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The Strongest Fox-Demon (5)
The scholar’s home was in a small town. They were just an ordinary family, not rich. The scholar’s mother was sitting in the square-inch-sized yard washing clothes. Two large piles of clothes showed that she was making money from this.
As soon as the scholar entered the courtyard, he rushed forward, “Mother, I’ll do the washing, you should rest.”
The scholar’s hand was blocked by the woman before he could touch the clothes. That woman laughed and said: “Your hands are for writing articles, and signing official documents in the future. How can you do the rough work? I’m not tired, I can do this alone.”
The woman turned her eyes and saw Bai Yi behind him and Chu Xiang, who was at the door. Seeing them one white and one red, looking surreal and beautiful, she was momentarily shocked. She wiped her hands on her shirt and stood up to look at Bai Yi.
“My goodness! Are these two foxes the ones you picked up? How come they look so good? They don’t look like wild ones, more like those raised by noblemen!” The woman was a little scared, “Son, did you really pick them up? Could it be foxes lost by a nobleman? If people know about this, it will affect your future!”
The scholar said: “No, no, when I found them, they were very badly injured and were about to die. Even if someone had kept them before, they must not have wanted them. Mother, you promised we could keep them, you cannot go back on it!”
The woman looked at the scholar with difficulty, sighed, and said with a frown: “Let’s keep them for now. Son, I don’t know how much these foxes eat, and we can’t raise them to cook them. I’m afraid I cannot afford to raise them. If you’d like to, we can keep them for the time being. You promised to study well, so you cannot run away again.”
The scholar immediately smiled, picked up Bai Yi and said, “Thank you, Mother, I will definitely study hard and become a scholar to give you a good life! I’ll go and settle them down first!”
The scholar happily turned around and called Chu Xiang to come along before running into the house. The woman smiled and shook her head, and sat down again to wash the clothes.
Chu Xiang slowly walked inside. She saw the woman’s forehead was covered by a layer of sweat, and her face was sunburned. It was a hot day. Even if she were to sit under the shades, working for a long time was still very hard.
Suddenly, she felt a wave of spiritual energy, and then a barrier appeared around the woman. The weather was still burning hot, but the air around the woman became cooler with some breeze.
The woman also looked at the sky in surprise. She gratefully speeded up the washing, and said to herself: “This wind really came at the right time.”
Chu Xiang looked toward the door of the house, just in time to meet gazes with Bai Yi at the door. She walked over and transmitted telepathically: [Be careful. If too many odd things happened, you’ll be discovered. Humans are not stupid.]
Bai Yi stuck out her tongue. [I know, I know, I’m very careful, I won’t go out of my way.] She excitedly surveyed the surroundings and felt heartache after looking around. [This is our savior’s home? How plain. It’s far worse than our cave. Xiang’er, let’s help him, please?]
[How?] Chu Xiang saw the scholar was bringing out old clothes to make a nest, so she casually found a place to lay down and watch Bai Yi wander around.
[Simple! Savior’s family is poor, so I’ll find some treasure for him to pick up! By the way, isn’t he going to take the provincial exam to become a government official? I can bring back the questions to him! This way he will definitely do very well in the exam! And don’t let him get cold or feel the heat. In any case, I must let him have a good and happy life anyway! What do you think?] Bai Yi got more excited as she rambled. These things were too easy for her to achieve and could really help the scholar.
Chu Xiang did not think much of it. If the anomaly was really found, they could just leave. She had so many treasures in her inventory space and many ideas in her head. Honestly, no one in this world could hurt her.
She completely regarded the scholar as Bai Yi’s toy and casually said: [If you want to, then go. Don’t be too obvious. If you attract demon cultivators, I won’t be able to save you.”
[Don’t worry!] Bai Yi happily answered. She first ran a few circles around the scholar, amusing him, and also set up a barrier around him, regulating the temperature around him to remain comfortable.
The scholar laid a piece of clothing on the straw and lift Bai Yi up, saying happily: “Does Xue’er like it? This will be your home from now on!” He turned his head and called out to Chu Xiang, “Hong’er, come here. It’s very comfortable!”
Chu Xiang went over and lay down under Bai Yi’s expectant gaze. The scholar felt a sense of accomplishment when he saw them laying down obediently on the clothes, and said with a smile: “Okay, I’ll go to my mother to ask for some food to bring over. Don’t you guys run around, and most definitely do not go to my mother’s room. Inside there is the work she receives. If things got soiled and broken, we have to pay for it, so don’t go in there, okay?”
Without waiting for their response, he himself laughed out loud, “Look at me, why am I talking about this? You won’t understand anyway. Oh well, just stay here and wait for me.”