Meat Bun
Xun Ying ignored Baobao's comment and asked Feng Baiyue, "So, do you want to stay here or do you want to go back?"
Although Xun Ying knew that Zhao Baixue wanted to raise the little fox with her, she wanted to respect the fox's wish too. After all, although the fox is not human, he has his own thoughts.
Besides a forced melon wouldn't be sweet, meaning that if the little fox doesn't want to, it is pointless to chase after him for that purpose.
The little fox leaped towards Xun Ying. Xun Ying instinctively reached her hand and caught the fox in her arm.
"As I said before I know the Estervale forest like the back of my palm, so it was boring. I'm finally out, I want to do and see new things. So I agree to stay with you as long as you take me wherever you go and don't restrict my freedom too much."
Xun Ying nodded, the fox was a wild animal after all.
Having reached an agreement, Xun Ying brought the fox to the kitchen. More precisely, she sneaks into the kitchen with Feng Baiyue.
"Aren't you a deity? Why are we sneaking into the kitchen? Can't you just make food appear?"
Feng Baiyue inquired in a whisper when they reached the area where the kitchen was located.
"I told you, I'm not a deity! I'm still on the first stage of cultivation." Xun Ying whispered back.
[If I had I would be able to just make things appear and don't need to move at all.]
"Okay, fine."
Feng Baiyue, however, just labeled Xun Ying with tags such as 'abnormal', 'fun', 'unusual', and 'deity' regardless of what she said, in his head.
Inching closer to the kitchen, the kitchen door was slam opened.
Xun Ying and the little fox tensed. Feng Baiyue's fur stood up, making him very puffy like a pomeranian. Both of them hid in the shadows near the trees.
A boy rushes out of the kitchen.
"Just you wait! I'll come back!"
"..."
"..."
Xun Ying and Feng Baiyue watch the boy stomp out of the courtyard.
"Hey, what happened to the boy?"
"I don't know. ���
{He got in trouble. He wanted to use the kitchen tools to test his cooking skills, but was found out by the kitchen lady and thus was kicked out.}
[Eh? How do you know?]
{Baobao was helping Ah Ying check out the situation in the kitchen to avoid Ah Ying being noticed~}
[So you can monitor people even if they aren't near me?]
{Basically yes. But there is a limit of the people being in the radius of 100 meters around Ah Ying.}
[How far?]
{About 131 steps away from Ah Ying in a radius.}
[So you can cover around a third of the Tian household?]
{Yup~}
[Oh ho~]
Xun Ying raised her eyebrow as her smile slowly turned into a smirk, as a mischievous glint flash in her eyes.
[Can you record things?]
{Yup. Why did Ah Ying ask?}
[Safety measure just in case something in the future happens and I need it as black- I mean as evidence of innocence~]
Xun Ying and Feng Baiyue stare at the closed door, listening for any other sounds.
[Baobao, anyone inside?]
{Yup, however, the person will be leaving soon.}
[Perfect.]
Soon, a lady walked out with her hands on her hips, grumbling, "That brat, tsk. Now I have to go buy a new pot."
After waiting for a couple of minutes, when the footsteps can no longer be heard, Xun Ying and Feng Baiyue slip into the kitchen.
Xun Ying lifts every lid to see if there is any food inside.
She reached the corner where she lifted the steamer and found a couple of buns. The buns are still warm.
Xun Ying took one and look at Feng Baiyue.
"Can you eat this?"
Feng Baiyue jumped on top of the table and drew closer to Xun Ying and smelled the bun.
"What's this?"
"Meat bun, still warm."
Xun Ying tore open a bit of the bun, showing the inside of the bun to the little fox. The meat was juicy and a bit of steam came out of the bun. The aroma of the bun had a tiny fragrance of black pepper and minced vegetables.
Xun Ying tore off a bite-size from the bun and handed it towards the little fox.
"Try it first. See if it suits your taste."
Feng Baiyue ate the bun after hesitating for a bit.
"So? Is it good?"
Feng Baiyue didn't reply.
"Little fox? Little fox? Feng Baiyue?"
Xun Ying panicked a bit.
[Baobao, he is able to eat the bun, right? I mean there is food that isn't suitable for the animals however, this should alright, right?]
Baobao popped out and circled around the little fox, who had his head lowered.
{Ah Ying, the bun is alright and so was the fox's condition.}
Feng Baiyue suddenly raised his head, surprising Baobao.
"That's the best thing I've ever had in my entire life! It tastes better than the things in the forest, although the quality is not yet there, however the taste was very good!"
Xun Ying sigh in relief.
[If the bun had poisoned the little fox, what should I do, there are no vets here. Thankfully it's alright.]
"You scared me for a minute. You should have at least responded in some way."
"En, en. Okay."
Feng Baiyue's attention, however, was entirely on the bun in Xun Ying's hand.
He points his paw toward the bun, "Are you eating this? I want more."
Xun Ying hand over half of the bun.
Feng Baiyue wolfs down the bun, his eyes form crescents, showing that he really likes the taste of the bun. Xun Ying also ate her half.
{Ah Ying, someone is within 40 meters of where you are, right now.}
[Who is it?]
{It's your uncle.}
[What's he doing here.]
Xun Ying narrowed her eyes. She scoops the little fox into her arms and quickly leaves the kitchen.
[Baobao, help me monitor him.]
[Okay.]