As soon as the call connected, a woman's incessant sobbing came through the phone. The crying was filled with endless sorrow, which made Fu Huaijin's heart tighten and his face darken. He immediately suspected that Lu Yunzhou had harassed her again, and his voice became a little tense: "What's wrong with you?"
Su Yuxi was immersed in her own joy and did not notice his urgency, taking it as a normal inquiry.
She grabbed a few tissues, blew a stream of snot from her nose, and vigorously wiped her red, tear-stained nose, her voice thick with sobs: "It's okay."
"By the way, I'm taking the day off tonight and won't be going back. You're on your own about your own affairs."
Fu Huaijin paused for a few seconds, ignoring her words: "Where are you? I'll send someone to pick you up."
When the person on the other end cries like that, no one would feel that it's okay.
Thinking of his persistent determination to get to the bottom of things, Su Yuxi decided to tell him the truth: "I ran into my sister today and I'm staying at her place tonight. You can sort out your own problems. I'll go back tomorrow."
Anyway, that's how he's always done things, missing a day or two won't make a difference.
Fu Huaijin turned his head to look at the scenery outside the window, pursed his lips, and his emotions were complicated and hard to tell. After a while, he replied to her: "Okay, call me if you need anything."
"Hmm," Su Yuxi replied with a heavy nasal tone, and then hung up the phone decisively.
Hu Chichi emerged from the bathroom with a seductive gait, holding a warm towel in her hand. Seeing her little girl's eyes swollen like two walnuts from crying, she shook her head helplessly and went over to place the warm towel on her face.
"You silly girl, just talk it out. Why are you crying? Now you're a laughingstock."
Su Yuxi gently closed her eyes, enjoying the steam from the warm towel, feeling more comfortable and relaxed than ever before.
When the towel was almost completely applied, she took it off, her pink lips pouting so much they could hold a small oil lamp, and she hummed and whimpered in dissatisfaction through her nose.
"You have the nerve to say that? You've been gone for over ten years without coming home or sending any messages back. Don't you know people are worried? Everyone's spreading rumors that you've died out there."
No matter how much they said Sister Chichi was very powerful and that no one could hurt her, those little devils just wouldn't believe it. She couldn't contact anyone or get any evidence, and at one point she even thought what they said was true. They tricked her into crying a lot back then.
Hu Chichi smiled and gently patted her head, his eyes full of a senior’s doting affection for a junior: “Okay, it was my fault. I’ll apologize to Xixi, okay?”
Su Yuxi gave a soft snort and stopped dwelling on the matter.
"Tell me what's going on. Why did you decide to come out? Weren't you determined to stay in your cave even if it meant death?"
She was surprised to see Su Yuxi here. This girl had been lazy as a pig since she was a child, and she was always half-hearted in her work. When she was taken out, she would usually sneak back after half a day. She didn't know what was so special about that family that made her miss it so much.
The mere mention of this ignited a surge of anger within Su Yuxi. Like a lit firecracker, she unleashed a torrent of grievances from three years ago, telling her everything without reservation.
“I don’t know what went wrong with my great-grandmother. One day she suddenly kicked me out and blocked the way home. No matter how much I made a fuss, she wouldn’t let me go back. I couldn’t find my way home, so I just kept wandering around outside.”
"Now, even if I die out there, he probably won't know."
"Waaaaah... Sister Chichi, Ah Zu is so annoying, money is so hard to earn, and no man is any good. Both of these things are so hard to find. Why don't you take me back? When I see Ah Zu, I'll beg him not to kick me out. I just want to go home and eat chicken."
Hu Chichi listened quietly to her story. After understanding the ins and outs, she did not answer immediately, but lowered her eyes and pondered. The entire fox clan knew how much the ancestor loved this girl. As long as his principles and bottom line were not crossed, he would never be able to bring himself to kick her out.
It's not like he would abandon someone for three years and ignore them.
Ten billion... a man's true heart?
What does the ancestor want to do?
"Sister Chichi, please?" Su Yuxi tugged at her arm and shook it coquettishly. In the past, Sister Chichi would always agree to her unconditionally whenever she did this.
But now that trick doesn't seem to be working anymore.
Hu Chichi snapped out of her thoughts and didn't agree rashly. At least she needed to understand what was going on first: "Xixi, be good. You know that no one can disobey the ancestor's words. Be a good girl and do his two requests, then you can go back."
These were just two incredibly simple tasks, a piece of cake for the fox spirits.
But... looking at this delicate and carefree girl, she did find it quite difficult.
It can only be said that she was too well protected since childhood and did not understand those intricate ways. Moreover, it was indeed a lack of consideration on the part of the ancestor to throw her out so rashly. Fortunately, nothing bad happened.
"How much money have you earned in the three years you've been out here?"
Thinking of her money, Su Yuxi straightened her back instantly, a proud smile curving her lips, and waved ten fingers in front of her: "I've earned at least a billion."
"Isn't it amazing?"
"In another thirty years, I'll have saved up 10 billion." Thirty years is nothing to her; it will pass in the blink of an eye. It's possible that she'll have sent Fu Huaijin away before she's saved enough money.
Hu Chichi clicked his tongue inwardly, pursing his lips to keep from laughing out loud: Over 300 million a year, this achievement would be at the bottom if he went back to his clan.
Sigh, but at least she can make money from men, so she's finally figured it out. I have to give the girl in the house some recognition: "Yes, Xixi is very capable. She'll earn more and more in the future."
"Hehe, that's natural. I now work two hours a day and earn ten million a month."
Hu Chichi: "???"
"Salary? You work for someone else? Ten million a month?" She instantly became wary. What job in the world could earn ten million a month? This girl must have been scammed.
Su Yuxi didn't see the worry in her eyes, and even looked smug: "Mm."
“My ex-boyfriend was such a jerk, so I broke up with him. Later, I found a job that required me to spend two hours with him every day, and then he gave me a monthly salary of ten million.”
"If you do anything else, I'll give you an extra tip."
Life couldn't be easier, but living under someone else's roof was a bit tough. Maybe she should consider moving out.
Hu Chichi grasped the key point and reached out to interrupt her: "No, accompany? How do you accompany? What are your job duties? Did you get the money? Don't be silly, you're being sold out and you're still counting the money for them."
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