Chapter 3575 Coming out of seclusion

After more than ten days of seclusion, Ye Chen finally emerged from the hillside villa at Champs-Élysées Hot Springs.

The ten-plus days of seclusion were like sleepless nights for Ye Chen, as he couldn't concentrate on his cultivation because he was thinking about Xiao Churan.

It was already late March in the Gregorian calendar and late February in the lunar calendar, and Nanjing was entering the season of spring warmth and blooming flowers.

With Qingming Festival approaching, the Ye family has begun preparations for this year's ancestral worship ceremony. However, since everything is currently in Ye Chen's hands, the old man Ye Zhongquan has come forward to inquire with Ye Chen about the specific plans for this year's ancestral worship ceremony, such as whether to hold a grand ceremony and whether to notify members of collateral branches of the family to participate.

The old man sent many messages and WeChat messages to Ye Chen, but received no reply. So he left a message for Ye Chen, saying that if Ye Chen did not reply, he would take over the organization of the ancestral worship ceremony.

For Ye Chen, the first thing he considered was whether the ancestral worship ceremony was necessary.

Paying respects to ancestors and parents during Qingming Festival is naturally his duty as a junior, but there seems to be no need to make a big fuss about it.

Therefore, ancestor worship is necessary, but grand ceremonies are not.

Secondly, he felt somewhat dejected, and in this state, he was even less suited to organizing the grand ceremony.

Therefore, after consideration, Ye Chen decided to simplify this year's ancestral worship ceremony, no longer indulging in extravagance, and no longer allowing collateral families to go to Ye Ling Mountain, allowing only direct members of the Ye family to worship devoutly at Ye Ling Mountain.

Meanwhile, Ye Zhongquan had been busy preparing for the ancestral worship ceremony for several days.

As Ye Zhongquan gets older, the more he approaches the age of fifty, the more he cares about the rituals of worshipping his ancestors. He can't help but think of himself. He is sincere in worshipping his ancestors now, and naturally hopes that his descendants will be just as sincere when they worship him in the future.

However, upon receiving a message from Ye Chen that Ye Chen did not intend to hold the grand ceremony, he was unwilling but could not overstep his bounds, so he had no choice but to halt all preparations.

Ye Chen stood on the mountain ridge, looking at the vast scenery, and was momentarily lost in thought.

He didn't know where to go next or what to do next.

He didn't want to go home because home was no longer home.

He didn't want to go anywhere else either, because he couldn't muster the energy to go anywhere.

Should I go back to continue my secluded cultivation?

It doesn't seem like a good idea either, because he's like a patient with severe insomnia. He can't fall asleep even if he forces himself to lie in bed, and the more he lies there, the more anxious he becomes.

So he called Li Yalin to inquire about the progress of his investigation over the past few days. Li Yalin replied truthfully, "Young Master Ye, we have made some preliminary tracking of the vehicles these past few days. The movement of each vehicle has been deliberately concealed, so even using the initial elimination method, it is difficult to narrow down the scope immediately. It is still difficult to find a breakthrough point. It is estimated that it will take at least two more months to conduct the first round of screening of these vehicles. By then, we will be able to eliminate at least 60% of the vehicles, and then conduct the second round of screening on the remaining 40%."

Ye Chen felt a chill run down his spine.

The first round of screening takes two months, and after several rounds, a year has passed.

However, he was not an unreasonable person. In the field of criminal investigation, apart from some cases committed by idiots that would allow the police to quickly find clues and arrest them, the criminal cases committed by individuals or small groups with a little bit of brains would take a long time to solve, many of them more than a year.

Solving a case is never an easy task.

He wanted to ask Lin Wan'er again, but when he thought of her as a remarkable woman who had experienced four hundred years of world turmoil, he realized that although he didn't have such an exciting life experience, he was still a man and it was inappropriate for him to bother her with matters of love and romance. On the one hand, it would disturb her peace, and on the other hand, it would make him lose face.

During his seclusion, his friends who received the message tacitly refrained from disturbing him, but Nanako couldn't help but leave him a message that read: "Please let Nanako know when Ye Chen-kun finishes his seclusion."

So Ye Chen sent her a message, telling her that he had just finished his seclusion.

Nanako quickly replied to him: "Ye Chen-kun, if you don't have anything else, let's have dinner together tonight. I brought back some wine and ingredients from Japan. Old Man has been saying that we should wait until you have time to enjoy them together."

Ye Chen thought that Nanako lived in Tomson Riviera, and he didn't want to go back and be reminded of her, so he subconsciously wanted to refuse.

Before she could finish writing the polite refusal message, Nanako sent another message: "I forgot to tell Ye Chenjun that Ouduo-san and I have moved. We are now living in Shanheyue, east of Zijin Mountain. Ouduo-san also said that he would like to invite Ye Chenjun to visit our new home."

Nanako Ito was an exceptionally intelligent girl for her age.

Ever since she helped Ye Chen go to his house and found the farewell letter left by Xiao Churan, she immediately decided to find a place to move out of Tomson Riviera as soon as possible.

Because she knew that Tomson Riviera would become a thorn in Ye Chen's side. She used to live in Tomson Riviera simply because she wanted to be closer to him. Now, it had become a place that Ye Chen could not let go of. If she and her father continued to live there, it would only backfire.

So she immediately asked her father to find another place to live in Nanjing, and it had to be a ready-made house that she could move into as soon as possible.

Takehiko Ito, a veteran entrepreneur, is also a super action-oriented person. He immediately contacted the top real estate agent and asked him to introduce him to some new and second-hand luxury homes in Nanjing. After viewing the properties in person, he spent a nine-figure sum to buy a detached luxury villa in Shanheyue, near Zijin Mountain.

Ye Chen was surprised that Nanako had moved. Not being particularly sensitive to matters of the heart, he subconsciously asked, "Why did you and Uncle Ito suddenly move?"

Nanako said, "Old Man kept complaining that living in high-rise apartments wasn't as convenient and the privacy wasn't as good as in detached villas, so he went and bought a house himself. I couldn't persuade him otherwise, so I had to agree to move."

Nanako's words were half true and half false.

The truth is, Takehiko Ito really doesn't like living in apartments, and the reason he's willing to live in a high-rise at Tomson Riviera is entirely to please his daughter.

The truth is, Takehiko Ito didn't actually want to change apartments; it was she who wanted to.

Ye Chen didn't think much about it at the time. Ito Takehiko was one of Japan's top tycoons. He had been to Ito's mansion in Kyoto, which was so big that it was almost possible to put up a sign and charge admission. It was only natural that such a big shot would not be comfortable living in a high-rise building and would want to move to a detached villa.

Thinking that Takehiko Ito also wanted him to visit their new home, Ye Chen, who was worried about having nowhere to go, simply agreed and said, "Nanako, send me the address, I'll go over later."

"That's great!" Nanako exclaimed excitedly. "Ye Chen-kun, remember to come early and chat with Uncle Odo-san for a while. He keeps talking about you."

"Okay," Ye Chen agreed, saying, "I'll be there in a bit."