Chapter 1 My Wife is a Vixen 1

(Fictional setting + supernatural beings)

Ji Huaizhi covered the corner of his mouth and coughed softly.

Looking up at the children below the stage, who were reciting the "Hundred Family Surnames" with their heads swaying, I saw that they were all boys and there were no girls.

The original owner had a weak birth chart and came from a poor family. When he was young, he went up the mountain to find something to eat and encountered a white fox that had fallen into a trap.

Thinking of his mother still sick in bed, the original owner planned to catch the white fox and take it back to eat, and its fur could be sold for some money.

Thinking of this, the original owner pried open the animal trap and scooped up the injured white fox. Just as he was about to leave, he encountered the hunter who had set the trap.

"You brat, how dare you steal my prey! Give it back to me!" The hunter stepped forward to snatch it away, saying, "I clearly set this trap; how can you take my prey away?"

The original owner knew he couldn't compete with the tall, strong hunter, but he didn't want to let the white fox go to him so easily.

I just felt unlucky; why did he have to come at this time?

The original owner pretended to be frightened and let go, at which point the white fox, limping, quickly darted into the jungle and disappeared.

"I didn't mean to steal your prey. I just felt sorry for the little white fox because it was injured, so I wanted to save it. Don't make false accusations!" The original owner's voice was filled with panic.

The hunter didn't believe his explanation: "Save it because you feel sorry for it? Aren't I pitiful for making me work for nothing?"

"That look you gave me just now wasn't about saving it. Give me back my white fox!"

Just as the original owner was about to run away, the hunter grabbed her by the back of the neck.

He couldn't pay compensation, so he got a good beating from the hunter.

After the hunter took away his trap, the original owner got up, wiped the blood from his nose, picked up the wild vegetables he had dug up, and limped away.

Little did anyone know, the white fox that had just disappeared reappeared, limping with its injured leg, and stared at the original owner's back for a while before disappearing again.

The white fox was a fox spirit who had just gained intelligence through cultivation on Qingtai Mountain. It overheard the original owner's words and regarded the original owner as its savior.

The first thing to do after cultivating into human form is to find the original owner of the body.

At this time, the original owner was all alone. Both his parents had died of illness, and his health was gradually weakening.

Fortunately, his father had sent him to school when he was alive so that he could learn to read.

The original owner had also participated in the preliminary examination for children, but failed to pass and became a failed student.

Later, when his family became really poor, he opened a private school for elementary education in the countryside and became an elementary teacher.

Rural tutors may not have official titles, but they must be literate. Their job is simply to teach young children to recognize characters, recite elementary textbooks, and practice writing.

Their livelihood depended on the fees given by parents who were willing to send their children.

For example, grains, wild game, vegetables and fruits, and a small amount of money.

And so life went on, much better than before.

Because this was the only private school in the surrounding villages, quite a few children came to attend.

However, the original owner was too weak and had not gotten married by the time he was twenty. The main reason was that no one around him dared to marry him, and if he suddenly died, he would have to remain a widow.

It seems that everyone in the Ji family has a congenital ailment that prevents them from living long.

One night, while the original owner was coughing with difficulty, he heard someone knocking on the door.

Holding a candle, he opened the door and was surprised to find a neatly dressed and beautiful young woman inside.

Her name is A-Yuan.

The original owner was immediately captivated.

Ah Yuan claimed that she had fled here and had previously worked as a maid in a wealthy household. The master of the mansion saw her and wanted to make her a concubine, but the mistress could not tolerate her.

She overheard the lady's plan to execute her, so she fled that very night.

I don't know how long I ran before finally arriving in this rural area; I was completely exhausted. Hearing the sound of houses nearby, I couldn't resist knocking on the door.

The original owner was already captivated by the woman before him.

After hearing this, he was filled with righteous indignation and said without thinking, "The night fog is so thick, it's really dangerous for a young lady like you. Why don't you rest here for the night?"

After saying that, he realized his mistake and immediately apologized: "I was being presumptuous. What I meant was that you can sleep at my house, and I'll go to the school to rest for the night."

But after he finished speaking, he started coughing incessantly because he was excited.

Upon seeing this, A-Yuan quickly helped him up, then lowered her head shyly, saying, "I was being presumptuous."

After entering the house, the original owner took out the little food in the house, lit a fire, and cooked it for Miss A Yuan.

A-Yuan looked around the original owner's small home and asked softly, "Is there only one person in your family, young master?"

“My parents passed away from illness, and no girl is willing to marry me now that I am all alone. The meager land my parents left behind is now overgrown with weeds.”

"Fortunately, there are many children in the countryside, and I knew a few words when I was young, so I became a teacher in these fields."

Ah Yuan looked at the original owner with heartache.

The original owner saw the heartache in her eyes: "I also thought about finding a partner to spend the rest of my life with, but my health is a burden."

"I can only be like a rootless driftwood, drifting wherever it takes me."

“How could you be a burden?” A-Yuan stopped him from saying anything self-deprecating: “You are kind-hearted and literate.”

"Never underestimate yourself."

The original owner didn't know why she said she was kind-hearted. After all, if she were truly kind, she wouldn't have invited an innocent girl into her home, leaving a man and a woman alone in a room.

If she stays here until tomorrow, she will have an ambiguous relationship with herself.

Ideally, he would be caught in the act, so he could openly and honestly ask her to marry him.

A beautiful woman who had worked as a maid in a wealthy household probably still had some money on her.

The original owner was already drooling inside.

"Miss A-Yuan, I never imagined that I would be so beloved by you..."

The two of them suddenly blushed.

Ah Yuan never expected that her benefactor was now living in such a difficult situation. She was originally a white fox who had cultivated into human form, and she had always remembered that the original owner of this body had saved him.

After cultivating to a complete form, he immediately came to see his benefactor. Unexpectedly, his benefactor, after growing up, had become so handsome and had even become a schoolteacher.

They foxes seem to have a particular fondness for men like scholars.

Unfortunately, the benefactor was in poor health. After resting at night, the white fox moved the benefactor, who was sleeping in the outer room, onto the bed and used its magic to examine his body, discovering that he did not have much time left.

The white fox was heartbroken, but thankfully she hadn't made him sleep in the cold, impersonal school.

Otherwise, catching a cold would be extremely dangerous.

The white fox transferred a portion of its cultivated spiritual power to its benefactor, and upon seeing his sleeping face, its heart underwent a change.

She couldn't bear to leave her benefactor, whose life was so difficult.

So the white fox decided to stay and spend the rest of its life with its benefactor, and then return to the mountaintop to cultivate after its benefactor passed away.

The next day, the original owner woke up to find himself in bed. He felt much better than when he woke up the previous day and thought that what happened last night was a dream. But the next second, he heard a noise outside the door.

When I went outside, I found that it was A-Yuan working in the yard.

A pile of chopped firewood was stacked nearby, and freshly washed clothes were hanging on a rope, still dripping water.

"How can this be?" The original owner was stunned, not expecting her to be so capable.

"Why not?" A-Yuan was amused by his expression.

“I saw that you weren’t feeling well, so I did what I could to help you.” A-Yuan looked at him and suddenly said, “You said you were a piece of driftwood, drifting wherever you went.”

Would you be willing to stay ashore for me?

"To spend this life together?"

"To accompany you through three meals a day and all four seasons?"

Ah Yuan's sudden confession stunned the original owner of the body, who stared blankly at the bright and beautiful woman in front of him.

It took him a while to finally agree, albeit haltingly.

"I begged... but could not obtain it."

The original owner's sudden marriage shocked many people, wondering which girl dared to marry his body.

Hearing that the girl was a refugee, he assumed she was also a pitiful person seeking a place to stay.