"Fox?"
Yu Yanyan looked at the Little White Fox, a small, quiet bundle perched on Xiao Xiao's shoulder.
Seeing nothing unusual, she turned her gaze to Xiao Xiao.
Xiao Xiao took a few steps forward with the line.
"A Jiu doesn't like being called 'Little Guy.'"
Even though he looked like a little fox right now, inside he was the mighty Nine-tailed Fox, a Great Yao. His dignity and pride as a Great Yao could not be infringed upon.
The girl had completely hit A Jiu's sore spot just now.
"Oh, is that so?"
Ruan Nuan looked quite dumbfounded.
"Little fox..."
Could it understand what she was saying?
Was it really angry because of her words?
"This little fox is so smart!"
The girl stared wide-eyed at the Little White Fox.
The lingering shock from being frightened earlier was pushed to the back of her mind.
"I'm guessing."
Xiao Xiao smiled, but his answer left Ruan Nuan and Yu Yanyan both stunned.
G-guessing?
"Because the last time someone called A Jiu that, that person seemed to get frightened by A Jiu too."
"Oh."
Ruan Nuan understood, then muttered under her breath, "It's so tiny, and it still doesn't like people calling it Little Guy."
"Nuan Nuan."
Yu Yanyan gave the girl a helpless look.
She'd already been frightened once.
And now she still wasn't behaving.
"Fine, I won't call it that. Happy now?"
Ruan Nuan puffed out her cheeks. "I didn't know before, okay?"
"By the way, his name is A Jiu, right?"
Now that she knew why she'd been glared at, the last trace of unease in the girl's heart disappeared.
Curious about the Little White Fox's name, she asked, "Why is he called A Jiu?"
"Was he born in September?"
"Or..."
Although they'd just met, the