Wheel of Fate

Curiosity killed the cat. Xu Han couldn't help giving the bushes a sharp shout. A rustling immediately came from within, and before long, a small animal emerged from the grass, swaggering out with a half-eaten chicken clamped in its jaws.

Xu Han: "..."

Were chicken thieves this brazen now?

The little creature had a long body and an equally long tail. Its fur was brown, while its belly was white. Its two round ears stood upright. It even looked a little... cute?

The creature gave her two wary looks. Seeing that she posed no threat, it lowered its head and continued eating its chicken.

Xu Han studied it curiously. What was this, a fox?

It didn't look like one.

Koukou seemed delighted when he saw it. He babbled "ah ah" and squirmed in Xu Han's arms, trying to reach out and grab it.

Xu Han caught his little hand. "Baby, you can't grab that."

Koukou didn't understand. He kept babbling "ah ah," wanting it.

Seeing that Koukou was interested, Xu Han held him and watched for a while. Sensing their gazes, the little creature stopped eating its chicken and tilted its head to look at them too.

Two humans and one animal stared at each other for a moment. Koukou eventually got bored, and Xu Han's arms were aching from holding him for so long, so she carried Koukou home.

The creature simply lowered its head and continued eating the chicken, seemingly unconcerned with their comings and goings.

But when Xu Han got home and was about to close the courtyard gate, she saw that it had somehow already squatted at the entrance to her yard, startling her.

The little creature blinked its round black eyes at Xu Han. Somehow, she read a plea for adoption in its gaze.

"..."

Author's Note:

Cute pet acquired √

Not fantasy, not a demon~

Wheel of Fate

When Xu Han had seen it eating raw chicken on the road, she had worried that it might steal chickens. Their chickens were still only half-grown, but they were plump and fat. This little creature would probably like them very much.

So Xu Han wanted to drive it away.

But this thing was like an obnoxious stray. It didn't understand when she scolded it, and it wasn't afraid when she pretended she was going to hit it. After watching her for a while, it actually strolled into their courtyard as if no one else were there.

The ignored Xu Han: "..."

Helpless, Xu Han could only let it stay for now. Later, she would ask the well-informed Grandma Qiao what this thing was and how to deal with it.

After a busy day, Xu Han was tired too. She washed some cherry tomatoes they had grown themselves, sat on a low stool in front of the house to rest for a while, and casually tossed two tomatoes to it.

After settling Koukou down, Grandma Qiao came out and visibly froze when she saw the creature. "Why is there a weasel in our home?"

A weasel?!

So this thing was a weasel. Xu Han looked at it again. The little creature was happily eating the cherry tomatoes she had tossed over, as though they were even tastier than the chicken it had just eaten.

The vegetables and fruit grown by their family were loved by both people and animals, so Xu Han was no longer surprised.

"I ran into it on the road. I don't know why it followed me back. I can't chase it away. Do I look like its owner?"

"This should be a wild one," Grandma Qiao said. "But I haven't seen one of these in years. There used to be lots of them in the village stealing chickens, but now you hardly see them anymore."

The moment Xu Han heard that it really did steal chickens, she became anxious. "Then what do we do now?"

"The elders used to say that having a Weasel Immortal visit your home was a good thing. As long as it doesn't steal our chickens, we'll leave it alone for now."

"..." So this was the legendary closing the stable door after the horse had bolted?

Uh...

But since Grandma Qiao had said so, Xu Han had no choice. She couldn't drive the thing away, and she couldn't bring herself to hit it, so she decided to feed it something now and then and hoped it would show mercy and leave their chickens alone.

The next day, the electric scooter shop delivered her scooter. Xu Han asked one of the village women who knew how to ride a bicycle to teach her, and she learned easily.

The three bundles of bamboo Xu Han had asked Aunt Li to order last time had also been cut and delivered. The person delivering them was a young man everyone called Alai. He looked simple and honest.

"It's 128.5 total. You don't need to pay the extra fifty cents." The young man scratched his neck as he spoke, not daring to look Xu Han directly in the eye.

"Thanks." Xu Han handed the money to Alai. "Sorry for the trouble, handsome."

Xu Han hadn't meant "handsome" as a tease at all. It was probably just like calling him a young man, but the moment Alai heard it, his sun-darkened face turned completely red.

"N-No need to thank me." Alai took the money and clenched it in his hand, saying dazedly, "Then... then I'll be going."

"Okay."

Then Xu Han watched him walk out with the same arm and leg moving together...

Just as Alai reached the gate, he happened to run into Grandma Qiao returning with Koukou, whom she had taken out for some sun and a walk. The weasel that had been freeloading at Xu Han's house these past few days was following beside them.

Alai jumped when he saw the weasel. Seeing that it was not afraid of people, he asked in delighted surprise, "Is this a Weasel Immortal?"

Grandma Qiao smiled. "It is."

"It's actually not afraid of people." Alai stared at it in fascination, then suddenly clasped his hands and bowed to it three times with a devout expression. "Weasel Immortal, bless me so I can marry a wife this year. I'll definitely repay you with generous offerings."

Xu Han, who had come over to carry Koukou away to feed him milk: "..."

That worked too?

And according to the Gregorian calendar, there was only a little over a month left this year, young man.

When Alai saw Xu Han approach, he became awkward again. He gave them a simple smile, then ran off in a flash.

Xu Han knew that village people were more or less superstitious, so she did not pay it much mind. She reached out to pick up Koukou, only to see that his little eyes were red, as though he had been crying.

Rankings | Transmigrated into a Book | Sweet Romance | Sweetness Is Justice