There is a beast in the bright morning.

By the pond in the backyard of the Deer Man Shop, the Qilin was leisurely lying on a deck chair, drinking tea with one paw and fishing with a fishing rod in the other.

"Pipi has been gone for a while now, why hasn't he come back yet? Could something have happened to him?"

After getting up and packing up his fishing rod, Sibu glanced at the sky and realized it was almost dinnertime, but Tianlu still hadn't returned, and there was no news from him, so he couldn't help but worry.

The four-legged creature shook its head and muttered to itself, "No way, Pipi may be a bit noisy, but he's still quite strong."

"And I've also notified the Heavenly Court, and they said they've arranged for people to come and help, so nothing should happen, I guess!"

"Sigh, I should have just let those gods in Heaven handle it. Why did I get involved? Otherwise, I wouldn't be living in fear here."

Just as the Four-Unlikes was still worried about Tianlu, it suddenly heard Tianlu's voice: "Four-Unlikes, I'm back."

"Pipi, you're finally back! How did the mission go... Huh, where is everyone? Did I hear that right?"

The four-legged creature turned around and looked behind it, but didn't see Tianlu's shadow. It thought it was just that it was too tired lately and was hallucinating.

"You four-legged creature, hurry up and prepare some food for me, I'm starving."

Just as the Four-Unlikes was about to go back to rest, it heard Tianlu's voice again, and this time it realized that the voice was coming from above its head.

Therefore, the four-legged creature instinctively looked up and saw a white cloud above its head, as well as Tianlu standing on the cloud, with Haochen and Jinjiao and Yinjiao beside it.

It turned out that Haochen thought it was too slow on the ground, so he took Tianlu and flew back on a cloud.

Hao Chen was maneuvering the white clouds to descend, but Tian Lu, being impatient, couldn't wait and jumped off the clouds.

"A strange creature, catch me quickly."

"Pipi, don't come this way..."

When the Qilin realized that Tianlu was jumping towards it, it was startled. However, Tianlu jumped so suddenly that the Qilin couldn't react in time and even instinctively tried to catch Tianlu.

The Qilin overestimated itself. It did catch Tianlu, but the force of Tianlu's fall was too great, and it fell to the ground.

The four-legged creature sat on the ground and rubbed its head, then looked at Tianlu sitting on its belly, tapped Tianlu's head somewhat angrily, and raised its voice, "Pipi~"

Tianlu seemed to realize he had caused trouble, so he stuck out his tongue at the Qilin and said apologetically, "Qilin, I'm sorry, don't be angry. I've brought back the Golden Horn and Silver Horn."

Tianlu pointed upwards as he spoke, but unexpectedly heard Haochen's voice: "Haha, I'm here too."

It turned out that Hao Chen saw Tian Lu sitting on the Qilin and felt a little itchy, thinking that the opportunity was too good to pass up.

Now that the furry creature, Qilin, was lying in front of him, he figured he wouldn't be able to sleep tonight if he didn't do something about it.

Therefore, Hao Chen also followed Tian Lu's movements and jumped directly from the cloud onto the Qilin, thinking that no matter whether the Qilin caught him or not, he would pounce on the Qilin and rub its big tail.

Unexpectedly, the Qilin didn't give in at all. Seeing Haochen jump down towards him just like Tianlu, the veins on its forehead bulged. Why were they all rushing at him? Weren't they taking advantage of his docile nature?

"Awakening Hoof!" The Qilin sprang to its feet with a somersault, then crouched slightly and kicked Hao Chen in the face with its hoof, sending Hao Chen flying.

"Oh my god, that's not how the script goes."

Hao Chen didn't expect the Qilin to be so decisive. Caught off guard, he not only failed to catch the Qilin, but was also kicked away.

Fortunately, Hao Chen's strength was quite good, and the Qilin didn't use its full strength, so he wasn't injured.

Then Hao Chen walked over from a distance with a resentful look on his face, and the Four-Faced Beast awkwardly turned its head to look into the distance.

Tianlu, Jinjiao, and Yinjiao had just told him what happened in Nanshan. Qibuxiang also knew that Haochen was the main reason why the mission was completed.

Unexpectedly, while Hao Chen was looking at the Qilin with resentment, Jin Jiao and Yin Jiao were looking at him with resentment. This made Hao Chen feel strange. He hadn't offended them, had he? On the contrary, he was their savior.

"Hey, Gold Horn and Silver Horn, why are you looking at me like that?" Hao Chen asked cautiously.

"Hmph, it's all because you suddenly jumped down, causing my brother and me to fall straight off the cloud, our butts were split in two."

"Um, but isn't a butt supposed to be in two halves? Σ(ˉ□ˉ||)"

"..."

After Jinjiao and Yinjiao explained, Haochen finally understood that it was because he suddenly jumped down that the clouds, which he was no longer controlling, dispersed, causing Jinjiao and Yinjiao to fall down.

The scene fell silent for a moment. Seeing this, the Qilin sighed, "Sigh, in the end, I still have to clean up the mess."

"Alright, you must all be tired after a long day. Go back and have some dinner."

Upon hearing that it was time to eat, Tianlu became very excited: "Great! Great! I want to eat something delicious!"

After following the Four-Faced Beast back to the Deer Man's shop, Hao Chen also saw the "food included" part of the Four-Faced Beast's so-called "all-inclusive" package, which can only be described as very much like the Four-Faced Beast.

Hao Chen glanced at the dog food in front of him, then at the somewhat guilty-looking Si Bu Xiang, and asked uncertainly, "Si Bu Xiang, is this the feast you prepared for us?"

"Hehe, yes, don't let its ordinary appearance fool you. This is a special divine beast food made by the Heavenly Court. It's very nutritious and tastes delicious. Just look how much Tianlu is enjoying it."

The four-legged creature explained, and to increase his credibility, he pointed to Tianlu, who was happily eating nearby.

Hao Chen picked up a piece of dog food. Although it smelled really good, it was still just dog food, which Hao Chen couldn't accept.

At this moment, after Tianlu finished his own portion, he noticed that Haochen hadn't touched his food and asked, "Hey, Haochen, aren't you going to eat?"

Hao Chen shook his head. He wouldn't starve if he missed a meal. He could just go out for a walk tomorrow. There should be plenty of food in the mountains.

"Tianlu, I'm not hungry yet. You can have these if you want." Haochen pushed the dog food in front of him toward Tianlu.

Upon seeing this, Tianlu's eyes lit up: "Haochen, are you really going to give this to me? Then I won't be polite."

Seeing that Haochen seemed genuinely going to give him food, Tianlu unceremoniously took Haochen's portion and began to eat heartily.

Seeing this, Hao Chen asked with some doubt, "Tian Lu, this is dog food, how can you eat it?"

Hearing Hao Chen's words, Tian Lu stopped, glanced at Hao Chen, and then explained, "I know this is dog food, but it's still edible."

After Tianlu finished speaking, he ignored Haochen and continued to eat his dog food.

Seeing that Tianlu had no intention of continuing, Haochen stopped mentioning it, but his mind couldn't help but wander: "There's definitely a story behind Tianlu's actions, but he doesn't seem to want to talk about it. What should I do? I really want to know what it is."

The Qilin, naturally, heard what Tianlu said and fell into deep thought. It seemed to remember something, then shook its head, sighed, and left.

Seeing this, Hao Chen was somewhat unconvinced. So, I'm the only one who doesn't know? No way, I want to know the story behind this too.

Just as Hao Chen was thinking about how to get Tian Lu to talk about the past, there was a sudden knock on the door of the Deer Man Shop.

When Hao Chen saw that the Qilin was not there, he got up to open the door. When he opened the door and saw that the person who came was actually Di Ting, he couldn't help but be a little confused. Did Di Ting make an appearance so early?

When Di Ting saw that the person who opened the door was a strange beast, it naturally lay down on the ground and started asking about Hao Chen. Hao Chen's eyes twitched: "Wait, don't you even try to avoid the person in question when you're asking about their privacy?"

Seeing that Di Ting still wanted to ask more questions, Hao Chen couldn't help himself and pulled Di Ting up: "That's enough, Di Ting."

Di Ting didn't care about this at all; he had already found out Hao Chen's name and why he was at the Deer Man Shop from Da Di.

Di Ting politely extended its paw at Hao Chen and said, "Hello, my name is Di Ting."

Looking at the furry paws in front of him, Hao Chen selectively forgot his earlier unpleasantness and tightly gripped Di Ting's paws with both of his own: "Hello, my name is Hao Chen, and I am a Pixiu."

And I took the opportunity to rub the blue, cool paw pads of the Diting a few times; they felt amazing to the touch.

"I know, but could you please let go of my claws first?"

Di Ting found it strange. It was just a handshake, so why was Hao Chen holding onto his paw and rubbing his paw pads like his master?

Just then, the Qilin, which had heard the commotion, came over and said, "Hey, isn't this Di Ting? What brings you here?"