"Big Brother, you're back so early?"
Little Fox was the first to speak, asking Ye Tiancheng, "Why did you come over suddenly? Is there something you need to discuss?"
Ye Tiancheng nodded and said to Little Fox, "You know about these big families. Something unpleasant happened, and I wasn't in the mood to wander around outside, so I came back. I do have something I wanted to discuss with you."
Hearing Ye Tiancheng say this, Little Fox nodded slightly, waiting for Ye Tiancheng to continue.
Ye Tiancheng went on, "When I came back earlier, I saw Shao Ying."
"Shao Ying?" Little Fox heard Ye Tiancheng suddenly mention her. His thoughts turned, and he knew Ye Tiancheng might have discovered something, and the matter they were about to discuss was likely related to Shao Ying. "What was she doing at the time?"
Ye Tiancheng took out his phone and opened the video he had recorded as evidence.
"I took a recording, take a look yourself."
Little Fox took the phone and saw in the video that Shao Ying was lingering outside Hou Mingzhu's room, peeking in through the doors and windows. Finally, she took out an unknown object, seemingly preparing to do something. The video stopped at this point. He could roughly guess the situation at the time; Ye Tiancheng must have stopped recording when he reached this spot and went in to interrupt Shao Ying.
Little Fox asked, "Did you startle her, Big Brother?"
Ye Tiancheng shook his head and said, "I just didn't want her to do anything bad. Although she was startled by me, she only got a little scared and doesn't know that I've discovered anything. I did this because I believe it's never too late to mend, but it's better to prevent it before the sheep are lost. There's no need to wait until things get worse before taking action."
Little Fox understood completely, knowing that Ye Tiancheng was not someone who would gamble with the safety of the people around him. These matters were certainly not as important as the safety of those close to him. If there were clues, they would eventually be found as long as the other party had issues. There was no need to use any drastic measures to obtain them, let alone for Ye Tiancheng to gamble with the safety of Hou Mingzhu and Ye Qingcheng.
Little Fox looked at the video again carefully, especially re-examining the last part of the video.
Finally, Little Fox was able to confirm that the object Shao Ying was holding in her hand indeed matched his previous conjecture. What was originally a guess without absolute certainty, Little Fox was usually unwilling to speak of easily. But since it was confirmed, Little Fox told Ye Tiancheng.
Little Fox said to Ye Tiancheng, "The thing Shao Ying was holding in her hand should be the same as what we saw in that village before. I've confirmed it repeatedly, and there shouldn't be any mistake."
Ye Tiancheng hadn't expected to gain much, as he was standing quite far away at the time, and the video was only clear enough to capture what Shao Ying was holding by chance. Ye Tiancheng himself didn't recognize it and wasn't sure if Little Fox could identify it. He hadn't expected it to be something Little Fox had seen before.
It wasn't surprising that Ye Tiancheng couldn't recognize it, because what Ye Tiancheng saw at the time was indeed not very similar to the things Little Fox found under the bed.
Ye Tiancheng asked Little Fox somewhat doubtfully, "Are you sure? It doesn't look very similar to me."
"Weren't those things black lumps? This one looks shiny and emits a silver light. The texture doesn't seem the same."
Little Fox explained to Ye Tiancheng, "It does look different, and that's quite normal. The objects we collected before were residual afterproducts because they had already lost their effectiveness."
"Now that it looks shiny and emits a silver light, it's because it hasn't been used yet, and the energy within hasn't been depleted. That's why it looks like this, and there's nothing strange about it."
Ye Tiancheng trusted Little Fox's judgment and nodded.
Thinking about it this way, perhaps they could directly inform Fatty about the problem with Shao Ying?
Ye Tiancheng hesitated for a moment and took back his phone, looking at the video he had recorded again. Seeing him like this, Little Fox proactively asked, "Big Brother, are you hesitating whether to tell Fatty, and how to tell him about Shao Ying?"
Hearing Little Fox's words, Ye Tiancheng subconsciously nodded.
After nodding, Ye Tiancheng came back to his senses, thought for a moment, and decided to ask for Little Fox's opinion, "I am indeed thinking about these things. What are your thoughts? Tell me what you think?"
Little Fox replied to Ye Tiancheng, "I think the sooner this kind of thing is said, the better. If Fatty gets deeper and deeper, and we expose Shao Ying's true colors later, Fatty might find it even harder to accept. Who knows what the situation will become then."
"They say the sooner you die, the sooner you are reborn. It's similar in this case. This video is enough."
Ye Tiancheng fell into thought.
The weight of this video was indeed sufficient. It was enough to confirm that Shao Ying was trying to harm them. If even this couldn't convince Fatty, then Fatty wouldn't be worthy of being their brother.
It would be a good thing for Fatty to break up with Shao Ying sooner rather than later, and there was no reason not to do it.
Ye Tiancheng made up his mind and said to Little Fox, "Go call Fatty over. Don't tell him what it's about yet, so Shao Ying doesn't find out, and don't let Fatty feel that something is wrong, so Shao Ying doesn't notice."
"We need to tell Fatty about this matter. Given the seriousness of it, we really can't delay."
Since Ye Tiancheng had made his decision, Little Fox naturally wouldn't say anything else. He fully supported it and acted immediately, leaving the room. Not long after, he brought Fatty back.
After Little Fox brought Fatty back, he securely bolted the door again.
When Ye Tiancheng waited for the two of them to arrive, he set up a barrier to prevent eavesdropping. However, just in case, he extended his power to the adjacent room, also setting up a barrier for Hou Mingzhu and the others' room, so that if they were isolated here and couldn't sense anything, Hou Mingzhu and Ye Qingcheng wouldn't encounter any accidents.
Although the possibility was slim, precautions still needed to be taken. It was good to be a little more cautious.
Seeing Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox being so cautious, Fatty asked, "Is there something you need to say? Why are you being so careful?"
As soon as Ye Tiancheng saw Fatty, he couldn't help but sigh. The upcoming matter was indeed cruel, but he had to do it. Seeing Ye Tiancheng like this, Fatty knew that something bad had probably happened, but he hadn't anticipated that it would involve him.
Fatty asked with concern, "Big Brother Ye, what's wrong? Did you encounter something difficult?"
Ye Tiancheng opened his mouth to speak, but the words always seemed difficult to utter, especially when it involved such a matter. Seeing Ye Tiancheng like this, Fatty looked at Little Fox. However, Little Fox felt that it was better for Ye Tiancheng to speak about these things, so he didn't say much, waiting for Ye Tiancheng to bring it up with Fatty.
After some internal struggle, Ye Tiancheng still didn't speak to Fatty first. Instead, he took out his phone and let Fatty watch the video first.
Ye Tiancheng said to Fatty, "Regarding this matter, we don't know how to bring it up. You should watch this first, and then we'll talk about it."
Fatty's heart skipped a beat, and he felt a vague sense of unease. However, he still took Ye Tiancheng's phone and clicked on the video Ye Tiancheng had recorded.
The first thing he saw was Shao Ying appearing in the frame, and he found it strange. "Big Brother Ye, isn't this Ah Ying? Why are you filming her?"
Ye Tiancheng simply said, "Keep watching."
Fatty was already feeling uneasy from the beginning. As he watched Shao Ying's subsequent actions, even with eight hundred layers of filters for his girlfriend, Fatty couldn't deceive himself into thinking Shao Ying's actions were normal.
Especially when he saw the last scene, where Shao Ying took out something unknown, seemingly intending to do something.
By the end, Fatty was completely restless. After the video abruptly stopped, he didn't know how to react. After a long time, he finally came to his senses and asked Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox in disbelief, "Ye, Big Brother Ye, Little Fox, what are you showing me? What is Ah Ying doing?"
"What is she... what did she take out at the end?"
Little Fox was the one who answered. Little Fox said to Fatty, "It's something harmful, and it's not the first time she's used it."
"The last time she took out this thing and used it was in that village before. The result was that you were captured by the female ghost and put into a coffin. She stuffed this thing under your and Big Brother Ye's beds. She had no reason to enter my room, so she didn't put it there."
Fatty was stunned and couldn't react for a long time. His brain could barely process this matter.
He couldn't believe it was the woman he slept with! But the evidence was conclusive, and Shao Ying's actions in the video were clearly visible. Fatty couldn't find any reason to defend her. However, he truly liked Shao Ying, and his instincts still made him want to find excuses for her, trying to find any inconsistencies that could prove Shao Ying's innocence.
"You said she put this thing there before. Do you have proof?"
Little Fox was also prepared. He hadn't thrown away those things before and had been studying them. Now that Fatty asked, he could take them out at any time. He went to his luggage, rummaged through it, and found those things, then handed them to Fatty.
"Here, it's here." Little Fox handed the things to Fatty. "When Big Brother Ye and I discovered it, we were still speculating about who put this thing there. After repeated confirmation, we had to suspect... Sister-in-law Shao Ying."
Fatty saw these things and held them in his hand. His brain struggled to function, as if he had found a loophole. He suddenly shouted, "This thing is different from what I saw in the video. Could it be a mistake?"
Ye Tiancheng explained to Fatty, "It's the same thing, but this one has been used, and the one in the video hasn't been used yet. It still contains energy, which is why it looks different. Once the energy is depleted, it will look the same."
"Little Fox can recognize it. With his abilities, you should trust Little Fox's judgment."
Fatty thought blankly for a while, then suddenly said, "It's just based on a video, and it's so far away. It's not impossible to misjudge. And in that village, how can you be sure it was definitely Ah Ying who put it there? Maybe, maybe it was..."
As Fatty spoke, he suddenly looked at Little Fox. However, some words turned in his mouth, and he didn't say them in the end. But Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox, who witnessed everything, clearly understood Fatty's unspoken words.
Little Fox didn't defend himself. He knew his identity was problematic. Ye Tiancheng had never hidden this from him. Doubts and vigilance were always openly displayed. Little Fox had already accepted and understood this, and now he could also accept Fatty's questioning.
Ye Tiancheng also did not choose to directly defend Little Fox.