I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

Chapter 252: I think it's like putting a bid on someone's head

In the darkness, two pairs of starry eyes stared at each other, neither of them willing to give in. Yuan Jun confronted his clone for a while, took a deep breath, and said seriously: "It seems that we can only use that ancient ritual to decide who will go to work."

The clone rolled his eyes at her and said, "You wish for that. It's your turn to go. I'll help you drive away those troublesome demons and deal with the paperwork that's piled up. From now on, you just need to sit in the temple and respond to the believers according to your mood. Except that you can't sleep, what's the difference between this and resting?"

Yuan Jun gritted her teeth. Before she could refute, the clone said earnestly, "We were banished here because you overslept and forgot to control the clouds and rain, which caused a severe drought in the southwest of Shu. If it weren't for the Dujiangyan Irrigation System, I don't know how many people would have starved to death or died of thirst."

"This time it was because you overslept and the demons took away your throne. Many mortals and demons were killed. We were also lucky to have that little fox come to save us, but how long can such luck last? Three times the limit, from Qingyi Jianglongjun to Lingzeshuijun, next time, let alone the throne, I'm afraid it will be difficult to save your life. What's more, have you forgotten what your mother said before she left?"

"As gods of this place, we are no longer little princesses of the Dragon Palace. We must shoulder the responsibilities of gods."

Yuan Jun was so angry after being lectured that she laughed. The clone was in tune with her, so she knew the intention of his words without even thinking about it: "That's why I took the trouble to separate you to help me perform my duties as a god. How can you be so lazy!"

"I'm not being lazy. I've already done what I agreed to do."

After saying this, the clone took advantage of her inattention, turned over and performed a death roll, rolled up the quilt, and hid in the corner of the bed like a caterpillar.

A lazy and crisp sound came out from under the quilt, sounding a little muffled.

"Wait until the little fox has finished processing the paperwork and then go to the shrine. Wake me up when September arrives."

Two days passed quickly.
Because the school will be holding final exams starting on Monday, in order to return to Tokyo before that time, Higashino Yu has put aside his study and even his training for the past two days.

He would only leave the shrine in the morning to go to the outside world to collect purple energy, and then come back to continue processing paperwork.

Tao Dong also put the matter of the hot spring hotel aside and kept helping out. She didn't find it boring.

When running a hot spring hotel at home, time will seem to pass quickly when you are busy, but no matter how much work there is, it will always be done.

Once I have some free time, time will go very slowly. Staying alone in the room, there seems to be nothing else to do except practicing. In comparison, at least Lord Dongye is by my side now.

At first, the cooperation between the two was occasionally chaotic, but later on, the temple was so quiet that only the gentle sound of flipping pages could be heard.

In order to speed up the work, Dong Ye Yu used all his life's skills and transformed all his cultivation into the strength of an ox or a horse, and his efficiency was directly maximized.

Many times, Tao Dong had just stamped a document and hadn't put it into the wooden box yet when he saw a few more document scrolls in front of him.

I worked overtime like this until four or five in the afternoon on Sunday when I finally managed to finish dealing with the mountain of government affairs.

"Job done!"

Dong Yeyu put down the red pen in his hand and breathed a sigh of relief.

As if realizing that the work was finished, the seemingly endless ink in the inkstone dried up automatically, and the red brush also lost its ink color.

It saves time cleaning.

Dong Yeyu put the four treasures of the study back to their original places, sat down at the desk and stretched, but he didn't feel tired.

I have already attained the status of a human immortal, and my spirit, energy and energy have reached perfection. Even if I work continuously for a month, nothing will happen. At most, my mind will appear a little exhausted.

has it ended?

Tao Dong folded the last roll of documents, closed the lid of the big wooden box, and yawned.

She does not have the cultivation of Higashino Yu, but she usually runs the hotel by herself, whether it is cleaning, restocking, or washing yukatas and towels, she does it all by herself. She is not a lazy raccoon cat monster, so apart from looking a little haggard, everything else is fine.

The raccoon cat girl stared at the young man beside her in a trance, complaining in her heart that time passed too quickly and was over in the blink of an eye.

"It's over."

Tao Dong murmured, her eyes fixed on the young man's profile. She saw his relieved smile, but she couldn't be happy with him.

After this, Master Higashino will go back to Edo. I don’t know when he will come back, and I don’t know if he will come to see me when he comes back.
She thought anxiously, holding her cheeks with both hands, and her eyes gradually lost focus.

"Momofuchi?" Dong Yeyu noticed the expression of the raccoon girl next to him, smiled and waved in front of her: "Wake up, we should go."

Tao Dong suddenly woke up, and her eyes met Dong Ye Yu's. The warm and bright eyes made the raccoon cat girl extremely greedy.

Taodong, it’s time to go.

The raccoon girl said this to herself, and then smiled at Dong Yeyu: "Yeah!"

The two stood up and walked down the Jade Steps of the Divine Palace. Dong Yeyu saw that Yuan Jun did not show up on time, so he first asked in a low voice: "Yuan Jun?"

No one responded.

"I've already finished the paperwork."

Dong Ye Yu spoke in a louder voice, and his clear voice echoed in the hall, but still received no response.

I wondered if she had fallen asleep again.

Dong Yeyu then took Tao Dong out of the hall, leaned against the white jade railing, looked up, and saw that the building behind the shrine was immersed in waters darker than the lightless deep sea. The corners of his mouth twitched.

Really asleep?
Dong Yeyu took a deep breath and shouted at the top of his voice: "Yuan Jun, the paperwork has been processed!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the girl who was sleeping in the bed with the curtains closed turned over, as if she didn't hear anything. It was not until the clone sleeping at the other end kicked her that she slowly got up, opened her eyes with difficulty, looked towards the direction of the shrine, and murmured.

"Why are you yelling so loudly? What a rude little fox. I have to take him back to the Dragon Palace and let the whale nanny there teach him etiquette."

She muttered to herself, squinting her eyes and sat there in a daze for a few seconds, and the lights in the warm room lit up automatically.

The girl staggered to her feet, her loose hair automatically tied up into a bun, and a golden hairpin flew over from the dressing table to fix the bun. Before she could put on her clothes, the man's voice became louder.

"Yuan Jun, I——"

Yuan Jun opened the window and shouted impatiently, "I know!"

Dong Ye Yu listened to the dragon girl's answer, which seemed to be in a bad mood after waking up, smiled, and waited patiently in front of the shrine for a while.

Not long after, he felt the fluctuation of magical power behind him. Turning back, he saw Yuan Jun sitting behind the table on the jade steps, yawning, sleepy and looking listless. A few strands of black hair were sticking out on his forehead, and the cloud gauze jacket he was wearing was even a little crooked.

Dong Yeyu looked straight ahead, held the Shangqing seal in his hand, and bowed: "Yuan Jun, the paperwork has been processed, and I would like to say goodbye to you."

Yuan Jun glanced in a daze at the large wooden box and the disappeared pile of documents beside him, then looked at Dong Ye Yu suspiciously. He finished it so quickly, he wasn't lazy, was he?

She made malicious guesses based on her own experience, then opened the wooden box to check it. After confirming that there was no slacking, she nodded slightly.

"Thank you for your hard work, little fox. Go now. When you have survived this disaster, come back to see me." "I will remember this. Please take care, Yuanjun. Goodbye."

Dongye Yu bowed again, turned around and took Taodong to the large archway in front of the shrine with a plaque of Hishizawa Ryugu hanging on it.

The temple then became quiet. Yuan Jun knelt upright at the highest point of the bright and magnificent temple, looking at the backs of the fox monster and the raccoon cat monster. He yawned again, put his hands in his sleeves, squinted his eyes, counted something with his fingers, and his red lips moved slightly.

"One, two, three, four, it's a quarter of an hour! Hmm, how much longer will it take?"

After passing through the archway, I was hit by another dizziness caused by the change of space.

When they came to their senses, they returned to the shrine's worship hall again.

By this time the sun was setting, and the shrine's halls were dyed orange and red like fire. The slightly warm wind passed through the mottled pillars and rusty wind chimes. The sound of crows croaking could be heard from afar. There was no one in the shrine, which made people feel quite lonely.

Higashino Yu turned and walked down the approach road.

Taodong followed him silently, hesitating again and again, until they reached the path leading to the hot spring hotel beside the shrine, she couldn't help but suggest.

"Master Higashino, do we have to go back to Edo tonight? It's already so late, why don't you stay at my house for the night?"

"If I had enough time, I would really like to take a bath in the hot springs at your house and have a good rest. But there is no other way. The school will have the final exam tomorrow, and we have to rush to the examination room before nine o'clock. Although Inzai is not far from Tokyo, we still don't have enough time."

Dong Yeyu said this and touched the raccoon girl's head apologetically: "Sorry, I originally agreed to take a rest for a night."

Tao Dong smiled and said, "Master Dong Ye, you don't need to apologize, but if you must apologize, why not let Tao Dong see you off again!"

The raccoon girl put her hands behind her back and jumped a few steps on the stairs of the main entrance. Then she turned around and smiled: "Besides, the story you told me about Edo before was just a little bit. You can tell it to Momofuyu on the way!"

"Okay, we talked about Fei Yi yesterday."

Dong Yeyu deliberately slowed down her pace so that she could learn more stories about the big city.

But no matter how slow you go, the road will eventually come to an end.

In front of the station,
"Just send it here."

Before Dong Yeyu boarded the bus to Inzai City, he smiled and said to Tao Dong: "If there is a chance in the future, I will take you to Tokyo to play. Now I have settled down there. The house is big and I can prepare a room for you."

Tao Dong heard this, her crystal eyes lit up, and she pursed her lips tightly: "Yeah!"

Dong Yeyu waved his hand, got on the bus and sat in the last row. The bus started quickly. The setting sun cast long shadows through the window, and the evening breeze brought a slight smell of fertilizer from the wheat fields.

Just then, Tao Dong's voice came from behind.

"Master Dongye, I wish you a safe journey and you must come back again!"

Dong Ye Yu looked back and saw that the girl had turned back into a raccoon cat and kept chasing the bus for dozens of miles. Finally, she stopped on a big rock and kept waving her claws.

Come visit her more often in the future. Dong Yeyu felt a little sad and turned around with a sigh.

The setting sun finally sank into the horizon, and the evening blue enveloped the earth. The small TV on the bus played food advertisements, the uncle driving the bus began to hum an unknown old song, and the evening breeze also faded away from the heat and became cool.

Dong Ye Yu quickly got rid of the sadness of parting. He looked at the starry sky that was brighter than the starry night in Tokyo, and felt the Chunyang sword box floating above his dantian, feeling extremely at peace.

When I came, I was full of anxiety, but when I left, there was no more trouble.

Shuten-doji?

In my opinion, it's like selling one's head at a stake.

"The test is over, please stop answering the questions."

The news of the end of the exam came over the radio. All the students in the classroom, whether they had finished or not, stopped at the same time. The invigilators glanced around for a moment with hawk-like eyes and began to collect the test papers one by one.

Dong Yeyu put away his stationery and walked out of the examination room with full confidence.

Although I didn't do any last-minute review because I was helping Yuanjun deal with the affairs of the gods, the knowledge I learned had already been memorized in my mind, so it didn't matter whether I reviewed it or not.

Moreover, I almost always finished every exam an hour in advance, and checked it over and over again in the remaining time, so there was no possibility of any mistakes or omissions.

I will definitely get first place in the grade this time.

It’s not that there is anything special about being the first in the grade, but the main thing is that the scholarship for the first place is the highest level, as much as 500,000 yen, which is comparable to a month’s salary for an elite worker.

When I returned to the classroom, I saw Arima Norimune discussing answers with Imagawa Kashiwagi.

"Hahaha, Imagawa, you got it wrong again! That question should be proved like this!"

Arima Norimune happily wrote down his proof on a piece of draft paper. Imagawa Kashiwagi took a closer look and pointed at one place: "It seems to be wrong here."

"No way, absolutely impossible."

Arima Norimune laughed and shook his head, but saw that Imagawa Kashiwagi had written a few lines of symbols in pencil next to it.

Arima Norimune frowned and glanced at him, his smile gradually disappearing: "Huh?"

He swallowed, "Maybe, probably"

When he looked up, he saw Dong Yeyu returning to the classroom after the test, and asked quickly: "Ayu, how did you do this question?"

Dong Yeyu glanced at it and said: "Imagawa did the right thing."

"Ah!!!" Arima Norimune held his head and screamed: "This is a big question, where are the multiple-choice questions? The answers to the multiple-choice questions are, Ayu, Imagawa——"

He looked at the two of them with hope.

"ACDAACDBBA."

Higashino Yu and Imagawa Kashiwagi wrote down the answers to the multiple-choice questions at the same time, and then smiled at each other.

Arima Norimune stood there in a daze, his face gradually turning pale, as if he had lost his parents.

At this time, the head teacher entered the class and clapped his hands: "Okay, everyone please be quiet for a moment. I will briefly talk about the school's arrangements for the holidays."

The main holidays for high school students in the island country are summer vacation, winter vacation and spring vacation. The spring vacation is only about two weeks long. The summer vacation and winter vacation are similar to those in China, but there are school trips and tutoring camps, so the actual vacation is about one to two weeks less.

(End of this chapter)