Section 3 Only the furry little animals can be summoned by sucking
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Ahem, actually I am a low-key senior high school student, although I started school a little late.
Because I don’t have any close friends at school, I often keep to myself.
Plus, I'm a bit willful, so when others are busy and exhausted, I'm usually sleeping or exercising...
The head teacher regarded me as a thorn in his side, and my dear elder brother was called in for talks many times, which led to this stupid old fox mistakenly believing that my grades were very poor!
He has also always been dismissive of the college entrance examination, which is very important to humans, and believes that it is just a kind of life experience - I can't communicate with this illiterate fox who has never taken the college entrance examination!
If he had attached a little more importance to the study of human cultural subjects, I would not have been influenced by him since childhood and accustomed to treating exam-oriented education with a nonchalant attitude, and finally followed everyone else in my senior year of high school.
Fortunately, my hard work paid off. I showed him the score on my phone - 600 points!
"How was it? Did I do well in the exam?" Here is a little girl waiting for praise~
"It's just so-so." A fox took a perfunctory look with no expression on his face.
"What's with your attitude?" I protested. "Six hundred points is impressive, isn't it?"
The illiterate fox was not interested: "Humph, what's there to brag about? Can 600 points be used to make a living?"
I was unhappy: "Even though my 600 points can't be used to make a living, can't you just praise me?"
"What's there to brag about? This is what you get for not eating properly, sleeping properly, or exercising for a whole year."
"What? Everyone else went through this! At least I can get into a better undergraduate program!"
"I only care about your physical and mental health. I'm afraid that you will die prematurely and fail to complete the task your grandmother entrusted to me!" The fox's expression was very serious.
"I..." I didn't know how to respond for a moment. Although the old fox's words were very disappointing, I also knew that he really cared about me.
"What about you? Which city, a thousand miles away from here, do you plan to apply to? Which schools do you plan to choose, in Shanghai or Beijing?" The fox continued to ask in a very serious tone, his whole body was cold.
"I... I just want to go to a big city to broaden my horizons." Faced with his imposing questioning, my courage weakened and I felt a little aggrieved.
Why did he ask that? I'm young, and I want to go to a more advanced city to make a living. What's wrong with that?
Obviously, any normal person would congratulate me for my exceptional performance and good results, and would wish me a bright future.
What right did he have to angrily accuse me and say that my achievements were nothing to brag about!
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I'm also angry, the more I think about it, the angrier I get...
Why doesn’t he praise me? I study so hard and I just want to share the results of my efforts with him!
Could it be that he would rather I do poorly in the exam and end up in a junior college...especially the only crappy junior college in this city?
He just wants to restrict me!
Why does he want to restrict me?
I am still young and can fight and struggle.
I can leave this place where rumors spread that I am a jinx and that anyone who comes into contact with me will suffer misfortune!
Why does he just want to trap me here?
I wanted to cry. All of a sudden, I felt wronged and angry. I stood up and asked him loudly with tears in my eyes:
"Mao Yanyan, do you just want to tie me to your side forever to make things easier for you?
"Are you just dying to ruin me, to turn me into a useless person with no ambition, who just eats and waits for death? It would be best if I could get into that crappy junior college in this city, and then spend my whole life in frustration guarding you in a place where almost everyone looks at me with strange and distant eyes?!
"A year ago you said it was my 18th birthday and I could make any wish I wanted. I said I wanted to touch the fox's tail, but you refused.
"Okay, I'll settle for the next best thing. I told you I'd take a few hours' drive and touch the tail of the fat white fox in Erbin Square, but you're still angry! Even before, when you and I moved from the countryside to this city, and I wanted to find some cats and dogs to play with, you always gave me a cold shoulder!
"Then what do you take me for? Do you think I'm your human pet to play house with?!"
Mao Yanyan listened to me venting, and her expression gradually changed from indifference at the beginning to shock and sadness.
He seemed to be angry too, but he didn't vent the pent-up emotions in his heart like I did. Instead, his eyes slowly turned red as his expression changed.
"You... have always thought this way?" The fox's voice was filled with suppressed unspeakable sadness, and it was a low, slow and hoarse voice.
His hurt eyes pierced my heart, and I seemed to realize... I shouldn't have said those complaining words.
He is doing this for my own good.
He was just a fox that had lived for over two hundred years and didn't understand what it meant to be human.
The fox doesn't understand anything, it just hopes that people will eat well, sleep well and be in a good mood.
Only the heartless fox is happy.
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We parted on bad terms, and no one said anything more.
At night, I hid in the quilt and thought about the words I yelled during the day, and his hurt expression kept appearing in my mind.
And his big tail drooped because of my words, and the luster on his fur, which had always been well-maintained, seemed to suddenly become dull...
As complex emotions surged, I felt more and more uncomfortable, as if I could empathize with Mao Yanyan's shock and sadness at that time.
I... am such a bastard who hurt the fox's heart.
I really, really rarely see him show sadness.
Even though he was chased by a dog 10 years ago and his tail was burned by some unknown fire and became bald in patches.
He would just curl up quietly on the kang in the west room of our house at night, silently hugging his tail and crying quietly with grievance. Then the next day he would be the good "distant relative" who would make jokes and help grandma with things.
It was the first time I faced the fox whose heart I had hurt. He couldn't hide his deep sadness because of my words.
I want to apologize to him.
The next morning, he knocked on my door and called me to eat.
I followed him reluctantly and saw that his big tail was still hanging down.
I felt so sad that I tried to think of words to apologize while eating.
But he kept a cold face and didn't look at me, which made me afraid to say anything.
Since I was a child, I have encountered many situations where I mustered up the courage to talk to people, but was sworn at and driven away, or even had stones thrown at me. Later, when I went to the city and wanted to interact with people, they all treated me coldly after they found that they would still be unlucky if they played with me for a long time.
I was afraid that Mao Yanyan would become like that and treat me so coldly.
But I deserved it because my words hurt the last person in the world who cared about me and loved me.
I deserve to be alone.
Maybe... I shouldn't bother him anymore in the future. He has given me so much, and the savings in my account are enough for me to live a stable life.
Mao Yanyan is actually a very responsible fox. Unlike other guardian spirits, he doesn't know as many spells as others, nor does he cast them randomly in the human world. He's worked very hard to adapt to human society, staying with me and raising me well. He's perfectly fulfilled the promise he made when my grandmother passed away...
"I thought about it,"
At the dinner table, Mao Yanyan suddenly spoke, interrupting my chaotic thoughts, but his tone was still very stiff and he still didn't look at me.
"You have a point. You are a human being, and I don't actually know how to raise a human being. I'm just learning how to love and care for my children from those parents who love their children.
"I searched for a lot of advice online, and they all told me that my child has grown up and I should remember to let go. I won't restrict you anymore. You can do whatever you want because you are an adult."
He gave me one last look and left.
Then, he walked out of the villa without looking back...
The tail drooped and swept the ground, showing that the owner was still in a depressed mood.
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He probably went to the company, as usual.
I didn't know whether I should speak up to keep them. I'd never faced a problem like this before. My departed loved ones couldn't just be called back and have them resurrected.
Those who hate and fear me will not be willing to stay with me for even one second despite my pleading and calling.
Only the furry little animals can be called by me by slurping, and the kittens and puppies are willing to play with me and act coquettishly to me. The stupid little animals don’t understand what it means to be unlucky.
Mao Yanyan is also a stupid old animal. He has always indulged me. Now look what happened. He is hurt by me.
I deserve to die.
He seemed to say...that he would no longer care about me.
I'm an adult now, so his mission of protection is over.
Legally, I have no relationship with him and he can leave at any time.
It seems like he really can abandon me. If he is unhappy, he can just kick me out...
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