Chapter 46: Found a Lucky Fox Lao Ye (Request Monthly Tickets, Follow, Collect)

“Mmmmm?”

An Sheng stole a glance, then resumed his blank, expressionless stare at Lin Ying, secretly accelerating his thousand-fold search for medicinal ingredients.

Regarding Lin Ying’s current mental state, and the grand vow she had just silently made in her heart.

An Sheng felt that Lin Ying’s mental condition

was the kind that could flash a seductive smile, gently lift him up, exhale a fragrant breath, and say with a grin: “Fellow countryman, do I look like a god? Or a demon?”

No matter how An Sheng answered, she might pin him to the bed and suck out his yang energy in big gulps.

“That doesn’t make sense! How come not a single prohibited substance turned up after checking all the medicine? Could the pharmaceutical plant really have contaminated every batch by adding bacteria during production?”

An Sheng found no trace of any banned substance in Lin Ying’s medication, and began to suspect contamination during the manufacturing process.

Without eating two jin of Amanita muscaria raw, her mental state could never be this deranged.

Moreover, An Sheng privately scoffed at Lin Ying’s vow.

Did he not know better than anyone else what his own existence was?

He was a unique, singular being.

For Lin Ying to seek another like him was sheer fantasy.

An Sheng firmly believed Lin Ying had taken the wrong medicine.

Lin Ying firmly believed she was not insane.

“Your package has arrived.”

Lin Ying sat up on the bed, walked to her jewelry box, took out a modified pet collar, and fastened it around An Sheng’s neck.

“I put the items in the tool shed—you can go get them anytime.”

An Sheng’s online purchases used Lin Ying’s phone, and the delivery address was also Lin Ying’s home.

Lin Ying knew what An Sheng had bought, but she didn’t care much about it.

The whole world had gone mad.

What’s so strange about a fox buying a few packs of toilet paper, sardine cans, resin glue, and casting adhesive?

………………

Under An Sheng’s peculiar gaze, Lin Ying changed back into her nightgown in the wardrobe and lay down on the bed again.

After her physical exam and pouring out her suppressed thoughts to the fox, Lin Ying felt a slight mental release.

Though she had taken her medicine, apart from being interested in her own thoughts, she remained indifferent to everything else.

She even felt more mentally exhausted, compounded by the insomnia side effect of the drugs; the medical team advised reducing exertion and getting more light naps to restore her spirit.

While waiting for the medicine to adjust her internal hormones, they would then readjust the dosage to resolve the insomnia side effect early, and add drugs to improve sleep quality.

One of depression’s many symptoms is anxiety, frequent dreams, and worse sleep duration and quality than normal.

With her mental state already fragile, lack of rest would only make it worse.

It was a vicious cycle.

This time, Lin Ying followed medical advice and tried to nap as much as possible when nothing else needed doing.

Only with proper rest could she recover, and only then could she use her resources to explore new worlds.

The existence of Fu Li Lao Ye.

Was it coincidence or inevitability?

Lin Ying did not know, but she was certain her judgment was flawless.

“Mmmmmm—”

An Sheng scratched the fox’s head, tugged the four-million-yuan pet collar around his neck, and helplessly patted Lin Ying’s head.

Well, she was already seriously ill.

After seeing me, she’s completely lost her mind.

Looks like, when I have time, I should come more often to help Lin Fujie with some talk therapy.

Guide her out of this mad state.

As An Sheng thought this, a roaring sound came from outside Lin Ying’s mansion.

An Sheng froze, ran to the terrace, and saw a crane truck driving in.

The nanny who cared for Lin Ying’s daily needs came to the front of the villa’s swimming pool, lifted off the leaf-cover tarp, and revealed the pool’s contents.

The pool’s surface floated a layer of oil, and dozens of high-quality fish drifted lifelessly.

At the bottom of the pool lay an overturned car.

The nannies began draining the pool water and called the crane to lift the old car from the bottom.

Soon, more staff arrived at Lin Ying’s home to clean the pool.

The old car was loaded onto a tow truck and sent to a repair shop for restoration.

Everything proceeded in orderly fashion.

An Sheng, sprawled on the terrace, watched the garden activities with mild surprise, then glanced toward Lin Ying, napping in the master bedroom.

It seemed Lin Fujie hadn’t lied to him.

She really was improving after taking the medicine.

Otherwise, given her previous mental state, how could she possibly care about garden matters?

An Sheng faced Lin Ying, mumbled softly, and slid down the terrace drainpipe to the first floor.

The pool cleaning lasted nearly two hours; even now, the water had not been fully drained.

The crane had only lifted the car out; other staff were spraying disinfectant into the pool.

Watching people clean a swimming pool—hey, it’s actually pretty relaxing.

Too bad, night had fallen.

An Sheng could only head home first for dinner, then return later tonight to check the situation during his midnight snack.

An Sheng walked cheerfully home, eager to see how much money Yu Xueqing had lost today in her livestream sales.

“Ah! Fu Li Lao Ye is over there—”

Six hundred meters from home, halfway there, An Sheng heard a familiar commotion.

He turned his head and saw several half-grown boys, carrying plastic bags, sprinting toward him with gleeful faces, surrounding him.

An Sheng’s face darkened, and he mumbled softly.

You brats! Why aren’t you home doing your homework, wandering in front of me like this?

An Sheng knew these boys well—they were all students from Zhangxizhen Primary School.

Normally, when bored, they’d come to him and beg for wishes: blow up the school, blow up the Youth Palace, or hope tomorrow’s teacher in some subject falls ill.

“Fu Li Lao Ye! We’ve finally understood!”

One elementary student grinned broadly, picked An Sheng up, and placed him on the garden flowerbed.

Then the boys lined up, pulling from their plastic bags incense sticks, candles, cigarettes, roasted pork, and a bottle of wine worth two or three hundred yuan.

They placed the offerings before An Sheng.

With solemn faces, they mimicked adult ancestral worship rituals, lit the incense and candles, and bowed deeply:

“Mazu above, Fu Li Lao Ye, protect us—”

“Grant us freedom from summer homework!”

“May the Youth Palace shut down tomorrow, so we never have to attend green health classes again.”

“Protect us—”

After three full bows, the five boys solemnly offered the incense to Fu Li Lao Ye.

One boy paused, then pulled two hundred yuan from his pocket and placed it before An Sheng.

An Sheng stared at the Zhonghua cigarettes, roasted pork, Mengzhi Lan wine, and the two hundred yuan shoved into his chest, his eyelid twitching.

【Wish granted: Don’t want to do homework (Summer homework is a demon seal for brats—destroying it releases their true nature; it’s true they’ll climb roofs if not beaten for three days.)】

Are you really sure you don’t want to do your homework?

I feel… after I perfectly fulfill your wish, your lives will become even more miserable.

An Sheng stared at the two hundred yuan, cigarettes, roasted pork, and Mengzhi Lan wine, torn in thought.

The five boys paid no attention to his doubts; after worshipping Fu Li Lao Ye, they ran off joyfully.

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