My Evil Wife Is a Nine-Tailed Fox

While the fox woman was reunited with her older brother, Zhao Yichen had just returned home to the place where he used to live with his parents. He just couldn't live with his grandfather at the Zhao Estate without earning the ire of his second uncle and his cousins that had no doubt held enmity against him. 

Since his mother's death and his father's sudden disappearance, he had lived at the Zhao Estate with his grandfather. It had been a long time since he last came to this place. 

As he stepped inside the house, he was reminded of his childhood that he'd been trying to forget but couldn't. Ever since he was young, Zhao Yichen was able to see entities that normal people couldn't see. 

There were times that he could see and hear them clearly, but there were also instances that he could barely acknowledge their presence. Zhao Yichen hated this ability he gained after he recovered from an illness that almost took his life when he was just a child. 

When he was six years old, he escaped death. The doctor had pronounced him dead, much to his parents' devastation. However, he miraculously came back from the brink of death and survived. It's just that since then, he gained a new set of eyes that could see things that normal human beings couldn't. 

The school he was attending was filled with ghosts that disturbed him, and he always came home with bruises and wounds on his body, much to other's bewilderment. From the head of a woman floating in the hallways of their school building to the young boy haunting their gymnasium… 

For wandering spirits, Zhao Yichen was like a bright light that they couldn't ignore.

Perhaps it was for this reason that he wasn't surprised too much when he met the nine-tailed fox demoness for the first time. Whether Shen Minyao was aware of his ability or not, Zhao Yichen wasn't sure. 

"Fourth Master, your things had been prepared ahead. I'm Lu Cheng. I will be your personal butler to serve you from now on." The old man introduced himself as he greeted Zhao Yichen. Aside from the old butler, his grandfather had given Zhao Yichen a team of bodyguards of his own. 

"Then, Mr. Lu, I'll be in your care," Zhao Yichen replied. 

He took out his phone and checked for new messages. There was none from Shen Minyao, which made him frown in disappointment. It had been a week, and he hadn't heard a single word from her. 

Did something happen to her that he wasn't aware of? Yu Yan, however, assured him that her mistress was still alive, but she was currently busy dealing with her demon hunts. 

Zhao Yichen couldn't help but worry, despite knowing that she was also a demon. After he sensed the threatening presence of the spider demon, he feared that she might sustain another grave injury. 

As he entered his room, he allowed Yu Yan to wander around the place to familiarize herself. Yu Yan only sprinted out of the room, not saying a word to Zhao Yichen. 

Zhao Yichen, who had never seen the black cat act like this before, decided to follow her. Did she sense something wrong in their house? Because he hadn't fully recovered from his injuries yet, he struggled to chase the black cat. 

It was only when he reached the patio did he find Yu Yan staring at the familiar person Zhao Yichen hadn't seen for ages. 

"Fourth Master, it's been a while, isn't it?" The man grinned at him. He had a pair of glasses on his face and dressed like a doctor. 

"Gu Liuxian, what are you doing here?" Zhao Yichen asked. 

Gu Liuxian was his childhood friend, whom he hadn't met nor talked to ever since he migrated overseas. They had attended the same schools and only parted when they graduated from high school. Zhao Yichen didn't expect that he would meet his friend again after what he went through as soon as he came back from abroad. 

"Huh? Your grandfather didn't tell you?" Gu Liuxian frowned at him. "I'm a doctor now. Your family employed me as your personal physician. I just came here straight from the graveyard shift. How are you feeling?" 

"Grandpa sure is overreacting. Not only did he give me a butler and a team of bodyguards, but he even sent you to look after me?" Zhao Yichen smiled and patted Gu Liuxian's shoulder. "Come, tell me how you've been for the past years." 

He led the man inside before glancing at Yu Yan who was staring into nothingness. 

Zhao Yichen narrowed his eyes and focused on the direction where the black cat was looking. Slowly, an apparition of a woman started to form midair. She had long hair that was parted in the middle and was dressed in traditional robes. 

He stared in shock when the woman glanced his way and then back to Yu Yan. If Yu Yan wasn't here with him, Zhao Yichen wouldn't know what to do by then. He had seen and run away from spirits in the past, but none of them was a demon. 

"What's wrong?" Gu Liuxian asked. "Are you expecting another guest?" 

He was looking at Zhao Yichen with confusion, trying to see what Zhao Yichen was looking at. However, he couldn't see anything. 

Zhao Yichen shook his head and laughed awkwardly. How could he tell Gu Liuxian that a demoness was following him? Zhao Yichen didn't want to scare his friend. He also doubted that Gu Liuxian would believe him if he told the friend what he'd seen.

"No. It's nothing. Let's go inside," he replied, pretending to ignore the look the woman was giving him. 

The woman wasn't a ghost. He was sure of that.. She might be a demon like Shen Minyao, but he wasn't sure what kind. However, what confused Zhao Yichen was why she was following Gu Liuxian? Was she planning to feed on him?