"..."
Shen Yunhao looked at the little fox in front of him with some surprise, who was even willing to "settle accounts" with her own father for his sake. The resentment in his heart was dispelled a lot.
He stopped, shook his head, and said in a slightly hoarse voice, "It's nothing. Senior is actually a very nice person. He didn't make things difficult for me."
Bai Xiaoruo looked suspicious, tilting her head slightly, clearly not believing it: "Then why are you making that half-dead face?"
Shen Yunhao's heart skipped a beat. He looked around to make sure the surrounding corridors and courtyard were empty, then suddenly leaned close to Bai Xiaoruo and whispered, "Let me touch your tail, and I'll tell you..."
"you!"
Upon hearing this, the girl's face flushed red instantly.
She subconsciously followed Shen Yunhao's example, quickly glancing around like a thief to make sure no one else was around before giving him a shy and indignant glare.
However, after holding it in for a long time, she finally sighed and said, "Alright, alright, all you ever think about is this trivial stuff. You're like a child who never grows up. I just can't do anything with you..."
As she spoke, she turned around gently, and from beneath her snow-white skirt, a fluffy, white tail silently peeked out and swayed in front of Shen Yunhao.
"Hurry up...hurry up! If someone sees this...I...I'll kill you!"
Clearly, Bai Xiaoruo felt quite ashamed that Shen Yunhao had touched her tail in such a public area.
Shen Yunhao was just joking, but the little fox actually let out its tail. The moment he saw the fluffy thing, half of his heart melted. All thoughts of recognizing a father and embarrassment were thrown to the winds.
He went straight up and hugged the tail, burying his face in it and taking a deep, satisfied breath.
"Ah... I'm alive again!"
"Ugh, it's so dirty! Be careful not to get your saliva on it, I'll have to wash it..."
Bai Xiaoruo muttered something with a look of disgust on the surface, but her ears and neck, which were so red they looked like they were about to bleed, completely betrayed the shame in her heart.
Aside from the psychological embarrassment, it was mostly because of the strange, tingling sensation that made her body go numb and her heart flutter when Shen Yunhao grabbed her tail...
The tingling sensation made her legs feel weak, and she could only barely stand.
"Hey! Stop touching me! Explain yourself! What did my dad say to you?"
Shen Yunhao squinted his eyes, looking quite pleased, and waved his hand dismissively upon hearing this.
"It's nothing serious, it's just... I had a really good chat with this senior, we felt like we'd known each other forever, and we almost became sworn brothers! Um, from now on we'll address each other differently, I'll call him father-in-law, and he'll call me buddy... oh wait, according to this hierarchy, you'll have to call me uncle from now on..."
"..."
There was a moment of silence.
Two seconds.
"Awooo—!"
The next second, a heart-wrenching scream echoed through the quiet night street, startling the resting monsters nearby.
"Hey!? You stinky fox, why are you hitting me? I'm just telling the truth... Ouch! I was wrong, I was wrong! Don't hit my face!"
"You bastard! Go to hell!!!"
The two chased and played around in the corridor outside the palace, their sweet coquettishness and exaggerated screams intertwined, filling the air with... the sour smell of love.
However, they were completely unaware that behind the unseen layers of void, two gazes were locked directly onto them.
Liu Yueqi was dressed in comfortable home clothes that were completely out of place in the Tianji Continent, and her face was a mix of colors.
Shock, frustration, a mix of amusement and disbelief, and a touch of bitterness at having one's own cabbage eaten by a pig—all these emotions blended together, creating a bizarre and peculiar effect.
"This tattered, drafty cotton-padded coat! When...when did I become an old man?!"
He clutched his chest, feeling as if he were about to have a heart attack.
But the woman in white standing next to him covered her mouth, laughing heartily. Her beautiful face, which bore a striking resemblance to Bai Xiaoruo, was filled with joy.
"Xiao Qi... Look! This kid is so interesting, just like Xiao Qi back then, he likes to touch tails!"
Liu Yueqi's lips twitched, his face full of black lines.
So this is how I was perceived by onlookers back then?
They have absolutely no shame...
He glanced helplessly at his wife, who was laughing heartlessly beside him: "You little gluttonous fox, still laughing! Our daughter is about to be tricked out of her along with her tail, aren't you worried at all?"
"What's there to worry about?"
The woman raised her delicate, fair chin, her eyebrows curving like a beautiful crescent moon, her tone carrying a natural, charming innocence.
“I told Xiaoruo a long time ago that if she meets someone she’s willing to let touch her tail, then it’s her destiny… This child looks so much like Xiao Qi back then, I’m not worried at all…”
Actually, Xiao Qi, you really think highly of him, don't you? Otherwise, given this kid's status... you should have taken him into custody long ago!
Liu Yueqi was speechless after his secret was exposed. He could only slap his forehead and let out a helpless sigh.
To be honest, putting aside the natural discomfort brought about by the identity of "father-in-law", he actually found Shen Yunhao quite pleasing to the eye. He was loyal, reliable in critical moments, and as a fellow transmigrator, he also felt a strange sense of kinship.
Perhaps all fathers experience this complex and contradictory feeling.
"Xiao Qi..."
Her peach blossom eyes, which bore a resemblance to Bai Xiaoruo's, shimmered with tender affection.
The woman in white suddenly raised her head, and her pink peach blossom eyes, just like Bai Xiaoruo's, shimmered with tender affection...
Compared to Bai Xiaoruo, this woman was noticeably more charmingly naive, and her tone was quite clingy. She shook her husband's arm beside her, "I want that too..."
Liu Yueqi naturally knew what his wife meant. Seeing her like that, his heart softened, and the depression he had felt because of his daughter was instantly relieved.
He reached out and affectionately pinched the girl's pert nose, teasingly saying, "I remember now! It was clearly Little White who always liked to shove her tail into my hand! And she deliberately said it was because I wanted to touch it!"
"Oh dear... Xiao Qi, you mustn't say that! That happened so many years ago..."
Upon hearing this, the woman blushed and threw herself into the man's arms, rubbing her head against him. Her coquettish manner was far superior to that of Bai Xiaoruo below!
Finally, the woman looked up, her little mouth pouting and her eyes sparkling, "Little Qi, do you want to touch it...?"
The man's helplessness was eventually replaced by a deep-seated doting affection. "Okay, okay... I love Sister Xiaobai's tail the most... I was originally planning to duo queue with Xiaoyu to lose points... um..."
Above the void, the couple nestled together, their love tender and affectionate.
Beneath the void, boys and girls were playing and laughing happily.
This cycle of cause and effect, the arising and ceasing of conditions, has its own unique charm.
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