"Truly wealthy..."
After hearing some rumors about Lin Ying and the Lin Family, Mo Yiqing clicked his tongue in amazement and teasingly remarked while looking at the little fox lying flat on Ah Qing's shoulder:
"It's just a pity... our little Xiaolan, even though born with charm, still has no advantage in front of a wealthy woman, otherwise, this would surely be the start of a major bull market in life."
Listening to Ah Qing's story, Mo Yiqing, though aware of Lin Ying's extensive connections, didn't pay much attention.
If it were an ordinary millionaire, she might have been interested in a conversation to see if she could expand her family's factory network.
But when facing someone like Lin Ying, a family-inherited hidden tycoon, Mo Yiqing could not be bothered to ask anything.
With that time, she'd rather tease the little fox.
"Ying ying ying!"
"Ah Qing, what's the little fox saying?"
"Um... he says he feels malice, like you're staring at his bell as if you want to take it off to make an atomic bomb."
"Huh?"
The two humans and a fox met again, and though it had been a while since they last saw each other, there was no awkwardness, and they started chatting amiably. Mo Yiqing and the lucky fox bantered while Ah Qing provided translation support throughout.
Already gone, Lin Ying sat quietly in a VIP room, watching the scene outside the window.
"Miss, the earliest flight is in the afternoon." Lin Bingyun returned to the VIP room, glanced outside at the scene of the two humans and a fox chatting and laughing, and then refocused on Lin Ying, saying.
"Mm." Lin Ying responded, not particularly enthusiastic.
...
As they left the airport and the crowds thinned, Ah Qing placed the suitcase on the ground and put the little fox, who was hanging on her neck, onto the suitcase, letting the fox lie belly up with legs in the air.
"Ying?"
Ansheng looked at Ah Qing with a bewildered expression, not quite understanding what was happening.
Weren't we just joking and laughing, planning to shop and eat after leaving the school? Why suddenly lay me down?
Ah Qing didn't speak. She just frowned, pinched the little fox's paws, and inspected them one by one.
"Seems like... the wound has healed?" Ah Qing was still somewhat concerned about what Lin Ying had said earlier and began checking the wound on Xiaolan's foot when they reached a less crowded area.
"...Seriously, Sister Lin Fu dares to say it, and you actually dare to believe it?"
"It's not bragging about Ansheng's body being strong, but to think a little heat could make Ansheng's foot bleed is underestimating his constitution. Let a high-speed train come, fully loaded, and roll over Ansheng's toes!"
Upon hearing Ah Qing's murmurs, Ansheng displayed a disdainful expression and retorted.
What era is this, now even those hundred-ton kings are outdated.
Ansheng has evolved from faking injury with construction vehicles to trying it with high-speed trains, broaden your horizons!
"Silly Xiaolan!"
Seeing the smug little fox, Ah Qing's cheeks puffed up instantly, and she grabbed the fox's little belly, lecturing Xiaolan: "In the future, if anything happens, call me first and discuss it with me. I was already planning to rent a place here and bring you over after the Mid-Autumn Festival to live."
"Don't sneak out again and get yourself all hurt, got it?"
"If there's an issue, look for Ah Qing. If it weren't for running into Aunt Lin Ying this time, but instead into forestry officials or the dog catcher team, you'd really be in the forest playing hide and seek with bears!"
"Ying ying ying..." Ansheng dismissively gestured, dismissing it as nothing new to ride the forestry department's pickup truck.
"Still cheeky, if it happens again, I'll shave all your fur off, turning it from a water line into a shower, just try it."
Seeing the little fox with a playful face, rolling around on the suitcase, Ah Qing expressed a mix of anger and laughter, threatening while poking his bell.
The originally rolling Ansheng froze for a moment, inhaling sharply, looking at Ah Qing: "Are we going that far?"
"You've shaved me before, if it happens again, believe it or not, I'll shave you when you're asleep!"
'Ying ying! Wow—how wicked of the master, but brave fox is not afraid of threats. I'll bite you on the butt while you're asleep tonight!'
"Oh, this little rascal is threatening me now, tonight I'll sit on you to end it for sure." Ah Qing, seeing the little rascal still talking back, instantly pinched his little face, putting on a serious expression and said:
"Quickly say, 'Ah Qing, I'm sorry!'"
"Ying..."
"What are you two whispering about in the corner? I've hailed a car, put all the luggage in the back seat!"
With the car hailed, Mo Yiqing saw the one human and one fox squatting by the terminal pole, whispering without even noticing the car was ready, and could not help but call out to hurry them up.
"Little girl! It's not like I'm scamming you, are you really sure you want to go to the Xiqi Panda Ecological Area? Whatever the meter shows is what you'll have to pay, don't put me on the internet afterwards!"
Seeing the address Mo Yiqing gave, the taxi driver couldn't help but take a sharp breath.
Over a hundred kilometers to the destination, and you're taking a taxi?
"Just go, I might not have tons of money, but I can afford a taxi fare." Mo Yiqing waved it off.
In their school, besides in the first year where they could reach the campus directly by ride-hailing service, the second and third-year campuses were almost non-existent on maps, and during the third year, it was ridiculous enough to have to crawl through caves, passing through local villages.
Now in the fourth year, Mo Yiqing has learned, directly finding a local taxi, and showing the address sent by the counselor directly to the driver.
I don't care how much the fare is, just safely get me to the destination.
I don't want to be like the start of the third year, being misled by a wicked map to the cliff edge, forced to spend thirty thousand to have a travel agency guide carry me over mountains to the school.
In past times, Mo Yiqing surely would have directly called a private ride for comfort, enjoying a massage, leisurely spending the journey back to school.
But after the ridiculous experience of the third year, Mo Yiqing no longer dares to indulge in comfort from private rides.
Sometimes, it has to be said, locals can be more reliable.
"Hello? Lingling, where are you guys? Ah Qing and I have arrived and are ready to head to school." Mo Yiqing made a call to a roommate, asking where they all were.
They took a ten o'clock flight, and it was past one after landing.
Even though there were snacks on the plane, they couldn't replace a proper meal. Mo Yiqing wanted to check if the other two roommates, who had also planned to return today, were back yet.
If they were back, they'd all go out for a meal together.
"... Mo Mo! Don't come to school! Bears! Woooo, there are many bears here, Lingling is hanging on by a thread now!"
Upon hearing the distinctive ringing, the exhausted Lingren, hanging on a tree to escape pandas, gathered the last of her strength to dangle herself from the tree with one hand and swiftly answered Mo Yiqing's call, coquettishly complaining.
"Bears?!"
Mo Yiqing was taken aback, asking the taxi driver: "The place we're going... have bears?"
"Without pandas, why would it be called a Panda Ecological Area?" The taxi driver asked in bewilderment, "Are you not aware that place has wild pandas, what are you planning to do there?"
"Driver, stop talking, how much further to that place?"
"About twenty kilometers,"
"Can you speed safely? I'll add an extra three thousand service fee on top of the fare."
Mo Yiqing said while handing the phone to Ah Qing, calling:
"Lingling, turn on speaker, I'll let Ah Qing negotiate with the pandas, hold on, we have Ah Qing's support from here, it should be fine!"
"Ah Qing, pick up the call, Lingren is about to lose it, pandas are almost crawling into her pants."
"Huh?"
Ah Qing was stunned, looking shocked: "Are pandas planning to reincarnate at Lingren's place?"
"No way! Are wild pandas in Chang'an reasonable?"