I Became the Eye Candy: Four Bigshots Claimed to be My Dad?-Chapter 57: He Even Took Me to Watch a Beauty Bathe

"Madam."

"You may leave," the red-clad woman said languidly.

The woman didn’t dare say another word. She bowed and withdrew.

Ye Qianning turned and gave Zhan Chi a look. Zhan Chi, still carrying the little girl, quietly disappeared from the rooftop.

’I didn’t expect things to be this complicated,’ Zhan Chi thought. ’This woman in red is actually connected to the death of the young Princely Heir all those years ago. Who is she?’

The appearance of the woman in red confirmed Ye Qianning’s suspicions. ’The last two children didn’t die of some incurable disease. How vicious. This method is even crueler than killing Prince Changyang and the Princess Consort directly.’

"You heard all that. You know what to do next, right?" Ye Qianning asked, looking up at him.

"I’m not in the habit of stealing other people’s credit."

"But I’m only six years old. No one would believe me even if I told them." Her original plan had been to investigate the matter thoroughly and send an anonymous letter to the Prince Mansion. But now that Zhan Chi had run into her, she might as well push it all onto him.

"Then why were you following them?"

"I just happened to run into them. Can you put me down first?" Ye Qianning had been dangling from his grip this whole time.

"We’ll talk after we get out of the Eight Treasures Building—" Zhan Chi’s words caught in his throat.

The color drained from Ye Qianning’s small face. Just as they were speaking, they rounded a corner, and a door to one of the rooms opened. Xiang Minghou, Gu Shuo, and several guards stepped out.

The groups came face to face. Everyone froze, staring at each other blankly.

"Dad, he brought me here," Ye Qianning said first, pointing a small finger at Zhan Chi, who was still holding her.

Xiang Minghou snapped to his senses. He reached out, snatched Ye Qianning into his arms, and glared furiously. "Zhan Chi, you dare abduct my daughter in the middle of the night and bring her to a place like the Eight Treasures Building? Do you have a death wish?"

"I..."

"Dad, it was him! He even made me watch a beautiful woman taking a bath," Ye Qianning tattled, seizing the opportunity.

"Zhan Chi!" Xiang Minghou’s voice was like thunder.

Zhan Chi stumbled backward in fright, but he wasn’t one to take things lying down. "Xiang Minghou, you can’t even look after your own daughter, letting her wander the streets in the dead of night! If it weren’t for me, this little fatty would’ve been snatched up by kidnappers by now!"

"Kidnappers? You’re the one who looks like a kidnapper!"

"Dad, calm down, calm down. What are you doing here so late at night?" Ye Qianning asked.

"Some last-minute business." As Xiang Minghou spoke, his vicious gaze remained locked on Zhan Chi. "If I ever catch you near my daughter again, I’ll skin you alive. Let’s go. We’re going home."

Ye Qianning nodded. ’Could it be that Dad has also discovered something strange about the Eight Treasures Building?’

Zhan Chi felt utterly exasperated. He had put up with Ye Qianning’s scorn all night, only to be immediately torn into by Xiang Minghou. ’What did I do to deserve this?’

Gu Shuo’s expression was complex.

"I just ran into that fatty by chance, you believe me, right?" he asked Gu Shuo.

Gu Shuo snorted. "What’s it to me?"

"Of course it’s your business—a big one, at that. The Eight Treasures Building belongs to the Gu family, doesn’t it?"

"Yes."

"Do you know who the woman in red living in the attic is?"

"The woman in red? I never thought Young Master Zhan would take an interest in women. How novel," Gu Shuo said mockingly.

"You—I try to help, and this is what I get. I can’t be bothered with you." Zhan Chi flicked his sleeves and stormed off. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Gu Shuo frowned, his gaze drifting up toward the attic.

「The next day」

Early in the morning, the Eight Treasures Building on West Pavilion Street was sealed by soldiers. Prince Changyang personally led his men to conduct a thorough search of the building, arresting many remnants of a past rebellion. The leader, it was said, was a woman.

Rumor had it this woman was once the most talented lady in the Capital City. Her family was later convicted of treason, and she supposedly died while being exiled to the border—