Because Ye Tiancheng's knowledge of the books containing Xuanmen knowledge was mostly limited, and sometimes he might miss useful information even when he saw it.
Therefore, Ye Tiancheng did not stay in the study to interfere with the little fox continuing to review the materials.
But after Ye Tiancheng left the study, Nuwa Stone found him. Nuwa Stone did not speak directly but transmitted a message to Ye Tiancheng, "Brother Ye, I have something important to tell you. Find a quiet place where no one can disturb you, and don't be discovered by anyone."
Ye Tiancheng did not expect Nuwa Stone to suddenly speak to him like this at this time, but he did not think much of it and immediately nodded.
Anyway, Nuwa Stone would not harm him. Since it spoke to him like this, it must be something very important that needed to be told to him. Moreover, it was fine to avoid others. Some things were indeed better known by fewer people. Ye Tiancheng could not think of what Nuwa Stone wanted to tell him.
Was it about that ghost fox Azhi? Ye Tiancheng thought about it and felt it was unlikely.
If it were about this matter, Nuwa Stone would not need to avoid the little fox. Because when they went to solve the problem, no matter what, Ye Tiancheng and the little fox would definitely go together. If the little fox knew that Nuwa Stone had spoken to Ye Tiancheng behind its back, it didn't know what it would think.
So, Ye Tiancheng replied to Nuwa Stone, "Okay, then I'll go back to my room and get my phone. I've also accumulated a lot of things to deal with during this time."
"Moreover, at this time, no one will come to my room to disturb me, so it should meet your requirements."
"Mhm!" Nuwa Stone replied softly to Ye Tiancheng, and then Ye Tiancheng walked out of Nuwa Stone and returned to his bedroom.
Ye Tiancheng found his phone and held it in his hand. Without looking at it immediately, he walked to the bedside and sat down. Just as he was about to lie down, he heard a knock on the door, which made him freeze.
Having lived outside for several years, Ye Tiancheng was very familiar with this kind of knock on the door. The knocking was very regular, which made him know that someone must have come.
Ye Tiancheng immediately stood up, walked to the bedroom door, and asked, "Who is it?"
A reply soon came from outside the door, it was his daughter Ye Qingcheng's voice, "Dad, it's me and Mom. We heard you came back to your room and weren't in the study. We are eating dessert, and I wanted to call you to see if you want to eat with us."
Ye Tiancheng then opened the door and saw Ye Qingcheng standing at the door. Hou Mingzhu was accompanying her. Seeing Ye Tiancheng come out, she said helplessly to Ye Tiancheng, "I don't know if you're done with your work, but our daughter wanted to find you, so I came with her."
"But why did you suddenly come back to your room? Weren't you looking up information with the little fox in the study before?"
Ye Tiancheng replied, "Oh, I came back to deal with some other matters. There are some external matters that have been put aside for a while due to recent events, and they need to be dealt with."
Then he rubbed Ye Qingcheng's hair and said to her, "Thank you for thinking of Dad, but Dad has work to do. Later, Dad will come to accompany you, okay?"
"Dad is a little busy now and cannot be disturbed by anyone during this time. I'm sorry."
Seeing that she had disturbed her father, Ye Qingcheng immediately shook her head, "Dad, you don't need to apologize. I didn't know Dad had work to do. I disturbed Dad."
Hou Mingzhu, standing beside them, understood Ye Tiancheng's hint and said to him, "Then you go and be busy. I'll take our daughter. You just focus on your work and don't worry about us."
"I will also be careful not to disturb you. If the little fox needs you, I will tell it for you. If you don't mind being disturbed, please let me know."
Seeing that the matter was finally resolved, Ye Tiancheng nodded, watched Hou Mingzhu leave with their daughter, then closed the door again, and locked it with a click. Only then did he return to the bedside and sit down.
He opened his mouth and said to Nuwa Stone, "Little Stone, it should be fine now. No one will disturb us anymore. What did you want to tell me? You can tell me now."
"Okay, I'll start now." Nuwa Stone had very strong control over illusions, so it could also notice if anyone approached. It was not so worried about being overheard, because it could always discover it in time.
"Mhm!" Ye Tiancheng responded and waited for Nuwa Stone to continue.
Nuwa Stone said, "Actually, I specifically came here today mainly for a few things."
Hearing Nuwa Stone's words, Ye Tiancheng said, "I can see that. Why would you look for me if there was nothing? Isn't that nonsense? Little Stone, just tell me directly what's on your mind. Is there anything we can't say to each other?"
"Alright, then I'll tell you." Then Nuwa Stone organized its thoughts and told Ye Tiancheng all its thoughts since returning to Ye Tiancheng's side.
"It's like this. At first, I wasn't quite sure. Although I had suspicions, I didn't have any evidence, so I never mentioned my thoughts to you."
"However, after you and that little fox returned together this time, I think some of my thoughts might be verified. I also feel that I can't let you be kept in the dark any longer, which is why I came to find you."
"I think there's something wrong with that little fox, but I didn't have any evidence before. It wasn't until he came back this time that I could finally be slightly sure about this point."
Hearing what Nuwa Stone said, Ye Tiancheng couldn't help but frown. Because since that life-and-death experience at the construction site, he had never doubted the little fox again, and after the little fox stayed by his side, no problems had occurred.
Ye Tiancheng did not believe that the little fox had a problem. If the little fox was wearing a mask to deceive him, he did not believe that anything could hide itself for so long without revealing any flaws.
Moreover, Nuwa Stone had such strong control over illusions. The little fox's every move during this time had been under Nuwa Stone's nose, yet Nuwa Stone only said now that it had found evidence.
What if it was a misunderstanding? What if he misunderstood the little fox again, then how could he face the little fox?
"How is that possible? The little fox has lived with me for so long and trusts me so much. If there was a problem, it should have been exposed long ago. Are you sure you didn't misunderstand him? What evidence did you find? Without concrete proof, even you, I can't believe it."
"I've misunderstood the little fox once before, and I don't want to misunderstand and hurt him again and again. If he is truly innocent, he has never done anything to harm me since he followed me. Little Stone, you can't just make wild guesses out of thin air."
Ye Tiancheng repeatedly asked Nuwa Stone for evidence, but in fact, he himself was more inclined to not believe what Nuwa Stone said.
Nuwa Stone knew that Ye Tiancheng was a very loyal and righteous person. Without concrete proof, it would definitely not be able to convince Ye Tiancheng. If it weren't for this reason, Nuwa Stone would have immediately told Ye Tiancheng to distance himself from the little fox.
It was also that it returned too late. When it left, Ye Tiancheng had not met the little fox yet, and it didn't know what they had experienced. When it returned, the little fox had been by Ye Tiancheng's side for a long time, and the little fox had gained Ye Tiancheng's trust. Ye Tiancheng had promised not to suspect the little fox again.
If, at this time, it suddenly told Ye Tiancheng that there was something wrong with that boy, the little fox, then their many years of friendship might not be of much use.
Moreover, this time, it had been a long time since it had been separated from Ye Tiancheng, and they had finally reunited. If things went wrong, Ye Tiancheng might think that it had a problem and that it was a fake Nuwa Stone, which would be terrible.
Thinking of this, Nuwa Stone felt a headache. It had to think carefully about how to tell Ye Tiancheng properly. If it couldn't explain it clearly now, Ye Tiancheng might start to overthink things.
Therefore, Nuwa Stone had no choice but to say, "Alright, given our years of relationship, I won't beat around the bush with you. I'll be direct."
"At first, I felt that there was something wrong with that little fox, but at that time, I couldn't explain it clearly. I wouldn't speak without evidence, so I never mentioned this point to you before."
"Then I was afraid that I might have overlooked something if I didn't think too much about it, so I also secretly observed the little fox, just in case something really happened, it would be too late to regret it."
"At first, he hid it very well and looked like an ordinary person, but I just felt that there were some things about him that were very out of place, but I couldn't find the source of this incongruity."
"It wasn't until this time, after the little fox went out with you and came back, that I felt a bad aura emanating from him. That is, that dark aura. You know about that dark aura, haven't you been fighting against that dark aura for so long?"
"Although you say that, I don't think this can be considered evidence. If the little fox has dark aura, it might also be that he accidentally got it on him, and it's not necessarily his own. If that's the little fox's own aura, then having been with the little fox for so long, I couldn't have possibly not noticed it even once?" Ye Tiancheng was still quite confident in his own judgment.
Without any substantial evidence, he would absolutely not suspect the little fox like this. Therefore, at this time, Ye Tiancheng was still firm in his own thoughts.
Ye Tiancheng felt that if what Nuwa Stone discovered was only this, it was really not very convincing. Because the little fox had also gone to the odd market with him, had close contact with so many evil spirits, and had encountered that ghost fox whose origin was uncertain. What if he had gotten it from other beings?
It was not impossible to accidentally get some dark aura, and to be a carrier of dark aura himself, these were two completely different things.
Nuwa Stone knew that Ye Tiancheng was not easily convinced, but it did not get discouraged. Instead, it continued to say to Ye Tiancheng, "You are right. If it were only this, I would not dare to speak to you so confidently."
"But the problem now is that I not only found dark aura on the little fox, but the dark aura on the little fox is complementary to it, as if they are one."
"What this means, I don't need to tell you, do I? If you still can't be clear even with this, then I can only say that you've truly been blinded by the little fox's innocent and harmless child-like face, and you've been tricked into a daze. Ye Tiancheng, you're not that stupid, are you?"