Joining the Xuanyin Division was out of the question—impossible now, impossible ever. But Lu Bei was deeply interested in Hu Er's fox-spirit mother, so he cleared his throat with a fist to his mouth and said, "Brother, my dear mother is a fox demon, am I right?"
"That she is, but 'my dear mother' sounds rather improper and feels a bit forced. What are you up to?" Husan smelled a conspiracy and prudently stepped back two paces.
"Nothing of the sort. I just feel that this little girl Hu Jun is quite pitiful." Lu Bei patted Hu Jun's delicate shoulder. "You have no idea how pitiful she was when I first found her—skin and bones, dragging a broken leg, so starved she couldn't even get a single bite of cold food."
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