Gu Rong, holding a chicken in his left hand and a duck in his right, hadn’t even run for a minute when the system prompt sounded.

[Warning, Warning! Little Jiangshi roleplay error, Little Jiangshi roleplay error! Deducting 4 points!]

Gu Rong, while running, suddenly let go of the chicken and duck and started hopping instead.

006: […]

Livestream Chat: […]

This was really… unexpected!

Although Gu Rong was still playing the Jiangshi role, still hopping, he was forcefully holding back tears, his little face stubborn.

After being released, the chicken and duck immediately scurried into the roadside grass and disappeared.

006 said: [Little host, these chickens and ducks are alive, we can’t eat them anyway. It’s getting late, why don’t we go back and sleep first? You won’t be hungry when you’re asleep. Tomorrow morning, when people set up stalls on the street, we can come out again to forage for food?]

Gu Rong said crisply: [Zaizai’s tummy is flat hungry, and it keeps growling gugugugu. How can Zaizai sleep?]

006: […]

That was also true. You’re not hungry when you’re asleep, but the problem is being too hungry to fall asleep! Besides, Gu Rong had already slept all afternoon; he had just woken up not long ago. He couldn’t possibly sleep all the time!

006 said: [Jiangshi Town is so big. Let’s go check other houses. We can definitely find something to eat. Little host, don’t lose heart!]

Gu Rong clenched his little fists, regaining his spirits: [Okay! Zaizai will go check other houses!]

With the [Green Jiangshi] card, Gu Rong moved much more nimbly than before. No need for slow hopping, a few centimeters at a time. Now he could leap ten zhang in a single bound, his body light, not tired at all.

Gu Rong had sharp eyes. Houses with tightly closed doors and windows, lacking even a yard, he’d glance at and leap past. He specifically chose houses with yards; otherwise, he couldn’t even get in.

Jiangshi Town wasn’t exactly big, but not small either. In less than half an hour, Gu Rong had explored the entire place, familiarizing himself with the town.

Finally, he selected a garden villa.

It was a building blending Chinese and Western styles, with a large courtyard, looking much wealthier than other houses. Even the threshold was significantly higher than others.

Most importantly, the gate wasn’t locked but wide open, and there wasn’t even a gatekeeper.

Gu Rong tilted his head, peeking inside. No one was in the house. He looked left and right again; still no one.

He immediately wanted to put his hands on the ground and climb over the threshold.

006: [?]

006: [Little host, we have the [Green Jiangshi] card now, we can leap directly over!]

Gu Rong: [Oh.]

Gu Rong was acting like a little thief now. In his haste, he forgot he was terrifyingly strong and could simply jump over.

Even without the [Green Jiangshi] card, he could use the [Hanged Little Ghost] identity card to fly over.

However, as a two-year-old cub accustomed to crawling, his conditioned reflex was to crawl.

Gu Rong leaped into the courtyard. Afraid the glow would attract attention, he retracted the [Green Jiangshi] card.

As expected of a wealthy household, the entire courtyard was brightly lit even late at night.

There just wasn’t anyone around.

Gu Rong hopped for over ten minutes before encountering two young servants.

At this moment, the two servants were sitting in the corridor, drinking and chatting idly.

Gu Rong hid behind a rockery, his eyes shining, eagerly fixed on the two servants… or rather, on the saltwater peanuts and preserved goose in front of them.

The two servants ate and chatted, each pouring a small cup of wine, looking quite carefree, completely unaware of the Little Jiangshi behind the rockery.

“The Town Mayor invited so many people to catch Jiangshi. How much money must that cost, tsk tsk!”

“Third Master has plenty of money. What’s money? He gives out gold bars directly!”

“…If I knew catching Jiangshi was so profitable, I would have become a Daoist priest too. But I don’t know, what’s the background of these 20 Jiangshi? Is it worth spending so much effort to catch them? Jiangshi Town is crawling with Jiangshi; you can catch as many as you want.”

“What do you know? So much nonsense! Even drinking can’t shut your mouth!”

“Come, come, drink, drink! There’s still pigeon soup and bird’s nest in the kitchen, waiting to entertain Daoist Priest Huang and the honored guests. Hehe, they’re out catching Jiangshi now. Before they come back, we can have a taste too.”

“Taste shit! If Third Master finds out, he’ll skin you alive and chop you up to feed his old man’s big black dog!”

Gu Rong was adept at grasping key points. Hearing their conversation, he started turning his little head, his big eyes searching everywhere.

Gu Rong’s milky voice: [Where’s the kitchen?]

006: […]

The little host really knows how to grasp the key point.

006: [Let’s look for it.]

Gu Rong couldn’t read characters or recognize signboards, but his little nose was sensitive. Wiggling his little nose, he caught the faint aroma of food drifting in the air.

Following the scent, Gu Rong actually managed to find the kitchen.

Gu Rong’s eyes instantly lit up. Without hesitation, he hopped inside.

The kitchen was large. A pot of fresh pigeon soup was simmering on the stove, its aroma fragrant.

On the counter were various dishes, mostly untouched.

There was chicken, duck, fish, soup, as well as pastries and fruits.

Gu Rong spotted at a glance the goose and peanuts that the two uncles were eating earlier.

Gu Rong’s little face flushed with excitement. Having been hungry for half a day, he momentarily didn’t know what to eat first. He looked at this, looked at that, wanting to eat everything.

Before he could reach out to grab a chicken leg, 006 first bought him a pair of disposable gloves from the system store and put them on his little hands. A little bib was also taken out and tied around his neck.

Ready to go, Gu Rong directly picked up a plate of chicken, aowoo, and took a large bite.

His little cheeks puffed out. His baby teeth couldn’t eat fast, but his chewing speed wasn’t slow.

A bone fell off, gululu rolling behind the stove.

As Gu Rong ate, suddenly, he heard smacking and chewing sounds coming from behind the stove.

“?”

Gu Rong, holding the plate larger than his face, tilted his little head to look and met the eyes of a Big Black Dog lying behind the stove, gnawing on a bone.

Cub and dog froze simultaneously.

Big Black Dog: “…”

Gu Rong: “…”

Gu Rong: “?”

Big Black Dog: “?”

An awkward moment passed. Cub and dog remained silent.

After staring at each other for a few seconds, cub and dog tacitly looked away, pretending the other didn’t exist, and continued eating their respective food.

006: …6

Livestream Chat: …6

Gu Rong had to constantly pay attention to roleplaying as a Little Jiangshi even while eating.

He wasn’t flustered at all. When 006 reported the time, he calmly hopped once, very perfunctorily.

006: …

Livestream Chat: …

That hop was way too perfunctory.

The Big Black Dog, initially hidden behind the stove, after a while, came over wagging its tail, stood beside Gu Rong, and began eating openly.

Standing up, the Big Black Dog was actually as tall as Gu Rong. Gu Rong turned his head, his big eyes blinking.

The Big Black Dog held a meat bone, showing friendliness, and even wagged its tail at Gu Rong.

Gu Rong patted its head.

The Big Black Dog noticed Gu Rong hopping occasionally. After a few times, it grasped the pattern. When the time came, it also learned to hop like Gu Rong.

Cub and dog, it seemed, were already united, like family.

006 and the livestream chat watched, stunned.

[Dying laughing hahahahahahahahahaha]

[Zaizai can swear brotherhood with Little Black, laughing like a goose!]

[This dog isn’t even guarding the house! Seeing a little thief come steal food, it actually eats together with the thief!]

[It’s making me hungry watching. For a moment, I don’t even know if I’m watching a horror game livestream or a food broadcast.]

[Town Mayor Wu just said he wanted to catch the Little Jiangshi, and the Little Jiangshi is already raiding his house!]

After clearing the countertops, Gu Rong drank more than half the pigeon soup from the pot, feeding the pigeon meat to the Big Black Dog.

The Big Black Dog smacked its lips, eating with relish.

Cub and dog together polished off the pigeon soup meant for Huang Daoren and the players, leaving nothing behind.

Having eaten and drunk his fill, Gu Rong’s little tummy was round and full.

Cub and dog lay down on the ground. Gu Rong leaned against the Big Black Dog, too full to move.

006 said: [Little host, let’s go back and rest later. We shouldn’t stay here long. It’ll be bad if someone finds us. Let’s retreat quickly.]

Hearing this, Gu Rong immediately climbed up. But he didn’t leave right away. Instead, he took out his Ultraman little backpack from the system store—

And started packing.

006: […]

Livestream Chat: […]

Good grief, can’t finish it, so packing it to go?!

Gu Rong moved quickly, sweeping the remaining pastries and fruits into his little backpack. He also packed half a chicken and half a duck.

Only when the little backpack was stuffed full did Gu Rong stop, happily shaking his head, grinning.

At this moment, the Big Black Dog lifted its paw and patted Gu Rong.

Gu Rong turned his head. He saw the Big Black Dog using its two front paws to dig in the ashes under the stove, pulling out two roasted sweet potatoes.

The Big Black Dog nudged the two sweet potatoes towards Gu Rong with its paws, signaling him to pack them up and take them too.

Cub and dog, neither could speak, yet communicated without barriers.

Gu Rong patted the Big Black Dog’s head. The Big Black Dog nuzzled his small hand.

[Such revolutionary friendship established so quickly!]

[After all, they’re stealing buddies who stole food together, they’re close!]

[What stealing buddies, they’re eating buddies! Little Black even gave the sweet potatoes to Zaizai! Little Black is good!]

Gu Rong accepted without ceremony, packing the two roasted sweet potatoes as well.

The sweet potatoes were covered in ash. When Gu Rong touched them, his little hands got dirty. But when it came to eating, the cub was exceptionally unconcerned about minor details and put them directly into his little backpack.

006: […]

Alright, just need to wash the backpack later.

Gu Rong spread his grayish little meaty hands. Seeing the ash, he subconsciously wiped it on his Little Jiangshi clothes.

006 promptly stopped him: […Stop! Little host, there’s water in the kitchen. Wash your little hands.]

Gu Rong obediently went to wash his hands. Carelessly, he rubbed some ash under his nose.

Before he could finish washing his hands, footsteps sounded outside the kitchen, accompanied by voices. It was the two young servants from before.

Not good!

Gu Rong’s little ears twitched, his small body stiffened. He immediately equipped the [Green Jiangshi] card, his body glowing green, preparing to escape.

The two servants just entered the door and saw the Little Jiangshi glowing green.

Hard to miss, the green was blindingly conspicuous.

Looking at the kitchen, it was devastated, all the food was gone.

Looking on the ground, the Big Black Dog lay half-dead from overeating, motionless.

—The Big Black Dog didn’t bite or bark, probably dead.

The two servants were stunned. Finally, their gaze fell back onto the Little Jiangshi.

But before they could react, Gu Rong leaped, jumping straight between the two of them, and with a few more leaps, vaulted out of the courtyard and vanished.

The two servants: “…?!”

WTF, Little Jiangshi?

A chicken-stealing Little Jiangshi?

This Little Jiangshi is even a little baka (stupid/fool)?!