Hearing Ann’s call, Ye Rongyuan snapped back to reality and hurriedly ran over.

This stretch of road took him a few minutes to run, but how had Ann gotten there in the blink of an eye?

When Ye Rongyuan reached Ann, he was slightly out of breath, looking at her with a puzzled expression.

Qin Sui’an was also looking back at her uncle, who had fallen behind her by quite a bit. They both felt that the other was either running too fast or too slow. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Qin Sui’an was the first to voice her confusion, her little face showing a bewildered expression. "Did Ann run very fast?"

The little one had no idea.

Ye Rongyuan wondered if there was something wrong with his eyesight. "I don’t know either..."

He felt the likelihood of his eyes playing tricks on him was greater than Ann suddenly being able to run fast. With no third person around to provide a real answer, Ye Rongyuan decided not to dwell on this unanswered question.

Listening to her uncle’s thoughts, Qin Sui’an felt muddled, raising her little hand and scratching her head.

Was she always be able to run this fast?

If adults couldn’t figure it out, a three-and-a-half-year-old little one certainly wouldn’t either.

Ye Rongyuan looked at the mooing dairy farm in front of him and thought it was rather extravagant for the Qin family to have a dairy farm at home.

Who would set up a dairy farm in their house?

But since the Qin family had done it, it must be for Ann. This made Ye Rongyuan think it was less strange.

Qin Sui’an’s attention shifted to the dairy farm as she nodded her little head, cheerfully saying, "Second brother said, if there are cows, there will be milk, so Ann can drink milk every day!"

When Ann first returned to the Qin family, she weighed less than twenty pounds and was all skin and bones. She hadn’t even had milk in the orphanage. Qin Yanyi, as her second brother, was heartbroken and angrily bought a hundred cows for her.

Ye Rongyuan, unaware of these past events, could still sense Qin Yanyi’s love for Ann. He reached out and gently patted her little head. "Then Ann must drink milk well to stay healthy."

"Uh-huh! Ann drinks milk every day!" Qin Sui’an’s bright round eyes sparkled with determination regarding her milk consumption.

Ye Rongyuan’s gaze shifted to a sign by the dairy farm fence, which stated the daily routine of the cows and how many cows were there in total.

Suddenly, Ye Rongyuan exclaimed softly, "Ann, it says here that there are ninety-nine cows."

"Ninety-nine?" Qin Sui’an couldn’t read many words but was good at counting. She immediately raised her little index finger. "One cow is missing!"

"Right, didn’t Qin Yanyi send you a hundred cows? Where did it go?"

It couldn’t be that due to improper care, one cow had gone missing.

Although that could happen, the Qin family hired professionals to look after the cows, so they wouldn’t be careless.

After her uncle’s comment, Qin Sui’an suddenly remembered, "Ann knows! It was given to Brother Qinghan!"

"Qinghan?" Who was that again?

The name sounded somewhat familiar.

Ye Rongyuan searched his mind for this person while listening to Ann explain:

"Daddy said that Brother Qinghan’s mommy helped him a lot, so he gave them a cow." Qin Sui’an recalled it clearly.

"Ah, I see." Ye Rongyuan understood but wasn’t completely clear.

A cow might cost about ten thousand or so; if her brother really wanted to thank someone, he should give a bigger gift, not just a cow.

Moreover—

Ye Rongyuan glanced at the cows in the dairy farm; they were all well taken care of.

Ordinary families wouldn’t have the means to raise a cow at home.

Curious and unable to recall who Qinghan was, Ye Rongyuan asked Ann directly, "Ann, who is Brother Qinghan?"

Qin Sui’an replied, "He’s Sister Yiyin’s cousin."

"Cousin? Then he’s also from the Shi family, Shi Qinghan..."

With the surname added, Ye Rongyuan’s memory stirred. "Shi Corporation’s president, Shi Anye’s son, he’s only six years old."

So, he was just a little kid too.

Ye Corporation and Shi Corporation currently didn’t have any business dealings, and Ye Rongyuan didn’t know much about the Shi family. He vaguely remembered Shi Anye as a capable man; otherwise, the Shi family wouldn’t have developed so well.

It wasn’t daytime, and the cows in the dairy farm were quite robust. Ye Rongyuan didn’t mind, but with little Ann along, he didn’t want to take any risks. After a quick look around the fence, he decided to return to the castle with Ann.

The distance wasn’t short, so Ye Rongyuan picked Ann up, letting her rest comfortably in his arms as he strolled back, enjoying the rare moment of tranquility.

If only he could hold Ann like this forever; she was so soft and fragrant, truly comforting.

Qin Sui’an nestled in her uncle’s arms, hearing his laughter, looked up curiously. However, she only saw his smiling lips and didn’t catch him laughing out loud.

So her uncle was secretly laughing in his heart.

Qin Sui’an thought of big uncle; he would also smile secretly when holding her.

As if sharing a thought, Ye Rongyuan suddenly remembered his older brother, Ye Xiaoyuan.

"By the way, Ann, have you seen my big brother?" Ye Rongyuan recalled that Ann had mentioned his older brother in the afternoon.

Previously, Ann never brought up her uncle unless they talked about him first. Only then would she ask a few curious questions.

But this afternoon, it was Ann who brought it up on her own.

Qin Sui’an’s heart raced, not good at lying but unable to reveal that she had met big uncle. She felt incredibly guilty.

"Um..." Qin Sui’an buried her little face in her uncle’s chest, pondering for a long time but not managing to form a complete sentence.

Ye Rongyuan couldn’t help but laugh. "So you have met him."

His brother really was biased, coming back without telling them, and instead looking for Ann first.

"Big uncle didn’t look for Ann," Qin Sui’an quickly shook her little head.

Their meeting was purely coincidental.

If Ye Xiaoyuan hadn’t happened to be looking for Qin Fujia, and if Qin Sui’an hadn’t been hurrying to find her big brother due to the smell, they might not have met at all.

Ye Rongyuan was curious and noticed Ann’s conflicted expression as if she didn’t want to elaborate, but he held back his questions.

He could always ask someone else; there was no need to trouble Ann.

Besides, he really didn’t want to make it difficult for her.