Her body trembled slightly, her red lips tightly bitten. Knowing that her master was next door, she was afraid to disturb the elderly woman and did not dare to cry out loud. She covered her mouth with her hand, sobbing for a full quarter of an hour before finally stopping. She wiped her teary cheeks with the back of her hand, slowly turned around, and stepped into the inner room...
But to her surprise, someone was lazily half-lying on the soft couch by the window. When they saw her coming in, they lifted their eyelids, glanced at her, and said,
"Finished crying?"
Wang Xueying was startled,
"M...Master? How... how come you're here?"
On the couch, Gu Shi Yi was still holding a fox. The fox's fiery red fur was shiny and curled up into a ball, lying cozily in Gu Shi Yi's arms like a warm fox fur muff. Gu Shi Yi squinted at her disciple,
"Finished crying; you must feel better now, right?"
Wang Xueying dumbly nodded and after a while asked,
"Master, you knew everything?"
