Hu Li spend her day time in the scroll resting. She try not to make the elders notice the new scroll on the wall. When they come in to clean the study room. She will curl up like a fox asleep. Most of the time, once they done with cleaning, they will leave the room as it is. However one day she hears they talk about their young master and the new bride.
"What do you think is going on with young master?"
"I don't notice anything wrong with him."
"It is so obvious! Something is bothering him."
"Maybe is the new bride."
"Shhhh... Dont' say too loud. Just incase she return home."
"She! That girl after the marriage, she runs off! How can she do that?! She leave our master alone for a few months!"
"She have a family to see. I heard from young master that she have a distance relative that she meet once in a while."
"I hope is not a lover! That will break his heart. He is already in a bad condition..."
"Well, for starters, our master is never in a good condition. Yet Ms Bai is still wiling to marry him. I fear if they have a baby... will the child have the same condition as he?"
"Touch wood!!!" The nine aunty slam her hands on the table a couple of times.
"No such thing will ever happen to the future generations! The Yue clans generations to generations are good people! They never harm anyone! Our master in future will be a great scholar! So will his children! Don't say those unlucky words!"
"Yes, hit my bad mouth for saying these!"
"In future, when the time is right, our master will bring back the glory of the Yue and we wil live in peace till our dying days."
As they talk, one of them who happen to be cleaning near the scrolls. She look up and stare at the painting of a fox asleep.
"Do you remember this painting? Wasn't it supposed to be a tiger?"
"Ahh... i remember! that painting was burned many years ago. Why did young master buy this? What is written on it?"
"Don't ask me! I am illiterate!"
The two ladies continue to talk non stop and Hu Li is getting tired to stay in the same position. She hopes they will hurry up with the cleaning and get out off the room. They take another thirty minutes and leave the room after that. Hu Li watch the door close and she stands up and starts to stretch herself. Suddenly the door open and Hu Li froze in her spot. The older lady rush in to grab her duster when she notice the painting of the fox is strange. She mumble to herself and look at the painting again. 'I am sure that the fox is curl up in a sleep position. Why is it standing now... did i see wrongly?' Then the other lady call her loudly and she pick up her duster and rush out. Hu Li sigh loudly and sit down. Days like this is really tough,
Everyday, she wait for the moon to be up and Sheng Qin's return. She will sit by the window and watch the sky. Her vision allow her to look far beyond the human eyes. She occasionally see some magical beast travelling within the sky. Or some celestial beings appear and disappear behind the clouds. She wonder where is Chang 'er now. Where is the little white rabbit. Are they living fine? The dark cosmo sky is still the same with those crystals floating together and forming into bigger clumps. There are little round balls floating in the far distance, She try to see more but the door open. She turn around to see Sheng Qin. He walk towards her and sit beside her. They look at each other and smile. She reach out for him and circle her arms around him. She lay her head on his shoulder. It is a comfortable position for her. Everyday she does this for the comfort of her heart. She enjoys hearing the sound of his heart beat. Hu Li doesn't understand why she does this but she knows that she needs to have someone near her. In the past is Di Jun now it have to be Sheng Qin. Sheng Qin who can't see the face of the person he love can only feel her through his touch and smell. Sometimes he place his hand on her face to feel the face. There was one day where he actually kiss her on her lips. It brings thrill to him. Hu Li that day did not push him away but accept his kisses. He is thinking now if he can bring those kisses more.
"Hu Li... can you get... do you... i mean can you have babies?"
"I am not sure. How do you have babies? what are they"
Sheng Qin's face and ears got red. He point to his manhood and said quietly.
"I have to insert it and release and you can have a baby inside you."
Hu Li is curios with what he said. She try to imagine the tail inside her tummy. How does it go it? By the belly button? She look down to her small belly button. She begin to worry for her small cute belly button to have a huge bushy tail in it. She swallow her saliva hard.
"This kind of thing have to think twice about it. The hole is too small to allow a big thing to go inside."
"But your ... hole will expend on its own."
Hu Li look down again and wonder if it is like her mouth. She touch her belly button with the other hand. It is not moving as she expected it to be.
"According to other people.. who are couples. Once it start ... salivating or lots of water coming out, it is easy to consummate our marriage."
The more Hu LI thinkings about it, strange images are forming in her mind. She imagine that her belly button is moving like a mouth does and salivating water out. How disgusting!