"Lai Foo, I've got something to do tonight, let's hang out tomorrow evening instead!"
"And don't worry about the food, when Mr. Foo returns later, I'll have him steal some dried fish for you as a midnight snack..."
Ansheng said to Lai Foo, who was chewing on a rain boot next door, as he jumped over the wall.
Originally, Ansheng had plans to go shopping with Lai Foo tonight, but something urgent came up on Lin Ying's end, so Ansheng had to postpone the shopping trip by a day and deal with Lin Zhe's matter first.
"Awoo..."
Lai Foo, who was originally chewing on a rain boot, paused upon hearing his buddy's shout. He looked down at the rain boot, now reduced to pieces, and let out a whimper.
Oh no... Oh no, I've been gnawing too smoothly, and now at home, there's nothing left to chew on except the big iron box.
Lai Foo looked full of resentment, staring at the little fox running towards Lin Ying's house through the iron gate.
"It's no use looking at me! Honestly, I've got things I need to attend to tonight!"
Feeling the resentful gaze burning on his back, Ansheng muttered secretly in his heart.
"Mr. Foo, do you need a rest?" Lin Bingyun, who had been waiting in the garden, asked with a smile as she saw Mr. Foo come in through facial recognition.
"I just took a nap at home, let's take care of the pressing matters first," Ansheng shook his head.
"Understood." Lin Bingyun nodded gently, picked up Mr. Foo, placed him in the business car, and personally drove off.
"By the way, Housekeeper Lin..." Sitting in the airline seat, Ansheng suddenly became curious and asked, "Has Lin Ying always traveled by business car?"
At Lin Ying's house, Ansheng had seen Reelfa once, but only once, and then it was replaced by a Mercedes-Benz Vito and a Buick GL8, as well as some domestic business cars in Chang'an City.
"Not really, when Miss Lin is on break, she enjoys driving a convertible to the seaside for vacations with the little miss. However, due to medication, Miss Lin currently cannot drive any vehicles."
Lin Bingyun glanced at Mr. Foo in the back seat through the rearview mirror and said with a smile, "If Mr. Foo needs a vehicle, after we return a bit later, we can get one from the Lin Manor garage."
"If Mr. Foo drove a convertible and took Miss Lin for a spin by the beach at night, I'm sure Miss Lin would be very happy."
"Hmm... Maybe another time? By the way, don't you think Lin Fu-jie seems to have a strange attitude towards me?" Ansheng asked Lin Bingyun, bringing up the topic of Lin Ying possibly being happy.
"Really? I don't think so, right? After all, you are Mr. Foo! It's only right for her to be good to you!"
With a confident face, Lin Bingyun spoke, refusing to mention anything about Young Master Foo, acting as if nothing had happened.
"Is that so?" Ansheng muttered.
The black business car drove for over twenty minutes and arrived at the seafood wholesale market in Jiule.
Ansheng greeted Lin Bingyun and walked towards the seafood stall owned by Qiu Lingling's family. With Mid-Autumn Festival approaching, the seafood market was filled with rare high-priced seafood in addition to the usual fare at each stall.
King crabs weighing seven or eight catties each, or emperor crabs packed as a special offer for five thousand, and a plethora of bizarre seafood imported through international trade, filled the entire market.
"Ah Bai! Come out and enjoy yourself!"
Arriving at the front of Qiu Lingling's family stall, Ansheng made a soft cooing sound towards the second floor.
"Ooh..."
A "drip-drip" sound came from the second floor, and Ah Bai appeared at the window, his face full of disappointment. He patted the newly installed stainless steel security grill at the window with his two paws.
"... How about sneaking out?" Ansheng suggested to Ah Bai.
The second floor of the stall didn't have a security grill before, but ever since Ah Bai had an unfortunate encounter with some chemical glue and couldn't get it off, everyone came up with a lousy idea to cover Ah Bai in Mouse Trap Glue.
Although they tried to cover it up back then,
the result was that Qiu Lingling discovered the clay lump Ah Bai probably fell from the second floor, since the stall had its shutters closed at night, and Ah Bai couldn't get out.
The only possibility was that when Ah Bai went to the toilet at night, he somehow had a fall, which was the only explanation for ending up covered in glue.
Worried about Ah Bai's safety, Qiu Lingling immediately added another layer of security grill on the original one-meter-two window sill.
The security grill took half a month to custom-make, and the brand-new grill was just installed yesterday.
"…" Ah Bai, full of disappointment, sat squatting at the window sill, pawing at the grill, looking like he was in a prison cell.
Ah Bai gazed at Mr. Foo with a look of helplessness, sadness, and the pain of being unable to enjoy himself freely.
"Ah Bai, do you trust me?"
"Awoo!"
"Since you trust me, listen carefully. Right now, put a little effort and stick your dog head into the gaps of the burglar bars, then howl loudly to let Lingling know the burglar bars' measurement is wrong."
"By then, they'll change the gaps to be larger, and you can squeeze out, right?" Ansheng said.
"But remember, you have to make sure to stick your head out every day so that Lingling knows you have the habit of sticking your dog head out of the window. Otherwise, they'll make it smaller again."
White hesitated a bit, finding it hard to deceive the owner and the many brothers.
A moment later.
White gritted his teeth, clawed at the burglar bars, leaned back naturally, and tried to squeeze his way through the gaps in the bars.
A dog's head poked out from the bars, securely stuck above the window sill.
White looked at Lord Fuli, nodded heavily, then took a deep breath and let out a ghostly wail.
"Awooo—awoo!"
"Alas, what an unlucky fellow." Ansheng sighed, shook his head, and turned to run toward the pier.
Initially thought about saying that sailing is boring and inviting White to join him for some boat racing and chatter.
But as it turns out.
Good heavens, the boss of the Spirit Beast Gang in Jiule City got trapped by the Trapped Dragon Lock, moping at home in low spirits.
"Hmm!? What's this?"
Arriving at the abandoned waterway where White hid Big Fly, Ansheng saw a camouflaged, Big Fly-like object but with wings and eight Mercury engines, a strange thing indeed.
Ansheng jumped onto Big Fly, grabbed a phone used for navigation, snapped a photo of the strange thing, and tried to identify it using a search tool. A name popped up:
[Ground-effect vehicle.]
Ansheng looked at the speedometer, showing a top speed of five hundred and the metal weapon box on board.
"Impressive! A top speed of 500 kilometers, this thing isn't just fast, it's just flying way too low...."
In awe, Ansheng turned the key to start this 30-meter-long, several meters wingspan monster, which looked like a hand-crafted ground-effect vehicle, but floated steadily above the river, gradually rising above the water's surface.
Lord Fuli stood in the driver's seat, steering with one hand to turn it while opening the Devious Navigator with the other hand to locate South Australia Island, piloting the ground-effect vehicle to race above the river surface.
As the power surged, the ground-effect vehicle floated just 34 centimeters above the water at 100 km/h. The speed gradually climbed, reaching 200, 300, and 400 km/h, and the floating height also reached 3 to 4 meters, as if it might fly into the sky at any moment.
"This thing must be secretly provided to White by the Security Bureau to apprehend the Longevity Club's pawns..."
Seeing the speed exceeding 430, with the ground-effect vehicle hovering at four meters in low altitude without falling apart, Ansheng couldn't help but marvel at the vehicle's durability and resilience.
The ground-effect vehicle rushed out of the river and hit the sea surface without causing a ripple, turning into a black shadow speeding directly towards Qingao Island.
"If...."
"Back then, had I taken the ground-effect vehicle to ram the strange fish, it probably wouldn't be watching those fish fry videos online now, huh?" Ansheng muttered to himself.
"Speaking of which, does the Devious Map Navigator record the user's route and speed? Hopefully, no one is following Mr. An's route to Qingao Island, right?"
"That's truly scary——"
Lord Fuli reached the waters around Qingao Island, looking around the sea, letting out a soft murmur:
"Anyone's dolphin wants a brand-new silicone doll with lubricant, guaranteed from a major company!"
"Chirp chirp chirp!"
As Lord Fuli's murmur spread, the grey dolphins, previously pretending to be dead or bullying pufferfish, swam over, leaping out of the water to show Lord Fuli their enthusiasm for the cups.
Each grey dolphin leaped out of the bay, like a beautiful full moon, emitting "chirp chirp" sounds.
If...
You don't listen to their sassy banter, it indeed makes for a very poetic moonlit sea view.
"Enough chitchat, help me notify the Orcas to come over!"
"Whichever one finishes first can go to the Golden Lion and receive an all-new silicone doll from a big brand!"