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The Strongest Fox-Demon (24)
Li Yufeng grinned ear to ear, saying, “This is a fortune. My small coffer is almost filled up.”
Bai Yi fiddled with a white jade ring, humming and laughing: “The best of it all is exacting vengeance! These rotten Daoist masters, how dare they scheme against us and make us suffer so much. They got off lightly by dying just like that.”
The sneeze earlier still lingered in her mind, so she patted Chuxiang’s arm happily and said, “Xiang’er, let’s go back quickly. Benefactor must have been missing me. I can’t let him be sad, right? By the way, I can’t stay at his house all the time after we go back. Hmm… How can I let him know I won’t run away?”
She thought for a while and said, “Why don’t I take him to a cave in the outskirts and let him know that I like living in a cave? Then, I can visit him every day and he will know that I just changed places, not that I abandoned him.”
“Okay, as you wish.” Chu Xiang tidied up her things indifferently.
Li Yufeng inserted from the side, “You can come to my place, ah. Hey, you saw how big my house is. I have no one to talk to. White Fox is going to find her benefactor. Why are you bothering them? You can live at my place, plus it’s safe.”
Bai Yi retorted in displeasure, “Why do you open and close your mouth with White Fox? Don’t I have a name?”
Li Yufeng thought for a while and replied, “I don’t seem to know your name. What’s your name?”
“Bai, Yi!” Bai Yi glared at him, then turned to ask Chu Xiang, “Xiang’er, are you coming? I feel that you don’t like Benefactor that much. Is his house boring you?”
“Yes, I find it a bit boring, so go find him and play by yourself. I can also go ask around with Li Yufeng about the three remaining Daoist masters.” Chu Xiang decided and divided their spoils into three equal shares. “Collect all the booty. Let’s go.”
She extinguished the fire with a wave of her hand, and then turned into an ordinary person again, heading towards the city gate.
In a flash, Li Yufeng was grinning ear to ear. “I have a share too?” He caught up with Chu Xiang and said, “I’ll tell you about those three people. I don’t know if these are credible, but let me just tell you what I know.”
Li Yufeng turned on the chatterbox mode again, and even Bai Yi, who was next to him, couldn’t get in the conversation. She found that Li Yufeng was getting more and more of an eyesore. In the past, Chu Xiang belonged to her alone. They, two sisters, stayed together every day, talking and laughing together. But now, what was with this demon catcher who lodged himself in between them? This demon hunter was quite oblivious. Didn’t he know that there were two great demons walking beside him?
Li Yufeng chatted with Chu Xiang pretty naturally, not paying attention to Bai Yi’s dissatisfaction at all. After entering the city, Bai Yi anxiously went to find Zhuang Yulang, and ran away after bidding them farewell.
She was not as bright and conspicuous as Chu Xiang, so she didn’t change her appearance. Only her clothes turned ordinary. When she ran to the mouth of an alley, she felt Zhuang Yulang’s aura, but she couldn’t transform into a little fox in the streets, so she was a little hesitant to continue forward. However, Zhuang Yulang came speeding at the bend without warning. He appeared and bumped into Bai Yi’s arms, and even subconsciously hugged her in order not to fall down!
After Zhuang Yulang stood firm, he hurriedly release her. He cupped his hands and retreated: “I’m sorry! I apologize for my offense, Miss. I’m really sorry, I hope Miss can forgive me for this unintentional offense.”
He raised his head as he spoke and went blank for a moment when he saw Bai Yi’s face. Although Bai Yi was not as eye-catching as Chu Xiang, she was also a fox demon who has cultivated for hundreds of years. Compared with ordinary people, she was quite beautiful, a beauty that Zhuang Yulang has never seen.
Bai Yi’s mood turned for the better when she saw her benefactor. How could she let her benefactor bow to her? She immediately gave him a smile. “There is no need for that, Mister. It was just an accident.” She asked curiously, “Mister, you are in such a hurry. Is there an urgent matter you have to attend to?”
She guessed that Zhuang Yulang might have come out to find her, and a smile filled her eyes.
Zhuang Yulang lowered his eyes and said, “Thank you, Miss. Two of my beloved pets got lost. My mother is so worried about them that she fell ill in bed. I’m on my way to invite a doctor, and then look for my pets at home.”
Bai Yi was momentarily stunned, then murmured softly in bewilderment, “Ill? How is it possible?”
“Pardon?” Zhuang Yulang didn’t hear clearly and couldn’t help but look at her again.
Bai Yi answered with a smile, “It’s nothing. Then, go quickly, Mister. Don’t delay. Your beloved pet… If it knows that you are so worried about it, it will definitely come back soon. Don’t worry, Mister. For someone as good as you, your beloved pet will certainly not leave you behind and run away on its own.”
Zhuang Yulang found her words a bit strange, but he couldn’t care less. He cupped his fists and excused himself, “Then I will take my leave.”
Zhuang Yulang was indeed anxious to call for a doctor. Bai Yi looked at his back thoughtfully, and when he disappeared at the corner of the street, she walked quickly to the shadows of an alley. After making sure that there was no one around, she changed into her original form, ran and jumped back to the Zhuang residence.
She entered the yard without making a sound and was puzzled to see that Zhuang Liu was not lying on the bed. Instead, she was wandering around in the yard, picking up the cage for a while, fiddling with it and pulling out the rope and mousetrap once in a while.
When Bai Yi saw her hiding the mousetrap under their straw nest, her eyes turned cold.
Wasn’t it obvious that she was trying to trap them? What was she planning to do with them? Catch them and lock them in the cage? Was this woman sick? Why should she lock them up?
It was Zhuang Yulang who was kind to her, not Zhuang Liushi. The disgust accumulated during these days exploded at this moment. Bai Yi waved her paw and the sole of Zhuang Liu’s foot slipped. Immediately after, she fell face first into the straw nest with the mouse trap!