"Fox... why has it built a nest on your head?"
After ordering stir-fried dishes, Mo Yiqing looked in astonishment at Yu Xueqing, who was wearing a fox hat on her head.
"The little fox is being moody." Yu Xueqing showed a helpless expression, raising her hand to steady the little fox on her head to prevent it from swaying too much and falling off:
"I was saying that it’s hot in the summer and asked Xiaolan if he wanted to go to Pet Paradise to get a trim, and he just ran to my head and built a nest."
"Pfft..."
Mo Yiqing chuckled at her words, raising a hand to gently tap the little fox’s nose: "You’re quite the poser! Just like Aunt Mo. When the food is served later, we’ll add a drumstick for how well we get along!"
"Drumsticks are no use, Xiaolan doesn’t like them." Yu Xueqing waved to the waiter, picked up a bottle of Cola, twisted open the cap, and shook it in front of the little fox,
The bottle emitted a cold aura, and the straw inserted into the mouth of the bottle swayed to and fro, reminiscent of a woman doing a pole dance.
The fox hat spread itself out slowly, sitting on the table enjoying the icy Cola, making a long burp with an expression of great pleasure.
"Burp... Considering the lime ice Cola, I won’t hold it against you for dragging me out of the Celestial Empress Palace and trying to convince me to get an evil fleece cut."
In Ansheng’s eyes, the only function of various pet grooming stores is to shave dogs bald, or dress all dogs in Teddy styles.
Even though Ansheng is familiar with Chen Zhiyu, he still refuses any pet grooming.
"Dogs... can drink Cola?"
"It’s because they can’t, that’s why Xiaolan is happy."
Mo Yiqing laughed, shaking her head at the mischievous little fox, feeling both amused and exasperated, saying:
"Xiaolan has such a great sense for entertainment. Aren’t you doing live-stream sales now? Usually, you should record some videos of the little fox to trick the fans into spending money, shouldn’t you?"
"There used to be related stuff, but I always felt there seemed to be a sense of selling out, so I didn’t do it." Yu Xueqing shook her head. Her platform often pushed content with dogs being cheeky, cats being cute, foxes being coquettish, and scantily clad tea girls."
She has scrolled through all those videos and can hear some complaints from the little pets.
For example, a Husky video running rampantly at home and causing mischief.
In the eyes of other viewers, it’s just the dog measuring room areas daily after people leave, preparing to give an interior decoration quote.
But to Yu Xueqing, she understands the Husky’s barking insults in the short video because off-camera, someone is tempting the Husky with its favorite toy.
There are so many staged videos like this, leaving the little creatures exhausted and swearing.
If it’s just daily sharing, Yu Xueqing has no problem with it, but she also knows her resolve is weak, afraid of being persuaded or familiar requests from viewers to perform with the little fox together.
Foxes born on farms already have tough lives; forcing them to work further makes Yu Xueqing feel she’s being really mean, probably deserving of a lightning strike when stepping outside.
Though she owns pets, making the little fox happy is priority; earning cash is her own concern.
"Hmm? Why is there a male crab here?"
Inside the private room, as the trio was enjoying seafood with satay sauce base, the three crabs Mo Yiqing ordered, split into halves, arrived.
Mo Yiqing reached out to pick up half, intending to place it on Xiaolan’s plate, offering crab roe to the little fox.
But after picking up the crab, Mo Yiqing frowned and asked the waiter, "Could you ask the kitchen what’s going on? I ordered female crabs here, yet a male crab is served."
The waitress was stunned, checked the menu, and indeed it was as Mo Yiqing said; they ordered three female crabs, not a single male crab.
"Sorry... I’ll go ask the kitchen; the chef might have mistaken it when cutting the crab."
The waiter took the male crab away and returned shortly with an apology, explaining the mistake of the chef.
Crabs are steamed in entire baskets, and the chef mistook the regular habit of placing one male and one female together.
As the waitress left, Mo Yiqing shook her head, jokingly commenting: "The dishes are great, but they’re slightly careless."
"I don’t even eat human food, let alone crab..."
"What are you eating?"
Yu Xueqing was munching on crab roe, hearing the words but not understanding Mo Yiqing’s intent.
The little fox, about to bite into some crab meat, looked at Mo Yiqing with a puzzled look.
"You don’t have a boyfriend, and even if you have one in the future, you’re also unlikely to like male crabs."
"Eating just a male crab could call me unfaithful, and then they’d want me to eat..." Mo Yiqing casually remarked, shocking Yu Xueqing with her unexpected banter.
Yu Xueqing swallowed and silently put down the half male crab she just picked up, feeling something in her throat.
"Momo, you’d agree to that? That’s disgusting."
"Don’t worry, I washed up thoroughly before coming back, assuring you won’t taste any. Let’s share a kiss as practice." Mo Yiqing toyed with Yu Xueqing with a mischievous smile.
She indeed has no boyfriend, while claiming to have one is merely camouflage for a small secret.
Some like men, some like women, others might prefer life insurance sellers.
However.
Mo Yiqing’s preference could fall into the category of ’self-love’.
The existence of this "boyfriend" spaciously reduced nearly all hassles during college.
At the least, she wouldn’t worry about someone double-crossing her.
Courting attempts and floral confessions considering Mo Yiqing from others were in her mind an affront.
Among same-sex scenarios, once confirming the other wasn’t ambiguous or alike, Mo Yiqing wouldn’t dismiss it.
While not dismissing, she could still feel jealous towards herself.
"Hehehe... Just give in! Look at all this delicious food on the table; eating one is eating it, but even eating me counts as eating... "
Seeing Yu Xueqing’s flushed cheeks, Mo Yiqing further teased Yu Xueqing.
With laughter and playful bickering among the two, no barriers existed.
Yu Xueqing was timid and polite, while Mo Yiqing was generous and bold; they matched well.
But.
A sudden ringtone interrupted the increasingly lively and bashful mood in the room.
Mo Yiqing froze, picking up her phone. It had been placed on the table since the receptionist returned it with the food after billing.
"Hello? I’m out of town and not drinking; went wild with you all for half a month, even gained weight." Mo Yiqing answered the call, couldn’t help complaining, putting her love loss blame entirely on the opposite.
"Dong Qing, your mom exploded! Oops... meant angry."
"Your parents just quarreled."
On the other end, Mo Yiqing’s girlfriend addressed her nickname, urgently mentioning: "That sticky band-aid reached your home, coaxed your dad’s information knowing you’re in Xia Dong and planning to follow up with a flower truck."
"6..."
Upon hearing it, Mo Yiqing simply uttered a "six."
Pursuit... keep chasing, the bullhead still pursues me!