My lady, don't be angry. I'm letting you touch my big tail.

Hua Ran buried her head in Qiao Yi's arms.

It made a timid sound.

"My wife...they are so scary..."

Qiao Yi whispered in Hua Ran's fox ear, "What are you afraid of? They should be afraid of you. Don't forget, they think you are a fox spirit."

Hua Ran let out a soft "uh-huh" and continued to burrow in, wishing she could melt her body into Qiao Yi's.

"My lady...it itches...don't, don't blow air into my ear..."

Joey noticed that he was trembling slightly.

Are your ears that sensitive?

Furthermore, the villagers no longer dared to approach the house.

No one was keeping Old Man Joe in check.

"Fox...Fox Deity..."

"This is indeed the fox spirit in the coffin."

"Joy...she actually took the fox spirit into her room?"

A woman shoved the person in front of her, "Didn't you hear the Fox Fairy call Joey 'wife'?!"

Qiao Yi got out of bed, just about to say a few words in a very dashing manner, when suddenly her waist tightened and she couldn't take a step.

She turned around and saw that Hua Ran was still holding her waist.

Their bodies were almost dragged to the ground.

This is...this is way too clingy.

Not wanting to reveal too much in front of the villagers, Qiao Yi patted Hua Ran's hand and said, "Be good, let go of me first, I won't leave you."

Hua Ran tilted her head back, her bright black eyes filled with doting affection.

It felt like being watched when she first woke up in the cave.

This time, however, it was also a bit chilly.

"My lady, are you serious? You won't leave me. A woman's word is as good as her bond. If you betray me, I will drain your life force and leave you as nothing but a skeleton."

After saying that, a glint of green light flashed in Hua Ran's dark eyes.

For a moment, Joey shuddered and felt a chill run down her spine.

Hua Ran got off the bed and leaned against Qiao Yi like a boneless snake.

He answered softly, "My lady, say a few words quickly, the villagers are watching."

Qiao Yicai realized, "Of course I won't leave you. This is my promise to you."

Upon hearing this, the villagers all knelt down.

"Lord Fox Spirit, please protect me!"

"Fox Fairy...you must be very satisfied with this mistress, right? This is the one I specially chose for you."

Another pushed her, "What nonsense are you talking about? This is the wife chosen by the whole village for the Fox Spirit!"

Hua Ran continued to bury her head in Qiao Yi's chest.

As Qiao Yi looked at Hua Ran, she wondered if she was overthinking things.

Was that fox just putting on an act?

The village chief knelt down and said, "Then please, please, Immortal Ding'er, help the village!"

The person with the immortal on their head is called "Dingxian'er," which is the local term.

Joey made a pact with the fox spirit, which meant that the spirit would be above her head.

She looked at Granny Wang. Under her straw hat, Granny Wang's forehead was black with a hint of red. Her eyebrows and eyes drooped, and there were fine horizontal lines on both sides of her nose. This was the appearance of fire and wood.

Joey walked straight up to Granny Wang and said, "Your daughter must have been adding firewood when she caught fire and was burned alive."

Wang Po was taken aback, and dozens of eyes turned to her.

Everyone knows her daughter is dead, but no one knows how she died.

Because her death was so gruesome, she dared not speak of it.

Qiao Yi knew... It was clear that she had truly been guided by the fox spirit and had her third eye opened!

“Miss Qiao…Miss Qiao, you are truly amazing! Tonight, during a torrential downpour, my daughter tried to lick some firewood into the stove. Somehow, she only burned her cuffs, but it set her whole body on fire. We couldn’t put it out no matter what we did, and she burned to death!”

Granny Wang said that her husband is still at home, kneeling beside their daughter's body and crying bitterly.

They only have one daughter, and her husband and she are both old and can no longer have children.

Their Wang family line has ended; their roots have been severed.

"How come? You really don't know?"

Granny Wang was taken aback.

"I...I don't know!"

Joey chuckled again, "Go back, everyone. Prepare me fruits, meat, eggs, and fresh vegetables."

She turned around and saw that Hua Ran was still wearing her wedding dress, and said, "Give us a few sets of clothes as well. We can only work if we make offerings. This matter has nothing to do with the fox spirit. It is all due to the karma of the village. You should take care of yourselves."

After Joey finished speaking, she unleashed a burst of yang energy from her sleeve, which slammed the doors and windows shut.

Those people outside gasped in shock and stood in the rain for a long time before leaving.

They all fell silent, neither speaking nor asking each other questions, as if each of them was harboring some secret.

Old Man Qiao stood there for a moment, then reached out his hands to touch Qiao Yi's face.

"Yiyi..."

Joey dodged.

"I'm not your daughter."

Old Man Qiao blinked his reddened eyes and said, "It's my fault for not protecting you well, don't be angry..."

“Your daughter is dead. I am just occupying your daughter’s body. Don’t worry, I will protect you. Because your face is not dark and you are not bloodshot, you are destined to live a long life.”

Joey didn't want to talk to or have too much contact with Old Man Joe.

She hadn't even managed to handle her family relationships well before her death, and was secretly murdered by her older siblings.

And what about this father with whom there is no emotional connection?

Old Man Qiao wanted to say something more, but Qiao Yi simply shut up.

And so, the next day arrived.

After the rain, the sky clears up.

But this is an illusion.

Even the wandering ghosts dared not act too recklessly during the day.

The entrance to their small, dilapidated house was piled high with food and clothing.

Hua Ran changed into a white robe, with a hooded outer veil over it, which conveniently covered her fox ears.

"My lady~ Am I pretty?"

"Absolutely astonishing."

But Qiao Yi spoke without any emotion, saying she was in a hurry to investigate, and then she pulled Hua Ran and turned to leave.

He didn't even eat the breakfast that Old Man Joe had prepared.

Because... there is still half an hour left before the Yin-Yang Eyes can be used effectively.

The system coughed in the consciousness space, "Baby, when you said 'amazingly beautiful,' your heart skipped a beat."

"No, you feel wrong."

"Huh? But I'm machine intelligence, and my historical calibrations have no errors."

"You're mistaken! I didn't find him alluring, nor did I find him innocent, and I certainly didn't find him to have a perfect physique. 'Stunningly handsome' was just me trying to appease him, understand? Understand?!"

The system gave an awkward laugh.

"Understand."

You've fallen for him.

The system won't reveal anything; it's up to you young people to figure out how to handle it.

Qiao Yi pulled Hua Ran to the door of Wang Po's house, which was also one of the eight strange phenomena.

In the small courtyard, a recliner was gently rocking, and the sound of a man crying could be heard from inside. White funeral paper was hung on the three small mud houses, and a villager was making paper figures in the middle.

The paper figure was actually a modified version of Joey.

"Wang Po?"

Qiao Yi called out, and Wang Po immediately brought out her husband, whose eyes were swollen from crying.

"Miss Qiao, Lord Fox Spirit... what other calamities do you foresee our family will face? If it's not Lord Fox Spirit taking revenge, then who is? Which deity is punishing this village?"

As soon as Granny Wang finished speaking, the villager who was making paper figures said, "Granny Wang, your daughter's paper figure is finished."

Joey turned around and immediately exclaimed "Huh?"

"This is what your daughter looks like?"

Then, who was that soul sitting in the rocking chair just now?