"The food at Xinxing Agricultural Science College is unbeatable..."
Ansheng squatted beside the fire pit, waiting for the unexpected dishes to be cooked, and glanced strangely at Momo, who looked dazed.
Before the activation of the Aphrodite Gene, when Momo ate at the college's cafeteria, she wouldn't undergo Spiritualization, as she didn't consume enough to reach that dose. At most, she'd eat too much Spiritual Particles in the fruits, veggies, and meat, subtly getting a bit stronger.
But now Momo's situation is different. Her body cells have undergone some changes, and upon Spirit Particle Catalysis, she reaches a critical point and directly undergoes Spiritualization, becoming a big flapping moth.
"Momo, are you feeling alright?"
The unusual expression on Momo's face was noticed not only by Ansheng alone; her silence and constant staring at the fire pit were observed by her classmates.
Lingren approached Momo, looked at her cheeks, and asked.
"I... I'm fine."
Momo was startled, smiled shakily, and shook her head, telling Lingren not to worry about her: "I was just thinking about something in my mind, my bones are very tough."
Even though Momo was smiling, her smile was very forced, more like a facade to prevent her friends from worrying.
Momo's body had no problems, but her mental state wasn't great.
Because she had just witnessed a shocking scene.
Up until this moment, Momo couldn't believe what she had seen earlier.
With Ah Qing and the little fox returning to school, Momo and Yuyu, out of curiosity, wanted to see what the little fox was doing every night away from home, where no fox would be out all night until dawn repeatedly.
After dealing with the chickens, Momo marinated them and snuck with Yuyu into the woods behind the cafeteria.
Before Ah Qing and the little fox returned, they had already scouted, saw the small wooden house in the woods, and the smart lock on the armored door of the house.
The existence of a wooden house was strange, but Momo and Yuyu didn't give it much thought until they decided to follow the little fox tonight for the first time, and they were dumbfounded.
They didn't see the little fox.
But they saw a jellyfish, this jellyfish opened the armored wooden door, raised its two tentacles above its head, holding a five-yuan note, and ran outside.
The jellyfish closed the armored door, hid behind the flower bed in front of the door, looked around, and after ensuring no one was there, it ran to the cafeteria supermarket.
A little later, the jellyfish returned to the door with a bottle of Sprite and a scratch card, using its slightly translucent light blue tentacles to enter the door code and go back inside.
Originally hidden in the bushes, intending to surprise the little fox, Momo and Yuyu were taken aback.
The incidents that unfolded in front of them were already challenging their worldview and common sense.
Even if a cat or gecko had run out of the house to buy Sprite and scratch cards today, Momo and Yuyu could have convinced themselves, using Ah Qing's past remarks to hypnotize themselves into disregarding the occurrence.
But...
That was a blue jellyfish, one that ought to reside in the sea, sprinting on land and purchasing a bottle of Sprite and scratch cards.
Even more absurd, the supermarket actually sold them to it!
Momo was hesitating whether she should report this matter to the authorities.
The wooden house was evidently suspicious, disregarding the fact that the little fox and other wild animals were constantly running into the house, but it actually had a highly anthropomorphic jellyfish coming out.
Because the event was beyond belief, Momo wasn't sure what would happen after she reports it.
Would the security personnel inspect the house?
Or would they conduct a blood test to see if she ingested any prohibited substances?
Momo was left numb, feeling that her previous understanding of the world had been somewhat overturned.
"Are you really okay? How about you go back inside and rest for a while? The winter wind is bone-chilling," Ah Qing handed Momo a cup of hot tea and urged her.
"Alright... I think I'll go lie down for a while. Remember to save me a chicken wing later."
Momo thought for a moment, didn't refuse any further, and prepared to go back inside to rest her bewildered mind.
She turned away, pulling out her phone to check the information on it.
In just the past half-hour, Yuyu had sent Momo several dozen messages.
Yuyu was now at the hospital for a blood test, suspecting she had unknowingly consumed poisonous fungi.
"You didn't eat any fungi; it's just that you're hallucinating because you're hungry from dieting," Momo rolled her eyes and responded with a voice message as she walked toward the dormitory.
"Momo must not really be unwell, right? After all, her second phase resembles me somewhat."
Watching Momo's departing figure and observing her as she walked back while rubbing her forehead, Ansheng muttered somewhat confusedly in his heart.
It shouldn't be!
Momo, as a fox lady under his wing, should be physically more robust than any creature.
"Ah Qing, Momo seems genuinely unwell. Reserve my drumstick for her, and let's check on her," Ansheng suggested to Ah Qing.
"Hm?" Ah Qing was taken aback, looking at Xiaolan with relief, "That's perfectly fine, Xiaolan has learned to care for good friends; in two years, you might even learn to cook!"
"???"
Ansheng wore a look of confusion as he gazed at Ah Qing, questioning, "Is there any correlation between the two things you're mentioning?"
"Look here!" Ah Qing cuddled the little fox in her arms and played a video for him.
The video depicted a forced marriage banquet where the male protagonist, lacking a girlfriend, was criticized by family members, with relatives pointing out that nobody would care for him in old age.
The male protagonist's cat was eating at the side; upon hearing the family's criticism towards the protagonist, the cat tightened its fist in silence.
The next day, the cat rose early, fetching a wallet as it went out, prepared a heartfelt breakfast while the male owner was still asleep.
Then the cat worked hard to earn money, supporting the family until the male protagonist grew old and immobile. The cat fetched water, bathed him, wiped him down, and ultimately accompanied him through the funeral at his demise, ensuring a dignified burial.
The storyline concluded with the cat morphing into an alien and returning to its home planet via an alien spaceship.
"It's fake, believing even a bit of it could lead you to be bombarded by incessant calls from health product sellers. Look at Lin Hao and the hedgehog."
"Oh..." Ah Qing responded, and replied in the video's comment section: [I asked Huhu, he said the video is fake and told me not to believe it.]
In no time.
The comments under Ah Qing were uniform: Hard to hold in laughter.
Wake up; among pet YouTubers, it's your family's fox that's the most scheming, it even knows how to blend tea!
Put it in a factory; it's skilled labor for sure.
...
Having eaten a late-night snack by the fire pit, Ah Qing helped bring Momo the drumstick and sweet potato back, then went to catch up on assignments.
The next day, Ah Qing carried a box full of homework to the classroom to submit them one by one, gradually returning to the daily routine.
Ansheng woke up, glanced at the phone time, then retreated into the bed again.
However, before sleeping again, Ansheng called Lin Bingyun:
"Hey? Butler? Come to the school tonight at nine and bring my iron horse, notify the Triangular Hammer to come to school at noon; I'm taking it next door for a supplemental lesson."