"Her master is right here with me, so why worry about not seeing the cat?" Jun Moyan’s lips curled up in a thought-provoking faint smile, and his gaze upon Wen Xiao’ai grew increasingly gentle.
"Do you mean... you want to keep this person?"
"Cough... Young Master, we’ve known each other for so many years, tell me honestly, have you taken a liking to this girl?" Qing Yi bravely asked.
Jun Moyan’s hand, which had been caressing her face, paused momentarily in a brief lapse of concentration but quickly recovered, deliberately ignoring Qing Yi’s banal query.
What does it matter if he has taken a liking to her or not? This little creature was raised by him, whether she’s human, a cat, or a demon, she is his, Jun Moyan’s!
Seeing Jun Moyan not responding, Qing Yi playfully suggested with a hint of innuendo, "Young Master, this girl looks rather young, one mustn’t hurry, she still needs to be nurtured."
"Don’t spout nonsense." Qing Yi was reprimanded with a word and then spoke with grave seriousness, "Young Master, that little girl went to the Bai Family’s gambling house, are you sure it was just a coincidence?"
When Jun Moyan didn’t respond, Qing Yi continued, "Young Master, I’ve heard that Bai Family has a branch that dabbles in some unorthodox arts, I wonder if it has any connection to that crow..."
Qing Yi didn’t continue, but her implication was clear.
Even if Jun Moyan refused to speak, the sudden appearance of Wen Xiao’ai remained an undeniable fact.
Let’s not talk about how she had managed to get into Wu Garden, but who goes searching for a cat by going directly to someone’s bed?
Moreover, she seemed to have known the Young Master from before and even dared to point at him and scold him.
Qing Yi really wanted to ask what exactly the Young Master heard through that listening device while following Wen Xiao’ai.
Why did he get so angry in the gambling house just now that he crushed the Bluetooth headset.
"Young Master, you must be clear about your status. Not to mention a woman, even a child must be guarded against."
"Old Qing, you’re not suggesting that this girl and Bai Tang are putting on a show for us to watch, suspecting some dubious connection between them? Thinking that this girl is deliberately getting close to the Young Master?" Bai Yi, whose mind was not as meticulous as Qing Yi’s, was nevertheless not one to judge by appearances.
But no matter how he looked at it, Wen Xiao’ai didn’t seem like a bad person.
Qing Yi didn’t reply to Bai Yi, instead, she continued to question Jun Moyan:
"Young Master, you’ve had a lot of contact with the Bai Family, haven’t you ever suspected any connection between the Bai Family and the Baiming Sect?"
The Bai Family was a genuine underworld dynasty, always operating offshore, with vast and clandestine power; any forces involved with the underworld worldwide had to show the Bai Family a measure of respect.
Ais might be the local boss in the Holy City, but the Bai Family was the true godfather.
However, after the death of Bai Tang’s father ten years ago, the Bai Family ostensibly withdrew from the underworld to ’clean up’.
The current head of the Bai Family, Bai Tang’s grandfather—Bai Yuan, cut off several unruly factions under his control and then led the legitimate members of the Bai Family to take over the Holy City.
Ever since, they have been reigning supreme in the Holy City, wielding unchallenged power.
Ten years had passed, and the Bai Family hadn’t managed to completely cleanse their reputation; they remained both in the light and the shadow.
But even so, people in the underworld continued to respect Bai Yuan, offering tributes during festivals and addressing him reverently as "Old Bai."
In times of trouble, they would also seek aid, which Bai Yuan would provide a helping hand.
Bai Yuan was a legendary figure—a man of honor, valuing brotherhood, with both courage and righteousness; indeed, he was worthy of respect.
It was not Qing Yi’s place to suspect any connection between him and the unscrupulous Baiming Sect, Thıs text ıs hosted at n͟o͟v͟e͟l͟f͟i͟r͟e͟.net
but the fact that Ais, who could potentially be connected to the Baiming Sect, was conveniently in the Holy City, and the Bai Family just happened to specialize in some esoteric arts, coupled with Wen Xiao’ai’s sudden appearance and incident at the Bai Family’s gambling house... it was all too coincidental.