Monster Tea Party

Chapter 5396 Literal meaning

The young scholar was hungry.

The steamed buns that were prepared were eaten by a thief.

The little thief was caught in the act, but instead of feeling embarrassed, he rolled his eyes at the man.

Really arrogant.

The young scholar shook his head.

eat first.

He is hungry.

After dinner, he went to talk to his brother and sister-in-law about the thief.

Lest they still worry about this matter.

……

The young scholar saw his brother and sister-in-law sitting in the yard.

"Brother, sister-in-law."

……

"younger brother?"

Both the woodcutter and the woman were a little surprised.

As the exam is approaching, my brother hasn’t come out at night for a long time.

What's going on today...

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"Did I bother you?"

The young scholar smiled.

……

The woman suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

"What are you doing?"

"No."

She quickly changed the subject, "How come you have time to come to the yard?"

"Did something happen?"

The woman's face showed some worry.

……

The young scholar raised his eyebrows slightly.

What happened...

He nodded.

"I really encountered something."

……

"what?"

The woman was surprised.

She was just asking casually.

.....
The woodcutter immediately stood up from his stool.

"what's up?"

He looked like he was ready to stand up for his brother at any time.

……

The young scholar smiled.

"I saw the little thief who stole the steamed buns."

……

The completely unexpected words made the woodcutter and the woman stunned for a long time before they reacted.

……

"what?!"

The woman exclaimed, "H-Have you seen that little thief?!"

really?
She waited for several days, and the woodcutter came back with his dog but still couldn't find any trace of the thief...

The young scholar actually said he saw it! ?
.....
"what happened?"

The woodcutter frowned.

"He went to your room?"

"What did he do?"

"Are you hurt?"

……

"No."

The young scholar shook his head.

"don’t worry."

The young scholar curled his lips and said, "I'm fine."

"I came here just to tell you about this."

"Sit down."

The young scholar brought over a small stool from the side.

“This is a long story…”

……

Hey?
The woodcutter and the woman looked at each other.

Then, I did as my brother said and sat down on the small stool.

Even when sitting down, their bodies lean forward slightly.

He looked at the young scholar with confusion and curiosity.

……

The young scholar thought about it for a moment.

Then he opened his mouth and spoke slowly.

But a bomb was dropped at the beginning.

"It's not a person."

……

what?
The woodcutter and the girl were stunned.

W-what?
Is he not a human being?

Does that mean that little thief did something...very outrageous?!
The woodcutter was about to get up again.

……

"Don't get me wrong."

The changes in the woodcutter and the girl's expressions made it easy for the young scholar to understand what they were thinking.

"I meant that literally."

The young scholar explained.

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literal meaning?
The woodcutter was stunned for a moment before slowly sitting back in his seat.

Is that... what he understood?

……

The woman was a little confused.

Is what my brother said true?
No, not a human?

The little thief who stole the steamed buns is not a human? How can he... not a human...

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"Correct."

The young scholar emphasized again.

"That's what it means."

"It's not a person."

"I don't know what it is..."

Speaking of this, the young scholar still felt a little annoyed.

The dark thief was right in front of him at the time, but due to the dim light, he couldn't see the other person's appearance clearly.

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"You do not know?"

The woman was surprised again.

What on earth is that?
My brother doesn’t even know?
……

The woodcutter was also a little surprised.

My younger brother reads a lot of books.

Know more than them.

It seemed like this was the first time he heard his brother say he didn’t know…

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"Ah."

The young scholar smiled bitterly.

"It's about this size..."

The young scholar gestured with his hand.

"He was all black."

"Plus, the room was dimly lit at the time, and I had just finished reading a book and didn't have time to light the oil lamp..."

“It just appeared.”

"I'm worried that if I make a big move, it will scare it away..."

Being too cautious caused him to "hold back".

As a result, the dark little thief ran away without even lighting his oil lamp.

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“…When I first saw it, I thought it was a rat.”

"I knew it wasn't the one at the second glance."

The young scholar shook his head.

"It doesn't have a long tail like a mouse."

"I want to see what it looks like,"

"But I can't see clearly..."

The young scholar smiled bitterly.

Probably because I read too many books.

His eyesight is not very good.

If it were my brother, he would be able to see clearly the dark little thief in that environment.

……

The woodcutter and the woman were a little stunned by what they heard.

"……I always thought……"

The woman was quite emotional and a little surprised, "The little thief who stole the steamed buns these days..."

“It’s not even a human.”

"No wonder..."

The woman suddenly realized.

"No wonder your brother and I couldn't find it."

"The dog didn't find it either."

"Do not."

The woman shook her head.

"Even if the dog finds it, it won't bark."

The woman reached out and rubbed the head of the approaching big dog.

"It's like if we didn't see it eating the buns with our own eyes..."

I'm afraid they don't know that the thief who stole the steamed buns is right under their noses.

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Well, speaking of this...

The woman looked at the young scholar and asked, "Did you see it stealing the buns?"

Otherwise, how can we be sure that it was this thief who stole the steamed buns?
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The young scholar nodded.

"Caught him in the act."

Thinking of the scene at that time, the young scholar couldn't help but smile.

The small body was almost hidden by the big white bun.

So when you see such a big bun disappearing quickly into the other person's mouth, the shock is quite great.

He was really a little stunned at that time.

For a moment I even worried that the other person's mouth might break because it opened too wide.

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"I feel……"

The young scholar was thoughtful

I didn’t realize it at the time, but now that I think about it…

"It saw me see it...and seemed to be stunned for a moment?"

"It has been coming and going freely for so many days, and no one has noticed it."

"You're also surprised that I saw you, right?"

……

The woman couldn't help but smile.

"How can you be so smart..."

It's just the instinctive reaction of animals when they see humans.

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“I think it’s pretty smart.”

The young scholar curled the corners of his mouth.

"Otherwise, how would you know to steal the buns?"

"And they caught our family, haha..."

……

The woman laughed again.

"Maybe because we're the only family around here?"

I know that the thief who stole the steamed buns these days is not a human, but a small animal...

The woman felt that the worries in her heart had faded away in the past few days.