Journey to the West: Starting by taking Sun Wukong as my disciple!-Chapter 476 Guanghan Palace Abounds with Rabbits

After shouting for a while, Tian Peng was about to give up when the gate of Guanghan Palace creaked open from inside.

Tian Peng hurriedly poked his head out, "Fairy Chang’e, I’m really sorry to visit without prior notice."

When Chang’e opened the door and saw Tian Peng, she was startled for a moment, then shook her head. Although her makeup was exquisite and her hairstyle was in place, there was an undeniable fatigue on her face.

Seeing Chang’e look this way, Tian Peng’s heart swelled with a budding fondness for her, and he was quite distressed. He asked with concern, "What’s wrong, Fairy Chang’e? You don’t look good, two days without seeing you. Is something the matter?"

Since she had already attained immortality, she naturally wouldn’t fall ill. Apart from being busy to the point of looking unwell, Tian Peng couldn’t think of any other reason.

Chang’e, seeing Tian Peng, forced a slight smile, "It’s nothing, I am indeed a bit tired. What brings Lord Tian Peng here?" 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"Uh, our milk tea shop has had Fairy Chang’e as a daily customer since its opening, but you haven’t come at all in the past two days, so I thought something might have happened to you and wanted to ask."

Tian Peng had already thought of an excuse when he came, and now that Chang’e asked, he spoke the words he had been rehearsing in his mind on the way here.

Upon hearing Tian Peng’s reply, Chang’e was slightly surprised and said, "So many customers come to the milk tea shop every day. I didn’t expect that my two-day absence would be remembered so clearly by you, I am truly flattered, Little Immortal."

"Although I’m busy, I clearly remember what milk tea each customer orders and at what time they come every day."

Tian Peng wasn’t very familiar with Chang’e yet, and if he outright mentioned how special she was to him, it might scare her, so he continued by saying he cared about everyone, which made his concern for Chang’e seem less exceptional.

"I see," Chang’e said, looking at Tian Peng with respect in her eyes, "I really didn’t expect that. Your appearance is so deceiving, Lord Tian Peng. I thought you were a careless General, but you pay such close attention even to these trivial matters."

"Fairy, you flatter me. As a General, I must surely attend to every detail," Tian Peng replied modestly.

"You say that, but there are really not many who can actually do it," Chang’e continued to compliment.

The two talked for quite a while still standing at the door. Although there weren’t many people around, it was still not quite appropriate to talk at the entrance.

Thus, Tian Peng, holding a cup of milk tea in his hand, smiled at Chang’e and said, "Fairy Chang’e, not sure if you’re free, but I’ve brought you milk tea. It’s the kind you always order. May I come in to talk?"

Only then did Chang’e realize she hadn’t invited Tian Peng in, and quickly opened the door wider, "How rude of me, I actually forgot to ask. Please, come in."

Tian Peng followed Chang’e into Guanghan Palace.

As its name suggested, Guanghan Palace was cold and vast. As he stepped inside, Tian Peng almost thought he was still outside; it was indeed very large, with no decorations and only the echoingly empty courtyard...

Chang’e, noticing Tian Peng’s gaze, felt a bit embarrassed as she realized her place seemed somewhat modest, "My apologies for the humor, General. I live here alone and rarely have visitors, so I haven’t bothered much with the décor."

Tian Peng quickly followed up on Chang’e’s remark, "Fairy Chang’e, what are you talking about? I like this kind of place. If it were full of landscape decorations, with my size, even a narrow path would be turned into a flat road by me."

This self-deprecating comment was especially amusing. Chang’e couldn’t hold back and let out a laugh, then felt embarrassed and quickly apologized to Tian Peng, "Sorry, I haven’t heard many jokes before and couldn’t help myself just now."

Lord Tian Peng was quite candid, seeing Chang’e laugh, he couldn’t help but laugh along, "Oh my, what are you saying? I tell jokes to make people laugh, if you didn’t laugh, I wouldn’t even know what to say."

Chang’e looked down and chuckled again, "General, with your personality, you’d never leave a place feeling cold."

"Ha-ha, I’m not like this with just anyone." Tian Peng laughed heartily a few times, then asked, "Fairy, you still haven’t told me, what has been tiring you out these past days?"

In fact, it wasn’t anything major. Spring had just ended, and she had thought that she shouldn’t let her loneliness affect the Jade Rabbit, so she found a companion for it.

However, she forgot about the rabbits’ astonishing reproductive ability. Come spring, the number of rabbits in Guanghan Palace had multiplied several times over, and now she was genuinely worried about it.

"The rabbits in my palace," Chang’e sighed, "Now that it’s spring, they’ve started to multiply, and suddenly there’s so much more in the palace than before. I’m really worried about how to accommodate them all."

Lord Tian Peng was stunned for a moment, looked around, but didn’t see any rabbits. He scratched his head awkwardly, "Fairy Chang’e, I must be blind, I’ve looked all around and haven’t seen any rabbits at all. Could it be that Guanghan Palace is just too big and they’ve run off somewhere else?"

"You haven’t seen the rabbits?" Chang’e was also taken aback when she heard this.

Hearing Chang’e’s words, Tian Peng didn’t understand what she meant. "Where are the rabbits?"

Chang’e pointed at the ground covered in white, "Right here, not only here but there are a lot more in the back. Can you see them?"

Her gaze at Tian Peng was filled with puzzlement. The courtyard was clearly full of rabbits, yet Tian Peng claimed not to have seen them.

When he had entered earlier, she had expected Tian Peng to be amazed by the courtyard full of rabbits, yet surprisingly, what Tian Peng remarked on first was how vast her place was.

"So this area is full of rabbits?" Tian Peng took a closer look and finally noticed the rabbits in the courtyard.

When he first came in, he had only noticed that the courtyard was blanketed in white and had wondered how Chang’e had made it so bright. It turned out not to be a trick but rather the rabbits’ snow-white fur.

"You actually didn’t notice, that’s quite impressive," Chang’e exclaimed.

Tian Peng felt quite embarrassed. He had only been standing on the steps and hadn’t even descended yet. If he had walked down carelessly, he could have stepped on and killed several rabbits.

"I had thought there might be many rabbits in your courtyard, but I hadn’t imagined there would be this many." Tian Peng carefully descended the steps, having to kick the rabbits gently out of the way with each step to make room for himself.

Finally reaching the stone table in the yard, Tian Peng placed the milk tea on the table, "Then, Fairy Chang’e, it’s not a solution to just let all these rabbits stay in the courtyard."

Chang’e sighed, "Indeed, it’s not great. It’s a bit of a hassle no matter what you do, but I’m really out of ideas about what to do with these rabbits."

"Sigh, with so many rabbits, even dealing with them is a problem," Tian Peng said, looking at the rabbits inside the palace. "There must be over a thousand of them, right?"

Chang’e gave a wry smile, "More than that. This is just the front courtyard; there’s still the back courtyard."