After returning, Hou Mingzhu asked Ye Tiancheng about his plans. Ye Tiancheng, of course, did not reveal his well-thought-out intentions to Hou Mingzhu, using other excuses instead.
"After this matter is resolved, for now, I don't have anything else to do. I'll stay at home and spend more time with you and our daughter. I think for a while, I won't be so unlucky to have anything else come looking for me."
"Besides, my two good brothers, Fatty and Little Fox, have truly gone through a lot of danger and helped me a great deal. They are very tired and need a good rest. I must entertain them well and repay them for their help, that's only right."
Hou Mingzhu was quite pleased to hear Ye Tiancheng say this. However, she knew Ye Tiancheng wasn't intentionally causing trouble, but his track record was too extensive. So, she couldn't help but ask Ye Tiancheng again, "Can you really stay and be with me and our daughter? Will nothing really come looking for you this time?"
"As for Fatty and Little Fox, you can rest assured. I've already made arrangements. During this period, including you, everyone can have a good rest."
"You, don't always think about how difficult or tired they are. You've been through those things with them during this time. Aren't you tired too?"
"If possible, if something else finds you during this period, I can't control it. But as for you, just stay at home and don't go looking for trouble yourself. If I say this, do you think you can do it?"
Ye Tiancheng could tell that Hou Mingzhu's words were filled with concern. Her tone was full of tenderness, and Ye Tiancheng naturally agreed readily.
"Whether something will find me, I don't know. But I will definitely not go looking for trouble. I can't wait to rest well. During this time, I just want to spend time with you and Qingcheng. I absolutely won't run around and leave home, so you can rest assured."
Hou Mingzhu felt Ye Tiancheng's hardships and sighed, "Then it's settled. I also have some work to do. When I'm not here, our daughter will be at home, and I'll leave her to you. Spend more time with her."
Ye Tiancheng naturally said there was no problem. During this period, he truly didn't want to do anything. Even if something came looking for him, or someone invited him out, he wouldn't leave.
What he wanted to do most was to spend this last bit of time with Hou Mingzhu and their daughter Ye Qingcheng.
In fact, having come this far, it was precisely because Ye Tiancheng valued Hou Mingzhu and Ye Qingcheng so much that he couldn't let go and dared not implicate them. Otherwise, why would Ye Tiancheng not want to stay?
Hou Mingzhu didn't know Ye Tiancheng's thoughts, she could only see his current promise to her. She still believed Ye Tiancheng, so she didn't have the slightest doubt.
Ever since Ye Tiancheng returned with her, she had always hoped that Ye Tiancheng would stay and interact more with Ye Qingcheng, spending more time with her to make up for Ye Tiancheng's absence in their daughter's growth.
Moreover, Hou Mingzhu was very touched by Ye Tiancheng's willingness to stay for their daughter Ye Qingcheng and for her. This change was significant.
Because not only that, she had eyes and could see that Ye Tiancheng was truly no longer entangled with those other women. Even when Su Muxian came looking for him last time, it was just a misunderstanding.
And this time, when Su Muxian rushed over with her to find Ye Tiancheng, after Ye Tiancheng woke up, he had no interaction with Su Muxian, nor any ambiguity. Even Ye Tiancheng's brothers were on his side, not on anyone else's. This was already a better situation than Hou Mingzhu could have imagined.
When Ye Tiancheng first returned, Hou Mingzhu still thought that Ye Tiancheng couldn't stay idle and had so many people accompanying him. She could only try her best not to manage him or think about him, just pretend not to see it. As long as Ye Tiancheng eventually returned to her and their daughter, she wouldn't dwell on it so much.
Now, Ye Tiancheng had become even better than she had imagined. Hou Mingzhu could say that from now on, if Ye Tiancheng could maintain this, she would have no other desires.
"It's truly wonderful that you think this way. I truly hope that one day, you can truly do all that you've said and stay to accompany us."
Hou Mingzhu finally couldn't help but say this to Ye Tiancheng. Ye Tiancheng felt he owed the mother and daughter a lot. Otherwise, he wouldn't have considered so many things and naturally wouldn't have any objections.
And just as Ye Tiancheng had promised, during the following period, for a long time, Ye Tiancheng stayed at home, not going out anywhere, and no one came to find Ye Tiancheng asking him to do anything.
Su Muxian did visit because her previous issues weren't truly resolved. She came to ask Ye Tiancheng for help again.
Hou Mingzhu wasn't so petty. She wouldn't mind Ye Tiancheng helping Su Muxian in this matter, especially since Su Muxian had also helped when Ye Tiancheng had an accident at the construction site before.
However, to Hou Mingzhu's surprise, Ye Tiancheng did not agree to Su Muxian this time. Instead, he stated that he couldn't solve the problem either, as he had already suffered a setback before and truly couldn't.
He didn't even dare to let Little Fox go to Su Muxian's side again, fearing that Little Fox would be affected by something unclean. But the problem was also very obvious: Su Muxian's situation involved supernatural and eerie events.
Ye Tiancheng was not good at such matters. To resolve it, he would have to bring Little Fox along. If that were the case, he might as well not go.
Ye Tiancheng thus thoroughly refused Su Muxian. After confirming there was no way, Su Muxian could only leave dejectedly.
However, what surprised Hou Mingzhu even more was that after Su Muxian left, Ye Tiancheng told her not to mention their meeting at the construction site to Su Muxian again.
After inquiring, Hou Mingzhu learned that Ye Tiancheng had manipulated Su Muxian again, altering her memories. In fact, after returning, Su Muxian would subtly influence the memories of those around her, so that no one could remember the truth of what happened there, and it would not be leaked.
After inquiring in surprise, Hou Mingzhu learned that Ye Tiancheng did this because he wasn't at ease and worried about her and their daughter's safety, wanting to clean up the mess more thoroughly.
Hou Mingzhu hadn't expected Ye Tiancheng to do this for her and their daughter, and to cut ties so cleanly with Su Muxian. Moreover, during this period, Ye Tiancheng truly hadn't been involved with any other women. While surprised, Hou Mingzhu was also incomparably happy.
This was a wish she hadn't even dared to dream of, and now it had come true. How could she not be happy about it?
During Ye Tiancheng's recovery period, Fatty had also woken up. However, he had forgotten everything that happened in the illusion. To prevent Fatty from noticing anything amiss, the Nuwa Stone had blurred all memories related to his experiences in that illusion.
After all, if it wasn't completely deleted, it would be very insecure. If Fatty accidentally triggered those memories, it would definitely not be good for him.
As for why Little Fox didn't have as many memories deleted, it was because by retaining most of his memories, he could clearly remember what happened, what memories were deleted, and why they were deleted. He remembered everything that happened, just not the overly cruel and terrifying scenes.
With this reason, Little Fox himself wouldn't delve into what those memories were, and there would be no need to worry about Little Fox recalling those memories again.
Fatty, after waking up, did inquire about what happened during that time. However, he couldn't remember anything and could only listen to Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox tell him.
Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox had already coordinated their stories. They only told Fatty that they were teleported to different places in the illusion. Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox had been trying hard to find Fatty, and when they finally found him, he was injured and unconscious. Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox only had time to carry Fatty and escape, so they had no way of knowing what Fatty had experienced.
As for the matter of the Nuwa Stone being found, Ye Tiancheng kept this secret only among himself, Little Fox, and Hou Mingzhu. Even the version Fatty knew was the one that could be known externally. Fatty could only know that they couldn't take the stone, and that it shouldn't be the Nuwa Stone.
And the reason Fatty forgot that period of memory, according to the doctor Hou Mingzhu found, was that the memory was likely too terrible, causing Fatty to forget it himself. If he didn't have to remember it, there was no need for rehabilitation.
Because the secret of the Nuwa Stone was concealed, the matter of deleting memories was also concealed, so Fatty couldn't know everything.
Fortunately, Fatty wasn't a meticulous person. After hearing that what he had forgotten might be very terrible, horrifying, and unpleasant memories, and that there was no need to remember them, Fatty didn't inquire further.
Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox saw that he was living happily without knowing anything, and considered it a good thing, so they didn't say anything more. This was what they had hoped would happen. Otherwise, Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox wouldn't have reached a consensus.
Little Fox sometimes even thought that Ye Tiancheng had relayed the Nuwa Stone's words to him. The reason Little Fox wasn't teleported away like Fatty was because of his special constitution, which allowed Ye Tiancheng to truly grab him and not get separated.
So, Little Fox thought, if he had gone to that village with Fatty at that time, perhaps he could have sensed something was wrong, and maybe he could have prevented Fatty from experiencing those things.
However, Ye Tiancheng would comfort Little Fox, telling him not to overthink. If Little Fox and Fatty had both been teleported to that village together and something had happened to them, then Ye Tiancheng would truly be unable to bear it.
As the days passed, Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox spent their recovery days at home in great leisure, but they also knew that it was time for them to leave.