"Squeak!"
"Woof!"
Hearing Little Gray and Big Yellow's cries, Luo Yunji lifted his head from his plate and looked toward the door.
"Senior Brother!"
Zhang Xiaofan had been through a great deal on the road. At every stop, he searched for taverns and inns, then asked whether anyone had seen a beautiful woman traveling with five boys, a dog, and a monkey.
He had asked his way along the entire route.
If the innkeeper said they hadn't seen them, he would turn back and look along another road. After going around in circles like that, he had finally found Luo Yunji and the others today.
Little Gray sprang straight onto Zhang Xiaofan's shoulder, wrapped its arms around his head, and affectionately rubbed its little head against him. Zhang Xiaofan comfortingly stroked its head, but was surprised to find that the vertical slit between its brows had grown a little wider than before, as if it were an eye that was almost, but not quite, open.
"Your junior brother fed these two little rascals something on the road. Little Gray must be evolving!" Seeing the confusion on Zhang Xiaofan's face, Xiaobai explained.
"Sit down and eat something first! You must have had a hard time searching all this way!" Thinking of all the twists and turns they had taken, Xiaobai knew Zhang Xiaofan must have gone down plenty of wrong roads while following them.
Zhang Xiaofan nodded to Xiaobai, then sat down at their table and looked at Luo Yunji in confusion.
"I just gave them a pill!" Luo Yunji replied. Seeing concern on Zhang Xiaofan's face, he hurriedly added, "It's fine! It's been ages, and nothing's happened to them. I tested it on Long Zi and the other three! Don't worry! I'd never hurt Little Gray or Big Yellow!"
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