Wang Tong looked at Xiao Xiao. "I still want to know whether Nine-tailed Foxes really exist in this world."
"Master Xiao, do they?"
The girl's eyes shone brightly.
"Probably."
Xiao Xiao lowered his head and glanced at Little White Fox, the corners of his eyes curving slightly. "If—"
"If I have enough of a connection with a Nine-tailed Fox."
Wang Tong finished his sentence for him.
The corners of the girl's eyes twitched slightly. "Master Xiao, were you going to say that?"
"Mm."
Xiao Xiao smiled. "Perhaps one day, you'll be able to see a Nine-tailed Fox."
Wang Tong: ...
The girl quickly perked up again. "Then, Master Xiao, have you ever seen a Nine-tailed Fox?"
"Does it really have nine tails?"
"Is it beautiful?"
"Is it really as devastatingly beautiful as the legends say, capable of making fish sink, birds fall, the moon hide, and flowers blush, and bringing ruin to a kingdom..."
"Tongtong."
Su Xun interrupted the girl, who clearly had no intention of stopping. His expression was both helpless and amused. "If Master Xiao has never seen a Nine-tailed Fox, wouldn't everything you said afterward be for nothing?"
"Oh, right."
Wang Tong nodded. "Hehe, I was too excited."
The girl smiled somewhat sheepishly.
However, soon afterward, the girl looked at Xiao Xiao with excitement written all over her face. "Master Xiao, have you ever seen a Nine-tailed Fox?"
Her wide eyes were filled with shining anticipation.
Xiao Xiao lowered his eyes once more and looked at the Little White Fox in his arms.
A pleased aura radiated from the Little White Fox's entire body.
By contrast, the black aura around the white snake on his wrist was almost solid.
He smiled.
"I have."
"...Huh?"
Having truly received the answer she had been hoping for, Wang