Rong Lan shook her head. "No! I wasn't fighting alone. There were other powerful fortune - tellers with me. That evil creature was already seriously injured. My partners and I sealed it without getting a scratch. It's just that the long journey was a bit tiring."
Anyway, since she could tell a lie about saving the world, adding the fact that they were unscathed wasn't a big deal.
Hearing the girl say that she "wasn't injured at all", Chu Hengyuan immediately recalled the first time he saw the little fox, how weak and injured it was. He couldn't help but smile helplessly. His fingertips brushed across the girl's cheek. "It's good that you weren't hurt. But Lanlan, you've lost weight."
He thought he had taken such good care of the little fox that it wouldn't lose weight. But after seeing the girl come back, after the initial joy, he realized that his girl had lost a lot of weight. The chubby cheeks he had nourished with countless roast chickens were almost gone.
Hearing this, Rong Lan subconsciously reached out and touched her cheek. "Have I? Maybe just a little. After all, I've been on a long journey for so many days. But it's not a big problem. I'll gain the weight back after resting at home for a few days!"
"You're right." Chu Hengyuan smiled and patted the girl's shoulder. "Okay, I have to cook now. Since Lanlan is finally home, how about I make you a big meal?"
"Sure!" Rong Lan's eyes curved into a smile, her pupils shining like stars.
"By the way, has that fox immortal who can write left?" Chu Hengyuan asked deliberately.
Logically speaking, since Rong Lan had taken on her human form, her fox form couldn't appear. But since such a big fox had disappeared, he had to ask.
Rong Lan knew that her brother would ask about the fox. She wasn't panicked at all. "Our task as fortune - tellers is completed, and the fox immortal has gone home. The reason the fox immortal appeared and was so seriously injured was that she severely wounded the evil creature that was causing trouble in the world. Then she assigned the task to us fortune - tellers to chase and seal it."
Chu Hengyuan didn't expect the girl to come up with such a well - rounded excuse. If he didn't already know the truth, he might really have been deceived by this perfect logic.
"I see." As he responded to the girl, he walked into the kitchen, picked up an apron and tied it on. "Since the fox immortal has gone home, Lanlan will have to help me finish the roast chicken I prepared for her."
Rong Lan, who had followed Chu Hengyuan into the kitchen, suddenly brightened her eyes and nodded like a chick pecking rice. "Okay, okay!"
After tying on the apron, Chu Hengyuan opened the refrigerator and took out the roast chicken that he had marinated a day in advance. "Lanlan, why are you following me around?" Usually, his Lanlan wasn't that interested in the kitchen. When he was cooking, she would usually play with Amber in the living room. Why did she follow him into the kitchen today?
Rong Lan's eyes curved into a smile. "It's just that I haven't seen you for so long, and I miss you."
Although she saw him every day, there was a difference between seeing him in fox form and in human form. In fox form, she had to maintain the dignity of the fox immortal and couldn't hug him, kiss him or act coquettishly with him. But in human form, she could.
Chu Hengyuan was softened by the girl's words. He smiled helplessly. "I miss Lanlan too."
"Uh - huh, I know!" Her brother talked to the fox about his Lanlan every day. She always knew that he missed her.
Rong Lan pulled at the corner of the man's white shirt. "Brother, turn around. I'll show you something nice."
Chu Hengyuan turned around as she asked. He thought the nice thing she mentioned was a physical object. He never expected that the bold girl would stand on tiptoe, look up and kiss the corner of his mouth.
He was stunned, while the girl who had succeeded smiled like a little fox that had stolen a roast chicken. He seemed to see a fox tail wagging behind the girl.
"Lanlan!"
"Brother, hurry up and prepare the roast chicken! I'm hungry!" After the kiss, Rong Lan took a half - step back, guarding against her brother's counter - attack.
However, the possibility of Chu Hengyuan counter - attacking was low because she had made sure that he was wearing disposable gloves before she took action.
Chu Hengyuan glanced at the gloves, which were still stained with various seasonings from the marinated chicken. "Forget it. I'll settle the score with you later." He was afraid of getting the girl's clothes dirty. Otherwise, just for that kiss, he would have dragged her into a little kitchen adventure.
"I couldn't help myself." As Rong Lan said, she took another half - step back.
"Couldn't help yourself?" Chu Hengyuan couldn't help but lick the place where the girl had kissed him. The corner of his eyebrows drooped slightly, and a dangerous and wild glint flashed in his eyes. "Lanlan's 'couldn't help myself' seems a bit too tame. Later, I'll let you feel mine?"
He originally planned to use the excuse that the girl had just come back to coax her to drink a little wine, get her drunk and then have his way. Unexpectedly, the girl was much bolder than him.
"No, no, no!" Rong Lan slapped the man's arm. "Brother, hurry up and cook! Don't think about anything strange. I'm so hungry that my stomach is flat!"
Chu Hengyuan couldn't let the girl starve, so he turned around and continued to prepare the chicken. "How about a whole - chicken feast for dinner tonight? A whole roast chicken, two deep - fried drumsticks, a fried chicken breast, and finally a stir - fried chicken giblets."
Just hearing the description, Rong Lan's eyes began to shine. She grabbed the corner of her brother's shirt. "This arrangement is great! Brother really knows me!"
"Since I know you so well, Lanlan, do you want to consider giving me a reward?" As Chu Hengyuan put the tray with the whole chicken into the oven, he set a trap for the girl.
Seeing that Chu Hengyuan had finished preparing the roast chicken, Rong Lan thought he would settle the score with her for the kiss. She took another half - step back warily.
However, after finishing with the roast chicken, Chu Hengyuan started to prepare the ingredients for the fried chicken.
Rong Lan let out a sigh of relief. "A reward? Let me think..."
After thinking for half a minute, "How about a kiss as a reward?"
"Sure." Chu Hengyuan didn't think too much and subconsciously agreed.
Rong Lan, who thought she had successfully set a trap for Chu Hengyuan, snickered. The kiss she mentioned didn't specify when or where. She could kiss him in the morning when they were both about to go to work. Then, even if he wanted to kiss her back, he wouldn't have the time.
She was such a smart fox.
The self - satisfied little fox didn't consider at all that with her brother's intelligence, how could he not see through her little trick.
After Chu Hengyuan prepared all the dishes for dinner and cleaned up the cooking counter, he turned around and picked up his girl.
Because he hadn't taken any action and had been seriously preparing the dishes, Rong Lan thought her brother would let her off since she said she was hungry. Her guard was completely down. She never expected that Chu Hengyuan was playing a long game.