Chapter 38
Chi Jun really couldn't understand what kind of constitution Xu Qingzhou had, that he kept attracting all sorts of demons.
Clearly, this was no ordinary rabbit; it had at least been cultivating for some time.
Just then, Xu Qingzhou came in with the washed rice and plugged in the rice cooker. Chi Jun turned around and called to her:
"Xu Qingzhou".
Xu Qingzhou paused and looked at him.
Chi Jun: "Did you hear what the rabbit said?"
Xu Qingzhou: "?"
She glanced down at the rabbit, then looked up at Chi Jun, clearly not expecting that the rabbit Zheng Yangshu had entrusted to her was also a half-talking fairy.
However, considering that Chi Jun's identity was not ordinary, after a few seconds of reaction, Xu Qingzhou blinked and became a little cautious.
She put down the rice cooker, took out paper and pen, and asked:
[It...can talk? What did it say?]
The little girl looked a bit nervous.
That makes sense, after all, she's just an ordinary human girl.
Back then, a fox had already caused her a huge uproar; if a demon suddenly appeared, she probably wouldn't be able to handle it...
After exchanging glances for a few seconds, Chi Jun put his hands in his pockets and said casually:
"It's nothing really."
"She was saying that you seem to have ulterior motives towards me, and that I should be careful."
"..."
Xu Qingzhou was already tired of hearing these kinds of words.
She knew Chi Jun loved to joke, but regardless of whether his words were a joke or not, Xu Qingzhou had gradually become immune to them after hearing them time and time again.
It seems the rabbit can't talk; Chi Jun was just joking.
She unconsciously raised her eyebrows, gave Chi Jun a polite "whatever makes you happy" smile, and then turned around to continue with her own business.
The matter could have ended there and been closed.
After all, Chi Jun is not an ordinary human being, so animals talking is not a rare thing for him.
Furthermore, if this rabbit could cause Xu Qingzhou any trouble, it wouldn't have ended up being caught and sold by a vendor.
Therefore, Chi Jun didn't take the rabbit seriously at all.
He casually picked up a book, leaned comfortably against the headboard, and read while waiting for dinner.
Before the first page could even be turned, the voice came again, with a slightly eerie tone—
"shameless."
Chi Jun: "..."
He turned his head and stared at the rabbit cage, quite certain that it was that rabbit that was cursing at him again.
He closed the book and stared at the rabbit with amusement: "What did you say?"
"I'm telling you, you're shameless."
The rabbit, its paws gripping the cage, said with a look of disdain, "You're the one who had inappropriate thoughts about that girl, yet you turn around and accuse her of having inappropriate thoughts about you. Isn't that shameless?"
A rabbit that had only been in the rental compound for less than half an hour, clearly unaware of everything around it, was speaking quite confidently.
Chi Jun found it interesting.
He simply threw the book aside, squatted back down in front of the rabbit cage, and reached out to poke its nose.
"Who said I had any improper thoughts about her?"
Unexpectedly, the rabbit was quite fierce and tried to bite his finger.
Chi Jun reacted quickly, his fingers twitching as he recalled Xu Qingzhou's earlier comment that "the rabbit resembles him." He raised an eyebrow, deciding to make the rabbit realize who held the higher position in this rented apartment.
"What do you know, you knock-off? If it weren't for the fact that you happen to look somewhat similar to the original me, do you think the little girl would have adopted you?"
To everyone's surprise, after saying that, the rabbit exaggeratedly clutched its chest and gagged twice.
"Like you? Good heavens, I'd rather just kill myself."
She glanced at Xu Qingzhou, who was busy cooking outside, and said, "That young lady adopted me to help that handsome young man."
After saying that, the rabbit glanced sideways at Chi Jun, munching on a lettuce leaf, and gave him a disdainful look from head to toe.
"Speaking of that handsome young man, he's much better than you, you ugly fox."
A little rascal rabbit, even eating can't shut its mouth.
Chi Jun simply ripped the lettuce leaf off its mouth, letting it chatter away as much as it wanted.
Seeing the lettuce leaves thrown on the ground, the rabbit's eyes instantly turned even redder with anger.
"That handsome young man is better looking than you! More knowledgeable than you! More compassionate than you! And more popular with girls than you—"
Before the last word "like" could be uttered, the rabbit unfortunately fell into the fox's hands. Chi Jun grabbed it by both ears and pulled it out of the cage.
"Oh, so what?"
He grabbed the rabbit by the ears and shook it, chuckling, "You still ended up in my hands, didn't you?"
The rabbit flapped its four paws incessantly in mid-air, but its ears were firmly held by Chi Jun, and it couldn't break free no matter what it did, making it yell "Ah ah" in anger.
Suddenly, it stopped struggling and turned to look behind Chi Jun.
"Help me!"
Chi Jun paused, then turned to look.
Xu Qingzhou stood behind him, holding a plate of food, watching him.
Their eyes met.
Chi Jun: "..."
He had just implied that rabbits couldn't talk, so he couldn't very well explain that he and the rabbit had argued. After a pause, Chi Jun reached out and patted the rabbit's body, saying:
"It kept scratching itself, so I checked to see if it had lice."
rabbit:"……"
"You're the one with lice! You filthy fox!"
Chi Jun ignored it, roughly shoving the rabbit back into its cage, disregarding its babbling, and went to wash his hands and eat.
When both dishes were cooked and served, the rabbit finally got tired of scolding and continued to nibble on the lettuce leaves.
Chi Jun and Xu Qingzhou also sat at the table, eating quietly.
Around 7 p.m., people who go to school or work in the rental compound return home. The compound is filled with the sounds of tidying up, cooking, and children playing, and the air is filled with the aroma of various dishes.
While eating, Chi Jun felt that Xu Qingzhou would glance at him from time to time, as if she had something to say.
Finally, after the nth time his gaze fell upon him, Chi Jun put down his chopsticks and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xu Qingzhou pursed his lips and took out paper and pen.
This rabbit was temporarily kept by Zheng Yangshu; it needs to be returned to me later.
Chi Jun stared at the words on the paper for a few seconds, then raised an eyebrow slightly.
It turns out she noticed he wasn't nice to the rabbit and came specifically to remind him.
"Oh," Chi Jun took a bite of rice, "So?"
So, if I'm not home during the day, could you please take care of my rabbit?
Chi Jun burst out laughing when he saw this sentence.
The little girl is quite resourceful.
What's the difference between this and making the most mischievous kid in the class the class monitor in order to discipline him into being obedient?
However, he still poked at the rice and said casually:
"It depends on my mood."
Xu Qingzhou thought to himself, as long as he doesn't bully the rabbit, it's fine.
But since she'd already said that, Chi Jun should understand her implication, right...?
*
For the next few days, Xu Qingzhou went to school as usual.
My life follows the same routine of going between three points: home, work, and home, as always.
The sudden addition of a little rabbit to the family is still a bit of a challenge for her, mainly because she always forgets to put some carrot leaves in the rabbit's cage in the morning.
To prevent the rabbit from going hungry, Xu Qingzhou had to ask Chi Jun to put some vegetable leaves or carrots in the cage if he woke up in the morning and found no food.
However, this rabbit has sharp teeth and a sharp tongue, and it never says a kind word to Chi Jun—Chi Jun is destined not to let it eat so easily.
So every time before going out, he would hold a few vegetable leaves and wave them above the cage, deliberately not dropping them, which would make the rabbit jump around in the cage and curse loudly.
Chi Jun wasn't in a hurry. He squatted down in front of the rabbit cage, propping his chin up with one hand and waving vegetable leaves with the other.
That day, after the rabbit finally stopped cursing, Chi Jun lazily glanced at it:
"Are you tired of yelling?"
rabbit:"……"
"When you're tired of scolding, just call out 'Dad' and let me hear it."
"Ugly fox! You're dreaming!"
Chi Jun chuckled, tossed the vegetable leaves behind him, and got up to leave.
Judging from how loudly this rabbit curses, it probably wouldn't starve even if it didn't eat a meal.
It's because I spoiled this guy too much in the past that he's always been so filthy and doesn't respect me.
Just as he was about to lock the door, Chi Jun saw the rabbit huddled around the cage, its paws reaching out from the gaps in the cage to try and grab the vegetable leaves on the ground, all the while cursing and swearing.
"Ugly fox! Dead fox! With your ugly appearance, in this life, the next life, and the life after that, you couldn't compare to that handsome young man even if you drove eight horses!"
"That handsome young man is gentle and considerate, but you do nothing all day but play. This pretty girl rarely asks you for a favor, and you can't even do it properly. I might as well starve to death. Let's see if she'll even talk to you if I starve to death!"
"You give pretty girls whatever handsome guys like? What about you? What have you ever given to pretty girls? You ugly fox, you're destined to never catch anyone in this lifetime—"
Chi Jun's head was buzzing from the noise, so he snapped his fingers.
The rabbit behind the door finally managed to reach the edge of a large cabbage leaf with its paws. Before it could even feel happy, the cabbage leaf flew "biu" under the bed and was even further away from it.
rabbit:"……"
It paused for a moment, then realized that Chi Jun was behind it, and immediately jumped up, ready to escalate its insults.
But when he opened his mouth, the words got stuck in his throat and he couldn't get them out.
No matter how much they pried at its mouth and squeezed its throat, it still didn't make a sound.
“”
Ugly fox! You damned fox! I'm not finished with you!!!
*
Chi Jun made plans to go ice skating with Wang Shuai and the others today.
The group spent half a day in the ice skating room, had lunch outside, and then went to a nearby billiards room.
The billiard room was located on the top floor of a large shopping mall. While a few people were playing, Wang Shuai was frequently seen making phone calls.
"Oh dear, I'm sorry, okay? What? What did I do wrong? I... um... hello? Hello?"
A short while later, he huddled in a corner again, still clutching the phone.
"Um, I've got it! My mistake was not calling you last night!"
"Hello? Hello? Damn it..."
When the group saw him clutching his phone with a bitter and resentful expression, they couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Handsome, your relationship... doesn't seem very good to me."
Wang Shuai looked annoyed, but stubbornly insisted, "You don't know anything! This is called a sweet trouble, you know that?!"
"Oh dear, if it's this troublesome, I'd rather stay ignorant!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than Wang Shuai kicked him.
The group spent half a day leisurely playing in the billiards room, only leaving in the evening.
As Wang Shuai walked down the escalator, an idea suddenly came to him: "Wait, I need to buy something."
When others looked at it, they saw all sorts of colorful girls' accessories and clothing stores. What could these rough old men possibly buy?
Wang Shuai, however, went straight to one of the clothing stores with a clear purpose and took a black and gold horse-face skirt from the rack.
Do you have size M?
"How much?"
Soon, Wang Shuai returned carrying the clothes he had just bought.
As he walked past a row of clothes racks to stand next to Chi Jun, he casually mentioned:
"Xu Jun, do you want to buy one for your sister too? This skirt is so trendy this year."
Chi Jun glanced at the skirt in the bag.
"Not interested."
Wang Shuai chuckled:
"Who cares if you're interested or not? It's not like I'm making you wear it! The main thing is whether your sister is interested or not. What teenage girl doesn't love beauty and follow trends, right?"
As a group of people emerged from the main entrance on the first floor, the sun had already set in the west, and the western sky was ablaze with brilliant clouds.
The group waved goodbye, and Chi Jun walked east along the road back to his rented courtyard.
Because he was delayed at the store, Chi Jun estimated that he would probably get back later than Xu Qingzhou tonight.
Coincidentally, Xu Qingzhou was late leaving school in the evening because the homeroom teacher came to the class and organized a study group.
The two happened to meet at the crossroads behind the rental compound and walked back together.
On the way back, Xu Qingzhou also said:
I think I forgot to feed the rabbit again this morning. Did you feed it for me?
Chi Jun glanced at the words on the paper, his expression remaining unchanged:
"Hey."
As he spoke, his finger twitched slightly where Xu Qingzhou couldn't see.
Being hungry all day should be considered a small punishment for a rabbit.
Chi Jun could almost foresee how the rabbit's eyes would light up when the vegetable leaves were in front of it, and how it would grab them and wolf them down.
Unexpectedly, when I reached the end of the second floor of the rental courtyard, I opened the small rental door.
All he could see were wilted cabbage leaves draped over the side of the cage, while the rabbit, which he had imagined was enjoying a hearty meal, was now lying stiffly inside.
With eyes closed, not moving at all.
"..."
The two exchanged a glance, and Xu Qingzhou, looking nervous, stepped forward first, reaching into the cage to poke at the rabbit.
The rabbit remained motionless despite being handled, its legs stiff.
...starved to death?
Chi Jun frowned and looked at Xu Qingzhou with a questioning gaze.
Xu Qingzhou also turned to look at him, her face clearly saying two words—it's over.
"..."
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