No matter what, Yu Sheng now understood why Hu Li could shoot her tail out.

He wasn't sure how other demon foxes in this world did their thing, but obviously, Hu Li's lineage took the route of Super Beast Armament...

Now, the demon fox girl was sitting across the dining table, clumsily holding a pair of chopsticks, and shoveling the food from her bowl rapidly into her mouth.

It was just the simplest of noodles, with some vegetable leaves and slices of ham added, along with two fried eggs, yet Hu Li ate as if it were the most exquisite delicacy in the world, with less-than-graceful eating manners—but with utmost enjoyment.

Strictly speaking, this was her first warm meal in years—although the biscuits and instant noodles Yu Sheng had brought her before were also good, sitting safely at a dining table eating steaming food from a bowl was a completely different and new sensation.

"Slow down, there's more in the pot if it's not enough," Yu Sheng said somewhat heartachingly, watching Hu Li almost finishing her bowl in the blink of an eye. He gently touched her hand, "You're not holding the chopsticks right, watch me."

Hu Li lifted her eyes from the rim of her bowl, glanced at Yu Sheng's right hand, then awkwardly adjusted the way she held her chopsticks while chewing on a fried egg.

She learned quickly.

"Savior, am I eating too fast..." After wolfing down the bowl of noodles, Hu Li raised her head somewhat shyly. She saw that Yu Sheng had only eaten half of his noodles, and Erin had a bowl in front of her with the contents untouched, "I... always feel that if I don't eat quickly, it might all disappear at any moment."

"It's okay, you'll adjust over time. With your physique, even binge eating a few times won't affect your health," Yu Sheng couldn't help but laugh, "I'll go serve you more if it's not enough."

"Mmm-hmm."

Before Yu Sheng could get up, Erin, who was sitting atop the shoe cabinet, spoke up, "Let her finish mine first,"

The little doll pushed the bowl in front of her towards Hu Li with both hands.

Hu Li thanked her without asking why there was a serving of food in front of a living doll who wouldn't eat and began devouring the food quickly.

After eating, Yu Sheng found that Hu Li's used bowl and chopsticks were practically clean—licked clean enough to reflect a person's image...

After tidying up the kitchen, Yu Sheng changed into his outdoor clothes.

He found another set of his own clothes for Hu Li—an honest tell, they didn't fit well; Yu Sheng was much taller than the demon fox girl, and no matter how they were adjusted, his clothes hung loose on her.

Pajamas can be several sizes off and still workable, but outwear isn't as easy to fudge with. In the end, Yu Sheng had to use a lot of hidden safety pins and some temporary sewing to make his clothes fit Hu Li stably without looking too odd.

Even so, a girl of one sixty-something wearing obviously ill-fitting men's clothes would still look strange walking outside. But luckily—Hu Li's looks made up for it.

It turns out that having a good face really allows you to do whatever you want, and the face of a demon fox is indeed beautiful, which makes her look at most like a beautiful girl with an eccentric taste in clothes while walking outside.

While Yu Sheng was busy adjusting Hu Li's clothes, Erin sat cross-legged atop the nearby shoe cabinet, propping up her chin with her hands and watching, waiting until Yu Sheng was nearly done to mutter, "Hu Li, you said you can 'tuck in' your ears and tail, why can't you change your height, and the clothes on your body—I produced my outfit myself, can you demon foxes not 'transform' to do the same?"

"Powerful demon foxes can!" Hu Li immediately defended her kin, "Daddy said, powerful demon foxes can even become as tall as mountains in the blink of an eye! Running through mountains and forests, thousands of Security Immortals chasing behind, capture one and you could be sentenced to over five hundred years, but, I can't! I only learned how to refine my ears and tail..."

Erin listened with a puzzled expression, and said strangely, "Uh, that doesn't sound like something to be proud of... Hey, you're getting more fluent in speaking, aren't you?"

Hu Li instantly squinted her eyes, looking very pleased, "I got used to it while speaking."

Erin's gaze shifted back to Yu Sheng, no telling what was spinning in her head, when she suddenly spoke again, "You two are going out together, huh..."

"Of course," Yu Sheng nodded, "She doesn't have her own clothes, shoes, and socks, and she can't possibly go out to buy those alone, so of course I'll accompany her."

"I want to go out too," Erin said, propping up her chin with her hands.

Yu Sheng was startled upon hearing this; he finally realized what the living doll had been planning since she awoke this morning, but this caught him off guard, "You? How can you go out? A sixty-something centimeter living doll wandering the streets? You'll scare so many people!"

"Just hold me," Erin declared with confidence, "I'll disguise myself."

Yu Sheng didn't catch on at first, "How will you disguise?"

Erin promptly slumped down, her limb joints drooping, her eyes open in a feigned deathly stare.

The sparkle in her eyes had even vanished.

Her voice then rose inside Yu Sheng and Hu Li's minds: "See, now I look much more ordinary——there are plenty of living dolls in the doll shop, you could throw me in there, set me in the window for a whole day and no one would notice..."

Yu Sheng was dumbfounded, suddenly in awe of Erin's creativity.

But this made him even more uncomfortable: "Wouldn't it look a bit perverse for a grown man like me to be walking around outside with a living doll..."

Erin's eyes instantly regained their sparkle, and the next second she leapt from the shoe cabinet onto Yu Sheng's head: "You didn't think it was perverse when you were carrying me into the Exotic Realm to fight monsters! After the fight, you're not willing to even take me out for a walk! You believe I won't bite a tooth mark into you—I'll make it so you can't even stick a band-aid on it!"

Yu Sheng was frantically trying to deal with the living doll that was clawing at his head, and after a great struggle he managed to pry her off and threw her to Hu Li, who was standing there dumbstruck: "Fine, fine, fine, I'll take you out, but she has to hold you."

Erin was immediately satisfied—she just wanted to go out, and it didn't matter who was holding her.

In fact, she wouldn't even mind being stuffed into a suitcase and dragged out; she could open the zipper a little to peek outside.

It had been a very, very long time since she had seen the outside world.

"It's just that painting of yours that's a bit problematic," Yu Sheng frowned, glancing at the picture frame on Erin's back. Because of the frame, Hu Li had to hold the doll's body in an awkward position while also avoiding blocking the view with the frame, "It's an eyesore, and more importantly, it's cumbersome."

"Then take it off and carry it separately?" Erin reached out and took off the picture frame from behind her, "Just make sure not to stray too far."

Hu Li nodded, not waiting for Yu Sheng to speak before taking the doll's picture frame, followed by a loud "bang" as a bunch of tails appeared from behind, then stuffed the frame into one of the tails.

This time, Yu Sheng couldn't hold back, realizing the process of Hu Li putting things into the tail was different from what he had imagined: "... How exactly did you stuff that in?! Don't tell me that's a special storage space?!"

Hu Li blinked, then belatedly turned around and spread out her tails, introducing them to Yu Sheng for the first time in detail: "This one, is specifically for storage, these two, are for hugging to keep warm when sleeping, these others, can be used as blankets or for grabbing things flexibly. Apart from the storage one, the rest can be used in fights..."

Yu Sheng had a dumbfounded expression: "...You mean launching them out?"

"Right."

"Is this the result of 'refinement'?"

"Right."

Yu Sheng thought for a moment and could only marvel at how amazing demon foxes are.

Much more fascinating than the human body.

...

Special Service Bureau's second team, Song Cheng today entered the office over twenty minutes later than usual.

And almost the very second he had settled down at his desk, the monitor on the desk lit up, revealing the Special Service Director Baili Qing's face, which seemed perpetual in its cool detachment.

"It looks like you've already been to the 'Train'", Baili Qing's even voice came through the speakers, "Wasn't it successful?"

"Yes, but there was nothing unsuccessful," Song Cheng wasn't surprised by the Director's sudden contact, but was just a bit embarrassed as he shook his head, "Today's 'Train' carriage structure was more complex than usual, so by the time I returned to the real world, I realized I had missed my stop."

"How did the conversation with Passenger 22 go?" Baili Qing asked directly.

"...Director, something seems off," Song Cheng immediately straightened up slightly, leaning forward, "Regarding No. 66 Wutong Road, the passenger's response was 'there is no such stop'—although unusual, it's not outrageous. But the most unsettling part was when I inquired about Nightfall Valley..."

He paused, his expression becoming gravely serious: "Passenger 22 responded that the stop had been cancelled."

It was the first time he saw such clear surprise on Baili Qing's face.

He had always thought the Director's face was frozen.

"This is the first time such a response has come up," Song Cheng carefully watched the changes in Baili Qing's expression, "What do you think..."

"Arrange for a deep diver to conduct a deep dive immediately." Baili Qing said swiftly.

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