"Take these two Spirit Dogs back for New Year?" Lan Zhi thought for a moment. "I'm afraid that won't work. Golden Pixiu Dogs are very unusual. If they escape, the consequences would be serious. I can't let them out of my control."
"Then why don't you come along too?" Yue Wen said. "You can keep an eye on them and have New Year's Eve dinner with us."
Qi Dian nodded. "I'll tell my family to make more dumplings."
"Huh?" Lan Zhi scratched her head. "Wouldn't that be inappropriate? I still have to go back and report to Master."
She did want to spend more time with Yue Wen and the others and get more opportunities to learn, but she couldn't do as she pleased while out on a mission.
"Then have her come too," Yue Wen said. "You're spending New Year away from home anyway, without your families."
"Then I'll ask Master," Lan Zhi said.
A little later, she looked up with a smile. "Master said yes. Wherever she is, it won't interfere with her watching over River City. She'll bring Qing Cang along."
Qi Dian took out his phone and made a call. "Hello? Jingjing, tell Mom and Dad to make more dumplings. A few more friends are coming."
He had barely finished speaking when Yue Wen received a message from the Three Little Ones. "Can you fix TVs? Ours broke, and we can't watch the Spring Festival Gala."
Thinking of the battered old television in the Three Little Ones' basement, Yue Wen simply replied, "Why don't you come spend New Year with us?"
He asked Lan Zhi, "I'm planning to invite a few pitiful little monsters over for New Year. They were a big help in cracking this case too, so they count as our Undercover Monsters. That