"Great King of the Foxes...."
While Ansheng was enjoying the technician's service, upon hearing the Arctic Fox mention there being a Great King of the Foxes behind the scenes of the Fox Kingdom, his eyes narrowed slightly.
If the other side was a fox, then it would explain why the promotional short video for the Fox Kingdom on the Timbre platform could so boldly plagiarize his creativity.
After all...
The other side is a Spirit Beast fox, naturally having the advantage in communicating with other foxes.
It's not a difficult task to order its subordinate foxes to imitate the antics and provocations from his live streams.....
Understanding this relationship, Ansheng's expression on his little face gradually became serious.
The live streaming industry is already competitive, Ah Qing's stream just started gaining some traction, they haven't even received ads, and now the other side is imitating their cuteness and provocations to steal traffic.
"In the hills of the internet, one can only say, two foxes cannot coexist."
"You can't blame Ansheng for being ruthless, if I don't send you to the research institute today to live in the big dormitory, then it will be Ansheng and Ah Qing starving on the streets tomorrow."
"The struggle of heirs has always been this way....." Ansheng's little fox face gradually turned sharp.
"Right, brother Arctic Fox, can you tell me about the Great King of the Foxes?"
"Great King of the Foxes...super beautiful, petite and dainty. It's said that Old Qiu had smuggled her in to sell as a pet fox, but he didn't expect that the Great King of the Foxes is a majestic, chosen fox. He messed up."
"A...female fox?"
"Yeah! The Great King of the Fennec Fox is super beautiful, I've only seen her from afar once and can never forget."
Fennec Fox....a small fox.
Adult size is slightly bigger than a size 45 slipper.
What's majestic about a Fennec Fox?
After finding out the true identity behind the Fox Kingdom from the Arctic Fox, Ansheng froze.
"But..."
"Even if it's female, it's not okay, you plagiarized my evening cuteness and provocation patent, a female can only take a couple of hits at most."
...
"Wow! Such a warm and healing scene...."
Ansheng, enjoying the technician's service, was completely engrossed, not noticing the passage of time.
Just as he finished ear cleaning and was receiving a massage with essential oil bubbles on his paw pads, Ah Qing and her friends were already standing by the observation window outside the health room, looking at the two little foxes inside with loving faces.
The two little foxes lay on the soft towel mat, limbs spread, eyes closed, while involuntarily letting out comfortable sighs from their mouths.
Seeing the scene, Ah Qing instinctively took out her phone to film a short video.
The filming process went smoothly, not even needing editing to be uploaded to Timbre.
The "So comfortable" sound from the little foxes' mouths could be used as the background audio without extra adjustments.
"Ah Qing?"
Enjoying life, Ansheng vaguely heard Ah Qing's voice, instinctively turned to see the four people leaning on the windowsill, filming with phones.
"....Are you filming AV here! All sorts of cameras in my face."
"If this keeps on, I'm going to start charging." Ansheng wiggled his tail and greeted.
"Huh!?"
The Arctic Fox, hearing human voices, opened its eyes in shock, looking towards the four outside the window ledge:
"Strangers....how come there are people other than technicians in our Fox Fox Club!"
"Intruders! Foxes! Gather!"
Ansheng knew Ah Qing's abilities, not to mention just appearing in the Fox Fox Club.
Ansheng even felt, if given a spaceship capable of traveling to the universe, Ah Qing could even make peace with the aliens there and have a blast together.
"Whimpering..."
The Arctic Fox's alarm call spread outward through the ventilation duct inside the room.
But contrary to the Arctic Fox's expectations, there was no grand scene of a fox gathering in response.
First, a red fox leaned on the windowsill, gazing at the Arctic Fox inside the health room.
Then, a sand fox poked its head out.
One by one, various colored foxes popped up on the windowsill, just like radishes being harvested, sneakily observing the room from the window.
"Oh no, I've become a bad fox!" The Arctic Fox looked around at the foxes surrounding Ah Qing, dumbfounded.
Looking at Ansheng, the Arctic Fox absentmindedly asked:
"Brother....what is your master's background?"
"Probably the Beast Sect Saintess!" Ansheng glanced at the Arctic Fox and continued enjoying the foot massage service.
The club...it has to be the Fox Fox Club.
The elderly sea jade fox would only suffer losses there.
...
"Whimper, whimper, whimper..."
The Arctic Fox looked longingly at Ah Qing, who was carrying Xiaolan to go back to sleep, and made a plea to stay.
"Tomorrow! Tomorrow morning, when I go visit the Fox Kingdom, I'll bring you some treats."
It was already late, and although Ah Qing had fun playing with the little foxes, with the school term approaching, she couldn't continue with the previously lazy holiday schedule of sleeping at one or two a.m.
Xinxing Agricultural Science College's classes start at seven in the morning, gathering at the teaching building and go on until ten in the morning.
The afternoon classes start after three thirty and run until six in the evening, ending the day's classes.
Besides the specialized courses in the classroom, students at the College of Agriculture are mostly deep in the mountains or in test fields playing live-action CSGO.
"Ah Qing, in Chang'an...."
Before going to bed, Ah Qing routinely made a phone call to her parents to report that she was safe.
Her mom and dad only open their shop at around nine or ten, living a nightlife far more carefree than young people, so at just past midnight, they definitely wouldn't be asleep yet.
However.
Seeing Ah Qing pick up the video call, Chen Peipei, on the other side, froze upon seeing the little fox lying beside Ah Qing.
"Ah Qing.....is that a fox you picked up?"
"Mom! He's Xiaolan!" Ah Qing still hadn't realized the mistake and casually said: "Xiaolan, come and say hello to mom..."
"Whimper...."
Ansheng turned around, raised his paw, and greeted Chen Peipei on the opposite end of the Weixin video.
"If he's Xiaolan, then...what's on top of your dad's head?" The somewhat confused Chen Peipei turned the camera to the living room.
A middle-aged man sat in the living room making tea, with a fox lounging lazily watching TV on his head.
"Right! Xiaolan arrived in Chang'an days before me..." With mom's reminder, Ah Qing immediately remembered the incident she had forgotten at the airport.
Aunt Lin, seeing Xiaolan alone at home, specifically brought him to Chang'an, waiting for her to start school.....
Then, who is the white fox that looks just like Xiaolan, whom she's been chatting with in video calls?
Both Ah Qing and Chen Peipei were bewildered, looking back and forth between Xiaolan and Master Fox's double, their faces full of confusion and uncertainty.
"What's going on?" Yu Zhenghong stepped forward and saw Master Fox on the opposite side of the video, then looked at the unfamiliar fox atop his own head, utterly confused.
"Xiaolan...is he a friend?"
"Whimper, whimper....." Ansheng shrugged and gave the other fox a look.
Your mission is complete, find some time to report back to Abai! Mention my name, and I guarantee you'll enjoy a blessed life!
"Whimper...."
Master Fox's double's eyes lit up, and with joy, he leapt off Yu Zhenghong's head, ready to slip away.
Boss Bai!
One of Master Fox's henchmen, recently all the neighboring dogs were talking about how Boss Bai was involved in import-export trades of poisonous rocket launchers, exuding such prestige.....having Master Fox's backing, wouldn't he bring glory to his ancestors now?
The Arctic Fox hastily planned to escape.
But Yu Zhenghong, quick-eyed and nimble, grabbed the Arctic Fox by the scruff, muttering:
"You can't just run away; no wonder Master Fox's powers were hit or miss recently, I was worshipping the wrong idol at the wrong shrine.....but you can't run."
"Lai Foo (good fortune) is still fortune..."
The Arctic Fox looked at Yu Zhenghong with a face full of question marks.
...
At night.
A white figure stealthily emerged from Ah Qing's blanket, climbing up the windowsill, sneaking across the eaves to the top floor of the hotel.