“Coming in a hurry, leaving in a hurry, regretting that we can't meet;
Loving in a hurry, hating in a hurry, everything goes with the wind…”

The television was replaying the New Year's Eve gala, and Emil Chau was singing a medley of Jin Yong's martial arts drama theme songs.

The old Taoist was sitting behind the bar,
Picking up peanut kernels one by one and tossing them into his mouth,
Humming along to the songs from time to time, thoroughly enjoying himself.

Even though a storm seemed to be brewing,
The people in the bookstore had long cultivated the true nature of a salted fish who remains unfazed even if Mount Tai collapses before them.

The old Taoist had also experienced countless storms and waves,
He would block the soldiers with generals and the water with earth;
Eating when he should eat, watching when he should watch, enjoying when he should enjoy, not delaying anything.

Xu Qinglang walked back in from outside, his heart feeling as if it were weighed down by a stone.
Yesterday's thick white mist that almost suffocated him, and the blood flowers that fell earlier tonight, carried such clear and obvious omens.

No,
It was almost a direct indication.

"The New Year's Eve gala on xx TV is really bad; they only invited those popular idol stars. It doesn't feel like a gala, more like those old-fashioned public karaoke sessions. Anyone can go on stage and belt out a couple of tunes.
The Jiangsu TV gala is much better; the stage looks comfortable, and there are more listenable songs and watchable performances."

Hearing this, Xu Qinglang glanced at the LCD TV hanging above, noncommittal.
He could at least avoid showing too much tension in the face of major events, but he wasn't crazy enough to chat excitedly with the old Taoist about some gala.

"Where's Monkey?"

It seemed like he hadn't seen Monkey since he got up.

"A heart-rotten wretch, a seed without good fortune!"

The old Taoist cursed in disappointment.

"Hmm?"

"This poor Taoist doesn't know either."

The monkey he had painstakingly raised had become a simp;
So embarrassing.

"By the way, Boss, is that flower fox sable you brought back male or female?"

Right now, the old Taoist could still accept it being female, but male…

"I don't know."

Zhou Ze shook his head.

"Hmm? Don't know?"

"I wanted to check last time, but I forgot."

"That thing was on your shoulder all the time, wasn't it? You should have some feeling."

The old Taoist extended a finger,
Poking at the air in front of him,
Yeah,
Feeling.

"It's hard to tell whether those kinds of demonic beasts are male or female." Zhou Ze brushed it off, narrowed his eyes, and stood up from the sofa. "I'm going to rest, Yingying."

"Okay, Boss."

Yingying immediately came over, habitually supporting her boss, even though his arm had already recovered.

…………

Little Monkey listlessly climbed down from the roof; the flower fox sable was lying on the roof, basking in the moonlight.

He had been shouting and talking for a long time beside it, thinking that they could communicate in the language of beasts, but who knew that the other party would completely ignore him.

Little Monkey was somewhat discouraged, especially looking at how motionless it was while absorbing the essence of the sun and moon; it was really impressive!

What Little Monkey didn't know was that this thing didn't know how many years it had slept in the green stone formed by corpse poison. It wouldn't absorb any essence of the sun and moon at all; it was completely just showing off to Little Monkey, treating him like a country bumpkin among the demons.

Entering through the second-floor window, Little Monkey patted his mouth, yawned, and felt that he should go downstairs to sleep.

"Squeak squeak?"

Little Monkey sniffed his nose,
He smelled it,
The scent of the sea!

Salty,
Wet,
Sultry!

Little Monkey curled his lips; he didn't really like that fox. He always felt that she wasn't a proper demon.

But since she had come, he should at least say hello; after all, he was half the master here.

Hopping and skipping to the front of the room, the door wasn't locked. Monkey easily pushed open the door with his paw.

But,
The room was empty,
There was no one on the bed.

"Squeak squeak!"

Little Monkey looked left and right,
His nose twitching non-stop.

Scratching his head,
He walked downstairs again,
He could faintly smell the scent,
But he didn't know where the white fox was specifically,
He felt a little strange,
He inexplicably felt that something was wrong.

Monkeys naturally had a strong intuition; the monkey of the bookstore was reincarnated from several lifetimes of merit and virtue, and had also obtained the inheritance of the Mountain-Moving Ape. In terms of sensitivity, he was naturally even more outstanding.

He was searching,
He was looking,
But he couldn't see her.

Little Monkey scampered down the stairs, continuing to twitch his nose,
Where is she,
Where is she?

Raising his head,
Little Monkey saw Zhou Ze and Yingying walking towards him.

"Squeak squeak squeak squeak!!!!!"

Little Monkey cried out,
He wanted to sound the alarm,
The fox is gone!

However,
Zhou Ze and Yingying walked past him as if they couldn't see him at all.

"Squeak squeak!!!!"

Little Monkey scampered onto the steps again, blocking Zhou Ze and Yingying.

He was jumping, shouting,
But,
Zhou Ze and Yingying walked past again.

Little Monkey reached out to grab them,
But grabbed at empty air,
They can't see me?

Little Monkey suddenly shivered,
Covering his mouth with both paws,
He didn't know what was happening, but he knew that this was definitely not a good thing.

"Squeak squeak squeak squeak!!!!"

Instinctively, Little Monkey jumped onto the bar and started calling for the old Taoist.

It wasn't that he wanted to call the old Taoist to save him,
Because he also knew the old Taoist's limitations,
He just hoped that the old Taoist could be alert and either leave or hide.

But,
After gesticulating wildly in front of the old Taoist for a long time,
The old Taoist was still watching the program with a silly grin,
And even reached into his crotch in front of Little Monkey, scratching himself,
After pulling his hand back,
He even put it in front of his nose and sniffed it.

"…………" Little Monkey.

"Roar!"

Little Monkey turned around,
His body rapidly expanding,
Transforming into a demonic monkey!

His size increased, and his demonic aura became thicker, but it still had no effect.

The old Taoist continued to watch the television program, while Xu Qinglang continued to mix himself a cocktail.

"Roar! Roar! Roar!"

The demonic monkey's throat was almost hoarse,
But still, no one paid him any attention.

Little Monkey was very confused,
He didn't know what was happening.

Just then,
Little Monkey suddenly heard a "crack crack" sound coming from under the floor, very muffled, but very powerful, as if something was about to break out.

Little Monkey shrunk back down and circled around the protruding area non-stop.

A strange fragrance wafted over,
Intoxicating,
Little Monkey swayed for a moment,
Finally barely managing to stand firm.

But,
When he looked around again,
He found that with the protruding part as the center,
The entire layout of the first floor of the bookstore had suddenly become a circle.

And the middle was high and protruding,
While the two sides were sunken,
Like a woman's belly,
A big belly.

A big belly?

Little Monkey didn't know why this comparison appeared in his heart,
Shouldn't it be compared to durian or watermelon, the kinds of things he liked to eat?

A big belly,
What is that?

"Thump thump! Thump thump! Thump thump!"

Below,
The muffled thumping sound began to become more and more rapid.

Little Monkey slowly crawled down,
Baring his teeth at the centrally protruding part, preparing to pounce at any moment.

"Crack…………"

The floor,
Finally cracked,
A bloody, spherical thing,
Was pushed out from the crack.

"Thud!"

The thing landed on the ground,
Rolling non-stop,
Finally,
Rolling to Little Monkey's feet.

Little Monkey tilted his head, carefully examining the thing in front of him, but the thing was wrapped in a layer of flesh, like a ball, and the scene inside was completely unclear.

Just as Little Monkey was preparing to carefully observe this ball,
He heard the sound of someone running behind him,
Turning around,
Little Monkey saw a man wearing a hard hat and a blue work uniform running down the stairs,
The man was covered in grass leaves and mud, dirty and disheveled.

For some reason, as soon as Little Monkey saw him, a ball of anger rose in his heart, baring his teeth and growling at the man.

An inexplicable impulse,
A sudden surge of violence,
He wanted to tear this guy apart,
He really wanted to!

Little Monkey himself felt a little puzzled, but anger replaced all reason. This man, just looking at him, made him furious!

"Squeak squeak squeak squeak!!!!!"

When the man's gaze looked over,
Little Monkey suddenly felt a headache,
He had watched *Journey to the West* with the old Taoist,
And had seen the great monkey inside often clutching his head in pain,
This time,
He himself felt like his head had been cracked open,
And even his brain was starting to boil.

"Squeak squeak squeak squeak!!!!"

Little Monkey clutched his head tightly,
His eyes began to roll back, extremely tormented.

The man seemed to be searching for something, finally seeing Little Monkey,
And immediately roared angrily:

"Are you blind!
Debts have debtors, grievances have those responsible!
Why can't you come at me,
Why can't you come at me!!!!!"

Little Monkey was in so much pain that he could hardly think,
But when the man opened his mouth to speak,
The ferocity within him was completely unleashed,
"Squeak squeak!!!!"

I'm going to tear you apart,
I'm going to tear you apart,
I'm going to tear you apart!!!!

Just as Little Monkey was about to pounce on him, regardless of everything,
The ball that had rolled to his feet,
Suddenly burst open,
Inside was a wrinkled newborn infant,

"Waa waa waa waa………………waa waa waa waa………………"

The infant's cries were so shrill,
Like a brain-piercing curse, constantly drilling into him!

Little Monkey's head hurt even more, but when he saw the infant's entire body, his brain immediately exploded, and he stood frozen in place.

This infant,
Has three legs!

"Waa!"

The infant suddenly jumped up,
Opened his mouth,
Bit Little Monkey's head,
Three legs clinging tightly to Little Monkey's body,
Like a beast,
Biting frantically, without restraint, extremely greedy and fierce!

Little Monkey was still stunned in place, as if he had been petrified, seemingly oblivious, unmoving,
Only in his eyes,
Were there constantly crystal tears slowly sliding down…………