Quick Wear: This Cannon Fodder is Delicate and Expensive

Chapter 320: Don’t Touch the Fox’s Tail (47)

After dinner, it was almost late at night.

At some point, snowflakes began to fall from the sky like goose feathers.

Xiang Ling looked at the woman who had fallen asleep on the table, walked gently to her, and picked her up softly.

Xiang Ling looked at Shi Qi's peaceful sleeping face with a look of distress in her eyes.

Since she hadn't had a good rest for several days, he took it upon himself to put something in the soup.

Xiang Ling held Shi Qi in his arms, walked slowly to the bed, put him on the bed, and then lay down beside Shi Qi familiarly, gently stroking the loose hair on Shi Qi's forehead with his fingers.

He whispered, "I put some tranquilizer powder in your soup. You won't blame me, will you?"

Seeing her nails getting shorter, Xiang Ling felt a little uncomfortable for a moment, but after a moment she came to her senses, her lips slightly raised and her eyes gentle.

"Shi Qi, I think... I've fallen in love with you."

When did it start? He wasn't sure...

Probably when he entrusted his life to her and prepared the fox fur robe for her... or maybe even earlier.

Haha, he remembered that he used to be a stingy person who never gave a penny to anyone.

But after meeting her, he always wanted to give her the best.

At first it was because she was the master, but later it was just because she was Shi Qi, the person he liked.

Now that the time had come for him to take revenge, he suddenly became afraid.

He was afraid... afraid that after he took revenge, he wouldn't be able to stay with her for too long.

"Qiqi, let me tell you a story. Even though you can't hear it, just think of it as me telling you." Xiang Ling turned sideways again and looked at Shi Qi with bright eyes.

"Our fox demon clan is also divided into different levels. There are three major clans: the red fox clan, the black fox clan, and the white fox clan. The white fox clan is kind and cannot bear to cultivate by hurting humans. Gradually, they became a clan that the fox demon clan rejected and hated because of their low magic power. I only know that when I was born, the white fox clan was expelled from the clan."

"At that time, we formed our own village. They were all very gentle, lovely and innocent. The elders of the White Fox Clan taught me how to practice magic and save people. That time... was really happy and carefree."

"But just like human nature, the demon tribe was also dissatisfied with the prosperity of the white fox tribe and said that we were a sinful tribe. Just like that, the white fox tribe was exterminated. That day, the elder tried his best to seal me in the jade, and I could only watch them being killed in the fire one by one and then evaporated and disappeared. I still remember the last words the elder said."

"He said, Xiang Ling, live well. Hatred is not important, as long as you are alive. But that bloody scene, where my relatives and friends were killed overnight, how could I forget the hatred?"

"I began to wonder...why kindness, in the eyes of evil, is considered to be ungrateful."

"Later, I devoted myself to cultivation, but my growth rate was too slow. I didn't want to wait so long, and I just wanted to become an immortal as soon as possible to clear the name of my clan and avenge them. I don't know whether it was fortunate or unfortunate, but I was sold to a human brothel. Haha, I'm pretty, so I'm worth a good price. There are also foxes of my kind there."

"The brothel is such a weird place. Those so-called good people in our hearts gradually revealed their true colors, cheating, despicable, shameless, and cruel. Before long, I was a little lost. I didn't know whether the elders' kindness to people was right or wrong."

"When I grew up a little, the madam forced me to receive customers. I didn't want to, so she tortured me in various ways. Many times I wanted to die and be reunited with my family. But as soon as I closed my eyes, all I could see was that bloody scene. They saved me and gave me life, I can't die... I want revenge, and I can do anything to become an immortal soon."

"Later, I started to receive clients, but I couldn't stand their coercion, so I used some enchantment and hallucinations to protect myself. On weekdays, when I had nothing to do, I would practice magic. But one day, I saw Sui. He was already a six-tailed beast, while I was still at two-tailed. He could easily kill me."

"I changed. Those hypocritical and disgusting people became my stepping stones for further study. I tasted their hearts and didn't think they tasted good. But there was a time when I was like a madman, killing people crazily. Later, my body was already covered with human lives. I became the person I hated the most."

"Later, I arrived at Nanao and met a man who was also my previous master. He was a man as gentle as the breeze and bright as the moon. He respected me, doted on me, educated me, and redeemed me. At that time... I thought I could live a different life. I could go back to the past... But in the end, all he wanted was my fox pill and my strength."

"I was furious at his betrayal and went on a killing spree again, which alarmed the Tianshan Sect, so the Taoist priest sealed me away. In a blink of an eye, several hundred years had passed."

"Then... I met you. For hundreds of years, I was alone in the painting, watching people come and go, dynasties fall, and I often thought... If they were still there, would I not be the despicable person I am now?"

Xiang Ling thought of the past and felt a tightness in his chest: "Haha, look, I've been so long-winded again."

"What should I do, Qiqi? I seem to have become greedy. Not only do I want to make a contract with you, I even...want to marry you." Xiang Ling said softly, lowering his eyes and reluctantly taking back his hand that was on Shi Qi's cheek.

Then I turned over and lay straight, the wound on my coccyx still aching slightly.

After a while, Xiang Ling exhaled softly: "If I am still alive after my revenge, I will definitely ask you to marry me in a grand manner."

"Well... I wonder if you would mind... that I'm a demon?"

After saying that, Xiang Ling could no longer resist the sleepiness. He looked at Shi Qi seriously and finally couldn't hold on and closed his eyes.

After a while, the man's breathing gradually became steady and the room returned to silence.

But the woman who was sleeping soundly next to him suddenly opened her eyes, and tears slid down the corner of her eyes.

Into the night.

She just felt distressed, and it was even more painful to hear him say it so lightly.

Why are her children so miserable in every life?

Shi Qi turned sideways, hugged Xiang Ling, and patted his back gently, hoping that he would have a good dream.

……

The next evening, when Shi Qi was about to go home to rest, he received a letter from Xuanyuan Wuhen asking for help.

The Queen Mother's condition worsened and she needed immediate craniotomy.

Shi Qi packed up the medical supplies, took Zhao Chang with him, and hurried to the palace.

It was cold in the deep winter and the road was icy. Shi Qi fell several times before finally arriving at the Palace of Tranquil Longevity.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw Xuanyuan Wuhen, anxious and at a loss, and getting angry at the servants.

"Your Majesty, now is not the time to be angry. Please evacuate all personnel immediately. Only Zhao Chang and I are left here. We will treat the Queen Mother immediately." As Shi Qi spoke, he had already asked Zhao Chang to close the screen and arrange the utensils.

Xuanyuan Wuhen saw the various knives on the table and sighed, "It's up to you, Master Shi."

After everyone dispersed, Shi Qi asked Zhao Chang to shave the empress dowager's hair, while he prepared disinfection tools, hemostatic powder, and needles and thread.

"Boss, if you can't cure it, just say it was me who did it, it was my mistake, then the emperor won't blame you." Zhao Chang whispered while shaving the empress dowager's hair.

Shi Qi was slightly stunned and muttered: "You kid, you want to be a good person. Can you have some confidence in your parents?"

Zhao Chang shook his head and said earnestly, a teenager who seemed to be in his forties or fifties: "Hey, you don't understand..."

"Don't be so deep. If you are any more deep, the Queen Mother will be too." Shi Qi reminded.

Zhao Chang nodded and quickened the progress.