The daily life of the crew of "Beasts".

Chapter 175: If Feifei remains active, it's uncertain whether she'll continue to be active

"More effective than alcohol, are you really serious?" Zhan Hu became somewhat interested.

Seeing an opportunity, Feifei immediately launched into a spiel, saying things like, "Alcohol emboldens cowards, but this stuff works even better than alcohol, guaranteed to make you ten times braver." She also claimed, "This stuff is incredibly potent; one sip and you'll definitely feel like you're floating on air."

Zhanhu was completely fooled and unknowingly followed Feifei into the warehouse not far away.

Just as the two beasts went inside, a group of beasts who had been discussing their strategy came out from the side.

"Will this work?" the four-legged creature asked worriedly.

"Give it a try," Puss in Boots shrugged.

After a moment of waiting, Zhanhu's roar suddenly erupted from inside the warehouse, "My lord! Do not leave me!"

Upon hearing this, the beasts immediately rushed into the warehouse, where they found Zhanhu lying on the ground, writhing and twisting his body, his claws outstretched as if trying to grab something. His face was still covered in white powder; it was clear those catnip dealers were truly insane, ruining perfectly good catnip like this.

"Reporting, Director, mission perfectly accomplished!" Fei Fei rushed over, stood at attention, and saluted.

"Take him away to film before he's fully awake," Puss in Boots commanded with a wave of his hand.

Under the director's direction, the beasts went to great lengths to drag Zhanhu into the camera's view. Taking advantage of his unconscious state, they used a combination of coaxing and controlling catnip tricks to finally get everything ready for filming.

"3, 2, 1, Action!"

This time, Zhanhu was high on his breath and didn't hold back at all. He lifted his hind leg and said, "I'll teach you the secret to setting the target chassis. Remember the mantra: eyes, hind leg, and (beep—) three points in a straight line!"

Puss in Boots nodded in satisfaction. It seemed that Fei Fei's catnip and persuasive methods were quite effective.

"When man and woman are one, they are invincible! As the saying goes, a petty person cripples his penis, while a gentleman lays bare his balls..."

"Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!" A director's sharp, explosive voice rang out from off-set. "This won't pass censorship! Who taught you to do this?! Reshoot! Reshoot!"

Afterwards, Fei Fei stood in front of Puss in Boots, looking around nervously, not daring to meet his gaze.

"Tell me, how exactly did you fool Zhanhu?"

"I just made up a random excuse, I didn't expect him to actually use what I said."

Puss in Boots slapped his forehead, realizing he shouldn't have let Fei Fei do such a thing; now, Zhan Hu is completely ruined.

"Don't stop me, I'm going to kill her!"

A deafening roar came from not far away. The two cats turned their heads and saw a beast mountain pressing down on Zhanhu's back. Its face was ferocious and its tiger claws were deeply embedded in the ground. It was crawling towards them little by little.

Both cats were so frightened that their fur stood on end.

"Zhanhu, calm down! Come back with me first, don't do anything, don't do anything!" Rabbit Master pressed down on Zhanhu's back, with the other actors and staff on top of him.

"Godfather, calm down, mwah!"

"Calm down! Don't do it! Absolutely do not do it!"

"Don't stop me, I'm going to kill her!"

Feifei turned around, looking pitiful, weak, and helpless. "Director~ Director~ You promised to protect me."

Puss in Boots sighed and said, "Alright, alright, you can go now. It'll be hard for you to stay here and keep your spirits up."

Feifei left readily, and with his primary target of hatred gone, Zhanhu finally calmed down after being comforted.

"Alright, stop being so temperamental, let's go home." Rabbit Lord sighed helplessly, his war tiger carrying him snorting, but his body betrayed him as he quickly walked away, not wanting to stay any longer in this place where he had lost face.

Before leaving, Rabbit Lord brought the Four-Faced Beast along. War Tiger only paused slightly before leaping away. Rabbit Lord felt the beast grabbing him from behind and felt his mind wander.

"Goodbye, Godfather! Goodbye, Rabbit Lord and Four-Faced Beast!" Walnut waved goodbye, watching the three beasts disappear from sight before belatedly looking around.

The Pixiu brothers are gone, Fuzai and Xiangtai are gone, Mom and Uncle are gone, and the godfather I just met has also just left. There isn't a single familiar beast around.

He instinctively shrank back, feeling somewhat frightened.

"hello."

A deep, solemn voice suddenly sounded behind him. Walnut stiffened and swallowed hard.

He slowly turned his head, and the voice belonged to the squirrel in the film crew who looked fierce and menacing... not like a good person.

……

"Mwah mwah mwah! Waaaaaaaahhhhhh!"

Puss in Boots and Xiaohang, who were studying the script, were almost startled by the noise and hid under their chairs.

A staff member rushed over in a panic, "Something's wrong, Director/Producer! Walnut is suddenly crying!"

"Huh? Everything was fine before?" Xiaohang asked, still shaken.

"It seems she was scared to tears by the Demon King Squirrel, uh, that squirrel guy."

"Take us to see him!" When the name Puss in Boots was mentioned, he hadn't even realized it yet, but when his older brother was mentioned, he immediately remembered that this was the naturally villainous face that he had accidentally discovered.

The two beasts rushed to the scene and saw the squirrel standing aside, at a loss, while the golden and silver horns and the treasure-spitting rat were circling around the wailing walnut.

"Don't cry, Brother Squirrel isn't a bad person." Silver Horn tried to explain, but it was no use; Walnut continued to cry.

Jinjiao gritted his teeth, heartbroken, and took out various magical treasures. "Look, I have so many toys here. I'll give you one so you won't cry anymore, okay?" As he spoke, he took out a hammer-shaped magical treasure. "Meow Meow Hammer, grant me power!"

With a deafening roar, lightning descended from the sky, instantly crackling with lightning on the Meow Hammer in Golden Horn's hand, like dancing silver snakes. "Look, isn't it cool?"

"Waaaaah! How scary! Walnut has a mom!" Walnut was startled by the thunder and instantly bristled with fur, crying even louder.

"Brother, what are you doing with that?! Felines are afraid of lightning!" This was Silver Horn's roar.

"Little brother, don't cry, sister... sister will show you a special skill!" The treasure-spitting mouse was also outrageous. She spat out the pearls and saw that the walnuts were unmoved. So she made a decision and spat out a few more and performed acrobatics on the spot. The colorful pearls seemed to be controlled by an invisible hand and fluttered around.

Puss in Boots, who rushed over, was stunned. She knew that the actors she recruited were sometimes abstract, but she didn't expect them to be this abstract. This was even more exciting than the script she wrote.

After struggling for a while, they still couldn't soothe Walnut, the crybaby, until Feifei brought a boxed lunch from the village and casually stuffed a chicken leg into his mouth.

In the blink of an eye, Walnut stopped crying and started eating the chicken leg with relish.

After trying to coax them for a long time without any success, the beasts were in a bit of a pain.

"Is it really that easy?" Puss in Boots twitched his lips.

“Yes.” Fei Fei nodded matter-of-factly, then her eyes lit up and she smiled, “How about this, I’ll keep an eye on him until his parents come to pick him up?”

Puss in Boots was taken aback, but considering that she seemed to be the only one in the crew with some experience, she agreed.

……

After lunch,

Oleanders come to pick up walnuts to go to school, two mondo trees look like a film crew's senior class, don't take the car and leave.

"Walnut, what's wrong?" Oleander asked, puzzled. She noticed that her nephew's hair was slightly disheveled and his expression seemed off.

"Mmm... Mmm... There was this older sister on set..." Walnut stammered, "She... she gave me some catnip, licked my fur and massaged me, and even taught me a new way to play house..."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but overlap Fei Fei's figure with Bai Jie in his dream, feeling that the two were so alike.

Back on set, after the two Mongooses left, Puss in Boots called a group of actors to start preparing for the next scene.

Next, we'll be filming the scene where the squirrel brother asks for leave to go home and handle his father's funeral.

His family members all rushed over to act as extras, and the father of the main figure in the funeral, Brother Squirrel, personally delivered the portrait.

Everything is ready, filming begins.

The eldest squirrel handed a leave slip to the treasure-spitting rat, and when asked why he was taking leave, he said he was going home to hold his father's funeral.

"Ah? Then Brother Squirrel will become an orphan?" Silver Horn exclaimed in surprise, trembling.

"Uh...not an orphan." The squirrel brother was speechless for a moment, then raised his hand and pressed down on Silver Horn's head. "Little Silver, do you want to come to the funeral?"

"Huh? A funeral?" Silver Horn was slightly taken aback and slowly raised his head. The cameraman stepped forward at the right time and gave a close-up shot. In the shot, Silver Horn's eyes vaguely reflected the figure of Brother Squirrel.

"Cut!" Puss in Boots shouted into the script.

Soon they moved on to the next scene. This time, the actors didn't have much to do; it was mostly the extras. However, the acting skills of the squirrel brother's relatives varied greatly. After working for more than two hours, it was almost dark when they finished filming.

"Keep it up, just one last shot. We'll call it a day after this." Puss in Boots encouraged, glancing at the sky.

There's another scene where Golden Horn and Silver Horn help the squirrel family make an elixir of immortality, but judging from the time, there won't be time to film that today.

The cameras were in place, and the main actors took their positions. Puss in Boots waved his hand and shouted, "Action!"

"Waaaaah, no one will care about Brother Squirrel anymore." Silver Horn covered his face and sobbed. Brother Squirrel gently stroked his head, "Don't cry, life and death are predestined, try to accept it."

Silverhorn opened his eyes, his vision blurred with tears, and saw the figure of Squirrel Brother through his blurry vision. "Besides... Dad is already five years old, so it's a happy death..."

"Huh?" The three divine beasts simultaneously froze.

"Sigh~ I'm two and a half years old now, the rat has reached middle age."

"Huh!?" The three divine beasts were completely dumbfounded.

Golden Horn: 1,800 years old.

Silver Horn: 1,800 years old.

Treasure-spitting rat: Age unknown.

"Pass!"

……

As dusk fell, the two brothers, Jin and Yin, walked home together. Yin Jiao, remembering what they had acted out, couldn't help but feel worried. "Brother, you said that squirrels in the mortal world have such short lifespans, it can't really be like what we acted out..."

"It's alright, little brother." Golden Horn patted his brother's shoulder optimistically. "At worst, we can really make a few longevity pills for Brother Squirrel. If that doesn't work, we can ask Di Ting not to give him Meng Po soup, and then go to the underworld to find him."

Silver Horn paused for a moment, then nodded vigorously, "Yes, yes, brother is right!"