The gluttonous little boy is four and a half years old, and even the wealthy family kneels down and

"A fox?" Yun Ziang looked blank, automatically conjuring up an image of a little white fox sneaking into the bar and snatching his bracelet.

"No way..." he hesitated, "Don't foxes only steal chickens? Why would they steal my bracelet?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jin curled her arms into claws, frowned, and pretended to be fierce, saying, "Because it's going to eat you!"

"Awoo!"

Yun Ziang's brain, still sluggish from the hangover, began to function slowly. He was stunned for several seconds before he came to his senses.

He gasped, startled, "Little Miss, you're not talking about a fox, you're talking about a fox demon?!"

"Mmm!" Xiao Jin nodded seriously.

Looking at the two people, one big and one small, muttering to themselves, Yun Mingyuan couldn't help but ask, "What are you two talking about?"

Xiao Jin turned to Yun Mingyuan and Yun Zhengbang and immediately complained, "My grand-nephew lost Xiao Jin's super, super, precious bracelet!"

She pouted, crossed her short arms in front of her chest, and looked angry.

"What?!" Yun Mingyuan's voice suddenly rose, his eyes turning to Yun Zi'ang, "You just lost this precious bracelet like that?"

He didn't know what the bracelet looked like, but he had already experienced Xiao Jin's skills.

Her precious bracelet must be a very valuable treasure.

Yun Mingyuan stared at Yun Ziang's empty wrist, his face so dark it could drip water, and his hands began to itch slightly again.

Ever since this child grew up, he's never had a moment's peace.

Yun Zhengbang frowned slightly, his hand gripping the sofa armrest tightly, his tone grave: "Zi'ang, that bracelet is no ordinary ornament."

"Think carefully back to where you went yesterday and who you met. Don't miss any details."

Yun Ziang squatted on the ground, holding his head and trying hard to recall. The hangover headache mixed with panic made his temples throb.

"Yesterday afternoon... Ren Hong, Jiang Wenshi, Qiu An, and I met at a coffee shop to discuss finding evidence."

He spoke slowly, then suddenly paused, "Oh, right! Little Miss, when I was in the coffee shop, the bracelet suddenly started to get hot."

"At first, I thought it was from the sun, but we were sitting in a shady spot by the window..."

"That's not from the sun." Xiao Jin stood on tiptoe, reached out and poked his face, her voice childish but very serious: "A bracelet made of jujube wood struck by lightning only gets hot when it encounters evil spirits or monsters."

"The hotter the beads are, the closer that bad thing is to you."

"A demon? A monster?" Yun Zi'ang gasped, his voice trembling. "But it's broad daylight! A demon dares to come out in broad daylight?"

"Idiot, idiot," Xiao Jin frowned, her hands behind her back like a little teacher, "Demons aren't like wandering ghosts. Of course they can come out during the day. They'll turn into human form and hide, so you can't tell anyway."

These words immediately sombered the atmosphere in the living room.

Yun Mingyuan blinked several times in confusion. He slowly took a few steps back and sat down, holding onto the sofa armrest.

The events of the past few days have completely overturned his worldview: evil formations, face reading, divination... and now even demons have appeared.

He leaned back on the sofa and muttered, "Demons? There are actually demons?"

"Wasn't it said that animals weren't allowed to become spirits after the founding of the People's Republic of China?"

When Xiao Jin heard Yun Mingyuan say this, a hint of innocence appeared on her face. She rested her chin on her hand and pondered for a moment, "But it didn't become a spirit after the founding of the People's Republic of China."

Yun Mingyuan's chin slowly sank down, his mouth wide open, his face full of shock.

Yun Zhengbang's eyes were serious, and his heart was filled with tension.

Just then, Yun Ziang's phone suddenly started vibrating.

He frantically pulled out his phone, and seeing the caller ID showed it was the bar manager, he quickly answered, "Feed?"

"Young Master Yun, our cleaning staff found a wooden bracelet while tidying up the booths on the second floor. It looks like the one you mentioned. Would it be convenient for you to come and confirm?"

"Really?!" Yun Zi'ang's eyes lit up instantly, his voice trembling. "Take a picture and send it to me on WeChat! Quickly!"

Less than half a minute after I hung up the phone, the photos were sent over.

On the screen, dark brown jujube wood beads sat quietly in a velvet tray. The wood grain was familiar; it was the very string he had lost.

"Found it! Little auntie, the bracelet has been found!" Yun Ziang was so excited he almost jumped up, and quickly held his phone up to Xiao Jin.

"It hasn't been stolen yet. I must have accidentally shaken it off while I was drinking," he said with a laugh.

Xiao Jin blinked at the screen, then tapped it with her short, chubby finger. "It's broken."

"Huh?" Yun Ziang turned his phone around, and the smile that had just appeared on his face immediately froze.

On the largest main bead in the very center of the bracelet, there was a thin crack, and the crack was faintly charred, as if it had been burned by something, making it particularly glaring.

"How did it crack..." he muttered, panicking again.

The crack wasn't just on the bracelet; it was clearly cracked in his heart.

Xiao Jin leaned closer and peered at the phone screen, her round eyes narrowing. She stared at the cracked bead for a long time, then suddenly shook her head, her tone very certain:

"Xiao Jin can't understand it."

"Xiao Jin wants to go with you to get the bracelet."

"Huh?" Yun Ziang was taken aback. "No need, little miss. I can make the trip myself and I'll be right back."

"No," Xiao Jin said, hands on her hips, her face tense. "The bead is cracked wrong. I have to see it with my own eyes and touch it to know."

Yun Mingyuan pondered for a moment, then said, "Have Uncle Chen arrange for someone to drive you there. Go quickly and come back quickly."

A perfectly good bracelet wouldn't just crack for no reason. With Xiao Jin by my side, we can figure out exactly what happened.

Yun Zhengbang nodded and carefully instructed, "Be careful on the road. Once you get it, have Xiao Jin check if it has been tampered with."

Half an hour later, in the lobby of the VORTEX bar.

The manager personally handed over the velvet tray containing the bracelet: "Young Master Yun, take a look, we found it in the crevice of the booth you sat in yesterday."

Just as Yun Ziang was about to reach out and take it, Xiao Jin tiptoed and took the bracelet with her chubby little hand.

She held the string of beads in her small palm, first bringing it to her nose to smell it, then gently stroking the cracked jujube wood bead with her fingertips, her brows furrowing more and more tightly.

"How is it, little miss?" Yun Ziang asked from the side, barely daring to breathe.

Xiao Jin looked up, her round eyes filled with confusion: "It's that stinky fox..."

"Only one bead broke?"

She couldn't understand why this stinky fox only attacked her precious bracelet, while Yun Ziang, who had lost the bracelet, was not attacked at all.

Logically speaking, without the protection of her precious bracelet, Yun Ziang would be easier to defeat, so why didn't that stinky fox make a move?

Xiao Jin looked at Yun Zi'ang strangely, which sent a chill down Yun Zi'ang's spine. He swallowed hard. "Little Miss, am I doomed?"

Xiao Jin asked sincerely, "Why didn't it kill you?"

"Hiss~" Yun Zi'ang gasped. "Little miss, don't scare me!"

Xiao Jin wasn't trying to scare him; she just couldn't understand it.

Xiao Jin raised her hand to touch her head, closed her eyes, and pretended to think. After a few seconds, she suddenly realized, "It doesn't dislike you, it dislikes Xiao Jin's bracelet!"

Yun Zi'ang became more and more confused as he listened. "Little Miss, I don't understand at all. Please explain it to me."

Xiao Jin then pointed to the cracked bead and explained in her childish voice, "Look here, it was cracked by demonic energy."

"The wood struck by lightning is full of righteous energy, and any demon that touches it will be burned. This stinky fox probably wanted to steal the beads, but it got burned by the bracelet and couldn't hold on to it, so it just left it there."

Yun Zi'ang felt a chill run down his spine, goosebumps rising on his skin: "Why...why did it steal my bracelet? Was it really trying to harm me?"

"But it didn't harm you," Xiao Jin shook her head and stuffed the bracelet back into his hand. "If it wanted to harm you, you would have been dead long ago."

"It just wants to steal the bracelet. Without this thing blocking it, it can get close to you as easily as it wants."

She counted on her little finger and analyzed seriously, "It was the same thing that scared you in your dream before; it's been following you for a long time."

"I got burned by the bracelet, and I think it's quite a burn. I don't dare to get too close to it for a while."

Yun Zi'ang held the bracelet, his heart pounding with anxiety.

He bent down and put the bead back on his wrist, even pushing it towards his elbow as if afraid it would fall off again.

"Will it come back in the future?"

"Of course it will." Xiao Jin blinked, her eyes sparkling with curiosity. "It's been with you for so long, it can't just leave. But it's okay, the bead is only slightly cracked, it's still usable."

"Keep it on tight, don't lose it again."

She paused, a slight smile playing on her lips, as if she had discovered something interesting:

"And... Xiao Jin also wants to see what this stinky fox who dared to steal Xiao Jin's things looks like."

Looking at his little aunt's excited expression, and then thinking about the elusive fox demon, Yun Zi'ang felt a chill run down his spine.

Xiao Jin pressed further, "Grand-nephew, when the bracelet was all the rage yesterday, did you notice anyone suddenly appearing nearby?"

"When the bracelet was hot..." Yun Ziang recalled the scene at that time, and his expression suddenly paused.