CH 3

Fu Wangzhi pressed Xie Changan against the bed and fucked him throughout the night. Fu Wangzhi had initially repeatedly warned himself that Xie Changan was a human and that he should keep the indulgence to a moderate level and be tender towards him, but who would have expected Xie Changan to be so durable? He was full of energy the whole night. Xie Changan had mixed feelings. He could not even resent Fu Wangzhi about last night. It was his own fault for enjoying it so much as well. But no matter, it was still embarrassing for a big man like him to be pressed against the bed and fucked repeatedly. Not to mention that he was a fox spirit who had lived for about a hundred years. He was usually polite to everyone, and yet, he was taken by a mere human, just like that... God damn it! How annoying! Xie Changan could not understand no matter how much he thought about it, so he simply decided to play hide and seek with Fu Wangzhi. Sometimes, when he saw Fu Wangzhi coming to "Go Back" to look for him and a group of pretty ladies revolving around him and teasing him, he could even feel a tinge of jealousy. One time, he saw two men getting a room at "Go Back". Shaking off the hesitation he felt for a good half a day, he left the pretty ladies behind and sneakily went to listen in when the pair of men were doing their 'activities'. Afterwards, he even thought that man's work was nothing compared to Fu Wangzhi, as this man clearly had less stamina. When he finally returned to his senses and realised what he was thinking, he was so ashamed that he wanted to give himself a big slap. That night, Xie Changan squatted in the corner and listened to two men whispering sweet nothings into each other ears all night long. He did not get tired of listening to it and even thought from the bottom of his heart that it was pretty nice. And after that, Xie Changan began to miss Fu Wangzhi. But since Xie Changan swung at his pretty head, made him bleed, and even pinched a deep bruise on his neck, he was a bit embarrassed to meet him. Therefore, he could only wait for Fu Wangzhi to come to look for him the next time and use that opportunity to meet him again. In the end, Fu Wangzhi stopped looking for him. That made Xie Changan worried. That night, Xie Changan had a dream. He dreamt of his fox tribe, his parents, and countless scenes whistling past him like running horses. Unmatching sounds and images were overlapping in his dream, exploding and boiling in his mind. He did not feel anything, butcold. Xie Changan grew up without the concept of home. Foxes were independent; they would live alone in their own territory and have their own livelihood. They would feel no affection for anyone, and affection was never necessary to them. But he was afraid of loneliness. Later, a carp spirit told him that it was the most lively where the mortals resided and that another spirit was heading there two days ago. He thought about it, caught three chickens as his provisions, and left. He travelled a thousand miles straight to the capital city in a single night. It was dawn just as Xie Changan woke up from his dream. The ray of sunlight of the day, shining brightly in the morning. There were no roosters to crow in the area he lived. Any roosters which dared to crow were all eaten by him. Fu Wangzhi heard someone knocking on his courtyard door early in the morning. When he pushed the door open, he saw Xie Changan leaning against the doorpost, smiling at him and then waving his hand in greeting. Fu Wangzhi could not react momentarily. He stood there, stunned, staring at Xie Changan's face.

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Translator's note:

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