“Jun Yexuan, I’ve never felt so powerless. I really do think the medicine I made could be useful but it just cannot be mixed with his blood.”


  “I’ve tried countless times but I haven’t found a way to fix this. I’m really only one step away and I am really unwilling to admit my defeat!”


  “Leng Yan is such a nice person so why can’t he live longer? How come I worked so hard and I still cannot save him?”


  “The father I saved wasn’t really my father and I cannot save Leng Yan. Why did I study medicine so hard?! What’s the use?!”


  Jun Yexuan pressed Qiao Qing’s head against his chest. He listened to her cry and his heart felt like it was cut into pieces, “None of this is your fault. You’ve done everything you can.”


  However, his words did not comfort her at all. At once, the shirt where her face leaned again became damp. However, they hugged for a long time. And after a while, Jun Yexuan felt something furry poke at his leg.

  It was obvious who it was.

  He never liked that thing. Since he was comforting Qiao Qing, he didn’t want to acknowledge its existence.

  Just then, he felt that furry animal climb up to his leg.

  Jun Yexuan impatiently shouted, “Don’t cause trouble at a time like this!”


  The little fox ignored him and continued to climb up to his shoulder.

  At the same time, the fox exclaimed silently, ‘if it weren’t for the fact that the master had lost so much weight, no way I would climb this son of a b!tch. He’s too tall.’


  Jun Yexuan frowned and turned his head. He saw the fox had a little box in its mouth and froze, “What is it?!”


  Qiao Qing also lifted her head and saw that the firefox had a maroon wooden box in its mouth.

  Her memory refreshed and she suddenly remembered that this was the box that contained the pearl she won on that cruise.

  She understood the firefox’s intention and took the box, “Why are you giving this to me?”


  The firefox stood on Jun Yexuan’s shoulder and pointed with its paw, ‘Open it up’.

  Qiao Qing opened it as instructed and the heavy scent of medicine rushed up her nostrils.

  Qiao Qing froze. The pearl that was once yellow had turned red.

  The firefox, “Ack, ack, ack!”


  Try using this.

  Qiao Qing didn’t need the firefox to specify. The moment she smelled the medicine, her heart felt lifted.

  She didn’t think too much at that moment. She spun around, took the scalpel, cut off a small piece of the pearl, and added it to her most recent experiment.

  Before long, the medicine and the blood melted into each other. The dark green blood spot that resulted from the failed trial also restored back to its normal red color.

  Qiao Qing’s eyes shot out a stream of light. She put down the rest of the pearl and picked up the firefox instead. She kissed it.

  “Red, you are amazing!”


  The firefox was stunned by its normally cold master. Its face turned red – obvious even through its fox fur.

  It wanted to enjoy this moment. However, it felt a chill down its spine.

  It turned its head and saw that Jun Yexuan had squinted his eyes. He now stared at the fox with a devouring gaze.

  The fox instantly shuddered and all of its fur stood up on its end.

  Its instinct said that this man was thinking of all the ways he could kill it.

  At once, the fox shrieked and wrapped its paws around Qiao Qing’s neck, “Ack, ack, ack, ack, ack, ack, ack!!”


  Master, save me!

  That son of a b!tch wants to kill me!

  Qiao Qing was about to glare at Jun Yexuan when she felt something damp on the back of her neck.

  She pulled the fox’s claw forward and examined it. The little padded paw had a bite mark on it. The wound was still bleeding.

  She suddenly remembered how the pearl had turned red from yellow.

  Qiao Qing suddenly realized what had happened. Her eyes constricted and she instantly started to feel the fox’s pulse.