Fox Demon: Why did your brother beat you up every day at the beginning of the month?

At this moment, Aunt Li, who was lying on the ground, made a slight sound, and Tu Shan Ya Ya quickly grasped her calloused hands.

"Auntie, hang in there. I've already notified my sister, and they'll be here to rescue you soon."

But Aunt Li just stared intently at Tu Shan Ya Ya, and the sounds she made became clearer and clearer.

In order to hear Aunt Li's voice clearly, Tu Shan Ya Ya leaned her little head closer, only to hear Aunt Li shout loudly.

"Monster! Die!"

Tu Shan Ya Ya's bright eyes instantly became empty. She couldn't believe that the kind and affectionate Aunt Li, who had been so close to her, would say such a thing.

Aunt Li roared fiercely, her expression ferocious. The sickle in her left hand stabbed towards Tu Shan Ya Ya's eye. Dongfang Haoyang intervened in time, pinching the slender knife between two fingers. The knife stopped less than five centimeters from Tu Shan Ya Ya's eye.

"Give me back my son! Give me your life..."

With a final, hateful look in her eyes, Aunt Li uttered her last words, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth. Her head slammed heavily onto the ground, her pupils dilated, and she died…

Looking at Aunt Li's corpse, Tu Shan Ya Ya pursed her lips and slumped blankly to the ground.

After a while, her eyes were vacant as she looked helplessly at Dongfang Haoyang, who had thrown away the sickle head.

"Stinky cockroaches..."

"Do you think... humans and demons can really live together peacefully...?"

Dongfang Haoyang looked at the little fox demon with empty, bewildered, and helpless eyes, as if she had been drenched in rain, sighed slightly, met her gaze into her dull and lifeless pupils, and earnestly responded to Tu Shan Ya Ya's words.

People change...

"But now, I like you all, and my brother likes you all too."

Looking at Dongfang Haoyang's serious expression, Tu Shan Ya Ya's Zhe Er trembled slightly, and the distress in her heart seemed to ease considerably.

At least, she knew that the human in front of her liked her.

"Thanks……"

However, Tu Shan Ya Ya couldn't help but cover her eyes, tears streaming down her face through her fingers, and she kept sobbing.

Ya Ya couldn't understand why Aunt Li disliked her and wanted to kill her, since Aunt Li clearly liked her and made her delicious steamed buns every day.

Dongfang Haoyang sighed inwardly. Looking at the sobbing Tushan Yaya, he felt terrible. It was all the fault of that evil demon, the Giant Bear Demon King, but the price had to be paid by Tushan Yaya, who risked her life to protect the villagers. This was unfair to the little fox demon.

He wasn't good at saying comforting words, but Tu Shan Ya Ya seemed to really need someone to guide her out of this situation...

"If you don't mind, I can lend you my shoulder. Of course, it's not because I'm interested in you or want to take advantage of you..."

Before Dongfang Haoyang could finish speaking, Tushan Yaya's little head was already resting on his shoulder. His pupils dilated slightly, somewhat surprised that this little fox demon would be so decisive this time.

"I'll feel better if you don't say anything..."

Dongfang Haoyang, somewhat helplessly, made a zipping gesture with his hand over his mouth and gently patted her back. Tu Shan Ya Ya leaned on his shoulder and sobbed slightly, but feeling that warm embrace, the pain in her heart did indeed lessen a bit.

Just as the two were immersed in grief.

"Boss!"

A loud shout startled the two of them awake.

Jin Linling flew over from a distance and looked at Dongfang Haoyang and Tushan Yaya, who had separated, with a slightly puzzled expression.

"Boss, why is your face so red?"

Dongfang Haoyang's lips twitched, and he punched Jin Linling on the head, leaving a big red bump!

This guy really knows how to pick his timing. If he saw this, people who didn't know any better would think he was taking advantage of Ya Ya.

"Boss, why did you hit me?!" Jin Linling covered the big bump on her head and looked at Dongfang Haoyang with a wronged expression.

"Next time, give me advance notice!"

"Aww..."

Tu Shan Ya Ya also wiped away her tears. Looking at Dongfang Haoyang, whose face was flushed, she felt a lot of sadness dissipate. This stinky cockroach looks cold, but he's not a bad person. It seems she won't take the spiked club to his room tonight.

After properly burying Aunt Li, Dongfang Haoyang and Tushan Yaya found the body of Aunt Li's son, Li Gou Dan, which had been gnawed beyond recognition, in the ruins not far away. Tushan Yaya's eyes dimmed even more, and she felt a pang of pain in her heart.

Dongfang Haoyang gently patted her shoulder.

Looking at Tu Shan Ya Ya's back, he vaguely saw himself.

In that small cave, looking at his parents' graves, he also showed that same helpless and sorrowful expression.

The two buried the body of the old woman's son next to her grave.

"Boss, we've found a living one here!" Jin Linling shouted as she joined the search.

Tu Shan Ya Ya and Dongfang Hao Yang rushed over and saw another familiar figure—the owner of the steamed bun shop…

But at this moment, the steamed bun shop owner was covered in blood, half of his face was a bloody mess, his body was full of wounds, and his entire left arm, along with most of his left side, had disappeared, leaving only a patch of bloody, rotten flesh.

"Ahem, I never imagined that I, the Divine Calculator, after a lifetime of running away, would ultimately succumb to this heavenly calamity..."

As he spoke, he looked at Dongfang Haoyang and Tushan Yaya in front of him and revealed a pale smile.

"I held on with my last breath just to see you! Dongfang Haoyang! You are the one who can change this world! Cough cough!"

Dongfang Haoyang looked at the man leaning against the wall, barely alive, yet still smiling at him with great confusion. Although the man had a sharp, monkey-like face, Dongfang Haoyang did not judge a book by its cover, and he clearly wanted to tell him something important.

"Boss, hold on for me, the rescue from Tushan will be here soon..."

Tu Shan Ya Ya pressed her hands against the remaining half of the steamed bun shop owner's body, urging her demonic power to sustain his life.

But the steamed bun shop owner just smiled and shook his head slightly.

"I can't take it anymore... Second Miss, you, the Third Master, and the First Master are all beautiful and kind-hearted fox demons, cough cough!"

"But... this world is not suitable for you."

As he spoke, he shifted his gaze from Tu Shan Ya Ya, whose eyes were filled with tears, and looked weakly at Dongfang Haoyang. His eyes gradually dimmed, and blood began to seep from the corner of his mouth.

"Young friend Haoyang, do me a favor, and I will tell you about a major event in my life."

"Don't say anything more. If you can just hold on, you might survive."

But upon hearing Dongfang Haoyang's somewhat anxious words, the steamed bun shop owner simply shook his head.

"I! I...I was saved by the Third Master..."

"But I have no way to repay you in this lifetime..."

"Young friend Haoyang, you must promise me... that you will take good care of the Third Master..."

Then, the steamed bun shop owner, with his last breath, murmured something.

"Second Miss's ice... can cool you down..."

"Full moon...the night of the full moon..."

After saying these words, the steamed bun shop owner slumped to the side, his pupils dilated, his eyes lifeless, and finally lost all vitality.

"Boss...Boss!!!"

Tu Shan Ya Ya shook the body of the steamed bun shop owner, but she could no longer wait for the person who smiled and handed her the steamed buns.

Dongfang Haoyang gently patted her shoulder, and Tu Shan Yaya knelt on the ground, covering her face, her expression filled with unconcealed sorrow.

Dongfang Haoyang, however, looked at the boss's mangled corpse with a complicated expression.

He understood what his boss was talking about, and he knew that if that really worked, he would owe his boss a huge favor.

"Haoyang expresses his gratitude here. May you have a safe journey, fellow Daoist!"

Dongfang Haoyang closed his eyes for the boss and solemnly clasped his hands in a salute. Jin Linling, who was next to him, also clasped his hands in a salute. Although he did not know what his boss was talking about, this person seemed to have done a favor for his boss. If he had done a favor for his boss, he must have done a favor for him. So he naturally had to follow suit.

Dongfang Haoyang clasped his hands together and continued with a solemn expression.

"Your last wish... I will accept it!"

"I will repay that debt of gratitude that you haven't yet repaid."