I was lying in the yard soaking up the sun, playing some boring game with Fox Dog and having a grand old time, when I suddenly heard brakes screech outside the gate. The sound caught me off guard.
Miss hadn't come over to mooch a meal at noon today, and lunchtime had already passed, so Lin Xue theoretically shouldn't have shown up right now. Her body clock had basically been synchronized with our family's mealtimes for years, without exception. But who else would come to my house? Sandora had set up wide-area mental interference around this area. Unless we actively invited someone, nobody would even notice there was a house here, much less come near it. Yet the sound of those brakes had clearly come from right outside the gate. We had visitors.
"Fox, tuck your tail in," I said, rolling over and getting up. I grabbed Fox Immortal Lord's tail on the way, only to get my hand covered in grease. "Can't you use your hands properly when you eat? Washing your tail is more trouble than washing your hands, isn't it?"
Fox Immortal Lord rolled around on the ground, with no intention of putting away either her tail or ears. She sniffed the air, then gave me a lazy glance. "It's fine. I can smell that they're acquaintances. Go open the gate. And using my tail to do things is my special skill. I like doing it this way. What, got the guts to bite me? I bet you can't outbite me..."
Me: "..." What kind of brain-damaged person would compete with a canine over who could bite harder?
With black lines all over my face, I went to open the gate. Sure enough, the people outside were acquaintances: Ding Ling and Lin Feng were standing there. Ding