Chapter 499: Chapter 499

Everyone rushed upstairs and saw Wen Yi and Ji Wenhai standing at the doorway of the room.

The atmosphere between the couple was quite odd, and Ji Shaohai’s face bore the mark of a slap.

It was obvious that Wen Yi had been the one to strike him.

Ji Shaohai’s face still wore that wooden expression.

Seeing the others coming up from downstairs, he quickly turned and left down the staircase, while Wen Yi went back into the room.

"I’m telling you, Wen Yi knows how to play the game; Ji Shaohai can’t control her at all. It’s because her family is rich. It’s not easy being a phoenix man."

Yuan Dong’er spoke with a meaningful look.

She had been in the industry for a longer time and had even attended Wen Yi and Ji Shaohai’s wedding.

After Ji Shaohai married Wen Yi, he gradually faded into the background, supposedly joining the Wen Family in business, rarely making appearances in the entertainment industry, even less so than Wen Yi.

Most of the news about Wen Yi involved her scandals with various male celebrities.

Ji Shaohai hadn’t walked far when he reached the outside courtyard; instead, he squatted in a corner to smoke.

He looked sullen, so no crew members approached him.

The director was aware of Wen Yi’s reputation but hadn’t expected her to disrespect her husband so openly, daring to hit someone during the filming of a show.

It seemed that Ji Shaohai didn’t have much status at home either.

Aside from this couple, the other three couples had good relationships.

Wen Yi and Ji Shaohai had an unpleasant encounter.

Since Wen Yi had an unlikable personality, no one tried to smooth things over between them.

"Let them cool down; just don’t include this part in the edit."

The director asked for Qin Yu’s opinion, and that was what he suggested.

Qin Zhao was still slouched on the sofa. There was a large floor-to-ceiling mirror next to the living room with a view of the courtyard.

Just before, she could see Ji Shaohai smoking in the corner.

Now looking again, Ji Shaohai was nowhere to be seen.

"Where’s Ji Shaohai?"

"He’s out in the courtyard."

"No, there’s no one there."

Qin Zhao walked over to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked outside.

"He went out, I wanted to follow him, but he wouldn’t let me."

A crew member came up and said.

"We better go find him just to be safe."

Thinking of Wen Yi’s behavior, Qin Yu felt more sympathetic towards Ji Shaohai, so he gave the order.

The director nodded and took a few crew members to search for Ji Shaohai.

"I have a feeling something might happen."

Chu Yan stood beside Qin Zhao. She leaned slightly against him and whispered.

"Why don’t you go look for him?"

After hearing her words, Chu Yan looked down at her with a deep gaze.

"Do you know how powerful your husband is in the underworld? And yet you want me to search for someone. When I was in the underworld, someone always poured my tea for me."

But now, here he was, pouring tea and running errands for Qin Zhao.

To be summoned here and there by her.

Qin Zhao gave him a sharp look, "Can’t I order you around?"

After saying this, he turned and went out to look for the person.

Ji Shaohai had something off about him, and that was why Qin Zhao had Chu Yan go check. After all, he was from the underworld, so what was wrong with managing some supernatural incidents in the Human World?

If Ji Shaohai didn’t have any issues, she wouldn’t have been willing to let Chu Yan go search for him.

"Zhaozhao, do you want to join us for a board game? This one is really fun."

Just as Chu Yan left, Su Xiaotong came over to invite her.

Qin Zhao, having played King of Glory all afternoon and grown a little weary of it, considered trying the board game.

After Su Xiaotong explained it to her, she found it quite interesting, and they continued playing.

Chu Yan left the homestay, and before long, he found Ji Shaohai.

He took a taxi to a residential area in the city and met a woman.

The woman, seeing the slap mark on Ji Shaohai’s face, showed deep concern for him, and they interacted quite intimately.

Just having witnessed this scene, Chu Yan thought the woman must be the mistress Ji Shaohai was having an affair with.

However, his wife was so awful that it was understandable why Ji Shaohai would have an affair.

Only his wife, so adorable and so nice.

No sooner had Chu Yan thought this than he received a WeChat message.

It was sent by Qin Zhao, but she immediately retracted it.

"My husband just left, can you come over?"

Although it was retracted quickly, Chu Yan still saw the content.

Chu Yan hurriedly made a call, but no one answered for a long time.

All sorts of thoughts suddenly filled his mind.

Why send such a message?

Could it be that Qin Zhao was trying to send him away on purpose?

Now, Chu Yan couldn’t care less about Ji Shaohai and quickly returned to the guesthouse.

Qin Yu and Yuan Dong’er’s husband were leisurely drinking tea when they saw Chu Yan burst in.

Qin Yu glanced at him, "No one has abducted your wife."

Silent, Chu Yan quickly ascended the staircase.

Upon reaching their room’s door, he also discovered that the door was locked from the inside.

He panicked in his heart and began knocking on the door forcefully.

Qin Zhao opened the door rather quickly, looking at him with an unamused expression.

"Why did you retract the message you sent me?"

"Sent it by mistake."

"Who was that message intended for, some stray man?"

Chu Yan was fuming with anger, but he did not dare to do anything to her.

So, he just stood there, sulking.

"There, the stray man is inside."

Qin Zhao pointed inside the room at Su Xiaotong, who was holding a milk-fed kitten in her arms that seemed listless and lethargic.

Seeing Su Xiaotong, Chu Yan’s expression stiffened.

"I was thinking of giving Xiao Tong some stuff, asking her to come to my room, and then I found this little kitten that had sneaked in, injured."

Qin Zhao had treated the kitten’s wounds, and instead of going out to play board games, they stayed in the room petting the cat.

They had also had an orange cat, but since she got pregnant, the orange cat was taken away by Qin Wan.

"What’s wrong? What happened?"

Su Xiaotong came over, oblivious to the situation.

"Ignore him, he’s being his usual crazy self."

Qin Zhao rolled her eyes at him.

She’s now pregnant, how could she possibly go looking for some stray man?

"I forgot you were pregnant."

Clearly, Chu Yan also finally realized that Qin Zhao was pregnant.

Qin Zhao asked him, "What’s going on with Ji Shaohai?"

"He has a mistress here, just now they were all over each other."

"Is there anything wrong with that woman? Where does the ghost energy on him come from?"

He scratched the back of his head.

Feeling Qin Zhao’s gaze, Chu Yan awkwardly tugged at the corner of his mouth.

They say a woman gets dumber for three years once she’s pregnant, but why does she feel that since she got pregnant, Chu Yan has turned stupid?

"Then why are you still here? Go and check it out."

Seeing that she seemed a bit upset, Chu Yan turned around and left again.

"Day after day, I don’t know what’s going on in his head, as dumb as a pig."

Qin Zhao couldn’t help but to complain as she and Su Xiaotong continued to pet the cat.