Chapter 1127 - 1124: New Year Preparations and the Evil Cat

"Time flies so fast, it's New Year's in a blink. We've spent all year just having fun..."

After finishing a day's activities, Ah Qing, fresh from a bath, lay on the bed and looked at the little fox beside her, saying with a smile:

"You probably haven't experienced the local New Year atmosphere in Xia Dong, have you? It's so lively, and during Little New Year, we still have stove candy to eat!"

As a child, Ah Qing was most afraid of Tianqi chicken soup, but one of her favorite candies was undoubtedly stove candy.

Although it's called stove candy, in Xia Dong, it's sold as a mixture of nine different sugar candies.

A few days after eating stove candy, it would be New Year's Eve, followed by non-stop fun till school starts.

"Do remember to hide my bowl and water cup well, lest those little pests at your place blow up my bowl..."

Sitting in front of her high-tech computer browsing WeChat messages, Ansheng pouted and complained to Ah Qing.

Although precautions had been taken to reject Ah Qing's plan to buy stainless steel tableware for me, to avoid it being coveted during New Year.

But there are some things you can never predict, especially when a group of little boys team up, collectively becoming idea machines.

The quality of ideas doesn't matter; what's important is that it's fun.

"No way, no way..." Ah Qing couldn't hold back her crisp laughter as she said, "The tricks you played on your little cousin, he probably has them fresh in his memory..."

Previously, when Aunt brought the little cousin over, the cousin always loved to tease the little fox.

The little fox was mischievous too, splashing water on the cousin's pants and then immediately yelling loudly for help.

The cousin wet his pants three times a day, and Aunt fried him like pork three times a day with a belt, making him howl.

"I didn't splash water! I lifted my leg to pee, and your cousin pressed my leg, so every time I saw your cousin peeing, I secretly pulled up his pants..."

"Your aunt had justified reasons for hitting." Ansheng said matter-of-factly.

"?" Ah Qing typed a question mark, looking at the little fox with her forehead full of black lines. So, all your mischievous thoughts were directed at the little cousin.

No wonder you're worried he'll come steal your dishes.

"No, I need to tell Mom. If I'm not home, she should hide your water cup too; your metal-coated water cup is expensive..."

The little fox's bowl was ceramic, but that water cup was stainless steel plated with silver, better not explode the most valuable coating, that cup cost nearly three hundred bucks.

Ah Qing muttered a bit, feeling sleepy, and gave the little fox a heads-up before preparing to sleep.

A highlight was her feast with the cousin, rising at four o'clock, escorting the cousin through over four hundred tables, walking nearly twenty thousand steps.

Now that tasks were completed, Ah Qing was ready for rest.

However.

Ah Qing had hardly lain down for two hours when she suddenly felt her nose itch.

"Mmm... Xiaolan, stop rubbing my nose, kiss my cheek."

Ah Qing mumbled in a daze, waved her hand, unconcerned, and continued drifting into deep sleep.

During this sleep, at dawn around four or five, Ah Qing felt a sense of suffocation rising, opened her eyes, and stared bewildered at the scene before her.

The little fox was lying on her chest, Fox Mother pressed atop the little fox, Shasha crowded on the left side of the bed, while Sun Xingyao and Jin Wanlin lay on the right side, a huge golden lizard sprawled outside the sheet, sleeping across everyone's lower legs.

"Where did I fall asleep..."

Ah Qing blinked confusedly, looking at herself, her left arm sealed by Shasha's chest, and Teacher Sun Xingyao clasped her right hand like a tree kangaroo.

"Where? At your own home!"

"At your age, I don't understand how you can sleep so deeply and dead."

"Like us, waking at four to study till three in the afternoon, then developing the cerebral cortex till half-past midnight before starting to wash and trim."

Perceptive Sun Xingyao, noticing Ah Qing awakened beside her, complained with a full face while rubbing a red mark on her forehead:

"We agreed to come to class; left and right waiting, never saw you at the Security Bureau, so we thought to seek you, just checking if anything was wrong..."

"So when we peeked in through the window, your fox punched each of us unconscious."

Around ten last night, Sun Xingyao, Shasha, and Jin Wanlin came to Ah Qing's place, intending to call her to the tutoring class.

Then, there was no more, Ansheng finding Ah Qing sleeping comfortably, lulled them all to sleep together as well.

The itch on Ah Qing's nose was because Ansheng dragged peacefully sleeping Sun Xingyao onto the bed, her long hair tips accidentally brushed Ah Qing.

"Class?"

Ah Qing's expression froze, full face of regret, she said: "Teacher Yaoyao, I'm terribly sorry, yesterday was busy, I fell asleep as soon as I touched the bed."

"Can I get up now and catch the lesson?"

Prompted by Sun Xingyao, Ah Qing immediately recalled the previous teacher's arrangement.

Every evening she attended tutoring class, the curriculum was exclusively managed by Sun Xingyao, mainly enhancing Treasure Mushroom capabilities, boosting Ah Qing's physique and willpower, and additionally conducting knowledge and combat training.

"Naturally, you'll catch up, all your course materials are handpicked by me at the Security Bureau."

Sun Xingyao sat up and scrutinized, looked at the sleeping Master Fuli, baring teeth:

"Most spirit beasts in Xia Dong are conscripted, and those unlisted are like Master Fuli, possessing human-like intelligence and independent survival skills in human society."

"But..."

"Security Bureau's recruitment doesn't mean spirit beasts lack temper and sly tricks. Like the fox, they love sneaking and hiding things..."

Sun Xingyao pulled out her phone, handed it to Ah Qing, saying:

"Tonight's course material is this, a Devon cat notorious for milk-drinking habits, often relying on its formidable martial force to snatch other spirit beasts' offspring food, causing them hunger strike upon hunger strike."

"Either persuade or subdue it; other matters are out of my hands, I only demand results..."

"Hiss..."

Ah Qing glanced at the photo on the phone, capturing a so-called 'Little Angel' Devon cat, pinning a female jackal down, happily sucking milk.

For the first time, she saw a wicked grin and wild expression on a cat's face.

"Devon cat... is it an America kitty?" Ah Qing, with an odd expression, opened Baidu, searching Devon cat's origin, wondering why it resembled a native compatriot.

The search results showed it wasn't America but from Exeter, Devon County, UK.

"...My course is just to utilize my ability to persuade this wicked kitty to quit drinking milk?"

While looking at Sun Xingyao, Ah Qing, lost in thought, subconsciously placed her palm on the little fox's belly, fondly rubbing double-row buttons.

"Correct, regardless of any means, just subdue the wicked kitty."

Sun Xingyao just started speaking when Ansheng, lying with spread legs and exposed belly, raised her head, glancing at the palm on her belly and Ah Qing's cheek, muttering ambiguously:

"Scared me to death..."

"I thought Momo sneaked onto my bed, trying to pull my double-row buttons off..."

"Shoo shoo shoo."

The little fox lifted a leg, casually nudging away the fumbling hand from Ah Qing on her belly.