The meeting between Lin Qi and Li Wenkang took place in Su Qiyuan's rented self-built house.
Lin Qi conveyed his intentions to Li Wenkang and the Security Bureau behind him, completing the meeting and information exchange.
After the interaction ended, Lin Qi turned back home, while Li Wenkang headed straight to the airport.
And at this moment, Master Lai Foo had just returned home.
"Ah Qing! Ah Qing! Ansheng had a lavish meal and specifically brought back a box of salmon lo hei!"
Having taken a photo with Lin Ying and eaten a celebratory meal, Ansheng was filled with happiness, swaggering back home, with the fox not even entering the front door before starting to hum, calling out to Ah Qing.
However.
When Ansheng returned to the ancestral courtyard, he paused in surprise, tilting his head to look at the four or five kids in the courtyard.
The four kids were holding small stools, sitting at the square table originally used for tea, eating, each holding a bowl and feasting on the dishes on the table. When Ansheng was in a daze, the kids, initially devouring their food, were collectively dumbfounded at the sight of a fluffy white creature barging into their home.
Both sides exchanged glances, scrutinizing each other.
Ansheng pondered for a moment, put down the packed salmon he had in his mouth, turned his head, and called out into the ancestral house, "Ah Qing! There's a mouse in the rice jar!"
"Huh?"
Upon hearing the pitiful cry from the little fox, Ah Qing, who was eating inside, came out with a bowl, looking at the little fox and apparently confronting the little cousins with a puzzled expression, saying:
"Little An... where's the mouse? You, a dignified fox that eats mice, how can you be thrown to the ground by a mouse with a shoulder throw? But, it seems... being tossed by Xia Dong mice isn't too embarrassing?"
Thinking of those giant mice, a meter long including their tails, with visible fat bellies, Ah Qing felt that Little An being thrown by a mouse seemed rather normal.
"Which family's mouse can throw Ansheng?" Ansheng retorted to Ah Qing, taking up the takeaway box and moving close to Ah Qing, watching the kids with a wary face, saying:
"Did you see? Those little devils' eyes are brimming with curiosity, and their sinful hands are attempting to touch Ansheng's pure and immaculate body, approaching Ansheng's little bell with their intense curiosity!"
Seeing the kids in the courtyard and listening to the joyous chatting and laughter of relatives and friends inside the house.
The kids in the courtyard were very likely brought back by the elder relatives during their holiday return.
Kids at this age were naturally curious, loving to explore the world with their mouths and hands.
"Little An, don't be afraid, they're all family. Let me introduce you to your cousins. The tallest one is Yu Wencheng, he's very impressive! A top student at the key junior high school in Sui City. Next to him is Yu Zhuoqun, and the twin cousins..."
Ah Qing introduced the family relatives to the little fox, while Ansheng looked at them with a face full of suspicion.
The kids looked at him with faces full of curiosity.
"This is Little An, our Taoist deity enshrined in the house. You must not disturb him, or Uncle will be angry." Ah Qing said.
"Oh, okay, sister..." the kids replied.
After introducing both sides, Ah Qing carried the little fox back into the dining room, arranged a high chair for the little fox beside her at the dining table.
Staring.....
As the little fox got onto the table to eat, the relatives and friends on the table looked over.
"What are you looking at? Could it be... you want to make things difficult for me, might Ansheng?"
"Do you believe it, if I curl up in Chen Peipei's lap at the mahjong table, I'll make the men's testicles ache and kidneys weak, and the women's endocrine disorders act up, sending their periods away and inducing premature menopause!"
"Uh... Ah Qing, what did the master say?" Yu Zhenghong saw Master Lai Foo raising his neck high, the entire fox almost standing upright, humming constantly, as if teaching something. Yu Zhenghong hurriedly asked Ah Qing, who was busy plating the boxed dishes in the kitchen.
"Huh? The little fox said a lot of people are watching him, and he plans to perform well later, buffing mom so she can dominate the mahjong table. Oh, Little An also said he specializes in targeting the little aunt..."
"Me?" Yu Jingwen was taken aback, full of question marks, thinking she hadn't said anything?
It was just when Ah Qing carried the fox onto the table, she subconsciously frowned, wondering if the fox's white fur would fall into the dishes under the air conditioning....
Wow! Even such a trivial thing holds grudges against me!
Yu Jingwen chuckled silently, not taking this matter to heart.
Though people from Xia Dong are traditional, not all like burning incense and praying.
Yu Jingwen is relatively indifferent to those things.
In the kitchen, Ah Qing, with the three pounds of salmon lo hei brought back by the little fox, looked at the little fox with a strange expression, poking his shoulder:
"Did you just beg for leftovers at Aunt Lin's?"
"No such thing, Ah Sheng just dived into the sea, personally fetching the king salmon and borrowed the kitchen from the security guard on the beach for processing." The little fox confidently reported his itinerary to Ah Qing.
Ah Qing: "......."
I don't believe you! There's no way you fetched the grouper and red rockfish last time too, right?
Ah Qing showed a helpless expression, patting the little fox's head and smoothing his fur.
...
According to Mid-Autumn Festival tradition, after dinner should be the exciting and joyful time for playing mahjong.
But Ah Qing's aunts and uncles, after driving all day back home, weren't in the mood for mahjong, intending to organize the rooms upstairs and rest for the night first.
The whole family sat in the living room, talking about the new experiences of the year or their views on the macroeconomy.
Yu Zhenghong was chattering non-stop, boasting to the family about Master Lai Foo's divine power, hug a little, rub a little, and good luck naturally comes, winning three thousand yuan in the lottery isn't a dream.
"Ah Qing, I have a bit of socializing to do tonight. I guess I won't be back until four or five in the morning, leave a door open for me."
Lounging on Ah Qing's lap, originally browsing a music platform, Ansheng glanced at the time, already past nine-thirty in the evening.
Recalling the plan made with Lin Ying to go out to sea in the evening, Ansheng hummed to Ah Qing.
Lin Ying was going out to sea at night, heading to South Australia Island, using the pretext of an inspection to take Lin Zhe along.
They would return around eleven at night.
Now at nine-thirty, spend half an hour getting to the seafood market to borrow the big ship from Ah Bai,
At ten-thirty, arrange for the Orca Family to ambush.
At eleven, precisely let Lin Zhe fly.
At twelve-thirty, head to the sea view to sing karaoke, eat fruit plates, stay until around three then head home, take a bath, at four-thirty.
Master Lai Foo had all the time arranged perfectly.
"Oh, pay attention to safety at night and don't go too wild with your friends." Ah Qing nodded upon hearing this, reminding the little fox.
The little fox's friends, she had met them, like the neighbor Lai Foo, the pure black King Cobra from Upper Slope Mountain, and the big cockroach in the house....
Oh right, where did that dark big cockroach go?
The fluttering moth upstairs, and the family of bats also seemed to be gone.
Ah Qing showed a thoughtful look.
Under the watchful eyes of the family, the little fox jumped from the windowsill into the courtyard, over the wall, and ran away.
"Your family's master... he's very lively." Yu Jingwen commented with a playful tone.
"Master Lai Foo is free, we cannot change his lifestyle, what if he loses his power?" Yu Zhenghong said confidently.