"Ying ying ying! Ying~"
The convoy, led by an administrative car, returned to Lin Ying's villa in Changxi Town. As soon as the car came to a stop, Ansheng got out, waved goodbye to Lin Bingyun inside the car, and ran home.
"Master Fox....is something wrong?" Lin Bingyun looked at Master Fox, who was quickly running away, a bit puzzled.
Usually, after having supper and snacks at the villa, Master Fox would lie down in the sunroom, watch some pet short videos, play a couple of games, or groom for a bit before going home.
Today...going home before even three?
Master Fox's unusual behavior made Lin Bingyun whisper a little to herself.
"Perhaps.....because the young lady is not here? Master Fox feels unfamiliar with us and awkward."
Lin Bingyun looked at the maid and said, "Record 'Recruit Video Operations Team' on the task list. Let's finish processing the speech video of Master Fox tonight, send it to the young lady, and then finish up before leaving work."
"Yes."
...
After Ansheng climbed over the wall to get home, he glanced at the lights on the second floor direction, and the second floor wasn't lit.
"Momo...isn't dancing to lose weight tonight?"
Ansheng murmured to himself, sneakily ran into the kitchen, carefully opened the refrigerator, took out a can of cola, and ran to the second floor.
Ansheng turned on the dormitory light, locked the door, then sat on the yoga mat and placed the cold cola in front of him.
"Come out! Wish list!"
"All-in!"
"Pour it all into An's physique!"
Sitting on the yoga mat, Ansheng swished his tail, lifted his head confidently, and issued the command.
The wish power points on the wish list, transformed into golden light with a thought from Ansheng, surged into his body.
Underneath the fluffy and smooth white fur, the fox's body surface shimmered with golden brilliance, gradually seeping inside, starting to converge towards Ansheng's throat and limbs.
"Ying ying ying..."
As the golden light penetrated, a comfortable expression appeared on the little fox's cheeks, his tail twitching.
After the golden light entered his body, the comfortable expression on the little fox's face gradually became peculiar.
His throat and paw pads itched, and other parts of his body had a prickly sensation.
"Hiss...An's back is so itchy, dammit!"
Ansheng shook all his fur, trying to dispel the itching sensation tingling all over his body, while his fourth tail quietly grew out without anyone noticing.
Ansheng lay on the yoga mat, grumbling, lifting his hind foot and vigorously scratching his back.
"Are you kidding, the fourth tail is out, but where's the change in An's body?"
After the numbness and itchiness faded, Ansheng checked the size of his bell, ensuring his lower chamber hadn't undergone any mutation before beginning to inspect himself.
First, the original three tails had now turned into four waving behind.
Ansheng felt he could manipulate them to spread out on the ground, and he could lie on them to sleep.
Secondly, Ansheng felt his paws seemed slightly bigger, joints more flexible, making it easier to slap a spirit beast's big face.
Besides that, Ansheng didn't notice any other changes in himself.
"Wish list, let's be honest, earning wish power points isn't easy for An, where's your update?"
After checking himself, feeling as though nothing had changed, Ansheng was ready to open the wish list to see where the DLC was loaded.
But during that process, as Ansheng chattered away on his own, he vaguely sensed a trace of a mysterious supernatural phenomenon.
Foxes are chatterers, always "yinging" whether speaking or laughing.
Ansheng managed his volume well, yinged very melodiously with rhythm, leaving nine out of ten listeners dazzled.
And in the second-floor bedroom, it was relatively empty because the bed and nightstand were cleared out.
Ansheng's yings echoed in the bedroom.
However,
As Master Fox's fourth tail grew out, the echoing ying in the bedroom disappeared, replaced by a crisp child's voice, muttering along.
"......."
Realizing something was amiss, Ansheng tentatively opened the wardrobe beside him, stuck his head inside, took a deep breath, and carefully said, "Damn idiot?"
And inside the wardrobe, an echo immediately followed:
"Idiot....."
"iot....."
Ansheng's eyes widened, gasping:
"Saying...An can speak again!"
"Oh my gosh! Master Fox has made it! Tomorrow I can directly point at Bai Tao's forehead and scold!"
Before realizing he could speak, Ansheng was overwhelmed with excitement and tears welled up in his eyes, turning excitedly on the yoga mat, doing backflips now and then to express his exhilaration.
Previously, when he couldn't speak,
Ansheng suffered in silence, even though he could run to Ah Qing afterward to complain and rant to her.
However, nothing beats the current direct, explosive satisfaction.
Now that he can speak,
When Bai Tao comes to teach him to read again tomorrow, he can directly retort: Have you eaten? If not, eat my fox paw!
"Yahaha—An can speak again!" Ansheng laughed heartily with delight.
Of course, although overwhelmingly happy, Ansheng knew it was already quite late, so he lowered his noise level.
"Gulp gulp gulp—"
Ansheng eagerly grabbed the canned cola, lifted his paw to pop the tab, and poured it into his mouth boldly.
"Ying ying ying..."
Ansheng cleared his throat and, from the saddlebag on his back, pulled out a mobile phone.
Ansheng found Lin Ying on WeChat, entered some text in the input field:
[Lin Ying! Lin Ying! Are you asleep? I have something to tell you, it's significant, we need to video call to explain it completely.] As soon as Ansheng sent the text, the header displaying Lin Ying's name showed the other side was typing.
Lin Ying said: [Sure, no one is here on my end.]
Upon receiving Lin Ying's reply, Ansheng video-called her on WeChat, his four big tails sensing Ansheng's excitement, standing upright, swaying jubilantly to express his joy.
By and by, the WeChat video connected.
Wearing pajamas, Lin Ying lay on a bed filled with European style, the room dimly lit, and Lin Ying's face appeared somewhat haggard, evidently distressed by daytime busyness and insomnia due to medication.
"Ying ying ying..."
Ansheng hid his fourth tail, set the phone up, and cheerfully approached the camera, looking at Lin Ying on the other end, raising his paw to greet.
"Good evening, Master Fox." Lin Ying, seeing the little fox's gesture, couldn't help but softly smile and said, "Is Housekeeper Lin not serving adequately, intending to lodge a complaint? That's a pity. I need to attend two ribbon-cutting ceremonies here, the earliest I can return is in three to four days...."
"Ying——"
Ansheng shook his head, turned around to reveal his fourth tail, and wagged it in front of the camera.
And on the other side of the WeChat video, Lin Ying saw Master Fox's fourth tail and her original smile froze, her cheeks slowly revealing an incredulous expression:
"Master Fox...you've grown a new tail again?"
Last month, in the great battle with Han Yu Crocodile, Master Fox had only two tails. Since then, a third tail inexplicably appeared, and now so soon there's another one.
Even bean sprouts don't grow this fast, right?
Facing Lin Ying's amazement, Ansheng emitted rounds of crisp, chuckling sounds.
Ansheng sat in front of the camera, with Lin Ying in front, raising his paw to rub his neck, and with a crisp youthful voice, he said:
"Hello, Lin Ying...."