Ye Bai, however, answered as if it were a matter of course, "We Beastmen can usually transform into humans about six months after birth, equivalent to the age of about five or six in human terms. I transformed late, so I appear to be older."
Ye Jiu thought about it for a moment and then understood what he meant.
The lifespan of animals is shorter compared to humans, so their growth rate as animals and as humans naturally differs as well.
"Just be careful on your own, and make sure outsiders don’t discover your identity," Ye Jiu said.
Ye Bai seized the opportunity to make a request, "Then, from now on, I’ll stay by my master’s side as a human and stop shifting forms, how about that?"
Ye Jiu thought for a while, "For now, let’s still keep it a secret that you are mine."
Ye Bai was now Ye Jiu’s trump card, the kind to be kept hidden and only used at the last minute.
"Alright then," Ye Bai looked a bit disappointed, but it was only for a moment. He then asked Ye Jiu, "Last night, that man, after he took the food away, left a lot of silver in the mansion. Shouldn’t you go and collect it?"
For convenience in storing and retrieving items, the mansion was unguarded. However, this also left a huge opportunity for thieves.
Ye Jiu was aware of this vulnerability, so he spoke up, "Then let’s go now, we’ll collect the silver immediately."
After Ye Jiu and Ye Bai went together to retrieve the silver and store it, they returned just in time for breakfast.
After breakfast was done, Gaosheng took Qingyue back, and Ye Jiu originally intended to chat with He Shi and Old Man Ye. Before he could even speak, Auntie Fu came in, "Miss, someone is looking for you outside."
"Who is it?" He Shi asked first.
"Madam, he said he was Master Liu. He is not from our village, I don’t know him," Auntie Fu replied.
The only Master Liu Ye Jiu knew was Liu Yunqing.
But now, with the Liu Family in trouble, why wasn’t he rushing back to the capital city to find a solution instead of coming to find him?
"Have them bring him to... my study," Ye Jiu originally intended to receive guests in the living room, but considering the Liu Family’s situation, he feared Liu Yunqing might discuss matters that shouldn’t be overheard by others, so he changed his mind to the study.
After Auntie Fu left, He Shi asked, "This Master Liu is..."
"He’s the Master Liu who used to buy our soap," Ye Jiu replied.
Upon hearing it was that person, He Shi immediately grew displeased, "They’ve already cheated us out of our soap, what does he want now?"
"I don’t know yet, but whatever he wants, our family isn’t the old Ye Family that could be manipulated by others anymore."
He Shi looked at Ye Jiu, who spoke with such confidence, and her feelings grew complicated.
Because deep down, she felt that the confidence her daughter expressed couldn’t possibly come from their family alone, so it must be...
It must be the support from the Royal Residence, a fact He Shi was most reluctant to acknowledge.
He Shi didn’t know that even without the support from the Royal Residence, today’s Ye Jiu could still speak with such confidence.
Because behind Ye Jiu stood Sikong Mo, a man of the Ye Family that everyone had heard of but never met. And although Sikong Mo was only an adopted royal with a different surname, his power and authority matched that of the Royal Residence itself.
If Ye Jiu knew He Shi’s real thoughts, she would have set aside everything to convince her mother until she understood the truth. Unfortunately, at this moment, Ye Jiu still didn’t know that her mother, whom she cared about the most, had already learned of her true origins.