There is a beast in the bright morning.

Chapter 265 The Qilin: An Auspicious Symbol

"The dumplings are ready. You guys hurry up and wash your hands. Get ready to eat dumplings."

The four-legged creature carried a steaming bowl of dumplings to the table and called out to the other beasts, including Walnut, who were still playing at the door.

Just then, Rabbit God walked up to the Four-Legged Beast with a bottle of vinegar and a bottle of soy sauce and asked, "Four-Legged Beast, do you eat your dumplings with vinegar or soy sauce?"

The four-legged creature looked at the vinegar and soy sauce bottles in Rabbit Lord's hand, thought for a moment, and said, "I can eat them directly, but if possible, could Rabbit Lord please prepare some tomato sauce for me?"

"No problem. So you like to dip your dumplings in ketchup, Four-Faced Beast." Rabbit Master secretly noted Four-Faced Beast's preference, then turned around to get the ketchup.

The four-legged creature looked at Walnut and Xiangtai, who had washed their paws and were sitting in their seats, as well as Meimei, and then suddenly realized that Pipi and Haochen's seats were still empty.

"Rabbit Master, do you know where Pipi and Haochen went? Pipi is usually the most eager to eat, why haven't they come home yet today?"

Rabbit Lord paused after hearing what the Four-Unlikes said, turned around and asked in confusion, "Four-Unlikes, didn't you tell Pipi to call Haochen home for dinner? Have you forgotten?"

"Really? Maybe he was busy and forgot. Never mind Pipi, he'll come back on his own when he's hungry."

After learning that it was he who sent Pipi to find Haochen, the Four-Unlikes stopped paying attention to the matter and instead took the utensils to help Walnut and the others divide the dumplings.

"Alright, everyone get ready to eat dumplings. Do you want vinegar or soy sauce?"

After looking at the vinegar and soy sauce in front of it, Walnut raised its paw and shouted, "You four-legged creature, I want ketchup just like you."

"Okay, what about you, Meimei?"

"Oh, can I choose? I'll take sesame paste." Meimei was a little surprised that Si Bu Xiang was so easy to talk to today.

Meimei was clearly too happy too soon. After hearing Meimei's words, the little creature paused in its dumpling-scooping motion, suddenly remembering that it had run out of sesame paste at home.

So the four-legged creature pretended not to hear Meimei's words and said, "Meimei, you can use tomato sauce just like Walnut."

"..." Meimei's lips twitched, proving that the fox really could laugh when he was speechless.

However, Meimei didn't dare to say anything more. If she upset the four-legged creature, his salary would be docked.

Then, the four-legged creature looked at Shota and was about to ask if he wanted ketchup too, when Shota took the initiative to say, "Boss, could I have a serving of rice?"

"Huh?" The four-legged creature didn't quite understand at first: "Shota, don't you like dumplings?"

Shota shook his head: "That's not how it is. In our country, dumplings are usually eaten with rice."

"What a strange custom!" Both the four-legged creature, Meimei, and Walnut looked shocked.

Seeing the strange creature's reaction, Shota understood that the creature hadn't prepared rice, so they would have to eat dumplings today.

In the end, Shota had no choice but to do as the locals do and dip the walnuts in ketchup.

Just as the Four-Unlikes finished helping Walnut and the others divide the dumplings, Tianlu returned.

However, as soon as Tianlu entered the room, he saw the dumplings that had already been divided and immediately said angrily, "You good-for-nothing, you ate them all by yourself without waiting for me."

"What nonsense are you talking about? I was just helping Walnut serve the dumplings first." The Four-Faced Beast tapped Tianlu on the head.

Then the four-legged creature pulled Tianlu off his seat: "Pipi, look at you, you've been running around all day, your paws are so dirty, go wash your paws before you come to eat."

Tianlu glanced at the dumplings on the table with a conflicted expression, then turned to wash his paws, reminding them, "I'll be right back, you're not allowed to steal any."

"I know, nobody wants to eat your five-nut dumplings." The Four-Unlikes said, taking out Tianlu's special five-nut dumplings and placing them in front of his seat.

At this moment, the four-legged creature remembered that Tianlu seemed to have returned alone, and Haochen had not followed: "Could it be that Pipi couldn't find Haochen?"

Tianlu quickly washed his paws and returned to eat dumplings. The four-legged creature hurriedly asked, "Pipi, didn't I tell you to go find Haochen? Didn't you find him?"

Tianlu then remembered Haochen's words and immediately looked embarrassed. He quickly explained to Sibuxiang, "Sibuxiang, Haochen said he's going to pick up a friend and will be back later."

"Picking up friends? Haochen has other friends. I thought he had no friends other than us."

It was Rabbit Lord who said this, and the Four-Faced Beast nodded in agreement.

In their impression, Hao Chen was a bit cunning and had some bandit-like traits. His personality was even worse than Taotie's; he wanted to possess anything good he saw.

This also led many animals in Caiyun Mountain to find the four-legged creature and complain that Haochen had stolen something from them.

Fortunately, the four-legged creature felt that Haochen treated them quite well, and sometimes he would even do housework and buy them gifts.

In addition, Hao Chen hadn't done anything particularly heinous, so the four-legged creature was left alone.

But today, upon suddenly hearing that Hao Chen had friends, the Four-Unlikes and Rabbit Lord found it unbelievable. They never expected that a beast like Hao Chen could have friends.

"I think I heard someone talking badly about me. Could it be you, you four-legged creature?!"

Just then, Haochen strode in with an air of indifference.

But the Qilin's attention was focused on the beast behind Hao Chen. It had white fur, claws on its front legs, hooves on its hind legs, and deep, silvery-gray pupils.

"Let me introduce you. This is my friend. He is a Qilin named Xiangrui."

"An auspicious omen?!" The four-legged creature looked puzzled; this qilin gave him a very familiar feeling.

Not only the Qilin, but Tianlu jumped off his seat the moment he saw Xiangrui and kept circling around him, sniffing around him.

"Haochen, your friend smells so good, it reminds me of something familiar."

After Tianlu finished speaking, he frowned and looked at Xiangrui: "Have we known each other before?"

As Tianlu spoke, his gaze kept shifting between the four unlikes and the four unlikes. Suddenly, Tianlu exclaimed in surprise, "Haochen, your friend looks just like the four unlikes, except that Xiangrui isn't wearing a mask and doesn't have those red marks on his face."

Hao Chen secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the appearance of the Four-Faced Beast had not caused any changes in the Pixiu Heart Lock or made Tianlu remember anything.

Of course, it's also possible that Hao Chen disguised the Four-Faced Beast by removing the red mark from its face.

Hao Chen pretended to be nonchalant and said, "Maybe auspicious omens and the four unlikes are both qilin, which is why they look so similar."

"Is that so?!" Tianlu didn't think much of it.

"Little Blue..." Xiangrui was about to blurt out the name Little Blue Circle, but then remembered Haochen's words. He swallowed his words and looked at Haochen helplessly, as if asking if he really couldn't tell Little Blue Circle.

Hao Chen shook his head slightly at the Four-Faced Beast. Before coming here, he and the Four-Faced Beast had agreed that at the Deer Man Shop, the Four-Faced Beast would change its name to Xiang Rui and try not to reveal that it was very familiar with Tian Lu.

Therefore, Hao Chen requested that the Four Unlikes not be named things like Tianlu Little Blue Circle, lest Tianlu be reminded of something.

He naturally knew that this was somewhat unfair to the Four Unlikes and Tianlu, and to the Four Unlikes, but there was nothing he could do. There were too many things involved, and it was difficult to explain them all at once.

Although the Four-Faced Beast was somewhat disappointed, it quickly cheered itself up, and was already very happy to see the little blue circle.

Seeing the atmosphere was a bit heavy, Hao Chen quickly changed the subject, pushing Tian Lu to the table: "Okay, stop looking at my friend. I know Qilin is very popular, but he has a partner. You guys have no chance."

"What? I just felt that Xiangrui's aura was familiar." Tianlu rolled her eyes at Haochen, then stopped thinking about it.

"I only need the Four-Unlikes, I don't need anything else." Rabbit Lord hugged the Four-Unlikes' arm tightly, as if asserting his ownership, and kept rubbing against it.

However, the result of Rabbit Lord's actions was that he received a loving kick from the Qilin, which gave him a hoof tattoo on his face, and he was successfully taken offline.

Thanks to Hao Chen's intervention, the Four-Faced Beast finally stopped attracting Tian Lu and the others' attention.

Hao Chen brought over a chair: "Xiang Rui, sit here and wait for me. I'll go get you some cloud dew that the Qilin eats."

Just as Hao Chen was about to go out to get some cloud dew, the door of the Deer Man Shop rang.

Then the door was pushed open, and a large white cat with spots walked in. What was even stranger was that the cat, like Walnut, had two tails. Clearly, the newcomer, like Walnut, was a Mongoose.

Hao Chen recognized the Mengji at a glance. It had golden pupils and droopy eyes, making it look very submissive. Wasn't it just Oleander, Walnut's uncle?

"uncle!!"

"Walnut, I've finally found you."