The daily life of the crew of "Beasts".

Chapter 156 Subsequent Progress

Back at the Qilin Cave, the First Qilin immediately cooperated with the return of the three beasts, opening the Four Unlikes and then leading Tianlu into the bathroom.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch! It hurts so much! Daddy, Baijie, be gentle!" In the foamy wooden tub, Baijie and Shi Qilin vigorously scrubbed the red paint off Tianlu's body, making him howl in pain.

"Stop howling, or we'll be exposed if we lure the Four-Faced Beast back!" Bai Jie said in a low voice, his claws moving without slowing down.

Tianlu's eyes were filled with tears, "Couldn't we have found a way that wouldn't hurt so much?"

Bai Jie grabbed his tail and pressed him against the washboard, scrubbing him vigorously. Shi Qilin used what looked like a shoe-washing brush to brush his fur back and forth. Tian Lu's little face contorted in pain, and he looked like he wanted to cry.

"This way it's faster to wash, Tianlu, just bear with it and it'll pass." Bai Jie remained expressionless, adding a little more pressure to his claws.

"Ouch, that hurts! Please be gentle, very gentle!"

Meanwhile, on the other side,

The four-legged creature was frantically trying to complete the task its father had given it: feeding its newborn brother.

"Little Green Star, come and have some cloud dew. The cloud dew produced here is delicious." He pushed the plate full of colorful cloud dew forward.

"I don't want to, I want to eat grass." Four-Star disgustedly pushed the plate aside, took out the grass he had prepared and stuffed it into his mouth. Four-Unlikes rushed over to stop him, "Hey, hey, no, this isn't nutritious."

Four-One Star, whose grass had been stolen, pouted, "Then why can he eat carrots?" As he spoke, he pointed with his paw, and Four-Unlikes looked over and saw Rabbit Three-Star holding a half-eaten carrot and staring at him blankly.

"You can't eat that!"

Finally, after much coaxing, the two children started eating the cloud dew. Si Bu Xiang breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to find that Pi Jiu Xing had almost finished eating.

Thankfully, there's someone I don't have to worry about.

He had just felt a sense of relief when he saw Pi Qixing finish eating Yunlu, grab the plate, and bite a hole in it.

"Wait, wait, wait! You can't eat the plate! Don't swallow, spit it out!"

Not long after, the four-faced creature walked out of the room looking haggard. Inside were three little Qilins who had finished eating the cloud dew and were playing together.

"Father." There was no sign of Shi Qilin in the living room. Si Bu Xiang called out resentfully but received no response. He looked around in confusion but could not find Shi Qilin. Instead, he found Bixie in the kitchen. He stopped at the door and looked inside.

The kitchen counter in the Qilin family's house was a bit high, so Bixie moved a stool and stood on it. He was wearing an apron and was opening the pressure cooker to release the steam.

Si Bu Xiang stood there hesitating for a moment, then mustered his courage and went in when Bi Xie opened the pot lid. "Little Plum Blossom."

"Hmm?" Bixie turned around in confusion, and his doubts deepened when he saw who it was. "The Four-Faced Beast? What's wrong?"

Under his suspicious gaze, Sibi averted his eyes as if he had been electrocuted, and said in a weak voice, "Let's... exchange contact information." As he spoke, he took out his phone from his furry arms and slowly handed it over, his palms still sweating nervously.

Looking at the phone handed to him, Bixie was even more confused, his head full of question marks.

"Uh... okay." After hesitating for a moment, he still took out his phone.

Bai Jie helped Tian Lu clean up before the meal was ready. When they were called out to eat, they saw Si Bu Xiang sitting next to Bi Xie with a smug look on his face.

The whole family sat down at the table, and the atmosphere was quite strange. Shi Yu and the two Qilins watched their eldest son and Pixiu with uncontrollable aunt smiles on their faces. Si Bu Xiang would occasionally put food on Bai Jie and Bi Xie's plates and steal a few glances. Bi Xie was completely confused, while Bai Jie was perfectly at ease.

The other Qilins at the table looked around at their elder brother and parents, wondering what had happened, but they all wisely ate quietly without asking. However, one of the beasts was about to cause trouble.

Tianlu was unhappy because he didn't get any food served to him the whole time. He was the one who acted in the whole scene, and not only did he not get any attention, but the meat he wanted was also given to his two brothers by Sibuxiang. He couldn't stand it!

Enraged, Tianlu swept up the whole pot of chicken mushrooms, turning his grief and anger into a voracious appetite, and began to frantically eat them, startling all the beasts at the table.

"Tianlu, what are you doing? Hey, hey, hey, stop eating! Leave some for me! Put it down!" Baijie immediately rushed forward to snatch the food.

"Tianlu, eat slowly. Put the bowl down first. I'll make more if you need more," Bixie also advised.

However, when the basin was salvaged, it was completely empty, as clean as if a dog had licked it.

"Ah~ Delicious~" Tianlu let out a hearty burp, while Baijie, his face darkening, slammed the bowl down on his face. "Delicious my foot!"

"Alright, alright, I'll make another one," Bixie comforted him.

The Four-Unlikes opened its mouth, only to find that it couldn't get a word in edgewise.

After dinner...

Bai Jie originally wanted to go back to her room to play on her phone for a while, but she had only taken a couple of steps when she heard a conversation.

"Little Plum Blossom, I haven't been to the village at the foot of the mountain yet. Can you take me there?"

"what?"

"Just consider it a way to aid digestion."

He immediately became interested, and with a quick turn, he flashed to the side of the Four-Faced Beast and the Evil-Repelling Beast, saying, "Take me with you!"

"Me too!" Tianlu also ran over to join in the fun.

Bixie closed his mouth again. He had originally wanted to refuse, but seeing that both of his brothers wanted to go, he acquiesced.

The four-legged creature carrying the three brothers stopped in mid-air above Caiyun Village. Bixie looked down and saw that the country houses were scattered in a way, with patches of fields covered in white snow in between. The red debris left by firecrackers after they were set off was faintly visible in the yard.

"Little Plum Blossom, where are we going?" the Four-Faced Beast asked.

Bixie didn't know where to go. Although he often came to the village, he didn't know which places were worth visiting. After thinking it over, he decided to find Yuetian, who lived in the village, first.

It was just past lunchtime, and given Yue Tian's active nature, he definitely wouldn't be idle at home. Bixie guided the Four-Faced Beast to circle over Caiyun Village, and sure enough, they found Yue Tian's whereabouts. He was rummaging through a pile of straw.

"What are you doing?" As soon as the Four-Faced Beast landed, Tianlu immediately jumped down and curiously approached to ask.

Yue Tian was startled by the sudden sound behind him. He turned around and was first surprised, then delighted, "Second Master!"

He grabbed Tianlu's paw excitedly and said, "Second Master, your nose is so fast! Help us! We have a beast that has gone missing!"

"Huh? Ah!" Tianlu's mind hadn't quite caught up, and he only managed two "ahs" for a moment.

"Who's missing?" Bixie asked, frowning.

"It's that straw dog from your crew. Brother Xiaoshan brought him to the village to play today. We were playing hide-and-seek and it was going well, but he disappeared after hiding. We couldn't find him, and he wouldn't come out even when we called him."

After hearing this description, Bai Jie recalled the plot of the original work. In one chapter, a group of beasts were playing hide-and-seek, and the straw dog dismembered itself and hid in a haystack.

Then the other beasts couldn't find him, so they left him there alone and all left. The key thing was that the straw dog couldn't restore its body because it didn't have claws, so he just endured the night without any beasts coming to rescue him.

"Then why did the little white wolf search in the haystack?" the Four-No-Face asked, puzzled.

Yue Tian paused and glanced at him. "His body is made of straw, and besides, my name is Yue Tian."

The Four-Faced Beast nodded naturally. "Okay, Little Yueyue."

Yue Tian made a question mark.

Why are all you Qilin the same?

"Just call me Little White Wolf," Yue Tian decided to put the name issue aside for now. "In any case, our top priority is to find Chu Gou as soon as possible."

"okay."

The four beasts who had just arrived joined the search, but the thing that Yue Tian had hoped for—Tianlu following the scent to find the straw dog—did not happen. Because they were not very familiar with it, Tianlu didn't remember the straw dog's scent, let alone follow the scent. They could only search randomly like headless flies.

They searched the entire area. The five beasts turned the neighborhood upside down, even crawling into the dog hole to check, but they couldn't find a trace of it. Instead, they encountered other beasts who were also searching: Little Sparrow, Yellow Nine, and Dragon Cat.

"How's it going? Have you found the dog?" On the frozen ground of a field, Xiaoshan asked anxiously. All the animals shook their heads, indicating that they hadn't found it. Xiaoshanzi panicked and ran around in circles. "Oh my god, what happened? We brought the dog out for a walk, how did we lose it?"

"Brother Xiaoshan, don't worry, Chugou should be fine. I didn't find any signs of burning nearby." Yue Tian's tone was a little unsure. Although there was no evidence that Chugou had burned itself to ashes, it was still possible.

"How about I throw a stick and try to find the way by luck?" Bai Jie said hesitantly.

"Will this work? Little White, you must be joking." The little sparrow immediately thought the method was unreliable, but the three beasts, Tianlu, Bixie, and Yuetian, told him in unison, "It will work."

All the beasts were stunned for a moment, and the Four-Faced Beast scratched its head, thinking to itself, "Isn't it the one who brings good fortune?"

Finally, with the thought that she might as well try anything, Little Sparrow decided to let Bai Jie give it a shot.

A tree branch spun up into the sky and then fell back down, the last part pointing in one direction.

"Let's go."