edded in the scorpion's shoulder, blood staining his filthy clothes.His thin lips, uttered only one word, "Speak!"< Having haggled, Nycto has given him one chance and there will be no second chances!...Ye Xiao believed Lin Jin was joking. His ponytail was crooked and didn't look good at all.
He secretly made up his mind that he must put in a lot of effort to achieve it, striving to give Lin Jinran a beautiful ponytail next time.
After finishing their hair, the two held hands and went downstairs for lunch.
Gu Meng saw them go downstairs and hurried toward the kitchen, "Wait for me a moment, it'll be ready soon." Half an hour ago, she had already prepared the ingredients and was waiting for them to come down.
In less than a quarter of an hour, exquisite dishes for lunch were served on the table. Besides Lin Jinran's specialized prenatal meal, there were also meals prepared for Ye Xiao.
After lunch, it was already around 3 or 4 in the afternoon.
Before going to sleep, Ye Xiao sent someone to buy cake ingredients and had them delivered to the villa earlier. After lunch, he gave them to Lin Jinran.
Lin Jinyan excitedly pulled Gu Meng to the kitchen together, practicing how to make the perfect cake.
The barn owl outside the kitchen door watched Lin Jinran's animated figure disappear, unable to help but twitch its lips in a wry smile as it informed her that she should go upstairs to the study to handle some business.
Lin Jin ran's head, without looking back, replied with a sound, and threw himself into the work of making cakes.
Back in his study, Ye Xiao opened his laptop, clicked on the email he had seen upon waking, and downloaded the attachment into his notebook.
Only after everything finished downloading did he use his mouse to open the compressed package and open the file.
There was only one address in the file, and Ye Xiao's sword brows gradually furrowed.
This address is exactly the same as the one Mu Shaochen gave him!
What is going on
This address Shaocheng has been to before, there is nothing special about it. Why did she send this address again
Could it be that Shaocheng overlooked some clues
The night owl's sword brows furrowed even tighter, it seemed that he still needed to send someone here again for a thorough search of the surrounding area.
He picked up his phone and made a call, arranging for someone to inspect the site again and send him photos and videos.
After dealing with that, Night Owl clicked his mouse, closed his email, and started working.
After an unknown amount of time, the sun outside slowly slanted towards the west window, radiating a warm orange hue. Even the clouds at the horizon seemed to be tinged red along with it.
A gentle rapping sound came at that moment, "Tap tap tap."
"Done." Ye Xiao stopped his nimble fingers flying across the keyboard and clicked save with the mouse.
The door to the study creaked open, and Lin Jinran walked in wearing a cute kawaii apron. She held a light blue ocean-patterned cake and a cup of coffee in her hands.
She placed the cake and coffee on the corner of her desk. Lin Jinran blinked at the man in front of her with expectant eyes, a slight smile playing on her lips. “I just made this, try it and tell me what you think.”
"Okay."
The night owl picked up the fork from the plate, gently twirled a corner of the cake, and put it in his mouth to chew.
He wasn't really fond of pastries or anything sweet, always finding them too sugary. But this was made by Lin Jinran himself, and the taste of the cake seemed a little different somehow.
A faint sweetness mingled with the aroma of cake batter and eggs filled my mouth instantly. It wasn't too sweet, not greasy, not oily, it was just right.
Even someone who doesn't love cake can finish a second slice.
"Very good." Night Owl gave his highest praise.
Lin Jin was unusually excited, and asked uncertainly, "Is it sweet"rth it!" Ye Xiao's heart was like a knife twisting in pain, self-blame filling his inner world. It was he who hadn't protected her well, allowing her to be wronged.He gently wiped away the tears on he...