There is a beast in the bright morning.

Chapter 140 The Present World - Hao Chen, who dares not face the Primordial Qilin

Early the next morning, Hao Chen packed everything up and set off with September and November.

Soon, Haochen met Jiuyue's colleagues and his superiors.

Xiaotian naturally brought his brother Yang Jian along to play. Not only that, but Nezha, Red Boy, and the Dragon Girl were also brought along.

This hardly felt like a departmental team-building activity; it was more like a picnic.

Jingwei, however, looked at Haochen curiously and asked, "September, is this your boyfriend?"

Upon hearing this, September blushed slightly and quickly explained, "Jingwei, don't talk nonsense. He is Haochen. We met him when we went to the Deer Man's shop before, don't you remember?"

"Deer Man Shop?!" Jingwei pondered, resting her chin on her hand. Only after Jiuyue reminded her did she remember who Haochen was.

"Oh, it's you, the black puppy from the Deer Man Shop. I'm so sorry I didn't recognize you earlier; I've never seen you in human form before," Jingwei said apologetically.

"Hello, let me reiterate, my name is Haochen, and I am a Pixiu, not a dog."

Hao Chen greeted them with a somewhat gloomy expression, thinking to himself resentfully: Do I look that much like a dog? Why does everyone who sees me treat me like a dog?

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Jingwei said with an embarrassed smile, but Haochen suspected that she didn't realize her mistake at all.

However, Hao Chen didn't care anymore. He had heard it so many times that his ears were immune to it. He could only comfort himself by thinking: Let's just assume they said something wrong.

Hao Chen then looked around to see if Bai Ze had arrived, but what he saw startled him.

Bai Ze did indeed arrive as agreed, but he was accompanied by Di Ting.

"Damn it, why is Di Ting here?" Hao Chen thought to himself, "Forget it, if Di Ting catches me, I'm doomed. I'd better leave first. I won't go mountain climbing with Jiu Yue and the others this time. I'll find Bai Ze next time!"

So Hao Chen stopped and slowly backed away, taking advantage of the fact that Di Ting was currently entangling with Bai Ze and hadn't noticed him yet to slip away.

But just as Hao Chen was about to slip away, Jiu Yue suddenly appeared behind him and said loudly, "Hao Chen, didn't you have something to do with Bai Ze? He's right there, why don't you go over there?"

"Shh!"

Hao Chen quickly covered Jiu Yue's mouth, but it was too late. Jiu Yue's voice had already attracted the attention of Bai Ze and Di Ting.

For a moment, Di Ting couldn't care less about Bai Ze and quickly walked towards Hao Chen's direction.

Seeing that his escape attempt had failed, Hao Chen could only glare at Jiu Yue before pretending nothing had happened and greeting Di Ting and Bai Ze.

"Haha, good morning, Di Ting and Bai Ze!"

"Haochen, stop with the act and give me back my things." Diting showed no respect for Haochen and stretched out a hand.

"What is this? How did your things end up here?"

Hao Chen continued to play dumb, but his eyes narrowed as he looked at Di Ting, as if revealing a murderous aura. Hao Chen decisively took out a storage ring and placed it in Di Ting's hand.

"Oh dear, Di Ting, I was just joking, why are you so angry?"

Di Ting scanned the ring in his hand with his divine sense and saw that it only contained his clothes. Furniture such as the bed and wardrobe were not inside. He sighed slightly: Sure enough, Hao Chen never suffers a loss. But it's good that the clothes are back.

When Hao Chen saw that Di Ting's complexion had returned to normal, he breathed a sigh of relief, but was still somewhat disappointed.

I was originally planning to find an opportunity to sell Di Ting's clothes to Piao or Xiao Lou in the underworld, but now that opportunity is gone.

Just when Hao Chen thought the matter was over, Bai Ze blocked his way and extended a hand, saying, "Now it's time to talk about our business!"

"What's going on between us?" Hao Chen asked, looking confused.

"The photo album!" Bai Ze reminded him.

Only after Bai Ze said that did Di Ting realize that, in addition to the clothes, Hao Chen had also taken his treasured photo album.

Di Ting quickly said, "Sir, I bought that photo album."

Upon hearing this, Bai Ze looked at Di Ting, who suddenly felt immense pressure and thought to itself, "Master is truly imposing!"

Before long, Di Ting couldn't hold back any longer: "Since you like it, sir, then I'll give it to you."

It wasn't that Di Ting wanted to give up, but he didn't want to strain his relationship with his husband because of a photo album. Besides, Di Ting thought to himself that since he bought the photo album from Si Bu Xiang, he could just buy another one.

Seeing that Bai Ze and Di Ting had reached an agreement, Hao Chen decisively took out the photo album. Bai Ze finally breathed a sigh of relief after taking the album.

Bai Ze thought to himself: Luckily, not many people have seen this album, otherwise he would be in big trouble. Also, November needs to be warned. He is not allowed to look like me again, lest he ruin his reputation.

Seeing that Bai Ze had put away the photo album and was no longer pursuing the matter, Hao Chen also began to make his own plans: Luckily, he was smart enough to have November as the model last night, and all the photos had been taken. Once he got back, he could organize them and sell them to Di Ting.

Just as Haochen and the other two were plotting their own schemes, Jiuyue's voice suddenly came: "Are you guys still coming or not? You've all fallen behind."

Upon hearing this, Hao Chen realized that everyone had already started climbing the mountain, and the three of them had fallen to the very back.

"We're here, we're here," Hao Chen said to Jiu Yue, then looked at Di Ting: "Di Ting, since we're already here, why don't we go hiking together?"

Di Ting glanced at Bai Ze, then nodded: "Okay."

Bai Ze was somewhat helpless. With such nice weather, wouldn't it be better to stay home? Why did he have to come out and get all sweaty?

However, Bai Ze still followed Hao Chen. He knew that since he had come, Hao Chen would not let him leave so easily, and it was also quite good to have Di Ting by his side.

Fortunately, the mountain they chose in September wasn't very high, only about a hundred meters high, just a small hill. Hao Chen and the others quickly climbed to the top.

Then, the big boss of September, Old Belly, clapped his hands and said, "Alright, everyone, take out what you've prepared."

In an instant, everyone sprang into action. Yang Jian and Xiaotian laid out camping mats, while Nezha and Red Boy rushed to start a fire. Xiaoyu, Xingtian, and Jingwei prepared food for the barbecue, and the seafood was exclusively sponsored by Ao Lie.

Among the busy crowd, only Hao Chen and Bai Ze Di Ting were the most relaxed, which naturally attracted the attention of Lao Du and Da Shi, who were also slacking off.

They looked at each other and smiled as they approached Hao Chen. Old Du smiled innocently and said, "You must be Hao Chen. I'm quite familiar with your boss, Si Bu Xiang."

"Really? I haven't heard him mention that before." Hao Chen was somewhat surprised to hear Lao Du's words.

However, considering that the deer-man shop run by the Qilin often sells items that only immortals can buy, Hao Chen was not surprised that the Qilin knew people from the Western Paradise.

Moreover, Lao Du made a pretty good first impression on Hao Chen, at least much better than Da Shi standing next to him.

Seeing the Bodhisattva looking at him with shining eyes, Hao Chen felt uneasy. Compared to Yang Jian, who liked furry things, the Bodhisattva preferred to collect rare and exotic animals and horses.

"Little Pixiu, we meet again. How about you consider what happened last time? Would you be interested in staying at my villa?"

After hearing what Da Shi said, Hao Chen was speechless: "Come on, thank you for your kindness, but I don't want to leave the Deer Man Shop."

The Great Master was not surprised by Hao Chen's words. Instead, he looked Hao Chen up and down as if trying to figure something out. However, Hao Chen was not worried that the Great Master could figure anything out.

In this world, besides Bai Ze and Di Ting, probably only Shi Yu Qilin can see the details of his body. However, Bai Ze and Di Ting do not reveal this to others, but instead pretend to be unaware of it.

Just then, September shouted, "Dinner's ready!"

Upon hearing Jiuyue's voice, Haochen lost interest in continuing the conversation with Dashi and the others. He walked directly towards Jiuyue and said, "Alright, let's go eat first. I'm starving."

Upon hearing this, Lao Du and Da Shi exchanged a smile and followed him over.

But when the monks arrived at the small dining table, they were surprised to see that in addition to the food that had been ordered from the beginning, there was also a lot of fruit in front of them.

The most eye-catching items were five or six large durians and a large box of cherries.

"Who bought these?" Old Du asked, pointing to the durians and cherries.

He could accept things like apples and oranges, but he felt a little reluctant to spend money on expensive fruits like durians and cherries. After all, money is hard to earn these days, and he was reluctant to be so extravagant. He usually only ate peaches from the Heavenly Court and ginseng fruits from Zhen Yuanzi.

"Boss, Haochen bought it. I tried to persuade him, but he wouldn't listen to me. He even said that you can reimburse me and told me to pick the more expensive one."

Seeing that Lao Du seemed a little unhappy in September, she did not hesitate to betray Hao Chen. Before Hao Chen could react, she pushed him out and cleanly absolved herself of any responsibility.

Hao Chen: "???"

"September, this is no fun. I admit I bought the cherries, but didn't you buy the durian because you wanted to eat it? And you even insisted on paying for it." Seeing that September had betrayed him, Hao Chen didn't hold back and exposed September in return.

"This, this... Hao Chen tricked me, you have to believe me!" September regretted being fooled by Hao Chen and actually buying the durian she had been longing for.

"Sigh, forget it, let's not do it again." Old Du sighed, thinking that since they had finally come out to have some fun, he shouldn't spoil everyone's enjoyment.

The group, who were initially worried that Lao Du would be angry, immediately started scrambling for the fruit after seeing that Lao Du had forgiven Jiu Yue, since there was clearly not enough fruit to go around.

As for barbecue, with Ao Lie and Nezha there, there's no need to worry about running out of ingredients.

Seeing everyone reaching for his cherries, Hao Chen immediately joined the scramble: "Leave some for me, these cherries are mine."

"Hey, who pulled my tail?"

"Be careful, the durian is pricking me."

……

Seeing this, the Bodhisattva sighed slightly, thinking to himself that these guys didn't look like immortals at all. Then he removed the halo above his head, reached in and took out a handful of cherries to eat.

Old Du was also scrambling at this moment, as if he were an ordinary person: "Wait, leave some for me, I've already paid for it."

Hao Chen had just eaten a few cherries when he suddenly sensed a familiar aura. After recognizing it, his expression changed drastically: "Why is the Primordial Qilin here?!"

Hao Chen thought to himself that with his current identity, he couldn't possibly meet Shi Qilin, or he would be mortified.

Thinking of this, Hao Chen immediately decided to leave first. As if teleporting, Hao Chen disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Just as Hao Chen disappeared, the First Qilin descended from the sky on auspicious clouds.

"Huh, where's Xiao Hao? Did he run away again?" After searching for a while without success, Shi Qilin couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He thought he would be able to see Hao Chen this time.

Just then, Bai Ze and Di Ting walked over. In front of Bai Ze was a shrunken, energy-efficient version of the Origin Qilin. He said helplessly, "Origin Qilin, you're too late. Hao Chen just ran away."

"Bai Ze, why didn't you help me stop Hao Chen a little?"

Bai Ze shook his head: "You know he doesn't dare to see you right now, but if you want to see him, I recommend you go to the Deer Man Shop."

Upon hearing this, Shi Qilin's eyes lit up: That's right, how could I forget? There's still the Deer Man Shop. Let's see how Hao Chen runs now.

"Thank you, Bai Ze. I'll ask you to hatch the eggs later."

"Get lost, you just want to take advantage." Bai Ze smiled helplessly, then solemnly asked Shi Qilin, "How is your wife now?"

Upon hearing Bai Ze mention his wife, Shi Qilin smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern. She's almost fully recovered now."

Hao Chen did not leave immediately, but hid in the void and watched everything. When he heard Shi Qilin mention that Yu Qilin was not in any major problems, his eyes flickered.

Hao Chen touched his chest, feeling his heartbeat, and said firmly, "It seems my decision was right. Time has proven that history can be changed."