Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 18 Bringing the White Fox Home

"I'm sorry..." The embroiderer lowered her head, feeling a little regretful in her heart.

She heard from her grandfather that Gu Zhao must have encountered a very powerful enemy and accidentally ended up here while escaping. He might have internal injuries. Now that she had caused him to take action, she didn't know if it would affect his injuries.

"What's there to be sorry about?" Gu Zhao saw the timid look on the embroiderer's face and didn't joke with her. He just gently rubbed her head and said, "I should be the one to say sorry. Something delayed me for a while."

The embroiderer looked at Gu Zhao and was so moved that she almost cried.

"Okay, okay, don't cry." Gu Zhaoke had no experience in dealing with women's tears, and neither did the girl. "Go home quickly. I guess your grandfather must be waiting anxiously."

The embroiderer nodded repeatedly and was about to leave with Gu Zhao, but suddenly remembered something.

She looked down at the bloodstained and dirty white fox, mustered her courage, and said carefully, "Master, it...it just saved me. Can I take it back and heal its wounds?"

"It should be a monster, right? Does it need your help to heal its wounds?" Gu Zhao asked jokingly, "Maybe its injuries will have recovered before you take it back."

"Huh?" The embroiderer was stunned.

"Whoa, whoa..."

The white fox pounced and hugged the embroiderer's calf, rubbing it up and down, nodding repeatedly, and showing her a wound on its side, its body twitching at the right time.

Gu Zhao, “…”

It was also the first time for him to see a monster, and he was actually extremely curious. If the embroiderer had not just been frightened, he might have already started studying the white fox.

The white fox can't beat the ghost, and the ghost can't beat itself. Isn't this obvious in the food chain?
It's just that this white fox had just saved the embroiderer once, and it can understand human language, so it can almost be treated as a human. Gu Zhao didn't understand what it meant, so out of politeness, he was a little embarrassed to touch it directly to see if it was a male or a female.

But since it was willing to follow the embroiderer, Gu Zhao naturally wouldn't refuse, "Then take it along."

"Thank you, sir!" The embroiderer happily agreed and hugged the white fox at her feet in her arms.

……

"Grandpa, we are back!"

When she returned home with Gu Zhao, the embroiderer's face was already full of smiles, and she greeted Mr. He who was sitting at the gate of the courtyard from afar.

"You're back!" Seeing Gu Zhao, He Laozhang immediately stood up. "The food is warming up in the stove. Zhang's wife brought some wild vegetables this afternoon, and I made some sweet porridge with them."

"Grandpa and young master, please eat first. I'll go and clean it." The embroiderer held the white fox in her arms.

As they got closer, Mr. He could clearly see the fox in the embroiderer's arms in the dim light. He hesitated and said, "Mr. Gu killed a fox? But it's a bit too late to cook it now. How about we eat it tomorrow?"

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"Grandpa!" The embroiderer stamped her feet anxiously and hurriedly stroked the white fox's fur in her arms, fearing that it would suddenly attack and kill her grandfather. "This white fox saved my life!"

"Ah?" Mr. He was a little puzzled. "How can this fox save you...save...save..."

He Laozhang looked at the white fox with horror in his eyes, "This is... is..."

The embroiderer nodded, and then saw Mr. He turn around and run into the yard.

However, he realized it after running two steps. He slowly stopped, turned around awkwardly, smiled and bowed repeatedly, saying, "I am an old man who didn't recognize the great man. I hope Master White Fox will forgive me."

Having said that, Mr. He couldn't help but look at Gu Zhao who was beside the embroiderer.

The white fox ignored him, but just twisted in the embroiderer's arms and changed into a comfortable position.

Gu Zhao was also speechless. No wonder Mr. He ran back to the village from Xiu Yue County so early. He was really timid and afraid of these things.

"Is the fire in the stove still burning?" Gu Zhao asked.

"It's cooking," He Laozhang replied. "That's just in time. I brought a few dishes back with me. Let's heat them up and eat them together later." Gu Zhao raised the plastic bag and takeaway box in his hand.

"Hey! Great!" Mr. He had never seen such a thing before, but he didn't dare to ask.

Then Gu Zhao followed Mr. He into the kitchen. The embroiderer carried the white fox to the side of the courtyard and scooped a bucket of water from the water tank to clean it.

"Whoa, whoa..."

The white fox lay quietly on the table, allowing the embroiderer to clean its hair and wounds, while its pair of black eyes carefully observed the kitchen.

Suddenly, the white fox couldn't help but sniff, his pupils dilated a little, and the wounds on his body seemed to no longer hurt.

"It's delicious!"

The embroiderer who was cleaning the white fox's body also smelled the fragrance. She couldn't help but look back at the kitchen, and then saw He Laozhang and Gu Zhao carrying out a few bowls of things, and the fragrance was coming from those bowls.

"Sir, what is this?" asked the embroiderer.

"I brought back a few dishes." Gu Zhao replied, "Come and try them and see which one suits your taste."

"Hey!" The embroiderer responded, "I'll wipe it..."

Before the embroiderer finished speaking, the white fox suddenly stood up, shook its body twice, subconsciously looked back at the embroiderer, then quickly jumped off the platform, walked to the side and started shaking its body.

Countless water droplets were thrown aside by it, and a slight burst of heat evaporated, drying up the moisture on the fur in the blink of an eye, turning it into a cute white fox with fluffy fur and a snow-white body.

At the moment when the heat was rising, Gu Zhao keenly felt the breath and couldn't help but look back at the white fox.

That breath was not the yin energy of a ghost, but a rather restless breath with heat. Gu Zhao could feel a vitality and energy far beyond that of an ordinary person, as well as a natural wildness and spirituality.

"Could this be the evil spirit?" Gu Zhao thought.

Seeing Gu Zhao looking at him, the white fox immediately put away its evil aura, showed a flattering smile, and then moved sideways in small steps to the feet of the embroiderer.

Gu Zhao thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "Do you want to try these dishes too?"

"Oh, oh, oh!" The white fox nodded frantically.

"Then I'll allocate some to you." Gu Zhao said.

"Oh, oh, oh!" The white fox nodded frantically again.

"I'll get it a bowl." Seeing the white fox get down to the ground, the embroiderer did not pick it up again, but quickly took out another porcelain bowl from the kitchen, walked to the table, and then saw the three dishes brought by Gu Zhao.

There were several large pieces of red meat in a bowl, which were fat and lean, soft and smooth, and smelled fragrant. Just one look at it made the embroiderer feel like her mouth was watering.

The other bowl contained a kind of meat with a red circle around it. The aroma was not as strong as the previous dish, but it seemed to have a sweet taste similar to honey.

The third bowl was filled with chopped chicken pieces, with fat skin and white meat, exuding a strong aroma of spices, which greatly increased one's appetite.

The embroiderer couldn't help but start swallowing her saliva, and then she heard Gu Zhao pointing at the dishes, "Give it a piece of Dongpo pork, and a few slices of barbecued pork. For the five-spice roast chicken, give it the chicken head and butt."

I don't want to eat chicken butt!

"嘤!" The white fox glared and wanted to get angry, so it got angry.

After being angry for a while, he smiled again, licked his lips, raised his front legs and started to worship, "嘤嘤嘤~~~"

(End of this chapter)