"Hello, Lin Ying...."
Master Fox squatted in front of the camera, his fluffy, soft fox tail swaying from side to side. He raised his little fox paws and smiled, greeting Lin Ying in the WeChat video.
Master Fox was in high spirits, and from his expression and actions, it was evident that he was now ready to formally introduce himself to Lin Ying.
But on the other side of the video, Lin Ying, upon hearing that crisp childlike voice, was stunned, her expression was somewhat blank and dazed, as if she hadn't yet come to her senses.
Master Fox's mouth opened and closed, and the crisp childlike voice continued, "I am Ansheng the Fox, nice to meet you....."
But as the words reached Lin Ying's ears, the slightly muddled yet tender childlike voice, with a familiar accent, seemed to be the only sound in the world. The sound of the central air conditioning in the hotel disappeared, and even the low roar of the traffic outside was gone.
A sense of unreality surged in her heart, and Lin Ying was momentarily stunned.
On the other side of the video, Master Fox spoke, his mouth opening and closing with a grin:
"My fourth tail has grown out, and hey, suddenly I can talk. Look, the first chance I got to speak, I came to chat with you and entertain myself."
Master Fox's mouth opened and closed because his lips were different from human lips, and the way it opened and closed when speaking was different from human lips, giving the impression that the sound was coming from elsewhere.
The clear, crisp childlike voice carried a playful tone, like a fox's snicker, yet Lin Ying could sense a care and affection in the little fox's words.
After a long silence, as if dispelling the sense of unreality,
Lin Ying's cheeks broke into a radiant smile, and she spoke to Master Fox in the video:
"Hello, Master Fox...."
"Let me introduce myself as well, double woods Lin, cherry blossom Ying...."
Cherry blossoms, one branch, countless blossoms.
Flower brick once stood the flower picker, the broken gauze skirt red as fire.
The Ying in Lin Ying does not refer to cherry blossoms, but is taken from 'Cherry Blossoms'.
"Nice to meet you." Lin Ying said with a smile.
"Wow.... you're being so formal." Watching Lin Ying rise from the bed and fix her side bangs, introducing herself to him, Ansheng put on an exaggerated expression and let out a series of whimpers.
"Lin Ying..... Ying... whimper-whimper-whimper—" Master Fox told Lin Ying a little joke.
"Pfft...." Seeing Master Fox's actions and hearing his words, Lin Ying couldn't help but smile.
Master Fox was making a pun.
But wasn't he also talking about destiny?
Lin Ying felt a warmth and a certain thrill in her heart, a flood of thoughts of returning flashed through her mind, wanting to personally hug the little fox and celebrate his new life together.
Unfortunately... her schedule was too tight, making a day-round trip was troublesome.
Ansheng chatted with Lin Ying for a while, then began urging her to go to rest.
He knew that Lin Ying had trouble sleeping at night because of the medication she was taking, her sleep pattern spread over the whole day, only able to occasionally rest for a while, and her sleep quality was extremely poor.
Chatting!
It can be done anytime, now that he could talk like a human.
Just saying hello to Lin Ying was enough.
"Goodnight....." Lin Ying subconsciously raised her hand, pausing when she touched her phone, and couldn't help but smile.
Lin Ying lay back in bed again, raising her hand to her violently beating chest.
"This counts as warding off bad luck, right?"
"Always...feeling like watching a child grow up."
The rough meaning of warding off bad luck refers to holding a celebration to ward off illness when someone in the family is critically ill.
Lin Ying wasn't fond of such things, being a person already burdened with various trivial matters and negative emotions, how could she have the mind to think about those things.
But when she saw Master Fox speak, expressing his own new life to her,
Lin Ying felt as if the gloom in her heart had been swept away by Master Fox's fluffy tail.
Nighttime.
Due to the effects of hormone secretion, especially around three or four in the morning, one tends to feel particularly downcast.
Various thoughts and negative emotions would surface in the mind.
Normal people could sleep through it without caring, but for the insomniac Lin Ying, it was a big challenge.
She often thought of sharp objects, imagining them slicing through her neck, recalling car accidents she hadn't witnessed, thinking of the scissors in the drawer, the fruit knife in the living room, or the cleaver with a notch on the kitchen knife rack.....
That feeling, that cutting sensation, flowing sensation seemed to be truly happening.
Lin Ying's insomnia wasn't really insomnia, but during her light sleep, various terrifying thoughts would pop up and wake her, as if she was standing at a crossroads.
However.
Tonight, Lin Ying sank into a deep sleep.
Planning to quickly finish her tasks and go home to personally cuddle the little fox.
......
After saying goodbye to Lin Ying and advising her to rest well.
"Whimper-whimper～whimper-whimper....."
Ansheng put his bag and phone away, withdrew his tail with a thought, ran to the bathroom, jumped from the toilet to the washbasin, and washed his hands and paws.
"As expected of a four-tailed fox, the joint flexibility is a complete knockout compared to the three-tailed fox."
Sitting with his legs crossed, washing the pads of his paws, Ansheng looked into the mirror, chuckled at his appearance, and lifted a hand to squeeze the flesh on his belly.
"Time for bed, more training tomorrow——"
After washing the pads of his paws and drying them, Ansheng let out a light whimpering hum as he headed downstairs.
Ansheng jumped to push open the room door, startling Mo Yiqing inside who hadn't gone to sleep.
Ansheng was taken aback and then let out a shrill scream:
"Whimper-whimper-whimper——"
Inside was Mo Yiqing, wearing arm sleeves, a white mask on her face, sitting cross-legged on the bed.
The phone cast a dark green light, reflecting off Mo Yiqing's mask.
Ansheng's sudden appearance startled her, and she bounced up.
Outside the room, Ansheng, who was about to return to his dorm, was almost scared to the point of urination by Mo Yiqing.
"Whimper-whimper-whimper!"
"Ahhh!"
The little fox and Mo Yiqing both screamed, waking up Yu Xueqing.
With a confused look, Yu Xueqing opened her eyes, only to see Mo Yiqing, with her hair disheveled, jumping up. The green light flickered chaotically, the shrill screams echoed in the dorm, and Ah Qing froze, her face twisted in terror, almost bursting into tears.
Ah Qing crawled and rolled, wrapping herself in her blanket, shivering under the bed.
The new generation of Xia Dong people.
They might not believe, but they still hold a sense of awe.
"Clatter...."
Coming to his senses, Ansheng, with a dark line across his forehead, jumped up and turned on the ceiling light in the room.
Ansheng looked towards Ah Qing under the bed.
On the bed, Mo Yiqing looked towards Ansheng by the door.
One person and one fox, one fox and one person fell silent.
"Damn! Scared me so much I almost dropped my milk cap..."
Mo Yiqing caught her breath, adjusted the strap slipping off her shoulder, and let out a long sigh.
Her attire at home was very simple, either wearing a loose T-shirt with shorts or just underwear.
Startled by Ansheng, Mo Yiqing almost had her milk cap fly off.