"This megalodon, why is it still calling for its mama, it's just a 360-degree ocean view villa, turned into a swimming pool."
Seeing the megalodon with its body enlarged entering the pool, returning to its normal size, and calling for its mama in a pitiful manner, Ansheng couldn't help but show a strange expression.
The relationship between Sha Sha and the megalodon clearly involves a high level of trust, where the megalodon can lend its body to Sha Sha when necessary.
Sha Sha continuously optimizes the megalodon, turning it into a short-tailed thresher shark. The two benefit mutually.
Sha Sha contributes brains, and the megalodon contributes brawn, resulting in today's battle powerhouse, the "Primordial Level Great Shark."
"The megalodon regards Sha Sha as its sworn mother; Sha Sha guides the megalodon in soaring through the skies, while Lu Tiannan and his right-hand man seem to be hindering each other like a father-son team…"
Ansheng shook his head with a sigh as he headed towards Lin Ying's villa, and said softly to the megalodon:
"Lower your volume. If your 'glug glug' sounds are too loud and attract attention, even Old Chen will be troubled."
Having goldfish, fancy carp, or fighting fish at home is a kind of feng shui arrangement, but placing a tonnage-class shark in a home pool is indeed a bit outrageous.
Given the absurdity level of the folks from Xia Dong, if they really see a megalodon, they might run to the village committee to complain to Old Chen, saying Lin Ying is setting up a feng shui array at home.
Attempting to use the giant shark's big mouth to siphon off Changxi Town's fortune and ascend to immortality.
By then, Old Chen would likely be overwhelmed.
...
Arriving at Lin Ying's house, Ansheng navigated familiarly to the sunroom, crossed his legs, took out his phone from his chest bag, and logged on to WeChat.
"Huh? When was I added to the group chat?"
Upon logging into WeChat, Ansheng hadn't even had a chance to like Ah Bai's updates when he noticed a new group chat and a red @mention.
Ah Qing had also added Ansheng to the four-person dorm group chat and sent a video, tagging him.
The video transitioned to music, showing a panda-colored baby fox lying on a girl's lap, moving its little hands and feet unconsciously as if dancing.
The video is titled: "Woke up abruptly, watched a fox perform a dance for me, quite adorable!"
"Fake, there's no way a fox dances. You can tell with one look that the fox is dreaming of hunting. Look at its dribbling-acting basketball moves, that's pressing snacks."
After watching the video, Ansheng thought for a moment, spoke human words, and sent a voice message to the group chat:
"Add two pounds of food to its bowl, plus half a pound of goat milk soaked to soften, served in six portions a day. This will cure the little fox's dream cravings and daytime lethargy. Mention this in the comments."
Ansheng said, also tagging Ah Qing.
And after a moment, Ah Qing silently sent out a new short video.
This time, it's also a fox video: a red fox squatting in front of a cage trampling a stuffed toy, a person runs up and stretches out two hands, asking the red fox if it wants a bath, and after a brief consideration, the red fox decisively stuffs its mouth onto the non-bathing hand.
But the person grabs the red fox's muzzle, and instantly takes it to the bathroom to transform it into a "big rat."
"?"
After watching the video, Ansheng was a bit stunned, showing a slightly subtle expression, then typed a line in the group chat:
"By the way, just finished my trip; taking a flight back to Chang'an tonight, probably won't be home until tomorrow morning. Ah Qing, remember to save breakfast for me tomorrow morning @Ah Qing."
Ah Qing: "Umm… be safe on the road, I won't save breakfast, there's an event, gonna have a big feast."
Momo: "? Seriously, is this okay? Where did the little fox learn Xia Country's universal language?"
"Where did I learn? Do you expect me to tell you about taking political science courses…?"
Ansheng rolled his eyes, couldn't hold back, and quipped at Momo's question.
Girl, how could you surf the web and watch videos without knowing words, and engage in high-intensity confrontations with Furry enthusiasts, sharing cute images!
But through the brief conversation, Ansheng finally figured one thing out.
The reason Ah Qing was tagging him wasn't genuinely to get him to watch the videos, but to ask where he was.
Other families have foxes to cuddle with, yet his own fox went out to recreate a real-life travel frog scenario.
After Ansheng mentioned coming home the next morning, Ah Qing noticeably perked up, typing eagerly.
Going out without a fox hanging on him, even the winter wind feels chilly on the neck.
"Knock, knock…"
While Ansheng was browsing his phone, there was a gentle knock on the glass door, and Lin Ying entered, holding a fruit basket full of snacks.
"Master Fuli, the cola has arrived…"
Lin Ying showed a gentle smile, placing the cola and snack platter on the table, and picked up the small fox.
"The big shark in the fish pond is the spirit beast captured today during the sea expedition, right? Master Fuli didn't get hurt, did they?"
"That mere Sha Sha… Just went out to sea and delivered itself within two hours, getting beaten by me until it got bumps all over its head. Ah Bai's leave was for nothing…"
With a joyful face, Ansheng recounted the entire shark capture operation to Lin Ying.
Now Sha Sha has transformed from a wild Sha Sha into the "Sea Guardian Great Shark" stationed in Xia East Sea Area under the Spirit Beast Gang.
In the future, if anything happens in Xia East Sea or if the Spirit Beast Gang's merchant ships have issues, all it takes is a call for Sha Sha. The opponent would need a nuclear bomb, or it'd be like bringing their own mother there.
"Discuss this matter with Old Lin; if anything happens, you can invite the 'Sea Guardian General' to settle it. His wallet is bulging, let's partner up and swipe his gold coins!"
Ansheng teased Lin Ying lightly.
Constantly mooching off Lin Ying's meals and snacks made Ansheng feel a bit embarrassed.
Plundering Old Dong's gold coins would help fill Lin Ying's little treasury. Besides, Sha Sha doesn't cost anything, and Old Lin has not only money but also Spirit Particle Potions, a triple win.
"Then… I'll thank Master Fuli on behalf of Old Grandpa." Lin Ying smiled at Master Fuli.
Although she didn't witness the capture, judging from the aircraft carrier specs deployed by the Security Bureau...
The megalodon's power should be quite formidable, and without Master Fuli's intervention, the Security Bureau would've had difficulty capturing it.
"And one more thing."
Ansheng wriggled out of Lin Ying's embrace, breaking away from the chorus of "Master Fuli is amazing," "Truly incredible," and "Master Fuli of Xia Dong" praises, and stood up on the sofa, hands on hips, declaring:
"I feel like my scalp is tingling again, and I might pass out onto the table…"
Master Fuli displayed a proud expression, lifting his head high, glaring with his nostrils.
The statue in his mind, during previous points allocation, has already been shaped and detailed into a fox identical to himself, and during the evolution into a Three-tailed Fox, he could unlock some hidden effects.
Ansheng reckoned that if he advanced the three-tailed fox statue to a four-tailed fox statue, some more effects might be unlocked.
However, it was uncertain if this time's point allocation would lean towards physique potential unlocking or intelligence advancement, possibly using telekinesis like Unos.
"Huh?"
Seeing Master Fuli speak, Lin Ying was surprised, and immediately took out her phone to tell Lin Bingyun:
"Housekeeper, bring a new bottle of cola, put it in the thermos box, and deliver it to the sunroom. Also, prepare a warm water pool for Master Fuli to bathe and cleanse."
"As usual, I understand."
Lin Ying confidently smiled at Master Fuli.