"Fallen into a trap?" Song He asked in confusion. "What do you mean? I haven't eaten any yet. The gorillas wouldn't have put poison in the Shatang Oranges, would they?"
"The Shatang Oranges aren't poisonous. They're perfectly ordinary Shatang Oranges. The gorillas have recently been using them as Wishing Incense, and every zookeeper in the zoo has fallen for it!" Ning Mo laughed heartily.
"Wishing Incense?" Song He frowned.
"You go to a temple to burn incense and worship the God of Wealth. You spend just over ten yuan on a stick of incense and put it in the burner, then ask the God of Wealth for a fortune worth a great deal of money." Ning Mo said, "The gorillas give Shatang Oranges to humans, and the humans give them money in return. Usually, they give quite a lot—far more than the price of one or two Shatang Oranges."
Song He was shocked. "I thought the gorillas were genuinely giving me New Year's gifts. So they were asking for money in disguise! What would happen if I didn't give them any?"
"Did you give them money?" Ning Mo asked in return.
"I did." Song He looked embarrassed. "I thought it was only polite to return the favor."
"Exactly! That's the return favor they wanted!" Ning Mo clapped his hands. "I won't explain it to you just yet. Durian's private school is about to start. Listen, and you'll understand."
"Durian's private school!" Song He was startled.
As soon as he finished speaking, a tricycle roared past!
The driver on the tricycle was none other than Apple, and a group of black gorillas sat in the cargo bed!
"There, that's the school bus," Ning Mo said.
"The school bus?" Song He was dumbfounded.
Before he could react, Ning Mo and Zhao Yiyi