"This is why Big Bamboo Peak is the best! It's the one place that can calm my heart." Zhang Xiaofan smiled at Third Senior Brother.
"Master and Shiniang are looking for you! Hurry back!" Zheng Dali said, rising onto his tiptoes and draping an arm over Zhang Xiaofan's shoulder. "You've grown taller again, you brat!"
Zhang Xiaofan grinned smugly at Zheng Dali. "Third Senior Brother! Remember when Master made us kneel as punishment? I'd definitely be at the front of the line now!"
"You little brat! You've learned to tease your senior brother, have you?"
After laughing and joking for a while, they each carried a puppy and headed toward the Cave Dwelling.
"What's with the puppy?" Zheng Dali asked curiously, teasing the one in his arms.
"They're Big Yellow's pups. Master and Shiniang like keeping dogs, so I picked out two good ones to bring them for company." Zhang Xiaofan knew that only three senior brothers remained at Big Bamboo Peak now, and Tian Buyi must not have been used to it.
"Big Yellow's pups?"
"Mm! They're fathered by that gray Demon Wolf from Two Mountains!"
"I knew it! When we went to Two Mountains back then, I saw Big Yellow chasing that Demon Wolf around nonstop. So he'd had his eye on her all along!" Zheng Dali laughed.
"This time, thanks to Little Junior Brother, His Majesty found a stash of Monkey Wine. I brewed quite a bit, so I brought some for Master and you senior brothers!" As Zhang Xiaofan finished speaking, he gave a sharp whistle. A string of running paws answered, and soon several big dogs came bounding out of the woods.
"What's with all these big dogs?" Zheng Dali asked curiously, looking at the five or six dogs before him.
"They're all Big Yellow's