"I’ll handle the matter with Fox Father and Fox Mother. With your student credit, even a renovation loan would be a stretch."

Ansheng looked at Ah Qing with a mix of amusement and helplessness.

Just because he’d promised to bring Fox Father and Fox Mother back home, he was planning to empty his savings, even using the "Lin Ying Loan" to get it done.

Ah Qing’s commitment was a plus in Ansheng’s heart, but her determination meant going to extreme lengths to pay back debts through advertisements.

Ah Qing’s account had already reached four million followers, and it was racing towards five million.

However, Ah Qing wasn’t fond of taking ads, always feeling that if something went wrong with the product, she’d be blamed, feeling a bit guilty on a moral level.

A top streamer with millions of followers actually wouldn’t find it difficult to pay back the debts, though it might require a lot of marketing promotions and helping with live-stream sales.

But Ansheng felt it was completely unnecessary; the living standards of Fox Father and Fox Mother, in the global context, were unmatched except for a few pets.

"Then...what should we do?" Ah Qing rubbed her forehead, feeling conflicted as the little fox patted on it.

"I’ve promised you that as long as I can find Fox Father and Fox Mother, I’ll bring them both home."

"Don’t underestimate me, I didn’t become a Security Bureau consultant for nothing."

Ansheng glanced at Fox Mother and then at Ah Qing, "Let Fox Father and Fox Mother continue living here. As for that particularly superstitious rich businessman, I’ll make an appearance once the Security Bureau finishes the background check."

"However, Fox Father and Fox Mother’s behinds could suffer next."

The story was very clear. That superstitious businessman treated Fox Father and Fox Mother with the highest class of everything.

Achieving this level, Ansheng felt it wouldn’t be wrong to call it mutual endeavor.

Isn’t it just Third Grandmaster Fox and Great-Grandma?

Tonight, I’ll visit your dreams, letting you witness Master Fuli’s prehistoric power.

Ansheng wasn’t planning to let Fox Father and Fox Mother off, but instead planned to inject them with the Spirit Particle Potion stored at the Security Bureau.

Life and nurturing aren’t opposites. From a human perspective, giving birth without nurturing is actually a two-step continuity.

Life starts with birth, while nurturing involves upbringing and education, which is part of shaping life.

But Fox Father and Fox Mother are just foxes. For foxes, the cubs should live independently once weaned.

It’s not neglect; in fact, Ansheng felt that he had been playing too carefree in the city.

If it weren’t for targeting Fox Father and Fox Mother, Ansheng felt that he might have waited until September next year, joining Ah Qing to attend classes at the Imperial Capital Campus before seeking them out.

This favor, Ansheng accepted.

So, with thousands of injections, plus some Treasure Tree Spirit Liquid, Fox Father and Fox Mother could complete spiritualization and advance anyhow.

"Hey? You’re going to inject the Spirit Particle Potion into Fox Father and Fox Mother’s behinds, then how...will you transform?" Ah Qing looked surprised at the little fox.

"You seem particularly eager for me to turn human? Let me just clarify, I won’t wash dishes after eating; you better remember to buy a dishwasher when you get back." Ansheng’s expression was peculiar as he looked at Ah Qing.

"Um..." Ah Qing was left speechless by the little fox, feeling a bit frustrated and muttering, "That would be a fox-eared boy..."

"In ancient times, change the gender and they’d be stunningly beautiful. How could anyone not care?"

"The feel of the touch must be amazing!"

Ansheng stared at Ah Qing with a full face of black lines, pondering, then reached out his fox paw to ruffle Ah Qing’s cheeks in advance.

"Mm..."

......

After discussing the matters regarding Fox Father and Fox Mother with Ah Qing privately, Ansheng returned to the sofa, rummaged through Fox Mother’s snack box, and handed a pack of beef crisps to Ah Qing to share with Momo and the others.

"Aww—"

Fox Mother expressed displeasure, bouncing up, landing her forelegs on Master Fuli’s back.

"Good things should be shared! Don’t blame me for always coming home to freeload, but it’s filial piety."

"If I really weren’t filial, I should have taken your coffin money to try my luck in the big cities."

"And then even getting you guys a small loan." Ansheng joyfully let out a whimper, reasoning with Fox Mother.

"If the business lost a hundred thousand or so, you’d still have to praise my ambition."

"Aww?" Fox Mother was bewildered, mouth agape, looking at the fox cub chattering away.

Where are you going with this... getting ready for exams?

"Master Fuli, according to Tian Xuanzi, we have all of Sun Chong’s information..."

Zhang Lin walked into the room, holding a stack of files, looking at Master Fuli and said.

"Hmm? Is there any problem?" Ansheng lay on the fabric sofa, with a fox resting on his head.

"No problem. Speaking of Sun Chong, he was a former soldier who started his own business after leaving the military..."

Zhang Lin sat on the chair, smiling and shaking her head, speaking to Master Fuli:

"Back then, Sun was originally the most resolute materialist warrior, wouldn’t dare believe in evil spirits. Who would scorn our mighty gunpowder and copper pellets?"

"But it was his granddaughter’s situation that changed this staunch materialist, causing him to waver..."

Zhang Lin narrated Sun Chong’s experiences and transformations.

He ventured into business around the early 2000s, although he didn’t amass great wealth, he accumulated capital and earned billions during the real estate boom.

However.

Sun Chong’s granddaughter was born with a congenital cranial closure syndrome. Despite surgical treatment curing the congenital condition, she was still left with developmental delays and vertigo as sequelae.

This is currently beyond medical solution unless considering the Longevity Club’s proposal. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

But...

This was an obvious trap; there’s no free lunch in the world. Once accepting Longevity Club’s intervention in treatment, it equates to being under their thumb.

Sun Chong couldn’t accept some things.

Since then, his granddaughter’s issue has been Sun Chong’s constant worry.

Calling him superstitious is incorrect.

Yet Sun Chong knows this is ineffective, but hidden inside, he harbors guilt.

Esoteric practices are merely spending trivial amounts to buy peace of mind, dispelling guilt.

"The Longevity Club can cure?" Ansheng raised an eyebrow, inquiring.

"Domestic treatments can too, but these involving gene editing medical procedures aren’t open to prevent unforeseen mutations."

Zhang Lin told Master Fuli.

The Security Bureau previously worried whether it was overly conservative in medical fields.

But with Master Fuli’s archaeological dig, uncovering the First Epoch’s destruction, the Security Bureau felt maybe it wasn’t conservative, rather possibly too aggressive.

Why did the First Epoch end?

To put it simply, the Spirit Particle Catalysis was too potent, turning originally harmless Blue Star plants into toxins.

Poisoned the First Epoch Life so much, they could only flee collectively.