Chapter 36 "Bao'e, don't forget to take your measurements..."
Although Bao'e had seen many handsome men before, she had never met one as unrestrained as this.
As she was about to pull her hand away, she couldn't help but say, "Brother, have you perhaps cultivated yourself into such a charming womanizer, acting like this with everyone you meet? You'd really need to be beaten to death to cure your ailment."
But Bai Gu pressed down on her hand, preventing her from pulling it back.
He seemed to be angry, even his smile faded, and he said, "Little Bodhisattva, stop talking nonsense! If you had met my sister, you would know that she entrusted her whole heart to you back then at Fuling Mountain. How dare you use such words to belittle me!"
Bao'e thought to herself: This is incredible! This is incredible! She is a born slut who is so promiscuous. She is truly born with this skill.
The fool then stopped trying to pull his hand away. She, oblivious to the situation, rambled on, "I wronged you, brother, please don't blame me. If you had told Mao Er back then, and Mao Er had told me, wouldn't I have known? If I had understood back then, I wouldn't have wronged you today."
Bai Gu: "Bao'e, you've forgotten again. I had a falling out with Mao Er, so why would he listen to what I'm saying?"
Bao'e had indeed forgotten about it, but said aloud, "Brother, I remember. I never forget a single word that others say to me. Although Mao Er has a bit of a temper, if you quarrel with him in the morning, you can talk to him after noon, okay?"
Bai Gu was even more annoyed, his brows furrowed, and he sneered, "That Mao Er is a heartless and despicable beast. I only understand human speech, I don't talk to beasts."
Startled, Bao'e looked around and cried out, "Stop talking! Stop talking! Even a beast will bite when it's angry. Be careful, or it might turn into a ghost and come looking for revenge!"
The monster smiled and said, "I'm not afraid of him, besides, he did a good deed."
Bao'e then asked, "What good deed?"
"He died young, didn't he?" Bai Gu replied, pulling her hand and pressing it against his chest. "Don't mention him. Bao'e, don't forget to take your measurements so we can tailor the clothes."
Bao'e said, "This tailor's ruler is not easy to unravel."
"As I said before, we need to use some skill." The monster half-closed its eyes and began to groan and pant again.
Bao'e felt her ears burning and her veins tingling as she listened, thinking to herself: What should I do? What should I do? She's just an honest little demon with no real skills; how can she withstand such torment?
She would glance at him, then shift her gaze, and then look at him again.
The strange chest was covered with soft, supple thin muscles, but the area right in the center, where my fingertip touched, was slightly harder and more noticeable.
Seeing her looking around erratically, Bai Gu suddenly chuckled, panting.
"It will slowly unravel like this, won't it?" he asked.
The silver chain was indeed partially untied and wrapped around Bao'e's hand.
She was so eager, but she could only nod blankly and say, "Okay, okay! It's untied now. Make me two sets of clothes, I have some money."
"I don't want your money," Bai Gu asked her. "Do you know how to measure clothes?"
Bao'e shook her head: "I don't know, I don't know."
“Every part must be measured carefully,” the monster coaxed her. “After you’ve eaten your vegetarian meal, come find me, and I’ll take your measurements. After that, I’ll make two sets of clothes for you, okay?”
Bao'e was overjoyed and was about to nod when the pilgrim suddenly burst in.
He opened his fiery eyes and recognized that the white ghost was a demon. Seeing that the monster was holding onto Bao'e and was filled with lust, he didn't allow any reasoning and drew his iron rod to strike the monster in the face.
Bai Gu caught sight of the stick coming and promptly used a corpse-dissolving technique to escape.
A fake corpse was left lying dead in front of the stove, its blood splattering everywhere.
Startled, Bao'e jumped up and down, exclaiming, "Brother! Oh dear, brother! You're such a hasty person! This is terrible! This is terrible! You're going to kill him?!"
"What demon? He's a good man!" Bao'e couldn't help but cry, her eyes brimming with tears. "He wanted to tailor clothes for me! My clothes are patched and mended, and by the time we go on our journey to the West, I'll still have a few pieces of cloth left to wear. He's a tailor, not a demon! You monkey, I finally managed to save up a few coins to make clothes, and you took them all away with one blow! Give them back to me! It's so bitter, so very bitter!"
The traveler saw tears welling up in her eyes and her face full of grievance, but he knew that explaining would be useless.
He comforted her, saying, "My dear sister, don't cry. When will we get you a tiger skin? I'll make you a folded brocade pattern shaped like a horse's face and a new set of clothes. Is that alright?"
Bao'e could not bear it any longer and covered her face, crying bitterly: "Ugly, ugly! There isn't a single pattern that's pleasing to the eye."
The traveler was so anxious that he scratched his head and said, "Don't cry, don't cry, it'll only ruin your spirit! I'll just take apart Master's bundle, find some clothes, and make you a garment, is that alright?"
"Oh my god, oh my god!" Bao'e wailed, "Where could I find such an ugly and old monk's robe? It smells like a monk! I'll have nightmares even if I die, let alone sleep in it!"
"You fool! Stop crying, stop crying!" the Monkey King said urgently. "Let me and my master scrape together some money and find a tailor to make you some clothes, okay?"
Bao'e finally managed to stop.
She tugged at his clothes to wipe her tears, sobbing as she asked, "Really?"
"Old Sun, are you the kind of person who lies to someone's face? You wouldn't do the kind of things demons do to deceive and harm people." The traveler took her arm and walked out.
Bao'e said, "That makes sense. Senior brother, that young man just now seemed like a good person. If you kill him, and Master finds out, won't he expel you again?"
"That idiot is talking nonsense again. He's a demon in disguise, trying to deceive you. How can you believe him?"
"He will also cook for me."
"That demon's stuff, where would we eat it? Could it be that you've forgotten about that jar of long-tailed maggots!"
"Brother."
"What do you mean, 'What should I do'?"
"I feel a bit nauseous."
The Great Sage chuckled, "If you know how disgusting it is, then don't say another word to that demon."
"I understand, I understand." The fool said no more and went out with him.
Upon returning, Sanzang asked Bai Gu, "Wumiao, why did you come back alone? Where is that kind-hearted person who offered alms to the monks?"
Bao'e said, "He has gone to sleep."
"Amitabha Buddha, it's getting late. Where is the vegetarian meal?"
Bao'e laughed at him, "Master, you're really not good enough. How can you think about delicacies every day when you're on the arduous task of going to the Western Paradise to fetch the scriptures?"
This angered Sanzang so much that he frowned and sighed repeatedly.
Bao'e then took out some dry food and ate with him.
Halfway through the meal, a gentle breeze and bright moon suddenly rushed past the window.
Sanzang called out to the two of them, "Why are you in such a hurry, fairy boy?"
Qingfeng, not bothering to wipe his sweat, forced a smile and said politely, "To be honest, my master will be returning soon, so we need to make arrangements in advance."
Mingyue forced a smile and nodded in agreement, "Exactly."
It turned out that the two of them had not yet found out the whereabouts of the ginseng fruit tree, nor could they find the thief who stole the fruit. They were really distressed and were running around in a hurry.
Unaware of the danger, Sanzang clasped his hands in greeting and said that if the opportunity arose, he would definitely thank Zhen Yuanzi in person.
The two little fairies were unsettled and gave a perfunctory reply before leaving.
Bao'e had just finished eating when she suddenly became impulsive. She rolled out of the window and grabbed the two of them, saying, "Don't go! Don't go!"
Qingfeng tugged at her sleeve: "What does Miss Zhu want us to do?"
Mingyue frowned: "Let go quickly. He and I both have mouths, and we don't speak through these sleeves."
Bao'e let go and asked, "Did you find the ginseng fruit?"
The two little fairies were greatly surprised upon hearing this. They exchanged a glance, and Qingfeng whispered to her, "Let me ask you, you said earlier that you heard about this fruit from a book, what book was it?"
Bao'e, preoccupied with the taste of the ginseng fruit, shook her head and said, "I don't remember."
Mingyue asked again, "Who wrote this? Do you remember?"
No, no.
She was a clueless simpleton, and Qingfeng and Mingyue were helpless. They could only repeatedly tell her not to talk nonsense before leaving in a hurry.
The two little fairies went straight to the ginseng fruit tree, but seeing that the tree was lush and leafy, they still couldn't find a single fruit, and they became even more anxious.
Qingfeng said, "What should we do? What should we do! Master is coming back soon. How are we going to explain this? We can't even catch a thief. He'll definitely accuse us of lying, and we might get a good beating!"
The bright moon fell straight down into the dust, tears streaming down its cheeks: "What kind of demon is this, causing such harm? It's all over, all over!"
The two of them wept incessantly, but suddenly, two thin thorns quietly sprouted from the flat, hard ground.
With a soft, almost imperceptible sound, the sharp spike suddenly pierced the two little fairies' calves, like a snake biting someone, before retracting itself in an instant.
"Ouch, that hurts!" Qingfeng scratched his leg and cursed, "What a scoundrel, choosing such a crucial time to hurt me!"
Mingyue cried out in pain, pulled up her trouser leg to look at her leg, but saw nothing.
"I got poked by a stone," he said. "Misfortunes keep piling up, sigh, sigh!"
"Let's go look for it again, first find that mischievous demon." Qingfeng took a step, then suddenly stopped.
Mingyue was about to ask him what was wrong, but she also stood frozen in place.
In an instant, it was as if a fog had flooded into the minds of the two little immortals, causing their thoughts to freeze and rendering them unable to move.
As the fog dissipated, the light in their eyes faded, and their expressions became blank.
"Found it! Found it!" Na Qingfeng cursed, "It was those pilgrims on their pilgrimage who were playing tricks and stole our treasure."
Mingyue was also furious: "What a shameless bunch of thieves! No wonder they asked for ginseng fruit as soon as they entered the temple. Brother, don't let them get away. Although we can't defeat them, we can wait for Master to come and deal with these thieves."
"Brother, you're right." Qingfeng strode over. "Go, go! Lock the door first!"
The two little fairies hurried to lock the door.
Meanwhile, the monk was engrossed in his scriptures, completely unaware of what was happening.
Sha Wujing went to herd the horses, Bao'e finished her vegetarian meal and was about to go to sleep, while Wukong, feeling bored, went to play freely in the tree.
Meanwhile, Bai Gu used a corpse-dissolving technique to escape and flee to the clouds.
Seeing that Bao'e was so heartless and had no interest in him whatsoever, he transformed himself into a young man and decided to play a trick on her.
As Bao'e was closing the door, someone outside suddenly called to her: "Female Bodhisattva, greetings."
She opened the door, only to find a gentleman as bright and clear as the moon standing outside.
The fool was instantly wide awake and said, "What do you want to ask? Come in and tell me. It's windy and cold."
The monster didn't move, but said, "My surname is Bai, and I live at the foot of White Tiger Ridge. My two children and I are here at this Taoist temple to offer incense."
Bao'e thought to herself, "Oh no, they've come looking for relatives again."
She said, “Father, you are so young, having such grown children at such a young age. What about Mother? If you want to find your relatives, you should come together. I can’t keep up with them coming one after another.”
The monster laughed at her: "You are not my children, so why are you calling me father and mother? Besides, those children were adopted, and they have no mother."
Bao'e thought it was strange; the woman clearly said that her parents had asked her to deliver vegetarian meals.
Then she remembered the jar of maggots and realized: the woman who delivered the vegetarian meal must have been a demon in disguise, and that's why she made it all up. The real Bai family daughter was probably already dead inside the demon's belly.
She couldn't help but grieve silently, saying, "Don't look anymore, your daughter was eaten by a demon. She was a good person, but unfortunately, she had a short life."
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