Beast Taming Mad Concubine: The Useless Young Lady is Back!

Chapter 436 The Mystery of Ye Qinghao's Disappearance

"Tell me more carefully."

Jiuxiao nodded: "Ever since I discovered that the butler could suddenly disappear and reappear, I've been keeping an eye on him. Yesterday, after you checked on him, it took about half an hour for him to come out of the house."

"After that, everything was as usual, except just now, about half an hour ago. The steward and Ye Zirui went to the main courtyard together. I had specifically left my spiritual sense there beforehand, so I followed them through the Cloud Dream Realm."

"Then I saw Ye Zirui and the steward enter the study in the main courtyard together. It wasn't completely dark yet, but it was already quite dim. They were probably looking at something. After the steward dismissed all the servants in the main courtyard, he turned on the lamp in the study."

"A moment later, I saw that the shadows cast on the window had changed from two to three."

“One of them was sitting in a chair, so I could only vaguely see the shadow of a head. But I’ve been in the Ye residence for so long, and I recognized him at a glance. That was Ye Qinghao.”

Ye Qing'an narrowed her eyes, paced back and forth for a while, and then turned to look at Jiu Xiao: "You mean, you saw the butler and Ye Zirui enter the study together, and then the number of people in the study increased from two to three, and the extra one was Ye Qinghao?"

"Correct."

"Appeared suddenly?"

"Yes, I didn't see anyone moving around in the study, but suddenly I noticed there was someone sitting in that chair."

Ye Qing'an then asked, "Did you see that when the steward and Ye Zirui entered the study in the main courtyard, a spirit beast followed them in?"

Jiuxiao thought carefully for a moment: "No, I didn't see it."

Ye Qing'an's gaze fell on Jiu Xiao: "Is it really that nothing is there, or that you didn't see it, or that you didn't notice it?"

Upon hearing Ye Qing'an's words, Jiu Xiao became somewhat annoyed, staring wide-eyed at Ye Qing'an: "You, you, you... what do you mean? What are you implying? Is it really nothing?"

"I may be a little stupid..." Jiu Xiao said, then couldn't help but raise his hand to rub his head: "Pah, pah, pah, I'm not stupid, you've almost brainwashed me."

Jiuxiao sighed: "You're already a Supreme Being now, after all. I told you, after you upgraded to a Supreme Being, my spiritual power level also increased significantly. My level wasn't low to begin with..."

"If a spirit beast followed the steward and Ye Zirui inside, how could I not have noticed?"

Ye Qing'an picked up the embroidered handkerchief in her hand and wiped her hands: "This is interesting. Since they didn't bring any spirit beasts in, how could they summon Ye Qinghao using a summoning spell?"

"Perhaps, that spirit beast was hiding in Ye Qinghao's study from the very beginning?"

Ye Qing'an shook her head: "Let me ask you, what you saw yesterday was the butler suddenly disappearing, right?"

"Yes."

"Then what we saw today was Ye Qinghao suddenly appearing." Ye Qing'an suddenly recalled some details that they had unintentionally overlooked before, and some bold guesses vaguely formed in his mind: "If it is just a spirit beast, it is either the steward's spirit beast or Ye Qinghao's spirit beast. But if it is one of their spirit beasts, how can it summon both the steward and Ye Qinghao with a summoning array?"

Jiuxiao blinked; he hadn't thought about that question.

Ye Qing'an pursed her lips, a hint of interest in her eyes: "And yesterday, we found the fox fur on the steward's bed."

"Yesterday we were just guessing, maybe it was the butler's room, and his spirit beast climbed up there to sleep."

“But the master and the spirit beast have always had completely different statuses. As the steward of the Ye family, the steward cares most about these etiquette rules. Do you think the steward would let a spirit beast climb onto his bed to sleep?”

Jiuxiao blinked, vaguely feeling something was off: "It is a bit strange, but what does that mean?"

"This proves that our previous guesses were all wrong." Ye Qing'an flicked his sleeve. "Now, I'm more inclined to believe one possibility..."

"Hmm?" Jiu Xiao stared intently at Ye Qing'an: "What guess?"

"The steward is Ye Qinghao's spirit beast."

"Wh...what?" Jiuxiao thought he had misheard, and it took him a while to react: "You mean, the steward is Ye Qinghao's spirit beast?"

“Yes.” Ye Qing’an curled the corners of his mouth: “If the steward is Ye Qinghao’s spirit beast, then everything makes sense. The fox fur on the steward’s bed is not left by his spirit beast sleeping on his bed, but because he himself is a fox, and it was left by him accidentally while he was sleeping.”

"The butler was able to disappear suddenly because Ye Qinghao used a summoning array on him over there. And Ye Qinghao was able to suddenly appear in the study in the mansion because the butler used a summoning array on him as well."

"And previously, when Ye Qinghao was fighting the Taotie, he fell into the Monster Forest." Ye Qing'an stroked the embroidery on the handkerchief in her hand: "I had been wondering before that Ye Qinghao might have used a substitute before going into battle."

"But if a substitute is used, when Ye Qinghao is fighting the Taotie, others will definitely be able to see some clues, after all, Ye Qinghao is a Holy Spirit."

"Moreover, if the substitute had fallen into the Monster Forest, it would have been impossible for him to disappear without a trace. Now I understand, it's probably because the butler, as his spirit beast, was elsewhere, watching the situation and timing it perfectly, and used a summoning array on Ye Qinghao..."

Jiuxiao couldn't help but bite her hand: "Come to think of it that way, it is indeed possible..."

"Indeed, everything makes sense now."

Jiuxiao frowned: "But if that's the case, then Ye Qinghao is being a bit too much, isn't he? How could he even come up with such an idea? Making his own spirit beast the steward of the manor."

Ye Qing'an chuckled: "Isn't this good? Ye Qinghao is naturally suspicious and doesn't trust others, but he seems to trust the butler unconditionally."

“I found it a bit strange before, but if the steward is Ye Qinghao’s spirit beast, then everything makes sense. After all, he never has to worry about his spirit beast betraying him.”

"And precisely because very few people do this, they have never been discovered by others over the years."

Jiuxiao blinked: "If it's really as you think, and the steward is indeed Ye Qinghao's spirit beast, then what do we do? Doesn't that mean we'll never be able to find out where Ye Qinghao is hiding through the steward?"

"After all, with a summoning circle in hand, they can disappear without a trace..."