Chapter 37#

Those Who Listen to Stories (Part 4)#

Put on a show for the Non-Natural Bureau?

“…”

This touched upon Ye Sheng’s blind spot again. He didn’t know why he, who had lived a life of honesty and never faked anything, always had to go against his nature to act and deceive others after coming to Huaicheng.

“What should I do?”

After getting out of the car, Ye Sheng looked at Ning Weichen with clear eyes and asked calmly.

Ning Weichen parked the car outside the mountain road, and soon a bodyguard came forward to help park the car.

Ning Weichen smiled after listening: “Just act naturally. You don’t have to answer questions you don’t want to answer.”

Ye Sheng: “Okay.”

Walking into this villa area halfway up the mountain again, Ye Sheng felt that it seemed a bit different from last time. The small light bulbs dotting the trees and bushes during the banquet were gone. The only illumination was a few street lamps. The light in the forest was dim. When he walked to the garden, he discovered that the western-style building across the lake had now turned into a pile of ruins.

Ye Sheng frowned.

This should be the work of the Non-Natural Bureau.

There were thousands of ghost children in that building, capable of seeping into walls and floors. The best way to solve it once and for all was to blow up that building. Previously, the Qin family sealed the doors and windows of the western building because they were afraid they would come out, but with Luo Xingyan in Huaicheng, there was no need to worry about this.

The Qin residence was very quiet tonight.

Before entering the elevator, Ning Weichen explained: “I told them you don’t like noise, so there won’t be too many people.”

Ye Sheng was stunned and said sincerely: “Thank you.”

Ning Weichen took him to the reception room on the sixth floor of the Qin residence. When Ye Sheng went in, there were familiar faces inside: Butler Li and Luo Xingyan. Sitting on the sofa was a strange man, about forty or fifty years old, tall, with blond hair and blue eyes. He was probably Ning Weichen’s private doctor, Andrew.

Andrew was wearing a gray suit and was currently smiling patiently while saying something to Luo Xingyan.

Luo Xingyan, on the other hand, gave a fake smile, obviously holding back an eye roll.

Ye Sheng walked in and heard their conversation clearly.

Luo Xingyan: “Why do I feel like you guys are lying to me? Even if Young Master Ning has been transplanted with Siren genes, it doesn’t mean he has to inherit the Siren’s reproductive method too, right? And the probability of a Siren impregnating a lover is extremely, extremely low—is it really that coincidental? A romantic encounter on a train resulted in pregnancy?”

Andrew was American, but his Chinese was very fluent. He said unhurriedly and calmly: “Why can’t it be that coincidental? We all know that compared to viviparity, the Siren’s reproductive method is more similar to asexual reproduction, only that the larva will actively absorb DNA in the mother’s body. Moreover, research shows that the probability of a Siren impregnating a lover increases greatly when they are emotionally moved.” Andrew’s light blue eyes were full of the gentle patience of a doctor. Fine lines appeared at the corners of his eyes as he smiled and said gratifyingly: “Maybe, our young master met the love of his life on the train.”

Luo Xingyan: “…” What the hell, love of his life.

Ye Sheng: “…” Ning Weichen, don’t you have a normal person around you?

After he and Ning Weichen came in, Luo Xingyan and Andrew stopped their confrontation at once and looked over in unison.

Of course, the first one to see them was Butler Li. Butler Li smiled and said: “Young Master, Young Madam.”

Ye Sheng pretended to be deaf.

Ning Weichen’s gaze swept over the people in the room, a smile hanging casually on his lips, and said faintly: “Finished chatting?”

Luo Xingyan was completely here to crash the party.

After going back that night, the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. As an S-rank executor, his intuition told him there was something strange in Ye Sheng’s body, but he couldn’t find evidence.

Coincidentally, the headquarters told him that Andrew had also come to Huaicheng, so Luo Xingyan rushed over non-stop for a confrontation.

Andrew was the tenth-ranked executor and the only [Doctor] among them. His ability was healing. This healing included not only physical wounds but also mental alienation.

Andrew could purify anomalies. Most importantly, he had an ability called [Observation and Smell], taken from the first two characters of the four methods of diagnosis in Traditional Chinese Medicine (Observation, Auscultation and Olfaction, Interrogation, and Palpation).

Andrew could tell at a glance which part of a person’s internal organs was injured by an anomaly. If an anomaly was inside a human body, Andrew’s eyes were more effective than fireflies.

Luo Xingyan sneered at Ning Weichen’s words: “Almost, just delaying the Crown Princess for a bit.” He took out a piece of paper and a pen from the side and handed them to Andrew: “Come, your young master’s love of his life is here. Please draw what you see.”

Andrew didn’t take the pen, shaking his head with a smile: “Shackles, I think as the young master’s private doctor, some things are inconvenient to reveal to the Non-Natural Bureau.”

Luo Xingyan’s feline eyes narrowed: “Is it inconvenient or are you afraid?”

“There is no meaning in doing this.”

Andrew sighed. He looked up and continued to look at Ye Sheng.

Doctors naturally have a temperament that makes people feel at ease, especially when his deep blue eyes carried a kind smile now, like an inclusive ocean.

Andrew introduced himself politely to Ye Sheng: “Young Madam, hello, my name is Andrew.”

Ye Sheng: “…” He stood at the door, unable to pretend to be deaf and dumb anymore, and said coldly: “Ye Sheng, my name.”

Andrew was slightly puzzled.

It was Butler Li who was quick-witted and quickly changed the address: “Mr. Ye, would you like a glass of water?”

Ye Sheng shook his head: “No need.”

Andrew realized it belatedly and nodded with a smile.

Then he turned to Luo Xingyan and said: “Shackles, I don’t need to draw it for you, but I can tell you clearly that the anomaly in Mr. Ye’s body indeed has our young master’s aura.”

Luo Xingyan frowned: “Really?”

Andrew had a benevolent heart as a healer and was a well-known nice guy among executors. Although he served the Ning family, his relationship with the Non-Natural Bureau was also good.

At most, Andrew would remain silent, but he wouldn’t lie.

Andrew sighed and said: “Really.”

Guided by Ning Weichen, Ye Sheng sat on the sofa.

Andrew looked up at him and asked softly: “Mr. Ye, may I take a little of your blood?”

Ye Sheng just wanted to quickly get rid of the relentless Luo Xingyan. When Andrew mentioned the aura, he keenly thought of the blood Ning Weichen fed him in the carriage, so he wasn’t afraid of the check: “Go ahead.”

Having obtained his permission, Andrew smiled and said thank you, but made no further move. Instead, his eyes looked towards Ning Weichen, obviously making a final inquiry.

Ning Weichen’s thin lips curled, his eyes devoid of any smile, saying nothing.

Andrew understood instantly and smiled immediately: “Sorry Mr. Ye, I overstepped.”

Ye Sheng spoke: “Not overstepping, it’s just a little blood, take it.” He didn’t want the relationship with the Non-Natural Bureau to become too stiff. It would be good to make Luo Xingyan give up completely tonight.

Ye Sheng took the initiative to extend his wrist.

Andrew still didn’t move, showing hesitation.

Ye Sheng said in a low voice: “Let him take it.”

These words were said to Ning Weichen.

Ning Weichen’s expression was unclear. After a moment, he smiled brightly, his tone affectionate: “Mm, listen to him. In the future, for these matters, once you have his permission, there is no need to ask me again.”

Andrew was stunned. He could clearly feel the young master’s boredom and indifference just now, probably planning to issue an eviction order to Luo Xingyan. Just because of a sentence from Ye Sheng, he changed his mind?

Luo Xingyan’s gaze had been fixed on Ye Sheng. He felt Ye Sheng was very strange. This strangeness lay not only in the unknown A-rank anomaly in his body, but Ye Sheng himself was very strange.

Although he was half-dead with anger by this pair of dog men in the western building, the fact that Ye Sheng could still steal others’ attention just by standing next to Ning Weichen showed that this person was not simple.

Andrew carried a small medical kit with him and took out a needle and a cotton swab from it. That needle was probably also a special item against anomalies. When it was inserted into the skin, Ye Sheng first felt a chill coming from his body. The hand Andrew used to hold the needle seemed to emit a layer of soft silver light, diluting all pain. He slowly drew a small tube of blood from his index finger, then dripped it onto a glass plate.

Andrew said: “I was one of the people who implanted the Siren anomaly for the young master back then. I still have the complete data of the Siren here. I can show you the matching value later.”

Luo Xingyan’s brows furrowed deeper and deeper. He didn’t expect Andrew to actually produce such conclusive evidence. He began to doubt his own guess. Could it be that Ye Sheng was really just an ordinary person?

Butler Li was always the one playing the good cop, smiling and saying: “Executor Luo, isn’t your purpose today to see the ruins of the western building? The young master and Mr. Andrew still have things to discuss. Let me take you there.”

Luo Xingyan chuckled, knowing he couldn’t stay much longer. He stood up and gave Ye Sheng a final vigilant look before leaving.

Under the light, Ye Sheng was expressionlessly wiping away the blood beads welling up on his index finger with a cotton swab. His lowered eyelashes covered a pair of eyes full of hostility. The skin on his neck was very thin, and blue veins could be faintly seen. When silent, there was a deadly, throat-sealing coldness.

Luo Xingyan always believed in himself. Anyway, Ye Sheng was not an ordinary person.

The most impulsive people often have the most accurate intuition.

However, Ning Weichen would not allow him to approach Ye Sheng repeatedly.

Now that Andrew had come forward to clarify the matter of the A-rank anomaly completely, he no longer had a legitimate reason to find this Crown Princess.

But Luo Xingyan was still unwilling.

He ground his teeth—if there was no way, then find a way!

After Luo Xingyan and Butler Li left, Andrew was obviously more relaxed: “Young Master, how do you plan to deal with the anomaly in Mr. Ye’s body?”

Ning Weichen spoke: “Is there a way to kill it?”

Andrew was stunned and nodded: “Yes, but Mr. Ye is an ordinary person. Removing the anomaly from his body requires a gentle method, which will take a long time. As for the specific method, I still need to confirm after chatting with Mr. Ye about some things.”

He spoke very euphemistically, but with Ning Weichen’s previous kind reminder, Ye Sheng also roughly knew what aspect “chatting about some things” referred to.

Ning Weichen chuckled softly: “Is that so…”

Ye Sheng interrupted him: “Ning Weichen, do I still have to meet Qin Liushuang later?”

Ning Weichen smiled: “Mm.”

Ye Sheng indifferently sent him away: “Don’t let your aunt wait too long. You go see her first. I’ll talk to Andrew alone.”

He didn’t want to recount the “romantic encounter” with Ning Weichen to Andrew in front of Ning Weichen at all.

Ning Weichen’s peach blossom eyes curved: “Alright. I’ll wait for you outside.”

Soon, only Ye Sheng and Andrew were left in the room.

Andrew took the initiative to hand Ye Sheng a glass of water and comforted: “Don’t worry, I’ll just ask some very simple questions.”

Ye Sheng: “…”

Andrew was a doctor. Some things that were difficult for young people to talk about were very common from a doctor’s perspective. Moreover, his age was enough to be Ye Sheng’s father. Softening his tone, he asked with concern, completely with the attitude of inquiring about a child in the family.

“Mr. Ye, was your sexual life with the young master frequent on the train?”

Ye Sheng: “………………” Damn.

Ye Sheng drank a mouthful of water expressionlessly: “Not much.”

Andrew nodded and continued.

“Then did you have any discomfort afterwards? I don’t mean physically, but mentally. Sirens are absolutely top-level dangerous among A-rank anomalies. I’m afraid overly intimate contact might cause certain mental intrusion to you.”

Ye Sheng said: “…None either.”

Andrew breathed a sigh of relief secretly and nodded. Subsequently, Andrew asked a few more questions.

After chatting one-on-one with Andrew, Ye Sheng felt like he had been reborn when he walked out the door.

When meeting Qin Liushuang again, facing her face full of smiles, he felt less awkward.

Qin Liushuang met him on behalf of the Qin family. Knowing that he was studying at Huaian University, she was very happy. She said Qin Heyu was now a junior and the president of the student union at Huaian University, so he could go directly to Qin Heyu if he had any issues in the future. At the same time, as an aunt, she gave Ye Sheng a piece of jade that looked very expensive at first glance. Although Ning Weichen had clearly stated that the family considered them too young and would not keep this child, Qin Liushuang was very attentive. She had even hired a nutritionist, taking care of everything.

After experiencing the previous events, Ye Sheng really didn’t have any good feelings towards the Qin family and rejected everything.

Qin Liushuang looked disappointed, but was still in a good mood, her eyes sparkling, obviously very satisfied with him.

“Then if Shengsheng has any issues in the future, you can come to me.” She knew Ye Sheng came to Huaicheng alone, and his biological mother was such a vicious woman, so she felt very pitiful in her heart.

Although the events of that night made everyone very awkward, now that the parties involved were in prison, there was nothing more to say.

Qin Liushuang didn’t have much affection for Old Master Qin; she was adopted by the deceased great-grandfather of the Qin family. Moreover, Old Master Qin was muddle-headed and dissolute. Qin Siyuan took power early. After the accident in the western building, Qin Wenrui moved out and rarely contacted the family. Only Qin Bei, the illegitimate son, had no way out and desperately tried to please him and get close to him.

Compared to Qin Siyuan’s cold-bloodedness of getting rid of a trouble, Qin Liushuang chose more not to think about this matter and focused on the present moment that made her happy. People who lived carefree in a greenhouse all their lives had one characteristic, which was excessive naivety.

Ye Sheng didn’t stay here for long. Fortunately, Ning Weichen probably just came over to put on a show for the family. After chatting briefly for a few sentences, he smiled and took Ye Sheng away.

After getting in the car, Ye Sheng said: “Send me back to school.”

Ning Weichen: “Andrew said he would send the medicine to me in the future. It seems I have another reason to pick you up and drop you off every day.”

Ye Sheng said indifferently: “Picking me up is fine, but don’t drive.”

Although he didn’t want to pay attention to others, he wasn’t a fool.

He didn’t want to experience the countless flashes directed at him on the food street a second time.

Ning Weichen was slightly stunned, then laughed incessantly.

“Okay.”

Ye Sheng still trusted the medicine prescribed by Andrew. As Ning Weichen’s private doctor, Andrew definitely had the ability to kill the “sister” in his body.

Fairly speaking, an A-rank anomaly was not worth the painstaking efforts of the entire Non-Natural Bureau, nor was it worth Luo Xingyan’s repeated investigation. The point was not “A-rank anomaly” but that he “swallowed an A-rank anomaly without incident”.

Ye Sheng also didn’t want to keep an anomaly in his body.

He even began to be curious about what his ability actually was.

If the sister was taken away, could he still use the Fetal Maiden’s “Spirit Calling” ability?

Ning Weichen sent him to school.

Around eleven o’clock at night, there were few people near the school.

Ye Sheng walked into the school and finally turned on his phone.

His work group exploded.

[Huang Qiqi: Junior???? Is that the friend you mentioned?????]

Xia Wenshi directly threw several pictures over. He was considered a small rich second generation anyway, and had friends who played with cars around him.

Xia Wenshi sighed with emotion.

[Xia Wenshi: Junior, this friend of yours is a bit unusual.]

Ye Sheng twitched the corner of his mouth, not knowing what to say, planning to explain this matter at work tomorrow.

Today, Ning Weichen appeared on the food street with huge traffic in the University City, and the person he picked up was Ye Sheng. Logically speaking, with Ye Sheng’s looks, once the photos were uploaded to the internet, they would be enough to cause heated discussion. But soon everyone discovered that they couldn’t upload these photos to social platforms at all; they were either limited in traffic or blocked.

Because the Ning family completely blocked the privacy of the heir. In this weird and unpredictable internet with ENIAC’s sight, there wouldn’t be any trace of Ning Weichen.

The luxury car flashing past on the food street couldn’t compare to the attention-grabbing news exposed by the wealthy families in Huaicheng.

That mistress-turned-wife of the Xie family went to prison.

Huang Yiyue went to prison.