In the end, the Great Sage broke the rules.

The next morning.

Chen Yi slowly woke up, opening his eyes groggily. However, in that instant, he froze—because he saw a familiar yet shocking figure sleeping peacefully beside him!

That figure was none other than Sun Wukong!

Chen Yi was stunned for several seconds. He even wondered if he was still immersed in a dream and had not fully woken up.

So he blinked hard, and then slowly closed his eyes again.

However, when he opened his eyes again, Sun Wukong was still lying there peacefully.

Now, Chen Yi was completely awake. He stared wide-eyed at Sun Wukong, who was right in front of him.

After a long while, he finally came to his senses, reached out and gently nudged Sun Wukong, and asked, "Great Sage, how... how did you get here?"

Sun Wukong stretched and yawned, replying lazily, "This Great Sage cancelled my room reservation to save some money, which I can use to buy you more delicious food."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yi's lips twitched involuntarily a few times.

You know, they're not actually short of money!

In the past, whenever they encountered bandit dens on the road, they would mercilessly lend a helping hand and wipe out the bandits in one fell swoop.

And all the gold and silver treasures in those bandit dens naturally fell into their hands, and now they've almost filled the storage bottles into a small mountain!

Therefore, there's really no need to save on this little bit of rent.

……

After breakfast.

Chen Yi picked up his teacup, took a sip, then turned to Sun Wukong and said, "Great Sage, go and take down that list later, go to the palace to treat the king's illness, and while you're at it, change the official document as well."

After all, the king's annual court session had already passed, and the only way to see him was to accept the proclamation.

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong replied decisively, "No! This Great Sage still has to feed the horses today."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yi immediately said, "Great Sage, you can leave the task of feeding the horses to me."

Sun Wukong looked at Chen Yi with a half-smile and asked, "Oh? If this Great Sage enters the palace, what benefits can you give me?"

After a moment's thought, Chen Yi replied, "Well... I'll remember this for now, and we'll settle the score when we've completed our pilgrimage."

At worst, he could just give Sun Wukong a larger share of the money in his storage bottle.

Since there's a lot of treasure in the bottle, it wouldn't hurt to give half of it to Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong frowned and complained, "We've kept accounts several times already, do we have to keep them again? If you try to cheat us later, won't I, the Great Sage, be at a loss?"

Chen Yi pursed his lips slightly and asked, "Then what do you want, Great Sage? I will do my best to fulfill your request, as long as it is within my power."

Sun Wukong waved his hand and shouted, "This Great Sage wants a pair of gloves!"

Upon hearing this, Chen looked slightly confused and asked, puzzled, "Huh? What gloves?"

Sun Wukong replied, "Is it the kind of gloves you usually wear? Give me a pair too, just the same as yours!"

Chen Yi: “…”

The gloves he was wearing were just something he had haphazardly knitted himself with some silk thread when the weather was cold.

The gloves were knitted crookedly and unevenly, and even he himself thought they were ugly and disgusting.

To everyone's surprise, the all-powerful Monkey King would actually take a liking to such a broken thing and even specifically asked him to weave another pair of the same gloves for him!

The Great Sage's aesthetic sense is truly something he can neither understand nor agree with!

However, he couldn't refuse Sun Wukong's request directly, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree.