Chapter 13 Qing Yu 5 (2/2)

The fox still insisted on his own opinion, “Arrogance. Anyway, you humans never change.”

After hearing his words, Qing Yu’s expression changed a little; she looked a little sad, which made the fox felt a little guilty. He did not want to anger her, but at that time, it really did not know how to talk to her politely.

Fortunately, Qing Yu quickly returned to normal as if her sadness was just something the fox imagined.

“So annoying, I didn’t expect you to be such a stubborn person,” said Qing Yu, pouting. “Do you have a name? Are you really just called ‘the fox’? Every time I call you ‘the fox’, I feel like I’m calling for a pet.”

Her words made the fox wrinkle his nose.

“The Nine-tailed Fox is just how humans call me,” the fox answered. “I was born between heaven and earth; why would I need something like a name?”

“But you have me now.” Qing Yu pursed her lips. “I don’t care if you needed a name or not in the past, I will give you one now.”

That girl was simply dumbfounding. The fox looked away and ignored her. However, Qing Yu became very excited and she started to think of names.

“Well… since you’re a nine-tailed fox, what do you think of ‘Nine’?”

The fox swung his tails and ignored her.

“No, it sounds like a puppy’s name. It wouldn’t fit you since you’re so big.”

——At least you still have some sense.

“It should sound more grandiose and noble.” Qing Yu thought hard. “What about Jiuhua (Nine flowers)?”

Before he could react, Qing Yu shook her head. “Ah, no. Although it’s a nice name, it’s a name a prostitute would have. You need to have a more elegant name.”

The fox already felt a headache coming on.

“Let me see… What about Jiuming? It’s pronounced exactly like Jiuming (Nine lives).” Then, Qing Yu shook her head again. “No, it’s too ordinary. Um——”

Qing Yu held her chin with her palms and thought about it very seriously.

“Ok——”

This time, the fox became impatient.

“How about Jiubo? Since there are so many cypress trees around your cave (TLN: A cypress tree is called bo shu)?” After a while, Qing Yu opened her mouth, but before she could reject this name once again, the fox quickly interrupted her.

“Jiubo is good!”

“Huh?” Qing Yu turned to look at him. “This one? You like this one?”

The fox nodded and said reluctantly, “Yeah, it’s nice.”

“Alright!” Qing Yu said cheerfully. “Then I’ll call you Jiubo! Jiubo, Jiubo.”

The fox finally breathed a sigh of relief, but then Qing Yu asked, “What kind of surname should I give you?”

The fox felt his headache coming back.