Although Zhao Luzheng also wanted to tell the little monkey...
There was no need.
There really was no need to be so stubborn about it.
In the end, Third Brother even "bought it off."
He meant that the little monkey had accepted Third Brother's "sugar-coated bullets."
And it had clearly been quite happy to accept them.
You could tell from the little monkey's behavior yesterday just how satisfied it was with Third Brother's "sugar-coated bullets."
"Hey."
Zhao Luzheng blinked.
"Third Brother, you and the little monkey get along pretty well."
"?"
Xiao Xiao raised an eyebrow.
"What makes you say that?"
Zhao Luzheng raised his eyebrows even higher.
"Didn't the little monkey give you all its candy?"
Judging by how fiercely the little monkey had guarded its candy yesterday, he figured that unless it really got along with someone, it would never willingly hand over the candy.
Xiao Xiao understood.
So that was what he meant.
"No."
He shook his head.
"I took the candy myself."
"The little monkey struggled all night to bring it back, but still couldn't carry it all at once."
"I thought it couldn't go on like that."
"So I let it take some of the candy back first."
"It could come back for the rest later."
"The little monkey didn't fight you?"
Picturing the scene, Zhao Luzheng couldn't help chuckling.
So Third Brother had taken it himself...
That explained it...
Or maybe the little monkey had fought Third Brother, but it hadn't done any good...
"No."
Xiao Xiao's lips curled up.
"It just grabbed the rest of the candy and ran off."
Huh...?
Zhao Luzheng froze.
Then his mouth fell open in surprise.
"...It ran off?"
As soon as he said it, he found it rather