To make up for Yin Xun's broken heart, Lu Qingjiu cooked another large pot of mutton the next day. Of course, since his cold had worsened slightly, he didn't bother cooking, instead asking Xiaohua to continue helping. Yin Xun had originally volunteered, but Lu Qingjiu, concerned that crouching in the bathroom with diarrhea in this weather could be fatal... ruthlessly declined. Yin Xun still managed to help Xiaohua with some simple tasks, like scooping up snow water, filtering it, and boiling it.
This snow was somewhat different from real snow. Ordinary winter snow would contain many impurities and be almost undrinkable. However, this snow was very clean and even had a slightly sweet taste, making it perfect for making soup.
Drinking the warm mutton soup, Lu Qingjiu and the whole family huddled on the warm kang. Yin Xun was gnawing on the mutton beside them. The mutton was not stewed too soft, so the meat was particularly difficult to chew. He tore it with his teeth, and his face looked particularly ferocious.
"Yin Xun, how's Bai Yuehu doing?" Lu Qingjiu was a little worried about Bai Yuehu.
Yin Xun reached out and wiped his mouth: "Do you want to see it?"
Lu Qingjiu said: "Can you see it?!"
Yin Xun said, "I can't guarantee that I can see the whole thing, but I should be able to see the White Moon Fox." He chewed the meat and said vaguely, "Do you want to try?" The White Moon Fox should not have left Shuifu Village yet. Since it was in Shuifu Village, he should be able to see it, but he didn't know what the situation was over there, so he didn't dare to promise Lu Qingjiu.
"I do!" Lu Qingjiu said decisively. Three days had passed, and there was still no news about Bai Yuehu. If possible, he would definitely like to see Bai Yuehu's current situation.
Yin Xun said, "Then wait until I finish eating the meat."
After finishing the huge pot of mutton, Yin Xun was completely warmed up. He touched his round and warm belly, turned his head to look at Lu Qingjiu, and motioned him to sit over.
Lu Qingjiu sat next to Yin Xun.
Yin Xundao: "I can only try, I don't know what you can see..."
Lu Qingjiu nodded.
Seeing Lu Qingjiu's resolute expression, Yin Xun bit his finger. Instead of bleeding, a solidified substance appeared. Then, Yin Xun reached out and smeared the solidified substance on Lu Qingjiu's eyelids, motioning for Lu Qingjiu to blink and draw the substance into his eyes. Lu Qingjiu felt his eyelids become icy cold, so he blinked hard. With his blinks, the substance entered his eyeballs, leaving a hazy, gelatinous coating. While a bit cold, it wasn't uncomfortable.
"It's started." Yin Xun said in a low voice.
Lu Qingjiu said okay.
As Yin Xun finished speaking, a marvelous scene appeared before Lu Qingjiu's eyes. Although he was sitting still, his vision was suspended in mid-air, taking in the entire Shuifu Village from a bird's-eye view. This was Yin Xun's perspective. Before Lu Qingjiu could even sigh, his gaze quickly moved forward, and he saw a sea of clouds and jagged rocks.
Something seemed to be moving swiftly through the sea of clouds. Lu Qingjiu took a closer look and realized it was the White Moon Fox. Five dazzling flames surrounded the White Moon Fox, and Lu Qingjiu recognized them immediately: they were the five fire dragons that had burst forth from the sky.
Fighting against five fire dragons, the White Moon Fox held its own. He galloped through the mist, his sharp claws occasionally striking the black stone, causing the earth to tremble. With another swerve, his nimble tail flung a fire dragon into the abyss. His sharp black claws slashed through the body of another, slicing it open and exposing its bloody innards.
These scenes unfolded in a flash, leaving Lu Qingjiu terrified. Though the White Moon Fox was formidable, it possessed five dragons and bore a number of minor wounds. What puzzled Lu Qingjiu was that the White Moon Fox seemed to be protecting something, refusing to retreat. Even when the fiery dragons pounced on its face, it bravely faced them, not retreating. Lu Qingjiu's gaze passed beyond the White Moon Fox, toward the area behind it. Amidst the swirling clouds, a black mountain rose high into the sky. Its rock, smooth as a blade, seemed impossible for mortals to scale. Its summit, obscured by the clouds, was also obscured. Lu Qingjiu felt a familiarity about the mountain. Upon closer inspection, he suddenly remembered having seen it before. But when he saw the mountain, a black dragon seemed to be circling it. Could that be... the prototype of the White Moon Fox?
Lu Qingjiu was thinking when he heard another loud noise. He looked down and saw a red dragon being slapped onto the mountain by the White Moon Fox. The red dragon didn't struggle and tried to climb up the mountain. The White Moon Fox opened its mouth and bit its body, dragging it down.
It was a cold day, and Bai Yuehu exhaled a chilling breath. His dark eyes no longer held the usual trace of laziness and tenderness, leaving only the brutality and cold-bloodedness of a beast. At this moment, fighting and killing occupied his entire soul. Lu Qingjiu even saw a hint of excitement in his expression.
Fortunately, he had the upper hand in this battle; the red dragons seemed no match for him. As Lu Qingjiu pondered this, he sensed something was amiss. He noticed three red dragons harassing the White Moon Fox. Two others landed on the snow nearby, and one of them unexpectedly swallowed the remaining dragon. After devouring its companion, the dragon's color became even more vibrant. Lu Qingjiu recalled his grandfather Ao Run's red hair and eyes. After careful comparison, he realized that the color of these red dragons was much lighter than his grandfather's. If his color was more like spilled human blood, these dragons were more like bright flames. While also red, they were more orange. However, after devouring their own kind, their color began to shift toward a blood-red.
Lu Qingjiu felt something was wrong and was about to continue watching, but he felt a little stuffy in his chest and had a urge to vomit. This feeling became stronger and stronger, and he was finally forced to close his eyes. He couldn't control himself and leaned over the bed to vomit forcefully.
"Ugh—" Although nothing was vomited out, the scene in front of Lu Qingjiu's eyes also disappeared.
Yin Xun, who was sitting next to him, quickly brought water and cleaned the stuff from Lu Qingjiu's eyes. When Lu Qingjiu recovered, his vision had returned to the house, and the scene of the dragons fighting each other disappeared.
"Qingjiu, are you okay?" Yin Xun asked nervously.
"It's okay." Lu Qingjiu shook his head and said anxiously, "I want to take another look..."
"No." Yin Xun said, "You can't watch it anymore. Your body can't take it anymore."
Lu Qingjiu looked helpless: "But this is just the critical moment..."
Yin Xun said, "How about I help you look?"
Lu Qingjiu said, "That's fine."
Yin Xun was stunned for a while, then looked at Lu Qingjiu blankly: "No, the screen is black."
Lu Qingjiu: “…”
Yin Xun: "Even changing the channel won't work."
Lu Qingjiu: “…” What the hell is changing the channel?
Yin Xun finally shook his head and said helplessly that he really couldn't see anything. Not only where the White Moon Fox was, the entire Shuifu Village was pitch black and nothing could be seen.
Lu Qingjiu was a little anxious, but what was the use of being anxious? He really couldn't help the White Moon Fox in the fight. He couldn't just stand by and wave a small flag and cheer.
Lu Qingjiu looked at the big hole in the sky, feeling both lost and anxious, but he did not express his feelings. Instead, he looked at Yin Xun and said that it didn't matter if he couldn't see it, the White Moon Fox would definitely not lose.
Yin Xun looked at Lu Qingjiu's expression, which was full of worry, and did not speak for a long time.
Lu Qingjiu no longer indulged in negative emotions. He said, "I need to think carefully about what to make for him when he comes back." After fighting for so long, he must be very tired and hungry. He must want to eat a hot meal when he gets home, but... when will he come back?
This heavy snow lasted for seven whole days.
On the seventh day, the hole in the sky began to shrink, and the snow stopped. Lu Qingjiu happened to be sitting by the window when he saw a flock of ice-blue butterflies rise from the mountains and forests, flapping their blue wings and flying towards the hole.
Lu Qingjiu heard a knock on the door. At first he thought it was his illusion, but when the knock on the door sounded again, he turned his head to look at Yin Xun. Both of them had surprise and astonishment in their eyes.
"Someone's knocking on the door?" Lu Qingjiu asked.
Yin Xun said: "I heard it too!"
"I'll go open the door!" Lu Qingjiu hurriedly stood up and walked outside. He had been waiting for Bai Yuehu for a long time and had been worried about him. Now he felt that everything was finally over, but his heart was still hanging until he heard the long-lost knock on the door.
With a soft creak, Lu Qingjiu cautiously opened the door and saw the person standing outside—it was Bai Yuehu. He was dressed in black and gazed at him gently, with snowflakes still hanging in his hair on his shoulders. He called his name, just like usual: "Qingjiu."
Lu Qingjiu's chest was beating like a drum. He didn't care about anything else. He reached out and hugged Bai Yuehu, burying his head deeply in his shoulder: "Bai Yuehu! You are finally back!!"
Bai Yuehu said: "Well, I'm back."
Lu Qingjiu, however, sensed something was amiss. A hint of doubt crossed his face, and his grip on Bai Yuehu slowly loosened. Bai Yuehu smelled off. It was a bit amusing to say it, but because of the tenderness they'd shared earlier, Lu Qingjiu was certain there was something else about the person before him. It was incredibly faint, and if Lu Qingjiu hadn't happened to have her head buried in his shoulder, she probably wouldn't have been able to detect it. It was a subtle fragrance, with a chilling aura, more like an icy mountain spring, that rushed through his nose into his mind, practically freezing it.
Lu Qingjiu took a step back.
Bai Yuehu seemed a little confused when he saw this. He said, "Qingjiu, what's wrong?"
Lu Qingjiu frowned and looked at him.
Bai Yuehu said: "Sake..."
Lu Qingjiu asked: "Who are you?"
Bai Yuehu looked confused.
Lu Qingjiu confirmed his guess and asked cautiously, "You are not Bai Yuehu, who are you?"
Bai Yuehu was originally smiling, but after hearing what Lu Qingjiu said, he stopped smiling. The smile on his face faded, and he began to observe Lu Qingjiu with a critical look. This look made Lu Qingjiu feel very uncomfortable, and he also knew that the person in front of him was not Bai Yuehu.
"You and your grandma look so much alike," he said. "Almost identical."
Lu Qingjiu didn't want to say more to him. He sensed a sense of danger from this man. He reached out to grab the door and was about to close it, but was held down by the man.
"Lu Qingjiu." Blue butterflies began to fly out of his body, and his body began to shrink rapidly. "You are the last one." After he said this, he seemed to laugh uncontrollably. "I thought your grandma was the last one."
Hearing him mention his grandmother, Lu Qingjiu's face turned cold. He was about to say something when the man turned and left, surrounded by a swarm of ice-blue butterflies. Judging from his physique, he looked more like a child who had not grown up. His hair and eyes were a beautiful blue, and his entire body seemed to be carved from ice and snow. Lu Qingjiu watched him walk away, and suddenly looked down and noticed a butterfly landed at his door. As if by magic, he bent down and picked up the butterfly. This butterfly was also made of ice. After he caught it, he waved its wings twice and began to melt rapidly, dripping water all over Lu Qingjiu's hand.
Lu Qingjiu reached out to close the door, then turned and went into the house.
Yin Xun saw the conversation between the two at the door. Seeing the confused look on his face, it was obvious that he didn't know the child either.
"White Moon Fox hasn't come back yet." Lu Qingjiu said, "Let's continue waiting."
Yin Xun curled his lips and said that this person had no manners at all. He just came here to look for someone, but he turned into a white moon fox. Isn't this just a trick to get a hug?
Lu Qingjiu asked, "What on earth is he here for?"
Yin Xun: "I don't know."
This was the child he had seen in his dream. It was obvious that his grandfather wanted to tell him something, but Lu Qingjiu couldn't figure it out. And if he really wanted to hurt Lu Qingjiu, it should have been easy, right? Why didn't he do it, but turned around and left? The last one... the last one, did it mean the last guardian?
Lu Qingjiu thought about it for a while, but still felt he had no clue.
Fortunately, about half an hour after this person left, the White Moon Fox really came back.
Of course, this time Lu Qingjiu opened the door with a skeptical attitude. After opening the door, he observed it up and down for a long time. Only after confirming that the White Moon Fox was real did he offer his arms.
Bai Yuehu was a little confused by Lu Qingjiu's gaze and asked, "What happened?"
Lu Qingjiu said: "It's okay, it's okay, I just want to see if you have any injuries."
Bai Yuehu touched Lu Qingjiu's hair and said, "I'm fine, it's all over."
When Bai Yuehu came back, he was still wearing the black robe, but some parts of the robe were torn. Lu Qingjiu also smelled blood on him. Obviously, this battle was not as easy as he said. After arriving home, Bai Yuehu ate something casually and then went to sleep. It was obvious that he was very tired.
The snow came overnight and went away overnight, and the hot June weather returned again.
When Yin Xun returned to the ancestral hall, he said that the candlelight had rekindled itself, and the villagers of Shuifu Village also reappeared, looking no different from ordinary people. Xiaohua originally wanted to firmly refuse to tutor Li Xiaoyu, but after seeing Li Xiaoyu's confused face and aggrieved tears, he finally chose to compromise.
"What if they're dead and still have to take the exam?" Xiaohua could only console herself with this while continuing to tutor Li Xiaoyu in Mathematical Olympiad. "Besides, as the saying goes, if you master math, physics, and chemistry, you won't be afraid of traveling the world. Even the underworld counts as the world, right?"
Lu Qingjiu looked at Xiaohua helplessly.
Xiaohua said: "Okay, I understand. You also support my education career. No matter how hard it is, the children cannot suffer. No matter how poor it is, education cannot be affected!" Although the child is dead, a dead child is also a good child.
Lu Qingjiu turned and left without paying any more attention to Xiaohua. He knew that Xiaohua would need to spend some time to prepare herself mentally before she could finish teaching Li Xiaoyu the lesson.
Overnight, summer returned, and the charcoal brazier and other utensils were no longer needed. Bai Yuehu slept like a dead person in his bed. If Lu Qingjiu hadn't reached out and felt the warmth on his face, he would have thought so. This was the first time that even food couldn't wake him up. Lu Qingjiu walked around the room several times with the cooked chicken soup, but he didn't see him get up. He knew that Bai Yuehu must be very tired.
Bai Yuehu slept for three full days before waking up. His eyes were green with hunger, so Lu Qingjiu hurried to make him something to eat. Yin Xun happened to be coming from home, and the look Bai Yuehu gave him made him shudder. He rushed into the kitchen and insisted that Lu Qingjiu make something quick, fearing that Bai Yuehu would transform into her original form and bite him.
In order to be quick, Lu Qingjiu used the leftover chicken soup from yesterday to make a large bowl of chicken noodle soup, sprinkled it with chopped green onions and five fried eggs, and placed it directly in front of Bai Yuehu.
Bai Yuehu picked up the chopsticks and started eating. Others sucked the noodles, but he drank them directly. Lu Qingjiu watched him finish the whole bowl of noodles without even chewing them.
After drinking, Bai Yuehu sat quietly in his seat for two minutes, then turned his head to look at Lu Qingjiu and whispered, "Not full yet."
Lu Qingjiu, who was watching in amazement, nearly spit out a mouthful of water. He coughed for a long time before recovering. He nodded and said, "Wait a moment," then went into the kitchen to make something else.
Yin Xun walked slowly, and when Bai Yuehu looked at him, he immediately stood up and said, "I'll go help in the kitchen too."
Lu Qingjiu cooked a large pot of egg fried rice for Bai Yuehu and watched him finish it. After that, Bai Yuehu's expression returned to normal.
Although the White Moon Fox no longer cried out for hunger, Lu Qingjiu, who knew the fox very well, realized that the fox was obviously not full either, so he was busy feeding the White Moon Fox all day long.
By evening, Bai Yuehu finally looked full. As for how Lu Qingjiu realized Bai Yuehu was full, it was because he suddenly realized that when Bai Yuehu was hungry, she would look at Yin Xun subtly. Not with interest, but as if assessing Yin Xun's taste. If I had to make an analogy, it would be like a child seeing an ice cream cone on the side of the road, but worried their family couldn't afford it, so they stood by and watched. When their parents asked if they wanted some, they would sensibly shake their head and say they didn't want any.
At this moment, Yin Xun once again deeply realized his position in this family. He was just a reserve food. If the White Moon Fox was too hungry to be conscious one day, it would probably eat him.
Lu Qingjiu no longer asked Bai Yuehu if she was full. He finally understood that his fake vixen would never be full, so he cleverly changed the question: "Want to eat more?"
Bai Yuehu shook her head: "No more eating, take a rest for a while, sit down and talk to me."
Lu Qingjiu said hello and sat down next to Bai Yuehu.
The two chatted for a while, and White Moon Fox briefly explained the source of the heavy snow, saying it was caused by a hole between the two worlds, allowing something from the other side to get through but ultimately be beaten back, averting the crisis. Although his words were few, the true situation was likely extremely dangerous.
Lu Qingjiu listened to his words and asked, "Are you really not hurt?"
Bai Yuehu was silent for a moment after hearing this, then nodded gently: "Just a little."
Lu Qingjiu said: "I want to see it."
Bai Yuehu looked a little hesitant, but seeing Lu Qingjiu's firm attitude, she agreed. Although Yin Xun was curious, he didn't dare to join in the fun. He watched Bai Yuehu and Lu Qingjiu walk towards the bedroom and made an excuse to clean the yard.
Entering the bedroom, Lu Qingjiu supervised Bai Yuehu as he undressed from the waist up, then noticed the wounds. Though they were minor injuries, Lu Qingjiu gasped upon seeing Bai Yuehu's skin. Bai Yuehu's upper body was covered in wounds of all sizes, with the most severe wound revealing bare bones. It was easy to imagine how painful it must have been. Seeing this, Lu Qingjiu felt incredibly distressed. He extended his fingertips, gently touching the edge of the wound, and asked, "Does it need any treatment? How long will it take to heal?"
Bai Yuehu reached out and pressed Lu Qingjiu's wrist, letting Lu Qingjiu's palm directly touch his wound. His expression remained unchanged, and he said softly, "It doesn't hurt. As long as you touch it, it won't hurt."
Lu Qingjiu was afraid of hurting Bai Yuehu, so she quickly withdrew her hand. Seeing his serious expression, she said helplessly, "You're still talking about this at this time..."
Bai Yuehu lowered her voice: "If you could give me a kiss, it would hurt less."
Lu Qingjiu looked helpless. He didn't mind this kind of thing, but Bai Yuehu's body was in such a state that he was really worried about breaking the wound open, so he couldn't bring himself to do it.
Unexpectedly, Bai Yuehu became interested and blinked at him. The look in her eyes was innocent and full of desire, which was simply unbearable. Lu Qingjiu's words of rejection rolled around in his mouth for a long time, but he still couldn't say it. Finally, he sighed and said helplessly: "Okay, but this time you don't move, I'll do it."
Bai Yuehu: "Okay." He didn't mind at all.
Lu Qingjiu reached out and pushed Bai Yuehu onto the bed, leaned over and kissed his chin, then looked down at the wounds on Bai Yuehu's body and sighed heavily in his heart. Bai Yuehu was already badly injured, so he naturally didn't want to let him get hurt again. Besides, there were ways to play on top of each other.
Lu Qingjiu curled his eyes and smiled gently.
Bai Yuehu was moved by Lu Qingjiu's smile and couldn't help but hugged his neck. The two of them lingered together.
The author has something to say: Baiyue Fox: Although I was injured
Lu Qingjiu: Hmm?
Bai Yuehu: We must also roll up our sleeves and work hard.
Lu Qingjiu: ???
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