Zhao Rong asked the question he had been worried about.

Su Xiaoxiao thought about it, nodded, and then shook her head, "Well, probably not. Sister Lingfei probably didn't pay much attention to me. She must have been thinking about you who was far away."

She puffed her lips and squinted her eyes, trying to explain: "Maybe she thought that I fell because the little fox demon was too timid and was frightened by her aura and sword chant? Anyway, Sister Lingfei left directly afterwards and didn't come to look for me again."

Zhao Rong thought about it with a worried look on his face, and recalled his meeting with Qingjun Qian'er yesterday. It seemed that there was indeed nothing unusual about them.

He nodded slowly, exhaled heavily, and picked up the bowl again.

While Zhao Rong was lost in thought, a little fox demon had been staring at her lover for quite some time.

"Zhao Lang."

Suddenly shouted.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Rong looked up.

"Xiaoxiao...is she a useless little fox demon?" she asked with her head tilted.

"Who said that?" Zhao Rong frowned slightly.

"When the person I love is in trouble, Sister Lingfei can rush to save him/her so quickly. But Xiaoxiao has no magic power, no flying sword, and no powerful teacher... Xiaoxiao can only cry. Well, what a stupid fox demon..."

The little fox demon lay on the edge of a bucket padded with a white towel, with his little head tilted and his cheek resting on the backs of his folded hands.

She looked at him.

The voice was soft: "I wiped my tears and ran to find my great-grandmother, but she was out and had not returned. I really had no choice but to foolishly run out of the city alone and take the nearest Yunhai ferry to Dali..."

The little fox demon sniffed again. "On the boat, I begged the monks on board to start the boat faster. I took out all the spiritual stones and valuables on me and handed them to them with both hands. I begged them softly to drive the boat faster and get to Dali as soon as possible. But they ignored me and treated me like a silly little fox. They told me not to make trouble or they would throw me off the boat..."

The white back of Su Xiaoxiao's hand, which was resting her cheek on, was now slightly wet by some scalding water droplets.

Zhao Rong stopped moving his hands.

"Xiaoxiao knows that I am weak and useless, but..." She buried her face.

"But when my beloved is in trouble, I also want to be by his side as soon as possible. Even though I may not be able to help at all, it would be good to use my body to protect him..."

The little fox demon's voice was low and soft. If you didn't look closely at her little face, no one would guess that she was crying.

"Xiao Xiao really doesn't want to take the ferry so slowly again. I can only walk around anxiously on the boat, worrying anxiously whether he is here to collect his body..."

"There's no chance of even finding a body, like when I found that fake grave in the grove today."

Zhao Rong stared blankly at the tearful little fox demon and opened his mouth to say something.

However, Su Xiaoxiao, who had been buried in her head, suddenly spoke up, "Zhao Lang, actually, it's good like this now. Sister Lingfei is the best for you and can give you great help, whether in your career or in your cultivation. Zhao Lang, you two are a perfect match, and you are childhood sweethearts who have known each other longer than I have. It would be best if she could be your legal wife."

"It's not that I..."

She wiped the back of her hand with her little face.

She raised her head quickly and smiled, "I'll just be a little vixen kept outside. I'll be good and not cry or make a fuss. I'll wait outside for Zhao Lang's arrangements. Xiaoxiao is very sensible and well-behaved, and won't go and cause you trouble."

"Not only that you have to keep your promise, you must never forget what you said when you pledged your love for life in the ruined temple on that rainy night. Zhao Lang, you must not be like the unfaithful scholar in the book who abandons Xiao Xiao when he gets tired of her..."

At this point, she sniffed, then waved her arms and said very firmly, "Xiaoxiao won't eat much of your rice, Xiaoxiao can work, now in Taiqing Mansion, I get spiritual stone salary and subsidies from the fox tribe every month. If I work harder and help the sisters, I can earn a lot more... So Zhao Lang, it doesn't matter if you always take me with you, don't you think so?"

The confused little fox demon in the past now had thoughts clearer than ever before, was well-reasoned and exceptionally strong.

"And Xiaoxiao is not only able to work, but also do needlework or sell fox fur, which can earn spiritual stones for Zhao Lang's studies. Although she is not as rich as Sister Lingfei, who can provide her with a comfortable life, Xiaoxiao is definitely not a burden."

As she spoke, Su Xiaoxiao became cheerful with tears in her eyes, as if she had just realized that she still had so many "uses".

In his heart, Gui, who had been silent all this time, couldn't help but speak up: "Good fellow, Zhao Rong, you can even eat such a small bowl of soft rice?"

Someone was silent and looked down at the bowl in his hand.

"Also, Xiaoxiao can also take the initiative to get close to Sister Lingfei, be good friends with her, and make her happy. Xiaoxiao can be very lovable... This way... maybe there will be less resistance in the future. At least you are not bringing a stranger home, right? Well, no wonder the sisters are wary of their besties..."

Su Xiaoxiao immediately understood the meaning of being on guard against fire, theft and best friends. She was talking happily and foolishly, but the next second, her voice disappeared.

Because there was a big hand pressing on her little head and rubbing it hard.

She rubbed her eyes so hard that she couldn't see clearly.

Zhao Rong was rubbing the silly little head in front of him with great affection, while looking down at the little fox demon who had been worried, frightened and even desperate for a whole day and night, and whose emotions were finally released completely.

"Xiaoxiao, you don't need to please anyone. You are you. You just need to be yourself. You don't need to change for anyone." He said seriously.

The little fox demon was stunned, and looked at him quietly through the fingers of his big hands.

"Is it not possible to change for you?" he whispered.

After asking the question, Su Xiaoxiao saw Zhao Lang leaning back slightly. He squinted his eyes as if he was thinking about the question seriously, and then gave an answer... that made her feel itchy and warm.

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"Then work hard to become Su Xiaoxiao, the silly Xiaoxiao that Zhao Rong likes, and become your original self instead of putting yourself in a difficult position..."

He leaned forward, lowered his head and stared forehead to forehead at the dazed little fox demon. He was so close that he squinted into her fox eyes.

"Did you understand?"

Su Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, "Oh...oh oh."

"so……"

He withdrew his body with satisfaction, nodded, and scooped another spoonful of egg custard to her mouth, "From now on, I will be the one feeding you soft rice. You feed me and become plump. You are not allowed to get sick or become thin from hunger again."

Su Xiaoxiao stared blankly at the man who was patiently serving her for a long time before she nodded gently and said softly, "Oh... OK."

After saying that, she seemed embarrassed to face his direct gaze, and shyly avoided his gaze and looked at the ground beside her.

The little fox demon's heart was beating so fast that she felt like there were a hundred million deer running around in it.

The word "billion" seems to be a unit that describes a very large number. He taught her this before, saying that their babies will stand out from hundreds of millions of their companions... Su Xiaoxiao didn't quite understand it, but she remembered it carefully.

Just like that, inside and outside the barrel, there was silence between the two for a while.

Su Xiaoxiao suddenly put her hands around her silky hair and shyly twisted it around her slender fingertips.

Just like the heartbeat I felt at this moment under his gaze.

"Then...then Xiaoxiao is a useless little fox demon, who only knows how to eat, take naps, do needlework and talk about love all day long..." she said a little hesitantly.

The tone was one of fear and worry.

In Zhao Rong's heart, he really wanted to say seriously "Isn't it?", but he held back because he saw that the little fox demon was really cute and adorable.

As expected, such a cute and naive little fox demon can really kill men, women, young and old.

Zhao Rong heard this, pursed his lips and was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "If she is really so useless, then why would there be a fool who would try every possible means to pick a moon in exchange for her to come in?"

"Well, it seems so..." Su Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up slightly, as if she discovered that she was still quite valuable. At least there was a big fool who wanted her.

She blushed as she glanced at Zhao Rong and whispered, "Oh, you fool Zhao Lang..."

"Hey, what did you say?" Zhao Rong's face suddenly turned stern and he put away the bowl.

"Ah, I didn't say anything. I just said Zhao Lang is so nice." Su Xiaoxiao's big eyes looked very sincere.

"really?"

"Yeah!" The little fox demon nodded vigorously, laughing happily in his heart.

But then, she seemed a little embarrassed again, tapped him lightly with her finger, and whispered:

"Zhao Lang, is Xiao Xiao really worth a full moon? Wouldn't it be a big loss if you gave it to Sister Ling Fei in exchange for stupid Xiao Xiao... Besides, how can you pick the moon? It's so high. I used to stand on the head of the stone statue on the top of Qiantang Mountain, but I couldn't reach it even on tiptoe..."

Zhao Rong just nodded without answering. He listened quietly to the chirping of his little fox mother and fed her patiently.

He suddenly felt like he was raising a baby... well, a fox baby.

At this moment, Su Xiaoxiao's brain circuit was turning very fast. She looked up at him and asked hopefully, "Zhao Lang, Xiaoxiao is worth a full moon... Then can you tell me what's so important about Xiaoxiao?"

Zhao Rong seemed to open her mouth to speak, but was stuck again. Then she thought about it very seriously, and then... sadly discovered that something she had just said was indeed correct... Changing to a stupid fox demon, what a loss.

He couldn't help laughing, then looked at Su Xiaoxiao who was looking at him expectantly with a light in her eyes, and nodded vigorously:

"Xiaoxiao, your existence itself is the greatest use to me, Zhao Lang. You don't have to do anything, just like the moon in the sky, and you are the person in front of me. Xiaoxiao, I feel at ease just by looking at you. I have everything, including romance, spring, summer, autumn and winter. Well, all that's missing is to give birth to a few chubby fox babies."

Su Xiaoxiao felt an indescribable sweetness in her heart. Under Zhao Rong's straightforward gaze, she lowered her head a little embarrassedly and asked:

"Well, are you steady? What are you steady about?"

Obviously, these were just Su Xiaoxiao's shy words to herself, but they made Zhao Rong think about them seriously again.

He said sincerely, "Looking at your stupid appearance, I feel at ease. I think, there are such silly and stupid little fox demons living well in this world, so the world is not bad, so I feel at ease."

Zhao Rong blinked.

“…”

Su Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment before she realized that the person was saying that she was so stupid that people felt at ease.

So the little fox demon pouted and raised his hand to hit him.

Zhao Rong smiled and dodged.

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