank of Strongest King, but the three were left without anything to eat.

Ye Hao looked at the untouched ingredients in the kitchen, and a wave of immense frustration hit him; this girl was really a trickster! Luckily, the big employer hadn't returned yet, otherwise wouldn't I be scolded to death upon seeing this!

Thinking of this, Ye Hao decisively closed the kitchen door and quickly prepared something to eat and brought it out.

After the meal, Lin Ruyu sat like a leader, watching TV with both Su Qing and Ye Hao.

However, Ye Hao noticed that today Lin Ruyu dressed a bit childishly, unlike her usual daring and mature self.

"Girl, why dress so cutely?" Ye Hao asked while sipping his water.

"Then why do you dress so formally at home?" Lin Ruyu also asked him.

"It's different for me! I have to meet the big employer, and the missus!" Ye Hao replied.

"I haven't seen my mom in a long time; I'm afraid if I dress too mature, mom won't dote on me." Lin Ruyu said, with her eyes looking slightly red...

Ye Hao teased decisively: "Don't expect me to lend my shoulder like in the TV dramas when I see a girl's eyes turn red and tears come out." After saying this, Ye Hao crossed his legs and stared straight at the TV.

Lin Ruyu was filled with anger, thinking why should she want his shoulder? Why is this man so full of himself? How can we still be good friends with his level of narcissism...

"Get out!" After simmering for a while, Lin Ruyu spat out profanity.

Ye Hao showed an expression of "I understand you," which made Lin Ruyu want to go to the kitchen and get a knife to chop Ye Hao up.

Finally, the long wait ended, as the clock struck 6 PM, the sound of a car's honk rang from outside, causing Lin Ruyu to immediately realize it was her dad's Bentley.

Lin Ruyu ran out excitedly, and Ye Hao no longer remained as composed as before, as he nervously stepped outside, followed closely by Su Qing.

Back at Lin Ruyu's villa, Lin Tian addressed the glamorous woman sitting beside him, saying, "Shuiyue, how long has it been since you saw your daughter?"

The glamorous woman referred to as Shuiyue replied with slightly red eyes, "Almost three years, perhaps? Tian, our business has grown larger; we can't even take care of our own daughter. Sometimes I really feel sorry for her."

Lin Tian could only smile bitterly and nod at this response, saying, "There's no choice, you know your family's situation. If I didn't work hard, could we have this kind of life today?"

Upon hearing Lin Tian's words, Yan Shuiyue fell into silence, recognizing this reality, as everything was indeed caused by her father!

"Alright! Let's be happy in front of the child; she's coming out now." Lin Tian laughed as he wiped Yan Shuiyue's tears, chuckling softly.

"Sure!" Shuiyue answered softly, then opened the car door to get out.

"Mom!" Lin Ruyu cried out loudly upon seeing Yan Shuiyue.

Yan Shuiyue's tear ducts, which she had controlled, burst open again in response to this call.

Her slightly trembling arms opened wide, pulling Lin Ruyu's delicate figure into her embrace.

Holding her mother, Lin Ruyu began to sob, as the grievance of their three-year separation melted away...

"My dear daughter, I'm sorry for causing you distress." Yan Shuiyue gently patted Lin Ruyu's back, choking up as she spoke.

"Mom, are you staying home this time?" Lin Ruyu asked while holding her mom, not wanting to let go.

"Silly child, mom needs to take care of your dad! Don't you have people taking care of you? Moreover, as a child grows up, you must learn independence." While saying this, Yan Shuiyue glanced at Ye Hao standing at the doorway.

However, Yan Shuiyue's gaze was bizarre in its extreme...

(Hehe, happy Mid-Autumn Festival! Wishing everyone, may your life be full and bright, and may you enjoy good health and all the best.)

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