Oneshot Part 8

He never thought about the inequality of this relationship, and he never wanted anything more from humans, for example, to take a human woman as a bride or something like that.

Until he gave out a betrothal gift. Only once, to Xiao Peng. But she never accepted it.

Compared to him, human beings don’t live long, but they never had a good memory. They never fulfill their promises.

He met Xiao Peng when she was four years old. She slipped down the mountain, and he showed up to save her. She didn’t think of him as a monster, tugging at his tail and laughing. She also made him a flower headband and very thoughtfully looped his big ears into it as well. He carried her back to the village. The girl and the fox walked through the mountains and forests under the moon, walked through the ridges at night, and finally, he put her down at the entrance of the village.

He asked her, “Can you be my bride when you grow up?” He didn’t think that was too much to ask.

“Okay,” the confused little girl said.

He waited for more than ten years.

And then she was admitted to college. She left the village and went to a big city. Foxes do not celebrate new years, but he always looked forward to the human new year, because she only came back every year during the new year. When she came back, she would always carry many bags, in all its glory, surrounded by the villagers. He was proud of her. She was an excellent human woman and would soon be his bride for life.

Then later, she brought a tall and handsome human man back to the village and said that she was going to marry him. At that time, he was standing halfway up the mountain behind the village. He couldn’t believe it.

Before the wedding, she went to the mountains to sing to the fox like any other bride, as if nothing had happened. She was so beautiful, with a red wedding dress, long black hair, lively, and charming.

Ah Lang~ Ah Lang~ I am singing the song softly~ I have a favor to ask~

Ah Lang~ Ah Lang~ I am wearing a wedding dress~ Show me the wonderful world~

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Ah Lang~ Ah Lang~ Please come out and meet me~ Take a look at the beautiful bride~

Ah Lang~ Ah Lang~ May I be happy, and my family be healthy~ May the mountains be wide, rivers and clouds be long~

He thought that she had remembered, but when he showed up to give her a betrothal gift, she looked bewildered and didn’t remember the promise she had made when she was a child at all.

But to his relief, she was still not afraid of him, just as she was when she was a child. She said to him apologetically, “I can’t remember what you said at all. Perhaps I was too young at that time. But now I have a man I like, and I will marry him.” She spoke with a sincerity that did not seem to be faked. She had really completely forgotten about the promise they had made when she was a child. She placed the silver comb and golden pheasant tail feather on the ground and left. Before she left, she bowed deeply and wished that he would find a fox bride soon.

Later on, he learned that she had given birth to a child, a little girl who looked more and more like her.

This time, he had come to scare Chunjun with an intention that he had despised it himself. He thought that, since the mother did not keep her promise, he should get her daughter to pay the debt. People only thought that he was a stupid fox that only guard its treasure, but foxes mind too.

He wanted to marry Xiao Chun. It was so easy for him to imprison her here. No one could find this cave.

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The wind in the mountain blew by. She hadn’t felt it when she was sitting by the bonfire just now, but Chunjun felt a little cold now. She didn’t have her cell phone by her side either. She hadn’t read Guizhi’s WeChat messages. He must have said good night to her, but she couldn’t reply to him. Thinking of this, Chunjun felt a little anxious.

Ah Lang looked at Xiao Chun beside him who was shivering non-stop and said, “If you’re cold, you can lean over, and I’ll hold you.”

Chunjun looked at him a little strangely. “No, thank you.” She smiled shyly. “Although I know you are a fox, your human form now keeps making me feel weird.”

Ah Lang’s tone turned cold. “What’s weird about me?”

Chunjun honestly told him, “I’m not used to being hugged by boys.”

The young man replied an “oh” and asked coldly, “If Guizhi was the one hugging you, would you be okay with it?”

Chunjun froze. When she ran all the way down the mountain, she was calling Guizhi’s name the entire time, so it was not surprising that Ah Lang knew about him. What was strange to her was his tone.

Ah Lang stood up and walked towards the cave without waiting for her. Chunjun stood up and followed him, but her ankle hurt too much, so she could only hop on one foot behind him. “What’s the matter with you?”

Ah Lang didn’t say anything. He merely walked forward.

Chunjun said, “Ah Lang, it’s so cold here. I want to go home. Can you take me home?”

Ah Lang paused and slowly turned around. Under the moonlight, Chunjun saw Guizhi’s face.

Guizhi was the tall and fair type, while Ah Lang’s human body was tanned, so it was very strange to see such a fair face on a tanned body.

Guizhi’s mouth opened and closed, but his voice was Ah Lang’s. He approached her step by step. “Xiao Chun, if I always have this face on, will you marry me?”

Chunjun’s mouth gaped open as she stepped back in disbelief, but behind her was the cliff. Her ankle stung in pain and her body fell backwards.

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