He slept like the dead.
He did not wake until Lin Xiao felt someone poking his nose, with a strand of hair brushing back and forth across its tip.
"Achoo!!"
He groggily opened his eyes.
The first thing he saw was Ning Rongrong's chubby little face.
The little girl held up a lock of hair, struggling not to laugh, while her small hand was about to tickle his nose again.
"Well, well. You actually dared to tease me."
Lin Xiao reached out and grabbed her wrist, then used his other hand to tickle her sides.
"Will you dare again?"
"Giggle, giggle, giggle~"
Ning Rongrong twisted and squirmed with laughter, constantly trying to dodge, but she could not break free no matter what.
"Brother Lin Xiao, Rongrong was wrong! Stop tickling me! I'll never tease you again!"
Tears nearly came out from laughing as she curled herself into a ball.
Evil Fat Guga, who had been sleeping with her butt sticking up, was awakened by the laughter and groggily lifted her head.
"Guga?"
After scratching her butt, she lowered her head and went back to sleep.
Gu Rong, leaning against the doorframe, watched the two play around with an indulgent smile on his withered face. Then he gave a light cough.
"Enough, stop fooling around.
Time waits for no one. After breakfast, we still have to scour the city's grain shops for supplies.
Your two little fellows have already started eating. If you do not get up soon, there really will not be any food left."
Only then did Lin Xiao stop and release Ning Rongrong's wrist.
Ning Rongrong was still taking small breaths, her little face flushed bright red.
"Come on, Rongrong. After eating, let's take a good look around the Star Luo Empire."
"Guga? Food!"
The moment Evil Fat Guga heard the word food, she sprang out of bed. The fat on her face even bounced twice with a duang-duang.
Then, with a whoosh, she ran outside.
Lin Xiao shook his head and laughed.
After breakfast, the group headed straight to the largest grain shop under the Star Luo Empire's biggest merchant association.
Gu Rong stepped forward alone to discuss business with the shopkeeper.
He got straight to the point, his tone crisp and decisive.
"I'm buying grain in bulk. Rice, meat, vegetables—I want it all. I'll take however much stock you have. The price is negotiable; just get the goods out as soon as possible."
Seeing his imposing aura and generous spending, the shopkeeper did not dare neglect him. He immediately led people to inventory the warehouse and calculate the amount of food.
Gu Rong busied himself handling all matters related to the purchase.
Ninja Guga stood nearby, responsible for sealing away the food.
Lin Xiao took Ning Rongrong and Maid Guga outside to have fun.
Quite a few small stalls lined the street, selling trinkets and little toys.
Ning Rongrong spotted a delicate little hair clip and took out money to buy it.
She pulled over the obediently standing Maid Guga and gently clipped it into her hair.
Maid Guga raised her hand to touch it, clapping happily.
"I like it, Guga~"
Ning Rongrong giggled happily as well.
As though treating Maid Guga like a doll, she bought all kinds of accessories to dress her up.
With nothing better to do, Lin Xiao joined their dress-up game.
Meanwhile.
Fat Guga had completely unleashed her evil nature.
She wandered over to a fried chicken stall on her own.
She buried her head and gobbled down one piece after another, smacking her lips nonstop and getting oil all over her mouth.
In just a few minutes, she had eaten every last piece of fried chicken at the stall.
Fat Guga contentedly wiped her greasy mouth, turned around, and prepared to leave.
The stall owner instantly panicked and hurried forward to stop her.
"Hey, hey, hey! You haven't paid yet!"
(Don't curse her. The stall owner won't die, and the protagonist will come back to pay. This is just a tribute to King Kong One from Bald Qiang.)
Fat Guga stopped, puffing out her round cheeks with a perfectly righteous expression.
"Pay? I only ate a few pieces of your fried chicken. Sister Guga doesn't even ask the price when she eats at hotels, and you're asking me for money?"
"You're not leaving unless you pay!"
The stall owner's face turned red with anxiety as he reached out to grab Fat Guga.
But Fat Guga grabbed his arm instead and threw him upward with all her strength.
"Aah!!"
A piercing scream rang out as the stall owner was launched straight into the sky, his figure rapidly shrinking.
His screams drifted farther and farther away before vanishing completely beyond the horizon.
The scene fell dead silent.
All the onlooking pedestrians stared wide-eyed, frozen where they stood.
Fat Guga patted her little hands and bared her teeth at the crowd.
"What are you looking at? Do you all want to fly too, Guga?"
The crowd immediately recoiled in terror.
No one wanted to experience being thrown into the sky.
A few minutes later.
"Whoosh—"
"Bang!!"
A figure crashed down.
It was the fried chicken stall owner from before.
His eyes were spinning in circles.
Yet miraculously, he seemed to have merely fainted from fright. Not a hair on his body was harmed.
"Guga~"
Fat Guga smugly rubbed her round little belly, preparing to head for the next mysterious food outlet.
"Wait. What you did was wrong."
A little girl in a small dress hurried over and stood directly in Fat Guga's path.
Fat Guga furrowed her tiny brows and put her hands on her hips.
"We geese have principles. We don't hit the old or the young. Go away, Guga."
As she spoke, she raised her fist.
The little girl visibly shrank back two steps in fear.
Just then, another little girl who looked eighty percent like her also walked over.
"Zhuqing! Why did you run over here!"
She hurried forward and stood directly in front of Zhu Zhuqing, glaring fiercely at Fat Guga. A faint fluctuation of Martial Soul power seeped from her body.
"You stinking penguin! Don't bully my little sister!"
The surrounding pedestrians who had gathered to watch immediately stirred again. The sisters of the Star Luo Empire's Zhu Family.
Many people recognized them and hurried even farther back, afraid of being caught in the conflict.
Fat Guga narrowed her eyes.
"Did you just call me a stinking penguin, Guga!!"
"So what if I did!"
"Aah!!!"
A crisp scream vanished into the sky.
Congratulations to Zhu Zhuyun on successfully taking flight!
Only Zhu Zhuqing remained in front of Fat Guga.
The little girl's eyes instantly reddened. Tears came flooding out, rolling down her cheeks as her shoulders trembled nonstop.
"Big sister... Big sister... Wuwuwuwu—"
The pedestrians who had not yet fled far away began whispering among themselves.
"It's over, it's over. This penguin from who knows where has gotten herself into serious trouble."
"Exactly. She'll probably end up braised or steamed."
"Get farther away. Once the Zhu Family arrives, this entire street might suffer."
Listening to the chaotic chatter around her.
Fat Guga seemed to realize that she had caused trouble.
The other side's background seemed quite formidable.
But if she became afraid because of that, what would be the difference between her and a dead goose?
How could she then face all her spirited little geese?
Fat Guga's eyes rolled as a bold idea emerged in her mind.
Guga damn it, might as well go all the way!
With a hostage in hand, geese could rule the world!
Her body suddenly sprang forward, and her chubby little hand grabbed Zhu Zhuqing, who was still crying.
"!!"
Caught completely off guard, Zhu Zhuqing was lifted over Fat Guga's head in an instant.
Before she could struggle or cry out, Fat Guga turned around and ran off on her short little legs.
Her round body weaved through gaps in the crowd, turning this way and that. Within a few breaths, the girl and the goose had vanished without a trace.
"..."
"I didn't see anything. I'm blind."
"I've got soup simmering at home. I'm leaving first!"
"Ababa ababa ababa..."
Seeing that things had gone bad, the crowd of spectators immediately played dumb and scattered in every direction, fleeing without a trace.
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