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Ye Jingan was stunned. When did Brother Liu become the director of an orphanage? He even had so many orphanages under his name! How many identities did this great master have?
"You misunderstood me. My young master is not adopted, but the lady's biological grandson. You must have made a mistake. Please go back." The butler said politely.
"How could I be wrong? Your mistress's name is Wu Guifen, right?" Ye Jingan showed him the adoption information he had taken with his mobile phone.
The housekeeper seemed genuinely unaware. Seeing that the information on the file showed that it was indeed his master, he hesitated for a moment and said to the others, "Please sit inside for a while. Madam Zhang is not home. Please wait a moment while I call and ask."
After a while, the housekeeper said to them with an apologetic look, "Director Liu, I'm very sorry. Madam Zhang said that the young master is still unconscious in the intensive care unit and cannot be disturbed. Thank you for your concern. I will notify you as soon as the young master recovers."
"Where is Mrs. Zhang now? Can you give me her address? I have some questions to ask her." Liu Muzhe said.
"I'm very sorry. Madam is in a bad mood because of the young master's accident. She doesn't want to be disturbed. I hope the dean understands. Please go back." said the housekeeper.
"Okay, sorry to bother you." Liu Muzhe didn't stay any longer and told Ye Jing'an and Qiu Zimu that there was no evil spirit in the house and no one was there.
"Brother Liu wants Zhang Guifen's home address, right? Her husband works in the catering industry, my sister must know him. I'll ask her to help find it." Ye Jing'an packed the information and sent it to Ye Jingning.
"Okay, as soon as possible." Liu Muzhe said.
On the way back, Ye Jingan asked curiously, "Are you the director of the orphanage?"
Liu Muzhe nodded in response.
"More than ten orphanages! Why do you serve as the director of so many?" Ye Jing'an wanted to see his ID.
Liu Muze had more than ten IDs saved on his phone, all with the name Liu Chen on them. Ye Jing'an remembered that his ancestor was called Ye Chenyi, and he sighed in his heart that Brother Liu even mentioned his ancestor's name when doing good deeds.
"I had too much money and nowhere to spend it, so I bought up all the private orphanages." Liu Muzhe thought for a moment, "There seem to be more than ten, and I put other people's names on the others. If I do this too often, it will easily be reported by the media, and I don't want to do that."
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"Brother Liu! Look at me! My dad kicked me out, and now I'm an orphan too!" Qiu Zimu said with a smile, "And these Gu worms of mine are also unique little orphans! Brother Liu, would you consider sponsoring us? I've even thought of a name, it's the Qiu Gu Orphanage, and Brother Liu will be the director."
"Sure." Liu Muzhe laughed out loud.
"Qiu, can you be more promising? Stop embarrassing yourself here!" Ye Jing'an pushed Qiu Zimu aside and questioned Liu Muzhe, "Aren't you Liu Ziyuan, an antique dealer? Why did you change your name and identity?"
"Some of the names are not very normal. I use the money from buying antiques to support orphans, and these two identities do not conflict." Liu Muzhe said.
"How many identities do you have?" Ye Jing'an asked curiously.
Liu Muze thought for a while and told him that it seemed that there was no one. He didn't want to discuss the topic of identity with Ye Jingan, so he asked them to go back and rest first. He would stay in the orphanage for one night to see if he could meet Wu Yao again.
"I want to go too." Ye Jingan said.
"Me too..." Qiu Zimu suddenly realized that if he went, he would shine and would be in the way of Ye Jingan. But he couldn't drive, so it would be inconvenient to go back and forth. He blinked at Ye Jingan and asked weakly, "So should I go or not?"
"If you want to go, just go." Ye Jing'an said indifferently.
"Are there any extra rooms in the orphanage? I really want to go over and play with the children." Qiu Zimu asked.
"There should be. I'll ask Mother Liu. Let's go together." Liu Muzhe said.
Back at the orphanage, seeing half of the toys neatly laid out on the table, untouched, Ye Jingan and Qiu Zimu distributed them all. They bought the toys based on the number of people and genders on the list Liu Muze provided, so each person got exactly two toys.
Ye Jingan, Qiu Zimu and Liu Muze spent the whole afternoon playing with the children. They took the children to do handicrafts.
By dinnertime, Qiu Zimu, still craving crafts, volunteered to make a fun dish for the children. He named it "Turtle Crossing the River," a dish his mother invented to cheer him up when he was a child. It's simple to make: pluck the stems of shiitake mushrooms and shape them into a turtle's head and legs. Stuff the caps with seasoned minced pork and steam until cooked.
He worked in the kitchen for over an hour, bringing out several plates of lifelike little turtles made with mushrooms and meat. Qiu Zimu gave one to each child. They looked at it from left to right, reluctant to eat it.
"Try it quickly, it's delicious. If you like it, I'll make it for you next time." Qiu Zimu said with a smile.
"Thank you, Brother Zimu!" The children took a small bite and grinned at Qiu Zimu, "It's delicious, brother is great."
The group of children did not pick up other dishes, but ate the mushroom turtle bit by bit, reluctant to finish it all at once.
"You're quite capable, you're really good at coaxing children. By the way, why didn't the corpse baby target you back then?" Ye Jing'an smirked and put the jade buckle in his pocket around Qiu Zimu's neck. "Brother, I see you're easily attracted to ghosts, so I'll lend you this jade buckle. This is mutton-fat white jade that my father spent a lot of money to buy, and it's been blessed! What do you think, brother, am I a loyal person?"
"Don't think I don't know what's inside. I don't want it even if you tell me the flower. Just wear it yourself and don't tease me!" Qiu Zimu returned the jade button to Ye Jing'an.
"It can't come out easily, so just don't shout. This is a really good thing. It's easy to fall out if I put it in my pocket, so you can help me wear it. I have other necklaces, and it's not convenient to carry two. They will break." Ye Jing'an said.
"When did you change your necklace? Let me see what treasure you changed it to. You don't even want the white jade anymore." Qiu Zimu reached out and grabbed Ye Jingan's necklace.
"Don't interfere!" Ye Jing'an took it out and showed it to him, then immediately put it back.
"Tsk, what can you hide with a chalcedony? You act like I want to rob you. I have a lot of them at home!" Qiu Zimu sneered.
Liu Muzhe glanced at Ye Jing'an's action of collecting the chalcedony, smiled without saying a word, and continued eating.
"You know shit!" Ye Jing'an pointed at Liu Muzhe quietly and raised his chin to Qiu Zimu ostentatiously.
"You're such a jerk! You still have the nerve to criticize me? Go pee yourself and see how worthless you are!" Qiu Zimu rolled his eyes and took the jade button, saying, "Oh, I'm unreliable. Let's just rely on each other from now on."
"Eat your meal!" Ye Jing'an kicked him and signaled him to stop talking with his eyes.
After taking a short break after dinner, Qiu Zimu started fiddling with his insect-catching tools again, saying that he wanted to catch a few large beetles for the children to keep as playthings.
Sometimes Ye Jing'an really admired Qiu Zimu. He always carried his insect catching equipment with him. It was just a medium-sized plastic box, and he could take out a bunch of things from it, just like a treasure chest. He could take out whatever he wanted from it, and then just put some pieces together and he could catch insects anytime and anywhere.
Qiu Zimu took down the light-luring equipment from the car and set it up in the yard. Although the wattage of the mercury lamp he placed in the trunk of the car was not large to save space, it still attracted a lot of insects. Soon, many of them had landed on the white cloth.
Qiu Zimu caught a few scarab beetles and tied them up with ropes for them to play with. He also locked a large-toothed stag beetle in a box for them to watch. After this, Qiu Zimu became a huge hit among the children. They all said he had magic and could summon insects. He was now even more popular than Liu Muze.
Ye Jing'an was just a small, insignificant tool, squatting nearby to help catch insects. Amidst the clamor, a flute blared, its clear, soft notes calming the mind.
He followed the sound of the flute to the top floor, where Liu Muze was sitting on the balcony playing the flute. Ye Jingan walked over quietly, sat beside him and listened quietly.
After Liu Muze finished playing a piece of music, he tilted his head and asked, "Are you still not going to rest?"
"I'm not sleepy. Brother Liu can also play the flute. How come you can do everything?" Ye Jing'an asked.
"I was bored, so I learned a little bit of everything. The sound of this flute can calm the mind and help you sleep. I hope these children can sleep well tonight. You can go back to sleep too." Liu Muzhe said
"Where is Brother Liu?" Ye Jing'an asked.
"Wait one night and see if Wu Yao will come." Liu Muzhe sighed.
Ye Jing'an was a little confused as to why Brother Liu had to guard the place in person. He could obviously just summon the soul directly. There must be things used by Wu Yao left here. He might not come back if he kept guarding the place, so there was no need for that.
Liu Muzhe explained to him that it was still unclear what Wu Yao's specific situation was, and Wu Yao was still young. If he rashly summoned his soul, it might cause his soul to never return to his body, and it might also affect his mind.
Liu Muze was unwilling to take the risk. Moreover, if it was really a resurrection, then summoning the spirit would harm him instead.
"Okay, I'm not sleepy anyway, so I'll keep watch with you."
"No, I want to be alone for a while."
"Missing him again?"
"No."
Ye Jingan chuckled softly, looked at the stars in the sky, and said, "Brother Liu, maybe he is watching you from the sky."
"Childish." Liu Muzhe cursed when he was little.
"Brother Liu, if you could go back to the past and knew your feelings for him, what would you do?" Ye Jing'an asked.
Liu Muze was silent for a while, then smiled faintly and said, "I will still treat him as my brother. As long as he doesn't mention it, I won't say much. He gave me my life, so I dare not ask for too much."
"What if he is forced to get married by his family? Would you really be willing to watch him be with another woman?" Ye Jing'an asked again.
"As long as he is willing and lives happily, he can marry as many women as he wants. I don't care." Liu Muzhe said.
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