Chapter 26 - Po, the pitiless fox killer

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“My lady, what are you thinking about?” Seeing me bending over the table wearily, Fairy Willow asked me gently.

I sighed and said: “I wonder when Fairy Pine will put aside his anger!”

Fairy Willow covered her mouth and chuckled: “Don’t worry, my lady! Fairy Pine will be back soon. He knows you have no malice!”

I continued to sigh. Fairy Pine was angry with me and stayed by the side of Emperor of Donghua these days. He refused to come back and serve me. In fact, I didn’t want him to come back, but the longer he stayed with Emperor of Donghua, the more likely he was to speak ill of me. This made me feel terrible in front of Emperor of Donghua.

“My sister, look at your listless face. People who don’t know you may think that you are longing for a boyfriend!” Bai Qingqing appeared outside the window, lay prone on the windowsill and looked at me.

“…”

“Feeling droopy?” Bai Qingqing arched her eyebrows and said, “Why don’t we go to Doushuai Palace and make fun of Spring, the stupid pheasant!”

This idea caught my attention. After Bai Qingqing kicked Spring off, there was no news from him. I didn’t ask about him either. We should visit him!

Arriving at Doushuai Palace, we saw Daode Tianzun sitting in front of his stove, waving his fan with one hand and holding his head with the other. He looked sad and bitter. The ox stood beside him, occasionally snorting into the air. However, he didn’t pay any attention to it.

I wondered: He even gave up delousing his ox. What happened to him?

“Daode Tianzun, why do you feed the fire yourself today? Where is Spring?” I sat down beside him, continued to fan the stove for him and asked.

“Don’t mention him!” Daode Tianzun said gloomily. He was sulking and pulled back his fan from my hand.

“Your Majesty, look at you! Is Spring making you angry again?” Bai Qingqing asked with a smile.

On hearing this, Daode Tianzun sighed deeply and murmured: “That poor lad! It is better for him to go to the mortal world for a while!”

“The mortal world? Spring has gone to the mortal world?” I asked doubtfully.

“Well, he has just left this Palace. He may get registered in hell now! A few days ago, he came back in a daze. When he built the fire, he almost burnt his own hair. Moreover, he started yelling this morning, saying that heaven was too dark for him. He was in despair and had to go to the mortal world to find his true love. He may have been reborn by now!” Daode Tianzun replied slowly, with a very sad expression.

Bai Qingqing and I were both shocked. We took a look at each other, immediately came out of Doushuai Palace and headed straight to hell, trying to stop the stupid pheasant who had devoted himself to reincarnation in pursuit of true love.

Hell was quite strange to me. Bai Qingqing was not familiar with it either, but she was a fairy. As soon as she arrived, there were goblins coming out to greet her. After we explained our purpose, the goblins directly led us to find Spring.

When Bai Qingqing and I arrived at the wheel of karma, we saw Spring standing in front of the human gate. It seemed that he was about to enter his reincarnation!

“Spring, you shouldn’t let your love bother you!” I immediately shouted and saw Spring slowly turn around.

I signaled Bai Qingqing to say something. Her mouth opened for a long time, but she couldn’t think of anything to say. As Spring turned around again, Bai Qingqing hurriedly shouted: “Spring, Bai Li teased you before. You must not take it seriously!”

I suddenly stared at Bai Qingqing. She betrayed me at the critical moment!

Bai Qingqing winked at me, implying that it was most important to stop Spring from doing stupid things at the moment. I endured the urge to beat her, turned around and became Fairy Qianbi. I spoke with Qianbi’s gentle voice: “Spring, in fact, I …”

Spring was surprised at first and then angry. Seeing that he was coming at me, I quickly hid behind Bai Qingqing and did not dare to look at him!

After a long time, nothing strange happened to me, so I opened my eyes. Where was Spring?

I stood up straight and looked at Bai Qingqing. She was extremely shocked, so I reached out my hand and patted her face to sober her up.

It took a long time for Bai Qingqing to get it right: “Well, he slipped over and fell into the reincarnation!”

I looked at the gate that had been closed. Spring, I’d tried my best, and you shouldn’t blame me for it!

Bai Qingqing and I went back to heaven with deep regret. We had no intention to go to Doushuai Palace for a long time, for fear that Daode Tianzun would find out that the two of us were responsible for the incident.

After my investigation with Bai Qingqing, we found that Spring has been reincarnated into a rich man’s son in the mortal world. His name was “Spring Chen” and his nickname was “Po”. According to Po’s midwife, he was born with clenched fists and bright eyes with some indignation. When he cried, it was as loud as the thunder. However, his father was very satisfied. He affirmed that Po was going to be a general in the future.

Not to mention whether his father’s assertion was true or false, Po had been prone to violence since his childhood. He especially liked to abuse animals, which was simply outrageous.

When Po was three years old, because there were no children of the same age to play with him, his father spent a lot of money and bought a snow fox to keep him company. Po saw the snow fox and his eyes were shining. He rushed up to hug it and never let it go. His father felt that he himself had finally become considerate and was very satisfied.

He didn’t know that Po didn’t let the snow fox go not because he liked it but he worried it would run away and he would have no one to bully!

So, when Bai Qingqing and I first came to visit Spring, we saw three years old Po sitting in the hall, ordering servants to set up a small stove and directing maids to make a fire. When the fire was almost ready, he put the snow fox in it. Sometimes he thought the fire wasn’t strong enough, and he would grab the fan from the maid’s hand and fanned it himself with his small hands. When the fox was about to be scorched, he took it out and dipped it in cold water. After a while, he threw it back into the stove. The process was repeated and he obviously enjoyed it.

Bai Qingqing and I were totally shocked and unable to walk straight. We listened to the snow fox’s cry and dared not approach the little boy in the hall.

“My, my sister… Why don’t we go back to heaven!” After a while, Bai Qingqing trembled and stuttered from fright.

“Why not save the snow fox?” I asked with a shaking voice.

“Save ourselves first!” Bai Qingqing replied. She turned around and disappeared.

I looked at Po, who was still abusing the snow fox, and immediately followed Bai Qingqing to heaven.

When we returned to Qinghua Garden, Bai Qingqing and I were still shaking. Spring’s prejudice against us was too deep. After the reincarnation he still wanted to take revenge on us! How petty he was!

At the thought of the snow fox, Bai Qingqing and I mourned for it at first. We could do nothing to stop Po, the three-year-old boy, from torturing it.

As the saying goes: “A child is better unborn than untaught”, Bai Qingqing and I thought his father should be responsible for his cruel behavior. If he hadn’t bought the snow fox back, how could Po abuse it?

As a member of the fox clan, Bai Qingqing and I naturally didn’t want the fox to be tortured by Po. Therefore, we planned to start with his father and believed that the three-year-old boy would not go against his father’s wish even if he was stubborn.

That night, Bai Qingqing appeared in his father’s dream, saying Po’s behavior had angered the fox fairy. If he mistreated the snow fox again, his family would have unexpected trouble.

His father was so convinced that he humbly pleaded guilty to Bai Qingqing. The next day, he let the fox go while Po was still sleeping.

However, his father satisfied us but not Po. When he woke up, he found the snow fox missing. He was very angry, but he was so young and couldn’t do anything to his father. So he narrowed his eyes, sat down on the ground and began to cry loudly. No matter how his father coaxed him, he wouldn’t stop crying.

This scene happened to be seen by his mother, who had just returned from her mother’s house. When she saw her baby son crying, her heart ached, and she scolded her husband and comforted Po softly.

“Mom, I want the snow fox! I want the snow fox! Daddy let the snow fox go!” Po immediately shouted after he found himself a backer.

“Okay, okay! We will find the snow fox for you! Don’t cry!” Mrs. Chen promised her son without any hesitation.

“What are you thinking about? Take the snow fox back right now!” She glared at him.

“Well…” His father thought of Bai Qingqing’s warning, and looked at Mrs. Chen’s face. He was in a dilemma.

“What’s wrong? Couldn’t Po keep a fox?” As soon as Mrs. Chen stared, he became timid and murmured: “It’s just a dream. There is no fox fairy in the world.” Then he ordered all servants to search for the snow fox!