Luozhuang Village

  "I won't tell you." I took a step back, and that face of Xiao Bai's, from afar looked handsome, but upon closer inspection, it seemed like he was about to be taken away for research or something. How did he manage to grow such fair skin? It's simply enough to make me, as a woman, die of envy.

  "You don't say, I already know." Just as I was wringing out the towel and getting up to leave, Xiao Bai followed behind me, swaggering with his hands clasped behind his back, looking very pleased with himself.

  "Cut—" I made a face at his back, Xiao Bai definitely didn't know.

  I couldn't associate this handsome man with the cute fox I usually hold in my arms, if it wasn't for his low-key behavior in front of Uncle.

  "Don't you feel tired like this?" Just as he was about to step into the ancient temple's gate, a low voice came from inside.

  I stopped in my tracks and looked around, only to remember that Xiao Bai had told me to find a place to relieve myself. I couldn't help but think that if he were to transform into a fox, where would he go to do his business? Why did he have to turn back into human form and swagger around in front of me? There are pros and cons to everything, but from another perspective, this is actually good - it saves me from having sore arms every day from carrying him.

  At this moment, Xiao Bai had not returned yet. I retreated two steps back and hid my body behind a tattered red cloth, carefully listening to the conversation coming from inside.

  "It's not time yet." This was Uncle Ah's voice, his tone somewhat helpless, a long sigh escaped him and passed into me. Does Uncle Ah have worries?

  "But this can't go on like this, eventually she will find out." At this time, the old temple was left with only Ah Shu and the man in black, no, it was Wei Junan, only Ah Shu and Wei Junan were left. This voice didn't need to be guessed, it was obviously from Wei Junan.

  But who were Uncle Ah and Wei Jun'an talking about?

  "Just wait a bit longer, there's not much time left." Uncle's helpless voice entered his ears again, it seems that Uncle's worries are getting heavier and heavier.

  "Hmm." Wei Junan chuckled, "At this rate, I'm afraid you won't make it until that time." Wei Junan seemed to be advising Ah Shu about something, but Ah Shu's stubborn nature left him at a loss.

  Uncle's personality I'm quite familiar with, he's down-to-earth and easy-going, everyone acknowledges him as the most amiable medium in the world. He doesn't show off, even if he has innate spiritual power that can help others, he'll do it without hesitation. But once Uncle makes up his mind to do something, not even a nine-headed cow could stop him. I think Wei Jun'an will definitely be unable to change Uncle's mind, even if he transforms into that cow.

  "Who is scolding me." It seems that this phrase doesn't sound right, no, I think so, and Wei Jun'an has already let out a sneeze, probably not knowing that I'm talking about him like this, hiding under the red cloth to laugh secretly.

  "What are you doing here?" He patted my shoulder, almost choking the breath I had just held back from laughing, Xiao Bai was already standing in front of me and asked.

  "I'm waiting for you." He turned his head to glance at the slit, seeing that Uncle Ah and Wei Junan hadn't discovered him, before turning back to say to Xiao Bai.

  "That's also good, lest my master blame you for losing his spirit fox, you will inevitably be punished." Xiaobai said, turning around and walking towards the red lacquer wooden door.

  I mumbled behind him, "Uncle wouldn't even bother with me."

  The fox's ears are sharp, and I muttered this sentence, Xiao Bai almost heard it too. He turned his head to me with a faint smile, if he were a woman, this smile would be stunningly beautiful, but Xiao Bai just happened to have a man's body.

  Everything has returned to its normal track, it's already noon, the sun is high in the sky, not hot, and in this autumn season, sprinkling on the body is quite warm, holding Little White in my arms, he closes his eyes and falls asleep.

  "Lazy fox." He muttered to himself as he walked, addressing the little white one in his arms.

  Right, I need to explain something here. After lunch in the afternoon, I don't know where Xiaobai found the food from, and when I asked the three of them, they just smiled silently without saying a word, leaving me embarrassed. In the end, it was still Xiaobai who helped ease the awkwardness, saying that with his face, he could get food anywhere.

  He went to the village in front and strolled around, others sent it, I secretly suspected that Xiaobai was bragging again, but seeing Uncle nodding, I didn't make a sound. I can distrust anyone, but I must believe Uncle. From childhood to adulthood, anything Uncle said, I believed.

  Including no parents, no relatives, and also including my name, Jun Li.

  I chose to believe Uncle, and at this moment, after dinner, Xiaobai transformed into a fox, lightly jumping into my arms with a familiar movement.

  So at this time, the little white in my arms was not that handsome man as beautiful as a flower, but a white fox that people and ghosts loved.

  "Uncle, where are we going?" Uncle walked ahead, holding Xiao Bai, I ran to keep up with his pace.

  Just now, weren't there three men? Now, how come only Uncle is left? No mistake, one of the three men just turned into a fox, and another said goodbye to Uncle after dinner, saying "see you again", but what he meant by "see you again" was not that he would leave, but rather, we will meet again.

  Uncle didn't even look back, he had already left the ancient temple far away, and did not head in the direction of the chaotic burial mound. Instead, he crossed another path, went down the mountain, wandered around for a while, and returned to the forest from last night.

  "After passing through the forest, you can see the village in front of you." Walking with Uncle in the forest, the daytime forest and nighttime forest are completely different. The eerie feeling is gone, sunlight pours in, and it's actually suitable for finding a place to lie down and take a nap."

  "I thought you were really exchanging your looks for food, but it turns out your home is just nearby." I reached out to stroke Xiaobai's smooth fur and said softly.

  This time, our goal is to find Xiaobai's family. Only when we find Xiaobai's family will Uncle tell me some things that I have been wondering about. I want to know everything about Uncle, including Liu Xijun.

  Xiao Bai seemed to have some feeling, the fox's eyes were half-dazed, and he fell asleep with a tilted head.

  In the past, I always thought that foxes would get drowsy in the warm autumn, just like humans do in spring, with a kind of "spring sleepiness". But later on, I found out that this idea was completely wrong. The reason why Xiao Bai transformed into a fox and wasn't as lively as before was because he had been poisoned by the wolf's venom at the wild cat's den a few days ago.

  Although Xiao Bai is a hundred-year-old spirit, to say that the werewolf has lived for thousands of years. The wolf's poison can kill people and also severely damage the spirit's vitality. As for Xiao Bai, every day he closes his eyes and sleeps, cultivating in his dreams. Although his external injuries have healed, his internal injuries still need to be slowly nursed back to health, expelling the wolf's poison that has penetrated deep into his lungs.

  Of course, these were things that Uncle told me later on. As for why he wanted to tell me all this later on, I can only talk about it when the time comes.

  It's easy to come out of the forest during the day, even if it's a ghost that's good at confusing people's minds, they wouldn't dare appear in front of Uncle during the daytime. Except for vengeful spirits with strong spiritual power and heavy resentment, even if they do come out during the day, it would harm their abilities. Those lonely ghosts and wild demons won't wander around in the world unless they have no other choice.

  Nor dare I!

  The place name "Luoqiao Village" was given by someone in some dynasty, and it is messy.

  After half an hour's walk, my uncle and I arrived at the so-called Luozhuang Village, where Xiao Bai's family could be found. The name of Luozhuang Village was not justified, even if we reached the village entrance, there wasn't a single jujube tree in sight.

  "It seems like this is a scam. Looking at the village hidden on the hillside, I also glanced up at the various strange trees standing upright, and I muttered and complained as I followed Uncle's footsteps."

  It wasn't until I bumped into Uncle's chest that I came back to myself.

  "Hey uncle, you should have told me to stop too. It's no big deal that I bumped into your head, but if I had bumped into your chest, that would be a big deal." I muttered to myself as I reached out to tidy up my hair which was blown messy by the wind.

  Uncle's mouth corners rose, and he reached out to tuck the only strand of hair stuck on my lip behind my ear, this feeling made my heart beat accelerate again.

  "You're infatuated with flowers again, aren't you?" I took a deep breath, and faintly heard the sound beside my ear. I puffed out my cheeks and looked down at Xiao Bai in my arms, who was pretending as if nothing had happened.

  I rarely argue with a fox, after all, he fought against the werewolf to save me and my uncle just a few days ago. In fact, I haven't even had time to pamper him yet.

  This is just a fondness for foxes, an animal, and it's another story when they transform into humans.

  "Don't look anymore, this village doesn't have jujubes." Uncle was right again, always understanding me like that. He knew I needed jujubes to quench my thirst after climbing the mountain, which is why he stopped in his tracks and waited for me when I was muttering to myself. It turned out it was just to dispel the thought from my mind.

  "I'd better go to that kind-hearted family in the village to ask for a drink of water." Ahead, there was a mound that wasn't too high or too low. If it were me when I was a kid in Qin Village, this little mound would be nothing, but now that I've grown up, why didn't I just climb over it myself instead of needing Uncle to pull me up? Firstly, because I had Xiaobai in my arms and wasn't very convenient, secondly, and most importantly, as a grown-up lady, I have to maintain the image of a lady in front of Uncle.

  Uncle pulled me up, at this time, we can be considered to have officially arrived at the entrance of Luozhuang Village. I took another look inside the village and then said to Uncle.

  "Uh, when you're fetching water, don't forget to leave some for me too." I stood there in stunned silence for a moment. Since being with Uncle, this was the most down-to-earth and bizarrely humorous thing he had ever said. When my male god spoke these words to me, I almost didn't react.

  "Oh, oh." I replied, feeling inappropriate, and replied again until I saw the smile at the corner of Uncle's mouth, only then did I put down this puzzled heart. It turned out that this was indeed one of Uncle's most down-to-earth words.

  "But Uncle, why don't you come with me?" I finally asked another question that had been puzzling me.