CH 26.2

translator: baumkuchen  editor: ellabells

Lu Qingjiu put down his phone and once more placed his hands on the steering wheel. 

After such a day of torment, Lu Qingjiu was quite tired. Especially since the injury where Hu Shu squeezed his neck was now swollen up, the green and purple marks particularly prominent on his neck.

When Yin Xun came over to Lu Qingjiu’s home, he was stunned stiff upon seeing the bruises on his neck. “Qingjiu, what happened to your neck?”

Lu Qingjiu replied vaguely, “There was a bit of a mishap?”

“A mishap? What kind of mishap could leave behind this kind of injury?” Yin Xun’s gaze looked Lu Qingjiu up and down, then fell on Bai Yuehu behind him. “It wasn’t him who hurt you, was it?!”

Bai Yuehu shot Yin Xun a look. Being stared at with such a gaze, Yin Xun shrunk back, “I was joking… but, if he really did hurt you, you definitely must say so!”

Lu Qingjiu, “If I say so, then what?”

Yin Xun said, “Wouldn’t you feel a little better after saying it… Come come come, when I saw you guys hadn’t come back, I prepared a pot of porridge. Come and taste it.”

Lu Qingjiu, “…” You’re truly a cowardly dog. 

However, as for the porridge cooked by Yin Xun, no one was willing to eat it. Lu Qingjiu  just made noodles again. After Yin Xun finished eating, he went back home while Lu Qingjiu and Bai Yuehu went out to sit in the courtyard.

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Bai Yuehu sat back in his beloved chair and Lu Qingjiu casually helped rock it.

As he rocked, his mobile phone rang. Lu Qingjiu took it out to take a look and discovered that it was Hu Shu. It seemed like he had his wounds taken care of in the hospital and regained some energy.

“Hey, Lu Qingjiu, are you alright?” Hu Shu’s tone was slightly panicked. 

“Me? I’m fine,” Lu Qingjiu said, “What about you, how’s the situation?”

“I’m fine,” Hu Shu replied.

Lu Qingjiu asked, “You said earlier you found a corpse by the police station, was that true or false?”

“A corpse? There was nothing like that,” Hu Shu was at a loss, “Why do you say that?” 

Hearing this, Lu Qingjiu let out a sigh of relief. Because the fierce god had said on the phone that a corpse had appeared by the police station, Lu Qingjiu had assumed it was Hu Shu at the time. Now, seeing that Bai Yuehu hadn’t said anything about it, and Hu Shu also said he didn’t know about it, that should mean that that matter had been false. There had been no new victim.

After being possessed by Shebishi, Shebishi would manipulate the possessed person into attacking others. Once the possessed person was killed in self-defense, the purpose of Shebishi would be achieved, and the attacker would also be implicated…

Fortunately, Lu Qingjiu had noticed the abnormalities at that time and didn’t make a move to directly kill Hu Shu.

Otherwise, even if Bai Yuehu arrived in time afterwards, Lu Qingjiu would never forgive himself. 

“This case should be over now,” Lu Qingjiu explained to him, “It seems like the fierce god has been dealt with.”

“Ah?” Hu Shu was stunned, “Really?”

“Really.” Lu Qingjiu glanced at Bai Yuehu as he said this.

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His home’s fox spirit was in a very good mood that night. The crinkled corners of his eyes and the arch of his brows both held a sated satisfaction. Seeing him like this, he unexpectedly had a bit of an alluring air about him. 

Though he was a male fox spirit, he was also very good looking, Lu Qingjiu silently thought in his heart. Of course, he didn’t dare to say this out loud, just smilingly letting Hu Shu know to not worry about this anymore.

Hu Shu was utterly baffled, but seeing that Lu Qingjiu wasn’t going to explain in detail, he could only give up. He sighed, his tone held a hint of terror, “If it really just ended like this, that would be great.” But he had no idea what had happened from beginning to end. He had just been called outside by a superior and lost consciousness afterwards. By the time he came to, he was already lying in a hospital ward.

However, even though his memories were muddled, he had a vague feeling that he saw something absolutely terrible. To the point that he deliberately purged it from his memory. It was for this very reason that he didn’t ask Lu Qingjiu for the details of what had happened. At that moment, between the human desire for survival and curiosity, the human desire for survival had prevailed in the end.

Knowing too much wasn’t a good thing at all, especially with regard to things from another world. 

Hu Shu’s decision to not doggedly pursue  the truth relieved Lu Qingjiu. He also didn’t know how he would’ve explained it to Hu Shu. After all, he couldn’t expose Bai Yuehu’s identity.

Moreover, since Shebishi had already been eaten by Bai Yuehu, this matter could be considered over and done with.

Lu Qingjiu thought, he was also too lazy to look deeper into it.

After this incident, Lu Qingjiu took quite a few days to recover from his wounds before the bruises on his neck disappeared. Even though during this period, Bai Yuehu gave Lu Qingjiu a type of herbal ointment to apply to his injuries, the ointment said to be able to heal in an instant, Lu Qingjiu didn’t use it. Because if he were to use it, he would have no way to explain to Yin Xun how the wounds on his neck had healed in the blink of an eye… Also, this wound didn’t impact him that much, it just looked a little suggestive when it was almost completely better. 

“Yo, Qingjiu, you got a girlfriend?” The first one to tease him was unexpectedly Xiao Hua. After being exposed, this piggy began to become more mischievous. Other than being more quiet when Yin Xun was over, usually, he was as noisy as a sparrow.

“You sure talk a lot, this house is full of men, where would I get a girlfriend?” Lu Qingjiu replied.

“My younger sister, of course. My younger sister is beautiful,” Xiao Hua presented Xiao Hei, who was sitting behind him, happily gnawing on a corn cob.

Lu Qingjiu, “…” 

Xiao Hua said, “She’s truly really beautiful! Right, Xiao Hei?”

Xiao Hei looked up blankly, and let out a snort, “Oink?”

Upon hearing this snort, Xiao Hua kicked his hoof over in anger, “I told you not to play with the little pink pigs next door, but you didn’t listen, what kind of oinks are you learning, we are auspicious beasts, even though we look a lot like pigs, we’re still auspicious beasts—”

Xiao Hei was scolded until she cried, “Wuwuwuwu, gege you’re so mean.” 

Watching this unfold, Lu Qingjiu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. He didn’t pay any more attention to those two little black pigs and went on with his own business.

The case soon reached a conclusion. When Lu Qingjiu was watching the news, he saw a broadcast from the local news.

It said that the murderer chose to commit suicide after killing his victims to escape the consequences of his crimes. Naturally, there was no mention of supernatural factors.

Hu Shu was soon discharged from the hospital, and even reported his wellbeing to Lu Qingjiu. It was just that when he was reporting his well being, his tone was a little hesitant, saying that a higher up had apparently begun to pay attention to his case. 

“A higher up?” Lu Qingjiu asked.

“Oh… Just one that’s resolved a few special cases.” Hu Shu said, “I haven’t told them anything about you, but I don’t know if they’ll find out about you.”

Lu Qingjiu thought for a moment, then thanked Hu Shu.

Hu Shu said, “You’re too polite. Without you, I might already be dead.” 

Hearing this, Lu Qingjiu kind of wanted to laugh. After all, Shebishi had tried to force him to kill Hu Shu. He just didn’t know why Shebishi had chosen him. It might have had something to do with Bai Yuehu.

After the matter passed, it was very peaceful for a long time. The days were also getting hotter and hotter.

The watermelons Bai Yuehu planted in the fields had ripened. Lu Qingjiu brought the biggest one back, originally wanting to chill it in the well. But upon thinking of Miss Female Ghost in the well water, in the end, he ended up choosing the refrigerator.

Watermelons and hotpot were simply a perfect match. Thinking that it had been a long time since everyone had a big meal, Lu Qingjiu made a special trip to town to buy a lot of hotpot specific ingredients, then prepared a huge pot of bone broth as a soup base, thinking of letting everyone eat to their heart’s content that night. 

Hotpot was unlike other dishes. If one hadn’t had enough, they could just add more. Bai Yuehu liked it a lot.

Lu Qingjiu prepared the soup base and set up an induction stove on the table. The three of them then surrounded the hotpot and began eating. Even though the day was hot, the house had air conditioning so it wasn’t too unbearable.

Yin Xun ate until his face was covered in sweat. He liked eating Lu Qingjiu’s special braised beef the most. Before entering the pot, the beef was already braised. After being put in the spicy soup base, it was not only delicious, but also had an added spicy taste.

“Really really good.” Yin Xun was about to cry. 

Bai Yuehu sat next to Lu Qingjiu. He didn’t fear burning his mouth, his chopsticks hadn’t stopped even once. The most amazing thing was that although it was very hot, he didn’t have a single bead of sweat on his forehead, only his lips turned a little redder.

Lu Qingjiu’s favourite part was the potatoes in the hotpot. They were boiled thoroughly and went down in one bite, both spicy and soft, incredibly delicious.

After a night of eating, the three people finally took out the chilled watermelon and cut it up. It had to be said that since Bai Yuehu came, they never had any leftovers; everything was basically finished in one meal.

Lu Qingjiu couldn’t move anymore after eating. Bai Yuehu and Yin Xun were in charge of washing dishes. After laying down for a while, Lu Qingjiu still felt unbelievably bloated, hence he stood up to walk a few circles around the courtyard. But as he walked and walked, he heard a weak chirping coming from nearby. 

This sound wasn’t from a chicken, rather sounding something like a young wild animal. Lu Qingjiu followed the sound, pushed open the courtyard gate, and walked over to a nearby path. Then, he saw something rustling in the grass.

Lu Qingjiu bent down and pulled apart the grass patch. But when he got a good look at the thing in the grass, his movements froze for a few moments. In the depths of the grass patch, laid a little white fox. The little white fox was no bigger than his palm, with a layer of white fluff all over its body and beautiful blue eyes. It was incredibly cute. But just as Lu Qingjiu moved his head a little closer, the little fox that was curled up in the grass patch caught sight of the stranger and was shocked silly, letting out a few frantic screams before trying to run away in another direction. But it didn’t notice the stone hidden in the grass patch next to it. In its frenzy, it ran into it headfirst and unexpectedly, just like that, knocked itself unconscious.

Seeing this, an incredible thought surfaced in Lu Qingjiu’s mind. He let out a horrified cry, “Bai Yuehu, quickly come over and have a look!!! Did your son come over to find you!!!” — Otherwise, where could this fox kit have come from!

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