There is a beast in the bright morning.

Chapter 149 The Present World - Fuzi, Homesick

Fu-zai got lost and was captured by the Holy Ape King, which led him to meet Walnut and temporarily stay at the Deer Man's shop.

Originally, after contacting Fuzai's parents, the Four-Faced Beast planned to send Fuzai back, but because Walnut was crying and Fuzai was worried about Walnut, they decided to stay.

As time went by, even though they could keep in touch by phone, Fuzai inevitably started to miss home and his parents.

So, Fu-zai has been feeling down lately and is often absent-minded.

Walnut, who loves Fuzai the most, naturally noticed Fuzai's strange behavior immediately. However, Walnut didn't think too much about it at first and assumed that Fuzai would be happy again in a few days.

One night, Walnut woke up because she had drunk too much water in the morning and needed to urinate. She heard Fuzi sobbing next to her.

In that instant, Walnut panicked. After quickly going through her mind, she was certain that she had not bullied Fuzai or said anything that would make Fuzai angry, so the reason Fuzai was crying was not because of her.

Fuzi, who was standing nearby, also heard the noise from Walnut. He quickly wiped away his tears and pretended to be asleep again.

Even when Walnut called her softly, she didn't get up, leaving Walnut no chance to ask her anything.

The next morning, as soon as Fuzai woke up, she saw Walnut staring at her with panda eyes: "Walnut, what happened to your eyes? Didn't you sleep well last night? Why don't you go back to sleep?"

Walnut shook her head and looked at Fuzai with concern: "Fuzai, is something wrong with you?"

Fuzi tilted his head and looked at Walnut: "Walnut, why do you ask that?"

Walnut wanted to say that she heard her crying last night, but after thinking about it, she gave up because her mother had said that she shouldn't embarrass a girl.

If I told him that I heard Fu-zai crying, Fu-zai would feel embarrassed and wouldn't want to play with me anymore, just like I don't like being called a crybaby.

Walnut is a good child who listens to its mother, so this matter cannot be mentioned.

Walnut thought that she should take Fuzai out to play today, which might cheer Fuzai up.

So Walnut changed the subject, saying, "Fuzi, Walnut wants to take you to play in the forest today, is that alright?"

Although Fu-zai was puzzled as to why Walnut seemed to have something she didn't want to tell him, he still nodded and agreed to go play with Walnut.

“Great, Fuzai, let me tell you, I’ve been seriously learning an essential feline skill from my godfather lately – marking territory. The nearby mountains have all been marked by Walnut, so now it’s Walnut’s territory.”

"Walnuts, you're amazing!"

Fuzai praised Walnut, but her face showed worry. She remembered that Walnut had caused a lot of trouble when she was practicing this skill.

It's common for him to urinate on the freshly washed clothes of the four-legged creature, or even directly spray it in the face of a passing four-legged creature. He has been spanked by the four-legged creature for this many times, and has even almost been sent to Dr. Hua for surgery.

Walnut didn't see the worry on Fuzai's face. He only heard Fuzai praising him for being amazing, and he instantly became smug: "Don't worry, Fuzai, Walnut will protect you, except for that annoying black bear spirit that Walnut can't beat."

Soon after

But what they feared most came to pass: Walnut and Fuzi, who were playing on the back mountain, unfortunately encountered a black bear spirit that was looking for food.

"Fu-zai, run! There's a big tree ahead. Climb up and we'll be safe."

"Hey, but Fu-zai can't climb trees."

"Walnut, take Fuzi up there."

After a flurry of activity, Walnut managed to climb the big tree with Fuzai before the Black Bear Spirit caught up.

"Phew, Fu-zai, we should be safe for now that we've climbed this high."

Watching the black bear spirit below try to climb the tree several times but fail because of its weight, Walnut finally breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, it had an escape skill: randomly climbing trees.

"This is my first time climbing a tree. Walnut is amazing!"

Hearing Fuzai's praise, Walnut scratched his head shyly: "No, not really."

At this moment, Fuzai looked at the black bear spirit who was still lingering under the tree and said worriedly, "Walnut, do you think we'll be trapped in the tree tonight?"

Walnut shook his head frantically and patted his chest, saying, "Don't worry, Fuzi, someone will come to rescue us soon."

The black bear spirit below naturally heard Walnut's words, and his face showed a hint of disdain. A kitten and a little fox, they were no threat.

The black bear spirit confidently said to the walnuts on the tree, "No one will come to save you. You are my dinner. Come down obediently and let me eat you."

When Fu Zai heard the Black Bear Spirit speak, his face lit up with joy. Since it could speak, it should be able to communicate and reason with him, right?

"Mr. Black Bear, why are you chasing after me and Walnut? We're so small, we're not enough for you to eat."

“Fu Zai, what’s the point of reasoning with this black bear spirit? My godfather says that the law of the jungle is the survival rule for divine beasts.”

Walnut didn't understand why Fuzai wanted to reason with the Black Bear Spirit, while the Black Bear Spirit under the tree sneered: "Little fox, don't think I'll let you off just because you can talk. That little white cat next to you dared to pee on my Xiong Laosan's territory. I'll eat you up today, so that no one will think you're easy to bully."

"Who do you think you're going to eat? Awoooooo!" Suddenly, Hao Chen's voice rang out from behind the black bear spirit.

The black bear spirit turned around and saw Hao Chen, who was a size bigger than him and baring his teeth. He was instantly terrified and retreated repeatedly, saying, "It's a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding."

"Hey, my buddy's here!" Walnut on the tree was overjoyed to see Haochen and immediately started accusing the black bear spirit: "Haochen, you have to help me and Fuzai get revenge! That stinky black bear bullied us and even tried to eat us!"

"Aaaaaah!" Upon hearing Walnut's words, the Black Bear Spirit could no longer stay and turned to run away.

Hao Chen also took a step forward and appeared in front of the Black Bear Spirit, slapping the Black Bear Spirit on the forehead with a palm.

With a "crack," the black bear spirit's skull was instantly fractured, leaving him dazed and confused.

Hao Chen showed no mercy, dragging the black bear spirit towards the bushes. The black bear spirit seemed to have a premonition of its fate, weakly begging for mercy, "I'm sorry, I was wrong, please let me go."

Hao Chen rolled his eyes at the black bear spirit. What good is it to know you're wrong now? "Don't worry, it's Di Ting's business to forgive you. My job is to take you to see him."

Not long after, Hao Chen licked the bloodstains from the corner of his mouth, patted his slightly bulging belly, and walked out with a calm expression. In his personal space, there was a fresh bear skin that was still steaming.

"I'm a little rusty with the business!"

Hao Chen walked to the tree where the walnuts were, squatted down, and said to the walnuts, "Okay, it's all taken care of, come down now."

"Fuzai, I told you it would be alright, let's go back quickly." Walnut pulled Fuzai's paw and slid off Haochen's back in a flash.

After confirming that Walnut and the others had landed safely, Hao Chen shrunk his size back to his convenient growth form.

"Walnut, what are you doing here for no reason?"

If I hadn't sensed Walnut's presence and come to check on them, they might have had to wait until nightfall to be rescued.

Walnut recounted the whole story, and when Fuzai heard that Walnut had brought him to the back mountain to make him happy, he was instantly moved.

"Walnut, thank you."

Afterwards, Fuzai told Walnut and Haochen that he wanted to go home. Haochen nodded and said, "I understand. I'll have Sixiang make arrangements when we get back. Don't worry, Fuzai."

Throughout the journey, Walnut was in low spirits, keeping her head down and not saying a word. Fuzi looked at Walnut and wanted to say something, but Haochen stopped him.

Hao Chen shook his head at Fu Zai and whispered, "It's okay, Walnut is a little man, he'll understand how Fu Zai feels."

Walnut's ears twitched, and he naturally heard Hao Chen's words. He thought of himself, who was also being fostered here by his parents, and how he also missed his parents very much. He was a man, and he shouldn't stop Fu Zai from going home.

Walnut mustered her spirits and smiled at Fuzi: "Fuzi, don't worry, go home. Walnut will be fine. Walnut will wait for you to come back and play with Walnut."

"Walnuts..." "Fuzai..."

Looking at the two little ones hugging each other, Hao Chen felt like he had been forced to eat a lot of dog food, and thought sourly, "What's there to brag about? I also have Tian Lu to hug."

When Hao Chen brought Walnut and Fu Zai back to the Deer Man Shop, they saw the Four-Faced Beast, Rabbit Lord, and Tian Lu lying on the ground.

"What are you doing, you four-legged creatures?"

Upon hearing Hao Chen's voice, the First Qilin instantly appeared beside Hao Chen: "Little Chenchen, you're back. Do you want to hatch the eggs together?"

"No way, and why haven't you left yet, Shi Qilin?"

Hao Chen decisively refused Shi Qilin's request to incubate the eggs, thinking that if he had known Shi Qilin hadn't left yet, he might as well have stayed and played with Walnut and the others a little longer.

At this moment, the Qilin beneath the Qilin moved, and a tiny crack appeared on the eggshell.

"Oh, my egg looks like it's about to hatch."

"The same goes for mine."

“And mine too, he kicked me just now.”