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The Strongest Fox-Demon (26)
Chu Xiang asked curiously, “How did you teach her a lesson?”
“It’s not a big deal. I just let her lie on the mousetrap. If she wants to trap us, let her try the trap herself.”
Chu Xiang nodded in response. Li Yufeng asked in surprise, “Chu Xiang, why are you nodding? Are you saying she is in the right?”
Chu Xiang, a demon cultivator, glanced at him and asked back, “Then do we deserve to be caught in her snare? Is trapping us inside not enough? Do you have any misunderstandings about demons? Do you think we are good people?”
Li Yufeng scratched his head, feeling speechless. Indeed. If you harmed an ordinary fox, they couldn’t fight back and they could only resign to their fate but if you run into a fox demon, how could you prevent them from retaliating?
Bai Yi echoed happily, “Xiang’er, do you think she has gone too far? How much have I helped her in the past? How obedient were we when we were at her house? We never made trouble for her. As a result, she is actually treating us like this. That’s too much!”
Chu Xiang held her head with one hand and casually wrapped the hair around her ear with the other hand. She said unaffectedly, “However, she is your benefactor’s mother after all. If nothing serious happens in the future, don’t hurt her. Ignore her. Otherwise, it will be your benefactor who suffers, don’t you agree? Did the scholar find out that you’re the culprit?”
“Of course not! But
” Bai Yi stood up with a frown and paced the room uneasily. He has nothing to eat now. In his rush to cook, he almost set the kitchen on fire. I don’t know how to help him. Xiang’er, what should I do? Alas, had I known, I wouldn’t have asked him what he was up to when I bumped into him today. Then, I wouldn’t have found out that his mother lied and deceived him, and was secretly doing something evil. I wouldn’t have ended up causing so much trouble.”
Chu Xiang half-closed her eyes. “Did you bump into him? In human form?”
“Correct.”
“Then go meet him again. Find something to help him cook. Why not just make up an excuse? It’s not like you haven’t seen him before.”
When Bai Yi heard Chu Xiang’s suggestion, she turned around with her eyes lit up, as if a door to a new world had opened. “You mean
 Meet him in human form?” She smiled and clapped her hands. “That’s right. Why do I have to be a fox to find him? No, Benefactor is still hungry. I’m leaving.”
She happily ran to Chu Xiang, hugged her and kissed her, “Xiang’er, you are so smart. Why can’t I think of anything? I’m going!”
Bai Yi ran out cheerfully, completely opposite to how anxious she looked when she came. Li Yufeng shook his head with a sigh and looked at Chu Xiang. “Did you two really grow up together? Why do I feel like you know everything, but she doesn’t?”
Truth to tell, the original owner, like Bai Yi, was rather clueless and naive. What experience could she have after cultivating in the mountains all day long? She was not much different from a newborn baby. The all-knowing one was Chu Xiang, the ten thousand-year-old “demon”.
Chu Xiang replied calmly, “Some people are smart and some are naive. What’s so strange about that?”
“You’re boasting of your own cleverness. You’re really something.” Li Yufeng added another serving of water to her and asked curiously, “You let Bai Yi associate with Scholar Zhuang in human form. Are you not afraid she will become enamored?”
Chu Xiang chuckled. “So what? Yiyi is reluctant to part with him. If she coaxes him and let him stay by her side, it’s only going to last a few decades. What else is there to it?”
“But
 Didn’t you guys mention something about your predecessors’ stories? They all ended up miserable it seems. Aren’t you afraid?”
“With me around, will she be miserable?” Chu Xiang raised her eyes, radiating nothing but unshakable self-confidence. She was very confident so she allowed Bai Yi to have fun as she wished. No matter what happened, she could bring her back. Wasn’t this just a matter of her little sister’s first awakening of love? Since she liked someone, she might as well pursue him boldly. They were demons, who were totally different from mortals. They could afford to play with anything.
Li Yufeng understood what she meant. In others’ eyes, this might come out as a tangled love between a mortal and a demon, but in Chu Xiang’s eyes, that unreliable scholar was merely her little sister’s toy. If the scholar gives his sincerity, he will naturally live a lifetime of happiness with Bai Yi; if he fails Bai Yi’s love, nothing will happen with Chu Xiang watching over her. By then, the scholar’s fate would be uncertain. Who asked him to fail his beloved?
Li Yufeng said, as if in deep thought, “Bai Yi wants to repay his kindness
 Hai, she will follow Scholar Zhuang all day long and there’s no telling how much help she’ll offer him. Maybe his favor will be repaid one day, but by then it’s going to be difficult to figure out whoever owes whom.”
“That’s right. What’s there to worry about?” Chu Xiang was quite satisfied with her status as a great demon, which was no different from her previous demon cultivation. The strong are respected, and the fittest survive. She was familiar with the laws of this world. What she was more interested in now was to avenge the original owner.
“Let Yiyi have fun. Come with me to settle accounts with the three remaining Daoist masters.” Chu Xiang stood up. “Cut off the grass, roots and all. Let’s not leave future enemies outside.”
Li Yufeng rubbed his head in a daze. “Why do I feel like I’m on a pirate ship and I can’t get off? Am I a demon hunter? I feel like a demon too
”
Chu Xiang examined his appearance and suddenly smiled, “What kind of demon are you? A fox demon? Has anyone ever told you that you look like a pretty toy boy?”
Li Yufeng touched his face, looked at her smiling face and said, “A pretty toy boy? No one has ever said that before, probably because I always grow a bear, and it makes my face look dark. But being in your company these days, I suppose I am. At first glance we are of the same feather. We’re equally good-looking.”
He made a gesture of invitation and said smilingly, “Please, everyone has the right to punish the scourges of the righteous path. Let this humble one lead you to them.”
Chu Xiang raised her hand and patted him on the forehead, and walked out with a smile. “So much drama, let’s go!”
The two went out one after the other and soon left the city, following the traces of the three dead Daoist masters to find the remaining three.
Bai Yi, on the other hand, pretended to be an orphan lady who was looking for relatives but failed to find them and “accidentally” fell at the door of the Zhuang’s residence. Zhuang Yulang hurriedly opened the door when he heard the commotion. Seeing that it was Bai Yi, his heart inexplicably skipped a beat.
“Is there anything I can do for you, Miss?”
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