It wanted to eat buns too.
It wanted buns.
Little Taotie began rolling around on Xiao Xiao's head.
Xiao Xiao smiled faintly.
"Want more?"
He was asking Zhen.
He seemed not to notice Little Taotie fussing on his head.
Little Taotie snorted loudly through its nose.
It looked displeased.
Hmph!
Why hadn't he asked if it wanted more?
Unfair!
Zhen glanced at the buns in the bag.
Then it shook its head.
It didn't let itself eat too much human food.
It always felt that doing so...
made its relationship with humans too close.
All right.
Xiao Xiao nodded.
He didn't insist that Zhen eat a few more.
He'd only wanted Zhen to try them.
Since Zhen had tried both the meat buns and the vegetable buns, that was enough.
"Little Taotie."
Xiao Xiao lowered his eyes to the few buns that remained.
He'd bought these buns as extras.
From the start, he'd planned to give them to Zhen and Little Taotie.
Since Zhen had had enough, the rest...
were all Little Taotie's.
"Awooo~"
Little Taotie's eyes immediately lit up, its indignation forgotten.
Wow~
Little Taotie cheered and pounced on the remaining buns.
Watching the little black monster gobble down one bun after another...
Zhen's mouth twitched slightly.
What a greedy monster.
Could it...
A flash of insight struck Zhen.
Had this human won it over with food?
It was a pity Xiao Xiao couldn't read minds.
Otherwise, he would definitely have given Zhen a thumbs-up.
Its guess was spot on.
He really had "lured" Little Taotie over with food.
How could that be?
Zhen shook its head.
It found its ridiculous guess amusing.
What kind of stupid monster would it take to obey a human just because of food?
Zhen's