This immediate answer confirmed to Li Lianhua that the voice he heard was indeed coming from the little fox before him. What shocked him even more was that he was actually hearing the little fox's thoughts—something that usually only happened in storybooks.

Now that the fox has appeared in reality and we can tell from what the little fox says that the little fox knows us and understands us very well.

Since he was poisoned by the Jade Tea, his appearance has changed drastically. Even if he stood in front of his friends now, they probably wouldn't recognize him. Five years has changed so much. The original Li Xiangyi was unruly and arrogant.

The current Li Lianhua is reserved and composed, always thinking things through carefully before acting. The former Li Xiangyi wouldn't have thought so much; he would simply do what he wanted to do! He wouldn't have overthought things like Li Lianhua.

Seeing that Li Lianhua didn't move, the red fox was really afraid that he would bring out the things that even fox spirits would avoid. The fox shook its head violently. It was impossible not to understand such an obvious meaning.

Li Lianhua picked up the red fox and walked into the house. After putting the red fox down, she stood up and sat on a stool. "Little guy, you said you weren't hungry, so why are you clinging to me?"

Li Lianhua didn't think he had anything the little fox wanted from him. He had nothing of value except for the Lotus Pavilion, but the little fox didn't seem to need the money, and most importantly, it couldn't spend it.

Li Lianhua wanted to keep it, after all, it could hear what the little fox was thinking and understood him very well, so keeping it was worthwhile just for that reason alone.

【Of course I'm asking you to be my meal ticket! Wait, how can I be a meal ticket when Xiao Kouhua's cooking is so terrible!】 She didn't want to eat Li Lianhua's horribly bad cooking every day!

[A meal ticket doesn't necessarily mean you have to eat his cooking. Let Li Lianhua earn money to support you!] Anyway, Li Lianhua won't have to pay for any of his expenses later on. It's just a pity that it will be another five years before he meets Fang Xiaobao.

'Meal tickets?' After hearing what Red Fox was thinking, Li Lianhua became puzzled by the idea of ​​meal tickets. If someone knows his cooking is terrible, why would they ask him for meal tickets? Isn't that a contradiction?

The next sentence made Li Lianhua roughly understand the meaning of the meal ticket. The meal ticket did not necessarily mean that he would eat the food. He probably wanted to pay for it himself, but right now he didn't even have five taels of silver.

Looking at the little fox, it's clearly a voracious eater. He probably won't even have enough money to feed it for more than a few days before it's completely broke. What should he do?

Now Li Lianhua was starting to worry; he seemed unable to do anything right now. Hmm? ...He could go hunting in the mountains, though; foxes should be fine eating raw, right?

"Xiao Kou, you're right! It's just that Hua Hua is probably too much to handle now. He's probably thinking of asking me to leave soon, since they already have a fox spirit in the Lotus Pavilion."

[Hmm...hmm...] Xiao Kou also thought she was right. Li Lianhua's stingy manner didn't seem like she could raise An'an. He did want An'an to go find Fang Xiaobao, but the key issue was that Fang Xiaobao was already around ten years old.

It's a fun time right now, and given her weak health, she probably wouldn't be allowed to stay. Di Feisheng is even less likely to allow it; it would be a miracle if he didn't skin An'an alive. Even if Di Feisheng were allowed to stay, they'd have to consider that he's still recovering from his injuries, and he'll be returning to the Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance in five years.

When that time came, Jiao Liqiao could no longer hate her because of love, so he tore off her leather scarf.

Of the three, only the impoverished Li Lianhua seems somewhat reliable.