Did the Fox Fool Me Again Today?

Shi Su hated Ji Ran more than anyone in the world.

At the sect's grand tournament, Ji Ran knocked her off the fighting platform, making her a laughingstock and humiliating her in front of everyone.

During an outdoor training mission, Shi Su had finally managed to defeat a high-level spirit beast, only for Ji Ran to kill it with a single sword strike and claim it for herself...

All these things made Shi Su grind her teeth with rage.

She and Ji Ran were bitter enemies, but the other senior and junior sisters were obsessed with the two of them, going on about how they were in love and constantly at each other's throats.

Shi Su scoffed. “In love and constantly at each other's throats? As if she deserves me.”

“She could die right in front of me, and I still wouldn't spare her a glance.”

*

Later, Ji Ran failed her tribulation, her spiritual meridians shattered, and she became a cripple.

It was a dark, rainy midnight when Shi Su coldly eyed the woman knocking at her door. “What is it? The once-great genius of the heavens has come to me for help?”

Ji Ran's face was pale. “Shi Su, help me.”

Shi Su spat, “Why should I?”

As soon as the words left her mouth, Ji Ran collapsed in front of her and turned into a little fox.

Shi Su: “...”

*

What do you do when your nemesis turns into your favorite animal?

Shi Su grumbled as she searched for a solution, yet couldn't resist petting the little fox.

It was fluffy and warm, unlike Ji Ran's mouth, which was colder than eighty degrees below zero and cut right to the heart.

After trying countless methods to no avail, Shi Su broke down.

She looked at the little fox, still unable to take human form. “How about... you just stay like this? You're pretty cute.”

Ji Ran: “You'll keep me?”

It's only a little fox. Surely she could afford to keep it. Shi Su agreed. “I'll keep you for the rest of my life, and never abandon you.”

*

Then, one day, Shi Su accidentally caught Ji Ran splitting open a mountain with one sword strike and flying through the air, showing no sign of having shattered spiritual meridians.

Only then did she learn that the so-called failed tribulation and loss of spiritual power had all been an act.

Shi Su laughed in anger.

She must have been drugged to believe Ji Ran's lies.

Ji Ran, exposed, said, “You said you'd keep me for the rest of your life.”

Shi Su sneered. “You've been freeloading for ages, and you still expect me to keep you? Pay me back!”

Ji Ran looked at her, sighed, turned back into a little fox, and nestled in her arms. “What about like this?”

Shi Su: “...Then pay back a little less.”

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