Chapter 1163 - 1160

"What's there to hide? Next time, when you bring your family for a visit, everyone else will be free, but you'll charge Old Deng two hundred bucks for the entrance fee... isn't that fine..."

After hearing Ah Qing's lamentation, Ansheng relaxedly suggested an idea to her.

Since Old Deng is wary of the free lunch, worried that Lin Ying might secretly take his kidney, then... just take the free lunch away and charge him a ticket fee.

"Pfft..."

Lin Ying, who was drinking milk tea, initially had no expression on her cheeks, having gotten used to the infamous reputation of the Lin Clan, but when she heard the little fox's bad idea, she couldn't hold her expression.

A mouthful of milk tea choked Lin Ying, making her cover her mouth and cough.

"Huh!?"

Ah Qing initially brightened up upon hearing this, but then felt something was off, shaking her head repeatedly.

"No, no... That's very wrong!" Ah Qing widened her eyes and looked at the little fox.

"What's wrong with it? Think about it, if my Fox Immortal Palace charges him two hundred bucks before he's even through the door, it must've been worth the high price."

"Stop your dad from paying, he'll be mad at you!" Ansheng spouted nonsense, convincingly discussing local customs.

"At that time, you can say there are coupons for Fox Immortal Palace on your phone and that locals can get tickets for twenty right away."

"When entering, you say you bought a ticket and have Old Deng directly transfer cash to my WeChat, so we can buy ice cream."

"Hiss..."

Ah Qing was stunned, watching the little fox standing on the tea table confidently gesturing.

Even though she knew he was talking nonsense, his twisted logic could indeed trap the relatively traditional Xia East People.

If she didn't know the little fox since childhood, Ah Qing might have thought he used to sell health products.

His persuasive little phrases were a dime a dozen.

At ten o'clock in the evening, as the day got darker, Ah Qing prepared to say goodbye and take the little fox home to celebrate the festival.

"Come, hug..."

At the villa's entrance, speaking words of farewell, Ansheng hugged Lin Ying and Lin Bingyun, then raised his hand to pat Lin Tongshu's head and said:

"Please take care of Eye King for me. Tomorrow evening, I'll come to sneak a meal. Remember to save me a pair of chopsticks."

The twenty-ninth of the month is the night of reunion, but New Year's Eve is the real festive dinner, with a big feast at Lin Ying's family tomorrow night.

"Yes! It'll be ready."

Lin Ying smiled and kissed the little fox's cheek, sending Ansheng back to Ah Qing's arms, standing at the door to see them off.

Meanwhile, a servant stepped out a bit early, retrieved the car for Ah Qing, handed over the keys, and Ah Qing sat in the driver's seat, waving to Lin Ying and the others.

Though Ansheng and Ah Qing had left, within the villa, with many guests, it didn't feel too lonely.

The patriarch's family, Shasha's kids, Sun Xingyao and Eye King all stayed here tonight, along with Old Li, who purely came for a meal and to act as a bodyguard.

"Uh? What's poking me..."

On the way back, Ah Qing felt the seat cushion was a bit uneven, instinctively shifted, and reached under the driver's seat to feel around.

A silver lighter was pulled out from under the seat cushion by Ah Qing.

But.

Before Ah Qing could examine it, the lighter trembled in her palm, sprouted two legs, and jumped out from her hand into the armrest box, hiding in the gap.

"Xiaolan..."

Ah Qing's expression was stiff, looking suspiciously at the little fox in the passenger seat and said: "That thing just now... could it be the lighter Uncle Li was searching for all night?"

"Probably... maybe it is?"

Ansheng looked puzzled, glancing at the silver lighter hiding in the gap, and spoke uncertainly.

The lighter was indeed Old Li's, earlier at the Fox Immortal Culture Museum, Ansheng had seen him use it to light a cigarette.

Though Ansheng truly couldn't recall when he animated Old Li's lighter.

Old Li now smokes very civilly, not smoking in closed spaces without exhaust fans, not smoking around children, and not smoking among non-smokers...

When Ansheng and Lin Ying left the house, they even saw Old Li smoking in the garden...

It was truly strange.

"It must be Triangular Hammer playing pranks!" Ansheng thought for a moment without any recollection, confidently looked at Ah Qing and said: "Old Li must have teased Triangular Hammer, thus earning its grudge..."

"Then... return it to Uncle Li tomorrow!" Ah Qing reached into the gap to retrieve the lighter, saying helplessly.

It was already too late, the car had returned to Changxi Town, even reaching the village chief's doorstep.

On the night of reunion, Old Chen's house was bustling with life, children and grandchildren all frolicking in the courtyard.

Grandchildren curiously asked Old Chen why the family fish pond was empty and the fish disappeared.

Old Chen, feeling stressed, sighed deeply, saying all the fish in the pond were eaten by Big Shark.

As for where the shark went, Old Chen said he swept it out with a broom.

But Old Chen's explanation brought laughter and his son's teasing, saying Grandpa let the fish die to use them as fertilizer for cultivating next year's spring tea, ensuring it's delicious.

Upon hearing this, Old Chen looked at Master Fuli sitting and drinking tea with a face full of resentment.

"Why look at me? I didn't eat them." Ansheng argued spiritedly, retorting with a "yap" sound.

"Hmph!" Old Chen snorted coldly, turned sideways, picked up a ceramic teapot to brew Wuyi Mountain Spring Water, preparing red tea.

The pondful of Ranchu fish died fragrantly, although Shasha apologized and volunteered to work in the fish pond to pay off the debt.

But when thinking of that shark, Old Chen couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Which good person would keep a shark at home, is that wealth-bringing or inviting misfortune?

"It's getting late, we should head back." Ah Qing glanced at the time, told Old Chen, then took the little fox in her arms and drove home.

Having just returned home, Ah Qing hadn't even sat down to greet her parents, when there was a string of notifications on her phone's WeChat.

"Huh?"

Ah Qing took out her phone to see Momo's WeChat avatar on the screen.

Ah Qing picked up the phone and headed to the room, Ansheng happily followed her inside.

"Happy New Year!"

Ah Qing answered the call, Momo's delicate face appeared on the screen, smiling cheerfully as she greeted.

"Wow! What happened..."

Seeing Momo in the video, Ah Qing instinctively widened her eyes, looking incredulous and said:

"It seems your cheeks have gotten rounder, recently, did you find some treasure store?"

"No treasure store, just idle at home eating ice cream..." Momo waved her hand, even slightly proudly saying:

"Besides, don't you think that a bit of chubbiness makes cheongsams and fitted clothes look particularly sexy?"

Over time, Momo's weight noticeably increased by about ten pounds, likely around one hundred twenty pounds.

But it wasn't hard to hear from her tone that she intentionally gained the weight, wanting to appreciate her fuller figure.

"So... What did the Security Bureau say?" Ansheng stood upright against the table, looking peculiarly at Momo on the other side of the video winking at him.

"Actually, it wasn't much. I just asked my relatives at the Security Bureau if there's a yin-yang reversal technique, something that works like a switch to change anytime."

Momo sat in her chair, scratching her head and said: "It's just that recently I encountered something needing the ability to change gender..."

"Or not something I encountered, it should be like, causing my friend to attract trouble, yeah... aluminum copper."