Chapter Fourteen: You Are a Fox Spirit

  What a different path we're on!

  Mr. Darwin said that there is reproductive isolation between different species!

  It doesn't matter if it's Ah Li or Xu Yan, with me it's just a naked transaction of interests.

  As for love?

  Hehe!

  Do you believe it? Anyway, I never did.

  I was too lazy to look at Xu Yan again, turned around and walked down the stairs, after leaving the bar, relying on last night's memory went to the Honghe District in the suburbs of the city.

  Xu Yan said Ah Li went to find me, if she didn't get the place wrong, I guess Ah Li won't be too hard to find.

  I quickly arrived at the place where I jumped into the river last night.

  The sky was already late, and the moon was very bright in the midsummer half-sky. The bright white moonlight spilled on the Red River, and strips of silver light rippled back and forth from the river surface.

  The view is quite good and very beautiful.

  If there is a beauty accompanying you, appreciating the moon by the river and reveling in the shadows under the trees would be even better.

  But isn't this place deserted? I'm the only one standing alone by the riverbank. If someone sees me, they'll probably think I've come to jump in.

  "Where has this raccoon dog gone?" Along the riverbank walked over a hundred meters, still no shadow of the raccoon dog was found.

  The sky is getting darker and darker, the wound is getting more and more painful, I am getting more and more anxious.

  "Ah Li!" I couldn't help but shout out loud.

  It's so quiet in the suburbs that sounds can travel very far. If A-Li is around here, she should be able to hear it.

  But this time nobody paid attention to me.

  So I shouted again and again, for the second time, then the third time, then the fourth time......

  I don't know which philosopher who had nothing better to do said that success belongs to those who persist until the end.

  I persisted in shouting for I don't know how many times (I guess I've reached the bottom), but she didn't come, and instead a gust of wind blew over.

  The wind is a very ordinary wind, not a yin wind or a demon wind, just a cool summer breeze.

  The wind died down and my cries ceased.

  It's not that I don't want to shout anymore, it's just that I can no longer shout.

  This unlucky wind blew a piece of red cloth into my mouth.

  "Cough cough."

  I hastily reached into my mouth and pulled out the red cloth.

  "Damn it, what the hell is this trash!" I was about to curse those who littered on the riverbank without regard for public hygiene, but upon closer inspection, I realized that the red cloth in my hand wasn't a cloth at all, but rather something that's quite embarrassing.

  There are many things that cannot be mentioned in polite conversation, such as a woman's bra...

  Yes, you evil one didn't guess wrong, it's a woman's bra.

  Such a beautiful scene, I don't know how to describe it.

  In the strong wind, I opened my mouth and shouted out the beauty's name, but heaven directly stuffed this thing into my mouth, is it reminding me of something?

  I'm a loser, but not a pervert. I have no interest in women's clothing, let alone not knowing whether the person wearing it is beautiful or ugly. What if it's an ugly monster, wouldn't that be disgusting?

  I blushingly wanted to get rid of this indecent thing in my hand as soon as possible.

  At this moment, I couldn't help but take a glance at the size of that bra. (Please don't despise me, it's just pure curiosity.)

  Just took a glance, but made an unexpected discovery.

  This thing is really fucking coincidental. The difficult-to-climb, elegant object actually had two embroidered characters on it, with an "A" on the left and a "Li" on the right.

  Raccoon?

  What is this?

  Even a fool can react after seeing these two words, let alone I am not a fool.

  Ninety-nine percent of this thing is Arlo's. I just don't know why Arlo would take it off his body.

  Is it too hot today?

  Are there some even more difficult and elegant things happening?

  I don't dare think about it carefully, but through this thing I can guess that Ali is just around here.

  Judging the direction of the wind, I went against it and searched in the distance.

  On the north bank of the river, I found a small grove.

  Under the bright moonlight, I can see that there are more cypress and pine trees in this forest. And on the edge of this small forest, from a solitary crooked-headed pine tree, I found new clues.

  That was a thin red shirt with white sleeves hanging on the branch of a pine tree.

  This shirt is mine and also belongs to Ali.

  It can be imagined that Ali's clothes have all been taken off.

  It's just unknown whether it was taken off actively or passively...

  Worried about Ali's situation, I didn't dare to stay for long and continued walking forward. Entering the forest, I wanted to see if there were any other clues.

  The result was found in the woods, and also discovered Ali's clothes.

  This is a small pile of clothes, including a top, pants and stockings as well as a pair of shoes.

  All of Ah Li's clothes should be here.

  What's going on?

  A woman in the woods took off all her clothes, which made me feel like something bad was happening.

  "Ah Li!"

  I shouted into the woods.

  There was an echo in the forest.

  The echo was a woman's voice.

  "I'm here." This voice was naturally Aru's.

  "Where is it?" I asked.

  A pure white fox suddenly jumped down from the tree and landed in front of me.

  "Where did you go?" the fox asked me.

  "Are you Ali?" I was stunned.

  "Yes." The white fox nodded, "This is my true form, the Nine-Tailed Immortal Fox."

  "So you're a fox spirit." I said casually, this kind of thing was nothing new to me.

  "It's Fox Fairy!" Ah Li apparently didn't buy what I was saying.

  "Alright, let's just say it's a fox spirit then." I dryly chuckled.

  "Where have you been? I've been looking for you all day!" Ah Li shouted at me.

  I honestly told A Li about the previous escape from the dog monster's hands one by one.

  A Li and Xu Yan are different. She heard that I returned to Hongshan City early and wasn't angry, instead she rushed towards me and praised: "I didn't expect you still have some skills."

  The words have a slightly sarcastic tone, but after all, it's still a good thing to say, and I couldn't help but feel a little proud of myself after hearing them.

  "Why are you here?" Ali asked me, and I turned to ask Ali, "And why did you show your true form?"

  "I've run into a bit of trouble," said Ah Li.

  "What's wrong?" I lowered my head, looking at the fox. "Can't you change first and then we talk? It's too awkward for me to talk to a fox."

  "No way, I can't change now," said Ah Li.

  "Why? Are you hurt?" I asked.

  "That's not it," said Ah Li, "It's just that I accidentally lost my clothes and turned into a human..."

  The raccoon dog looked a bit shy and didn't continue speaking.

  I've figured it out, Ah Li has gotten into trouble and turned into a fox. As a fox, she can't wear clothes, so they're all scattered on the ground. Some of them were blown away by the wind, and Ah Li doesn't want to turn back into human form because she's afraid that if she does, she'll be left with nothing to wear and will end up walking around naked.

  "Is this yours?"

  I pulled out the red bra I had picked up earlier from my pocket and handed it over to Ah Li.

  "Scoundrel! You're shameless!"

  The raccoon dog rushed at me and scolded.

  If she weren't a fox spirit, I'd probably get slapped twice in the face.

  "You're dead, pervert! So it was you who stole my clothes!"

  The raccoon dog scolded me again in a huff.

  "Don't get me wrong, don't get me wrong." I hastily explained, "I picked this up unintentionally from outside."

  "Nonsense! How did you know it was mine? Did you sneak a peek before... You pervert!" Ah Li scolded even more fiercely.

  "Hey, misunderstanding! I'm not that kind of person. The key is that this has your name embroidered on it..." I pulled out A-Ling's thing and showed it to her for a moment.

  "Put me down quickly!" Ah Li obviously didn't want to listen to my explanation, and continued scolding, "Otherwise, when I recover my human form, you'll be in trouble..."

  "Don't worry, don't worry, I'll put it down right away."

  I was too lazy to pick up this thing, I loosened my hand and threw the bra away.

  But this thing is too light, just after throwing it out, a gust of wind came and it was blown back into the sky.

  I lifted my head, under the bright moonlight, staring blankly at that red bra dancing in the air.

  Haha, you can't say this scene is really beautiful...

  "You... you..." Ah Li has been angered by me to the point of speechlessness.

  "Was it you who made me let go? This isn't my fault, is it? I didn't think so either..."

  "Shut up!" I wanted to explain, but Ah Li was already furious, "I'll settle this with you later!"

  "Want me to help you get it back?" I asked tentatively again, pointing up at the night sky.

  "Get out!" Ah Li finally cursed.

  I was suddenly speechless and could only smile awkwardly.

  After a while, when A-Li's anger had subsided somewhat, I asked another tentative question.

  "A Li, what kind of trouble have you gotten yourself into? I heard from Xu Yan that you found my corpse?"

  The fox lifted its head and looked at me with great reluctance, coldly snorting: "I thought you were a corpse, didn't expect you to be so lucky!"

  "Who exactly is the corpse? I don't have a twin brother or anything?" I asked.

  "It was I who made a mistake," said Ah Li. "The corpse only looked a bit like you, and it wasn't until I went into the water that I discovered the corpse wasn't you."

  "Alright." I nodded, as long as the corpse had nothing to do with me, I was at ease.

  "After I went into the water and pulled up that corpse, then I got into trouble," said Ah Li.

  "What's wrong?" I asked.

  "That's actually not a corpse, but a living person. To be precise, it can't be said to be human." Ardi muttered, "That guy is weird, I saved him and he wants to kill me instead."

  "Want to kill you? Why?" I asked with sudden interest.

  "I don't know either," Ah Li said, "I pulled him out of the river and woke him up, but then he wanted to kill me like a madman. To save my life, I ran into this forest and transformed back into my true form to hide in the trees, barely escaping his pursuit."

  "That guy is tough? You're a demon, aren't you?" I really can't understand what kind of person dares to kill even demons.

  "I've told you, he's not human, he doesn't even breathe." Ah Li explained to me, "That guy is too strange, he doesn't say anything, as soon as he opens his eyes he wants to kill me."

  "Could he be a monster?" I asked.

  "It doesn't seem like it, there's no demonic aura on her body." Ah Li shook his head, "By the way, did you notice anything unusual when you jumped into the river last night?"

  Abnormal?

  I thought of that girl called Baby.

  Suddenly, a naked beautiful girl fell from the sky. Thinking about it now, it's indeed quite unusual. It's just that this kind of thing isn't good to tell Ah Li about! What if he misunderstands me as a pervert again? Moreover, I owe an apology to Xuyan, and if I don't suppress my toxic nature, won't things become troublesome?

  "Huh? Is there something wrong?" Ah Li saw me not speaking and asked another sentence.

  "No?" I replied sluggishly, "I was just focused on escaping and didn't notice anything."

  "Hmm." Ah Li didn't suspect what I said either.

  "What are we going to do now?" I asked Ali, "Those guys who were chasing you are probably gone, should we head back?"

  "It's not time to go back yet," Ah Li said, "You have to help me get some things."

  "What is it?" I asked, "Is it another corpse? There isn't any dead body here."

  The raccoon dog shook its head and didn't answer me. Instead, it rushed towards me and asked: "Has the poison on your body started to take effect?"

  "Really? You can tell?" I asked in surprise.

  "You think I'm stupid!" Ah Li snorted, "If it weren't for your poison breaking out, would you have come looking for me? Hmph!"

  "Heh heh, I thought to myself, you actually guessed it right, but I couldn't say that out loud. 'I came because I care about you, heh heh...'"

  "Alright, save your concern for Xiaoyan, I don't need it!" Ah Liang snorted.

  "What are you looking for? This poison is getting more and more potent..." I emphasized to Ah Li.

  "Just now I found a snake hole here," Ah Li said to me, "There is a snake inside."

  "Huh?" I tensed up a bit upon hearing it, "You're not going to make me catch snakes or anything, are you?"

  "That's a poisonous snake!" Ah Li said.

  "Then it's even more impossible to catch!" I said with a wry smile.

  "It's not for you to catch snakes, listen to me first." Ah Li shouted at me.

  "Alright, you say." I nodded.

  "That's a venomous snake shedding its skin." Ah Li continued, "I want you to help me get that snakeskin out."

  "Snake skin? What's the use of that thing?" I asked.

  "Do you want to suppress the toxicity in you?" Ah Li asked back.

  "Can it help me detox?" I lit up at once.

  "Detoxification is impossible, but it can temporarily suppress the poison on your body." Ah Li said to me.

  "Will that snake bite people?"

  "Alright." Ah Li nodded, "If you don't want to go, I won't force you. Anyway, just wait for the poison to take effect and die."

  "Don't be like this? You promised me you'd help me detox!" I shouted.

  "You also promised to help us with things! This is the first thing you're going to do." Ah Li said to me, "Besides, this is for suppressing your toxicity, if you don't go, who will?"

  I see Ah Li has already said it to this extent, and there's no way to decline anymore.

  "Okay." I nodded, "Where is the snake cave?"

  "Follow me." Ah Li said.

  The raccoon's four legs moved quickly and she ran towards the deep part of the forest. I had no choice but to follow her from behind, jogging lightly.