Li Lianhua took the two little ones out and headed west into the woods. There were usually plenty of animals in the woods, and if they could find a pheasant or a rabbit, they wouldn't have to worry about Lianxin having food.

He'll go out to see patients tomorrow to earn money to support his family. And what Lianxin told me back then, that Xiao Kou or something is working on getting him some unexpected wealth—it sounds amazing!

"Sigh~, even if we find pheasants or rabbits, what good will it do? We only have one person, one dog, and one fox here. Can we expect them to cook for us?" Li Lianxin couldn't help but sigh when she talked about this. It seemed like hunting wouldn't be of much use.

In the end, it was still Li Lianhua who cooked all the food. I didn't want to eat his cooking in the first place, so what's the difference between the current ending and the original predetermined ending?

We can't exactly let her eat the food raw, can we? Hmm... a vixen might be able to, but she can't!!!

It would be better to find some fruit to tide me over. Thinking this, Li Lianxin struggled to get down from Li Lianhua's arms. "Hurry! Put me down! I'll find some fruit to tide me over myself! Ah~!"

Li Lianhua subtly touched her ear; this voice was a bit hard on the ears.

"Woof woof!?" The fox spirit looked at Li Lianhua dawdling behind her, not knowing what she was doing. Her dog-headed mind couldn't understand. Wasn't she looking for food? Why was she dawdling like that and couldn't she just walk faster?

Li Lianhua put Li Lianxin down from her arms. As soon as her paw touched the ground, a bright orange blur appeared as Li Lianxin darted away. The fox spirit, who was chirping nearby, couldn't stop staring at her with a wide grin.

What's going on? Has the real fox... run away?

The fox spirit didn't know what she was going to do, but Li Lianhua, who could hear her thoughts, knew everything perfectly well.

Li Lianhua ignored everything and headed towards the room where the fox had left. On the way, she actually encountered the unexpected fortune that Li Lianxin had been talking about in her heart. This was simply... too amazing!

Li Lianhua stared at the small pit in front of her, filled with all sorts of rare and precious medicinal herbs! There were Ganoderma lucidum, ginseng, and Polygonum multiflorum—all top-tier herbs that were extremely hard to find. If this were sold, it would fetch more than a fox's worth...

"I could afford to raise ten more!" The fox spirit didn't understand why her master was so excited when he saw what was in the pit. What was so special about those things? She occasionally encountered the exact same things when she went out, only slightly smaller.

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At this point, Li Lianhua had no time to care what the fox spirit was doing. She pounced on the pile of herbs, rummaging through them with both hands. But then she realized she hadn't brought anything with her. She had originally wanted the fox spirit to guard them for her.

He planned to go back and get a basket, but considering that the fox spirit was, after all, a dog, if she ate these precious medicinal herbs while he was away, he would crush her on the spot.

As expected of its owner, the fox spirit completely understands what it's raising. It might actually be very curious about this pile of things that excites it, and even try to taste it.

After all, people are naturally curious, let alone dogs.

Li Lianhua immediately took off her clothes, carefully pulled the medicinal herbs from the pit and put them inside, then carefully picked up the clothes. After doing this, she sat there for a while and waited for the two little ones who had run off and hadn't returned.

The fox spirit clearly understood that Li Lianhua wouldn't go any further, so she slipped away while Li Lianhua was putting the things inside his clothes. She realized she couldn't rely on Li Lianhua and had to rely on herself.

So the fox spirit ran away too.

Li Lianhua waited outside for quite some time, until it gradually grew dark, but the two little ones still hadn't returned, and it was cold outside. Li Lianhua decided to go back and wait; after all, the fox spirit knew the way home, and the fact that Lianxin could run all the way to the Lotus Pavilion meant she knew the way.

With this thought, Li Lianhua felt much more at ease and returned to Lianhua Tower with the precious medicinal herbs.

Back in the Lotus Pavilion, Li Lianhua first organized all the medicinal herbs before washing up and preparing for bed. She was just curious: had the young couple simply fallen outside? Why hadn't they returned yet?

Worried about Lianxin, Li Lianhua moved a chair and sat outside the door to wait. She stayed there until late at night, when she was so sleepy that she could only doze off, before the two little ones finally returned.