It was Professor Du and his student Cheng Yufei who appeared at the door, and both of them looked very embarrassed.

Professor Du's pants were covered in mud, and Cheng Yufei's hair was soaked with sweat, hanging messily on her forehead.

Jiang Che stood up quickly in surprise and blocked Tang Tian behind him.

When Tang Tian heard Jiang Che's reminder, she didn't care about eating the delicious food and quickly hid the little civet cat in her arms under the table.

Professor Du, who was standing at the door, saw Jiang Che's family having dinner in the yard. He stood at the door and hesitated, not knowing whether he should go in.

Jiang Che reached out and patted Tang Tian's shoulder, winked at her, and then got up from the stool to greet her.

"Professor Du and Classmate Cheng, why are you back so soon? Didn't you say you were going to take care of Red Fox in the hospital?"

Jiang Che asked as he walked to the door, blocking Professor Du's view.

Tang Tian immediately understood what Jiang Che meant, and hurriedly picked up the little civet cat in her arms and ran into the room.

He put the little civet into the bamboo cage before walking out, ran back and sat down with a long sigh of relief.

When Professor Du heard Jiang Che's question, his expression changed and he looked very depressed.

"Hey, don't mention it, little brother Jiang Che." Professor Du waved his hand and said tiredly, "Not long after you left, the red fox, who was obviously sleeping, suddenly jumped out of the hospital window while we were eating and ran away along the branches outside the window."

"Let's chase after it quickly, the red fox has already run away and disappeared."

"We had no other choice but to contact the police station in your town. We followed the police dog and found that it had escaped into the mountains outside your Huaxi Village."

Professor Du shook his head tiredly and sighed again. If the fox ran into the mountains, it would be useless even if there was a police dog.

After listening to what Professor Du said, Jiang Che's heart couldn't help but skip a beat. He thought that the red fox's sudden recovery of vitality was probably related to the few drops of spiritual water he fed it!

This is really a case of good intentions leading to bad results, making Professor Du, the old scholar, suffer like this.

He did not dare to be negligent and said it apologetically.

"So that's how it is. I didn't expect the red fox could escape even though it was so badly injured."

"Let's not talk about that for now. Professor Du has been running around all afternoon and I guess he hasn't eaten. Come in and have a rest. We're just getting ready to eat. If you don't mind, you can have dinner at my house."

"Gugu..."

Just as Jiang Che finished speaking, he heard Cheng Yufei's stomach growling next to Professor Du. Jiang Che looked at her in surprise.

Cheng Yufei's face immediately turned red, and she lowered her head in embarrassment, not daring to look at Jiang Che.

After running all morning, she was already too hungry to feel anything. But when she arrived at Jiang Che's house and smelled the aroma of pickled fish, she immediately felt a strong sense of hunger that she could not control.

"Old professor, my son is right. Come in quickly. The food has just been served and is still hot."

"And this girl is so dirty, she must have suffered a lot this afternoon. Come and sit with auntie."

At this time, my mother also came over, took Cheng Yufei's hand and said with concern, and reached out to tuck Cheng Yufei's messy hair behind her ears.

"Okay, sorry to bother you then. My students and I haven't had any food since we've been looking for the whole afternoon. I was planning to come and see some old friends before leaving."

Professor Du said somewhat embarrassedly.

"Why are you saying all this? It's just two more pairs of chopsticks. Come and sit down, old man."

"Xiao Che, go to the kitchen and get two sets of dishes and chopsticks."

Chen Xiuzhi greeted him immediately, and Jiang Che nodded and ran to the kitchen to get the dishes.

Seeing Professor Du and Cheng Yufei coming over, Mr. Tang also ran over and pulled him to sit next to him.

"Old Du, you're such a jerk! Why would you bother looking for this kind of thing yourself? Can't you just hand it over to the police?"

Mr. Tang said unhappily. Seeing his old friend looking so exhausted, he was really worried about his health.

"Hey, Old Tang, this red fox broke his hind legs and ran away in my hands. If he dies outside, I will be so worried!"

Professor Du said with a look of self-blame.

Mr. Tang didn't know what to say at this time. Old Du really treated these wild animals as his own sons. He could only pat his old friend on the shoulder and pour him a glass of wine.

Jiang Che came back with the dishes and chopsticks, put them aside for the two of them, and then sat down next to Lingzhi.

"Professor Du, don't think about those unhappy things. Yunshan and Yunhai, let's have a drink with the five of us old men. Let's eat quickly."

The old village chief spoke at this time. Now that his grandfather was gone, the old village chief was considered the oldest person in the Jiang family, so there was naturally nothing wrong with him coming to smooth things over.

My father, second uncle and other old men clinked their glasses. Professor Du drank it all in one gulp and let out a long breath, which seemed to dispel some of his depressed mood.

"Alright, alright, let's all try the 10-pound snakehead fish that Xiao Che caught this afternoon and see how it tastes."

"To be honest, I've never eaten such a big snakehead fish in my entire life."

The old village chief sighed.

Professor Du was shocked when he heard that the pickled fish was made with more than ten pounds of black fish.

How long could such a heavy black fish live? It has great research value. I can't help but feel a little regretful.

The lifespan of snakehead carp is generally from several decades to a hundred years, which can be regarded as a long-lived fish among freshwater fish.

A black fish that grows to more than ten pounds must have lived for at least thirty years. It would be a waste to just eat it like this.

Even though I thought so, I still picked up a thin piece of fish fillet with my chopsticks and put it into my mouth.

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