Ye Tiancheng and the other three searched the ancestral hall cautiously, afraid of missing any clues.
The Zeng family's ancestral hall was so large that many things could be found. However, the four of them found it difficult to distinguish which information was useful and which was redundant.
Ye Tiancheng searched inch by inch and suddenly discovered something that seemed like a hidden compartment.
Based on experience, it was likely so.
The place he found was in an inconspicuous location on a wall. He noticed a brick that seemed to have no significant difference from the other bricks on the wall, yet there was a subtle, almost imperceptible difference.
Furthermore, after discovering this, Ye Tiancheng cautiously tapped and knocked on the wall. He confirmed that the sound of tapping in the area of that brick was noticeably different from other places.
Therefore, it was highly probable that there was a hidden compartment here.
Ye Tiancheng immediately shouted, "Hurry over here, I think I've found a hidden compartment. Something is definitely wrong here. I don't know what's behind it, so come and take a look."
Nie Chongyang and the little fox, along with the other two, heard Ye Tiancheng's call and immediately walked over to him.
When it came to identification, Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping were certainly more professional. They also immediately determined that there should be a hidden compartment here. As for how to open it, it didn't seem to be very difficult, but for the moment, they couldn't be sure if there were any mechanisms behind the compartment.
The little fox stroked his chin and said, "We've been searching for so long without any particularly useful clues. Could this suddenly appearing hidden compartment contain the fragments of the Fuxi Qin?"
"Or, if it's not the fragments of the Fuxi Qin, it might be a trap disguised to deceive and lure us."
These two possibilities were equally likely for Ye Tiancheng and the others.
Ye Tiancheng said helplessly, "Whether it's a trap or not, we still have to open it and see. We have no other choice. After all, we don't have x-ray vision, so we can't see what's behind the bricks, can we?"
Finally, Ye Tiancheng and the other three discussed it together, making a series of protective measures to prevent any traps behind it. After ensuring they wouldn't all fall victim, Ye Tiancheng and Nie Chongyang began preparing to open the hidden compartment.
Apart from the initial difficulty in prying out the slightly different brick, once that brick was slightly loosened, it was no longer a major problem to remove the entire brick.
With only a little more effort to remove the brick, the four of them were ready. Finally, Ye Tiancheng took the initiative to completely remove the entire brick.
They were all cautious of any possible unexpected situations.
As soon as Ye Tiancheng removed the brick, the four of them didn't notice anything unusual at first. However, before they could get a good look at what was inside the hidden compartment behind the brick, all four of them felt a buzzing sound in their ears.
Ye Tiancheng felt a sense of confusion, as if he had had a very long dream.
The dreams were bizarre and seemed incredible, but upon waking, he could no longer clearly remember what he had dreamed.
However, this was quite normal. Most people had experienced this. They might have had a very complex dream at night, whether it was a good dream or a nightmare, but after waking up, the memories of the dream would quickly fade, become blurry, and then they could no longer recall the content of the dream.
Ye Tiancheng shook his head and rubbed his temples. He then heard a very familiar voice suddenly speak beside him.
"Tiancheng, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
Hearing this, Ye Tiancheng immediately turned his head to look beside him. When he clearly saw the person beside him, for some reason, he felt a surge of emotion, as if he had gone through a lifetime.
He was lying on his bed at home, and the person beside him was naturally his wife, Hou Mingzhu.
Even so, Ye Tiancheng vaguely felt that something was not quite right, but he couldn't pinpoint what it was.
Perhaps he had hesitated for too long, and Hou Mingzhu beside him called him again with some urgency, raising her hand to touch Ye Tiancheng's forehead. "Tiancheng? What's wrong with you? You seem a bit strange. Are you sick?"
Ye Tiancheng then snapped back to reality, no longer in the mood to think so much.
He immediately replied to Hou Mingzhu, "I'm fine. I just woke up and I'm still a bit groggy. I feel like I had a long dream, but I can't remember what I dreamed about."
Hou Mingzhu then felt relieved and chuckled.
"It's good that you're alright. What's so strange about not remembering what happened in your dream? You have so many dreams in your life, and there are always some that you forget after waking up, no matter how hard you try to remember."
Ye Tiancheng understood this logic, and hearing it from his beloved wife, he was immediately convinced.
He nodded and said, "That makes sense."
After ending the topic of dreams, the two of them snuggled affectionately in the covers for a while. Hou Mingzhu then said to Ye Tiancheng, "We should get up. You have to go to the company today, don't you?"
Ye Tiancheng felt a moment of disorientation again, then realized that there was indeed such a thing. Reminded by Hou Mingzhu, he immediately remembered that he had something to do.
He immediately said, "Yes, yes, it's time to get up."
Thus, Ye Tiancheng and Hou Mingzhu both got out of bed.
After getting up, the couple went to see their daughter, woke her up, watched her wash up, and then took her to the dining room for breakfast.
When the family of three arrived at the dining room, someone was already waiting there.
Seeing Ye Tiancheng, Hou Mingzhu, and their daughter arrive, the person waiting in the dining room immediately greeted them, "Brother, sister-in-law, and Qingcheng, good morning."
Hou Mingzhu smiled and replied, "Little Fox, good morning. Are you up so early today?"
Hearing Hou Mingzhu say this, the little fox touched his nose somewhat sheepishly and then said, "I get up early occasionally."
Ye Tiancheng and Ye Qingcheng also greeted the little fox. The four of them sat down at the dining table, chatting while eating breakfast. As they talked, the conversation somehow shifted back to dreams.
The little fox suddenly said, "I think I had a dream last night, but for some reason, I can't remember what I dreamed at all. Yet, I can't help but care about it, and it feels very uncomfortable."
"I kept thinking and thinking, and then I couldn't sleep."
Hou Mingzhu heard the little fox's words and interjected, "No wonder you woke up so early today. You usually wake up later, but today you're even a bit earlier than us."
"But it's strange, not only you, but Tiancheng also told me this morning that he had a dream but couldn't remember it. Could you two brothers have dreamed about the same thing?"
Ye Tiancheng said thoughtfully, "It's possible."
Hou Mingzhu then advised the little fox, "Having a dream and forgetting it after waking up, is that really something strange? You don't need to think too much about it. In a lifetime, there are at least eight hundred to a thousand dreams that are forgotten like this. There's really nothing worth paying attention to."
The little fox agreed somewhat reluctantly, "Okay."
He said, "I just can't help but care. Whenever I can't remember, I feel like I've lost something very important."
Hou Mingzhu smiled and said, "Is that so? Then it seems like you didn't have a nightmare. This feeling of loss and reluctance to part is..."
"Huh?" The little fox looked surprised. "Loss and reluctance to part? No, that's a bit too exaggerated."
However, after this, even the little fox didn't think much about dreams anymore.
Fearing being teased by his sister-in-law, the little fox changed the subject.
He asked Ye Tiancheng, "Brother, what are you planning to do today?"
Hearing the little fox's question, Ye Tiancheng instinctively replied according to what Hou Mingzhu had told him after he woke up that morning.
"I'm going to the company. I have work to do."
The little fox was stunned after hearing Ye Tiancheng's answer.
He felt that something was not quite right.
In the little fox's understanding, he seemed to always follow Ye Tiancheng. So, if Ye Tiancheng went to the company, what would he do?
Even stranger, the little fox couldn't remember what he usually did when Ye Tiancheng went to work at the company. It couldn't be that he went to the company with Ye Tiancheng, as he didn't seem to understand much about company matters.
The little fox couldn't help but ask, "Then, when you go to the company, what should I do? Where should I go?"
Ye Tiancheng was also stunned for a moment. "You..."
Hou Mingzhu said, "Little Fox, are you being lazy again today? You don't plan to go to the company with your brother?"
"It's rare to see you up so early today, and yet you still want to be lazy."
The little fox was instantly bewildered. "Huh?"
Was he supposed to go to the company with Ye Tiancheng too?
Following Hou Mingzhu's words and thinking carefully, the little fox suddenly felt that it seemed to be the case, that he was supposed to go to the company with Ye Tiancheng.
Ye Tiancheng also seemed to have a huge problem solved, and his brows immediately relaxed.
He said, "If Little Fox doesn't want to go, then don't go. I can go to the company to work by myself. It's not like there's anything urgent that requires Little Fox to go with me. It's not a big deal if he wants to slack off a bit."
The little fox quickly shook his head and said, "I'd better go. I don't want to slack off. If I don't go to the company with Big Brother, I don't even know what else I should be doing."
So, they agreed that Ye Tiancheng and his brother would go to the company together.
Before they left, Hou Mingzhu escorted Ye Tiancheng and the little fox to the villa's main entrance. Ye Qingcheng also followed beside Hou Mingzhu.
Hou Mingzhu straightened her husband's clothes and then said, "I'll stay home with Qingcheng to study. It's hard work for you to go out and earn a living. Our mother and daughter are counting on you."
Ye Tiancheng replied, "This is what I should do. It's also hard work for you to stay home and accompany our daughter in her studies."
He then turned to his daughter and said, "Qingcheng, be good and listen to your mother at home."
Ye Qingcheng nodded and agreed.