My Evil Wife Is a Nine-Tailed Fox

Li Fei'er heard about the good news last night. Shen Minyao and Jiang Chen were able to retrieve Jin Qian's soul. However, she didn't expect that Shen Minyao wouldn't show up for their class the next day. She supposed that her classmate wanted to rest after last night's event at the fourth district, but Shen Minyao wasn't picking up her calls nor answering her messages. 

Did something wrong happen last night? Was Shen Minyao gravely injured during their fight with the demons at the fourth district? 

Li Fei'er bit her lip in frustration. It didn't help that her whole family had gone to the fourth district before dawn when they received a report of the traces of the nine-tailed fox woman at that place. 

What if Shen Minyao and Jiang Chen encountered the fox demon on their way there, and they didn't inform her and Lu Anqi for them not to get worried? If that was the case, then the matter was really more dangerous than what they perceived it to be. 

Jiang Chen hadn't given Lu Anqi any details about what had happened, but they were supposed to meet on Sunday, so they could help Jin Qian and her mother cross to the spirit realm. Should she wait until Sunday for her to know what truly happened last night? 

The classes were dragging on for too long without Shen Minyao here, in Li Fei'er's opinion. This had been the first time Shen Minyao had missed their class ever since Li Fei'er transferred here at Spring Hill High. 

As the day reached its end, Li Fei'er found herself standing outside the front gate of the school, waiting for Lu Anqi. However, her thoughts were still preoccupied with worry, for not having certainty. 

"Hey. Have you been waiting for too long?" Lu Anqi soon appeared next to her. 

Li Fei'er shook her head and gave the younger woman a small smile. She didn't need to make Lu Anqi worry, either. 

"Have you finished your project with your classmates?" She asked as they made their way towards the train station. 

"Yep. Finally, I have spare time to help Mr. Jiang and Mr. Lin at work. I've been busy lately, too. I have no doubt that the office is in a mess right now." Lu Anqi grinned. Those two could not function well without her help, but of course, they wouldn't admit it. 

"Oh, now that you've mentioned it. How did you end up working as Mr. Jiang's assistant?" Li Fei'er asked curiously. She briefly wondered if Lu Anqi's abilities were unlocked because she had been exposed to several paranormal activities she and Jiang Chen worked on before. 

"Ah, about that. It was just a coincidence, to be honest. Mr. Jiang and Mr. Lin had an accident during one of the cases they were working on because of me, so I have no choice but to help them. After all, it was my fault. They both got hurt because of my interference. Since then, I've been working with them." 

"Aren't your parents worried about you? You have yet to reach legal age." The young shaman pointed out. She could get away with dealing with the ghosts and demons because her family had been in that business for several generations, but Lu Anqi was different. 

"My parents have been long gone, Li Fei'er." This time, Lu Anqi's tone had a slight bitterness to it. 

"I'm sorry to hear that." Li Fei'er kicked herself mentally. She wouldn't have asked that question had she known Lu Anqi's circumstances. Then again, she didn't know much about Lu Anqi and Shen Minyao in the first place, and she had never talked to them aside from their paranormal cases. 

"No, please don't apologize. You didn't know, after all." Lu Anqi brushed off her apology. "I'm currently staying at my aunt's place, but I'm planning to move to my own place once I turn eighteen. Besides, all they knew was that I have a part-time job. Nothing about anything paranormal, though." 

"I see." Li Fei'er nodded in understanding. "But for how long would you stay? Don't you like to live a normal, peaceful life?"

"Of course, I want to, but just like what Mr. Jiang told me before, it would be my choice whether I should be happy with this or not. Having activated my sixth sense, I knew that I would never be able to pretend not to see the wandering spirits around me, who couldn't find peace." 

"And there are also malevolent spirits that would try to possess you." 

Lu Anqi was like a bright star in a seemingly dark world the ghosts were in, so it was only natural that they were drawn to her presence ever since her sixth sense was opened. 

"Right." Lu Anqi nodded. "That's why I want to work hard, so I can utilize my abilities to help Mr. Jiang and Mr. Lin in the future. I wouldn't want them to worry about me every time spirits try to possess my body. 

"I know my friend can do it. Mr. Jiang told me you were doing well during your practices." 

Yes, friend. Aside from Shen Minyao, Li Fei'er considered Lu Anqi a friend now. In the past, she was having a hard time making friends with other people because they found her weird. It couldn't be helped since ghosts and spirits kept on pestering her whenever she went. 

Lu Anqi giggled at that. She wasn't expecting to hear that Jiang Chen had complimented her while talking to others when he made no comment about her training so far. 

"Is that so? I thought he and Mr. Lin found it annoying to teach me how to strengthen my mental resilience." 

"Maybe he just didn't want you to lose focus. I know some men could be like that." Li Fei'er winked at her. 

"Really?"

"Yep. My father is just like that. He's a worrywart, though; he just wouldn't admit it." 

With Lu Anqi's company, Li Fei'er's worry had subsided for a moment.