Rong Lan stroked the back of the little puppet cat and replied with a beaming smile, "Sure."
Zhen Rui was sitting on the sofa in the first - floor living room, watching TV. When she saw the family of three appear in front of her, she put on an awkward yet polite smile and told the housekeeper cleaning not far away, "Auntie, please go and bring a cup of honey water."
The housekeeper thought Zhen Rui wanted to drink the honey water and placed it in front of her.
Zhen Rui then pushed the cup in front of Rong Lan. "It'll make you feel better after a hangover. Have a cup of honey water." After telling Rong Lan the benefits of honey water, she gave Chu Hengyuan a quick glance. "Hengyuan, you should have made honey water for Rong Lan last night."
Chu Hengyuan was helpless. He had wanted to make honey water for the little girl, but he just couldn't bear to leave. "It was my oversight. I'll remember next time." No matter the reason, it was better to just agree with what his mother said.
Rong Lan turned her head and saw Chu Hengyuan being lectured. She couldn't help but burst out laughing.
She picked up the cup and obediently thanked, "Thank you, Mom."
"You're welcome." Zhen Rui was fidgety. After hesitating for a while, she finally asked, "Rong Lan, do you remember what we talked about after you got drunk last night?"
Rong Lan blinked her eyes and shook her head. "I don't remember..."
Did she really not do anything outrageous last night? Why did her mom seem so nervous?
She was so nervous that her fox ears drooped.
Seeing the genuine confusion in Rong Lan's eyes, Zhen Rui finally felt relieved. She heaved a sigh of relief. "It's okay. We didn't talk about anything too out - of - line last night."
Even though she said so, God knows how much she wanted to slap herself when her memories came back after waking up this morning.
She was the kind of person who, no matter how much she drank or how crazy she got when drunk, could clearly remember what she said and did after just one night's sleep.
She sat in bed for fifteen minutes after waking up this morning, constantly thinking about what would happen if Rong Lan had the same constitution as her. How could she face her daughter - in - law in the future? It would be so embarrassing. She had hugged Rong Lan and told her about her rough past when she was drunk. She even shed a few tears when she got too emotional.
If Rong Lan remembered, her image would be completely ruined.
Fortunately, for now, it seemed that Rong Lan was the kind of person who would have memory loss after getting drunk.
The little fox holding half a cup of honey water looked at Zhen Rui and then at Chu Hengyuan. She always felt something was off.
It was obvious that both she and her mom had lost their composure after getting drunk. Should she ask Si Mo for help to see what stupid things she had done during the memory - loss period?
The little fox thought seriously but decided against it. Asking Si Mo for help could indeed show what she had done when drunk, but it would also let Si Mo see her acting crazy.
No way. She was a fox who cared about her dignity.
After a fulfilling weekend, Rong Lan went to work on time on Monday. As soon as she reached the door of the fortune - telling shop, she saw the little ghosts squatting at the door, staring at her eagerly.
Their persistence surprised her. After Si Mo also arrived, she talked to the little ghosts. "I still haven't received a 200,000 - yuan transfer."
Over the whole weekend, the only money she received was from Bai Rongran.
Si Mo waved his folding fan and sighed faintly. "Why don't you try another way? It seems your descendants don't really believe in dreams from the dead."
The little ghosts felt wronged.
"We only know how to appear in dreams. We don't know anything else."
"Yeah, yeah. We can't just go and scare our descendants at night."
Rong Lan propped her chin. "If your descendants are unreliable, why don't you go and earn money by yourselves?"
Si Mo stopped waving his folding fan and looked at the little fox doubtfully. "You haven't earned much money yourself, but you're introducing ways to make money to others? As of today, our fortune - telling shop only has Xie Xinxin as a long - term customer. And only very rarely do we get some casual customers, but they don't come for major things. We can't earn much money at all. I think the little fox will go bankrupt soon."
"Hey, I did a part - time job over the weekend and earned 100,000 yuan." Rong Lan looked proud.
Si Mo closed his fan. "There's such a part - time job? Why don't you introduce it to me? I think I really need it."
The little ghosts looked at their Dragon God longingly. Their Dragon God was actually going to compete with them for work?
Rong Lan shook her head seriously. "No, no. The part - time job I'm talking about doesn't match the status of the Dragon God."
Si Mo: "..." How come he didn't know he had a status?
"The part - time job I'm talking about requires following others and taking candid photos."
Si Mo twitched the corner of his mouth. "Little fox, is this a proper part - time job? You're not going down the wrong path just to make money, are you?"
Rong Lan rolled her eyes. "Of course it's a proper part - time job. I'm a good and law - abiding fox. And the person I took candid photos of on Saturday, you know him. It's Chu Chuan."
"Why did you take candid photos of him? Were they proper photos or improper ones like nude photos? Chu Chuan isn't that good - looking. How did you sell his photos for 100,000 yuan?" Si Mo highly doubted the truth of the little fox's claim of earning 100,000 yuan.
Far away in the Chu Group, Chu Chuan suddenly covered his mouth and sneezed. He rubbed his nose in confusion.
The indoor heating was so good. Why did he sneeze out of the blue? Was he catching a cold?
Inside the fortune - telling shop, Rong Lan counted on her fingers how many questions Si Mo had asked. "Of course it couldn't be nude photos!!! I'm not going to do such a thing just to make money. As for whether he's good - looking or not, people who like him will naturally think he is. I sold the photos to people who think Chu Chuan is good - looking."
Si Mo: "..." This part - time job sounded so easy. He thought he could do it. But the little fox clearly didn't want to assign this part - time task to him, and he couldn't bypass the little fox to contact the people who thought Chu Chuan was good - looking.
The little ghosts looked at Rong Lan expectantly. "Master, we can do the part - time job you mentioned! If we earn 200,000 yuan, will the master ask the Dragon God to open the ghost gate for us?"
Rong Lan glanced at Si Mo, who was eager to act, and looked at the little ghosts with a beaming smile. "Of course! But if you really want to take this part - time job, there are some restrictive conditions."
"What restrictive conditions?" Si Mo asked even faster than the little ghosts.
Rong Lan pushed Si Mo's folding fan, signaling him not to interrupt casually. "The restrictive conditions are - you can only follow the people I tell you to, and you're not allowed to have any evil thoughts about others. The photos you take can only be sent to me, and you're not allowed to sell them to others."