Qin Zheng said that since Gu Jin had said so, then Gu Jin would take care of it. Gu Jin said that there was no problem; a few houses were nothing to him.

The next day, Gu Jin took Ye Yun to look at houses near the middle school.

Ye Yun felt the place was alright, so she had Gu Jin contact the relative he mentioned.

Gu Jin's relative works at a nearby furniture factory and came during his lunch break. Qin Zheng was also taking a lunch break, so the two of them decided to invite Gu Jin to lunch together.

"Qin Zheng, this is my cousin."

Once at the state-run restaurant, Gu Jin sat down with the other person, patted each other on the shoulder like good buddies, and introduced them to Qin Zheng and Ye Yun with a smile.

Qin Zheng nodded politely.

Ye Yun smiled and said, "Hello, Ye Yun."

"I know, I know. Ah Jin has already explained it to me. You want to rent my old house, right?"

The man was in his thirties, his work clothes smelled of wood, his thick short hair was mixed with some wood shavings, and when he smiled, you couldn't tell that he was actually a partner in the furniture factory.

Ye Yun nodded.

Upon hearing this, the other party said frankly, "Oh dear, that house was where I lived before I started my business, but in the past two years I've partnered with someone to run a furniture factory, and I spend almost every day and night there. My family also moved into the factory's housing with me, so we rarely go back. You're Ah Jin's friend, and Ah Jin specifically told me that you two have a good relationship. If you're going to rent it, you only need to pay half the rent to the other party!"

Ye Yun was overjoyed. "Gu Jin showed me the house. Can we sign the contract right away?"

"Can."

"You've already decided on the truth so quickly? Cousin, you're so generous!" Gu Jin gently nudged the man's slightly chubby shoulder and laughed, "I'll definitely get my dad to give you a big bonus after the New Year!"

Cousin Gu chuckled, "With a friend you brought yourself, things will naturally go smoothly!"

Gu Jin said "righteous" again.

He was well-prepared; being a logistics worker, he was an expert at drafting contracts, so he made two copies.

In no time at all, the house rental contract was signed.

Ye Yun signed the contract. The other party stared at the two large characters "Ye Yun" on the contract, then suddenly scratched the back of his head in confusion, "Ye Yun... why does this name look so familiar?"

Gu Jin didn't seem to care much and laughed, "There are many people in this world with the same name, it's normal!"

"Same name, same surname, and the same courtesy name, is that normal? I feel like I've seen it somewhere before..." Gu Jin's cousin was still scratching the back of his head in confusion. He glanced at Ye Yun again, then suddenly slapped his forehead as if he remembered something and said, "I remember now, my girl's teacher at school has the same name. Same surname, same courtesy name, what a coincidence!"

Ye Yun smiled and said, "Really? What a coincidence."

Gu Jin's cousin also found it intriguing and clicked his tongue: "You know what, at first glance, you two do look a bit alike. But looking closely, you're much more pleasing to the eye than that teacher. That teacher is so fierce; my daughter says she's afraid to even look at her! She also has such an arrogant air about her; she doesn't seem like the kind of person who should be teaching and nurturing students!"

Ye Yun remained noncommittal.

Just then, the food arrived.

Seeing that things were settled, Gu Jin quickly handed over a copy of the contract and said, "Let's eat, let's not talk about those unhappy things while we're eating. We can talk about it after we've eaten! By the way, cousin, are you going back to the furniture factory this afternoon? If not, I'll take you out to play."

Gu Jin's cousin shook his head repeatedly, "No, no, we still need to earn money!"

Ye Yun and the others couldn't help but chuckle. Under Gu Jin's arrangement, they toasted each other with tea instead of wine, thus ending the rental agreement in a pleasant manner.

After a satisfying meal, the two groups parted ways at the restaurant entrance.

Just then, Mu Jingsheng brought his men to the state-run restaurant for a meal. As Ye Yun and Qin Zheng were leaving, he came out of the restaurant and saw Qin Zheng riding away on a bicycle with Ye Yun on the back. In an instant, his eyes lit up with shock.

"Girl! Girl!"

He chased after Qin Zheng and Ye Yun almost without regard for his image, stumbling and breaking through the crowd in front of him, his eyes fixed only on Ye Yun's figure.

When he saw Ye Yun again, he was almost certain that she was his daughter!

But the distance was too great, and his shouts were drowned out by the lively hawking around him. He ran until he was out of breath, leaning over and gasping for air. He could only watch helplessly as Ye Yun was carried around the corner and disappeared from his sight.

"Mr. Mu, what's wrong with you?"

His partners and subordinates rushed forward and, seeing his disarray, hurriedly helped him up.

Mu Jingsheng pointed in the direction where Ye Yun disappeared, his fingers trembling so much he couldn't utter a word.

"That woman..."

He wanted to catch up with the woman, but when he looked up, he realized he had already lost track of Ye Yun. He immediately threw his hand away in anger, and endless regret overwhelmed him.

He glanced again in the direction Ye Yun had left, feeling utterly speechless.

The partners and subordinates looked at each other in bewilderment, wondering what was wrong with their boss and why he suddenly seemed to have lost his mind.

Gu Jin's cousin also glanced at Mu Jingsheng curiously, then pushed his bicycle away.

As he slowly rode his old-fashioned bicycle past Mu Jingsheng, Mu Jingsheng, panting heavily, saw him and suddenly grabbed his cousin Gu Jin's bicycle.

Gu Jin's cousin was startled and stammered, "What do you want to do!"

Mu Jingsheng regained some of his strength, pointed in the direction Ye Yun had left, and said urgently, "I saw you just greeting that couple. That woman is someone very important to me. Can you tell me who she is?"

"You're kidding me."

Gu Jin's cousin looked wary and said, "You don't even know someone's name, yet you call yourself important? Do you think I'll believe you?"

That's why I asked you!

Mu Jingsheng considered himself a gentleman with good manners, but when it came to finding his daughter, he ultimately lost his composure and roared out in a completely unseemly manner.

Cousin Gu Jin was grabbed by the shoulder and stunned by the man in front of him with bloodshot eyes.

He opened his mouth in astonishment, glanced in the direction Ye Yun had left, and said, "I don't know her exact identity either. Her name is Ye Yun, and she even rented my house to do business. Look, the contract is still here with me..."

Mu Jingsheng grabbed the contract and stared at the two words on it with almost frenzied intensity.

Ye Yun, Ye Yun...

His surname is Ye. It turns out his surname is Ye.

This is his daughter, his and Ye Xia's biological daughter!

Mu Jingsheng's old eyes reddened as he grabbed Gu Jin's cousin's hand and asked urgently, "You said she rented your house to do business? Then, where is it?"

"..."