[{"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-44":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},2340497,4575,"Chapter 44","the-fox-has-no-malicious-intent-chapter-44",44,"\u003Cp>\"Come on, come on, let’s go! My treat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Zhenghong, flush with success and feeling extremely generous, took his entire family and the owner of the neighboring tea shop out to dinner to thank them for helping at the store that morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group of seven—Yu Xueqing and her two family members, the two tea shop owners, and their wives—set off in a grand procession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group arrived at Qiangji Street Food Stall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Zhenghong wore a solemn expression as he bowed and presented the menu to Ansheng with both hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ansheng looked suspicious and pointed toward the dish “Breezy Bay Stir-Fried Crab” on the menu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Zhenghong kept pushing the menu forward, and Ansheng immediately grinned, pointing instead to the picture of “Fortune Shrimp” on the menu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Zhenghong’s face turned pale; he awkwardly forced a smile and pulled the menu back into his chest. “Master Fuli, please don’t blame me for lack of devotion—it’s simply that I can’t afford it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why don’t you just go home tonight and perform a ritual to bless my tea shop’s prosperity? Once my wallet gets fuller, I’ll show you even greater devotion.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Breezy Bay Stir-Fried Crab was manageable—seven portions would cost roughly four to six hundred yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fortune Shrimp, excluding preparation fees, cost seven hundred yuan per jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One shrimp per person—even if their fortune after eating remains uncertain—the bill alone would easily run into thousands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Zhenghong wasn’t stingy—he just needed to know whether his Fuli Master was truly effective first!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today might have just been a coincidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it proves effective again, he’d buy it without hesitation, no matter the cost!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Yu Zhenghong’s miserly demeanor and his wildly flexible level of devotion, Ansheng rolled his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides the Goddess Mazu and a few historical human deities, the people of Xiadong don’t hold sincere faith in other gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if you’re a mountain spirit craving incense, you’ve got to prove your power first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, I’m in a real bind!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High-quality sandalwood isn’t cheap—if you’ve got zero miracles to show, won’t I just be wasting my incense and candles?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xueqing, go ahead and take losses—consider it gaining social experience! I’ve got your back!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But don’t touch loans or all-in bets—I’m just a fox, after all, and my repayment capacity is limited.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fox, happily devouring a roast chicken on his own, puffed out his chest and cooed reassuringly to Xueqing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he shared her bed, Xueqing had no reason to worry about being unable to reach him by phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Ansheng believed he could cover her losses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he hoped she wouldn’t take on leverage—otherwise, this Fuli Fox might just collapse under the weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mew mew mew~ Master, come eat! This meat is so delicious! From now on, I’ll work hard hunting to bring you the best every day!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ansheng’s chest-thumping promise, after being translated by Xueqing’s internal translation software.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t perfectly elegant, but it was close enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xueqing was deeply moved—her little An remembered her even after enjoying good food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, not a single grain of kibble is wasted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After dining at the street food stall,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xueqing didn’t return to the tea shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her original plan was to learn about livestream selling from her father in the morning, then take Ansheng to the park for hiking and sightseeing in the afternoon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she’d been busy since early morning and was too exhausted to hike by two in the afternoon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d have to make do with disappointing her little fox—for tomorrow, she vowed, she’d rise early and take him hiking and drinking tea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xueqing drove back to Changxi Town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as he arrived at the front door of his home, An Sheng keenly sensed something amiss outside Lin Ying’s door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several black luxury sedans were parked in front of Lin Ying’s house, and the villa’s front gate stood wide open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could something have happened to Sister Lin?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Probably not—didn’t she say she’d been increasing her dosage recently?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ansheng muttered under his breath, called out to Xueqing, and headed toward Lin Ying’s house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ansheng hid beside the gate pillar, peering cautiously into Lin Ying’s garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After confirming no one was near the front door, he crept along the wall, sprinted toward the villa, and clambered up the exterior stone panels to reach Lin Ying’s bedroom balcony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mew?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ansheng peered into the master bedroom: Lin Ying, dressed in loungewear, leaned against her bedside table; nurses bustled around the bed, and the room was filled with strange new monitoring devices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ansheng’s soft mew seemed to rouse Lin Ying from her light doze; she turned her head toward the balcony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fox and the woman exchanged a brief, silent gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ying waved at An Sheng, signaling him to come over to her side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other medical staff were startled upon seeing the fox.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nurse closest to the balcony door immediately locked the glass panel, fearing Ansheng might enter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mew.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ansheng stared at the medical staff, then looked back at Lin Ying and mewed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Open the door. Everyone, please leave,” Lin Ying said. After days of medication, her hormone levels had stabilized, and she no longer looked as haggard as when Ansheng first met her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ying’s mental exhaustion and insomnia had little to do with her psychological illness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her psychological condition had passed its most dangerous phase and descended into severe depression, leaving her utterly devoid of desire for anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this state, with a maid and medical team present, Lin Ying was actually quite safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her previous insomnia and mental exhaustion,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>were primarily caused by one persistent thought: Who was truly insane—herself, the world, or the fox?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was she hallucinating from long-term non-medication?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or had the fox ingested nuclear waste and mutated?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or was the world itself insane, capable of birthing a fox with human-level intelligence, capable of smashing reinforced negative-pressure glass with one punch, and dragging her to safety?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since that day,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ying had been silently taking her medicine, and after each dose, the fox still appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She believed the foreign advanced medications might contain banned ingredients, so she threw them all away and replaced every single one with domestic drugs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the fox remained—every night he still carried her by elevator to the dining room for meals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Lin Ying concluded that the domestic medication must contain mushrooms, and she threw it out again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After switching four times to different international drug regimens designed for depression,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ying was certain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn’t insane, and neither was the fox.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world itself was insane—only a world drunk on madness could give birth to such a deranged fox spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once all medical staff had left, Lin Ying calmly addressed the fox, now inside the room:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I haven’t had any accident—just necessary checks when switching treatment medications.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But you—why did you come over so early?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mew mew mew?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ansheng eyed Lin Ying suspiciously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was she okay?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But her expressionless, deadpan face didn’t look like someone who was fine at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m not worried about anything else—I just fear one emotional surge and you’ll launch yourself into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ansheng hadn’t gained any wish energy from Lin Ying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But her recent suffering was so extreme that he genuinely feared something terrible might happen to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ying’s story was so tragic, even a Korean drama finale wouldn’t dare go this far—the screenwriter would fear being attacked by viewers with knives in real life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please vote for monthly tickets, collect, and follow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please, dear readers, sob sob sob—I’ve fallen off the new book ranking list.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1266,"2026-06-20T23:19:16.017Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","6aa490f4a0ab61c531e15293621484b6df82183debc1c960b83195ec9102167a","the-fox-has-no-malicious-intent-chapter-45","the-fox-has-no-malicious-intent-chapter-43",354,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-fox-has-no-malicious-intent-cover.jpg"]