After returning to the sect, Deng Tianyu parted ways with his Shizun.
Ning Wan needed to find Grand Elder Xu Qing, obviously to brief her on some matters before going into seclusion.
The moment he stepped into his courtyard, Deng Tianyu froze.
Because he saw a sight that was weirdly familiar.
A drunk fox was sprawled out on the stone table, lying like the character for “big”, snoring gently.
Beside her were three already-emptied barrels of Peach Blossom Wine. Getting closer, a thick, sweet aroma of alcohol filled the air.
His little fox had been drinking again?
Peach Blossom Wine was sweet and fragrant, sure, but wasn’t this a bit too greedy?
Could it be he was raising a fake fox?
Deng Tianyu’s expression turned strange. He scooped up the small, furry body and carried it inside.
Once inside, he prepared a bucket of warm water and scattered in many fragrant flower petals.
Only after that did he take off her little outfit and place her into the bathing tub.
Yes, Yingying wore clothes.
That was because Deng Tianyu believed that a pet that wore clothes was a domestic one, not a wild one!
“Gurgle… gurgle!”
The little fox, Yingying, still hadn’t woken up. Her delicate, petite body sank straight down.
(。-ω-)zzz… (￣^￣) … ヾ(≧□≦)〃… Yingying!
In an instant, the little fox began to frantically slap the water and struggle upwards with all her might.
Deng Tianyu looked at her and asked with a beaming smile, “Sober now?”
The little fox clearly realized what was about to happen next. With a swift turn of her large, cute eyes, she instantly darted towards the exit.
Unfortunately, Deng Tianyu was faster. With lightning speed that left no time to cover one’s ears, he directly grabbed the scruff of her fate-deciding neck.
“Yingying…”
The little fox struggled with all four paws for a good while. Finding she couldn’t break free, she could only look at Deng Tianyu pitifully.
“Who told you to drink, making yourself filthy and reeking of alcohol?”
Deng Tianyu rolled his eyes, completely ignoring her pitiful gaze. He started bathing her directly with a hand-scrubbing technique.
He knew perfectly well in his heart; this little fox just didn’t like baths.
This was exactly the same as every furry pet from his past life.
Knowing she couldn’t escape, the little fox realized refusal was impossible and could only passively accept it.
Under Deng Tianyu’s masterful Bath-Scrubbing Divine Ability, her fox eyes slowly narrowed, and she began to enjoy it.
Deng Tianyu gently scrubbed the little fox’s back and asked with keen interest, “Comfortable, right?”
The little fox slapped him with her tail, then shifted her body, signaling him to change spots.
“Weren’t you just desperately refusing a moment ago?” Deng Tianyu patted her head in exasperation.
The little fox was now leaning obliquely against the edge of the tub, her furry little head tilted back, her two tiny paws stretched out in a straight line, a comfortable smile on her face!
“Yingying!” As if remembering something, the little fox pawed at Deng Tianyu’s arm a few times and opened her mouth.
The corner of Deng Tianyu’s mouth twitched, but he still took out a pack of spirit beast feed from his Storage Ring.
“Ah-woo… (￣～￣) chew!”
The little fox didn’t stand on ceremony. Her two paws skillfully opened it and stuffed the contents into her mouth.
The feed pellets were round, crystal clear, and emitted a rich fragrance — her favorite type.
Right now, the little fox was bulging her cheeks, chewing non-stop, while squinting happily.
This appearance was exactly like Deng Tianyu from his past life on a day off work, snacking and playing on his phone like a true slacker.
Anyway, the whole scene could be summed up in one sentence: She was as happy as a clam.
“Am I raising a pet, or am I raising a little ancestor?”
Deng Tianyu sighed deeply and helped wash her tail and two hind legs.
“Yingying!”
But unexpectedly, the little fox Yingying’s body stiffened. Her black-and-white button-like fox eyes filled with bashful anger, and she suddenly started thrashing about again.
Deng Tianyu was already used to this.
The previous baths had also been like this; she was a bit shy about it.
“It’s not like I haven’t seen it before. Is this really necessary?” Deng Tianyu didn’t care if she was willing or not and continued to gently wash her.
“Squeak!”
“Senior Brother~ Senior Brother, are you there?”
Suddenly, the door was pushed open, revealing an exquisite, flawless oval face that was glancing around inside.
Only when she saw the figure behind the screen did a sweet smile appear, and she walked in.
“What’s up?” Deng Tianyu turned his head to look at the big loli, Li Shishi.
Li Shishi said cheerfully, “Nothing much, I just wanted to come and chat with you, Senior Brother!”
However, when she went behind the screen and found her Senior Brother bathing that fox, her smile instantly froze.
Senior Brother hadn’t even bathed her yet. How could this stupid fox get ahead of her?
Li Shishi bit her shell-like teeth, her heart immediately filled with grievance.
“Shishi?”
It was only after scrubbing the little fox for a while that Deng Tianyu noticed the silence behind him. He was a bit puzzled.
“Senior Brother, why are you bathing Yingying?” Li Shishi looked thoroughly displeased.
“She drank some wine, reeks of alcohol, and was filthy all over.”
“If I didn’t grab her and bathe her, she’d still be that mess.” Deng Tianyu was somewhat helpless.
Raising a cute, furry pet — while you could pet it a few times when bored — could also be quite worrisome at times.
“She drank, was filthy?”
“That’s why you bathed her?”
Hearing this, the big loli Li Shishi stared blankly and felt completely awful.
Where did the little fox get the wine?
Without a doubt, it had to be the three barrels of Peach Blossom Wine she had given her.
And now, it was precisely because of those three barrels of Peach Blossom Wine that Senior Brother was bathing the little fox.
What was this?
She had personally given the little fox a helping hand, letting her enjoy Senior Brother’s tender treatment?
Damn, this was infuriating!
At this thought, Li Shishi was so angry that tears welled up in her eyes, and she felt an intense urge to slap herself.
If she weren’t afraid of the pain, she would have already done it.
“If you hadn’t given Yingying the Peach Blossom Wine, how could you have gotten the little fox out of the way that day to be so intimate with Senior Brother?”
Just then, Hong Shi’s voice echoed in her mind.
Li Shishi paused. “That seems true!”
“See? It is.”
“But I’m still so angry. Senior Brother has clearly never treated me like this.”
Li Shishi stared at the little fox in the water, gnashing her teeth in hatred.
Just a moment of inattention, and the other party had stolen a march on her — although it was her own doing.
“What did Senior Brother just say?”
“He said it was because the little fox drank, reeked of alcohol, and was filthy, that he helped bathe her.”
“In other words, we just need to learn from this.”
Hong Shi pondered for a moment and analyzed.
It had to be said, compared to the big loli Li Shishi, she was much better at seeing the essence of things.
“You mean, I should imitate Yingying? Get totally drunk, and then let Senior Brother help me bathe?”
At these words, Li Shishi’s starry eyes lit up, and she immediately felt it could work.
Just imagining the tender scene — her soaking in the tub while Senior Brother gently scrubbed her back — four words popped into her heart: desire, want!
Hong Shi’s voice sounded again. “No, not us getting drunk, but getting Senior Brother drunk. Then we can…”
