There is a beast in the bright morning.

After their trip to the underworld, Hao Chen returned to the Deer Man's shop with Tian Lu, the Four-Faced Beast, and the Rabbit Lord.

Recently, the deer shop has been unusually quiet, with nothing major happening. As a result, Haochen has been living a life of laziness and sleeping in until he naturally wakes up every day.

About a week later, the four-legged creature found Hao Chen, who was sleeping.

After entering the room, the four-legged creature yanked off Hao Chen's blanket without saying a word: "Get up, the sun's already high in the sky."

Hao Chen rubbed his sleepy eyes and yawned: "What's wrong? You're not letting people sleep."

After saying that, Hao Chen pulled the blanket over himself and tried to go back to sleep, but the Si Xiang grabbed Hao Chen by the back of the neck and lifted him up.

“Still sleeping? Look at the time! I hired you to work, not to sleep here all day. And this is my bed, but you’re acting like it’s your own.”

Faced with the scolding from the four-legged creature, Hao Chen wagged his tail at it indifferently: "Four-legged creature, what does it matter? Tian Lu is still there for work, you can just ask him."

After saying that, Hao Chen exerted his strength and broke free from the four-legged creature, then lay back down on its bed.

The four-legged creature wasn't angry at all. Instead, it revealed a meaningful smile, which instantly woke Hao Chen up. Hao Chen hugged his tail tightly and asked, "Four-legged creature, what are you planning to do to me by looking at me like that?"

When the four-legged creature saw Hao Chen like this, it was speechless. Did Hao Chen think that it would be interested in its body?

The four-legged creature tapped Hao Chen on the head and said, "What are you thinking? Do you think everyone is like you, liking to sleep while hugging others?"

Hao Chen was embarrassed when the four-legged creature exposed his unusual fetish, and he didn't want to sleep with Tian Lu in his arms.

But in Hao Chen's eyes, Tianlu was just too cute. It was fluffy and smelled nice. The key thing was that Tianlu really took care of him and was willing to let Hao Chen hold it while he slept.

Seeing Hao Chen's somewhat bewildered expression, the Qilin stopped teasing him and took out a letter from its pocket, handing it to Hao Chen: "Here, there's a letter for you."

Hao Chen looked at the Qilin with some confusion: "A letter? Who would send me a letter?"

The four-legged creature shook its head, indicating that it didn't know who sent it either: "I don't know, there's no signature on it, but why don't we just open it and see?"

Hao Chen curiously took the letter from the four-legged creature's hand, opened it, and found a small black stone and a piece of paper inside.

Hao Chen first took out the paper and opened it to look at it, but after seeing the contents of the paper, Hao Chen was immediately frightened, and then angrily threw the paper aside: "Slander! Di Ting, this is slander against me."

"What's wrong? What did the letter say that made you so angry?"

Seeing Hao Chen so angry, the Qilin picked up a piece of paper and looked at it. It turned out to be a bill sent by Di Ting.

After reading the contents of the letter, the Qilin looked at Hao Chen with a serious expression: "Hao Chen, tell me honestly, is what the letter says true? You destroyed the forbidden area of ​​the underworld, and you also released the ferocious beasts that were imprisoned for several years."

"I'm innocent, you four-no-like creature! I really didn't do it. I fainted just like you guys back then, and I don't know anything." Hao Chen never expected that Di Ting would pin the blame for the nineteenth level of hell on him.

Although he fainted in the nineteenth level of hell, he knew nothing about what was happening there, and he didn't know where the ferocious beasts imprisoned there had gone.

After hearing Hao Chen's protest, the Qilin read the letter again. It stated that Hao Chen had not only damaged the forbidden area of ​​the underworld but also released the ferocious beasts inside. Therefore, he needed to compensate the underworld for its losses. The letter also listed a bunch of rare and precious materials and stated that they could be replaced with something of equal value.

Furthermore, it was pointed out that Lai Haochen needed help capturing the escaped ferocious beasts, and he could use the capture of a ferocious beast as compensation, and there was no time limit for this request.

After reading it, the Qilin took a deep breath and then said, "Haochen, if what Di Ting said is true, I'm afraid it would take you more than a thousand years to pay it back, based on your salary."

"What? More than a thousand years?" Hao Chen was shocked. Didn't this mean he would have to work for the Four-Unlikes for more than a thousand years?

However, after thinking about it carefully, Hao Chen realized that accompanying the Qilin for over a thousand years wasn't entirely unacceptable—what a load of rubbish! Why should he be slandered by Di Ting? Why should he inexplicably bear this enormous debt?

At this moment, the Qilin suddenly said, "Hey, Haochen, Diting also sent over a recording stone with the scene seen by the Sky-Gazing Mirror on it, saying that it can prove that you did it."

Upon hearing the image-recording stone mentioned by the Qilin, Hao Chen remembered the black stone in the envelope. He immediately picked up the stone and channeled his divine power into it: "Is that so? I'd like to see what kind of evidence it is."

The recording stone flashed with light and then projected an image. The image was somewhat blurry, but it was still possible to make out that the figure in the image was Hao Chen.

In the scene, Hao Chen arrives at the entrance to the nineteenth level of hell, then extends his claws and presses them down into the void, opening the gate. Hao Chen then walks inside.

The scene then shifts to Di Ting and the others, along with the Qilin, arriving at the entrance. However, as they approach the gate, they inexplicably faint.

Then Hao Chen emerged from hell, lay down next to Tian Lu, and the scene ended there.

After seeing the image on the stone, Hao Chen was still incredulous, but the image did indeed show only him entering the nineteenth level of hell.

The four-legged creature patted Hao Chen on the shoulder and said, "Alright, thankfully the Heavenly Court didn't pursue this matter. Keep up the good work, a thousand years will pass quickly."

"Haochen, you four-legged creature, I'm back."

Just then, Tianlu's voice suddenly rang out, and he rushed in, tugging at the four-legged creature's leg: "Four-legged creature, didn't we agree to eat chicken stew with mushrooms? This morning, I went and found a lot of mushrooms, we..."

Tianlu was about to urge the Four-Faced Beast to cook when he saw Haochen listlessly lying on the bed, muttering, "A thousand years, a thousand years..."

"What's wrong with Hao Chen? Who bullied him?"

The Four-Faced Beast didn't know how to answer Tianlu's question, so it could only say, "Pipi, Haochen is in a bad mood right now, let's leave first and not disturb him."

"In a bad mood?! I know how to cheer Haochen up."

Tianlu jumped onto the bed, came to Haochen's side, and stretched out his tail, wagging it in front of Haochen. He remembered that Haochen liked to pounce on his tail like that the most.

As expected, Hao Chen's eyes were instantly drawn to Tian Lu's tail, his pupils fixed on it.

The next moment, Hao Chen lightly jumped, not only pouncing on Tian Lu's tail, but also knocking Tian Lu down and pinning him beneath him, his head rubbing against Tian Lu's chest.

Tianlu didn't resist, but let Haochen hug her: "How are you feeling? Are you feeling better?"

"Well, thank you, Tianlu." After Tianlu's antics, Haochen simply stopped thinking about those unpleasant things. What's a little trouble? A thousand years is nothing.

Tianlu didn't know what had happened, but he still said, "Haochen, no matter what happens, I will be with you. We brothers will never be separated."

"Yes, brothers will never be apart." Hao Chen gently touched his head to Tian Lu's head and said.

However, the four-legged creature standing to the side said, "You really don't need to separate them. Pipi has your bill here."

Tianlu bit his finger, tilted his head, and asked, "Bill? What's this? Food?"

The four-legged creature explained, "Pipi, this isn't for eating. Last time you almost ate the Diting family, so you have to compensate Diting for their losses. I've calculated it, and with your salary, it should take about six or seven hundred years to pay it off."

"What, six or seven hundred years?" Now it was Tianlu's turn to be shocked. He looked at the Qilin with disbelief, only to be met with the Qilin's affirmation.

In an instant, Tianlu seemed to have been completely ruined, lying helplessly on the bed, no longer mentioning his favorite chicken stew with mushrooms.

Seeing this, Hao Chen stepped forward to comfort him, saying, "Tianlu is alright, I'll stay with you."

However, Hao Chen's attempt to comfort Tian Lu was not very effective, as Tian Lu still looked listless. Helpless, Hao Chen could only look at the four-legged creature.

The four-legged creature stepped forward and coughed a few times: "Cough cough, Pipi, don't mind it. Haochen owes me for over a thousand years, and he hasn't said anything. You've only been here for six or seven hundred years."

Hearing this unusual consolation from the Qilin, Hao Chen felt as if a knife had been plunged into his heart: "Qilin, you..."

Without comparison, there is no harm. When Tianlu heard that Haochen had to pay more than a thousand, he instantly perked up and looked intently at the Qilin and Haochen. He felt that six or seven hundred years was nothing.

Seeing Hao Chen's grief-stricken expression, Tian Lu laughed: "Hahaha, Hao Chen, I have less time than you."

"Tianlu!!" Haochen raised his voice, then tackled Tianlu to the ground again, grabbed his paws, and gently scratched his paw pads.

"Haha, Haochen, I'm not laughing at you anymore. Let go of my paws, it's so itchy, I can't stand it."

"What, you want to continue? Tianlu, don't worry, I'm going to have a blast today."

"No, I know I was wrong, Haochen."

The four-legged creature breathed a sigh of relief as it watched Hao Chen and Tian Lu playing around: "Don't play for too long, dinner is almost ready."