After Descending the Mountain, Seven Big Brothers Spoil Me

They set off at 8 o'clock and encountered red lights all the way. Every time they reached a traffic light, they had to stop, extending what should have been a half-hour drive to nearly an hour.

Zhouzhou propped her chin and curiously looked at him.

In theory, Dad had a rich and prosperous fate and should be a person with good luck, not someone plagued by bad luck.

It's really strange.

Qin Lie lowered his head and looked at the documents. Sensing her gaze, he glanced at her indifferently and said coldly, "Don't wander around later. If you lose your way, no one will look for you."

His words sounded heartless, and even the assistant in front couldn't help but sympathetically glance at Zhouzhou.

However, Zhouzhou curled her lips and happily said, "I know, Dad. Dad doesn't need to worry about me. I'm very well-behaved!"

Hearing her calling him "Dad," Qin Lie pursed his lips, averted his gaze, his face cold and indifferent. He couldn't be bothered to correct her address and simply opened the car door and walked away.

Zhouzhou quickly followed with her short legs, observing the surroundings with curiosity but not running around. She always stayed close to Qin Lie.

After bringing her to a room across from the meeting room, Qin Lie said, "Stay here."

Zhouzhou obediently nodded and looked around. Seeing that there was nothing in the vicinity, she thought for a moment and took out a stack of things from her bag.

Qin Lie casually glanced at it and his gaze suddenly stopped when he saw the talisman paper and cinnabar she took out. His eyelids twitched.

What was she planning to do?

Zhouzhou looked up and saw him staring at her. Thinking that he didn't trust her, she weakly waved her hand and urged, "Dad, you can go and do your work. Don't worry about me. I'll do my daily exercises for a while."

Drawing talismans and refining medicine were basic skills that couldn't be neglected.

Daily exercises?

Qin Lie frowned as he looked at the feudal remnants in front of her. His brows furrowed even tighter as he looked at Zhouzhou. He never expected her to be a little charlatan.

Seeing her smiling with her innocent face raised toward him, her eyes clear and full of obedience, he didn't say anything, averted his gaze, and walked briskly toward the conference room across the hall.

Watching him leave, Zhouzhou lowered her head and busied herself.

She held a cinnabar brush and drew on the talisman paper. In less than a minute, she finished one, completing it in one go.

She picked it up and looked at it, nodding in satisfaction. When the cinnabar dried, she folded it into a triangle and put it aside, then picked up the next one to continue drawing.

She stopped after finishing twenty of them, flexed her wrist, turned her head to look at the door, and listened to the faint and steady voice coming from the opposite side. Unable to help herself, she supported her face with her hand, a smile on her face.

Dad's voice sounds so nice!

Suddenly, her gaze froze, and the smile on her face slowly disappeared. Her little legs, dangling in the air, also stopped moving.

Zhouzhou stared intently at the spiritual energy drifting out from the opposite side, her nose twitching, her eyebrows slightly furrowed.

Something was wrong. This was Dad's spiritual energy!

She jumped down from the chair swiftly, opened the door, and looked carefully. Sure enough, the spiritual energy was still slowly dissipating, extremely faint and almost imperceptible.

But bit by bit, if it continued like this, Dad's spiritual energy would eventually disappear completely. By then, he would be in big trouble.

She suddenly realized why he, with such a prosperous appearance, kept experiencing a string of bad luck.

Someone was stealing his luck!

With this thought in mind, her eyes turned cold. She turned her head and chased after the drifting spiritual energy.

She wanted to see who was up to mischief.

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"Where is she?" Qin Lie frowned as he looked at the empty room. His expression turned even darker. The assistant was also taken aback and quickly went to ask around and checked the surveillance. He was startled by the findings.

"CEO Qin, Miss has run away," the assistant reported.

Upon hearing this, Qin Lie's brows furrowed even tighter. "Go find her," he commanded.

At this moment, Zhouzhou followed the spiritual energy and arrived in front of a courtyard. She saw that the faint spiritual energy disappeared completely after entering this place. It seemed like this was the final destination.

She looked at the courtyard with a stern face and was about to push the door open when suddenly her collar was grabbed from behind. Her body was lifted up, suspended in the air.

"Who's there!" She was startled and quickly turned her head. When she saw the person, she froze for a moment, but in the next moment, the coldness on her face completely disappeared. She softened and wrapped her arms around his neck, her short legs tightly clinging to him. She joyfully exclaimed, "Dad!"

Qin Lie looked at her and didn't miss the expression on her face just now. He raised his eyebrow slightly. It seemed that the little girl wasn't as soft and harmless as she appeared to be.

But now was not the time to discuss this. He asked, "What are you doing here?"

Speaking of this, Zhouzhou also remembered the main issue. She pointed inside and said, "Dad, there's a bad person here!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the door inside was pushed open, and a person walked out. When he saw them, he was also taken aback but quickly walked over, smiling. "A'lie, why are you here?"

Qin Lie glanced at him and then swept his gaze over Zhouzhou, who had a guarded expression. He calmly averted his gaze and said, "Passing by."

"In that case, come in and have a seat," Qin Rui warmly invited, his simple face filled with joy. "I was planning to visit you in a couple of days. Is our elder brother doing well?"

He was a distant relative of the Qin family, and when he came to Jing City a few years ago, Qin Lie arranged a position for him in a subsidiary company. Although he lived in Hu City, he always remembered to send gifts on holidays. Everyone praised him for being honest and grateful.

"He's doing well," Qin Lie casually replied. Seeing the hostility on Zhouzhou's face not diminishing, he raised his hand and covered her face. "Thanks for the trouble, Uncle."

"No need to be polite." Qin Rui was very happy to see him. He followed Qin Lie's gaze and landed on Zhouzhou, feeling curious. "And who is this..."

"Zhouzhou," he casually replied without explaining her identity. Seeing this, Qin Rui glanced at Zhouzhou thoughtfully but quickly shifted his attention. "Please come in. Would you like something to eat? I'll have my wife make something for you."

"No need. I'll leave in a while. I have some business to attend to," Qin Lie declined.

"I see, I see." Qin Rui also sat down, his fingers unconsciously intertwined, unsure of why Qin Lie came here today.

"Dad, can I go play upstairs?" Zhouzhou suddenly spoke up, pointing in the direction of the upper floor.

Qin Lie nodded and put her down. As soon as her feet touched the ground, Zhouzhou immediately ran towards a room upstairs. Qin Rui's eyelid twitched, and his hand trembled, spilling water on the back of his hand.

Qin Lie observed the scene calmly, sipping his tea. His gaze swept from the hand that tightly grasped his clothes, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

In just a second, Qin Rui's expression settled down. Seeing Zhouzhou turn her head and run towards the children's room, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Perhaps he had overthought things. They couldn't possibly have discovered anything.

Recalling Zhouzhou's address to him earlier, he became puzzled. "This little girl called you 'Dad'?"

When did he have a daughter?

"Just a child's random calling," Qin Lie dismissed casually.

Qin Rui nodded and changed the topic, diverting his attention. However, a part of his gaze remained on the upper floor. Seeing that Zhouzhou hadn't come out of the children's room, the weight in his heart finally lifted.

Upstairs, Zhouzhou walked to the wall adjacent to the neighboring room and took out a talisman. In the next moment, she stepped forward, passing through the wall!

Zhouzhou carefully examined the room. Compared to the brightly lit previous room, this one had tightly closed curtains, blocking any trace of light. It was dimly lit.

There was also a strong smell of incense in the room, but it didn't have the clean scent she was familiar with from temples and Taoist temples. The incense here had a nauseating stench.

She frowned, and her gaze fell on a shrine box nearby. Her brows furrowed even tighter.

Just then, footsteps suddenly approached the door.

"A'lie, please wait here. I'll go get something," the person said. As he pressed the doorknob, the door of the room was pushed open...