Thorn Between (EDT)

Qin Tao's cheek bulge refusing to yield.

Qin Yu's invisible vein popped up, "What did I say earlier before we went here?"

Qin Tao didn't answer. Still sulking.

"I'll count on three, if I can't hear any word from you then consider going straight home at this moment." Qin Yu's stern voice.

Qin Tao in a muffled tone spoke, "Qin Tao will obediently follow whatever daddy would say."

"Then did I approve a sleepover here?"

Qin Tao, "But daddy is unfair, you said you will let me come but you didn't say you'll come with me!"

Su Ci Yi peeked at the man. Thinking totally.

He got ample time on his hands, isn't he?

Su Ci Yi could understand the child insisting to come here but there's no need for Qin Yu to come. She already knew that there's shadow following these kid hiding not far away. On her new level of cultivation, her five senses are even keener that she could sense the exact position of the man.

This time around, his presence was missing. It's coherent because the man himself was here.

Qin Yu stood firmly without any form of slouching. His pointed finger rested on top of the table silently tapping the hard glass.

"Well, I can't let my son wander alone right? Qin Tao's head is worth a million dollar lump sum. It would be a risk for him going alone." Qin Yu told in a straight face.

Qin Tao protested in his mind, [Daddy is a liar! He wanted Master by himself!]

Qin Yu stared at the accusing look his son was giving him and came into a negotiation, "How about this…why don't you invite your Master out for a while instead of a sleepover?"

Upon hearing, Qin Tao's spirit felt being lifted into the sky. His attractive points to his daddy skyrocketed by almost 250%. His eyes jingle in merriment, rashly with his small little steps he went down the high bed and leaped into his own father's arm and give him a loooong smooch on the cheeks.

Su Ci Yi eyes wander between the two. Does that mean that they already made up?

Now Qin Yu, with the child in his arms took a curious look at Su Ci Yi.

Right she had just been asked a question. Su Ci Yi hesitated, it would be obvious that she's do not like to come. However, the pleading eyes of Qin Tao were striking her into the depths of her core!

Qin Yu saw that there was still no reply, and possibly the woman was thinking how to decline him, "Yi, it's not advisable to coup up on your own room every day." His words were straight to the point and oozed with a vibe 'you should come to hang out with us'.

Thorn between her inner conflicts and the hype positivism of Qin Tao's glittering eyes. If she would ever pursue her planned activity then will only felt betraying the kid.

Seeing her still reluctantly sighing, Qin Yu pushed his last trump card. "The owner of those oil-based perfume had been identified." No doubt, with Qin Yu's intelligence network finding flies are not even considered a sweat to him. Also, the manufacturing company of that scented accessories was one of their contracted subsidiaries. Snuffing the data's confidential buyers and gaining full information takes only a few hours. A piece of cake on Qin Yu's connection, but of course he won't let it slip on his tongue.

An oil scented perfume was one of their evidence to sniff those tomb diggers recently. Since Qin Yu's high abridge nose was like a hellhound that could detect the scent's unique content. He could distinguish it base on its formulas and attributes.

Su Ci Yi had been deadpan on hunting that person.

Qin Yu saw that this was his last resort.

Su Ci Yi, "Are you negotiating on this? Very well I accept it." she said without contemplating, thinking and verifying his conjecture about the lists of the possible culprit was true. She knew the credibility behind Qin Yu's word. This man was akin to a 100-year-old diamond. Rare and one of a kind.

Qin Yu, "Can you give your contact info, I'll send the files with you including the findings of top listed people as their profile."

Su Ci Yi didn't see anything wrong with giving it to him, so she handed over her phone to the man. Qin Yu got her contact and secretly added her to his favorite.

The last time this woman texted Qin Tao, the saved number on his phone magically disappear out of his own contact information. Qin Yu thought that he must have accidentally deleted it.

Qin Yu tried to call the number he had just save and surely it rings on her phone. Su Ci Yi saw the call and look strange, "You seem to have a lot of numbers lately, is it the one you're using frequently?"

Qin Yu's mind processed, thought and analyze what she had just said. In the end, he came on a whole new level of realization. Now he knew the reason why his number got instantly erased!

The culprit was lurking with comfort on his arms.

Now the puzzle that he had been brainstorming recently had resolved. He's not surprised anymore if he wasn't able to receive international calls from relatives and friends. Turns out, Qin Tao pulled his sim and change into something new!

Qin Yu just calmly nodded towards Su Ci Yi, eyes flashing on the child.

Qin Tao kept silent for a while since the topic was about adult stuff. Qin Tao doesn't have anything to do with it. He came down and step away from his father. Going into the sofa while playing a puzzle on his phone.

Qin Yu dialed his old phone number through the current one he's using. Sure enough, Qin Tao's phone vibrated in a sweet lullaby.

Qin Tao saw the unknown number and decided to ignore it.

Qin Yu snickered, "Ah Tao your phone's ringing?"

Qin Tao's apathetic attitude surfaced, "Daddy said not to talk to strangers. So I'm not talking to it."

Qin Yu break into small laughs, "Oh, that's stranger is your daddy, child."

*Flop

Qin Tao's grip on the phone loosen and it fell.

'Did his daddy found out he secretly took the sim, where his Master's number had been saved?'