Chapter 2
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Chapter 2: Caught Red-Handed
Five hundred years later.
The wind howled, the weather was getting strange in May, it was still cold. Wang Laosi grumbled as he carried the lantern and his tools, complaining about the cold weather.
Dogs barked loudly, Wang Laosi didn’t feel energetic. He lazily went to check the commotion near the dog house, things were not peaceful lately.
Their master was a wealthy man, just mentioning the name "Zhou Ba Pi" made everyone cautious. Wang Laosi had to work here due to family connections, but he had to be careful not to make mistakes.
Thinking about the recent troubles, Wang Laosi became alert as he asked the dog what was going on.
There was a thief stealing chickens in Bronze Bull Town recently. They seemed to target Wang Laosi’s house specifically and came often.
The thief was not considerate, stealing chickens every other day. Wang Laosi was angry and wanted to catch the thief.
It turned out to be a small fox stealing the chickens, Wang Laosi was relieved but still determined to catch it.
Angered by the disturbance, Wang Laosi alerted the others to catch the chicken thief, which was actually a fox.
The sudden noise made Cancan fall, she was caught trying to steal a chicken. The other animals mocked her for failing.
The fox sprang at the mother hen again, but she leaped away with a clucking sound.
Cancan was so angry that she vowed to catch the sly fox, pluck it bald, and eat it!
Cancan wanted to catch the hen, but the farm workers came out wearing clothes and carrying sticks, ready to beat it. Remembering the fate of its ancestors, Cancan decided to escape instead, knocking the hen unconscious in the process.
With a surprised cry, Cancan swiftly grabbed the hen and ran off!
Thieves never go empty-handed!
"Woof woof woof woof woof!" Big Yellow saw his dear friend the hen being stolen by the cunning fox and quickly raised the alarm. Oh my, why are these thieves willing to risk their lives for this!
Cancan wasn’t risking her life for nothing, she had a plan – to kidnap a hostage. No, a chicken hostage!
That’s how the story goes!
Though her chicken-stealing plan failed, Cancan was still a clever little fox. Foxes are always smart, so she was sure she could escape in no time.
Cancan wasn’t running very fast, just ok. Now, carrying an old hen, it feels like this hen is as heavy as a thousand pounds, Cancan’s legs are tired!
"Woof woof woof!"
Looking at how tired it was, it was imagining things! Silly dog Big Yellow was tied up! Oh no! Cancan looked back and almost tripped, among the people chasing behind, one person was holding Big Yellow, running the fastest. Big Yellow kept barking madly at it, Cancan remembered another companion who was bitten by a dog, suddenly scared and legs felt weak, this… dog is too fierce!
What to do!
Cancan had no idea, should it transform into a human? Maybe they would think they were spared by the Fox Fairy! But just thinking about it, Cancan dismissed the idea from its mind, it had a companion, if it transformed into a human directly, it would be burned to death…
No matter what, nothing seems right!
Cancan ran more and more miserably, seeing that ahead was a valley, it finally stopped, panting heavily watching the crowd catching up, a group of strong men, with torches!
"If you, if you come closer, I’ll throw the chicken off the cliff!" Cancan spoke, pinching the chicken’s wing! Oh my goodness, it’s so plump! The chicken from the rich man’s house is also plump!
Cancan’s pinch woke up the chicken directly, it flapped its wings hard, Cancan tried to control it, "As a chicken, you be honest, or else I’ll tear up the ticket!"
The dirty little fox suddenly spoke, surprising everyone! But before they could recover from this surprise, she began acting silly! Even though she’s a fox, there’s no need to worry about her foolishness!
The leader said, "This fox is cunning, let’s catch it, maybe we can sell it to a theater group! Everyone, let’s go, sell it and split the money!"
Cancan felt a lump in her throat again!
They weren’t just afraid of her, they also wanted to sell her for money! There’s a way to steal too!!!
"Don’t come any closer!" holding a chicken wing, she kept backing away, seeing a cliff behind her. Cancan swallowed hard, waving the chicken in her hand threateningly, "Or else… uh…"
Before she could finish speaking, the mother hen pecked her hard, and Cancan missed. The mother hen ran off clucking, and Big Yellow barked, ready to bite her.
Cancan was scared of dogs, she dodged quickly, stepped on air and fell into the ravine. As she tumbled down, she sadly thought, she might be the only one in Fox tribe history who never ate chicken! So tragic, so tragic, so tragic!
The barking grew fainter, Cancan frowned, covered her face, closed her eyes, hoping not to be recognized, feeling like a disgrace to the foxes… she awaited the moment of becoming minced meat passively…
But… the landing didn’t feel very painful!
It stretched out a finger and peeked at the dim underworld, feeling scared, so it quickly covered its face again.
After a while, it slowly released another finger and peeked, seeing frightening creatures, it covered its face tightly once more.
After some time, it repeated the previous action and wondered where the King of Hell was.
A cold male voice said, "Let me see your face!"
