There is a beast: (Hundred Explanations)

Hyakuzo, who was catching butterflies, shuddered.

Hiss—I feel like something's watching me.

He turned around and saw that his mother was looking at him with a malicious gaze.

"I'm doomed..." Bai Zang felt a chill in his heart. Every time his mother looked at him like that, nothing good ever came of it!

He cautiously walked up to Bai Jie.

“...Mother?” Bai Zang called softly.

"What's wrong?" Bai Jie still had a strange smile on her face.

Waaaaah—kiss! This mom is so scary! I can already feel the itch on her paws...

Thinking this, I couldn't help but rub the ground with my paw to relieve the itch.

Now even a shrewd person can tell that Mother is probably angry...

But Mother is so strange. He was perfectly fine just a moment ago, so why did he get angry when he was having fun?

"Um... could you not punish me?" Bai Zang asked, scratching his face.

He wasn't stupid; he knew this woman was definitely holding a grudge from the past...

"Mommy, look how great I was last night~ Please forgive me~" Bai Cang hugged Bai Jie's paws and stared at her with big eyes, trying to be cute.

"And also, Mom, look, the straw hat I just bought is for you!"

Bai Jie glanced at the straw hat in the storage space, and her lips twitched again.

You might as well not give it to him at all. If he wears it, he'll feel like he's not far from going bald. Even the most miraculous hair growth tonic is beckoning him.

"see your performance."

Bai Jie put down those words and then headed towards the mountaintop.

Bai Zang saw that his mother was walking so fast.

"Hey, Mother, wait for me!" He quickly followed.

In the small town.

Chen Ming looked in the direction Bai Jie had left, somewhat puzzled.

Doesn't he remember having any relatives of Bai Jie here?

Bai Jie said that only his aunt was with him, right? Who was that little guy who just called him "mother"?

A series of questions combined to make Chen Ming even more confused.

Because it just doesn't make sense no matter how you explain it.

Could it be that Bai Jie was kidnapped and sold here...? No, no, Bai Jie doesn't look like she's been kidnapped at all. In fact, she seems to get along quite well with the kid next to her.

The two even look a bit alike...

Wait, do I know something?

Chen Ming clapped his hands and exclaimed, "I know! That kid must be Bai Jie's long-lost brother!"

Did Bai Jie find his parents? He just took away two bowls of wontons, so it seems he was right.

The more Chen Ming thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed.

"Hmm... I'll visit him next time; Bai Jie shouldn't refuse," Chen Ming thought to himself.

Then he went to the straw dog stall.

"Why do Bai Jie and the others like to buy these? They don't even look that good," Chen Ming said, picking up a straw sandal and casually looking it over.

The straw dog naturally heard his 'muttering,' and by now his head was practically steaming. "Buy it or don't, it's up to you! If you're not buying, get out of here!"

Chen Ming's lips twitched as he thought to himself, "No wonder no one comes to this stall. Is the person selling these things really that bad at customer service?"

A typical stall with good service would definitely say something like, "Don't be fooled by its appearance, it's actually..."

They spout a bunch of reasons to make customers want to buy, saying things like, "Look at this dog stall, no wonder it has no customers."

He shook his head. Forget it, I'll just buy my dad a pair of straw sandals. He'll probably like them.

And so, to the astonishment of the straw dogs, Chen Ming bought the pair of straw sandals.

The straw dog watched Chen Ming walk away.

"Hmm... Are all people these days the type who say no, no, but then want it?"

Chu Gou thought about Bai Jie before and Chen Ming now, and a strange feeling arose in his heart.

But what followed was a sense of joy.

Could this be... what they call a sense of belonging?!

However, Chen Ming was not so lucky.

A few days later, his father would find that his feet were so hot. When he saw that the straw sandals his good son had given him had inexplicably caught fire, he would quickly take them off.

However, he still suffered second-degree burns.

Chen Ming also received a loving hug from his parents.

. . .

Deer Man Store.

Bai Jie and Bai Zang slowly walked back.

"A strange creature, a strange creature, hurry up and prepare lunch for us!"

From the bedroom of the four-legged creature on the second floor came Tianlu's shouts and the four-legged creature's wails.

Bai Jie and Bai Zang had already arrived in the living room on the first floor. Hearing this commotion, they were completely taken aback.

The four-legged creature, supporting its back, came downstairs and saw them.

"Bai Jie, you're here?" He was stunned on the spot.

His mood worsened instantly. Bai Jie and the others were there, weren't they? Why was Pi Pi bothering him?

The four-legged creature has a small crack.

Then he remembered... wasn't there still a lot of gold bars in that cluttered room? Why did they have to ask me to make breakfast!

"Yes, I just went out to buy breakfast," Bai Jie nodded and said. "Are you alright? Do you need any treatment?"

Bai Jie looked at the strange creature, who was baring its teeth and clutching its back, and kindly asked it if it needed treatment.

After all, the ability to relive spring is easy for Bai Jie, and using it more often will increase her proficiency.

"A hundred solutions?!"

Tianlu was also going downstairs. After hearing Bai Jie's voice, he changed from walking to jumping, stepped on the head of the Qilin, and arrived in front of Bai Jie with two leaps. Bixie followed closely behind.

Originally, I wanted to refuse Bai Jie's four-legged creature, but after having my head stepped on twice, I felt... my neck was twisted!

"Help..." the creature said, its claws gripping the railing firmly.

Fortunately, he held on firmly; otherwise, it probably wouldn't have been his neck that was twisted, but his whole body.

Bai Jie stared at this strange creature, speechless.

Brother, you really should go see a fortune teller. Your luck is unmatched.

Bai Jie sighed, and while using her Spring Awakening ability, she snapped the Qilin's neck back in place.

There was not a trace of pain.

Very good, Dr. Flowerbird is going to be out of a job from now on.

The four-legged creature twisted its neck a few times, "Thank you for solving all my problems."

Although it was a mask with squinting eyes, Bai Jie could imagine that this strange creature must have glared fiercely at Tianlu.

"Bai Jie, Bai Jie, where did you go? Bi Xie and I can't find you!" Tian Lu tugged at Bai Jie's golden tail as usual.

"I bought you breakfast."

Bai Jie took two bags of wontons out of her storage space and said to them.

Bixie sniffed the air and said, "I'll pass. I'll just eat the gold bars." He shook his head.

For him, gold bars were the real treat.

Unlike Bixie, Tianlu's eyes gleam.

"What?! I want to eat!"

The four-legged creature glanced at what was on Bai Jie's paw.

"This is...wonton?" the four-legged creature asked in surprise.

"Hmm~" Bai Jie nodded.

"Then I'll bring two bowls, and you can put these two bags in the bowls to eat."

"That's what I was planning to do too. We can't just throw the whole bag into Tianlu's mouth, can we?" Bai Jie chuckled. "These are the kinds of things you should eat slowly, right?"

"Oh right, if you don't want the talisman, then I'll give you the other one?" Bai Jie said to the four-legged creature.

"Thank you." The four-legged beast hadn't eaten wontons in a long time. This kind of food was quite suitable for an old beast like him.