Black Myth: The Legend of Tianpeng Seeking Demons

"What's going on? Is this a movie shoot? Special effects makeup?" Linda screamed as she tried to calm herself down. She pulled out her phone to dial 120. "If this hurts Meiniang, I can't take the responsibility!"

"Beautiful lady, don't...don't misunderstand, I, Old Pig...I, I didn't mean it!" Zhu Feifei stammered, waving his prop rake. All he wanted now was to transform back into human form; this pig-headed appearance was just too embarrassing!

"Not on purpose? You call this not on purpose? Look at the mess you've made of the car!" Linda was trembling with anger; this van had cost her a fortune. "Where did you get this prop? The effect is way too realistic!"

"I...I don't know either!" Zhu Feifei was on the verge of tears. He had no way to explain himself. He couldn't very well tell them that he really was Pigsy from Journey to the West, could he?

Just then, the door of the van was suddenly pulled open from the outside, and a short, stout man wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses poked his head in. He was stunned when he saw the scene inside the van, and then quickly raised his camera and frantically pressed the shutter button.

"Wang Dapao!" Linda recognized the notorious paparazzi at a glance. She exclaimed and rushed forward to stop him, "What are you doing? Who gave you permission to take pictures!"

"Hehe, Sister Linda, how could I miss such a sensational scene?" Wang Dapao said smugly while taking pictures. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Hu Meiniang's secret rendezvous with the Pig-Headed Monster, isn't that a sensational headline?"

"You...you're talking nonsense!" Linda angrily tried to snatch Wang Dapao's camera, but Wang Dapao was agile and easily dodged her attack.

"I'm talking nonsense? Everyone's watching!" Wang Dapao said, pointing his camera at Zhu Feifei. "Come on, you pig-headed monster, give me a smile!"

"Laugh at you, my foot!" Zhu Feifei roared, raising the prop rake in her hand and smashing it towards Wang Dapao.

Wang Dapao was startled and quickly dodged, but was still hit on the shoulder by the soft rubber head of the rake. Although it didn't hurt, it still left him looking quite disheveled.

"You...you dare hit me? You wait, I'll make you regret this!" Wang Dapao said angrily, then turned and ran away.

"Stop! Don't run!" Zhu Feifei tried to chase after him, but his body was still out of control, and he could only watch helplessly as Wang Dapao escaped.

"It's over, it's completely over!" Linda stared in the direction Wang Dapao had fled, her face filled with despair. "If he exposes this, Meiniang's image will be completely ruined!"

Hu Meiniang also recovered from her shock. She looked at the mess in front of her nanny van, and then at Zhu Feifei's pig-headed appearance, and she trembled with anger.

"Zhu Feifei! What's going on with you?!" She finally snapped, "Explain yourself!"

"I...I don't know either!" Zhu Feifei said with a mournful face, "I just ate a steamed bun, and then this happened!"

"Steamed buns? What steamed buns?" Hu Meiniang asked in confusion.

"It's that... special steamed bun you just ate," Zhu Feifei said, pointing to the insulated box that had fallen to the ground.

Hu Meiniang and Linda exchanged a glance, a hint of surprise flashing in their eyes.

“That steamed bun…” Linda hesitated, as if she had something difficult to say.

"Sister Linda, do you know what's going on?" Hu Meiniang asked hurriedly.

"I..." Linda hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to tell the truth, "Meiniang, actually, I bought that steamed bun from a mysterious person. It's said to have the effect of preserving youth..."

"Preserves youth?!" Hu Meiniang's eyes widened. "So, Zhu Feifei turned into a pig's head because of that steamed bun?"

"I...I don't know either. I just heard that the bun was magical, so I wanted to buy it for you to try. I never expected it to turn out like this..." Linda's voice grew softer and softer, clearly realizing that she had made a mistake.

"You...you're really going to be the death of me!" Hu Meiniang pointed at Linda, too angry to speak.

"Meiniang, now is not the time to be angry. We need to think of a solution quickly!" Linda said hurriedly. "If this gets exposed by the media, your career will be completely ruined!"

"Then what do you suggest we do?" Hu Meiniang forced herself to calm down.

“The only way now is to block the news, and then…” A ruthless glint flashed in Linda’s eyes, “to make Zhu Feifei disappear forever!”

"Disappeared?" Hu Meiniang was taken aback. She looked at Zhu Feifei and saw him looking at her with an innocent expression.

"Wait, wait!" Zhu Feifei suddenly shouted, "Beautiful ladies, Sister Linda, listen to me, I, Old Pig... although I've turned into a pig's head, I really didn't do it on purpose! Besides, I'm still useful!"

"What use are you now?" Hu Meiniang sneered. "What use could you be in the state you are now?"

"I...I..." Zhu Feifei's eyes darted around, and suddenly an idea struck her. "I have a keen sense of smell! I can smell things that others can't! I smelled the cologne on that paparazzi just now, I can find him!"

"Perfume?" Hu Meiniang and Linda exchanged a glance, both somewhat skeptical.

"Really! I'm not lying to you!" Zhu Feifei said confidently, "Give me a chance, and I will definitely find those photos!"

Looking at Zhu Feifei's confident demeanor, Hu Meiniang felt a little wavering. She knew that time was of the essence and the problem needed to be resolved as soon as possible.

"Fine, I'll give you one chance!" Hu Meiniang finally made her decision. "If you can retrieve the photos, I won't hold you responsible. But if you fail, you're fired!"

"Alright! Just you wait and see!" Zhu Feifei perked up immediately upon hearing Hu Meiniang's words. He patted his chest and guaranteed, "I, Old Pig... I, Zhu Feifei, guarantee to complete the mission!"

"And another thing," Hu Meiniang suddenly added, "you're not allowed to refer to yourself as 'Old Pig' anymore, it sounds awful!"

"Okay, okay, no need, from now on you'll be called Zhu Feifei!" Zhu Feifei nodded and bowed, readily agreeing.

"Little White, Little White! Can you hear me? What should I do?" Zhu Feifei asked Little White the Spirit in her mind for help.

"Hmph, you idiot, what else can you do? Hurry up and go find someone!" The voice of the Ringwraith White rang in his mind, "Remember, use your pig nose to sniff carefully the surroundings and find the paparazzi's trail!"

"Okay!" Zhu Feifei replied, then took a deep breath and sniffed the surrounding air.

"What are you doing?" Hu Meiniang couldn't help but ask, looking at Zhu Feifei's comical appearance.

"I'm smelling!" Zhu Feifei said, sniffing the ground like a puppy. "That paparazzi's perfume smells really good. I'm sure I can find him!"

Hu Meiniang and Linda couldn't help but roll their eyes at Zhu Feifei's appearance. They simply couldn't reconcile the comical pig-headed monster before them with the handsome assistant who had just been so confident.

Just then, Zhu Feifei suddenly stopped, pointed in a direction, and said excitedly, "Found him! I can smell that paparazzi! He's over there!"

Hu Meiniang and Linda looked in the direction he pointed and saw a figure sneaking towards the parking lot in the distance.

"Let's go, let's catch up!" Hu Meiniang said decisively.

The three of them quickly chased after the figure, and a dramatic chase was about to unfold.