Journey to the West: Starting by taking Sun Wukong as my disciple!-Chapter 623 - 622 Tian Peng is Caught

"If you ask me, I think the shopkeeper has also caught feelings. We know too well what he’s usually like—lofty and unreachable, even for immortals. But now..."

Sun Wukong glanced sideways and saw that Chen Nuo had returned. He had just been choked off by Chen Nuo, and he certainly wasn’t willing to take the blame alone, still looking to drag Tian Peng into the water.

Pretending not to see Chen Nuo, he asked Tian Peng, "What’s happening now?"

"What’s happening? Mr. Monkey, please don’t tell me you didn’t notice. Just because of a little thing, the shopkeeper couldn’t think of a solution. Who would believe that he genuinely didn’t come up with one?" Tian Peng said more and more excitedly, raising his voice in the process.

"Then why is that?"

"What else could it be? He definitely wanted to speak a few more words with Goddess Nuwa. Look at them arguing just now—so engrossed that they were unaware of anyone else, not minding others’ feelings."

"If you ask me, on the surface, the shopkeeper was arguing with Goddess Nuwa, but actually, inside, heh heh."

After Tian Peng finished speaking, he laughed to himself. Then he heard Sun Wukong laugh as he looked at him and said, "What about on the inside?"

"On the inside? Who knows how head over heels he was feeling, certainly finding Goddess Nuwa’s expressions very interesting. Anyways, if I were the shopkeeper, I would definitely do the same. The shopkeeper truly deserves his title, even flirting in such a sophisticated manner."

"You speak so highly of it, why don’t we swap then?"

"What’re you talking about, Mr. Monkey? If I were to swap, it would be with the shopkeeper, not you. From a reserve disciple to a senior disciple? Boring."

Tian Peng was completely engrossed in his talk and didn’t notice that the person speaking with him had changed from Sun Wukong to Chen Nuo.

The next moment, Tian Peng felt something was off. Sun Wukong hadn’t moved his lips when he spoke just now. What was going on?

Could it be that Sun Wukong had secretly mastered some divine skill behind his back?

"Mr. Monkey, what’s this about? I just noticed you didn’t even open your mouth. When did you learn this divine skill, and you didn’t even tell me? That’s really not cool."

Sun Wukong was still smiling.

A voice came from behind him, "Of course his mouth isn’t moving because the person speaking to you is me."

After hearing the voice, Tian Peng stiffened, turning his head slowly and indeed seeing Chen Nuo standing behind him.

Chen Nuo had come over without him noticing. They were talking sidelong in the shop.

The space Tian Peng had his back to was in the direction of the back mountain of Chaos Residence. The first to have seen Chen Nuo coming would have been Sun Wukong, but Sun Wukong didn’t inform him.

Tian Peng looked at Sun Wukong with eyes full of resentment, "Mr. Monkey, how come you didn’t tell me when the shopkeeper came by? I could have helped the shopkeeper carry something."

"Enough, we’re not in the mortal world. If I had something, it definitely would have been in my Silken Pouch. Do I need you to carry things for me?" said Chen Nuo.

Tian Peng pursed his lips as if he suddenly remembered something. "Oh dear, look at this head of mine, I totally forgot that. Shopkeeper, what brings you here now?"

Chen Nuo smiled lightly, his expression indistinguishable between anger and his usual demeanor, "What brings me here? Don’t you know?"

If it weren’t for the small space behind the milk tea shop’s counter, Tian Peng would probably have knelt down right then.

"Ah, shopkeeper, I honestly didn’t mean to talk behind your back. I’m just a blabbermouth. Please forgive me this once, I won’t dare to do it again."

Sun Wukong watched with amusement, thinking this was just how it should be. When he was being scolded just before, Tian Peng hadn’t helped him out. So, it was only fair that Tian Peng should get a taste of it too.

He tried to hold back his laughter, his shoulders shaking uncontrollably, almost suffocating himself. He could only cough quietly, and turned to pretend to tidy up the table.

As he tidied, he also sneakily glanced over at Chen Nuo, not expecting to catch his gaze exactly at that moment.

The next moment, Sun Wukong straightened up and turned to look at Tian Peng, "It’s not that I’m blaming you, Tian Peng, but you really are too bold. You think you can talk about anyone, you’re lucky you haven’t taken a master yet. At most, you’re just gossiping about the boss. The day you take a master, your fault would be much greater. Disrespecting your elders is a serious taboo."

Tian Peng looked up at Sun Wukong with disbelief, "Mr. Monkey, what are you talking about? You were the one who started it just now, how could you blame me? Shopkeeper, this is so unfair!"

Sun Wukong of course refused to take the blame. After all, Chen Nuo definitely hadn’t heard what he had said, only what Tian Peng had said, so even if he denied responsibility, it would be fine because Tian Peng was the one caught red-handed, not him.

"You, always pushing your mistakes onto others when you’re clearly at fault. How innocent I am."

Chen Nuo glanced at Sun Wukong, then at the wronged Tian Peng, and immediately understood what was going on.

Being the honest one, especially compared to Sun Wukong, Tian Peng certainly wouldn’t lie. Perhaps both had been scheming behind his back, with Sun Wukong likely having started it.

Sun Wukong felt Chen Nuo’s scrutinizing gaze and acted as if he knew nothing.

Despite feeling a bit guilty, he was certain that Chen Nuo hadn’t heard him speaking before, and as long as he stuck to his story, it would be okay.

Getting scolded by Chen Nuo was the most he could expect from this, and Sun Wukong didn’t feel the slightest bit burdened by that prospect.

"Shopkeeper, it really wasn’t me who said it first." Tian Peng continued to plead, "It was Mr. Monkey who started talking about you first. He’s trying to accuse me before I can accuse him, you can’t believe him!"

"What are you so nervous about," Chen Nuo said. He took the small lobsters he had just caught from the Silken Pouch and placed them on the ground, "Did I say I would punish you for your crime?"

"No, I..." Tian Peng paused, seeing the small lobsters on the ground without understanding what that meant, but still finished his earlier uncompleted sentence, "I’m not nervous, I’m just explaining."

"Your explanations are useless since I heard everything." 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Chen Nuo chuckled briefly and pointed towards the small lobsters on the ground, "Go deal with these small lobsters, and I won’t charge you with any offense."

"Really?" Tian Peng didn’t expect Chen Nuo would actually not punish him.

"Why do I get the feeling you’re almost looking forward to me punishing you?" Chen Nuo asked.

Tian Peng hurriedly shook his head, "No, no, I don’t have a masochistic streak, shopkeeper. Just wait, I’ll get those small lobsters sorted out right away."

After speaking, Tian Peng gave Sun Wukong a resentful look and then carried the small lobsters to keep up with Chen Nuo.

There were a lot of small lobsters, even more than the previous ones combined. It really wasn’t a quick task to deal with them.

When he finished, Tian Peng wiped the sweat from his forehead, washed his hands clean, and came out to say to Chen Nuo, who was drinking tea under the tree, "Shopkeeper, I’ve dealt with the small lobsters."

Chen Nuo nodded and waved his hand at Tian Peng to send him to the milk tea shop.

He had already listed the small lobsters on the takeaway machine and changed their thumbnail to a more eye-catching color. He believed orders would start coming in for the small lobsters soon.