Little Taotie wasn't picky anyway, so Xiao Xiao stopped buying the flavors they didn't like as much.
"Oh~"
Zhang Bo and the others chorused.
They all expressed their understanding in unison.
Xiao Xiao was amused by how in sync the three of them were.
"You're very much in sync."
He was stating a fact.
Zhang Bo and the others once again responded in perfect unison, this time with disdain.
The smile in Xiao Xiao's eyes deepened.
"They really do like sweets."
Zhang Bo remarked.
"Right?"
Zhuge Yun nodded.
"I feel like it's completely upended my idea of them."
He was talking about when he first found out they liked sweets.
Now...
Now, of course, he was used to it.
Still, every now and then, he found it a little surprising.
After all, this sort of taste preference was so far removed from his impression of monsters.
Hmm...
What did the monsters in his mind like to eat?
At any rate, it wasn't sweets.
Monsters...
Weren't they supposed to eat raw meat?
The bloody kind...
Somehow, the image of monsters in his mind had gone from realistic to chibi in an instant.
"Though I was surprised at first..."
Zhao Luzheng smiled.
"But it's pretty nice, isn't it?"
"Don't get the wrong idea."
Xiao Xiao raised an eyebrow.
"They just prefer sweets among human foods."
"It doesn't mean they only eat sweets."
"And they can't speak for all monsters."
"Mm."
Zhuge Yun grinned.
"We know."
"It's not like we're stupid."
"Don't worry."
"We're pretty smart."
Of course they knew that the monsters they'd encountered were so harmless, even kind of cute, because Xiao Xiao was there.
They knew to distinguish monsters in general from the ones around Xiao Xiao.
Xiao Xiao smiled.
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