After school, he was then offered himself to a succubus.

Chapter 99 The Moon Keeps Me Company (6K views~ Please Subscribe~)

"Are the mooncakes delicious?"

Zhang Chen slurped up Tu Shan Han Su's heart-shaped noodles while smiling ingratiatingly at her.

"Too fishy." Miss Fox chewed on the mooncake with both hands. "And the flavor is so bland. Where's the juicy, runny-filled mooncake I wanted? Why does it taste so dry?"

"this..."

"You didn't just put some yang energy in them, did you? Did each mooncake meet the standard of being infused with 100 milliliters of seasoning sauce?"

"..." Zhang Chen lowered his head and ate his noodles. Although it wasn't impossible for him, it was still difficult for him.

After all, Tu Shan Han Su wasn't there when he was making mooncakes, so he couldn't take it out.

We can't ask Xu Mianmian for help, can we? No way, the rabbit hole is too small. Even if a cunning rabbit has three burrows, it won't work.

The difference in magnitude is undeniable.

"Tsk." Tu Shan Hansu's face turned cold, and she slammed the mooncake on the table. "Squeeze some sauce in now. I don't like it this bland."

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"Why are you watching me? You want me to help you? Why don't I just eat it myself?"

Tu Shan Han Su crossed her arms and looked at him coldly. Seeing Zhang Chen's ashen face, she gave a soft sigh.

No matter how many times, I just can't bring myself to be ruthless when I see that bastard's face.

Helpless, Miss Fox went to the kitchen, rubbed some Golden Dragon cooking oil on her little hands, picked up the leftover mooncake, and walked back to sit next to Zhang Chen: "I'll lend you one hand, just don't break it."

"OK."

Zhang Chen felt something was off, but the fact remained that Miss Fox was willing to forgive him for his philandering, so for now he had no choice but to endure it.

"Um, your hands are so cute, one isn't enough."

Tu Shan Han Su glanced at him, her fox ears practically popping out in anger, and her sharp fangs hissed at Zhang Chen: "You'd better figure it out yourself!"

"oh."

As night deepened, Zhang Chen let out a long breath.

Looking out the window at the full moon hanging high above the colorful clouds, I finally felt a bit of the Mid-Autumn Festival atmosphere.

His day had been quite eventful, and a strange sense of literary sentiment welled up within him. He exclaimed, "It turns out that the most stunning stroke of the night sky is when the thick clouds deliberately leave a gap, just to bestow a perfect moon upon the world!"

"If you have time to gossip, can't you at least apply my medicine first?" Miss Fox kicked him, then took a bite of her soft-boiled mooncake.

Sure enough, eating mooncakes this way wouldn't cause stomach discomfort, since the ingredients were special flour she brought from Tushan.

It's more suitable for the stomach of a baby monster.

It felt nauseous, but still bearable.

The feeling this mooncake gives Tu Shan Han Su is that the more you eat, the more fragrant it becomes, provided you can endure the extreme nausea after the first bite or two.

Then, it's time to enjoy it.

"Oh...sorry, sorry." Zhang Chen laughed awkwardly as he applied the herbs to Miss Fox's delicate hands.

At this moment, obvious redness and swelling appeared on the small hand of the aloof girl, and according to Tu Shan Han Su's description, she was completely exhausted and had no feeling in her hand.

"Damn it." Miss Fox curled her lip.

"You can't blame me for this."

Zhang Chen gathered his yang energy at his fingertips, rubbing the girl's injured, pink palm. "Think about it, if a pressure cooker is about to explode, and you're playing with its valve, won't it just blow up?"

"..." Tu Shan Han Su fell silent. She had indeed been a bit wicked just now, but she was also too angry and had nowhere to vent her emotions. Suddenly, she found the things she saw extremely ugly and disliked them.

As fox demons of Tushan, they are naturally fond of beauty and easily become obsessed with ugly things.

But she naturally wouldn't admit her mistake now, and just silently ate her soft-boiled mooncake.

Zhang Chen was a little afraid to look at her; the scene was too beautiful.

When Tu Shan Han Su ate the food he made, she always cherished it, taking small bites and savoring it carefully.

Even if it tasted terrible before, and I was gagging so much while eating, I would force myself to swallow it all, even if I had to take it with water.

Zhang Chen sometimes felt that Tu Shan Han Su was torturing him, but after traveling back 1,500 years and seeing that desperate and lost fox lady...

From the moment Miss Fox met him, it was practically self-harm.

Didn't you already lose faith in him 1,500 years ago? Why are you still coming to find him today?

Zhang Chen wanted to know, not just seek this moment of fleeting pleasure.

It's unfair to him, and even more unfair to Tu Shan Han Su.

As he pondered, he gently kneaded the girl's soft, delicate hand, patiently waiting for time to pass.

As the full moon climbed to an angle from which it could not be seen from the room, Zhang Chen thought of going to the courtyard to look at the moon again.

"Don't go out," Tu Shan Han Su said coldly. "There are already people from the company watching from above. They're all those old fogies from the Northern Faction. I can protect you inside, but I can't do it outside."

"Northern School?"

"Well, the Northern School consists mostly of elderly cultivators; they can barely hold their own against me."

"Isn't that pretty weak?"

"Am I that weak?" Miss Fox rolled her eyes and swallowed the entire mooncake.

"Uh, didn't you say you couldn't beat Long Luoyang?" Zhang Chen asked.

"Because she cultivated Yin Thunder, Thunder magic is always the nemesis of demons, and her own body couldn't withstand it if she used it too many times."

"Those old guys aren't strong individually, but they're strong because they know how to use all sorts of random weapons and formations. If they team up, even Long Luoyang wouldn't be a match for them."

Tu Shan Han Su explained, "But no matter how strong they are, they can't overcome the current trend. Human guns and cannons can even destroy themselves. Therefore, everyone still has to abide by the order and rules of the Celestial Empire."

Zhang Chen nodded as if he understood, but in short, no matter how good your kung fu is, you're still afraid of a cannon.

"hiss."

Miss Fox suddenly stretched out her foot and placed it on his leg, pinching him hard with her pink pearl-like toes.

"I don't want to know where you got the Yang Thunder from, nor do I want to know how much you've recovered. I just want to know, what price did you pay for the chaos you caused in Tushan today, and for planting this tree?"

"There was no cost to it."

Upon hearing this, Tu Shan Han Su's face turned cold, and she was about to pull her foot back: "I really cooked you a bowl of noodles for nothing, you've fed your conscience to the dogs."

But Zhang Chen caught her little feet in time, and held them in his arms, kneading and squeezing them.

"Let go," she shouted.

"What do I have to do for you to believe me?" Zhang Chen asked.

"I'm cutting off all ties with other females right now."

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"If you can't even do this, you expect me to believe you?"

"Your feet are really beautiful," Zhang Chen said, changing the subject.

"That's right, my skin has been rubbed smooth by someone rubbing against it every day," Tu Shan Han Su said.

"Zhang Chen, now you've finished your noodles, and you've done this to my hands. Are you satisfied? Tell me, what was the point of planting those trees?"

"Too many monsters have died; I have no choice but to take action."

"Liar, you only care about Long Luoyang, right? You can't bear to lose a beautiful woman by your side, can you?"

Not entirely...

"Not entirely, huh? What, you're planning to benefit all living beings again?"

"I don't want you to die," Zhang Chen said, looking at her.

Tu Shan Han Su was slightly taken aback.

"I've gotten used to my current life, but you give me the feeling that you're about to leave me, so you're making the most of your last few days with me."

"Call me lustful, or say I can't bear to part with your body, those are all true, but what I can't bear to part with the most is your very being."

"Every time I look into your eyes, I feel like I can see the ordinary days ahead. I'm thinking we'll probably pick an auspicious day to get married. The wedding won't be grand; we'll just hold it at the matchmaking agency, hire the chef from the fast food restaurant across the street, and set up a few tables. You must have quite a few relatives in Tushan..."

"I'll toast every table, drink until my face turns red, and you'll tell me to stop drinking. In my drunken state, I'll probably say a lot of sweet nothings to you, and you might shyly tell me you're willing."

"Life went on like this, sometimes we'd argue over trivial things—like me forgetting our wedding anniversary, you forgetting to bargain when you went grocery shopping, or me throwing my underwear and coat together to wash..."

"Of course, there are also moments of warmth—every time I come home from get off work there is still steaming food in the pot, and I praise you for how fresh the vegetables you bought today are, and on my birthday you secretly buy me a bouquet of flowers... although I think it's unnecessary, you are much more attractive than flowers."

"We'll probably have a child, preferably a girl."

"I'll hold the child's hand and count the stars in the sky on the balcony. With each star I point to, my weariness will lessen. Then you'll call us downstairs for dinner, and I'll lead the child, stumbling and stumbling forward, until our children grow up and start their own families. Then I'll be an old man, and you'll become an old woman..."

"But no matter what, I want to do this: sit with you in the yard after dinner every day, watching the sunset, watching the moon, and watching you."

Zhang Chen paused at this point.

Sincere feelings.

These thoughts were images that suddenly popped into his mind the moment Miss Fox cooked noodles for him.

There's no more guide for Mu.

"I heard that the Bitter Love Tree can help you rekindle your bond with a demon, so I managed to get my hands on some seeds. As for how I did it... I probably can't explain it for now."

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Tu Shan Han Su's little feet, which were resting in his arms, twitched slightly.

"Self-righteous," she said, glancing sideways. "People like you are always lustful at first sight. Saying these things won't get you anywhere."

"Subconscious preferences can't be hidden," Zhang Chen interrupted. "It's like when you hang clothes out to dry, you always leave the hanger for your favorite clothes."

The aloof fox lady was speechless for a moment, but her attitude could not soften.

This is the bottom line.

"never mind."

She sighed, as if letting Zhang Chen off the hook, and also as if letting herself off the hook, "As long as you're alright, I won't stop you from doing whatever you want."

"I'm really fine," Zhang Chen said.

"Of course I know." Tu Shan Han Su glared at him with a hint of resentment. "I can tell by taste."

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"If you don't believe me, try it yourself. There are subtle differences every day. If your yang energy is depleted because of what happened today, I can tell after just one bite. You can't hide it from me."

Zhang Chen broke out in a cold sweat. No wonder.

"If you're having an affair with another succubus, I can taste it too."

"But who knows what kind of scheme you're plotting this time? I'm really tired, Zhang Chen."

Tu Shan Han Su shook her little hand and walked out of the house. "The people from the company are gone. Those old guys are either dead or alive. Large-scale sensing is very damaging to one's vitality, so they shouldn't come again. Otherwise, they would have died before they even found you."

"If I disguise myself, they shouldn't notice..."

"Shut up." Tu Shan Han Su grabbed another rat and threw it at him. "No matter how well you disguise yourself, you're not allowed to take this kind of risk!"

"You think you weren't detected by any demons while you were in Tushan today? That stinky cat spotted you first!"

"At least for this week." Miss Fox grabbed a handful of bread crumbs and scattered them into the koi pond. "This week, the entire Ning'an will be turned upside down. Don't come back. Stay at school."

The carp leaped out of the water, swallowing the bread crumbs before they even hit the ground.

"Let's go, take the trash with us." Tu Shan Han Su pointed to the trash at the door.

Zhang Chen watched her retreating figure without saying another word.

He walked to the door, picked up the trash, and saw Miss Fox squatting alone by the pool, splashing in the water. Her long hair covered her face, and only her tightly pursed pink lips could be seen.

Miss Fox intends to take full responsibility and clean up the mess for him all by herself, taking on the blame for the Bitter Love Tree this week.

Zhang Chen was unaware of the hardships involved, but he also knew very little about the complex human-demon system of the Celestial Empire. Perhaps listening to Tu Shan Han Su was the best course of action.

"What are you planning to do?" he asked.

"Since ancient times, the cultivation of the Bitter Love Tree has required both a demon matchmaker and a human gardener. Once this storm has passed, I will be the matchmaker and you will be the gardener."

Tu Shan Han Su said with her back to him.

"Get ready, the guests that the matchmaking agency will be serving from now on will not only be human."

"Okay," Zhang Chen readily agreed.

"That stinky cat has already gone to destroy your file. The company is mostly full of scoundrels, so they won't investigate you thoroughly."

Zhang Chen was slightly taken aback, realizing that she was referring to Bai Nuoyan.

He had his moment of pleasure, but in the end, the succubi had to clean up his mess.

Thinking about it this way... Li Yinuo and Lin Yinmeng weren't in a hurry to find him, probably because they were dealing with this matter, at least to get the attention from above away from the small town of Ning'an.

One debt of affection after another, from two thousand years ago to now, how much have we truly owed?

Zhang Chen suddenly became somewhat annoyed.

This rotten company, Biyang, should really change its name.

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After Zhang Chen left, Miss Fox collapsed onto the steps.

Her cheeks had an unhealthy pink tinge, which made the little rabbit, who had been frowning, stare in disbelief.

"Sister Hansu...are you alright?" Xu Mianmian poked her head out from the rabbit hutch.

"It's nothing..." Tu Shan Han Su took out a small squeeze bottle from her bosom, then took another mooncake, squeezed the seasoning into it, and ate it bite by bite.

Xu Mianmian got goosebumps; she felt that the bottle didn't contain salad dressing.

"You want some too?" Tu Shan Han Su glanced at her, her blush still lingering.

"No, no, no, I'll pass... I probably can't digest such good food..." The little rabbit quickly waved her hands. "Sister Hansu, will you be very busy from now on?"

"It will be quite busy, after all, we'll be moving all the affairs of Tushan over."

"Phew..." Tu Shan Hansu exhaled a breath of hot air, the hearts in her eyes bouncing around. "Does Zhang Chen talk like that at school too?"

"No... I've only ever heard him say those sweet nothings to you," Xu Mianmian said honestly.

"Strange... He wouldn't have said that a thousand years ago." Tu Shan Han Su simply unscrewed the bottle and started drinking it like water.

Xu Mianmian stared wide-eyed. "Didn't you say it was hard to eat...?"

"I'm lying to him," Miss Fox muttered. "Men are all like that; the more you act disgusted, the more he wants you to eat it."

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"Oh..." The little rabbit was puzzled.

Only after Tu Shan Han Su had drunk it all did he reluctantly rest his chin on his hand and gaze at the moon.

In her mind, she was still replaying the future that Zhang Chen had described to her.

so good.

How wonderful it would be to live a normal human life like this.

"Sister Hansu, why are you usually so fierce to adults?"

"Fierce?" Tu Shan Han Su paused, then gave a wry smile. "There's nothing I can do."

"I can't be too gentle with him, otherwise he'll remember me too vividly."

"Too deep..."

"Hmm." Tu Shan Ren Su looked at the Bitter Love Tree. "It will take at least a few years for this tree to grow. I can't wait that long."

"Do you think death represents Asia?" Lan asked.

"Does this mean it's over?" Xu Mianmian pricked up her ears.

Miss Haili shook her head, gently touched the surface of the pond with her hand, then withdrew it, and ripples slowly spread out.

"Look, I touched the water's surface, and something amazing happened?"

"There are so many circles," Xu Mianmian said.

"Yes, the hand has left, but the water still remembers," Tu Shan Ren Su said.

"Death does not mean the end. I can leave quickly, but ripples leave slowly."

"How slow is it... like, I can remember him for two thousand years, that's too painful."

"Once something has been dyed, it's very difficult for it to return to its original color."

Tu Shan Rensu pulled out another white hair from her hair. "He has never been interested in me for two thousand years, but now is the time when I least want him to be interested in me, yet he says he wants to marry me."

"With someone as wonderful as Rensu-neechan, it's hard not to be tempted..."

"That might be because I had ulterior motives." Tu Shan Ren Su put her hands behind her back. "I've always been like this, not putting my words into action."

"I've said countless times that I want to sever all ties, but I always give up halfway through."

Xu Mianmian listened quietly, her eyes welling up with tears, and she cried out, "Sister Rensu, can't we all just be happy together?"

The demon was still smiling. It took out another bottle of that strange water from the refrigerator. In the still night, Lan's demon tail and ears were sticking out freely, enjoying the evening breeze.

Another heavy drinking session.

"No way. If it were that simple, what about my two thousand years of wandering and hardship?"

My heart is rotten, rotten to the core.

Tu Shan Rensu rubbed the rabbit's head and grinned, "Besides, I really am angry, and it's not just an act. I genuinely want to slap him across the face today!"

"Sister Rensu..."

"But when he's not talking, he really is very handsome, isn't he?"

After finishing another bottle, Hai Yao let out a small burp, shook his head, and said, "It seems to have fermented a bit; the alcohol tastes so strong."

The three eyes became somewhat hazy. He raised the bottle to the moon and said, "I really envy you, Jing. You can still accompany him for who knows how many more two thousand years."

The wind rustles through the treetops of the Bitter Love Tree; no one knows how many years ago this wind began to blow.

The small city of Ning'an was suddenly shrouded in darkness, and the long-dormant undercurrents began to stir.

Time flies, and more than a week has passed in the blink of an eye.

Zhang Chen went into seclusion for more than a week.

To make it easier for the banshees to deal with him, he barely even went to school.

Besides contacting Jiang Rou and Shen Nianxi via his phone, he also listens to the crows outside the window reporting their current situation.

There are several times more monsters in Ning'an than before, which keeps Shen Nianxi extremely busy.

Li Yinuo refused a literary competition for this reason, which reportedly displeased the young woman from the Beijing district who came looking for trouble.

Lin Yinmeng is leading her flock of orchids to welcome the new bird demons.

Bai Nuoyan had only seen him once during this period. As soon as they met, Zhang Chen pinned him to the bed and asked if he was playing tricks on Lan.

Fortunately, the cat was easy to fool. Zhang Chen had previously shown Lan the Immortal Yang Mode, so she activated it again and used this as an excuse.

Although he sensed that Bai Nuoyan didn't quite believe him, she still turned into a cat and came to him to take a bath that night.

Tu Shan Ren Su, representing the demons, negotiated with the company's higher-ups and successfully made the matchmaking agency a new "Tu Shan".

Tian Luoyang recently teamed up with Jiang Rouren and seemed to have lent a hand in this matter, but Zhang Chen didn't know anything else.

"call..."

"Leave the mountain."

Zhang Chen left the rented room and came to a pet hospital near the school.

Of course, he didn't do nothing during this time.

"Da Yang." The dog demon in the white coat stepped out and bowed to him.

Xiao Jin, also known as Xiao Jinmao's father, is the dog demon who is serving his sentence in a hospital.

Zhang Chen asked Shen Nianxi to take Xiao Jin back. Anyway, the stipulated labor service only required working in a hospital, without specifying which hospital.

Shen Nianxi was able to readily agree to his request because of a... shared goal.

"From now on, you will be the number one manager of the association." Zhang Chen patted him on the shoulder.

"The pet hospital is operating normally. Nianxi will inform you of any other tasks."

"Yes, Da Yang." The dog demon nodded, then said excitedly, "I heard about what you did in Tushan, and I admire you greatly."

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"It's nothing," Zhang Chen said with a smile.

After giving a few more instructions, he went out, turned left, and returned to the school he had been away from for a long time.

During this time, he also figured out a pattern.

Yang and Yao, carrying pollen from the Bitter Love Tree, will converge at the location of the Bitter Love Tree due to various causal relationships.

Some actively seek to continue their relationship with the Bitter Love Tree, while others arrive passively without realizing it.

The former is usually a monster, while the latter is usually a yang or an ordinary animal.

The school gate was a bit chaotic at this moment.

A black limousine was blocking the entrance; Zhang Chen had only ever seen this sight in TV dramas.

Several security guards in black suits opened the car doors and even laid out a small red carpet on the ground.

Sheer, lace-trimmed stilettos encased her slender, fair feet, which landed steadily on the ground.

Above her was a young lady in a light blue, unslit cheongsam, holding a traditional Chinese ink painting style folding fan. Her makeup was exquisite, and she immediately gave the impression of being a young lady from a wealthy family.

However, Lan's youthful appearance and figure were not quite able to support this deliberately mature look.

Zhang Chen felt awkward and wanted to take off the cheongsam from the girl and bring it back for Lin Yinmeng to wear; that would definitely be amazing.

Because she was blocking the school gate, students coming and going in the morning couldn't get in. Fortunately, the students also loved to watch the drama unfold, so they simply watched and pointed at each other.

The security guards had never seen anything like this before and were still calling their superiors for backup.

But Zhang Chen didn't tolerate Lan's behavior and insisted on squeezing his way in.

The girl covered the lower half of her face with her fan, glancing at him through her eyes.

Two tall, burly security guards immediately surrounded them; they looked like boxers from Southeast Asia.

Hmm... dead muscle.

Zhang Chen didn't even need to elbow them; he simply knocked the two security guards off balance.

Then, he stared at the girl with a startled expression for a few seconds—

[List of Yokai Included]

[Included: Poplar species carrying pollen from the bitter love tree]

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