"Why are you out here running a rideshare?"
Tang You said her butt was big and proactively sat in the passenger seat, while Ah Qing, Momo, Lingren, and Ansheng all took the back seats, leaving Lingren feeling overwhelmed with happiness. Ansheng looked at Jellyfish Lady with a puzzled expression and asked.
"Because the game 'Night Hero' shut down, and the boss said he's going back home to celebrate Chinese New Year. The game might not reopen until February 26..."
"That dumbass boss is leaving money on the table, acting like I don't know Xia Country's Spring Festival dates? Who goes home in early December and celebrates New Year until February 26 of the following year!"
Jellyfish Lady voiced her indignation, complaining to Master Fuli about the 'Night Game' boss.
"Uh..."
Before Master Fuli could speak, Ah Qing's cheeky expression froze, with a slightly quirky look.
It's the end of November now, just a few days before December; to start celebrating New Year now is honestly a bit much.
But from Jellyfish Lady's account, it seemed the game boss's true identity was someone from Xia Dong...
In Jiule City, New Year festivities start from La 16th until Zheng Yue 29th, concluding with the consumption of yaji porridge — altogether spanning forty-five days.
"You're lucky to be able to play the game at all..." Ansheng rolled his eyes and grumbled.
Chen Nian has already ditched town, and key members and management of the gang are in silent mode, awaiting Little Angel to sort things out before possibly returning to California for regular 'work'.
Had they not run, the FBI would've come knocking. Who has time to handle the no-fee purchases business anymore?
"True enough... It's a shame that the dumbass boss didn't enable any tipping options. Otherwise, I'd absolutely send him a New Year's red envelope." Jellyfish Lady pondered deeply, nodding lightly and also complaining along with Master Fuli.
"???"
Ansheng was taken aback, looking incredulous as he stared at the talking Jellyfish Lady.
"Are you possessed? You actually speak human words? Weren't you supposed to say things like, how your family would kill that boss no matter what?"
"It's not reliable; if it were, I wouldn't still be a jellyfish." Jellyfish Lady waved her hand dismissively, not even bothering to mention those big idiots in the family.
If the Meredici family were reliable, she wouldn't have to maintain her energy-saving mode, living off the algae in the fish tank.
"Cool..."
Ansheng's face turned dark as he tapped out a 6.
You have to admit, Jellyfish Lady's mother truly understands her daughter's temperament. One combo and her daughter's warped worldview was corrected.
"Xiaolan..."
Ah Qing quietly patted the little fox's rear and whispered, "Do other jellyfish talk too?"
"They do. They usually speak in a whimpering tone, and the things you'll most frequently hear them say are 'weed residue, earth vehicle' and 'did your mom use me as a speed bump?' among other things." Ansheng replied.
Jellyfish Lady shrugged, neither confirming nor denying.
While chatting in the car, the Monkey Head Rideshare maintained a slight overspeed, driving frantically to the area south of Qinling in Anzhen County, followed by four minivans.
Along the way, the night patrol officers looked dumbfounded as they watched the convoy speed past.
The Benz has spy-proof glass, making it difficult for traffic officers to see the driver, but the minivans at the rear don't have such fancy glass — their windows are all ultrapure white.
At a red light, the fat cat even proactively rolled down the window to offer a cigarette to the officer, saluting him.
The officer doesn't smoke, but faced with a national treasure panda offering a cigarette, he still took it dazedly.
They arrived at the forest where Ah Qing and her friends were attacked, located at the county town's edge. There's a path leading to the mountain, and a dirt road reaches a pond.
"Master Fuli... you should have reported this! Your wild ride through the night has our Security Bureau's phone almost exploding from calls by the police." Wang Qiqi's call came through immediately to Ah Qing's phone, sounding helpless.
"Isn't this an emergency? Let's not talk about it now; I might have to bash some heads..."
Ansheng grinned as he tossed the phone to Ah Qing and jumped onto the car roof, calling out to the bears in the minivans to come out.
Master Fuli's name is renowned in the Qinling Mountain Range; the spirit beasts may not have met him.
But they know Master Fuli is a fox.
Following the tradition of not letting kings meet, when spirit beasts see the white fox, they crawl and hide.
Therefore, Ansheng specially arranged for some recently spiritualized bears to come fishing.
Using spirit beasts' territorial nature to lure out the water leech that bullied Ah Qing.
"Xiaolan... are you safe here? Want us to join and gang up on it?"
Ah Qing stepped out of the car nervously, looking at the nighttime forest apprehensively. She quietly slipped on a pair of knuckle dusters, clenching her fists.
"The other side is a wide-bodied golden line leech, with a big mouth that could cause anemia if it bites you."
The wide-bodied golden line leech is widely distributed in the water sources of Xia Country.
You frequently encounter them in the fields Ah Qing manages.
"There certainly will be a gang up, but not now. The Security Bureau's fox consultant ensures the outcome makes one yield heartedly." Ansheng gestured for Ah Qing to keep her voice low, so as not to scare the leech into hiding.
As the spiritualized black bears entered the pond, intruding on the wide-bodied golden line leech's territory, ripples spread across the water.
A bizarre black gold-lined towel gradually surfaced from the deep end of the pond, probably two meters long, shaped like an oval football, and twenty to thirty centimeters wide.
"Hiss—"
The leech suddenly leaped out of the water, opening its hidden abyssal mouth, lunging at the black bear, while hissing like a snake as a warning.
"Meow—"
Faced with an Overlord-level spirit beast attack, the black bear panicked and let out a horrific meowing scream, scrambling desperately from the pond area into the forest.
"Hiss—"
The leech didn't pursue, lurking at the pond's edge, hissing at the forest to claim its territory.
"You scoundrel, so you wanted to bite Ah Qing!"
With Ah Qing's identification, Master Fuli confirmed the leech was indeed the one that tried to bite Ah Qing the other day, and instantly transformed into a white shadow darting from the forest.
"Hiss?"
The leech has very poor vision; even after spiritualization, its dynamic vision is not strong. It can barely perceive light and airflow changes around it.
"Smack—"
Master Fuli spun mid-air and effortlessly slapped the leech across its face, causing it to spin rapidly on the spot, instinctively stiffening and burrowing into the ground.
"Xiaolan—"
Seeing the action starting, Ah Qing hurriedly injected a Spirit Particle Potion and dashed forward to see if she could help.
But by the time Ah Qing and the others reached the forest, Master Fuli had already grabbed the leech's throat with one paw and its tail with another, using it as a jump rope.
"Get glasses if your vision is bad!"
"So you're acting like a local tyrant now? Charging two liang of blood just to pass by your doorstep?"
Master Fuli, holding the leech by its neck, alternated his legs expertly while jump roping, reasoning with the golden line leech.
"Leech Big Spin—"
Master Fuli leaped three meters high, spinning the jump rope at twenty-something rounds per second, nearly shaking the malicious leech's brains smooth.
"Cats, come here! Toss it towards the fifty-thousand medical fee pot!"
Ansheng threw the leech to the fat cat, letting them deal with this vicious creature properly.
"Ah, this..."
Ah Qing, astonished, finally understood the significance of Physique Enhancement Type spirit beasts.