She said, "Stupid humans. As long as I don't want to be photographed, your electronic devices can't capture me."
Her brother even thought he could use this to threaten her. How could that be possible!
Chu Hengyuan stared at the phone screen, frowning. The time he calculated should be correct. It was between 40 and 50 minutes when the little fox would return home. But on the surveillance footage, there was only the image of the little fox strolling leisurely. There was nothing else. The little fox's camouflage wasn't captured, nor was its real movement.
He didn't believe it. He picked up his phone and quickly checked the footage before 40 minutes and after 50 minutes, but he didn't notice anything strange.
Rong Lan saw her brother's reluctant look and really wanted to tell him to give up trying to catch her out. She was so powerful that she wouldn't be easily caught with a flaw.
Chu Hengyuan sighed and rubbed the space between his eyebrows. "Forget it. I lost. The Fox Immortal is much more powerful than I thought."
Rong Lan's tail twitched proudly at the compliment.
Of course! She wasn't very powerful in her own world, but in this world without spirits, she was one of the most powerful beings.
"Although I know I shouldn't use this to threaten the Fox Immortal, I really want to know where my little wife is," Chu Hengyuan said seriously and sincerely as he looked at the happy little fox. "I'm very worried about her and miss her so much."
He was worried that she might still be injured since she was still in the fox form, and he missed the way she would cling to him and call him brother.
Rong Lan could feel the deep affection in her brother's tone, but...
She lowered her fox head and thought seriously. In the end, she went back to the coffee table, picked up a pen and paper.
Putting herself in his shoes, if he suddenly said he was going on a long - distance trip and she couldn't contact him, she would be very worried too. He asked her where she had been at least once a day. He must be very concerned about her.
Seeing the little fox start writing again, Chu Hengyuan fell silent and waited for her to finish to see what she had written.
This time, Rong Lan wrote for a full five minutes. Her fox paw was so sore that she finally put down the pen. Then she moved the paper full of words in front of Chu Hengyuan with her other paw.
Chu Hengyuan picked up the paper. He first roughly recognized what was written on it and then read the content on the paper slowly, "She is on a very important mission. I will protect her. You don't need to worry. She will definitely return to you safely."
As he read, Rong Lan nodded.
She couldn't guarantee other things, but she should be able to ensure that she would return to him safely.
She just needed a little more time. When the ghost Bai Rong Lan figured things out, she might be able to return to that body.
Looking at the promise on the paper, Chu Hengyuan shook his head helplessly and finally smiled, his eyes gentle. "Okay, I trust the Fox Immortal."
Rong Lan let out a sigh of relief, nodded, and raised her paw across the coffee table.
Come on, let's seal the deal with a high - five!
Chu Hengyuan looked at the little fox in confusion and didn't understand what she wanted to do for a moment.
Rong Lan glared at her brother angrily when he didn't come over to high - five her.
Seeing the angry little flames in the little fox's eyes, Chu Hengyuan tentatively reached out his hand and touched her paw pad. "A high - five?"
Only then was Rong Lan satisfied. She put down her paw and happily wagged her tail.
Chu Hengyuan laughed. "It seems I guessed right."
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
The man, the fox, and the cat all looked towards the door.
Rong Lan silently walked farther away from the door. At this time, whoever was knocking on the door, she had a feeling it was an uninvited guest.
Chu Hengyuan looked at the time and twitched the corner of his mouth. "It should be the driver who sent me back to get the documents. He probably saw that I hadn't gone down for a long time and was afraid I was skipping work, so he came up to remind me."
He had been at home for almost an hour, and the driver had also been waiting in the parking lot for an hour. He must have gotten impatient.
As soon as he finished speaking, the knocking on the door became urgent and forceful.
Rong Lan squinted her fox eyes. Something was wrong. The force of the knocking didn't seem like it was from the driver. She had met the Chu family's driver before. He was gentle and polite and would never knock on the door so violently.
Chu Hengyuan also realized something was wrong. The Chu family's driver might come up to urge him, but he would never urge him so violently. There was a problem.
Rong Lan instinctively looked at Chu Hengyuan, and Chu Hengyuan also instinctively looked at his little fox.
Both the man and the fox saw the strong wariness in each other's eyes.
"Fox Immortal, why don't you take Hu Po and hide in the room?" Chu Hengyuan said first.
Rong Lan shook her head firmly. Although she was in the form of a fox now, she wasn't weak. She wanted to see who was coming to cause trouble.
After the urgent knocking on the door sounded twice, it became quiet outside.
Chu Hengyuan didn't act rashly. He didn't go to open the door but calmly sat down and sorted out those documents.
It was just right. Since it wasn't the driver coming to urge him, he still had time to figure out which document he was looking for.
After about a minute, there was a rustling sound at the door.
Rong Lan twitched her ears. Was the uninvited guest outside picking the lock? Did that guy outside think that since no one opened the door after knocking, there was no one at home?
Chu Hengyuan also heard the sound of someone breaking the lock. He put down the file folder and stood up.
Seeing Chu Hengyuan stand up, the little fox stood up too and nervously stared at him.
Actually, she wanted to tell her brother not to rush to open the door to see who the uninvited guest was. She really wanted to see the reaction of the person outside when they pried open the door and saw someone sitting in the living room. It must be very interesting.
Chu Hengyuan saw through the little fox's thoughts. He smiled, put his finger in front of his lips to signal her to be quiet, and whispered his plan to her, "I'm just going to get a self - defense weapon. I'm not going to open the door."
A self - defense weapon? Rong Lan squatted down again and curiously watched Chu Hengyuan walk towards the study.
Did the study have some self - defense weapon that even she didn't know about?
However, there wasn't. Chu Hengyuan came out of the study holding a camera. Then he tiptoed to the kitchen and took a fruit knife and put it on the coffee table.
Rong Lan understood that the fruit knife was a self - defense weapon, but what was the camera for?
After a while, she understood.
Chu Hengyuan lifted the lens cap of the camera, aimed the camera at the entrance, adjusted the focus, and then set up the camera so that the lens could point at the entrance.
This was to ensure that there would be evidence that the uninvited guest had broken into the house. In case the cameras on the wall were unreliable, at least there would be something captured by the camera.
"Fox Immortal, do you want to guess how long it will take for the person outside to get in?" Chu Hengyuan said as he sent a message to the driver downstairs, telling him that he had something to deal with and wouldn't be able to go down for a while.
The driver replied immediately, saying that he wasn't in a hurry and could wait in the parking lot a little longer.