The daily life of the crew of "Beasts".

The zookeeper silently pinched the small pendant at his waist and sighed for a while, still unable to catch it. Then he stood up, gently bent down and reached out to pick up Seventy-Seven.

Tianlu and Bixie were both taken aback, but seeing Qishiqi's natural demeanor and considering the other party's identity, they did not make a move.

The zookeeper picked up the pixiu's little paws, examined them, and then checked its body again.

Seventy-seven weakly placed her paw on his hand, her voice small and timid: "I'm sorry..."

"You silly child." The zookeeper couldn't help but sigh, then picked him up and nodded to the person in charge of the mythical beasts: "Qiqi is very healthy."

"It seems that you have taken good care of Seventy-Seven."

The person in charge of the divine beasts nodded slightly as well. He chatted with the two brothers for a while to learn about Seventy-Seven's situation here, then casually turned to them and said:

"I'd like to see what he's like in his daily life. Do you guys have a habit of taking photos of him in his daily life? Or videos, anything else is fine."

"Uh." Even the Pixiu couldn't help but freeze.

Photos? Of course they have photos, but... well... let's just say that they don't take photos on very formal occasions!

"What's wrong? Is something inconvenient?" The zookeeper asked habitually while holding Seventy-Seven. The Pixiu in his arms had widened its gray eyes and unconsciously tightened its grip on his hand!

Pixie's small mouth opened slightly, and after a moment of silence, she forced herself to answer, "Some, but..."

He glanced at Tianlu; his brother had even more photos stored on his phone, and he might be able to find a few that weren't so sensitive.

Seventy-seven's eyes widened even more!

No!

"Ah, let me look." Tianlu reluctantly took out his phone and flipped through the photo album.

The person in charge and the zookeeper were a little curious about their reaction, until Tianlu finally found two less sensitive photos that only contained seventy-seven and showed them to them!

Both the man and the beast were stunned on the spot!

"You guys..." The zookeeper was dumbfounded!

"You raised Qiqi as a girl?"

Seventy-seven: "..."

He remained silent, his small mouth tightly shut, the silence deafening!

The zookeeper looked down at him and mouthed, "Are you being threatened? If so, blink."

Seventy-seven didn't blink. Her tightly closed little mouth opened slightly but paused, unable to utter a single syllable. Her bright gray eyes lifted and stared blankly at him, as if a trace of confusion still flashed across them.

—Oh no, the shock was too much and the kid has gone crazy.

The zookeeper felt secretly ashamed.

"Ahem, you even bought her new clothes. It seems you really treat her well." The person in charge coughed twice, barely managing to find a reason to praise her.

Tianlu Bixie was even more embarrassed by the compliment, but he quickly turned to the stunned Seventy-Seven and asked seriously, "Do you like this new outfit?"

He was actually asking if this was something he could accept.

Seventy-seven remained silent for a long, long time, then nodded almost imperceptibly, turned his gaze away, and uttered words as soft as a fly's buzz...

"I feel fine..." he said, then shut his mouth again.

Judging from his eyes and expression... he was already somewhat dead...

……

school.

It was lunchtime, and the lunch break bell rang, its sound echoing throughout the entire campus.

The once quiet classroom suddenly erupted in a commotion as Bai Jie tidied up his notes on the desk and put them into his schoolbag.

It turns out he doesn't have the habit of taking notes, but since Seventy-Seven didn't come today, and he was the one who brought his own notes during the busiest period recently, Bai Jie felt he should give him feedback.

"—Crunch! Crash!"

The sharp scraping of desks and chairs against the floor continued incessantly as a group of energetic students pushed aside their chairs and surged out of the classroom like a flood!

A group of energetic young men and women jogged past, making the group of small animals in the front row seem like kids who had wandered into a teen drama, and their shouts filled the air.

"Let's have a showdown! The first chicken leg in the cafeteria today is mine!"

"Trying to trick me into becoming a woman with this kind of bet? Dream on! If the last one gets stolen, it'll be mine, not yours!"

"Damn it, get out of here!"

"Come on!"

"Hey, remember to save me a seat!"

The classroom was suddenly empty. Since the special dishes offered by the cafeteria each week were limited, the commotion outside was like a competition, with everyone scrambling to get to the food!

The remaining group of small animals were not in a hurry, as they had other sources of food.

A white cloud drifted in through the doorway, and a group of beasts immediately surrounded it.

"Xiaoyun, how are Seventy-Seven and the others doing?" Baijie asked with concern as he took the exaggeratedly tall lunchbox.

Lines of text quickly appeared on the white clouds, indicating that everything was alright at home, and Bai Jie was finally relieved to see this.

As the lunchbox was opened, a fragrant aroma filled the room, like an enticing little hand gently teasing the sense of smell.

Qiong Xiaoqi shamelessly sidled up to Bai Jie and asked for three servings, then gave one serving to his two brothers and the beast. While eating, he couldn't stop glancing at Yue Tian.

"Hmm, well, why are you still like this? You look like a little kid, not at all like a beast that will be an adult in a year."

"We all have long growth periods like mythical beasts, but what's wrong with you? Are you stunted?"

"Wolves seem to have a shorter growth period than mud people. Even by mud people's standards, you're almost an adult, yet you still look like this?"

Yue Tian, ​​holding a steaming bowl of rice, was stunned. The other divine beasts instinctively looked at him as well. They had been together for nearly seven years, and if Qiong Xiaoqi hadn't pointed it out, they really wouldn't have realized it.

"Uh... this." The little wolf cub snapped out of his daze and his face turned serious. Everyone thought he was about to reveal some secret, but instead he said, "Because I used shapeshifting magic. I also have a real form."

Bai Jie: "..."

So you're just like Meimei, all about shrinking down and acting cute? What happened to your wolf king spirit that you kept talking about?!

……

at the same time,

Caiyun Village.

The afternoon sun shone brightly; the day after the torrential rain, the sky was clear and serene, with the unique rainbow-colored clouds of the Caiyun Mountains drifting by.

After finishing her morning work, Puss in Boots had some rare free time, so she strolled around the village. Villagers setting up stalls by the roadside greeted her warmly, and she responded with a smile and politeness.

There was no such thing as setting up stalls in the village before, but with the arrival of the film crew, the monsters in the mountains and people in the city started to interact more, and they seized the opportunity to sell all the good things in the village.

Puss in Boots was eating as she walked, a skewer of grilled fish in her left paw and a bag of braised chicken in her right. Cats are naturally a little greedy, and she deserved to treat herself after a hard morning's work.

She kept eating and glancing around to see if there was anything new to eat. Then she turned her head, froze, and suddenly stopped in her tracks!

"Little girl, what's wrong?" asked an old rabbit who had lost a tooth as she passed by. Then she followed her gaze.

It was a small stall set up with a sign next to it that read "Astrology and Divination".

Behind the stall sat a bright purple fox, its confident eyes raised, with a stark white skull in front of it, which looked quite convincing.

"Who is he? I've never seen him in the village before!" Puss in Boots spotted him at first glance!

—With looks and presence like that, it's a shame you're not in our production team! And I think you and my beautiful wife look like a married couple.

"That girl," the old rabbit paused for a moment.

Puss in Boots raised an eyebrow slightly.

—Still female? Hmm...that's fine, it'll balance out the predominance of men on set.

"She recently made significant progress in her cultivation and moved here from the mountains. The young girl is ambitious and wants to cultivate for a while longer before transforming into human form and going to the city to make her way in the world."

The old rabbit shook its head and sighed. Puss in Boots listened, her eyes still fixed on the direction of the purple fox. After the old man finished sighing, she thanked him and immediately walked over there.

"Want your fortune told? Five yuan a string." Purple Fox looked up at him.

Puss in Boots sat down in the chair opposite her and thought for a moment. Realizing that it wouldn't be appropriate to directly recruit her, she agreed, "Okay."

As soon as she finished speaking, she reached into her pocket, pulled out a five-dollar bill, and casually asked, "I'm Puss in Boots, what's your name?"

"Linghu Zi, you can call me A Zi." Zi Hu raised her chin slightly, generously saying her name while accepting the 5 yuan.

Puss in Boots paused, its paw pausing: "The 'Hu' in 'hutong'?"

"The fox in fox."

"Uh, who named you?"

Linghu Zi slightly raised an eyebrow, her beautiful, star-like fur showing a puzzled expression: "Why does everyone ask me this after they know my name?"

"An old crow gave me this name, saying that I should take this name because I found a book called Seven Star Tunafa at the bottom of a cliff."

Puss in Boots: "???"

—Even so, this name is still a bit of a stretch, but it doesn't matter. With such a unique name, why shouldn't it join my crew?

"Forget it, let's not talk about that. What do you want to calculate?" Linghu Zi was still jealous and put the matter out of her mind, reverting to her somewhat proud little face.

"I'd call that my career. I'm a director on a film set, and I'm currently struggling to decide who to cast for an important role."

Puss in Boots stuffed the finished grilled fish into a bag and then took out a braised chicken to eat.

She was referring to the plot in the ancient chapter where Tianlu Sibuxiang would not kill the divine beast to nourish Bixie, and they still haven't decided who would be the one to be captured and killed.