Jiang Huai looked around, his head swimming, and felt lost.
It wasn’t the first time he’d had thick skin, and while he might have been a little upset and not very angry when the Fox Emperor inexplicably called him lowly. He had long heard that the Western Fox Clan was a world where women were superior and men inferior. But now, looking at Grand Princess Su Qingyi, the Fox Clan’s eldest princess standing behind the Fox Emperor, speaking in her cold, aloof tone that he could touch her tail, Jiang Huai felt strange.
It was as if he were intentionally humiliating someone.
Jiang Huai had no intention of intentionally humiliating the other party, but at this moment, Bai Jin had just spoken, and it was to save him face. If he didn’t reach out, it seemed that Bai Jin would be wronged.
After much deliberation, Jiang Huai looked back at Bai Jin and said in a low voice, “Aunt Bai, if touching tails is a humiliation to the Fox Clan, it’s really not necessary…”
Bai Li, standing beside them, chuckled. Jiang Huai looked at her with a melancholic gaze, “What are you laughing at?”
“Because I knew you would say that,” Bai Li shrugged, laughing happily.
Because of Jiang Huai’s words, Fox Emperor Su Qiang’s eyes swept over Jiang Huai. A moment later, she suddenly sneered, “Bai Jin, it seems your son-in-law doesn’t listen to you very well.”
The mockery in her words made Bai Jin’s expression slightly awkward. Beside them, Jiang Huai’s eyes widened, and he looked at Su Qiang and Su Qingyi in front of him with confusion.
He treated the two fox girls gently, but it seemed they did not treat him gently.
He looked at Bai Jin, his eyes filled with apology, but Bai Jin’s eyes were still gentle. She said softly, “If you don’t like it, then forget it. But are you willing to give her those pill formations and prescriptions now? I’ll give you the choice.”
Su Qiang was slightly taken aback.
Su Qingyi was also slightly taken aback.
Jiang Huai then said softly, “Then I won’t give it to you.”
Su Qiang’s eyes instantly fell on Jiang Huai. Her cold eyes became incredibly icy, but in the next moment, Bai Jin came to Jiang Huai’s side and shielded him behind her, saying calmly, “This prescription and pill formation were originally given to me by him.”
Bai Li, standing beside them, laughed even more heartily, completely enjoying the spectacle. She looked playfully at Su Qiang in front of her, her voice carrying a hint of comfort, “It’s okay, Senior Su. He’s very easy to coax. If you obediently bring your tail in front of him, he might change his mind.”
This time, Jiang Huai didn’t hesitate any longer. He extended his hands, palms open, and stared at Su Qiang in front of him without blinking.
Su Qiang trembled slightly with anger. Her snow-white cheeks flushed. She hadn’t been so shy and annoyed for a long time. The desire to turn and leave immediately arose in her mind, but thinking of her compatriots in the Fox Clan, those moist eyes, her body seemed to become incredibly heavy.
She stood there, hesitant. But Su Qingyi, beside her, hesitated for a moment, then took a step forward. She came in front of Jiang Huai, turned around, facing away from Jiang Huai. Her fluffy fox tail reached towards Jiang Huai’s hand and landed in his palm.
Jiang Huai then noticed that the back of her skirt had a small opening specifically for her tail. It was especially interesting. Her tail was snow-white, fluffy, and especially voluminous. The feel in his palm was as soft as cotton. But the moment his palm tightened slightly and gently pinched, her tail seemed to turn from soft to stiff. Her snow-white fox ears perked up high, and Jiang Huai vaguely heard her let out a very, very soft whimper.
Su Qingyi’s slender legs beneath her skirt were pressed tightly together. She bit her pink red lips with her snow-white teeth, her voice trembling slightly, “Please just pinch me… Don’t be angry with Mother. The Fox Clan… really needs those plague-curing medicines.”
She did not look back, but besides her fox ears, the lobes of her pair of crystal-clear, delicate, snow-white ears were also slightly flushed. Su Qiang, standing beside them, stiffened. She seemed to want to say something, but stopped short.
Jiang Huai gently stroked her tail for a moment, feeling its fluffy softness, then let go. Just as he was about to say something else, he saw that Su Qingyi, who had turned around, had slightly red eyes. Crystal tears glistened in her eyes. Her previous cold demeanor had turned delicate and fragile, as if he had just done something terrible.
Jiang Huai didn’t understand the Fox Clan very well. He still didn’t know what touching a tail meant to them. Actually, he didn’t really care. It was fine if he was insulted casually, but Su Qiang mocking Bai Jin was definitely not okay.
“Forgive and forget where possible,” Jiang Huai hesitated for a moment, then said softly, “Forget it. Take those pill formations and prescriptions.”
He suddenly remembered the sickly bodies and pale faces he had seen among the Snake Clan. The Fox Clan was probably in the same dire situation. Those pill formations were insignificant to him, but they could save many, many people. In the end, Jiang Huai didn’t insist. After he said this, Bai Jin took out the prepared prescriptions and pill formations and handed them to Su Qiang.
Su Qiang took them, snorted coldly, but didn’t even want to say another word. Without a word of thanks, she took Su Qingyi’s hand and instantly turned into a stream of light and left the sleeping quarters.
Jiang Huai looked at Bai Jin opposite him. After a moment, he asked softly, “Aunt Bai, did I do something wrong?”
Bai Jin smiled helplessly. She leaned closer, gently cupped Jiang Huai’s cheek, and said softly, “It was yours in the first place. How you use it is up to your choice. Not wanting to humiliate the Fox Emperor might not be a bad thing. If you’re going to the Fox Clan in a few days, it’s not good to make an enemy. But this villain, naturally, Aunt Bai will be.”
“Little Huai is a very kind person,” Bai Jin pinched his cheek gently. “Aunt Bai doesn’t mind. No matter what choice you make, as long as you’re happy.”
Jiang Huai breathed a small sigh of relief. Bai Li, standing beside them, had already jumped onto his back from behind, wrapping her arms around his neck. “Let’s go, let’s go! We promised to go fishing, and I want grilled fish.”
She whispered in Jiang Huai’s ear, her warm breath tickling his ear.
…
When Jiang Huai and Bai Li returned from the lake, they brought a grilled fish for Bai Jin. While Bai Jin was eating the grilled fish, Bai Li told her the story of how they met over a grilled fish.
Bai Jin listened quietly. Bai Li’s eyes were bright. Jiang Huai sat on the side, feeling the sky ablaze with the gentle beauty of the sunset. As the world gradually quieted down, his heart also seemed to quiet down.
Until he and Bai Li went to bathe together. They frolicked in the bathhouse for a while. Bai Li returned to the room before him. When he put on his clothes and chased after her into the room, he pushed open the door. Sitting by the bedside was Bai Li in the form of the Holy Dragon Lady.
At this moment, she was wearing a white gauze-like nightgown. Her snow-white legs swayed beneath the hem of the skirt. Jiang Huai tilted his head, “Why are you Big Bai Li again?”
Bai Li pouted slightly. Such a spoiled and resentful expression was particularly amusing on her holy face. She swung her white and tender little feet, “Do you really want… to use that bad thing of yours… to break Little Bai Li? Yesterday, yesterday, even two fingers were so difficult…”
“You clearly wanted to defile Big Bai Li more, to do such perverse things to Big Bai Li, Hmph… Pretend.”
As she spoke, Jiang Huai had already come to her side. But before he could sit by the bed, Bai Li raised her white and tender little leg. Her knuckles gently gripped the bedsheet, and her calf pushed against Jiang Huai’s chest. “You, you take off your clothes first.”
“Hmm?”
“First, first, I’ll coax you with my little feet… I’ll only let you bully me once, lest… lest you want to bully me two or three more times… I, I can’t handle it.”
“Oh…” Jiang Huai gently grabbed the girl’s slender ankle. Little Bai Li’s small feet were cute and soft before. Now, the mature Bai Li’s white and tender feet were equally slender and exquisite, but they looked even more elegant. At this moment, the girl’s snow-white arch was slightly curved, and her toes were slightly curled. If it were the Little Bai Li from before, her eyes would probably be full of playfulness and teasing. But perhaps thinking about how she would be bullied later, she turned her small face away, her cheeks blushing.
…
“Wuu… Liar.”
After being bullied, Big Bai Li turned back into Little Bai Li, curled up in the quilt, and used her remaining strength to lightly bump her forehead against Jiang Huai’s forehead. Jiang Huai wrapped his arms around the girl’s slender shoulders and looked down, “What?”
“It hurts…” Bai Li looked at him aggrievedly.
“Then I won’t bully this place again in the future?”
“Will it hurt next time?”
“It’s hard to say…” Jiang Huai scratched his head. “I’ve never been bullied like this.”
“No wonder you didn’t show any pity.”
“I was actually very pitiful…” Jiang Huai replied weakly. If it were Qingyu, she would probably want him to be rougher. What about Wanwan? Wanwan would lick his neck with hazy eyes, and after resting for a while, she would press him under her and then…
“No matter what, it’s still sour and swollen… You’re so hateful.” Bai Li’s small fist lightly pounded Jiang Huai’s chest a few more times. She snuggled in his arms for a while, then suddenly threw off the quilt and sat up. “Hmph, I’m going to find Mother to sleep with. I won’t let you bully me anymore.”
“I didn’t say I was going to bully you.”
“But I want to sleep with Mother.” Bai Li winked at him, smiling slyly. Then she tilted her head and asked him, “Do you want to come with me?”
“No, that’s not good, is it?” Jiang Huai looked conflicted.
Although Jiang Huai knew very well that if Bai Li coaxed him a little more, he would probably obediently get up and go sleep with Bai Jin. But unfortunately, Bai Li also knew this very well. So, to get revenge on Jiang Xiaohuai, she shook her head helplessly, looking regretful. “Then it seems tonight I can only hug Mother’s fragrant and soft body and sleep alone.”
She sat up and slipped out of the room. Jiang Huai, wrapped in his small quilt, looked wistfully at the closed door.
A lonely night.
