Stepping out of the residential compound, I checked the time. It was just past one o'clock.
Lao Mo and I were famished after a restless night.
We decided to go out for some barbecue.
Xiao Mei, who was in my bag, heard this and leaped out.
She transformed once more, taking on a human form.
Then she declared to Lao Mo and me,
"I'm hungry too! I want to eat!"
Upon hearing this, Lao Mo and I were taken aback.
I replied with a wry smile,
"Xiao Mei! We eat cooked food, you can't eat it."
"I can learn!"
Xiao Mei pouted.
Lao Mo and I exchanged glances and didn't say anything more.
We walked for a while.
We found a barbecue stall and sat down.
It was past one in the morning, so there weren't many people at the stall.
Lao Mo, Xiao Mei, and I ordered a spread of food.
Xiao Mei didn't want any vegetables, only meat.
She ordered a lot, then we sat down to wait.
After a while, the food was served.
Xiao Mei sniffed it with her nose and then tried a skewer of meat.
As soon as it entered her mouth, she spat it out.
"It's, it's so awful..."
Lao Mo and I watched Xiao Mei continuously spitting out the seasoning,
and burst into laughter.
"See? I told you you couldn't eat it!"
"It's okay, we'll buy you a few live chickens tomorrow."
Lao Mo chimed in.
Xiao Mei pouted, looking displeased.
Lao Mo and I clinked our glasses and took a drink.
At this moment, a middle-aged man with a thick gold chain and a prominent belly from the next table walked over to our table.
As he approached, he held out his glass towards Xiao Mei and said,
"Beautiful lady, my name is Huang Long. Everyone in this area knows me as Brother Long.
Shall we get acquainted and have a drink? Maybe exchange WeChat?"
Seeing this, the three of us were stunned and looked up at the middle-aged man.
Xiao Mei looked at the middle-aged man and replied directly,
"I don't drink, and I don't have WeChat."
Xiao Mei was telling the truth.
As a fox demon, she had only recently come into contact with electronic products, and currently had no phone, nor WeChat.
However, the middle-aged man frowned.
In his eyes, Xiao Mei was rejecting him.
This made him lose face.
His friends at the next table were all watching him.
If he returned empty-handed, he would be laughed at.
But he still smiled and said,
"Beautiful lady, that's no fun.
I, Brother Long, am a man of influence around here.
If we get acquainted, my name will carry weight.
Give me some face..."
As he said this, he reached out to touch Xiao Mei's shoulder.
Xiao Mei was a fox demon. It wasn't just strangers;
even I couldn't casually touch her.
Now, seeing Brother Long reach out to touch her arm,
Xiao Mei's expression darkened, and a hint of ferocity appeared.
She grabbed Brother Long's hand and twisted it downwards.
"Ah! Ah, my hand!"
Brother Long cried out in pain, kneeling on the ground.
Then, with a further shove from Xiao Mei, he was pushed over.
"Don't touch me!"
Xiao Mei's face instantly turned much colder, losing its earlier charm.
Her drinking companions saw this and their faces changed drastically.
They all stood up,
"Damn it, Brother Long!"
"Where did this arrogant little woman come from!"
"..."
Seven or eight men immediately surrounded us,
helping the fallen Brother Long up.
This group were local troublemakers, involved in the earth and stone business.
They were used to being arrogant and no one dared to provoke them.
Seeing their comrade being attacked, and fueled by alcohol, they became enraged.
Brother Long, their leader, pointed at Xiao Mei and said,
"You bitch, I was being nice by touching you, and you dare to hit me?"
With that, he picked up a nearby glass beer bottle and swung it towards Xiao Mei's head.
Xiao Mei trembled, emanating demonic energy and a killing intent.
Lao Mo and I were startled.
If Xiao Mei, the fox demon, were to act, she would surely kill these people.
I quickly held Xiao Mei back,
"Let me handle this!"
With that, I stood up directly.
Before Brother Long could smash the beer bottle down, I kicked him.
With a "bang," the middle-aged man was sent flying over three meters away.
The other seven or eight men also immediately surrounded me.
Some held beer bottles, others had stools,
all with fierce expressions.
"Damn it!"
"Kill him!"
"Bitch, you're asking for it!"
"..."
They cursed and began to attack me.
An ordinary person would have been terrified by this scene.
But unfortunately, they had picked the wrong person.
Lao Mo looked excited,
"A bunch of weaklings, daring to provoke us, the Demon Exorcising Duo?"
Before he finished speaking, he delivered a flying kick, knocking one man down.
I dodged a stool that was swung at me.
I punched the man in the face, then backhanded another, sending him flying.
Just seven or eight ordinary people, and drunk ones at that.
Even though we had expended a lot of spiritual energy and true qi fighting the female ghost,
these people were no match for Lao Mo and me.
In a moment, screams echoed from the barbecue stall.
These eight or nine men were all knocked down by Lao Mo and me in an instant.
They lay there clutching their stomachs or faces, crying out in pain.
"Pfft! This is all the skill they have? Trash!"
Lao Mo scornfully mocked.
I also squatted down, facing Brother Long, who was clutching his stomach and still hadn't gotten up, and asked,
"Still want to fight?"
Brother Long looked at me as if he had seen a ghost.
His face was full of fear.
He kept shaking his head,
"No, no more fighting, no more..."