Fox Has No Malicious Intent

"Is it really that impressive?"

Chen Tianyun looked skeptical, his gaze darting between Lin Kui and Master Fuli.

"Yes, as long as you can please the great-grandfather, even if you sit on my dad's head, he'd still praise you as a worthy son-in-law."

Lin Kui reaffirmed, "Great-grandfather's status within the Lin Clan's hierarchy is practically at the top."

Part of the reason Master Fuli holds a high rank in the Lin Clan is due to Grandmaster Lin and Lin Ying's credibility, but another major reason is his own strength.

During a clan leader succession, Master Fuli swept through the entire Lin Manor, even prompting a clan elder, bound to a wheelchair due to weak legs, to leap up and wheel himself swiftly out of the manor.

The hierarchy within the Lin Clan is simply a matter of direct blood relation and familial closeness.

The real basis for rank and status, however, is capability.

Lin Ying's seniority isn't particularly high, but since she controls the Lin's finances and global assets, when the clan elders inside and outside the Lin Clan conspire against her, they can only rely on the great-grandfather's authority.

Master Fuli's status is based on his abilities.

At a New Year dinner gathering, Lin Kui's father wanted to toast Master Fuli with a glass of cola, but even that required standing in line.

"It's ridiculous..."

Chen Tianyun felt a bit perplexed, struggling to comprehend the Lin Clan's customs.

"It's not ridiculous, come with me back home right now. There's been a change in our wedding arrangements..."

After sitting in the restaurant for a while, Lin Kui decided to cancel the original plans and take Chen Tianyun back home.

Seeing Master Fuli here was beyond Lin Kui's expectations and imagination.

For one, Chen Tianyun never mentioned it, and secondly, Master Fuli's family details were protected and confidential, managed by the Security Bureau.

If queried outside the government system, the Security Bureau would really make a fuss, trace the network back, break in, and give a stern warning.

In civilian background checks, information on Ah Qing and related family information cannot be found.

Now.

Knowing that Ah Qing is Chen Tianyun's paternal cousin, the wedding arrangements must be revised. The initially booked star-rated hotel needs to be changed; even the arrangement of 130 tables is insufficient in terms of number alone.

When Master Fuli is present, both the Lin Clan of Xia Country and the neighboring branch families of the Lin Clan are certain to attend.

"Well... we can talk about it when we visit Qingao Island in a couple of days; it seems there's a bit of a wedding situation to handle now."

Being dragged along by Lin Kui, Chen Tianyun exhibited a strange expression as he spoke to Ah Qing.

"Okay, be careful on the way!"

Ah Qing stood up to see them off, sending her cousin and Lin Kui out of the restaurant with a peculiar expression before returning to the booth and looking at the two invitations her cousin had given her.

One is the wedding invitation, but just now Lin Kui said it's void; the hotel and wedding arrangements are completely unsuitable for the guest list.

The other is an invitation to the trial opening of Qingao Island. With this invitation, they can take the ferry directly to the resort starting the day after tomorrow.

"You've kind of messed up your cousin's wedding."

Ah Qing poked the little fox's cheek teasingly.

"Isn't that normal? If we go, Lin Ying should go too. Once Lin Ying arrives, those wanting to make connections won't just follow along the line to Lin Kui's father, and flock over?"

Ansheng casually joked, looking at the invitation to Qingao Island with a peculiar expression:

"Didn't you say you planned to go to Qingao Island with Chen Zhiyu and Qiu Lingling before? When do we set out?"

Isn't Qingao Island part of the Spirit Beast Gang's enterprise?

Being the big boss, it was quite something to also receive an invitation for Qingao Island's opening.

"You can't really call it playing, Sister Zhiyu asked us to help out tomorrow." Ah Qing said solemnly:

"Especially with patrolling the commercial street and checking other facilities..."

Qingao Island will have a trial opening for half a month starting the day after tomorrow, then after renovations, it will reopen until New Year.

Commercial street shops and such need to be renovated and stocked before the trial opening.

Chen Zhiyu invited Ah Qing and Master Fuli to inspect under the guise of operations, but in truth, it was to ask Master Fuli to come and teach the spirit beasts.

The marine brothers, hanging out with humans, had begun to pick up some bad habits.

Especially the Orca family, which started browsing the internet and inciting pet influencers to release animals.

Saying releasing marine life here and there was beneficial, and doing so accrued good karma.

Chen Zhiyu didn't mind outside work hours, but during work hours, they shouldn't outshine the customers' pets.

Previously, a peculiar fish even devoured a fisherman's pet bullfrog intended for protein supply.

The fisherman cried in the resort office for a long time.

Besides these tasks, spirit beast rescue and safety training still required Master Fuli's assistance.

"There's so much to do even before opening?"

Ansheng glanced at Ah Qing, pursed his lips, clearly not believing a word she said.

"Work naturally involves work!" Ah Qing replied, as if obvious, looking at the cat and questioning, "Isn't that right?"

"Meow..."

A plump tabby clutching a toilet brush eyed the snacks on the table, swallowed discreetly, and slumped against the wall in sorrow, letting out a mew.

What were you saying?

Give me a couple of bites, and whatever you say is right.

...

Having stayed at Cat Cat Restaurant till noon, Ah Qing felt it wasn't quite suitable for live streaming, so after teasing the cat, she set off with the little fox to the downtown area for food.

The Maine Coon, with a pained expression, extended a paw but was promptly held down by other cats and the staff.

Due to causing trouble, the Maine Coon was sentenced to work for fifteen days in Cat Cat Restaurant, plus thirty good reviews.

As evening approached.

After a day of exploring and eating, Ah Qing returned to the village on a shared bike with the little fox.

On the way home, she saw the village chief, stick in hand, chasing after Chen Nian down the street.

"Chief, what are you up to...?"

Returning a shared bike, Ah Qing was left wondering as she saw the village chief pursuing Chen Nian, and asked.

"What are we doing? Of course, dealing with him!"

"Last night I said, put the shark in the water basin to raise, but he insisted it was fine, and consequently, my entire pond of ranchu goldfish got devoured!"

Old Chen responded, turned around, and continued the chase with Chen Nian through the village, piquing the curiosity of some scattered black deer's heads in the village.

Of course.

The black deer belonged to National One and were not affected by Old Chen's anger.

Before the late-night snack, he mentioned he'd settle the shark before leaving.

But Chen Nian dragged him off, leaving everything unattended.

Upon waking, all the goldfish in the pond had become the shark's snacks.

"Old Chen isn't simple either..."

Ansheng remarked, watching Old Chen chase closely behind Chen Nian.

"The village chief is indeed quite spry."

Ah Qing agreed, as she returned to the front of the old house, casting a perplexed glance around.

"Huh? Dad and Mom... where are they?"

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