Chapter 1078: 1075: We've Finally Hit Rock Bottom

"....This might be a bit difficult to handle."Ansheng's expression suddenly became blank upon hearing Lin Bingyun's words, showing a subtle look as he looked back.

Tonight's black mushroom steamed chicken for supper would surely make Ah Qing drunk first, and Lin Ying, Lin Bingyun, and Lin Shu would probably all slip into spirituality.

Tearing down Qingao Island is unlikely, but the occurrence of some generational confusion among them is quite routine.

"Moreover, my biggest worry is you having sweet whispers with Miss Ah Qing on the beach."

"Over there, behind the reef, three pairs of fox ears silently appear. Don't you think that's quite abrupt?" Lin Bingyun spoke with a face full of concern, hugging Master Fuli, falling intentionally behind to maintain a distance from Lin Ying and Ah Qing.

Looking at Master Fuli, she voiced her worries.

If Lin Ying really wanted to gossip, Lin Bingyun felt she couldn't restrain the young lady...

"It's not that eerie; Ah Qing's brain about the waves and beach is a good thing as long as she doesn't pin me to the table to suck the fox's Yang Qi..."

Ansheng waved his hand indifferently, fully trusting Ah Qing's generous sharing nature.

While Lin Ying watched from the side, Ah Qing would likely step forward, grabbing Lin Ying's hand, pulling her into the mix.

"As long as you feel reassured, that's good." Lin Bingyun nodded softly, her expression carrying a slight touch of oddity.

After leaving the hotel, Ah Qing took out her phone and called Yu Zhenghong, saying Lin jie jie was inviting him for dinner tonight.

Upon hearing that, Yu Zhenghong immediately hung up, leaving only a sentence tossed out — he just went out to sea fishing and won't return.

"Huh?!"

Ah Qing looked dumbfounded at the phone that hung up, recalling the morning when her dad specifically reminded her to remember to come home for dinner tonight.

"Pfft..." Ansheng couldn't resist sticking his head out; once Lin Ying refreshed beside Ah Qing, Old Deng often falls into a Schrödinger state of superposition, always both present and absent.

Even if the phone gets through, you can't see the person.

...

Because Ah Qing's parents were absent, Lin Ying called the Spirit Beast Gang members on the island to directly hold a celebration feast.

"...."

Ah Bai, with a flat face, squatting at the seafood restaurant entrance, glanced at the hotel banquet hall, pouted, and looked back at Qiu Lingling who was sitting in the restaurant happily chatting with her aunts: "Woof woof.....woof....."

Report: I want to request a two-hour leave to go and gather with the Spirit Beast Gang folks.

Ah Bai looked at Qiu Lingling, but Qiu Lingling gave an incomprehensible expression: "Ah Bai...do you want to go to the restroom?"

Ah Bai rolled his eyes and sighed heavily.

And in the banquet hall.

"Master Fuli, you smell so nice and are so soft...."

Chen Zhiyu hugged Master Fuli, spinning around, embracing the fox and absorbing Yang Qi, with an expression of pleasure and infatuation.

Uncle Jinlong grumbled with a puzzled face, watching Eye King, who already half transformed into human form, scratching his head with his paw.

"If you come back, be careful that Eye King doesn't swallow you in one bite; King Cobra's snake-eating nature is extremely strong...."

Jin Wanlin, with a face lined with frustration, tugged Uncle Jinlong's tail, dragging him back to his position.

Eye King's strong physique, seen from snake eyes, belonged to extremely beautiful femininity.

But with the snake-eating nature of King Cobras perfectly making up for the drawback of having too many suitors and insufficient socializing time.

The Golden Lion led a monkey troop, occupying a corner, voraciously gobbling the food on the table, while the scaly-gastropod snails serving as gatekeeper security guards, crawled into the room to eat at the table.

Feng Wenyu led people from the Security Bureau, ingratiatingly running to Shasha's side who was eating, subtly persuading her to snatch sea territories.

By then, the Security Bureau would fund building her a beautiful Undersea Dragon Palace.

Using steel to construct it; those incoming fishing boats, and brushing-past warships are prime construction materials.

"Master Fuli's body has changed a lot. I see he can now jump on tables and dance like a person...."

Inviting Ah Qing to sit beside the tea table while gazing at the sea view outside through the window, Lin Ying handed over hot tea with a smile:

"You certainly injected him with a generous amount of potion; otherwise, Master Fuli couldn't have evolved this quickly; he might soon become too big for us to carry."

Lin Ying cast a side glance at the banquet hall, seeing Master Fuli already running atop the table, wearing a mischievous grin, waving his clean and fluffy large tail, tempting Chen Zhiyu and Jin Wanlin like fishing.

Returning from mission duties, everyone was on holiday, lightly drinking some alcohol, and having a lot of fun.

"Eh? Little fox....has it changed?" Ah Qing paused with a slightly awkward expression as she said: "I took home Spirit Particle Potion.....all injected on myself."

"Little fox is superbly accurate with dart throws."

"......."

Lin Ying's mouth twitched slightly, ripples stirred in the tea cup held in her palm, lightly laughing:

"Of course it's true; initially, Master Fuli couldn't stand like a human like this, but you see, now his bipedal stance is indistinguishable from ours."

"It seems....maybe it really changed?" Listening to Lin jie jie's words, Ah Qing felt maybe the little fox indeed had great changes.

It's just, having gotten used to it, she hadn't noticed those subtle day-to-day changes accumulating.

"Judging by your nurturing manner, the fox cub will shape-shift eventually." Lin Ying smiled at Ah Qing:

"You must inform me in time, so I may assess the fox immortal appearance strictly chosen by our ancestors."

"I would like too..." Ah Qing said helplessly: "Little fox doesn't fear baths or medicine, yet hates injections."

"I give him a jab on the butt, and he craftily jabs back seven or eight needles on mine, numbing my own butt....."

"If little fox could shape-shift now, it must be fascinating!"

Ah Qing complained to Lin Ying about some matters.

For example, she takes the little fox shopping, but each time they just arrive at the mall, the little fox attracts a crowd of young girls, wanting either to touch the fox's head or weigh the fox's bell.

Despite her slow speech, the little fox wasn't helpful either; just yelling fees but struggling to collect.

The fox could shape-shift, that might prevent situations like these, right?

"If so, why don't you feed it the Spirit Particle Potion by mixing into its food?" Lin Ying advised Ah Qing: "Efficacy may drop a bit, but far better than none getting injected, while you drink nicely."

"......." Ah Qing was stupefied, gradually asking a question mark to Lin jie jie: "Can....it be consumed orally?"

Would it become ineffective upon contacting gastric acid and such?

If it were orally consumable, why was it made into an injectable?

"Why can't it...." Lin Ying nodded gently, smiling at Ah Qing.

Ah Qing's anticipation for little fox's shape-shifting clearly reached a threshold.

The more her butt suffered, the higher the expectancy within her heart for Huhu's shape-shifting.

It's all rewarded by her diligent feeding.

"Ah Qing Ah Qing, come quickly, time to prepare for the countdown and jump into dawn."

"Just forty minutes left, we're utterly broke this year!"

The little fox standing upright on table beckoned Ah Qing over, saying.

Ah Qing: "......"

Broke this year? Certainly broke, isn't it?

Forty minutes later, 2024 ends, welcoming the new 2025.