My Demon Friends

Chapter 752

"Today is the fifteenth of the first lunar month, and the moon looks so beautiful. How about we enjoy the moon in the yard?" Zhou Li asked the people and yao inside the house. "Anyway, it's only us on this mountain. Even if we wanted to follow tradition and steal some greens, there's nowhere to steal from. Oh, we could steal from Xing Hui and Lord Ji Bai, but they haven't planted much. Hmm, there's mint we could take."

"Isn't it cold to sit in the yard?" Brother Nan said.

"It's not cold." Zhou Li shook his head.

"Isn't it better to play games in bed or go to sleep early?" Brother Nan asked further.

"Umm..." Zhou Li paused in thought for a moment, then decided to be honest, "After midnight, it's my birthday. You all have to wish me a happy birthday on time."

"Who's going to time it just to wish you a happy birthday? Narcissist! Stop it!" Brother Nan accused repeatedly, then changed her tone. "It would be better to go steal some greens! Stealing greens also means enjoying the moon—walking while stealing greens while enjoying the moon. It's much more fun than stupidly sitting in the yard."

"I agree with going to steal greens!" Huai Xu raised his hand and shouted.

"You would be interested in this kind of thing." Zhou Li rolled his eyes.

"I agree too," His Royal Highness, the Prince of Yu, said gravely.

"MEOW!!" Lord Dumpling raised a paw.

"Where shall we steal from?" Zhou Li asked.

"Down the mountain."

"That's so far."

"Since it's a bright moon tonight, almost like daytime, we'll see the road. Little Zheng surely has never been out to play at night in her life," Brother Nan turned to look at Miss Zheng, "right?"

"Hmm." Miss Zheng nodded slightly.

Indeed, she had never been out at night in her entire life. In fact, even during the day, she rarely went out to play, as she mostly went out to work, to the town to buy necessary items, or to take orders into the city. She occasionally went to nearby, familiar places to wander and unwind. But because everything was so vague, even just going for a walk to relax was much more boring for her than for ordinary people.

Now, even Zhou Li thought what Brother Nan said made a lot of sense. Going a long way down the mountain in the middle of the night to steal vegetables seemed like a reasonable thing to do.

So, they all changed into warm clothes and went out.

Aside from Lord Dao Min, who was tired, elderly, and not really wanting to participate in this activity, almost the entire small mountain village turned out. Even Xing Hui and Lord Ji Bai expressed interest in joining when they heard about their plans.

Along the way, Miss Zheng looked around, seeing close views of the mountain road under the cool moonlight, which she had never seen before, even when swapping visions in the past.

She walked slowly, looking carefully.

Grass blades, laden with dewdrops, glistened translucently under the moonlight, shattering with a touch and scattering more moonlight.

The Dog Gang from the Yin Yang Temple enthusiastically followed them.

Leisurely, they descended the mountain, no one in a hurry.

His Royal Highness, the Prince of Yu, as the former leader of the Demon Kingdom, naturally took the lead. She flapped her two pairs of transparent wings rapidly, lifting herself into the sky to scout the terrain by moonlight. Just then, a faint flapping sound echoed through the night sky.

"BANG!"

A mini firework exploded overhead, fist-sized, sprinkling countless white sparks. It was incredibly beautiful, accompanied by the terrified shriek of a bird.

"It's so cold, why isn't this owl sleeping at home, roaming about like this? So silent! It gave Daddy a fright!" His Royal Highness flew down, echoing Brother Nan's catchphrase, then pointed in a direction. "That place over there has lots of cauliflower planted. Let's go steal from there!"

"Yes, MEOW!" Lord Dumpling obediently responded.

"I'll go first!"

Huai Xu's figure suddenly vanished. Only when he had run some distance could one faintly see his swiftly moving form.

"Wait for me!"

"Wait for Lord Dumpling!"

"I'm going too!"

Brother Nan, not to be outdone, hurried after them. However, though she possessed the former spiritual power of His Royal Highness, she lacked the methods to use it and couldn't fly, making it quite a struggle to keep up.

Zhou Li stayed by Miss Zheng's side. First, he shouted to the others, "Only take a little bit!"

No response came back.

Zhou Li wasn't embarrassed. He turned to Miss Zheng and asked, "Are you nervous?"

"Will we get caught?"

"This..." Zhou Li thought for a moment and answered, "Possibly, yeah!"

Miss Zheng pursed her lips, evidently a bit scared.

Zhou Li, seeing this, began to feel happy.

From afar, the scolding of the vegetable field's owner was heard. Lord Dumpling, scared from not being able to find Her Highness in the darkness, had returned disheartened.

However, Brother Nan, not one to show weakness, exchanged a few quarrelsome words with the man. The members of the Dog Gang had bared their teeth, preparing to drive off this seemingly hostile human. But seeing Brother Nan shout back at him, they began to doubt whether this human might actually be a friend and thus hesitated.

Huai Xu also ran back quickly, but he held two heads of cauliflower in his arms, proudly boasting, "You still have to rely on me!"

"You're the professional," Zhou Li said, not entirely as a compliment.

His Royal Highness, the Prince of Yu, looked on helplessly from the side because the cauliflowers were too big. She was still too weak to carry them, unable even to pluck them off, so she had to settle for scouting duties.

No—Make that commanding duties.

Subsequently, they moved to several different locations. If someone was guarding, they let Huai Xu steal a bit more. If a place was unguarded, they just symbolically picked a few vegetables.

The four fools had a blast. Only Xing Hui and Lord Ji Bai maintained the best composure; they were completely out for a walk and to experience the local customs. They picked just a few vegetables to hold and then leisurely followed behind the others, their mood improving as they watched them play.

Zhou Li then took on the role once held by Brother Nan, goading Miss Zheng to steal and deliberately using words to make her nervous for his own amusement.