"Alright, the video's done filming. Xiaolan can go back to sleep!"
"Later, I'll treat you to a feast and top up your Fox Kingdom membership card with two thousand."
After taking off the face-hugging fox for some cuddles, Ah Qing patted the little fox's butt, signaling him to go back to sleep.
The short video just filmed, though mainly for fun, wasn't entirely fake.
Things like the action camera, custom-made gimbal, and flagship photography phone all needed to be purchased.
Of course.
The cost of productivity tools doesn't need to come from Xiaolan's wife's savings, the more than ten thousand that Ah Qing received is enough to cover this part of the expenses.
The reason for buying a specially made gimbal was a consideration Ah Qing had in mind.
After the school term starts, she will focus more on studies. Although she can still do livestreaming, it won't be like during the summer break where she could take the viewers over mountains and introduce some wild animal friends to them.
That is to say, she couldn't possibly livestream herself reciting textbooks, right?
So, Ah Qing thought of a video she had seen before on a platform.
It was a video by a blogger who tied an action camera on a border collie's back and had it run wildly on the grassland.
Inspired by the video, Ah Qing thought she might be able to do the same.
Custom gimbal reduction, buying a lightweight small-screen flagship phone, and then disassembling it to replace some of the components with lighter materials.
Even with this overhauled setup, Ah Qing wasn't sure if the one thousand five hundred would be enough. If it weren't enough, she'd supplement it with some of her dowry for Xiaolan.
Although it's costly.
But Ah Qing feels it's worth it. First, it allows Xiaolan to lead the livestream viewers around.
Moreover, she can also see what Xiaolan is up to through the livestream feed while in class, preventing any bad guys from abducting Xiaolan.
People nowadays are bad.
Ah Qing had seen before, a pedigreed cat accidentally ran out of the cattery, and just outside, it was caught and had two bells snatched by the pet shop owner across the street.
There was video evidence.
Plus, with the possibility of encountering robberies while taking a walk, Ah Qing felt a bit worried about the complexity of people in tourist cities.
It's one thing if they stole the streaming equipment, but they better not snatch the little fox's bells.
......
"Now that I'm awake, going back to sleep is pointless!" Ansheng lying on Ah Qing's bed, secretly grumbled.
Originally, after the video shoot, Tang You and Lingren both wanted to pet the fox.
Little fuzz balls like Xiaolan, that neither shed nor lost color, are very endearing, and plus, foxes are believed to be auspicious creatures with mystical blessings.
But once the counselor issued a notice in the group, asking all students to download the group paper and write up a comprehension, including Ah Qing, all four slouched, seated themselves at their positions, and began perusing the tutor's paper.
Ansheng leaned over for a glance.
"Research Needs to Face the Economy"
1. From Papers to Applications.
2. From Resource Orientation to Demand Orientation.
The opening summed up: [How many ways can the character "anise" in fried fennel beans be written? I think classmates should have plenty of answers.]
[But I'd like to point out one thing.]
[Where are the fennel beans I ordered for a drink? Who cares how "anise" is written, do you? Anyway, it's trivial to me. No beans on the table, you won't make money from me, and by the end, you'll face bankruptcy!]
[The logic applies to research too. If you want to delve into the research industry, you have to show tangible results. The previous sort of hydrological studies might not be meaningless, but I'd like to advise you with one phrase.]
[Go through the narrow gate, till the thin fields.]
[Just overwhelm yourselves.]
Ansheng was completely bewildered reading the paper's opening, his face revealed sheer astonishment.
Could these thoughts.... really be turned into a paper anytime?
He understood the reasoning, but the paper sent by the counselor seemed overly worldly?
Or perhaps..... the education at Xinxing Agricultural Science College is quite policy- or market-driven towards the students?
"Huff huff huff..."
Seeing the little fox hop onto her lap, Ah Qing, still pondering the paper, noticed the little fox placing both its paws on the desk, as if reading a document.
Ah Qing found it really interesting, stroking the little fox's chin with a grin, performing a cute action on the canine animal.
"Go go go, shoo..."
Hearing the "huff huff huff" sound, Ansheng rolled his eyes lazily, lifted his tiny fox paw, and swatted away Ah Qing's hand that was patting his belly: "Walking the dog, huh?"
Ansheng jumped off Ah Qing, glanced at the clock on the wall, thought for a moment, then pulled a packet of cucumber-flavored chips from Lingren's desk drawer and darted directly to the windowsill, trotting towards the dorm corridor.
"Xiaolan! Don't play for too long, we'll be having lunch outside later!"
Ah Qing shouted as she saw Xiaolan head out.
"Hmm——"
An indistinct mumble came back indoors, suddenly reminding Ah Qing that the little fox might have swiped the chips?
"Oh no! Xiaolan better not eat the packaging!"
...
Coming out of the dormitory building, the polite little fox trotted close to the side, perfectly avoiding the dorm crowd, perked up, hitting the elevator button with his feet, rode the elevator past the dorm supervisor's room, where the dorm supervisor just watched the fox gripping the chips silently.
"The office building..... seems to be opposite the teaching building?" Ansheng stood up looking at the campus map, and found the location of the school office, leisurely strolled over.
Ansheng was elated heading to the principal's office.
In his mind, he was already picturing the joy of munching chips on the principal's office sofa and the principal's fury seeing chip crumbs all over it.
"Such a naughty fox I am."
Upon checking the door plate, Ansheng confirmed that beyond the molded door ahead was the principal's office.
Standing up, the little fox prepared to forcibly twist the lock inside the doorknob to break in.
However, Ansheng gripped the spherical doorknob, easily turning to open the principal's office. A gap appeared, through which cold air and a grassy scent wafted out.
Surprised, Ansheng pushed open the office door.
In the principal's office, a brown, plump panda stood with its back to the office door, left hand rested on the computer screen, and right hand on the office desk printer, straining to relieve itself.
The brown panda's tail lifted, a massive blob of panda poop slid out from its rear.
And the vitrified tile floor of the office already held two large piles of fresh, warm poop.
"..."
Ansheng stood frozen in awe at the doorway, his family-sized bag of chips slipped from his grip to the floor, not knowing when.
Ansheng looked completely dumbfounded, his face showing a clueless yet astonished expression.
"Hmm?"
The panda, busy pooping, seemed to notice an unwanted visitor at the door, retracting what had just emerged, and suddenly turned its head to look toward the entrance, only relaxing once it recognized the fox visitor.
"Whew! Almost scared me to death, thought the principal was doing another random check."
"Master Fox here to unload too? Super relaxing."