Zhiyao lightly blinked her eyes and said, "In that case...you probably can't afford it."
He snapped his fingers, and there was a commotion outside the door. Black-clothed men then rushed in, pushing that man onto the table.
"Back then, many of you were aware of what happened to the Pei family. I'm also aware. If you want to live, I advise you to obediently cooperate, otherwise..."
His tone was extremely cold, his gaze full of pressure wherever it landed.
The black-clothed men behind him understood, taking out knives and walking over to one of the men.
The knives rose and fell.
Zhiyao stared wide-eyed, before she could clearly see what was happening, a hand blocked her view.
Pitch black darkness.
The only thing she could hear was that person's miserable screams.
Getting farther and farther away.
When she could see clearly again, Pei Chiyao had already brought her outside.
The little fox quickly climbed onto Pei Chiyao's shoulder, looking back. However, there was only a pitch-black corridor behind them, nothing could be seen.
She anxiously twisted and turned in Pei Chiyao's arms. Pei Chiyao grabbed her and patiently asked, "What's wrong? Did I scare you?"
Zhiyao shook her head, chattering unintelligibly for a while, also rubbing her face in frustration.
She couldn't speak clearly, it was too complicated.
Annoyed, she turned around and dove into Pei Chiyao's embrace.
When would she...be able to transform into a human?
What Zhiyao didn't notice was that the jade pendant on her chest flickered briefly once more.
"It's alright, we have plenty of time to talk slowly in the future," Pei Chiyao said as he boarded the car, then took out wet wipes and carefully cleaned Zhiyao's dirtied fur, "Don't randomly grab people next time."
Hearing this, Zhiyao sullenly turned her body away.
Humph, he only knows how to reprimand her! She grabbed bad people! Very bad people!
Seeing the little fox's aggrieved appearance, Pei Chiyao smiled and couldn't help poking her puffed-up cheeks, saying, "I don't like it when traces of other people remain on you."
Bloodstains were also unacceptable.
He picked up the little fox, gently patting her back as if to soothe her.
Breathing in Pei Chiyao's faint sandalwood scent and feeling his gentle caresses, Zhiyao soon fell asleep.
...
The next day, Zhiyao was woken up by Pei Ning's voice.
She dazedly opened her eyes, feeling someone fumbling with her.
The moment she clearly saw the scene before her eyes, the fox was stunned stiff.
In Pei Ning's hands were many articles of clothing that she was comparing on Zhiyao's body.
More clothes?
The little fox raised her paws to rub her eyes before nimbly sitting up, curiously walking over to Pei Ning's side.
Pei Ning smiled and said, "You're awake, look, these are the dresses I designed for you, do you like them?"
Most of Pei Ning's designs were cute styles.
Among them was a Lolita-style one covered in cute strawberry prints and lace edging.
Pei Ning felt this dress suited the delicate little princess Zhiyao the most.
But Zhiyao felt this dress was too childish, she preferred sexy strappy ones!
She raised her head arrogantly, stubbornly refusing to try on that dress.
Unexpectedly, Pei Ning took out a piece of chocolate from her pocket the next moment!
Moreover, it was Zhiyao's favorite flavor!
Zhiyao instantly crumbled, moving forward wanting to eat it, but she swiped at empty air.
Pei Ning hid the chocolate behind her back, saying, "If you want to eat it, then obediently change into these clothes!"
Zhiyao agonized over it for quite a while before finally compromising.
Under her half-resisting, half-complying state, Pei Ning finally got Zhiyao to change into the dress.
The moment she put it on, Pei Ning blurted out, "Wow, little fox, you're too cute!"
Zhiyao was originally as delicate and fair as jade. Like a milk-flavored bun, wearing this strawberry Lolita dress that she had carefully designed now made her even cuter!
She was now a strawberry milk bun!
Pei Ning could no longer hold back, planting kiss after kiss on Zhiyao.
Zhiyao: I'm exasperated.
Finally having kissed and groped Zhiyao enough, Pei Ning suddenly recalled something.
"Oh right, little fox, do you want to go out and play? I seemed to have seen your kind at Jin Gong Palace yesterday."
Her kind?!
Zhiyao's eyes widened in bewilderment, then a thought formed−could it be...her clan?!!
"Mmph mmph!" Take me out, take me out!
She eagerly told Pei Ning.
This was Pei Ning's first time seeing something other than food capable of exciting the little fox so much!
"Coincidentally, the weather today is nice, so I'll bring you out for a walk!"
She picked up the little fox still dressed in a pink, strawberry Lolita dress and headed out.
Pei Chiyao wasn't at home again today.
Perhaps Zhiyao had slept too soundly this morning and he hadn't managed to wake her up.
But Zhiyao didn't dwell on it. The most urgent matter was finding her clan!
Jin Gong Palace was like a manor. Other than the villa district, there was also a very spacious lawn that many people often brought their pets to for walks.
Zhiyao immediately spotted many cats and dogs.
Pei Ning put Zhiyao down, saying, "Go play by yourself!"
She saw the handsome neighbor boy so she had to go greet him.
Zhiyao contemptuously glanced at Pei Ning before turning around, sniffing the air in an attempt to catch a whiff of her clan's scent here.
But she was still disappointed in the end.
She sniffed and sniffed yet smelled nothing.
The tiny fox restlessly wandered the lawn.
Just as Zhiyao wanted to venture further, suddenly furious barking and intense fighting sounds came from beside her!
She raised her head. A Doberman was savagely biting other animals.
Squinting, she finally made out a mound of white beneath the Doberman.
Could it be...her clan member?!
Zhiyao immediately charged over without any further thought, shouting loudly, "Awoo!"
But her barks were as insignificant as a mosquito's buzz to the Doberman.
No good! At this rate, that fox would die for sure!
Zhiyao swiftly shut her eyes. Three seconds later when she opened them again, no one noticed that a green glow now emanated from the fox's golden eyes!
The moment it met Zhiyao's gaze, the previously frenzied Doberman instantly quieted!
It...it actually knelt down before Zhiyao!!
Zhiyao hurriedly dashed over to the fox's side, but disappointingly, it was merely an ordinary white fox rather than her clan member.
The white fox's entire body also uncontrollably trembled when it met Zhiyao's eyes.
Only then did Zhiyao retract her gaze.
Unbeknownst to her, all of her actions just now had been witnessed in full by someone else.
How interesting.
