“What? Regretting it?”
In the room, besides the Fatty, there were two other people. One of them was surprisingly familiar. It was Su Muxian, who had met Ye Tiancheng again and been thoroughly rejected by him.
The other person was wearing a black hooded cloak, the wide hood obscuring his face, making it impossible to discern his features.
It was he who spoke to the Fatty.
The Fatty glanced at the two of them, “I don’t regret it.”
The person in the black hooded cloak immediately let out a series of chilling, hoarse laughs.
“Haha, hahahahaha, well done!”
His tone was extremely excited, “I’ve waited for this day for a very long time, and I’ve finally seen the scene I most wanted to see!”
The facts were undeniably clear. Both the blood on the tip of the Fatty’s knife and the bloodstains on his body undoubtedly confirmed one fact: the owner of these bloodstains must have been Ye Tiancheng.
If the Fatty had not succeeded at that moment, the Fatty they would have seen would not have been in this state.
He said, “Since that is the case, then come with me. This place is not suitable for lingering.”
The Fatty said nothing, nodded slightly, and followed this person and Su Muxian out of the room, heading towards the outside of the guesthouse.
Although many members of the Special Action Team were guarding the guesthouse, they were not ordinary people. It was not difficult to deceive them. They walked out of the guesthouse in broad daylight, yet no one noticed them, and they successfully left the place.
The person wearing the black hooded cloak was naturally Ye Tiancheng’s enemy, which was why he would do such a thing. It was also opportune that Ye Tiancheng and the others had come here, giving him a chance for revenge.
After his emergence, one of his newly subdued subordinates had planted a formidable seed here, which could be used to his advantage at this very moment.
And now, this seed had sprouted and broken through the soil, allowing him to achieve the desired result.
He did not actually expect that this alone would be enough to take Ye Tiancheng’s life. Ye Tiancheng was not someone who died easily; otherwise, he would have succeeded long ago and would not have had to hide in the shadows, constantly plotting and not daring to act rashly.
This time, the stab from the Fatty was merely his first gift to Ye Tiancheng.
There was still plenty of time, and they had ample opportunity to play slowly.
He was already vengeful, and even more so because Ye Tiancheng had caused him such a great loss before. He was determined to make Ye Tiancheng pay it back tenfold.
He chuckled.
Next, who should he target?
“How can there be a Dragon God in this world? It’s only you who believe such nonsense. There are absolutely no dragons in this world. You can stay in that damned place and play slowly. I, on the other hand, want to know what kind of joyful and interesting reaction Ye Tiancheng will have when he comes out and discovers that his wife and children are gone.”
As he looked at himself, he slightly curled his lips and suddenly clenched his fist.
His revenge had only just begun.
Meanwhile, on Ye Tiancheng’s side, still within the illusionary space, the Fatty’s sudden stab at Ye Tiancheng was clearly beyond everyone’s expectations. No one could react, and no one could understand why the Fatty would do such a thing.
But they had no time to worry about that.
The important thing was Ye Tiancheng, who had been stabbed, and how he was doing.
Unfortunately, they didn’t even have time to consider this before they all sank into the lake.
Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping both felt at that moment that they were about to die. After all, they were ordinary people. To fall into the lake, especially in the middle of it, with Ye Tiancheng in trouble, and their own consciousness fading, they were about to lose all awareness and were incapable of saving themselves.
If they could still survive under such circumstances, it would truly be a blessing from the Dragon God.
They also did not expect to be able to open their eyes properly again. When they reopened their eyes, they found themselves at the bottom of the lake, yet they could still breathe freely. Even submerged in the water, they were unharmed.
Liang Ping and Nie Chongyang quickly found each other.
Nie Chongyang pinched his assistant Liang Ping’s arm and repeatedly asked, “Does it hurt? Does it hurt! Are we still alive? Is this the mortal world, or the underworld?”
Liang Ping’s expression contorted from the pinch, clearly in pain.
He helplessly responded repeatedly, “Let go quickly! It hurts like hell! Why don’t you pinch yourself?”
Nie Chongyang was relieved.
Since it still hurt, it was likely they were not dead.
He immediately became full of curiosity and exclaimed, “We’re not dead, and this is in the water, isn’t it? We’re at the bottom of the lake? And we can still breathe…”
Liang Ping, with a poker face, retorted, “Let alone breathing, we can even speak.”
Nie Chongyang clapped his hands, “Right, we can still speak!”
“We’re not sure if we’re dead or not, but the possibility of being dead is small. However, regarding Mr. Ye and the others, it’s unclear what their current situation is.”
Speaking of this, even Nie Chongyang fell silent for a moment.
Thinking about what had just happened, thinking about what happened before they lost consciousness, the Fatty stabbing Ye Tiancheng.
They truly did not know how things had suddenly taken this turn.
Everything had happened too quickly, giving them no chance to react.
And before they lost consciousness, the Fatty had turned into something like smoke and disappeared, hadn’t he?
So, was this Fatty really fake?
Had the Fatty been swapped, which led to him stabbing Ye Tiancheng?
After all, Nie Chongyang and the others knew how good the relationship between the Fatty and Ye Tiancheng was. It was unlikely that he would treat Ye Tiancheng like this, right?
Moreover, the Fatty’s disappearance was so strange, clearly abnormal. Otherwise, why would the Fatty do such a thing?
Assuming he was the real Fatty.
Thinking of this, Nie Chongyang frowned, feeling a bit worried.
At that time, Ye Tiancheng had been stabbed through the chest, piercing his heart. As a professional, Nie Chongyang knew very well that the stab had definitely penetrated Ye Tiancheng’s heart. So, what he needed to worry about most now was whether Ye Tiancheng was truly alright.
Was he still alive?
He secretly worried for Ye Tiancheng, yet he could do nothing. He could only hold onto a sliver of hope.
For an ordinary person to be stabbed like that, with such precision, unless their heart was misplaced, they would absolutely not survive. But Ye Tiancheng was not an ordinary person. After being stabbed like this, perhaps he could still hold onto his life, who knew?
He looked around, but saw no other figures.
Nie Chongyang couldn’t help but frown, “I wonder where Little Fox and Ye Tiancheng have fallen. It seems I can’t see them anywhere nearby?”
Liang Ping also looked around and replied to Nie Chongyang, “It seems I haven’t seen them. Logically speaking, we weren’t far from them at the time, and where they fell shouldn’t be too far from us. It’s too strange that we can’t find them.”
“In this damned place, with such things happening, how can we reason anything…?” Nie Chongyang helplessly touched his forehead. “We still need to find the two of them as soon as possible. Regardless, we are together, and without them, I don’t think we can get out of this damned place.”
Liang Ping also realized that when facing these strange events, the common sense they were familiar with was almost useless in this place. Most of their past experiences had become useless here.
“I never expected something like this to happen. Why would the Fatty do this? Was that really the fake Fatty? But I really can’t figure out when he was swapped. If it wasn’t at the door of that room, then where could it have been… We were together the whole time, and he never left our sight?”
Liang Ping recalled the scene he had just witnessed and was still very shocked, unable to figure out what was going on.
Nie Chongyang rubbed his temples and said, “I also can’t figure it out. They were clearly fine. This shouldn’t be happening… And what did the Fatty say about owing him, and just collecting interest? What does that mean?”
“They shouldn’t have any enmity, right? If they had enmity, they wouldn’t have been so good before, and Ye Tiancheng wouldn’t have trusted the Fatty so much, right?”
Liang Ping thought about the scene in the stone room where the Fatty suddenly became abnormal and accused Little Fox and Ye Tiancheng, and couldn’t help but speculate, “Could it be because Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox were too close, and he became jealous?”
“Originally, Ye Tiancheng should have been closer to him, and Little Fox’s identity seemed to have some issues. For Ye Tiancheng and the others, it might have been suspicious, but Ye Tiancheng trusted Little Fox more and was closer to Little Fox, and less so to the Fatty, so the Fatty’s mentality became unbalanced, and he developed hatred towards Ye Tiancheng?”
This was a reasonable speculation on his part.
In their previous work, they had encountered various incidents like this, and sometimes, they just couldn’t understand what people were thinking. It might not have been a particularly big deal, or they might have simply misunderstood, but the person would get stuck in a dead end and end up doing something extreme.
This clearly fit the Fatty’s state at the time.
Assuming it was the real Fatty.
Although the Fatty had been good with Ye Tiancheng before, perhaps it was precisely because they were so good that he hated him even more after something like this happened, and his heart became unbalanced, making him do such a thing, which seemed reasonable.
“What exactly is the problem with Little Fox’s identity? Even if she didn’t come from a good background, Ye Tiancheng trusted Little Fox quite a bit, which means Little Fox shouldn’t have any major issues, right? Ye Tiancheng isn’t stupid, he wouldn’t put himself in danger, nor would he let such a dangerous person get close to his wife and daughter.”
Nie Chongyang analyzed, “Also, I vaguely heard Ye Tiancheng mention some things. In his line of work, many of the incidents he encountered were related to metaphysics, which neither he nor the Fatty were very good at, and they had to rely on Little Fox. Therefore, they acted with Little Fox more often, and entrusted his family to the Fatty’s care.”
“So, this shouldn’t be a matter of favoritism, but rather a rational allocation based on logic. Perhaps the Fatty’s mind went astray.”
Liang Ping sighed, “Perhaps they didn’t communicate properly, or even if they did, the Fatty might have gotten stuck in a rut and was unable to listen or understand why Ye Tiancheng did what he did.”
Nie Chongyang shook his head and said, “I still think that the situation at that time was too wrong. The Fatty was already very abnormal when he erupted earlier. He suddenly became like that, when he was fine before, very worried about Ye Tiancheng. It’s too strange that he suddenly became like this.”
“Could it be because of that cup of tea…? Did he drink it?”
He remembered that both Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox had said that the tea was problematic.
Nie Chongyang couldn’t figure it out and finally said, “Forget it, finding Ye Tiancheng and the others is more important. We can’t delay. It’s too unsafe for us to be separated like this.”