Ling Si's voice immediately caught the attention of the others and instantly pulled Zhi Yao's thoughts back.
The little fox immediately kicked her legs, strongly expressing her dissatisfaction with Pei Chiyao holding her by the scruff of her neck.
Pei Chiyao sighed and brought the little one back into his embrace. His clean windbreaker was instantly soiled by Zhi Yao's dirty fur.
But Pei Chiyao didn't mind at all. Instead, he held Zhi Yao tightly, as if embracing a rare treasure.
"Stop fussing," he said.
He knew the little one was curious, so he took a few steps forward and approached Ling Si's side.
As they drew closer to Ling Si, everyone finally saw that in Shen Yilian's palm were indeed a few strands of transparent, fine threads.
Ling Er immediately narrowed his eyes, leaned forward, and picked up one of the threads with his slender finger, playing with it for a while.
Ling Si couldn't make heads or tails of it.
Ling San and Ling Yi rarely even set foot outside their home, so they had never seen such a thing before.
After a long while, Ling Er finally spoke up, "This is not an ordinary thread."
As for exactly what kind of thread it was, he couldn't determine at the moment.
Upon hearing this, Ling Si mercilessly mocked, "Isn't that a waste of breath? If it were an ordinary thread, would she be carrying it on her person? What, is she preparing to mend her clothes at any time or place?"
Before Ling Si could finish his words, Ling Er shot him a cold glare, scaring him into silence.
For a moment, no one dared to pick up where Ling Si left off.
But Zhi Yao did.
She looked at the nearly transparent, fine thread in Ling Er's hand and, for some reason, found it strangely familiar.
Finally, as if suddenly remembering something, she immediately raised her head and let out an extremely loud call, "Woo~"
The next second, a little white fox appeared before everyone. No one knew where it had emerged from.
It was a white fox much larger than Zhi Yao, but everyone present could see that this was a fox cub, probably only a year or two old, without its intelligence awakened, unable even to speak human language.
"Where did this fox come from?" Ling Si muttered, his wolf-like eyes narrowing slightly, seeming to hold a hint of danger.
Tie Zhu, who was not far away, immediately came running over upon hearing Zhi Yao's call, "Woo woo woo!"
She was about to complain to Zhi Yao when she heard an unfamiliar voice. Instinctively, Tie Zhu turned to look, but the moment she saw clearly, she was almost scared out of her wits!
Wolf... wolf... wolf!
"Woo woo woo!!!" Tie Zhu's scream shook the eardrums of everyone present.
Almost entirely by instinct, she scrambled up a nearby tree, though not very tall, it was the greatest effort she could muster to save her life.
Seeing this, Zhi Yao was amused but quickly reassured Tie Zhu, "It's okay, it's okay, he won't hurt you!"
But Tie Zhu was clearly terrified and couldn't hear a thing at that moment.
The four members of the Ling family, except for Ling Si, all stared at Tie Zhu. To be honest, they hadn't seen a fox in many years, let alone such a young one.
Especially seeing the little fox cub so terrified that its fur was standing on end, they found it even more amusing.
"Come down, this isn't a wolf, it's a Husky," Ling Er said indifferently after enjoying Tie Zhu's predicament.
Tie Zhu did hear those words.
But Ling Si wasn't happy.
Enraged, he struck the ground with his four paws, raised his wolf head, and let out a long howl, "Owoo~ Owoo~"
After the long howl, he cast an extremely resentful gaze at Ling Er.
You're the Husky! Your whole family are Huskies!!
His howl scared Tie Zhu into sticking her fur out again. With both paws tightly hugging the tree trunk, she refused to come down.
Zhi Yao was amused but said, "Second Brother, can you go and bring her down?"
But Ling Er just stood there, "I'm sorry, I'm allergic to foxes."
Zhi Yao: "???"
Before Zhi Yao could speak, Ling Er added, "Except for you and Mother."
Zhi Yao: "......"
Upon hearing this, the other three followed suit.
Ling Yi: "Me too."
Ling San: "Me too."
Ling Si: "Me too."
The little white fox: "........."
So she alone was the injured party, huh?!
Speechless.
Zhi Yao never expected that her seemingly stern brothers would have such a silly side behind the scenes.
She instinctively looked up at Pei Chiyao.
But before Pei Chiyao could speak, Zhi Yao immediately shook her head violently and vigorously, her two ears flopping along. It was an extremely adorable sight.
"No, no, I won't let you touch any fox except me." Pei Chiyao was hers, and hers alone.
"No dogs either, no cats either." Zhi Yao thought for a moment, then added indignantly, "And definitely no humans!"
Pei Chiyao tried to hold it in but couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Bao bao, why are you so adorable?"
Although the little fox in his arms was dirty and looked like a little mess, because of her words, Pei Chiyao's mood was great. He didn't mind Zhi Yao's mud-stained fur and cupped her little face, his slender fingers caressing her unconsciously.
Zhi Yao's words completely plunged her brothers into a mixture of emo and jealousy.
Why? Why could Zhi Yao be so concerned about Pei Chiyao?!
Just as the Ling brothers were starting to look at Pei Chiyao with disdain, the little white fox climbed down from the tree by itself.
Ha! She could come down on her own, couldn't she!
Tie Zhu was still wary of Ling Si, so she stood as far away from him as possible.
After all this back and forth, Zhi Yao finally remembered the main issue, "Tie Zhu, come here quickly and see if you've encountered this thing before!"
Tie Zhu walked a wide circle around Ling Si and ran over to Zhi Yao.
She sniffed at Shen Yilian's palm and her expression changed drastically. Her golden pupils contracted into thin slits, "Yes, it's this thing! Last time, she used this thing to go to Jiang Zhu's family to find him."
Hearing this, Ling Er narrowed his eyes, "Do you know what this is?"
Tie Zhu shook his head, "I don't know."
She was not clear what it was.
After all, Tie Zhu was just a young fox cub, so it was understandable that he didn't know.
Ling Er pulled out the long, almost transparent thread and put it into his pocket, "Let me investigate this matter. It's not early anymore. After dealing with this woman, let's head back."
