"Wow, it's so lively..."
The atmosphere in Cloud Lake Town was far beyond Gou Dan and the others' expectations. Outside, everything was pitch-black and deathly quiet, enough to drive anyone to despair, yet the town was brightly lit and brimming with life. It was practically a different world from the outside!
The town itself was already quite large, and pedestrians came and went without end. Vendors filled the streets, selling all kinds of things: fish, vegetables, candy, and even some strange and unusual trinkets.
Several squares were packed with performers. There were bards playing harps, theatrical troupes performing acrobatics, and magicians doing stage magic. The crowds gathered around them were so dense that not even water could pass through. Gou Dan, who wanted to see the spectacle from behind them, was so anxious that he scratched his cheeks and tugged at his ears like an agitated monkey!
Guo Xiaoyun rolled her eyes at him from the side. "If you want to get in, just jump in."
"Cough... That would be way too conspicuous, way too conspicuous... I'm not a monkey. If I jumped in, wouldn't people treat me like one?" Gou Dan hurriedly waved his hands.
"You look no different from a monkey right now..." Guo Xiaoyun glared at him. "You seem even harder to handle than my cousin's husky..."
"Boss... that's going too far..."
Ignoring Gou Dan's resentful look, Guo Xiaoyun glanced around and murmured, "It is pretty lively..."
"Right?" Gou Dan instantly became excited again. "It feels like a night market. It's so interesting. By the way, were all the towns under your rule this lively before, Boss?"
"Not at all..." Guo Xiaoyun shook her head coldly. "I usually hate trouble, so I enforced curfews..."
Gou Dan: "..."
"Um... maybe this doesn't count as nighttime?" Gou Dan pointed