"From now on, you're the new caregiver." Lin Qiye patted the pug on the head. "Get along with Lord Beile, and don't swallow him whole."
With that, Lin Qiye stood up in satisfaction and headed upstairs.
Belial Krande looked at the pug before him, dressed in a tailcoat and wearing a wicked smile, and fell silent...
"Mr. Krabs." The pug smiled faintly. "Shall we go catch jellyfish?"
Without waiting for Belial Krande to refuse, it scooped him into its mouth and scampered toward the restroom...
Lin Qiye stood before the door to the fourth ward, carrying a pot of rice wine.
After hesitating for a long time, he gently knocked on the door before pushing it open and walking in.
In the center of the completely empty ward, the Ancient Ape draped in a kasaya still sat quietly like a statue, his eyelids lowered. Faintly shimmering Buddha's Light flowed around him. It was as though he had not noticed Lin Qiye enter at all, remaining perfectly still.
Lin Qiye walked over and sat cross-legged directly across from him.
He placed two small bowls on the floor with his left hand, uncorked the rice wine, and began pouring it.
"Conditions in the hospital are limited, so I could only brew ordinary rice wine like this. Still, it tastes pretty good."
Lin Qiye handed one bowl to Monkey King. The latter remained like a stone sculpture, his palms pressed together, showing no intention of accepting it.
Lin Qiye was not surprised. He naturally set the bowl on the floor before the Ancient Ape, lifted his own, and took a sip.
"You don't want me to call you Great Sage, so what should I call you?"
Lin Qiye muttered to himself:
"Victorious Fighting Buddha?"
"Sun the Traveler?"
"Sun Wukong?"
"Keeper of the