Kiyomi Tsuki and His Fox - Chapter 103
He Yunya sighed sweetly, "Brother, you like to argue so much, but why don't you ever nag your sister-in-law and then blush and giggle like an idiot?"
“When has your sister-in-law ever been as unseemly as you?” He Zhiqiang said righteously. “Your sister-in-law is such a virtuous and good woman. I’m telling you, in five days, your sister-in-law will be married into the family. You must listen to your sister-in-law and not make her angry.”
"Brother, haven't you heard that the younger sister is the most difficult to serve?" He Yunya snorted. "When did it become the younger sister serving the older sister-in-law?"
"Isn't that Brother He?"
He Zhiqiang turned around and glanced at the scene, his face immediately breaking into a joyful smile. He said, "It's Brother Zhou Jie."
Zhou Jie rushed over, her face beaming with excitement. "Brother He, are you also going to the Cai residence? Can I... can I travel with you?"
He Zhiqiang noticed that Zhou Jie's eyes were fixed on the girl as he spoke, and he understood what was going on. He couldn't help but sized up Zhou Jie; what a young, handsome, and promising man! He really did have the air of a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law, liking him more and more as he looked at him, and chuckled, saying, "Alright, alright, you can come with us."
He Yunya glared at her brother, then turned and swayed away.
He Zhiqiang hurriedly said, "Yun Ya, slow down, slow down. We're almost there, no rush."
He Yunya suddenly stopped and said coquettishly, "Brother, you were just urging me to hurry up, but now you're telling me to slow down. Isn't that contradictory?"
"Look at you, you have Brother Zhou Jie here now," He Zhiqiang said with a smile. "Brother Zhou Jie, come stand over here. Over here."
Zhou Jie was overjoyed and moved to He Yunya's right side, saying softly, "Miss He, would you like to travel together?"
He Zhiqiang nodded vigorously, "Okay, okay."
He cheered, but He Yunya was unceremoniously cold and said, "Young Master Zhou, I'll say it again, you've mistaken me for someone else."
Zhou Jie shook her head and said, "No, I would never mistake you. You...you look so alike."
He Yunya said unhappily, "Does resemblance mean the same person?"
Zhou Jie said urgently, "Miss He, I've thought it over and over, and I feel that it couldn't be anyone else but you. Because no one else has ever known about that matter, but you do. If it's not you, then who else could it be?"
He Zhiqiang asked in confusion, "What are you talking about?"
He Yunya was extremely impatient and too lazy to explain any further, so she continued walking forward. Zhou Jie followed her, staring at her intently. This annoyed her to the extreme, and she suddenly stopped, her eyes flashing with a fierce light. "Young Master Zhou, I have no right to interfere with where you go. But please stay away from me. If you dare to come within five steps of me, I will take your life with one stroke."
Zhou Jie's face suddenly flushed red, and it felt as if something had hit her chest hard, so painful that she couldn't say a word.
He Zhiqiang was furious. "Yun Ya."
He Yunya frowned and said, "Brother, don't yell at me."
He Zhiqiang cursed, "Quickly apologize to Brother Zhou."
Zhou Jie said bitterly, "No need. It was all my wishful thinking. Miss He, don't worry, I won't bother you anymore." After saying that, he took a few steps back, turned around, and walked away with his head held high and chest out, though his heart was bleeding.
He Zhiqiang trembled as if he were ill, "You...you're always like this. Who would dare marry you?"
Kiyoshi Tsuki hid behind the hedge, watching Zhou Jie's heartbroken figure, and thought to herself: How pitiful.
After He Zhiqiang and his sister had gone far away, Qing Jianyue climbed out carrying the white fox in his hands. He had already forgotten the embarrassing and shameful incident in the study. He put down the white fox and thought to himself: Good, let's go to the Cai residence.
Chapter Forty: Madam Cai
Kiyomi Tsuki, accompanied by the white fox, made a smooth journey into the Cai residence. He was supposed to head straight for the main hall, but he took a detour halfway there. What had lured him in? Ah, of course, it was the most sublime goal in life—the aroma of food!
Drooling like an adorable kitten, Kiyomi Tsuki relied on her keen sense of smell to hop and skip through the courtyards and houses, turning this way and that, until she found the source of the fragrance on a winding, snake-like path.
This is an incredibly sweet and adorable young girl, definitely no older than eighteen. Her delicate, oval face is perfectly proportioned and exquisitely beautiful. Her bright eyes sparkle, and her dimpled smile, coupled with her cute hairstyle adorned with dangling pearls, accentuates her pure and beautiful appearance.
Her slender hands carried a black lacquered tray with a celadon flower pot and a celadon bowl containing a spoon. The girl wore a snow-white mink shawl, which swayed her slender waist alluringly. Unfortunately, Qingjian Yue followed behind like a thief, not lusting after the girl's alluring waist, but shamefully, for that pot of fragrant fish porridge.
As she walked along a long corridor, the beautiful girl seemed to sense something amiss. She turned around, but apart from the mountains, water, and houses, she couldn't see a single moving figure. "Strange!" she thought suspiciously.
Kiyomi Tsuki, who was pressed against her back, revealed a wicked smile. The white fox found it amusing and let out a cry. The beautiful girl suddenly turned around, but Kiyomi Tsuki and the white fox were faster. With lightning speed, they moved and remained pressed against her back.
The beautiful girl felt a chill run down her spine. She quickened her pace and ran into an elegant, warm hall without looking back. She placed the fish porridge on the table and fled again. The man and fox hiding behind a pillar, seeing the girl gone, jumped into the hall. Without hesitation, he picked up the porcelain flower pot, grabbed a spoon, and like a cat that had caught a big, fat fish, darted under the table with a "whoosh" of the red tablecloth hanging down. The white fox, naturally, was not to be outdone.
Next, you just need to listen carefully and you'll know what to expect.
"Delicious! Haha, I feel like I'm in heaven."
The cry of a white fox could be heard.
"You can't eat it. You idiot, I told you you can't eat it. Ah, it's delicious. Wow, you dead fox, how dare you bite your master. I'll flatten, flatten, flatten."
The sounds of plucking fox fur and the white fox's angry protests mingled together. In the end, Kiyomizuki won and started slurping again. The defeated white fox let out a sorrowful cry.
"Have you forgotten you're a fox? Foxes eat raw food. Fine, I'll pick a fruit for you."
Kiyomi Tsuki stretched out her hand and groped around on the table until she finally touched a fruit. She quickly pulled her hand back inside, and the sweet and crisp fruit made the white fox instantly forget her failure to steal the porridge. Half of her fox tail was exposed and she started wagging.
The sounds of eating porridge and munching on fruit created a symphony.
Light, delicate footsteps sounded by the door, and the beautiful girl turned back. First, she couldn't find the fish porridge, then she heard strange noises, and then she saw a fox's tail sticking out. Instantly, the beautiful girl realized something, screamed "Monster!", and fled in terror.
"A monster?" Kiyomi Tsuki shrugged and scoffed, "Ignore her."
Before long, Grandma Cai, Yang Xueli, Miss Zhou, Mrs. Su, Zhao Yu, and He Yunya, all smiling and chatting, helped Madam Cai into the warm hall. After Madam Cai was seated, Grandma Cai immediately served her fragrant tea.
"It's unbelievable that such a dramatic change has taken place in the fortress while I was away. Qingcheng has really had a tough time," Madam Cai sighed. She then added, "Mrs. Su, please sit down. Don't stand. Daughter-in-law, and all of you, please sit down. You've been working tirelessly since last night; you must be exhausted."
"Mother, I'm not tired." Grandma Cai smiled and said, "A-Jing, Xue Li, please sit down, everyone please sit down."
Mrs. Su sat down first, followed by Mrs. Cai, and then Zhao Yu, He Yunya, and Zhou Yanhua took their seats.