Song Yansheng judged that the relationship between this woman and Xue Mobei was definitely not as simple as she claimed.

However, it didn’t seem overly complicated either, as it was quite obvious the woman was unrequitedly in love with Xue Mobei.

Xue Mobei was Ji Xiangling’s biological father, but from Song Yansheng’s understanding, Ji Xiangling had never met her birth father.

This means Xue Mobei has been missing for twenty-six years. He wasn’t sure if he had ever met Xue Mobei when he was a child. Even if he had, he would have been only three years old, so he had no impression of Xue Mobei.

But he had heard the name before, albeit not frequently.

"Do you know that Xue Mobei has a wife and daughter?" Song Yansheng asked coolly, squinting his eyes.

The woman visibly froze, but quickly returned to her usual demeanor and said, "At his age, having a wife and daughter is normal, nothing strange about it!"

"Indeed. But do you also know his wife and daughter are currently in T City? You might have even heard of them or seen them. By the way, his daughter is only seven years younger than you!"

The woman furrowed her brows, her crimson lips moved, but she said nothing.

Song Yansheng felt that continuing the conversation was pointless. This woman was tight-lipped and deeply devoted to Xue Mobei.

It was impossible to extract any more information about Xue Mobei from her at the moment.

But it didn’t matter. He had already found out the address of her bar and informed her of Xue Mobei’s wife and daughter’s whereabouts.

With his experience, it was impossible for her not to care. Once she cared, she would investigate, and since Xue Mobei had appeared with her once before, there was a possibility he might appear again.

He just had to keep an eye on her discreetly.

...

When Song Yansheng came out, he saw Gu Zheng standing under a tree in the courtyard.

Mingmei, that girl, had somehow offended this deity again; she was standing in a standard military posture at the moment.

Her red lips were pouting, and her eyes were full of defiance, but her military posture was very standard.

Song Yansheng walked over and asked, "What’s going on here? What is Mingmei doing?"

Upon hearing Song Yansheng’s voice, Ye Mingmei seemed to have found a savior and immediately ran to him, grabbing his sleeve.

She began to complain, "Brother Yu, please save me! I just climbed a tree to see the view, and Boss Gu made me stand as a punishment... He’s simply a fascist, a big devil, Brother Yu, you have to talk to him for me!"

Song Yansheng raised an eyebrow, climbed a tree?

Although Ye Mingmei was wearing a dress, she had pants underneath, right? What’s wrong with climbing a tree?

This kid Gu Zheng was getting more troublesome!

He said, "A Zheng, you’re being a bit excessive!"

Gu Zheng: "..."

Too lazy to say much to Song Yansheng, he turned to Ye Mingmei and said, "I’ll let you off today, but next time, don’t climb a tree without my permission!"

Ye Mingmei was still defiant, "Why? I used to climb whenever I wanted. Why is it not allowed now?"

Gu Zheng said sternly, "No why. I said you can’t, so you can’t!"

Ye Mingmei pouted again in anger, casting a plaintive glance at Song Yansheng.

Song Yansheng said, "A Zheng, Mingmei has a point. She used to climb freely, so why can’t she now?"

Gu Zheng: "..."

In the end, Gu Zheng was defeated, because he couldn’t actually answer that question.

He temporarily stopped punishing Ye Mingmei and told her to go play elsewhere, as he needed to talk to Song Yansheng.

After Ye Mingmei left, Gu Zheng looked at Song Yansheng and asked, "Any leads?"

Song Yansheng shook his head, "She has a very tight mouth, but it’s just a matter of time before she talks!"

Gu Zheng said "Hmm," and asked, "So what do we do now? Should we release the woman?"

"Otherwise? You plan to kidnap her?"

Gu Zheng coughed awkwardly, "I have no interest in kidnapping anyone!"

"If you didn’t kidnap her, how did the woman end up here?"

Gu Zheng: "..."

"Alright, send this woman back first. She wouldn’t dare report to the police, and even if she did, it wouldn’t help. Leave the rest to me... I’m headed back, take Mingmei back early too!"

After finishing, Song Yansheng was about to leave, but paused after a couple of steps, turned back, and said, "By the way, regarding Mingmei, don’t be too strict with her. You’ve raised her, you know her temperament, and some things can’t be fixed by forbidding or punishing them. You need to teach her gradually; she’s smart and often willing to listen to you. Educating her shouldn’t be too difficult..."