Chapter 81: Lou Yunxiaoās Mother
“Awoo!” Ning Ke wanted to speak to him, but the only sound he could make was a whimper.
Lou Yunxiao thought he was in pain, so he slowed down his movements and rubbed his fur more gently. “Good boy, endure it. Otherwise, we canāt stop the bleeding.”
Ning Ke whimpered a few more times in vain. Realizing he truly couldn’t speak human language, he gave up. He slumped dejectedly on the grass, letting Lou Yunxiao handle him. His fox eyes stared at the manās ethereal, immortal-like face, his mind turning into a complete jumble.
Why was there also a Lou Yunxiao ten thousand years ago? Furthermore, this Lou Yunxiaoās personality was exactly like that of the Senior Brother who had doted on him at the Sword Sect.
[Host, Iām considering that the Lou Yunxiao ten thousand years later might be the reincarnation of this Lou Yunxiao.] Xiao Yuan began to analyze the situation rationally. [Because I found that ever since you came to this world ten thousand years in the past, the plot completion percentage has started to pull forward.]
[So, you mean the things I do in this current stage will be related to the things that happen ten thousand years later?]
[Exactly. Oh? A new mission.] Xiao Yuan looked at the panel prompt and said, [Host, main mission issuedāuse all your skills to stay by Lou Yunxiaoās side. Acting cute, rolling around, acting spoiled, and clinging to his leg are all acceptable!]
[???]
Acting cute, rolling around, acting spoiled, and clinging to his leg? Did he, Ning Ke, look like someone who would do such things?!
Ning Ke widened his fox eyes. He saw that Lou Yunxiao, who had finished applying the medicine, had stood up and said to the mother and daughter, “Itās not far from Chihe City. Iāll take you back on my sword.”
The woman said happily, “Then thank you very much, Master Lou!”
The little girl said, “Mother, let’s take the little fox too. The little fox saved us just now!”
The woman nodded. Indeed, if the little fox hadn’t bought them time, she and her daughter likely would have become corpses before the Immortal arrived.
Seeing her mother agree, the little girl immediately ran toward Ning Ke happily.
Alarm bells went off in Ning Ke’s mind. The system mission required him to stay by Lou Yunxiaoās side. If the little girl adopted him, he wouldn’t be able to follow Lou Yunxiao once they reached Chihe City!
Thus, when the little girl ran over, he darted behind Lou Yunxiao’s legs. As she chased him, he ran circles around Lou Yunxiao, simply refusing to be caught.
“Stop for a second, stop!” The little girl was so tired she leaned on her knees, panting.
Seeing this, the woman said, “Fangfang, it seems the little fox doesn’t want to be touched by you.”
Hearing this, Ning Ke nodded vigorously. His fox head bobbed up and down without stopping.
“Huh? He understands human speech. Heās nodding.”
The woman was amazed. She continued, “I see him running around Master Lou. Could it be that he likes Master Lou?”
Ning Ke began nodding wildly again. Eventually, he cast his dignity to the winds and rubbed his fluffy head against Lou Yunxiaoās pant leg. Looking up, he used those fox eyes to cast an alluring glance at Lou Yunxiao.
Kid, hurry up and say you want to keep me! Say it now!
“It seems he really likes Master Lou.” The woman smiled. “Master Lou, I see you have a connection with this fox. Why don’t you keep him?”
Lou Yunxiao lowered his eyes, looking at Ning Ke, who was constantly blinking at him. He smiled. He picked Ning Ke up and stroked the little fox’s back.
“Since you like me so much, I’ll take you back to my home.”
…
Upon reaching Chihe City, Lou Yunxiao handed the mother and daughter over to the City Lord and then went directly to a residence in the south of the city. Ning Ke was a bit curious about what Lou Yunxiaoās current home looked like, so he stretched his neck to look into the courtyard.
He heard a continuous series of bang-bang-bang striking sounds coming from the courtyard! Straining his eyes, he saw an exquisitely beautiful woman with a gentle aura… holding a large sledgehammer and frantically smashing iron!!
The woman’s eyes were glowing. The large hammer was swung by her seemingly thin arm until it left afterimages, striking the red-hot iron and sending off a series of sparks.
A question mark slowly appeared above Ning Ke’s head. While he was wondering about the woman’s identity, Lou Yunxiao shouted, “Mother, I’m back.”
Ning Ke: (Ī©ŠĪ©)!
Hearing his voice, the woman didn’t even look up. She said, “I knew you were back the moment you entered the city. Now that youāre back, hurry to the kitchen and cook. I’m starving.”
“Mhm,” Lou Yunxiao responded. The woman looked up at him.
In that instant, she froze. She swallowed her saliva. Then, she dropped the hammer and flew toward Ning Ke. “Son, I haven’t eaten stewed fox meat in a long time! You’re so filial, bringing a fox back for me!”
“And this fur is so beautiful! When you kill him later, remember to skin him perfectly. Iām just missing a fur vest!”
Ning Ke: (Ī©ŠĪ©)???
He was horrified. Even his fox fur stood on end. Mother! How can such a gentle and beautiful-looking woman have a hobby of eating fox meat and skinning foxes!
“Awoo! Awoo!” Ning Ke wanted to tell her that fox meat didn’t taste good at allāit was fishy and rankābut when he opened his mouth, all he could do was whimper.
Lou Yunxiao hugged Ning Ke tightly, blocking his mother who was about to drool. He said, “Mother, I brought him back to keep him, not to eat him.”
“I understand, I understand,” Bai Wanru said. “You want to fatten him up before slaughtering him.”
“…” Lou Yunxiao sighed, but then he used a serious tone to threaten her. “Mother, if you dare slaughter him, I won’t wash your clothes, cook for you, clean the house, or air your blankets anymore.”
“?” Ning Keās face was blank. Was this a threat? You call this a threat?
What surprised him even more was that the woman was actually scared!
“Alright, alright, son! My mistake, my mistake! I promise not to kill him; I’ll help you raise him.” With that, Bai Wanruās attitude changed completely. She revealed a motherly smile and reached out toward Ning Ke. “Come, little fox, let Big Sister give you a hug~”
Ning Ke didn’t believe a “Wolf Grandma’s” smile for a second. He immediately used his fox paws to hug Lou Yunxiaoās neck. While rubbing against the man’s skin like he was acting spoiled, he let out a series of “ying-ying-ying” whimpers.
Lou Yunxiaoās heart softened from the rubbing. However, he had always been a “closet pervert” who didn’t show his feelings. He suppressed his emotions, his Adam’s apple bobbing as he hugged Ning Keās fluffy body tighter.
He said to Bai Wanru, “Mother, this fox is intelligent. He likely has a spark of spirit. He understood what you said just now, so he won’t be willing to get close to you easily. From now on, heāll stay with me; you don’t need to worry about it.”
After speaking, he hugged Ning Ke and turned into the house. Ning Ke rested on his shoulder and bared his teeth at Bai Wanru in a show of defiance.
The woman raised an eyebrow. She thought to herself that this little fox had likely truly become a spirit and was planning to latch onto her son. She just didn’t know if it was male or female. If it took human form in the future, it might even be raised as a “daughter-in-law.” After all, her son had been single for far too long; his lack of desire was starting to make her, his mother, suspect if he was “incompetent.”
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