"Elder, you don't know that I'm no longer the same Zuimei I used to be," Zuimei said, waving her hand.

Fan Ye laughed and said, "Shall we find a place to talk?"

"Okay." Zui Mei nodded.

"Let's go."

Fan Ye was the first to leap up, stepping on the tree trunks to move forward with a rare agility and grace.

Zui Mei then followed.

The two brothers moved very quickly, traversing the jungle, and soon arrived at their home.

Fan Ye took the lead, stepping on the tree trunk and walking uphill, eventually leaping directly to the top of the tree and sitting on the highest branch.

Zui Mei followed him up and sat next to him.

"Is your brother afraid that the walls are overheard?"

Zui Mei looked down and could see far into the distance. They were sitting in a high position, so even if a fox stood under their tree, it might not be able to hear their conversation.

"You could say that," Fan Ye said, leaning against a tree, squinting as he looked up at the sky through the dense foliage.

"What my brother wants to say this time must be very important, right?" Zuimei couldn't guess, but he could sense it.

Fan Ye nodded and got down to business, "Why did the snake clan attack us? And why did they come to propose marriage as soon as we returned? Don't you think it's too much of a coincidence?"

"Could it be that they knew we were going to offend the wolf clan?" This was the only explanation Zuimei could think of: taking advantage of their misfortune, trying to profit from their fox clan's crisis.

Other powerful demon clans have done this kind of thing before.

Fan Ye shook his head. "How could the snake demons have known when we subdued the wolf demon? Besides, we've been appeasing the wolf clan for a long time; it's common knowledge throughout the demon realm."

"Then what's wrong with him?" Zui Mei couldn't figure it out.

Fan Ye's lips curved slightly, a hint of a smile appearing in her gentle red eyes. "Zui Mei, what do you think of the black tea?"

"She's very thoughtful." Zuimei's expression turned most serious when talking about black tea.

Fan Ye nodded secretly. Zui Mei had truly come to her senses and was no longer as blindly fond of black tea as before.

"Sister...Brother, are you doubting her?" Zui Mei was thinking too much and almost blurted out the word "sister".

"I do have serious doubts about her." Fan Ye heard this but ignored it. Zui Mei still harbored resentment about what happened that time. Only she could figure it out herself. She had already said what she needed to say.

"But she's from our fox clan, would she really..." betray the fox clan? Zui Mei had never experienced betrayal before, so she found it hard to accept.

If Red Tea truly betrays the fox clan, he will personally end her life.

"What did the red tea say to you?" Fan Ye asked, setting aside that question.

Zuimei thought for a moment and then told Fanye everything that Hongcha had said, without missing a single word.

Fan Ye's lips curled slightly. "Indeed, the more beautiful a person is, the more ruthless they are."

"Brother, what are you saying?" Zuimei frowned her beautiful brows, somewhat confused.

Fan Ye raised her hand and touched his head, sighing slightly. Silly child, you didn't even know you were being fooled. If you were still the same Zuimei you used to be, wouldn't you have gone to fight Yao Sanqian to the death after hearing these words?

Some words that seem tender and affectionate are actually like poppies—poisonous.

"Brother?" Zuimei scratched the back of his head, looking rather silly.

"How did you feel when you heard her say those things?" Fan Ye asked.

"Um..." Zui Mei (⊙o⊙)..., can he say that he feels like he's watching a joke? Wouldn't that be too inhumane?

Judging from his expression, Fan Ye probably already understood that he had let go of his feelings for black tea, and he was just scoffing at what she said.

It seems that it will take some time before this silly little brother becomes smart.

Well, it's already good enough that you've become enlightened; at least you can distinguish between good and bad people, right?

Don't ask for too much.

After Fan Ye finished comforting himself, he finally spoke: "Yao Sanqian's goal is the entire fox clan. He wants the entire fox clan to submit to him and be used by him."

"What?!" Zui Mei was stunned for a moment, then her anger surged. "Damn it, if he dares to lay a hand on me, I'll kill him!"

Fan Ye pressed down on his shoulder and calmly said, "Don't be impulsive. You can't beat Yao Sanqian right now."

"But brother, are we just going to let him do such evil?" Zui Mei was trembling with anger, her fists clenched tightly.

Fan Ye sneered, "How could that be? Those who offend my fox clan will be punished no matter how far away they are! But Hong Cha is probably in cahoots with him. What we should do is wipe them out in one fell swoop, beat the traitorous little bitch to death, and let everyone in the fox clan understand what kind of demons Yao Sanqian and Hong Cha are!"

Upon hearing this, Zuimei's anger gradually subsided. He looked up at Fanye and said, "Brother, whatever you say, I will do. We absolutely cannot let them go."

Seeing that Zuimei completely trusted him, Fan Ye was also somewhat moved. This was all his side of the story, and he hadn't even produced any evidence yet, but Zuimei already believed him.

"Don't worry about what happens next. The clan doesn't know we broke the rules yet. If we want to eat meat, we have to do it secretly." Fan Ye loathed this rule to the extreme. How could a carnivore not become weak when forced to become a herbivore?

Zui Mei nodded. He felt his strength had increased considerably after eating meat recently. Listening to his brother was definitely the right thing to do.

Fan Ye was unaware that he had gained a little fanboy, and thought that his younger brother was simply relying on him intellectually and didn't want to use his brain.

The two chatted for a while longer, from now to the future, bringing up all the things Zui Mei hadn't thought about and turning them into questions, asking Zui Mei what to do.

Zui Mei still has her own ideas, and although they are often bumpy, some of what she says makes a lot of sense.

In the evening, Mingyao and Suying came looking for them.

After all, they broke the rules together, so they're in the same boat now.

Fan Ye stood in front of them and said softly, "We can't go without eating anything. Everyone, go and have some fruit as a token gesture. We have activities tonight."

"Great!" Su Ying, Zui Mei, Ming Yao, and the other two's eyes lit up.

...

As night fell, all was quiet, and the full moon hung high in the sky.

Four black shadows darted out swiftly from the jungle of the fox clan's territory.

The figures almost blurred into streaks of color: a faint white shadow, a blue-white, a rose, and a pink. Blending into the darkness, these colors were so pale that one might mistake them for illusions without careful observation.

These figures, having left the fox clan's territory, didn't stop for a second and charged straight into the wolf clan's territory.

Half an hour later...

To the east of the wolf pack, there is a high mountain, from which wisps of smoke rise into the air.

Sitting at the entrance of the cave, the beautiful and radiant Su Yingmingyao all wore satisfied smiles as they grilled meat.

Zui Mei rolled up her sleeves and was still helping Fan Ye slice meat with a dagger.

Mingyao also rolled up her sleeves, her cute little face covered in oil from eating.