The Good Show Is About to Begin
"???"
At that, Zhu Bajie froze, and the chicken leg in his hand nearly fell to the ground.
Then he widened his eyes. The fat on his piggish face trembled slightly, clearly caught off guard by Annie's question.
"What did you just say?"
"Th-there's a pig and a spider that had a spider-child. Is that spider a pig or a spider?"
But soon, he slowly lowered the food in his hand, wiped his mouth, and then repeated Annie's tongue-twisting question while pretending to be calm before continuing:
"You little girl, what nonsense are you talking about?"
"How could a pig and a spider have a child?"
"That never happened..."
Since Annie had transformed into a female pig demon, while the minor demon Zhu Bajie had transformed into was somewhat older, it was not wrong for him to call Annie "little girl." He also did not fear the other minor demons nearby overhearing him.
Though, at that moment, the minor demons nearby were all focused on drinking and playing drinking games, shouting loudly over rock-paper-scissors. Even the fox spirit who had drunk until her eyes were glazed over and had whispered those words to Annie earlier had already collapsed on the table and fallen fast asleep. Still, while speaking to Annie, he instinctively lowered his voice and glanced around.
"But..."
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Annie tilted her head, propped her arm on the table, and said with an innocent look:
"I just heard someone say that 'Sixth Sister' was born from a pig and a spider. Who do you think that pig was?"
As she spoke, she did not forget to glance at the fox spirit who had already drunk herself unconscious. With her eyes, she indicated to Uncle Peppa that her witness was right beside them,