Fourth Senior Brother, who was also sleeping on the floor nearby, hurriedly dragged Fifth Senior Brother out of the way, afraid they'd get caught in the crossfire.
After the three senior brothers—First, Second, and Third—got back to their feet, they saw their Little Junior Brother sitting on the bed, grinning at them. They weren't about to let him get away with that!
The three scrambled onto the bed together to grab Little Fatty, but Zhang Xiaofan wasn't about to let them have their way. He kept shielding him.
In the end, the three senior brothers had no choice but to drag Xiaofan and Little Fatty off the bed together.
Little Fatty thought it was a game and laughed heartily as he scrambled back toward the bed under Zhang Xiaofan's protection. The others, Sixth Senior Brother included, weren't having it, of course. They had to stop him. Big Yellow and Little Gray started yapping on the sidelines, too; who knew whether they were offering advice or cheering him on?
Just as things were getting completely out of hand, a heavy thump suddenly sounded from the wall. The people in the next room had finally lost patience and roared, "Do you Big Bamboo Peak people always have this much energy? It's the middle of the night! Why are you making such a racket instead of sleeping?"
The room fell silent at once, every movement stopping as if someone had hit pause. Little Fatty, however, didn't pay the slightest attention to the shouting from next door. Laughing heartily, he took the chance to scramble onto the bed and kicked First, Second, Third, and Sixth Senior Brothers off it again.
"Thump! Thump! Ow!" The four of them lost their footing and tumbled to the floor.
"That's enough!" The people next door seemed to be