The next day, Hu Hu went to meet his fox and dog friends¹It’s funny because 狐朋狗友 (hú péng gǒu yǒu) fox friends and dog companions is an idiom that means a pack of rogues. But in this case, they are literally foxes and a dog hahaha during his free evening. The two foxes and one dog arranged to meet at an underground café that specially served lattes to supernatural beings.

Hu Hu sat on one side, his red fox ears exposed. Across from him were two pairs of white ears, one belonging to a Samoyed, the other to a white fox.

Hu Hu briefly explained his current situation to his friends.

“My human roommate has deliciously fragrant yang essence, and he’s handsome too. I want to feed on some yang essence, but he says I have to court him first before he’ll let me feed. Do you have any way I can feed without having to pursue him?”

The Samoyed sipped his sweet latte curiously. “Does human yang essence really smell that good? I can’t smell it at all.”

The white fox blew on his hot drink, “Of course, you can’t smell it, you’re a dog. Hu Hu, I want to smell it too.”

Hu Hu quickly refused, “No no, we have to follow the one-human-one-fox principle. I’m only telling you because we’re friends.”

The white fox said disappointedly, “Fine then. If you don’t want to pursue him, just secretly smell him. You’re roommates after all. Feed while he’s sleeping!”

Hu Hu sighed, his fox ears drooping, “That won’t work, I got caught. I sniffed from his head down to his pants and found the yang essence was strongest inside his pants. Just as I was about to lean in for a closer smell, my roommate woke up.”

The Samoyed frowned, “Hu Hu, isn’t it a bit perverted to sniff around a human’s… you know?”

Hu Hu protested, “I was just feeding on yang essence!”

The white fox also frowned, “Hu Hu, smelling inside a human’s pants is really perverted. You used to be so proper back in supernatural school. You can’t expose our fox spirit nature just because your roommate is a good-smelling human. If our old classmates found out about this, they’d laugh at you. Did he report you?”

Hu Hu shook his head, “No, but I was only trying to feed on yang essence. I wasn’t planning to do anything else.”

The white fox said, “Well, put yourself in his shoes. If a human leaned in to smell your pants, wouldn’t you think they were being perverted?”

Hu Hu’s ears drooped even more.

He would beat up any human who did that to him!

He was being perverted.

As a fellow fox, the white fox understood Hu Hu well. “Well, it’s understandable. After coming of age, everyone wants to feed on the most delicious yang essence first. But you still need to be careful. If humans report supernatural beings to the Bureau Chief at the Supernatural Management Bureau, you might get kicked out of school.”

Hu Hu became even more depressed.

The Samoyed was also worried about Hu Hu getting expelled, so he suggested, “So just smell his face and neck while he’s sound asleep. Even if you get caught, you can say you had a nightmare and were scared.”

The white fox agreed. “Just smell the exposed skin. If you really want to feed from the most concentrated spot, you’ll have to court him. Between couples, it’s totally legal to strip naked and feed. Besides, he didn’t report you for smelling his pants, so he must be somewhat willing.”

Hu Hu felt that Ying Huaiting wasn’t willing at all, and often called him a sexual harasser. Better stick to the neck. As for the most concentrated spot – forget it!

Hu Hu parted ways with his friends after eight in the evening and returned to the dorm at nine. Ying Huaiting was blow-drying his hair. Hearing movement, he turned off the dryer and asked, “Where did you go?”

Hu Hu perked up. The yang essence from the neck smelled good too!

“I was hanging out with my fox and dog friends.”

Ying Huaiting: “……”

Ying Huaiting gave him a complicated look, “You’re already calling them ‘fox and dog friends,’ yet still hang out with them? Don’t tell me this is how you learned to be like this?”

Hu Hu said unhappily, “Are you looking down on my friends?”

Ying Huaiting: “Am I the one looking down on them, or are you the one belittling them?”

Hu Hu didn’t understand how he had belittled his friends. But as long as Ying Huaiting wasn’t looking down on them, it was fine.

“I’m going to sleep!” Once he woke up in the middle of the night, he could feed!

Ying Huaiting said, “You’re going to sleep without showering?”

Hu Hu got up from his bed again, “Then I’ll take a shower first!”

Hu Hu went to shower and then lay in bed, trying to fall asleep. But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t sleep. His mind kept drifting to the delicious-smelling Ying Huaiting. Maybe he was thinking about it too much, but Hu Hu seemed to smell an incredibly strong yang essence.

Hu Hu twitched his nose. Sniff—

Hu Hu’s eyes suddenly flew open. This wasn’t a dream! Such concentrated yang essence! Was Ying Huaiting running around naked in the dorm??

Hu Hu quickly scrambled up from his bed and saw Ying Huaiting walking in from the balcony wearing pajamas. He wasn’t naked, but the yang essence was even more concentrated! It smelled sooooo good!!

Hu Hu put on his slippers while staring intently at Ying Huaiting.

“Not sleeping?” Ying Huaiting pulled open a drawer, rummaging around inside. With his sharp eyes, Hu Hu noticed Ying Huaiting’s finger was bleeding.

The closer Hu Hu got to Ying Huaiting, the more concentrated the yang essence became. When Hu Hu’s nose approached the wound on Ying Huaiting’s finger, he confirmed it. This was it! The source of the concentrated yang essence.

Hu Hu pointed at it, still remembering to show concern for his roommate. “What happened to your hand?”

Ying Huaiting: “Nothing, just accidentally cut it. What, trying to show your good side now?”

Hu Hu swallowed, staring fixedly at the wound on the finger. It really… smelled so, so good!

Ying Huaiting added, “I didn’t buy any bandages. If you want to show how nice you are, go buy some now.”

“Buy a band-aid?” Hu Hu suddenly grabbed Ying Huaiting’s injured index finger. Under Ying Huaiting’s confused and slightly wary gaze, Hu Hu licked his fangs and said, “It smells so good! Ying Huaiting, I heard saliva can stop bleeding!”

Ying Huaiting froze for a second. Before he could pull his hand back, Hu Hu went “awoo” and directly bit down on Ying Huaiting’s finger, sucking on it.

Ying Huaiting: !!!

“Hu Hu, let go!” Ying Huaiting scolded in a low voice.

Hu Hu couldn’t hear him at all and continued sucking. So fragrant, so fragrant, such rich yang essence, even richer than what was in his pants. Too delicious! Too too too too delicious!

He had successfully fed!

Ying Huaiting finally yanked his finger out. The blood was completely gone, replaced by Hu Hu’s glistening saliva.

Ying Huaiting: “…..”

Ying Huaiting wiped his finger with a tissue and said with disgust, “You’re a real pervert. No need to buy band-aids anymore, it’s all your saliva now.”

As soon as Ying Huaiting finished speaking, he noticed a figure about to collapse. He quickly caught Hu Hu and pulled him into his arms.

Hu Hu’s eyes were unfocused, his cheeks flushed red. Just when Ying Huaiting thought it was the same situation as during military training, a pair of fluffy red ears suddenly popped out on top of Hu Hu’s head.

Ying Huaiting was startled for a second, then reached out to touch Hu Hu’s newly sprouted fluffy ears. They were soft and twitched when touched.

Ying Huaiting examined them more carefully. There was even fine fur inside the ears. While Hu Hu was still dazed and unable to resist, Ying Huaiting took a photo and searched it up. The results showed they were fox ears.

TL Notes

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  It’s funny because 狐朋狗友 (hú péng gǒu yǒu) fox friends and dog companions is an idiom that means a pack of rogues. But in this case, they are literally foxes and a dog hahaha