There is a beast in the bright morning.

Chapter 182 The Evil-Repelling Talisman Makes an Early Appearance

When Hao Chen returned to the Deer Man Shop with the Four-Faced Beast and Rabbit Lord, he unexpectedly encountered Cat Tears at the door.

Seeing the cat tear blocking the door, Hao Chen panicked. He couldn't let the four-legged creature know that he had teased the cat tear, or he would be in for a scolding.

If this leads to the discovery of my new online store by the "Four-No-Likes" (a nickname for a character in a Chinese folktale), then all the money I've worked so hard to earn recently will be wasted.

But just as Hao Chen was feeling guilty and about to turn away, Walnut, who was sitting on his back, suddenly pointed at Cat Tears at the door: "Hey, Four-Faced Beast, wake up! There's a big cat sitting at the door of our shop."

"Shh, Walnut, my little darling, keep your voice down."

Upon hearing Walnut's voice, Hao Chen's eyelids twitched violently. He told Xiang Tai to quickly cover Walnut's mouth while he sped up his departure.

Walnut's voice wasn't quiet just now, and it startled Cat Tears.

Cat Tears looked at Hao Chen's figure and felt inexplicably familiar. She sniffed and recognized Hao Chen's scent.

Suddenly, a green figure darted out and blocked Hao Chen's way: "Stop right there! Don't think I won't recognize you just because you've grown bigger. Give me back my Panhu Lake."

Hao Chen, who had been stopped, looked at Mao Mao Lei with a worried expression, wondering why he had been so sharp-tongued and had provoked this stubborn cat.

"No, I have to slip away before the Qilin wakes up, or my money will end up in its pocket again." Thinking of this, Hao Chen became even more anxious.

Before Hao Chen could react, Cat Tears pounced on him and collided with him instantly.

boom!

As Hao Chen and Maomao rolled around in tears, Qi Bu Xiang, Tu Ye, He Tao, and Xiang Tai were instantly flung away.

"Ouch, my butt!" The four-legged creature rubbed its sore bottom, looking somewhat pained.

"Hey, are you alright? Let me check you out." Rabbit, who had also fallen on his bottom, heard the voice of the four-legged creature and, disregarding his own safety, stumbled towards it, reaching out his paw to grab its fluffy tail.

The four-legged creature was startled and quickly grabbed the rabbit's paw to stop it, saying, "Stop it! I'm fine."

As the four-legged creature spoke, it went to check on Haochen, thinking that something had happened to Haochen, which was why they had fallen.

But she didn't want to see Haochen and the newly arrived cat, Lei, huddled together, rolling around on the ground and making a racket.

"You stinky cat, let go of me right now! You're going to bite my ear off!" Hao Chen bared his teeth, but dared not struggle too hard, lest his ear be bitten off by the cat's tears and he be disfigured.

"I won't give it away unless you return Panhu Lake to me."

"Are you crazy? I have nothing to do with Panhu. I was just joking with you before."

"I don't believe you unless you provide evidence."

"Let go first, and I'll show you the evidence."

"No, show me the evidence first, or I won't give in."

"Silly cat, if you don't let go, how am I supposed to show you the evidence?"

Listening to Hao Chen and Maomao Lei's conversation, Qi Bu Xiang could only guess that there might be some misunderstanding between them, but he didn't know what exactly happened.

Therefore, the four-legged creature could only look at Walnut, who had been awake the whole time: "Walnut, what are Haochen and the others doing? Why are they arguing with Cat Tears?"

Faced with the question from the four-legged creature, Walnut looked puzzled: "I don't know, this big cat suddenly charged at Haochen, and then they started fighting."

The four-legged creature didn't expect Walnut to explain what had happened, so it turned its gaze to Shota: "Shota, do you know what happened?"

After thinking for a moment, Shota said, "According to that cat, it seems that Haochen stole his partner, and now someone has come knocking on his door."

"..." The four-legged creature was speechless. What was all this about? It was getting more and more absurd.

However, the most urgent thing right now is not to discuss these things. Let's separate Haochen and Maomaolei first.

Under the command of the four-legged creature, Rabbit Lord and Walnut Shota both joined the fight to mediate.

The four-legged creature and the walnut tugged at Hao Chen's tail: "Hao Chen, calm down and talk things out."

Hao Chen looked at the strange creature with a look of utter despair: "Hey, look closely, isn't it me who doesn't want to let go? My ear's been bitten, my ear, how am I supposed to let go?!"

After Hao Chen said that, the Qilin awkwardly let go of Hao Chen's tail and looked to Rabbit for help.

Rabbit Lord and Shota then went to persuade Cat Tears to loosen her grip on Hao Chen's ear: "Cat Tears, loosen your grip first. If you have any questions, you can tell us, and we will definitely uphold justice for you."

But Cat Tears was in a fit of anger and completely ignored Rabbit Lord and the others.

Shota suddenly took out a scroll, put it in his mouth, and activated his ability to borrow the wisdom of the gods.

In an instant, Shota confidently walked up to Rabbit and said, "Rabbit, let me try. I have a way to make this cat let go."

Rabbit Lord gave up his seat to Shota with some skepticism, and then Shota suddenly took out a foxtail grass and scratched Cat Tears' nose.

Instantly, Cat Tears uncontrollably released its mouth and sneezed several times in a row: "Achoo~ Achoo~"

With Cat Tears sneezing, Hao Chen finally regained his freedom.

Having shaken off the cat tears, Hao Chen's size instantly shrank. He then pulled a mirror from his chest and kept examining his ears in the mirror.

"You strange creature, please take a look at me quickly. Is my ear okay? Will it leave a scar?"

Seeing Hao Chen's anxious look, Si Bu Xiang covered his face in embarrassment. He really wanted to tell Hao Chen, "With your constitution, you didn't even break the skin, so where would you get a scar? At most, you just got some cat tears on your ear."

Seeing that Haochen was alright and even had the mind to look in the mirror, the Four-Faced Beast asked Cat Tears what had happened. Cat Tears told the Four-Faced Beast everything and asked it to judge the matter.

After listening to Cat Tears' description, the Four-Faced Beast walked up to Hao Chen with a stern face and snatched the mirror from Hao Chen: "Hao Chen, I'm asking you, what's going on with Cat Tears?"

"What else could it be? I just thought he was easy to fool, so I made a joke. Who knew this silly cat would actually take it seriously?" Hao Chen said irritably.

Cat Tears clearly didn't believe Hao Chen's words and immediately questioned Hao Chen about why he had Pan Hu's contact information.

Hao Chen was about to say that it was because Panhu was his major client, but he stopped himself, not wanting his business to be ruined by the Sibuxiang again.

Seeing that Hao Chen remained silent, Cat Tears became anxious again and grabbed the Four-Faced Beast's cloak: "Fourth Boss, look at him, look at him!"

"Alright, alright, don't cry, and don't pull on my cloak, it's very expensive." The four-legged creature carefully removed the cloak from the cat's tearful paws, then looked at Haochen, demanding an explanation.

Hao Chen's mind was racing, but he couldn't think of a good excuse for the time being.

Out of desperation and for the sake of his business, Hao Chen finally came up with a dirty trick. He pulled Mao Mao Lei aside and whispered something to her.

"Cat Tears, how about this, stop making a fuss about this, I'll lend you my account, you can use my account to chat with Panhu."

"No, you must return my Panhu Lake to me."

Seeing that Cat Tears disagreed, Hao Chen's face darkened: "Stupid Cat, do you think Pan Hu will chat with you if you don't use my account?"

Hearing this, Cat Tears hesitated, wondering to herself, "Yes, would Panhu even bother with me?"

Seeing that things were looking promising, Hao Chen pressed his advantage, saying, "Why don't you use my account to chat with Pan Hu first, rebuild your relationship, and then invite him over when the time is right?"

Hearing Hao Chen's words, Maomao's eyes lit up. Without thinking, she agreed and grabbed Hao Chen's phone, eager to go back to Changchun Tree and Panhu to chat.

Hao Chen breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the matter was resolved, but he silently prayed for Maomao Lei, hoping that Pan Hu would forgive Maomao Lei for deceiving him once again.

After seeing Cat Tears off, Hao Chen wiped non-existent sweat from his forehead and gave the Qilin an OK sign: "Qilin problem solved."

"That's good, go home."

Hao Chen sighed inwardly at his bad luck. What happened to the promised luck boost from the Pixiu? He failed to flirt with the cat and almost ended up losing money instead.

Just then, Hao Chen suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen Tian Lu all day. Tian Lu usually would come and play with him.

"Where did Pipi go, you four-legged creatures and all that?"

The four-legged creature shook its head as well: "I don't know. Pipi has been acting mysteriously these past few days. It often goes out in the morning and doesn't come back for lunch. It doesn't come back until very late."

Just as Hao Chen was wondering what Tian Lu was doing, Walnut excitedly raised its paw and said, "Walnut knows what Pi Pi is doing."

"Oh, then tell me about Walnut."

"Walnut noticed that Pipi has been playing with a red Pipi lately, but they don't play with Walnut, and that red Pipi looks really fierce." As Walnut said this, she suddenly looked scared.

The four-legged creature was startled by the words, but even more so by the fear: Why did Pipi's brother come out? I wonder if the Bluebird saw him.

Hao Chen was also somewhat surprised, feeling that things were getting out of his control. When did Bixie appear? Did he discover that Tianlu's memories had been tampered with?

Hao Chen tugged at the paw of the Qilin, signaling it to lower its head, and then whispered in its ear, "Qilin, when did Bixie appear?"

The Qilin trembled upon hearing Hao Chen's words, clearly startled. It didn't know why Hao Chen knew about the existence of the Evil-Repelling Sword, or if he knew anything more.

Seeing the strange creature's reaction, Hao Chen had no choice but to explain, "I am a Pixiu, so naturally I know about warding off evil."

Although this explanation did not dispel the doubts of the Four-Faced Beast, seeing that there were no Bluebirds around, it still whispered, "Pipi's brother came out when you were sleeping with Zhanhu a few days ago."

"They actually came out around that time."

Hao Chen remembered that he had taken on a pill-refining job some time ago. The client wanted to regain his former glory, so he placed an order for Tiger Wind Pill with him.

However, one of the main ingredients in this elixir is tiger essence, and the better the quality, the better the effect of the elixir.

Hao Chen naturally set his sights on Zhan Hu. In order to obtain Zhan Hu's essence, he pestered Zhan Hu for several days before Zhan Hu agreed to let him take some of the essence.

Unexpectedly, Bixie appeared earlier than he had anticipated in just a few days, and even became friends with Tianlu without his knowledge.

Thinking of this, Hao Chen asked Walnut, "Walnut, do you know where Pipi and his new friend are playing?"

Walnut thought for a moment, then pointed in a direction and said, "They should be catching pigs over there."

"Thanks, this glass ball is for you." Hao Chen noticed that Walnut seemed a little sullen because Tianlu wouldn't play with him, so he gave Walnut a specially made glass ball.

"What a beautiful glass ball! There's even a little lucky charm inside!" Walnut was incredibly excited when she saw the glass ball Haochen gave her, because there was a little lucky charm inside.

Seeing Hao Chen head off to find Tian Lu without looking back, the four-legged creature could only hope that nothing bad would happen.