Rescuing the Villainous Boss with a Little Dirty Master

According to the original owner's memories, 'Jiang Heng', he had a small house at the foot of the mountain, presumably left to him by his parents, though they didn't appear in his memories. He wasn't sure if something had happened to them, or if they had abandoned him because of his half-demon identity. After all, this kind of thing was quite common in this world.

Humans and demons unite for momentary pleasure, but ultimately abandon their children due to unbearable external pressure, without ever considering whether these half-demon children can survive.

In the original storyline, Jiang Heng was unaware of the effects of his half-demon bloodline on him. Not long after he cultivated into human form, he excitedly left the mountain with fox ears and a tail, only to be captured by a demon hunter and sold to an auction house before he could even see the outside world.

Finally, the buyer cut off his tail, causing his demonic power to leak out. He could no longer return to human form, and his fox fur was forcibly plucked off and made into a scarf.

Whenever Jiang Heng thought of the original owner's fate, her face would furrow. The original owner's parents were willing to prepare a safe haven for him, but they didn't try to warn him about the dangers of the outside world.

Feeling the speed beneath him slow down, He Wanglan looked around. This desolate wilderness didn't seem to have any fox dens. Had they gotten lost?

He patted the little fox's head and then secretly flicked the tip of its pinkish ears. The fox seemed to regain its bearings and sped up again.

[This little fox seems a bit unreliable...]

He Wanglan couldn't help but complain a bit in his mind, but he had already ridden the other person all the way, so he might as well leave it at that. Could things get any worse?

As it turns out, things could indeed get worse.

Jiang Heng was running towards his little house, his short legs moving incredibly fast. Since arriving in this world, he had been running and digging holes, and his little body was already exhausted. He was just barely managing to keep going.

Seeing the small wooden door he remembered, he suddenly accelerated, the wind blowing his fur backward, so much so that he didn't notice that Crane Lan was gripping the back of his neck fur with even more force.

The little fox leaped into the low wooden door with a single bound.

"Why does it feel like we're passing through a curtain of water?"

"Host! The Strelitzia has fallen!"

The scream of "886" exploded in her mind. Jiang Heng looked down at her stomach and saw that the roots wrapped around it were gone. She then raised her paw to touch the back of her neck but didn't touch anything. It was just that the area felt numb.

He turned around, but couldn't see the other person on the ground.

"Where did it fall!"

Jiang Heng didn't want to go out and search anymore; he was really tired.

"It fell outside the door. There seems to be a barrier around this house, allowing only one person to enter..."

Just now, 886 watched helplessly as He Wanglan was thrown away by that invisible barrier, so fast that he didn't even have time to call Jiang Heng.

Jiang Heng quickly peeked out from under the door and saw that the entire flower was covered in dust, as if it had rolled around on the ground...

"Do you think... he'll still give me the flower juice?"

"..." 886 remained silent, perhaps a little worried, he had fallen pretty hard.

The crane-eye plant stood outside the barrier, a few white furs of the little fox still clinging to its leaves, accidentally torn off by the force of the impact.

He had just discovered the existence of the barrier, but when he loosened the roots wrapped around the little fox, he was thrown away before he could get off him.

He Wanglan was so angry he laughed. So why did he even go with this fox? He loosened his grip on the fur, and the two leaves patted each other as if they were extremely disgusted.

Its roots spread out, and it turned around and walked in the opposite direction with a pattering sound, its back view exuding vitality.

"Host! Crane-Palm is gone! Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

Jiang Heng was still struggling to push a crystal, the one 886 had reminded him of as the location of the barrier's core. Destroying the core would make the barrier disappear. The rest could wait until He Wanglan entered.

He tried his best to push it but couldn't budge it. He then tried using his head to push it, and finally even used his teeth, but the crystal still wouldn't budge.

Upon hearing that He Wanglan had left, he became even more anxious. He didn't want to be a fox forever; it was too inconvenient.

Temporarily abandoning the plan to destroy the array's core, he rushed to the door, used his head to pry open the bolt, and dashed out, catching up with the rather disheveled flower in just a few steps.

"Don't go, don't go! I forgot that there was a barrier outside. It wasn't on purpose."

Jiang Heng lowered his head, looking extremely guilty. He Wanglan, whose path was blocked by him, changed direction and continued walking.

Jiang Heng was so anxious that she reached out her claws and hooked onto one of his roots, her voice hesitant and stammering, "Little flower fairy, I really didn't mean to, please don't leave me, a fairy."

[You're the one who did something wrong, so why are you looking like you're about to cry? It's like I bullied you.]

He Wanglan snorted coldly, but stopped in his tracks.

Seeing that there was hope, Jiang Heng forced out two tears, her voice even more aggrieved, "I tried so hard but I couldn't move the array's core."

[Don't cry!]

He Wanglan was completely exasperated. How could he, a powerful demon, make a little demon who hadn't even taken human form cry?

Unfortunately, Jiang Heng couldn't hear him at all and was still trying her best to act pitiful.

He Wanglan sighed, turned to look at the barrier, and used the little demonic power he had left to transform into threads and slowly probe into it.

Because the attack was devoid of malice, the barrier will not harm any creature that touches it. That's why he was only bounced away just now.

Once he recognized what kind of barrier it was, he snapped out of his daze. The leaf sharpened and made a cut on the back of the little fox's paw, drawing out a bead of blood. He then raised the leaf and pointed in the direction of the barrier.

[Try again.]

Fortunately, Jiang Heng was quick-witted. She lifted her scratched paw, propped herself up on her hind legs, and darted into the yard.

[? ? ? ]

[Can foxes walk like that?]

Suddenly, a surge of life force flowed into his body, replenishing some of his depleted demonic energy. It was very subtle, but he still managed to detect it. He looked at the leaf stained with blood and saw that the droplets of blood had already been absorbed.

[This little fox was hiding such a secret.]

Jiang Heng returned to the center of the array, dripped the blood from his claws onto the crystal, and watched as the crystal absorbed the blood. He then tried to manipulate it slightly before easily retreating. The next instant, the barrier outside the house disappeared.

He Wanglan stood reservedly by the door, waiting for the little fox to greet him. He counted to ten, but didn't see a single fox hair.

[......]

He peeked a petal through the door and saw the little fox frantically drinking water from the basin, splashing water everywhere.

[Well, this fox has been carrying me all this way, so it's understandable that it might have been impolite for a moment.]

Having convinced himself, He Wanglan walked into the courtyard and looked around. Although the place was small, it was clean enough to be barely acceptable.

He walked over to the crystal that had been moved, infused it with a wisp of demonic power, and then kicked it back to its original position. Now, the barrier allowed him to come and go freely.