There is a beast in the bright morning.

Because of the Xie Zhi, the Qilin and the Rabbit God can no longer play mahjong, at least not in the short term, so they have to be forced to develop new hobbies.

Hao Chen was the same; he was watched reading by a group of little xiezhi every day, and only after finishing his studies did he have his own free time.

However, because of his past behavior of collecting protection money, the Xie Zhi was paying extra attention to his actions, which forced Hao Chen to blacklist the behavior of collecting protection money. He didn't want to try the Xie Zhi's horn again. Fortunately, he no longer relied on such petty tricks as protection money to make a living.

Although his hard-earned online store was hacked by Si Xiang Bu Xiang, Hao Chen could still sell some things on it to earn some hard-earned money, but the unscrupulous Si Xiang Bu Xiang demanded a so-called commission.

"It's better to have less than nothing, but I'll remember this." Hao Chen silently took out his notebook and wrote down how the four-legged creature had bullied him.

Haochen spends his days reading, selling goods online, and occasionally working part-time at the zoo to earn some extra money. He seems to be living a very fulfilling life—bullshit!

Although he later revealed that he was also a child, the Xie Zhi no longer stopped him from sleeping with walnuts, Tianlu, or the Qilin.

After all, in the eyes of the Xie Zhi, it was just a little divine beast that lacked love, so it was not surprising that it did such a thing.

But later, the Xie Zhi actually believed that education should start from a young age and personally guided Hao Chen in his studies every day, which immediately reminded Hao Chen of his miserable student life in his previous life.

After several days of grueling studying, Hao Chen couldn't take it anymore and, in order to get rid of Xie Zhi, went to Taotie's house.

Feeling completely at home, Hao Chen casually rummaged through Taotie's house for a while before saying with some disappointment, "Taotie, how come your house is so poor? There's only a little bit of fruit, how can that be enough for anyone? Don't you have any spiritual roots?"

Upon hearing Hao Chen's words, Taotie became enraged and snatched the apple from Hao Chen's hand: "If you're so capable, then don't eat it! You still want to ask me for spiritual roots? How dare you! Last time, you stole all the spiritual roots I painstakingly collected. Do you think I would still keep them at home?"

Suddenly, Taotie realized he had let something slip and quickly covered his mouth to stop talking.

Upon hearing Taotie's words, Hao Chen smiled knowingly: "Oh, so you still have spiritual roots. Tell me, where did you put them? Take me to see them. I promise I'll just look at them this time and I definitely won't take them."

Taotie quickly drew an eye roll on his face: "Who would believe that? You came to my house just for this?"

Hearing Taotie's words, Hao Chen remembered the important matter. He looked at Taotie and said, "Xiezhi, what do you think?"

Taotie pursed his lips and said, "Just a busybody."

Hearing Taotie's evaluation, Hao Chen was certain that Taotie also disliked Xie Zhi. However, this was normal, since Taotie was one of the Four Fiends and probably had done a lot of bad things.

Moreover, the Taotie is always thinking about seizing a body to use as its own. Under such circumstances, the Taotie will probably be killed by the Xie Zhi more than once in a thousand years.

Looking into Hao Chen's eyes, Taotie seemed to feel as if he could see right through her. Her small hands instinctively covered her back: "Hao Chen, what's with that look? I wasn't stabbed by a Xie Zhi!!!"

Well, Taotie has just given himself away without being asked. However, Hao Chen didn't come here to see Taotie make a fool of himself. On the contrary, he came to ask Taotie about the whereabouts of a person, no, a beast.

"Taotie, I've heard you're one of the Four Fiends?"

"Of course, I am the leader of the Four Fiends, or rather, the second-ranked among them."

Taotie was clearly proud of its status among the Four Fiends, but Hao Chen didn't care where Taotie ranked among the Four Fiends. Hao Chen said in a deep voice, "Then Taotie, should you know the whereabouts of Qiongqi, who is also one of the Four Fiends?"

"Hmm, Haochen, why did you look for that chatterbox?"

Taotie was somewhat puzzled. He, Qiongqi, Taowu, and their sister were collectively known as the Four Fiends, but since their sister left them, they had gone their separate ways and would only meet once every few hundred years at most.

However, after Hao Chen's reminder, Taotie remembered that it seemed like only a few years had passed since their agreed meeting.

After hearing Taotie's words, Hao Chen whispered in Taotie's ear his purpose in finding Qiongqi: "What do you think about pairing Qiongqi and Xiezhi together?"

Taotie was startled by Hao Chen's idea, but he quickly realized Hao Chen's purpose. Qiongqi's personality and Xie Zhi's personality were almost completely opposite. If Xie Zhi encountered Qiongqi, he probably wouldn't have time to pay attention to them.

"Brother, that's a great idea! I'll find a way to contact Qiongqi right away and have him come over as soon as possible."

Seeing how cooperative Taotie was, Hao Chen suddenly thought of the stories about Qiongqi and Xiezhi, which he thought would be very interesting: Hehe, Xiezhi, let's see if you still have time to care about me now.

Then Haochen saw that it was getting late and he should go back for dinner, so he ransacked Taotie's house again, packing up everything he could use and eat.

When Taotie came to his senses and saw his empty house, he angrily cursed, "Haochen, you bastard, don't come to my house again. Do you know how hard it is for me to build up my fortune?"

Even though Hao Chen had walked far away, he could still hear Taotie's angry curses. However, he secretly laughed to himself: Taotie, you say you won't take it, so you won't. Otherwise, how do you think I got my wealth? This is the primitive accumulation of capital.

When Hao Chen finished dinner, he suddenly felt something was missing. He looked at the empty seat next to him and found that Rabbit and Walnut were not there. He asked, "Hey Tianlu, where is Walnut? Didn't you go out to play together today? Why hasn't he come back for dinner yet?"

Tianlu was busy eating and didn't have time to answer Haochen's question. It was the four-legged creature next to him that explained, "Today, Pipi actually took Walnut to play in the mud, and he got covered in mud. Now Rabbit Lord is helping Walnut take a bath."

"Oh, I see. That must be hard work for you, Rabbit Lord." Hao Chen remembered that Walnut was a feline and disliked water the most. Trying to give Walnut a bath was no less than trying to snatch food from Tian Lu's mouth.

Before long, Rabbit God came over, soaking wet and with messy fur, carrying a clean bag of walnuts. Seeing Rabbit God's disheveled state, Qilin asked curiously, "What happened?"

Rabbit shook his head, recalling the difficulty of bathing Walnut, and couldn't help but say, "Let Walnut, that brat, stay dirty from now on."

Seeing that Walnut smelled nice after being washed, Hao Chen couldn't help but go over, take Walnut from Rabbit's hand, and rub it against him: "How is it, Walnut? Are you getting used to this Deer Man's shop?"

Walnut nodded: "Yeah, this place is super fun."

Seeing that Walnut was so happy, Haochen continued, "Walnut, do you want to sleep with me tonight?"

Come to think of it, Hao Chen has never slept with Walnut since she arrived. Walnut always sleeps in the box that was sent with him. Hao Chen only gets to pet Walnut during the day.

As expected, Walnut directly rejected Haochen's suggestion: "No, I want to sleep in Mom and Dad's box."

Hao Chen: "Don't refuse so quickly!"

Fortunately, even without walnuts, Hao Chen didn't lack pillows at night. Under Rabbit's envious gaze, Hao Chen pulled Tian Lu and jumped onto the four-legged creature's bed.

The next day, since it was a holiday and Haochen didn't have to go to Xiezhi's place to study, he planned to sleep in.

Just as he and Tianlu were sleeping soundly, the Four-Faced Beast entered the room carrying piles of tools and pulled Haochen and Tianlu out of bed.

"Hey Haochen and Pipi, you two wake up and get up to help tidy up the house. We have important guests coming today, so we need to get ready quickly."

Hao Chen, who was forced to sweep the floor, yawned and said with dissatisfaction, "Ha, who is it? Such a big fuss!"

Rabbit, who had also been pulled in to help, explained, "That guest is very particular and can't stand even the slightest bit of dirt. You two should clean carefully."

Tianlu said with dissatisfaction, "You don't need to tell me."

Upon hearing Rabbit's words, Hao Chen couldn't help but think of a figure: "Is Phoenix coming to hold a concert? This will bring in some extra money."