The old lady with a fox face was very pleased; the younger foxes, after taking their lumps from the world, still managed to come back alive.
This step, once you've made it through, things might get a bit easier after.
She reached out and gently patted the red fox's head, her tone full of kindness.
"Come, tell grandma—what happened to you this time."
The red fox earnestly recounted what it had been through, and then, unable to hold back its curiosity, asked,
"Grandma, why did Su Yue want to save me?"
"Why do you think everything in this world must have a reason?" The old lady with a fox face knocked the red fox's head with her knuckles.
"Isn't that how it is?"
"No, sometimes you do things without a reason. And sometimes, you don't need to ask for a reason. All you need to do is remember the thing itself."
