Hua Ji slowly returned to the hotel.
Even though within the country Hua Ji was only a third-rate celebrity with so little popularity it was like bubbles in the waves, he was still a fox that had lived for two hundred years and amassed quite a bit of personal assets. For this time’s vacation, he even chose the not-too-bad Hilton Hotel. Entering the vicinity of the hotel, he could already see pretty girls and handsome men out to party.
Hua Ji cut a sorry figure, vastly different from these people. Yet, he gave off a handsome air and, with his unruffled expression, nobody would think that he was some poor person with untidy clothes. That was why even though he walked into the lobby of the hotel soaking wet, the attendants at the side hesitated but still did not go up to… chase him away? No, no, no, they will attentively offer him a bathrobe.
Hua Ji was exhausted, immediately collapsing on the sofa when he returned to his room. He said helplessly, “You can come down now, right?”
This entire time, there had been a transparent, soft and jiggly something lying on his head. It claimed that it had consciousness since the Earth was formed and had been alive for countless years, woken up by the slowly changing sea. A transparent, soft and jiggly… jellyfish.
Yes, this Lord Jellyfish was too used to being a jellyfish and unused to walking around in a human form.
The jellyfish didn’t move, continuing to lie on Hua Ji’s head. The bright dots on its transparent umbrella blinked, its numerous eyes looking around. “The houses that humans live in have become more and more strange.”
Hua Ji lazily said, “Oh? I wonder when was the last time Lord Jellyfish saw a human’s abode?”
The jellyfish hesitated for a moment, “…… Three thousand six hundred or so full moons ago?”
”Oh, then you’re stuck in a completely different era.” Hua Ji sneered, “Three thousand six hundred or so full moons? That would be three hundred plus years ago? The Big Dipper has shifted, many seasons have passed!”
He even said this line in Chinese, dragging out the syllables of the word ‘seasons’, his words thick with a theatrical air.
The jellyfish said, “I once attended the Kangxi Emperor’s diamond jubilee, and even collected one of the Kangxi Tongbao issued that year!”
The jellyfish’s Beijing accent could not be more proper, and it stopped Hua Ji in his tracks.
He counted on his fingers, right, three hundred years ago, it was indeed the Kangxi era.
Hua Ji let out a sigh, righting his attitude, he said, “Many thanks for senior’s help today, do you have anything to request of me?”
The jellyfish didn’t answer, instead it asked, “That little bat mentioned a Mercenary Alliance, what is that?”
“It is a place where any disputes can be resolved, but it is also a place where a whole new round of disputes start.” Hua Ji shrugged, “That little bat was merely doing his job, he and I have no hatred between us.”
The jellyfish said, “Oh, I didn’t manage to kill him in one bite, which is a little regrettable, but by remaining by your side, I should be able to bite him one more time.”
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Hua Ji silently lit a candle for that little bat.
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”…Qtja abii?”
The jellyfish wriggled a tentacle. “In the past, whenever a boat passed by, I would collect a toll from them.”
Hua Ji blurted out, “That’s just a protection fee!”
The jellyfish picked things up quickly. “That’s right, I am your protector, you don’t need to hand over a protection fee, but you need to take responsibility for all of my actions. Right, it’s settled then!”
“…” Hua Ji sighed deeply. He suddenly felt that this jellyfish… was very smart, smarter than even he, a fox!
He couldn’t resist asking, “The demons in the sea, are they all like you?”
The jellyfish’s tone was flat, yet Hua Ji had a strange feeling that he was being looked down on. “Every four eyes I have are controlled by a brain, how many brains do you think I possess?”
Its umbrella returned to a milky-white colour and Hua Ji subconsciously raised his head. At the same time, countless white lights flashed, blinding his eyes.
Hua Ji… alright, he didn’t want to continue talking anymore.
After resting for a while, Hua Ji rose to go to the bathroom for a bath.
“I want to take a bath, you…”
The jellyfish finally moved its body from Hua Ji’s head, its many tentacles merging into eight. It stood up as tall as a person, two tentacles supporting it and walking like a person, the tentacles at its side occasionally touching the surrounding walls and objects, full of inquisitiveness.
When Hua Ji saw the jellyfish was investigating its surroundings, he stripped naked and got into the bathtub. Feeling the soothing warmth of the water, Hua Ji let out a comfortable groan, the fatigue from running for his life disappearing without a trace.
The jellyfish stood to the side, curiously looking at all the new bathing facilities. After looking for a while, it experimentally put a tentacle into the tub. Upon discovering that the temperature of the water was high, it retracted the tentacle again. To the side, there was a rack, and on the rack was a folded towel as well as three sets of bathrobes.
The jellyfish tilted its head. It felt the woollen texture of the bathrobe and thought, always lying on the fox’s head was no good, why not become a set of clothes for better protection?
Thinking up to this point, the jellyfish’s body began to transform, its originally milky-white body becoming a cream colour, creases and folds emerging on the silky smooth membrane. It actually became a robe that was identical to the bathrobe.
It memorised the shape of the robe while also pondering over whether to take a look at the fox’s other clothes.
At this moment, a set of knocks came from outside.
Hua Ji was momentarily dazed. In his hurry he randomly grabbed a bathrobe to put on.
Opening the door, he saw his manager with a beautiful lady wearing a red evening gown.
The beautiful lady looked blankly at Hua Ji. After a long while, she smiled insincerely at his manager beside her and said, “This greeting is too provocative, I thought that up until now you people had always been reserved.”
The beautiful lady then turned and walked away.
His manager hurriedly chased after the lady to apologise. Hua Ji was at a loss; he lowered his head and his face paled.
It was unknown when but at some point the robe on his body had become transparent!!!!
His white and supple skin that seemed as if it would release water with a pinch was exposed, the two pink dots on his chest perked up. His little brother below was wetly dangling and there was even silky red hair above it…
That’s right, Hua Ji is a red fox!
“No–!!!”
”I can’t believe you actually messed it up!!!”
His manager, surnamed Yan, is a butterfly spirit.
“Do you know who that is? Paramount’s next movie’s female lead!! If you had a nice chat with her and spent a pleasant night together, she could have recommended you to the director! Even if you only appear on the screen for five minutes, you would’ve had experience being in a Hollywood film, do you understand?!”
“With this experience, you could contest for the great works in the country, yet you actually messed it up! Everything is ruined! All my hard work spent convincing her was ruined by you!!”
Butterfly Yan raged at Hua Ji for a full two hours.
Hua Ji sat on the sofa with his ears drooped down, not speaking a word.
It wasn’t until two in the morning that Butterfly Yan finally calmed down.
Hua Ji silently gave Butterfly Yan a look, suddenly pulling a robe from the drawer by his side.
“To express my apologies, I’ll gift the embroidered robe that I specially ordered from the thousand-year-old renowned Cong Family shop to you.”
The anger in Butterfly Yan’s stomach was partly dispelled. Seeing that Hua Ji’s attitude towards admitting his faults was good, he gave a cold humph and carefully received the robe.
The Cong Family shop’s owner is a bee that has cultivated for a thousand years, the quality of his craftsmanship is undeniable. The clothes he sells are not something that can be purchased by simply having a lot of money. Every year, all sorts of spirits, demons, and even cultivators would find him to make their clothes. It is said that the waiting list had already been extended until next year.
Butterfly Yan looked at the teal embroidered robe and his face involuntarily revealed a slight smile.
Hua Ji’s expression was also very subtle. “Why not try it out?” After a beat, he added, “This robe can be worn as the only layer, and there are arrays that attract spiritual energy sewn into it!”
Butterfly Yan didn’t say another word, taking off all of his clothes and changing into the robe.
Yet when he looked in the mirror…
”Ahhhhhh–!!”
WTF？
WTF?
What is he looking at? Why was he naked?
The Butterfly Yan in the mirror wasn’t wearing anything, revealing the similarly fair and tender white skin.
Hua Ji smiled coldly, his voice filled with intention, “Tch, not as big as me.” After a beat, he said, “Oh, you even have multi-coloured hair there, I can’t compare to you on this front.”
Butterfly Yan: “…”
Lol, Hau Ji can hold a grudge. That’s one way to put your manager in their place.
Lmao now he knows how he feel
PETTY AHAHAHA