In an instant, Wei Ye thought of several ways to save himself. To buy time to think, he asked, "Why did you come downstairs?"
Jiang Meiling's life is very regular and strict most of the time. During this period of time, she should be painting in her room and would not even leave the room.
Having been married for many years, Jiang Meiling could easily discern his thoughts. She sneered and said, "My son texted me saying he wanted to eat the braised chicken wings I made for him."
Wei Sushen rarely asked for anything, which made Jiang Meiling feel flattered for a moment. Naturally, she put the painting matter aside.
Wei Ye shook his head. "He doesn't want to eat chicken wings, he wants to break my invisible wings."
The contrast is really huge when a middle-aged cold and indifferent man speaks non-mainstream words with an expressionless face.
Jiang Meiling was stunned for a few seconds and couldn't help but smile.
It has to be said that Wei Ye has become very skilled in coaxing his wife.
Seeing his wife's attitude soften, Wei Ye gently patted the seat next to him. Jiang Meiling came over and sat down. He whispered, "What happened again?"
Although the father and son disliked each other, they were fine enough not to think of seeing a psychiatrist.
Wei Ye said calmly: "Your son..."
When he met the other person's unfriendly gaze, he changed his words: "Our son just came to ask for advice, saying that he has a friend..."
Jiang Meiling already felt a slight headache after hearing this opening.
Wei Ye had an excellent memory and repeated the story told by Wei Sushen almost word for word.
Jiang Meiling was silent for a minute, then suddenly smiled. "You know, there are three possible reasons why he told this story: a mental illness, a metaphor, or perhaps something he'd personally experienced."
Wei Ye did not deny it.
Jiang Meiling's voice was naturally gentle and reassuring. "This world is vast and boundless. It's not an exaggeration to say that humans are living in a corner. It's just that your inherent knowledge makes you subconsciously ignore the other two possibilities."
Wei Ye's mind moved: "In your opinion, what is the most reasonable way to deal with this?"
Jiang Meiling pondered for a few seconds and said, "Let's ask a doctor to take a look."
“…”
Jiang Meiling did not forget the purpose of going downstairs and went to the kitchen to start cooking. Aunt Zhang quickly put down what she was doing and said, "Madam, I'll do it."
Jiang Meiling waved her hand: "I'll make dinner tonight."
After cleaning, Aunt Zhang didn't have to cook, so she soon had some free time.
Wei Ye, who was reading a newspaper, helped her turn on the TV.
The Wei family has always treated their servants very well. Apart from the titles, there is no distinction between high and low status.
This is not something that is deliberately pretended, but a kind of demeanor that is in the bones.
At Aunt Zhang's age, she had no desire for electronic products and preferred watching TV. Her taste in TV dramas was surprisingly similar to Fang Shan's, and the two often made appointments to watch mother-in-law and daughter-in-law dramas together.
Seeing that the TV series was about to start in fifteen minutes, Aunt Zhang went upstairs to call Fang Shan. Watching a melodramatic drama is like eating instant noodles. The more people there are, the more exciting it is.
Fang Shan followed Aunt Zhang downstairs happily. Wei Sushen was standing behind them with a gloomy face. Wei Ye glanced at his eldest son's expression downstairs and felt much better.
Evil will be punished by evil, and the ancients were not wrong.
Fang Shan watched TV with a sense of ritual. Snacks and drinks were prepared in front of him. He sat cross-legged on the sofa, hugged the cushion with his arms, and adjusted himself to a comfortable posture.
The noise here also disturbed the little fat boy who was playing video games in the room, and he quickly joined their camp.
There were still a few minutes before the TV series started, and the three of them kept watching the commercials without getting bored.
Wei Sushen then slowly walked down, glanced at the TV, and could not hide the disgust in his eyes.
Aunt Zhang smiled and said, "This time we're not watching a simple mother-in-law and daughter-in-law drama."
Wei Sushen shook his head. Analyzing from another perspective, there is no simple mother-in-law and daughter-in-law drama.
The fat boy raised his hand and said, "This drama is really clear and unconventional. The daughter-in-law quarreled with her mother-in-law, and after an unexpected miscarriage, she decided not to be a housewife and live her own life."
Wei Ye, who had originally not participated, couldn't stand hearing this and couldn't help but scold: "Put more thought on your homework."
The fat boy curled his lips and continued to tell the story: "But after being a housewife for so many years, no company was willing to accept her. In order to make a career as soon as possible, she decided to become a tomb robber."
Upon hearing this, Wei Ye's fingers gripping the edge of the newspaper tightened, and Wei Sushen also pressed his brows. According to the development of a typical melodrama, shouldn't the woman join a large company and eventually become a big shot in the business world?
"Does anyone watch this drama?" Jiang Meiling, who was busy in the kitchen, couldn't help but ask.
After all, just from listening to it, it seems that the leap is too big. Family ethics dramas originally target middle-aged people as the audience group. Suddenly jumping out of it and becoming tomb robbers will lose a lot of viewers.
"The ratings were pretty dismal," the little fat man said with a shudder, "but who could have imagined something like this would actually happen in real life? Since the beginning of the month, people have been finding bodies of women in the wilderness. I heard they were all ordinary housewives."
So far, the police have not found out why these people went to the remote mountains.
Fang Shan turned his head and asked, "Is there such a thing?"
The little fat man was surprised: "You don't know?"
Fang Shan nodded. He didn't pay much attention to hot current affairs.
The little fat boy and Aunt Zhang asked in unison: "Then why do you watch it?"
They watch this drama just for the excitement. If another murder happens, the TV series might be banned. Now they watch one less episode at a time.
In a nutshell, it's nothing more than a curiosity.
Fang Shan pursed his lips and said nothing, while Wei Sushen sneered, "He simply thinks it looks good."
Fang Shan nodded, indicating that the other party was right.
“…”
The little fat boy suddenly hissed and said in a thankful tone, "Fortunately, there is no real housewife in our family."
Jiang Meiling is a career-oriented strong woman, while the others are all men.
Wei Ye stopped reading the newspaper and tapped him on the head: "What are you thinking about?"
The fat boy rubbed his forehead and said, "There have been quite a few bizarre murders this year, and it seems like I'm always involved."
Fang Shan remained expressionless, but his heart was moved. Wei Supei was also a strange man. Compared with other people in the Wei family, he was definitely not smart, but he was the one who saw things most clearly.
When he first arrived, Wei Supei was scolded by Wei Ye for suspecting that he was a vixen, but after careful investigation, he did discover part of the truth.
After all, Fang Shan is indeed not human.
Wei Supei continued his analysis with reason and evidence: "After my analysis, the more incredible the case, the more likely it is to involve me."
Jiang Meiling, who was staying out of the conflict between father and son, threw a garlic and said, "Don't curse your brother."
As the person involved, no one knows what Wei Sushen is thinking. Anyway, he behaves in the same way as usual: "The deceased are all housewives. I am different from them in terms of gender."
The little fat man also felt that the two were completely unrelated and that he was worrying too much.
"It's started." Aunt Zhang interrupted their conversation.
Everyone's attention was quickly focused on the TV series. Fang Shan watched it without blinking, and Jiang Meiling's dinner was ready just as he finished one episode.
After the family finished their meal happily, Fang Shan stretched and went upstairs with Wei Sushen one after the other.
As soon as he returned to the room, the smile on his face disappeared.
"We're in trouble."
Although I don’t know much about what happened, let alone the cause and effect, I have to have the awareness of a non-chief.
Wei Sushen's self-awareness was no less than that of the system, and he nodded slightly upon hearing this.
Fang Shan imitated his usual movements and rubbed his brows, finding that this little movement was quite effective in relieving headaches. "Let's go find System 333 and explain the situation first."
The latter was forcibly dragged onto a boat by them. Although System 333 seems to be very timid on weekdays, when it comes to the critical moment, it is a force that cannot be underestimated.
System 333 is placed in the smallest room at the innermost part of the corridor, and there is always incense burning in the incense burner inside.
Fang Shan disliked the smoky environment and said, "Can't you change your faith?"
Whether it's Taoism or the Demonic religion, why would you support a religion that requires burning incense?
System 333 said devoutly: "Buddha saves all living things, Taoism saves more people."
It was obvious that the species would not allow him to convert to Taoism.
Fang Shan deliberately walked to a seat near the window, opened the window, and breathed in the fresh air. In an instant, he felt his soul was purified.
"I'm going to tell you something. You might think I'm worrying too much..." Even so, he continued to talk to himself, "But it's better to prepare early."
After a brief pause, he repeated the news he had just heard from the fat boy.
System 333 stood up from the mat and took out the information underneath. Fang Shan took it and looked at it. All the information recorded on it was related to these cases.
"This is……"
System 333 sighed. "I've been following the news. I'll be keeping an eye on any serial murders, large-scale thefts, and so on that happen within a short period of time."
Fang Shan raised his eyebrows: "Isn't that a bit exaggerated?"
"I've considered this question, too." System 333 looked at him with a strange gaze. "Now I realize that, far from overthinking, I've actually underthought."
Fang Shan and Wei Sushen are clearly trouble-making individuals.
The data collected by System 333 was very comprehensive, even going so far as to reveal the family backgrounds of several of the deceased. Fang Shan took a quick look and found nothing particularly strange.
System 333 handed over another photo. This time, Fang Shan's gaze lingered for a moment. The photo showed a bronze statue, a lifeless object, but its eyes were very strange, as if it was staring at you from another world.
"What's this?"
"It's essentially the same as the Buddha statue I worship."
Fang Shan laughed: "Faith?"
System 333 said disdainfully, "The families of these deceased individuals all enshrined a small bronze statue, but some beliefs bring strength, while others lead to loss."
Fang Shan asked back: "Which one are you?"
System 333 fell silent.
Frankly speaking, although he worships Buddha statues every day, he probably doesn't even believe that he is sincere. He is just looking for a place to put his faith.
Fang Shan didn't insist on an answer. He turned around and asked Wei Sushen, "What do you think?"
Wei Sushen's expression remained unchanged: "Just wait and see what happens."
They just think of the worst and maybe they won't be able to handle it in the end.
Fang Shan nodded and looked at the photo in his hand: "Let's collect some information first, in case of emergency."
After several consecutive failures, he didn't think that there would be another system coming to assassinate the host in the short term. It was very likely that this was not aimed at Wei Sushen.
With a warning, Fang Shan's life returned to normal. During this time, Wei Sushen keenly noticed that the number of times he went out had decreased dramatically. According to the system's theory, staying in the villa was much safer.
This idea is not without merit. Not to mention him, even Wei Sushen himself has reduced the time he spends going to the company.
After a few days of peace and smooth sailing, the inevitable outing finally came.
On the 25th of this month, Grandpa Du’s birthday was coming up. The Wei and Du families weren’t close, but they still had to show some respect. As the eldest son of the Wei family, Wei Sushen had to go with Wei Ye.
The fat boy didn't have to go, he was defeated by his mouth.
The day before, when Jiang Meiling suggested taking him out for a walk to expand his network, the little fat boy shook his head like a rattle and pointed at Wei Sushen and said, "We should celebrate your birthday properly. If he goes, it might become a crime scene."
As soon as he said this, he saw Fang Shan's sympathetic look.
Sure enough, almost at the same time, Jiang Meiling went from giving him a choice to directly confirming that he had to attend this birthday party, whether he wanted to or not.
On the day of Mr. Du’s birthday, many celebrities from all walks of life came.
As Wei Ye parked the car, he said, "Mr. Du isn't a ostentatious person. He doesn't really like these kinds of ostentations."
This time it was to connect the younger generations of the family and to bring the families closer together.
Wei Ye and Mr. Du are just acquaintances. One is in politics and the other is in business. For the sake of long-term development, they have eliminated the possibility of collusion between officials and businessmen from the very beginning.
The hall was bustling with people, handsome men and beautiful women chatting and laughing. Fang Shan soon noticed Du Hong, the star-studded figure, with a half-smile on his face. Across the crowd, Du Hong also noticed him, quickly averted his gaze, and continued to play along.
Fang Shan was not angry because of the other party's cold attitude, but found it funny instead.
Without Du Hong's support, Chen Bingying would not be able to jump around until now. He has always been a vengeful person, but he held back when it came to Du Hong.
It was simple. This man had believed Chen Bingying's words and kidnapped him. After a lot of trouble, he finally took him for a physical examination.
Wei Sushen, who was standing next to Fang Shan, also thought of this and was speechless for a moment.
Faced with an "upright" talent like Du Hong who believed in science, he felt embarrassed to take action.
While he was speechless, his eyes accidentally met Fang Can who had just walked in. He shook his head again. The Fang family had been calculated by the system time and time again, and he was so stupid that he felt there was no need to take action.
Fang Can seemed to have learned his lesson and chose to keep his distance.
The table where the Wei family sat was one of the front few. Fang Shan had been smiling since he came in, but his eyes never stopped looking at them.
In a short period of time, he had memorized the appearances of all the visitors.
Wei Sushen sat next to him and occasionally introduced the identities of a few people who needed attention.
Contrary to his usual behavior, Fang Shan did not show any impatience, but nodded from time to time.
As most people took their seats, a well-behaved little girl helped an old man onto the stage.
The Du family does not like extravagance, and the birthday celebration followed all normal procedures. Grandpa Du first said a few words of thanks, and then asked Du Hong to come on stage to cut the cake with him.
Fang Shan took a bite of food and chuckled softly, "Du Hong's value has increased."
This person's ability is actually very average, but he was raised by Grandpa Du himself, and he even has more affection for him than for his own son.
The cake had seven layers. Du Hong stood beside the old man with a smile, holding the knife together, ready to cut it.
The fat boy in the audience covered his eyes with his hands, glancing at the cake from time to time through the gaps between his fingertips, and asked tremblingly, "Is there a body hidden in the cake?"
Wei Ye's face darkened: "Don't talk nonsense."
With a flick of the knife, the cake was cut in half, but the expected bloody scene did not happen.
The little fat man breathed a sigh of relief, and was surprised to find that it was the sound of several simultaneous sighs of relief superimposed on each other. Looking at Wei Ye, Jiang Meiling, and even Wei Sushen himself, there was a hint of relaxation in their expressions.
"Hypocrisy." The little fat man thought to himself.
Everyone clearly has similar ideas.
After cutting the cake, the dishes on the table were almost ready, and the waiter took away the melon seeds and fruit plates that had been placed there previously.
Fang Shan suddenly said, "I have a bad feeling..."
Wei Sushen's chopsticks stopped in mid-air, and he quickly picked up a chicken leg for the little fat boy: "Hurry up and eat."
The little fat boy looked confused.
Wei Sushen said calmly: "Once the police come to seal off the scene, we won't be able to leave for a while."
As an eyewitness, you may have to give a statement.
“…”
The author has something to say: Wei Sushen: He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.
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