Married the Second Generation Fox Demon with a Baby in a Flash Marriage (GL) - Chapter 2
“Uh…” Hu Mengmeng hadn’t expected her mother to comfort her in such a way. It was well-intentioned, but really a bit childish!
Her mother always said she was silly. Did she really think she was an idiot who would fall for such words?!
Everyone else had a father and a mother, but she had two mothers. How could two women have a child?
“As a fox spirit, do you know what your greatest natural enemy is?” Su Mingli stared intently at Hu Mengmeng and asked in a low voice.
“Wolves, lions, tigers?” Hu Mengmeng considered Su Mingli’s serious demeanor and thought for a moment before asking.
Su Mingli impatiently flicked Hu Mengmeng’s forehead.
“It’s a demon hunter! Your other mother was captured by a demon hunter and never came back. To prevent you from being caught, she suppressed your fox spirit bloodline before she left, only having enough time to tell me a little about your bloodline. She said she could only suppress it until you were eighteen. You are a human-demon hybrid, different from other pure-blooded demons. Using a method to suppress it would work. She left the method on this cloth, saying that when you turn eighteen and the bloodline can no longer be suppressed, you’ll know how to read it. See if you can make anything out.” Su Mingli said seriously, got up, went into the bedroom, found a piece of white silk cloth, and gave it to Hu Mengmeng.
Hu Mengmeng looked at the plain white silk cloth Su Mingli solemnly handed her and felt a pang of panic. She reached out and touched Su Mingli’s forehead. Her mom couldn’t have really gone crazy, right?!
“Mom, did you get a fever from the rain? You should quickly change your wet clothes,” Hu Mengmeng said worriedly, her round eyes narrowed together.
“Hu Mengmeng, what I’m telling you is not a joke! You can’t tell anyone about this, understand?” Su Mingli tapped Hu Mengmeng’s head.
“Mom, I know. Give me the cloth. You go change and take a shower first!” Hu Mengmeng said, casually placing the cloth on the table.
“Keep it safe. You must be careful now. Don’t get emotional. If you do, that thing will go haywire, and you’ll definitely be exposed, growing ears and a tail, and emitting the aura of a fox spirit. Demon hunters have very sensitive noses. If they smell it, they’ll catch you too! Then I won’t be able to save you. I’ve finally raised you to be able to do some work. If you get caught, who will help me?” Su Mingli said.
“Mmm, Mom, I know!” Hu Mengmeng nodded repeatedly. While listening to the first part, Hu Mengmeng felt her mother’s imagination was truly rich, but by the last sentence, she couldn’t help but sigh that this was indeed her own mother.
Su Mingli looked at Hu Mengmeng’s expression and wasn’t sure how much she believed. Once her fox spirit bloodline manifested more, she would probably understand.
“Oh, right, I almost forgot something important. Where’s the money you saved? Why is it all gone? What did you do with it?” Su Mingli remembered something as she was about to go take a shower.
“Ahem, Mom, I used it to buy a gift for Xiao Ya. Ah, my gift!” Hu Mengmeng said, scratching her short hair, suddenly panicking as she remembered her gift being thrown into the hotel trash can.
“You dead brat! More than ten thousand yuan! You were willing to spend so much money! You quickly go back and get it back for a refund!” Su Mingli said angrily, instantly transforming into a tiger mom.
The Su family was just an ordinary family. Hu Mengmeng’s actions made Su Mingli both angry and heartbroken. She was angry that Hu Mengmeng was willing to spend all of her meager savings of over ten thousand yuan on a gift for that Xiao Ya, and heartbroken that the child’s sincere feelings had been wasted!
“I know, I’ll go find it right away!” Hu Mengmeng said, about to go out, but Su Mingli paused and followed her.
Not only had the gift not been given, but it had also been thrown away. Hu Mengmeng was heartbroken and also felt the sting of the money lost, money she had saved for a long time.
“Hold on tight!” When they reached the small electric scooter, Su Mingli put on her raincoat in the front, and Hu Mengmeng huddled in the back seat. The two set off again.
The rain was still falling, showing no signs of stopping. There were few pedestrians on the road, and the sky was dark, but thankfully the streetlights were on, so they could still see.
On their way, they encountered the black minivan that Ye Xinyu had been in earlier. The van was driving slowly not far from the Zijing Building, as if searching for something.
“Xinyu, you’re already very tired. That thing has escaped, and it’s hard to find in the rain. You’re exhausting yourself too much,” inside the car, the middle-aged woman said worriedly, looking at Ye Xinyu, who had her eyes closed and brows furrowed, with fine beads of sweat on her forehead.
“It has already killed several people. The heavy rain makes it easy to hide its tracks. It won’t miss this opportunity. Keep going straight until the end of the road and then turn,” Ye Xinyu said, shaking her head.
The middle-aged woman’s eyes showed worry and pity. Seeing Ye Xinyu’s persistence, she could only obey and continue driving the car.
Hu Mengmeng and her mother naturally didn’t notice this minivan. The small electric scooter took more than half an hour to reach the Zijing Building again. Hu Mengmeng got off and jogged inside but was stopped by the lobby staff at the entrance.
“I accidentally threw something into the trash can. I need to find it. It’s in that trash can over in the lobby. Please!” Hu Mengmeng said anxiously.
The party upstairs hadn’t ended yet. The lobby staff remembered Hu Mengmeng, the chubby girl, and led her to the trash can to search.
The opening of the trash can was small. Hu Mengmeng removed the lid and took out the black plastic bag inside, rummaging through it. She found her gift box, picked it up, tidied the contents, thanked the staff, and ran outside, her eyes crinkling into a smile as she showed it to Su Mingli.
When she smiled, Hu Mengmeng’s blunt, round eyes curved into a slit, making her look even more like a New Year’s painting doll, her face full of happiness, a sight that could cheer anyone up.
“Mom, I found it! It’s still here!” Hu Mengmeng said happily.
“Come with me to get a refund!” Su Mingli said with a long face, pulling Hu Mengmeng away.
Watching Hu Mengmeng become happy again after getting the gift box back, Su Mingli sighed inwardly. She didn’t know who Hu Mengmeng took after. It certainly wasn’t her, nor was it that fox spirit. She wondered if it was because her fox spirit bloodline was suppressed that she was so clueless, like she was missing a screw, scatterbrained, and just a silly foodie.
She ate a lot and loved meat. Before her eighteenth birthday, she had already grown to over 1.6 meters tall. She wasn’t very tall, but she had developed horizontally, weighing over 180 pounds, looking plump and comical.
The small snack shop at home made things easy for her. She couldn’t control herself and would eat anything when she was craving something.
She didn’t like exercising, had poor coordination, and wasn’t very bright. Her studies weren’t good. She was diligent, but still only managed to get into a third-tier university, barely scraping by.
Perhaps her only good trait was her “affection for women.” Whoever she liked, she would treat them with all her heart. That, at least, was probably hereditary.
She had a lot of shortcomings, but fortunately, she was relatively healthy and also a diligent and kind-hearted child. She cried easily but was also easily happy, with a very simple mind.
She only hoped that the fox spirit bloodline wouldn’t affect her life and that those damned demon hunters wouldn’t cause them any trouble!
It was almost eight o’clock, and the jewelry store hadn’t closed yet. The two quickly went to the jewelry store for a refund.
“This necklace of yours is custom-made. As you can see, it’s already engraved. According to regulations, it cannot be returned. If you insist on returning it, we can only offer you the recycling price,” the salesperson said, taking the necklace from the gift box and pointing to the engraving on the pendant.
“What do you mean? How much is the recycling price?” Su Mingli glared at Hu Mengmeng and asked.
“The recycling price will deduct the processing fee and depreciation fee, calculated at 90% of the market price per gram. Let me calculate it for you…” the salesperson said, giving them a price.
The necklace they bought for twelve thousand yuan was finally calculated to be worth only a little over seven thousand.
Su Mingli’s liver hurt with anger. After all that talk, they wouldn’t even get eight thousand back.
They returned home, and Su Mingli didn’t give Hu Mengmeng a pleasant look.
“These few thousand yuan will be your tuition fee. No allowance this month! Before school starts, you’ll work for me for free at the shop!” Su Mingli said to Hu Mengmeng, standing with her hands on her hips when they got home.
“Mom, that’s not fair! You said all that money was mine!” Hu Mengmeng said anxiously. She was already heartbroken over the five thousand yuan loss, and now it was all gone.
“Now I say what goes!” Su Mingli declared firmly.
Hu Mengmeng looked at Su Mingli with grievance, wanting to beg for some allowance, but was kicked by Su Mingli to go take a shower.
Hu Mengmeng went to shower, but Su Mingli didn’t change her clothes. Instead, she walked to the balcony with a tired expression, looking at the rain outside the window, lost in thought. She remembered a rainy night nineteen years ago and the confused, sweet, and painful memories that followed.
Su Mingli’s life had completely changed from the moment she met that beautiful and enchanting fox spirit at eighteen.
Because she was with a woman, she had conflicts with her family and was kicked out. Then she became pregnant and gave birth to Hu Mengmeng. Her lover was discovered and captured by a demon hunter, all within less than a year.
Starting from nineteen, Su Mingli raised Hu Mengmeng alone, dropping out of school and working as an apprentice while taking care of Hu Mengmeng. Over several years, she learned how to make dumpling fillings, eight-treasure porridge, braised meat, layered pancakes, and various other snacks. She transformed from a bookworm who had never lifted a finger to an all-rounder. Five years ago, she used her savings to open a small snack shop in the county town. This two-bedroom apartment was also bought with a down payment the year before last, and she was still paying off the mortgage.
Now, Su Mingli was 37 years old. She dressed very plainly, in a loose-fitting short-sleeved top, wide-leg pants, and slippers. Her short hair was permed, and there were wrinkles at the corners of her eyes. Her appearance was ordinary and inconspicuous, looking no different from other middle-aged women. The only difference was her hands. Having dealt with pots, stoves, flour, and oil for many years, her fingers were a size thicker than normal, and the skin on the back of her hands looked like it had been burned, with uneven skin tone, extremely white in some places and dark in others. Even though they were washed very clean, they still looked grimy.
“Are you dead, or were you caught and locked up? Not even a word. Your daughter is already eighteen!” Su Mingli murmured, a hint of sadness and resentment flashing in her eyes before disappearing.
Su Mingli wiped her face with her rough hand, no longer indulging in sentimentality. The house was a mess and needed cleaning up.
Hu Mengmeng came out after showering and changing into dry pajamas. Seeing Su Mingli mopping the floor, she took the mop.
“Mom, do you think I’m ugly?” Hu Mengmeng asked, bringing her face close to Su Mingli’s.
“Ugly, ugly as can be! Mop the floor, wash the mop, put the trash outside, and change all the trash bags,” Su Mingli said, pushing Hu Mengmeng away with disdain.
Hu Mengmeng’s lips trembled, and tears fell with a snap.
“Looking at you, I don’t know who you take after! Didn’t I say you would become beautiful?! Eat less, lose some weight. Looking like you do now, even if you become beautiful, you’ll just be a good-looking fatty,” Su Mingli added, looking at Hu Mengmeng’s tears with exasperated disappointment.
Su Mingli sighed inwardly. That fox spirit was so beautiful. Even if Hu Mengmeng had just a trace of her bloodline, her appearance wouldn’t be like this.