Dimensional Hotel

Two Special Service Bureau Officers and the self-proclaimed "Little Red Riding Hood," who was a Spirit Realm detective (holiday worker), left, and Yu Sheng let out a sigh of relief at the front door, turning back to the living room.

Erin, who was watching TV, immediately turned her head: "I thought you guys would talk for a long time, don't you have a lot of things you want to ask them?"

"My main intention was to connect with them—as for now, since Hu Li has been brought out, there's no rush for the rest," Yu Sheng said casually, his gaze then landing on the tea table nearby.

The demon fox girl sitting on the ground guarding a pile of food felt his gaze, lifted her head, and showed Yu Sheng a happy smile: "Savior!"

"You need to take a bath, mainly to change into some clean clothes," Yu Sheng said with concern, glancing at the pitiful Hu Li.

This misfortunate fox was trapped in the Exotic Realm for many years. She was even a child when she first got trapped. The clothes on her now, which were presumably stripped off some corpse back then, were obviously ill-fitting. Moreover, they had almost turned into a pile of rags, and her body was filthy and covered with dirt. Though there was a water source in that Exotic Realm, and she must have had chances to clean herself, living in the wilderness far from civilized society meant that even now her tail was caked with knots.

Hu Li lowered her head to look at her own clothes.

She was probably already used to her current state and hadn't even thought about what to do after leaving that valley one day. Hearing Yu Sheng's words now, some distant memories and common sense began to trickle back into her brain. She stayed stunned for a long time, like she was recently relearning to speak, and finally, she began to mentally break away from the "beast" state of mind.

Right, she needed to clean her body and change her clothes—Savior's dwelling was so clean, she couldn't dirty it.

She nodded vigorously.

Yu Sheng then looked at Erin.

The little doll's two arms were still broken, looking quite tragic, but she herself seemed to feel absolutely nothing, still watching the TV with an oblivious enjoyment, amused to no end by a silly variety show.

Yu Sheng couldn't stand it: "Should I fix your arms first?"

"You take that fox to bathe first; she definitely won't know how to use the stuff in the bathroom," Erin said nonchalantly, waving her arms, "I'm not in a hurry here; it's okay to fix it later."

"Alright then, I'll come help you as soon as possible," Yu Sheng nodded and stretched out his hand to Hu Li, "Come with me."

Hu Li stood up, but hesitated as she looked at the food on the ground, as if she dared not leave it even half a step away.

Seeing this, Yu Sheng laughed: "Don't worry, the food won't grow legs and run away. You can eat after you bathe—Erin will keep an eye on it here."

Yet Hu Li was still hesitant, looking doubtfully at the doll watching TV on the couch. Suddenly, she bent down, grabbed two cans of eight-treasure porridge and two packets of cookies from the plastic bag, and casually stuffed them into her tail, only then turning around to face Yu Sheng.

Yu Sheng still had the smile on his face from before, but was completely frozen in place, not immediately processing what just happened. After two or three seconds, he stiffly turned his head to look at Hu Li's large furry tail.

"...Where did you hide those?"

Hu Li took out the cookies and eight-treasure porridge from her tail, showed them to Yu Sheng, and then swiftly stuffed them back into her tail, her large eyes blinking up at him.

Yu Sheng was amazed: "You can use it like that?!"

"Mhm." The demon fox girl nodded, still wearing an expression that suggested she didn't understand what the big deal was.

Then Yu Sheng suddenly remembered something: "… Didn't you shoot your tail off earlier…"

"It grew back already."

Yu Sheng: "…?"

He was full of question marks—so demon foxes are like this, huh?

But nobody could answer his questions, and Erin didn't know a second fox like Hu Li.

Yu Sheng, with a stiff face, shook his head, temporarily tossing aside the myriad of questions, and brought the demon fox girl to the bathroom on the first floor.

"This is the water heater; you don't need to worry about it for now, the hot water comes from here, this valve controls the temperature, turn it left for hot water, right for cold water, pull to let out water... The bathtub works the same, the valve is here. Inside this bottle is body wash, you can use this sponge next to it to create bubbles, don't squeeze out too much. This bottle contains shampoo... it should also work for washing tails."

Yu Sheng explained the bathroom items to Hu Li in detail and patiently, speaking very slowly to ensure the demon fox girl nodded in understanding before moving on to the next item, but even so, he suspected Hu Li would still be in a flurry when taking a bath.

"As long as you know how to use the water, it's fine. You can soak in the bathtub a bit longer; towels and bathrobes are hung next to the mirror cabinet. Remember to dry off before coming out to avoid catching cold."

Hu Li nodded vigorously, "Mm-hmm."

"Before you take a bath, remember to take out the stuff you hid in your tail... Never mind, you can handle it yourself, after all, everything is packaged."

"Mm-hmm."

"I don't have girls' clothes here. I'll get you a set of mine to wear for now. I'll go to the mall and buy you new ones tomorrow."

"Mm-hmm."

Hu Li seemed to have been reduced to just nodding, agreeing with whatever Yu Sheng said.

Yu Sheng was quite worried, and at this moment, he felt a bit envious of Erin's open-mindedness.

After explaining a few more things and having Hu Li try out the showerhead, he finally felt a bit more at ease. He then took a set of his loose pajamas to the door and left the bathroom, heading back to the living room.

Erin was struggling to climb onto the sofa with a broken arm.

Yu Sheng: "...What are you doing?"

"I fell off the sofa because I was laughing too hard," Erin explained sheepishly while climbing, "Hey, don't just stand there watching, help me get up."

Taking a couple of steps forward, Yu Sheng casually picked up Erin, along with the picture frame, "Alright, stop watching TV. I'll go fix your body."

Erin was startled for a moment, "What about that fox?"

"She's bathing by herself in the bathroom," Yu Sheng said offhandedly, "I've taught her how to use everything."

"Is she capable? She just freed herself from the influence of Hunger, her mind hasn't recovered yet, right?" Erin glanced doubtfully in the direction of the bathroom while hanging on Yu Sheng's arm, "She won't blow up the bathroom... right?"

Hearing this, Yu Sheng hesitated with his steps, looking uneasily toward the bathroom—where the sound of water was already audible: "I guess... she shouldn't, unless she accidentally launches her tail while washing."

"Forget it, don't overthink it," Erin waved her arm, quickly regaining her composure, "After all, she isn't stupid, having survived in the wild for so long, she must adapt quickly—upstairs, let's attach my arm first. It's quite inconvenient like this, even changing channels is difficult."

Yu Sheng made a sound of acknowledgment and led Erin upstairs.

Upon reaching the attic and turning on the light, Yu Sheng took off the frame from Erin's back, then carefully placed the little figurine on the large desk.

"You don't have to be so cautious. I'm not made of porcelain," Erin laughed, amused by Yu Sheng's gentle movements, "You won't crush me by accident."

Yu Sheng looked at the porcelain-like fracture on Erin's arm with a strange expression, "It's not that I'm overly cautious. It's just that the fractured area looks really frightening—are you sure it doesn't hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt. It just stung a little bit when it first broke," Erin lifted her arm to look, "But now, it does look pretty scary... hurry up and fix it."

Having said this, she paused and began to instruct, "The operation process is similar to when we made the body, but you don't need to create a torso, just an arm. The Spirit Injection process remains the same, I will guide it. After fixing the arm, we'll work on the leg. My leg has a few cracks but hasn't completely broken. You'll need to activate the alchemized clay for repairs, this part requires precision, you'd better use a scraper to smooth things out, this will also save me some energy..."

As Yu Sheng listened to the little figurine's instructions, he hesitated before speaking, "Right, there's something I've been meaning to tell you..."

Erin: "What?"

"The clay we bought last time is actually all used up," Yu Sheng spread his hands, "And we probably can't buy any at this hour."

Erin was stunned, "... Why didn't you say so earlier! Then why did you bring me up here?"

Yu Sheng then took out the lotus root they had bought last time from the drawer...

The little figurine's eyes widened instantly as if about to jump up (but her legs were broken and she couldn't): "Hey, do you have a grudge against lotus root! Didn't we already discuss this... wait, why would you even put lotus root in the alchemy table's drawer! You've been plotting this all along, haven't you?"

"I was just curious if it would actually work," Yu Sheng admitted there was a bit of premeditation involved, but he chalked it up to pursuing scientific inquiry—just like when he first experimented with how to make the meat from the Hunger Entity taste good, it was all part of research, "Let's just try it out, this lotus root wasn't cheap."

"Try my ass!" Erin glared with fiery eyes, "Not to mention anything else, before Spirit Injection, you need to mix your blood with the material; you could knead it into dough, but with lotus root, how are you supposed to..."

The little figurine stopped mid-sentence when she saw Yu Sheng pull out a syringe from the drawer.

Erin: "... Hey, seriously, are you sick?"