(⊙▽⊙) The Zhu Sisters Eavesdrop
Pansi Cave, Ruoxian Nunnery...
Fourth Sister Zhu hurried back as soon as she heard the news. The moment she stepped through the courtyard gate, she saw that in their mother's courtyard, all her sisters were there—her eldest, second, third, and fifth sisters—everyone except their sixth sister, who still hadn't returned.
"Eldest Sister!"
"Third Sister..."
She greeted her two sisters first, then merely shot a cool glance at her second sister, who had never gotten along with her. After nodding to her fifth sister, who had bowed to her, she asked in confusion:
"What's going on?"
"What exactly happened?"
She could see that they all looked troubled, as if something had happened while she'd been away.
"Shh—"
Before Fourth Sister could ask anything more, their usually authoritative eldest sister put a finger to her lips, then pointed toward their mother's inner chambers, signaling that she shouldn't ask and should listen carefully first.
"??"
Even more puzzled, Fourth Sister didn't dare say anything.
She furrowed her brows, forced herself to set her questions aside for now, and walked slowly forward. Then she joined her sisters in the courtyard, all of them facing their mother's chambers and straining to listen. She wanted to find out what her sisters were doing here, eavesdropping on their mother.
Before long!
She soon heard what was going on. It seemed that pig was talking to their mother, and he was furious—furious beyond reason.
"Hahaha..."
The first thing to come from the chambers was a bitter laugh from that pig—that is, Zhu Bajie. From the sound of it, their mother had stopped using a magic treasure to control him.
"Hmph, hmph!"
"You think I don't know she's my daughter?"
"You think Old Pig is heartless?"
"You think I really don't want to come