Chapter 1152 - 1149: Reaching for the Stars and the Moon, Gifted to You

"Your customs are pretty bizarre..." Ansheng looked at Ah Qing with disbelief.

Just having a shooting range on the left, then directly burned to ashes in the crematorium on the right, and right after exiting you can head to the funeral hall and pay for an all-inclusive funeral service.

This kind of layout certainly has some tales behind it.

"Haha..."

Ah Qing chuckled and said, "When I first heard my dad talk about this place, I was shocked too, it definitely feels a bit over the top."

"But now, lethal injection executions are all the rage. After a firing squad execution, apparently cleaning up is troublesome."

The firing range is still here, but it only gets used when the injection room is overloaded or when the criminal is extremely wicked.

"Is cleaning up really the issue?" Ansheng rolled his eyes and retorted,

"The real reason firing squads aren't popular is that the gun's caliber is too small; often a shot won't kill, leaving a psychological impact on the executioner."

"What if we used a smoothbore cannon, could the target survive?"

Upon hearing this, Ah Qing pondered it over, feeling that the little fox's argument seemed more reasonable, but he was momentarily stunned.

"Wait... what did you say we should use for execution?" Ah Qing looked at the little fox with total confusion.

"A 125mm smoothbore cannon, guaranteed kill." Ansheng explained casually.

"But that might be a bit expensive..."

Realizing what the little fox just suggested, Ah Qing couldn't help but scratch his head in agreement.

Firing a shot with a 125mm caliber, wouldn't cleaning up be even more cumbersome?

The devilish talk in the carriage continued as the tram drove out of the road next to the farmers' market.

Ah Qing reached a construction site, where a blue iron gate had been assembled by the roadside, with a sign above it displaying the construction company's name and safety slogans.

"... Is it really here?"

Ah Qing glanced at the location shared on WeChat, then looked at the pitch-black dirt road, muttering under his breath as he drove the car into the construction site.

Along the way, there were no street lights, but the headlights illuminated a road gradually becoming asphalt, and the missing street lights started appearing along the road.

At the road's end, a large-scale outdoor parking lot appeared before Ah Qing.

Opposite the parking lot was an endless mirror pool with symmetrical axis, where stone pool lights lit the lake surface with dim yellow light, slightly extending over the mirror-paved road, leading to a grand engraved gate.

A colossal gate made of bronze, five meters high, possibly over ten meters wide, with a sign reading "Fox Immortal Palace".

"???

Ah Qing slowly turned his stiff neck, looking at the little fox in the passenger seat with a questioning gaze.

Although he had heard from Sister Lin Ying about the little fox's home covering nearly a hundred acres, of course, not all of it being buildings, with half being gardens.

But... the endless mirror pool before him, vaguely reflecting the moonlit sky, combined with the misaligned and staggered square pool lights protruding from the water, it directly reflected a small starry map.

And that immensely absurd gate—Ah Qing had no doubt it could crush a person flat if it fell.

Before entering, the surrounding air faintly carried a "expensive" fragrance.

"You ask me, who else should I ask..." Ansheng also stared in stupor at "Fox Immortal Palace".

Despite knowing about Fox Immortal Palace, Ansheng never inquired much about its construction, as he trusted Lin Ying's aesthetic, seen Lin Ying's villas, and knew she had a part-time Daoist master as her architectural advisor.

Whatever Lin Ying gifted him, Ansheng wouldn't demand specifics since he didn't understand construction.

However,

This scene before him was truly beyond outrageous, as if the stars and moon were plucked into the courtyard.

Moreover, Ansheng noticed what looked like cable car wires above the Fox Immortal Palace's left side.

"Sir, the property fees here aren't cheap..."

While Ansheng and Ah Qing were stunned by the spectacular view, a teasing voice came from the parking lot. Li Wenkang appeared holding a lit cigarette in his right hand and greeted Master Fuli and Ah Qing in the car.

"Old Li, what are you doing here?"

Ansheng displayed slight surprise as he looked at Li Wenkang.

"I arrived earlier than you... As for why I'm here, naturally, I'm invited—came for a free meal."

Li Wenkang puffed on his cigarette and stowed the nearly burnt stub in a disposable ash stopper, then lit a new one, chucklingly pointing to the parking lot:

"Look, Shasha, Sun Xingyao, King of the Universe, and King Cobra are here. It's New Year's, dining at the Security Bureau cafeteria feels a bit lacking."

"Unos initially planned to come, but when I quipped, 'Do you Westerners also celebrate Spring Festival?'"

"Isn't it just finishing Christmas break then Spring Festival break, what about the lab projects?"

Li Wenkang shrugged, recounting how Lin Ying invited him and others to celebrate.

Though known as the go-to lady's man at clubs in his youth, notorious for raising a ruckus if the ladies weren't up to par,

Flirtation aside, Li Wenkang never married and stood as a rare representative among Security Bureau higher-ups—one person well-fed and whole family content.

Li Wenkang's New Year motto was: celebrating somewhere is still celebrating, crashing someone's place for food is still eating, let's eat!

Due to a stroke of Grandmaster Lin's influence, Lin Ying learned about Li Wenkang's past and sent him an invitation to join their gathering during the small fox's family reunion prep.

"Since you're here for a meal, why are you all loitering in the parking lot?"

Ansheng gazed peculiarly at Old Li.

"There are kids inside, who knows how long those rascals will linger, just having a smoke until then." Li Wenkang waved his cigarette hand with nonchalance:

"Besides, I fear randomly discarded butts might lead to the fox slapping me with a 5000 yuan fine."

"Oh, getting some class now?"

Ansheng marveled, scrutinizing Old Li as if seeing him for the first time.

"Ah Qing, let's head inside!"

After teasing Old Li, Ansheng enthusiastically suggested to Ah Qing.

Given the absurdity outside the Fox Immortal Palace, Ansheng was eager to discover what extraordinary feats Lin Ying accomplished inside.

Whether it's a courtyard or an Imperial Capital flat, they pale compared to the Fox Immortal Palace.

"Let's go!"

Ah Qing stepped out of the car, hoisting the little fox, and headed towards the endless mirror pool, eyes gleaming at the reflected starlight and moon overhead, sparking curiosity as he approached the massive door:

"By the way..."

"It's your first day in the new home, shouldn't you mark your territory by scent?"

"Are you sanitary?" Ansheng hesitated before raising his fox paw and "bang bang", giving Ah Qing a couple of swats.

To mark a hundred-acre territory, what kind of fox has a bladder that connects rivers and seas?

Even bleeding out, it would be impossible to mark it all.