[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-fox-has-no-malicious-intent":3,"chapter-the-fox-has-no-malicious-intent-the-fox-has-no-malicious-intent-chapter-189":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Fox Has No Malicious Intent",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2340642,4575,"Chapter 189: The Honest","the-fox-has-no-malicious-intent-chapter-189",189,"\u003Cp>“Ying ying! Ying——”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon learning that Bai had encountered an accident at sea, An Sheng, though unaware of the exact situation, immediately arranged personnel for rescue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a certain sense, Bai had been unlucky—he already struggled immensely to communicate with marine creatures, and upon arriving, he was hit by a chemical adhesive projectile that glued his mouth shut, leaving him speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Something happened?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Fuli Master’s movement, Lin Ying, who had spent considerable time with the little fox, immediately realized Fuli Master was trying to transmit some kind of message to the outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Hao and the younger brothers who had been beaten also grew tense upon noticing Fuli Master’s unusual behavior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh my, isn’t this our famed Fuli Master from Jiule City? What’s going on? Why are you causing such a ruckus in front of our entertainment city?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Fuli begin mobilizing forces, the golden-edged hedgehog, who had been soaking in a bath upstairs, arrived at the parking lot surrounded by maids to see what was happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speaker system paired with the golden-edged hedgehog emitted a sultry female giggle in sync with its “zhi zhi,” then asked An Sheng for the full story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ying ying.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the golden-edged hedgehog arrive, An Sheng had no intention of hiding anything and spoke directly: he had just received a call from the sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai had spotted suspicious smugglers and was preparing to board their vessel for inspection, but was ambushed in return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the other side had used chemical adhesive—so powerful it had glued Bai straight onto the Da Fei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Sheng remembered that both Lin Ying and the golden-edged hedgehog had mentioned chemical adhesive bombs were commonly issued to regular military forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But whose regular military uses a Da Fei?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, these were smugglers—and An Sheng even suspected they were connected to the automatic rifles on Sheshan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s what Fuli said,” the golden-edged hedgehog explained to Lin Ying and Lin Hao after hearing Fuli’s message, clarifying why the little fox had suddenly climbed onto the truck’s roof.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sun!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, the golden-edged hedgehog turned to Lin Hao, raised an eyebrow, and asked: “Do you know what needs to be done?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know, Grandma! I’ll go notify the fishermen to bring out—ahem, we’re going fishing now.” Hearing the hedgehog grandma’s words, Lin Hao instinctively replied, almost reporting the emergency protocol, but quickly clamped his mouth shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Hao led his younger brothers away quickly to notify other [boat captains] and those across the river for assistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Smugglers are quite valuable, aren’t they?” The golden-edged hedgehog chuckled at Fuli. “I’ll help you retrieve the dog, then we’ll call the police and hand the matter over to professionals. What do you think?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like the past incident of “Sonar without copper, retrieval useless.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Copper is worth next to nothing—but the act of “fishermen” voluntarily going out to retrieve it is an invaluable treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The “fishermen” love these people most—once caught and handed over to security officers, they earn limited tax-free quotas, then joyfully go on tax-free shopping sprees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Electronic equipment weighed by ton, luxury car parts, all kinds of Wema Ye bought with foreign friends’ honest money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you certain you can handle this?” An Sheng’s gaze held a hint of scrutiny as he studied the golden-edged hedgehog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not everyone is as robust as you,” the golden-edged hedgehog replied calmly through its speaker. “If we can’t manage affairs at sea, we have no right to eat this bowl of rice.” It invited An Sheng upstairs to sit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the golden-edged hedgehog’s signal, a maid beside it pulled out a phone and dialed a WeChat video call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The maid covered the camera and spoke a few words to the person on the other end, who wore the attire of an old fisherman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The person on the other end lifted the tarp, revealing harpoons—but these harpoons were clearly unusual: their metal tips were soaked in oil, blooming like petals upon impact, with steel cables tied to their tails, the other ends anchored to reinforced parts of their eight-engine Da Fei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The WeChat video continued broadcasting, while the golden-edged hedgehog’s maid muted the audio and blocked the camera on this side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone arrived at the golden-edged hedgehog’s mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your status is far higher than I imagined,” Lin Ying said slowly, gazing at the golden-edged hedgehog seated across the tea table. “So… this is the truth.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senior executives and directors of the Xinhao Entertainment Group were very well known among Jiule City’s upper class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were famous for their superstition—daily worshiping hedgehogs as Master. Xinhao Entertainment Group was also renowned for knowing how to handle people: though their status was somewhat gray, they never blurred key principles and rarely provoked dislike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiule City’s upper circle wasn’t large, especially among those with assets over a hundred million. Lin Ying had met Lin Hao many times and had seen the golden-edged hedgehog before—but she had never known about spirit beasts, and had paid no special attention to the golden-edged hedgehog Lin Hao carried with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t it true that important people forget easily?” The golden-edged hedgehog grinned. “People like you are always buried in business—even if you hear rumors, you just laugh them off and never dig deeper.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That makes things easier for me—and thanks to information from all the bookmakers, I’ve reached where I am today.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through its small speaker, the golden-edged hedgehog chatted merrily with Lin Ying over tea; some of its words made Lin Shu and Lin Bingyun’s hair stand on end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bookmakers” here didn’t refer to farmers. The golden-edged hedgehog meant financial bookmakers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiule City’s stock-trading group had once been famous—but they weren’t really trading stocks. In truth, they were raising capital, manipulating the market to fleece retail investors. Later, as financial regulators stepped in, a case involving tens of billions vanished without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who would have thought—inside that major case lurked a spirit beast hedgehog, quietly profiting behind the bookmakers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s an interesting device. Could you tell me the manufacturer of this speaker?” After hearing this, Lin Ying paid no heed to the hedgehog’s deliberate flattery and instead focused on the translation speaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ying stared at the Bluetooth speaker, then at the little fox watching the WeChat livestream, and spoke to the golden-edged hedgehog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, no problem. But before I send you its WeChat, excuse me for a moment—I need to make a police report to denounce those wicked smugglers.” The golden-edged hedgehog smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the golden-edged hedgehog’s sultry voice made An Sheng glance at it with a strange expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t you find that statement odd?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re not reporting—you’re going to claim credit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the golden-edged hedgehog depart, Lin Ying turned to the little fox and said: “There seems to be some implication in its words—it’s trying to teach you certain lessons.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the hedgehog spoke in a seductive tone, its speech was clear and logical; when introducing its rise to power, it explained with particular clarity how spirit beasts could profit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hedgehog was trying to impart experience to An Sheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【That golden-edged hedgehog grandma keeps treating me like some terrorist spirit beast—every time we meet, she urges me to go straight, to partner with her and open a few casinos.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【I told her I’m not, but she doesn’t believe me—she treats me like a thief.】 An Sheng typed on his phone, venting about the hedgehog’s logic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just cuddle and act cute to earn my meals, occasionally help my family brew tea and livestream for income—what’s illegal about that? Aside from food safety, what law even governs me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s that golden-edged hamster who constantly tempts me to open casinos, run tax-free schemes, and conduct corporate eavesdropping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, An Sheng couldn’t tell who was more depraved—himself or the golden-edged hedgehog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While An Sheng was venting, the dim WeChat livestream suddenly changed: hundreds of true Da Fei surged from Jianghe, heading straight for the smuggler vessel that had attacked Bai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the conversation, the smugglers had already moved Bai onto their Da Fei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the orca pods arrived—but they followed their benefactor’s orders, avoiding the ship that had kidnapped Bai, merely tracking it beneath the waves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xiu xiu xiu—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Da Fei summoned by Lin Hao, upon encountering the smugglers, instantly flooded the smugglers’ vessel with blinding spotlights. The dark sea lit up as bright as day, nearly blinding the smugglers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of harpoons, each tied with steel cables, shot out from the many Da Fei racing around the smuggler vessel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the harpoons launched, the drivers, strapped in, yanked the steering hard; crew members dropped flat and gripped fixed points tightly, bracing for impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bang—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Da Fei accelerated away, the steel cables tightened, and the two vessels began to struggle—but the cables were firmly anchored to the Da Fei’s reinforced parts, while the harpoons were only embedded in the smuggler’s outer covering; their strength levels were incomparable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the cables tightened, the Da Fei revved full throttle and tore a chunk of flesh from the smuggler vessel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thirteen Da Fei each tore a piece from different parts of the vessel; in an instant, the smuggler ship that had kidnapped Bai became riddled with holes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As waves churned, seawater began flooding into the smuggler vessel, and the “fishermen” launched their second volley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harpoons flew—some pierced the lightweight hull, others struck the control panel, leaving the smugglers stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Listen up, everyone on board! I don’t know what you’ve got on your ship, but that doesn’t stop us from cracking down on your illegal electrofishing. Your only option now is to strip naked and jump into the sea. Otherwise, with this fog and darkness, I’ll send you to the bait pits—your bodies won’t be found for thirty or fifty years.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Listen up—we have over four hundred men. Do you understand the power of ‘immunity by numbers’? Just jump in, and be quiet!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The commander of the fishing operation expertly directed the Da Fei in a fierce assault, while also calling for surrender.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They clearly had rehearsed this countless times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any non-metallic vessel approaching these Da Fei hunting parties faced certain death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the other side had firearms—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if we didn’t have any. Wait till our guys cross from the other shore—you’ll see what real suppressive fire looks like.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1714,"2026-06-20T23:19:16.017Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","7f2916a48ddd1ecebf2220e2d9ea83d15436491e97ccaf13c9c52f1f8477e506","the-fox-has-no-malicious-intent-chapter-190","the-fox-has-no-malicious-intent-chapter-188",354,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-fox-has-no-malicious-intent-cover.jpg"]