Chapter 194: A Familiar Stranger Returns 10

When Xuan Qing left the house the next morning, Su Mo didn't know.

Later, she was woken by the phone ringing.

When the line connected, Xiao Jiu's excited voice came: "Su Mo, why haven't you come to the clinic yet? I've been waiting for you forever."

"I'm a bit tired, I won't go to the clinic today," Su Mo said, her voice slightly hoarse.

Hearing that, Xiao Jiu was startled, then she let out a light cough and said, "Then wait for me this evening; I'll come to your place, and we can have dinner together with Sister Fu Ying. Since you and Xuan Qing started dating, our group meals have become fewer."

Su Mo, still half-asleep, replied, "Okay."

In the evening, Fu Ying drove with Xiao Jiu to pick up Su Mo, and the three went to a small bar.

Fu Ying looked at Su Mo's uncovered marks and couldn't help teasing, "Is the possessiveness of that person in your family too strong? No wonder you're a top-tier Succubus, one that tops several~ At this rate, can you handle it?"

Su Mo awkwardly took a sip of the fruit wine in front of her and said, "No, not that much."

Fu Ying chuckled lightly, "I originally wanted to introduce you to a few little puppies under twenty-five, but now it seems we should wait a bit."

After all, there's still a Long Yan in line, and he's also a top-tier Succubus... probably not easy to handle.

"By the way, when is Long Yan actually coming back? It's been so long. Does he not know about you and Xuan Qing?"

"He still has some trivial matters to settle over there; he knows everything about me, he knew since the beginning of the year."

Fu Ying raised an eyebrow slightly, thinking to herself, Long Yan really can keep his composure, which fits his slow-tempered nature.

Xiao Jiu, listening nearby, grew anxious and thought, Long Yan's heart is really that big!

Later, it got too noisy inside, and Su Mo didn't even notice her phone in the bag ringing.

Having drunk too much fruit wine, Su Mo was still a little tipsy.

Fu Ying looked at her flushed little face and told her not to drink any more.

She looked at the phone screen lighting up in Su Mo's bag and shouted loudly, "Your phone is ringing."

Su Mo casually pulled out the phone, saw the name on it, frowned slightly, and made a silent shushing gesture.

"Hello, Xuan Qing?"

When the call connected, the other side was silent; a few seconds later, he asked in an unruffled tone, "Are you outside?"

"Hmm~" Su Mo said with a smile, "I'm with Fu Ying and Xiao Jiu."

He seemed to sigh and say, "Don't drink too much, I'm not home and no one will look after you."

Su Mo was a bit drunk, but not excessively.

She cradled the phone and muttered, "A man's mouth, a deceitful ghost…"

He only knows how to keep messing with her at home, so he wouldn't take care of her, humph!

The person on the other side laughed lightly, "Come back early, and when you get home... call me."

"Okay~"

Su Mo hung up, and saw Fu Ying looking at her with a smile full of meaning.

"Smile, what are you smiling about?"

"I was thinking, maybe two years earlier I should have pushed you to start dating, to accumulate some experience, so you wouldn't run into a top-tier Succubus right after leaving the newbie village. After this, how could those little puppies snag a spot?"

Xiao Jiu nodded, strongly agreeing. Honestly, she was beginning to worry a bit for Long Yan.

Later, Xiao Jiu accompanied Su Mo back home; by the time they arrived, Su Mo had already fallen asleep. She took Su Mo's phone and sent a message to Xuan Qing, telling him that the person had been safely returned and she would stay tonight to look after Su Mo.

Xuan Qing replied quickly with a message.

Besides thanking him, he mentioned some of Su Mo's habits after drinking; the sentences were brief but covered every detail.

Xiao Jiu stared at the message, a bit stunned; Xuan Qing's understanding of Su Mo seemed beyond what she imagined.

The days passed a few days, plain and uneventful.

One morning, a strange patient arrived at Su Mo's small clinic—a fox, to be precise.

An injured nine-tailed fox that could no longer shapeshift.

When Su Mo went to open the door that morning, she saw it curled its tail and lying by the door.

Its abdomen bore a large red stain of blood, and up close there was a faint smell of rotting flesh.

She frowned, squatted down, and looked at the fox's wound, saying, "Hey, little fox, wake up?"

The fox, which had been sleeping quietly, slowly opened its fox eyes.

What a beautifully pretty pair of eyes; Su Mo was momentarily stunned.

In the next instant, the fox on the ground forced its weak body toward her, its eyes seeming to flicker with sparkling droplets.

It instinctively brushed against Su Mo's leg, whimpering "Aowoo aowoo" plaintively.

Su Mo felt an inexplicable softness in her heart, bent down, lifted it, opened the door and placed it on a nearby examination table.

"Why such a severe wound? Did you come into some high-intensity corrosive liquid?" Su Mo soothingly patted its head. "Stay still, I'll treat you, and it won't hurt soon."

The little fox let out a "wu-wu" sound, obediently waiting, its fox eyes tightly following her silhouette.

Su Mo fetched surgical tools, put on gloves, and began treating its wound.

"Don't worry, my medical skill is excellent; I'll definitely stitch you up nicely~"

"Wu~"

The fox whined in response, as if saying, "I trust you."

Su Mo, after treating its wound, carried it to a bed inside and said, "I'll give you an IV drip; you sleep well. The wound is still in recovery, so try to limit activity."

She secured the needle, turned to leave, and a fox tail suddenly coiled around her wrist.

Su Mo smiled slightly, "Don't worry, I'm right outside."

The fox tail brushed her palm, another wrapped around her leg, and the remaining few followed, all gathering in her hand.

The fluffy sensation made Su Mo's heart tingle suddenly.

Su Mo looked at its distinct hairs, soothingly reached out and patted, "Good, I still have things to do."

"Wuu~"

The fox let out a whimper, tucked its tail, and its glittering fox eyes gazed at her with lingering affection.

Su Mo's small clinic has always been very busy; once it gets busy, it can't stay idle.

When the crowd finally thinned a bit, it was already time for lunch.

The little restaurant next door had already delivered lunch, and Su Mo and the two staff members sat down to eat.

The little fox, supporting its weak body, staggered out, squatted at Su Mo's feet, and stared at her with its beautiful fox eyes, blinking not at all.

Su Mo smiled faintly, almost forgetting about it.

She bent down, lifted it, and gave it a portion on a plate: "Eat up."

The fox lowered its head and ate quietly.

After finishing, it slipped silently onto her leg and curled up against her abdomen to sleep.

Su Mo didn't notice the fox that had suddenly appeared in her lap; when she lowered her head again, the fox was already lying on her knee, asleep.

The staff member opposite laughed, "Mo sis, where did this little fox come from? It's really cute."

"I found it at the doorway; it was injured, so I brought it in to treat it."

Su Mo gave the fox's tail a gentle tug, laughing, "Until its wound heals, let's have it stay at the clinic for now."

The fox nestled against Su Mo's abdomen, lying quietly, obedient beyond words.

Its eyelids twitched slightly.

It certainly didn't want to stay at the clinic.

?? Just asking—no one still thinks Jiang Wu is alive, right?? It's been mentioned more than once before that Jiang Wu died when the Beast World perished, falling into Reincarnation. This time the Beast World wasn't destroyed, nor did it fall into endless Reincarnation; what was her ending? You should be able to understand that, right???