It wasn't until the next day that the little fox remembered something.
He had forgotten their other brother, the bird that Bai Long mentioned, in one of his rooms.
Before sleeping the night before, the little fox brought Ye Wuji back to his room. They ate together, and then Ye Wuji settled down in the little fox's room.
However, in the middle of the night, after Aya had run to the little fox's window and tried to drug him, the little fox, in his panic, completely forgot about this matter.
Let alone the little fox, even Ye Tiancheng, when he saw the little fox running over to him at that moment, didn't remember Ye Wuji.
When they woke up the next morning, Ye Tiancheng and the little fox realized this and couldn't help but feel a little guilty, thinking they had neglected their other brother too much.
In fact, at this very moment, Ye Tiancheng and the little fox had lost their memories due to an accident and were also affected by memory tampering.
After the memory tampering, Ye Wuji existed only as a pet to Ye Tiancheng and the little fox, so his presence wasn't as strong. If Bai Long hadn't brought it up, Ye Tiancheng and the little fox probably wouldn't have thought of it.
Moreover, Ye Tiancheng and the little fox had only known Ye Wuji for a very short time.
They hadn't had time to establish any particularly deep bonds or understanding with each other.
This was also one of the reasons why Ye Tiancheng and the little fox, after being affected, couldn't remember Ye Wuji's existence most of the time.
But Ye Tiancheng and the little fox didn't know all of this at the time.
So this made them feel particularly guilty.
After remembering this matter, and because Ye Tiancheng and the little fox were already going to check on Aya's condition outside the little fox's room window, they dared not delay. They immediately washed up and got dressed, and then rushed to the little fox's room.
The first thing they did was not to check on Aya, who had fallen outside the little fox's room window, but to go directly into the little fox's room.
The little fox's first reaction was to immediately look for Ye Wuji's whereabouts.
Then, the little fox found that Ye Wuji was still in the position where he had stopped and rested the night before.
For a moment, he breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed that Ye Wuji had not woken up last night.
Otherwise, he wouldn't still be in the original position.
So, the little fox walked over and woke Ye Wuji up. However, what the little fox didn't expect was that after he woke Ye Wuji up, Ye Wuji spoke.
Ye Wuji asked the little fox, "Where did you run off to last night? Why didn't you call me? I was so scared when I saw you were gone and couldn't find you."
It wasn't because the little fox heard Ye Wuji speak.
After all, after Bai Long exposed that everything was an illusion, Ye Tiancheng and the little fox knew the truth, and that Ye Wuji was the bird with the strangely mixed feather colors that followed them, their brother.
For some reason, Aya didn't even spare Ye Wuji, who remained in his bird form and followed Ye Tiancheng and the little fox, during the brainwashing.
Otherwise, yesterday, when Ye Tiancheng and the little fox were clearly in a strange state, Ye Wuji would have noticed something was wrong long ago and tried to remind them, instead of fitting in so well with Aya's new memory setting.
Ye Wuji had also forgotten that he was originally a person and truly believed he was a bird, a pet of Ye Tiancheng and the little fox.
However, after Bai Long's reminder, the little fox and Ye Wuji both learned the truth and knew their identities. After remembering this, although there were still many missing memories, Ye Wuji also knew that he was not a real bird.
This was something to be thankful for.
Otherwise, Ye Tiancheng and the little fox wouldn't have known how to communicate with their brother who was a bird, and know that he had also been brainwashed by Aya.
Even Ye Wuji had forgotten how to transform.
And his bird form was more convenient.
Therefore, Ye Wuji remained in his bird form.
In short, that's how it happened.
When the little fox heard Ye Wuji's complaint, he wasn't shocked. After Ye Wuji finished speaking, the little fox paused for less than a second before immediately making excuses, "This... no! It was an emergency last night, a special situation, and it was inconvenient to speak to you. I was afraid of disturbing something, so I had to leave on my own."
After thinking for a moment, the little fox added, "Although I didn't have time to call you, you could have come to find me when you realized I was gone!"
"I was with Big Brother."
"Later, I even returned to my room. Seeing you still here, I thought you hadn't woken up yet, so I waited for Big Brother to come over before calling you."
Ye Wuji tilted his head and looked at the little fox making excuses, somewhat disbelievingly.
"Really?"
The little fox met Ye Wuji's round, black bean-like eyes and said with a straight face, "Of course. Why would I lie to you? Look! Big Brother is here!"
"Ask Big Brother if I'm lying."
Ye Tiancheng had been observing for a long time. When he heard the little fox divert Ye Wuji's attention to him, and Ye Wuji indeed turned his head to look at Ye Tiancheng, Ye Tiancheng found it a bit amusing.
However, he himself felt a little guilty.
After all, Ye Tiancheng himself hadn't remembered Ye Wuji yesterday, so he cooperated with the little fox and said, "That's exactly how it happened. The little fox had an urgent matter yesterday and came to talk to me for a bit, then he came back."
Ye Wuji, having discovered the little fox missing in the middle of the night and being frightened for a while, hadn't been so scared that he couldn't sleep all night. He was too tired and fell asleep again. Therefore, he had no evidence to prove whether the little fox was lying or not. Now, the little fox himself had Ye Tiancheng as a witness.
Ye Wuji felt that Ye Tiancheng wouldn't deceive him, as his Big Brother seemed very reliable.
Therefore, Ye Wuji reluctantly accepted the explanation.
However, this matter was over, but Ye Wuji couldn't help but say with some grievance, "Then you should have given me a reminder, left a note or something. I couldn't come out to find you!"
The little fox had genuinely forgotten Ye Wuji, so how could he remember to leave a note for Ye Wuji?
However, after Ye Tiancheng and the little fox looked around the room, they suddenly realized something.
What Ye Wuji said was indeed true.
The little fox had previously asked Ye Wuji why he didn't come out to find him when he woke up and found him missing. But the little fox had overlooked a fact. After realizing that Ye Wuji was not just a bird but their companion and brother, and adapting to this identity, he would then constantly overlook another matter.
Ye Wuji, although their brother and companion, was not in a simple situation.
The little fox momentarily forgot that Ye Wuji could only be in his bird form at the moment.
Therefore, as a bird, how could Ye Wuji open doors and windows, leave the room, and go outside to find the little fox?
Moreover, Ye Wuji was not some bird of prey, but just a small bird in size, definitely a small bird, a small one.
What ability did a small bird have to open doors and windows?
Therefore, the little fox realized this at this moment, but it was difficult to find another excuse after making one. So, the little fox said a bit sheepishly, "Sorry, I overlooked the fact that you might not be able to leave the room. I'm sorry..."
Ye Wuji, very helplessly, wanted to roll his eyes in a very human-like manner.
But unfortunately, as a bird, he couldn't perform the action of rolling his eyes.
However, verbally, Ye Wuji still expressed his forgiveness to the little fox.
Ye Wuji said to the little fox, "Alright then, I'll forgive you reluctantly, but I must emphasize that there can be no next time for such a thing!"
Ye Tiancheng and the little fox both felt a certain sense of guilt about this matter. Therefore, after Ye Wuji stated his terms, Ye Tiancheng and the little fox immediately assured Ye Wuji that if similar situations occurred in the future, even if they couldn't bring Ye Wuji along, they would definitely give him a heads-up and not leave him to worry alone.
Ye Wuji was then satisfied. His anger subsided, and remembering the important matter, he began to inquire.
Ye Wuji asked, "What happened last night? Why did Little Fox Brother... suddenly go to Big Brother's room?"
The little fox found the address "Little Fox Brother" quite troublesome, but he didn't want any other stranger-sounding addresses, so he didn't correct it when he heard it.
However, even so, he still wasn't used to it.
Every time he heard it again, it was a new stimulation, making him feel very uncomfortable.
He really didn't know when Ye Wuji would realize that such an address was too unpleasant.
As for the situation Ye Wuji asked about, since the little fox was the eyewitness, it was the little fox who explained it to Ye Wuji.
The little fox explained to Ye Wuji, "It's like this. Last night, I suddenly heard a noise, and then I saw that Aya inserted a thin bamboo tube into our window."
"I suspected she wanted to drug us again, perhaps because she didn't trust us after what happened during the day."
"Then, I went over and blocked the other end of her thin bamboo tube with my hand. As it happened, Aya was blowing air into our room, and she choked herself, knocking herself out with the drug."
"I opened the window and saw that Aya had fallen outside our window."
"However, I didn't know if she would wake up, if she had accomplices outside, if she would be easily woken up, or what would happen after she woke up. I didn't know, so I had to quietly leave and find Big Brother for help."
"I just didn't expect that she seemed to have not woken up all night."
At this point, the little fox paused.
Ye Wuji really didn't expect that something like this had happened.