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(Request Monthly Votes and Follow-up Reads)","the-fox-has-no-malicious-intent-chapter-76",76,"\u003Cp>‘Mmm!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Sheng shook his big tail, sneaking up to the front gate of Lin Ying’s villa, crouching low and peering into the garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After confirming no one was in the garden, An Sheng climbed up the patterned bronze gate to the pillar, then leapt down onto the lawn inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘With my current skills, not taking a side gig as a lead in a xianxia drama at Hengdian or Shudian would be a waste.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humming a tune, An Sheng pried open the balcony door and slipped into Lin Ying’s house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The villa’s air conditioning wasn’t as bitterly cold as before—probably maintained around twenty-five to twenty-six degrees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Sheng wandered the first floor, got petted by the maids, snatched a chicken leg, and headed upstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Sheng wasn’t too worried about the maids noticing him—he just feared his entry method might scare them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fox can squeeze through a door crack if it has to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But An Sheng was used to climbing over walls and didn’t want to squeeze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Mmmmmm!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the sunroom, An Sheng found Lin Ying, lying on a reclined single sofa, pretending to nap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sunroom was slightly warmer than the villa, but not by much—likely due to special glass in its multi-layered panels, filtering the sunlight into something soft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Sheng placed the chicken leg on the fruit tray, then jumped onto the sofa and nudged Lin Ying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Sorry, Master Fox, the doctor said my cold uterus requires more sunlight and exercise.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ying woke from her half-sleep, opened her eyes, and saw the little fox sitting beside her. She shook her slightly dazed head and shifted slightly to make room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ying sat cross-legged against the sofa back, facing Master Fox, and spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Can sunlight alleviate a cold uterus?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little fox froze. Lin Ying’s knowledge clearly touched a blind spot for a single dog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ying seemed to sense An Sheng’s confusion and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘It can quickly relieve pain. Strictly speaking, sunbathing is one part of body regulation.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, An Sheng’s expression turned slightly odd as he glanced toward his own home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qing, with her strength to lift gas cylinders one-handed, probably doesn’t need this kind of knowledge, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Did Master Fox come about the crocodile and Peak Consulting?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When facing Master Fox, Lin Ying, though aware he was a dangerous spirit beast, still felt mentally at ease—though her facial expression remained flat and detached due to medication suppressing her emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Mmm!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Sheng nodded. He was indeed curious about spirit beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially after accidentally overhearing Lin’s Grandfather and Lin Ying’s conversation, An Sheng realized his world, though similar to his past life, had subtle differences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spirit beasts were a secret, but not an absolute one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘About spirit beasts, what Grandfather said holds true—they appear as part of a cyclical phase in Blue Planet’s life cycle.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ying paused, then said: ‘But I still need time to learn the full details about spirit beasts.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I only met those people last night—some things require gradual investigation.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘But from confirmed intelligence, spirit beasts are classified as strategic resources. Researchers have divided their study into three directions.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘The first follows ancestral methods: spirit beasts have cycled through Blue Planet more than once. Our ancestors studied them and achieved results.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘The second category is genetics—but sadly, I haven’t accessed it, only heard the name.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘The third category, from those people’s descriptions, falls under botany and zoology.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ying fell silent, as if organizing her words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Spirit beast mutations are gradual. The earliest confirmed spirit beasts appeared last century—back then, they only showed changes in fur color and intelligence, with no great destructive power and no dominant spirit beasts.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘A dominant spirit beast is the strongest in a region. Spirit beasts naturally repel each other—or rather, dominant-level spirit beasts have extreme territorial instincts.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Once a dominant-level spirit beast emerges in a region, all other spirit beasts in that area migrate away.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ying looked at Master Fox seriously: ‘The intelligence I’ve gathered so far is limited. Your existence is very likely that of the dominant spirit beast of Zhangxizhen, Shangpo Mountain, and Shou Gou Jian.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Sheng: ‘…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though what you say makes sense, I feel it’s slightly unreasonable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dominant spirit beast in our village should be the pure-black king cobra hunting rats on Shangpo Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So does that mean I’ve sent Zhangxizhen’s village guardian spirit beast up the mountain to jail?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Sheng referred to King Cobra as the village guardian spirit beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That king cobra had no hostility toward humans—it even avoided people when moving or hunting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when it saw the outsider fox, it launched fierce attacks—even after being beaten, it kept charging forward, utterly fearless of the fox.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Lin Ying’s theory holds true,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Sheng suddenly understood why that king cobra hated him so bitterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Zhangxizhen’s dominant spirit beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the dominant spirit beast of Zhangxizhen, it naturally had to defend its territory against an intruder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘So it wasn’t just beaten for nothing?’ An Sheng’s face wore a puzzled, fox-like expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘But that King Cobra is too weak. I felt no difference between pressing him and pressing other snack sticks.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Wait—pressing the crocodile and pressing King Cobra also felt essentially the same.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Hold on—if that’s true, could the wild boar invasion in Shou Gou Jian be somehow linked to King Cobra’s relocation?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Mmmmmm!’ An Sheng fell silent, emitting a string of muffled, confused murmurs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dominant spirit beasts have strong territorial instincts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And King Cobra’s relocation happened right next to the wild boar’s home in Shou Gou Jian. As the dominant spirit beast there, the wild boar patrolling its borders to prevent King Cobra’s intrusion seems perfectly normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dammit, my head itches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Master Fox, don’t worry—I’ll soon gather complete intelligence. Then I can figure out how the research institute treats spirit beasts and prepare a foolproof strategy to keep you from getting locked up.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ying assured An Sheng. Though she hadn’t contacted the spirit beast research institute directly, she could tell from those people’s tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spirit beasts were strategic assets; researchers handled them with extreme caution, terrified that any spirit beast might grow depressed and starve itself to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Fox’s safety wasn’t an issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lin Ying remembered Master Fox had once complained that living in a zoo was no different from sharing a prison dorm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He probably disliked communal living.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘By the way—besides the spirit beast institute, I also looked into Peak Consulting.’ Lin Ying’s expression remained calm, unreadable: ‘Peak ate shit.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Mmm?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Sheng froze, tilting his fox head to stare fixedly at Lin Ying’s rosy lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Fu-jie… what did she just say?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Peak ate shit.’ Lin Ying didn’t understand the fox’s earlier scratching and grumbling, but she saw his tilted head carried clear confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I was released this morning.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘But remembering how Master Fox specifically went to Peak Consulting last night, I went to Peak Consulting right after leaving the Public Security Bureau.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I saw him eat shit with my own eyes.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ying’s face was calm, expressionless. Her thick black hair, combed into a layered updo, combined with her medication-induced blank, detached expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as a married woman, her cold, intellectual beauty remained untouched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words ‘ate shit.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could appear anywhere—but they absolutely should not come from Lin Ying’s mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Sheng lifted his small paw, scratched his ear, then looked again at Lin Fu-jie’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘He had it all over his face. He vomited at the door.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘He stepped in his own vomit, fell down the stairs, and ran off instead of driving.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I recorded a video.’ Lin Ying stood, picked up her phone from the table, crouched beside the sofa, and played the video for Master Fox.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Sheng: ‘…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sister, please stop talking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In our minds, Lin Fu-jie should be a porcelain doll like Lin Daiyu—fragile, melancholic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dear readers, esteemed brothers, Happy New Year!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, please support with monthly votes, follow-up reads, and collections. I love you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[blank]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[blank]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1332,"2026-06-20T23:19:16.017Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","d81b5d2e0bb3042b4d3ddc0399de219f5f59b5a45e1e884a681bf61992551fb9","the-fox-has-no-malicious-intent-chapter-77","the-fox-has-no-malicious-intent-chapter-75",354,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-fox-has-no-malicious-intent-cover.jpg"]