Chapter 48

  Although it was still painful in my heart, I refused the fox's "kindness" and insisted on walking home by myself. Seeing this, he glared at me with his fox eyes for a few seconds, extremely displeased, before reluctantly agreeing.

  I thought to myself, if I were to agree with him and be carried home by him, kicking and jumping all the way, next year's today would probably be my memorial day. Thinking that I'm only 16 this year, in the prime of youth, without even having a romance, dying like this would be laughable to others.

  I didn't expect that going to the last toilet would cause so much trouble. It seems that from now on, when I see this fox spirit, I'll have to stay far away. I went out smoothly, thinking it was just an ordinary demon-catching activity, but unexpectedly, when I came back, I ended up in this pathetic state.

  The fox is walking freely in front of me with big strides, while I am hunching my back, holding my abdomen tightly with both hands and following behind his buttocks, taking small steps one by one. Just thinking about it makes me feel embarrassed.

  Suddenly, the figure in front stopped.

  "Hurry up, thirteenth generation! It's the middle of the night, don't you know that Ben Zun wants to rush back home and sleep beautifully? Climbing so slowly is even slower than those turtles. It's really laughable for those tortoises."

  I stopped in my tracks, wanting to retort back at him, but was too lazy to bother, knowing that no matter what I said, I would still lose this war of words to the fox.

  "Why did you suddenly stop talking and stand next to the toilet? Are you going in again?"

  In the dark of night, the sound of a fox's mocking laughter echoed out.

  "No."

  I spat out these two words and covered my stomach, starting to move forward. No matter what, I couldn't let him look down on me.

  I arrived at the entrance of my home, and the lights in the courtyard were still on. I lifted up my sleeve to check the time under the light - 11:25. It's over an hour past 10 o'clock. At this moment, I reckon Grandpa has been muttering about me countless times. Tomorrow afternoon when I get back from school, I reckon I'll be in for a trap set by him in this courtyard.

  "The Thirteenth Generation."

  I was daydreaming when a fox let out a sharp cry, scaring my heart into racing nonstop.

  "Are you crazy?" I stretched out my hand and patted my chest, also shouting loudly with him.

  "Flower Spirit"?

  The fox seemed puzzled by this word, with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge in its eyes, yet desperately trying to cover it up.

  Good heavens! My big mouth has finally gotten me into trouble. As I watch the fox approach me step by step, my legs start trembling again.

  "This name is quite interesting, 'flower', 'god' and 'spirit' can be put together to call, how come the master has never heard anyone say it before? The thirteenth generation always calls the master 'Flower God Spirit', what does this mean?"

  "Haha... I patted my chest heavily and said randomly: "It's just that you're amazing, charming, and look great, to the point where others are blinded by your brilliance."

  It's like this, I have a guilty conscience and dodged his gaze, somewhat lacking confidence, and explained to him.

  "Is it? You don't even dare look at my face, are you deceiving me?"

  The fox leaned down, came close to my ear, gritted its teeth and laughed in a low voice.

  In the dark of night, a faint sound like a sly laugh floated lightly, seeming so mysterious and frightening.

  "No, no, I don't have the nerve to cheat you."

  "The founder thinks that the current 13th generation is also a special 'Flower God Spirit'!"

  "Hehe...... You're the only one worthy of being called that, I... I don't deserve it."

  "Really?"

  The fox's face suddenly approached, its nose almost touching mine.

  "Yes, yes."

  I nodded without hesitation.

  "You've got a lot of nerve, daring to cheat me, you'll be waiting for me tomorrow morning, thirteen generations won't be enough."

  He said in a stern voice, the door creaked open lazily, and he turned around and jumped into the courtyard. Then, with a loud bang, the entire courtyard fell into darkness.