When Winston and Muir walked out of the boutique with the sugarcanes on their shoulders, the pedestrians outside automatically gave way and stared at them curiously.
Bai Qingqing couldnât resist laughing. She turned her head and said to Parker, âDonât you find it familiar?â
Parkerâs eyes rolled around, and he nodded. He held her hand and suddenly started singing as though he had gone crazy: âDeng deng deng deng deng deng deng deng deng, deng deng deng deng deng deng deng deng deng...â
Parker started singing the classic theme song of âJourney to the West[1]â.
Bai Qingqing: â...â
The onlookers started sizing him up with weird gazes. Bai Qingqing ferociously glared at him.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
So embarrassing. How she wished she could pretend she didnât know this fellow!
Having no self-awareness at all, Parker continued singing. âYou carry the load~ Iâll lead the horse~â
As he sang the line âIâll lead the horseâ, Parker even cast a deliberate glance at her.
âGo and die!â Bai Qingqing kicked his butt.
Winston and Muirâs countenances instantly turned awful. Was Parker implying they were Pigsy and Sha Wujing[2]?
Curtisâs mouth also twitched.
Parker held a hand to his butt and ran a few steps away, then turned around and mimicked a monkey scratching his butt. âDe! Iâm the Great Sage Equalling Heaven, Monkey King[3]. Demon! Watch my rod!â
As he spoke, Parker pounced at Bai Qingqing and raised his arms, assuming a posture of swinging down the rod.
Having grown up in the beastmen world, Parker had been around animals his entire life. He did an excellent mimicry of a monkey. Though it was entirely different from the original Monkey King, it wasnât inferior at all. The audience was surprised at how good he was.
Bai Qingqing fled by reflex and hid behind Curtis, successfully avoiding his blow.
The onlookers roared with laughter and nearly mistook them for street performers.
Hearing the laughter from all directions, Bai Qingqing couldnât bear to look at them. She bumped her head against Curtisâs back and said, âSo dumb. I donât want to be around him. Letâs hurry up and leave.â
Curtis held back a chuckle and nodded, then held her hand and strode away.
Winston and Muir also quickened their pace.
Once Bai Qingqing left, Parkerâs cheeky manner was immediately kept away and went back to being a tall and aloof handsome man. He completely ignored the friendly attempts of women hitting on him, pouted, and started giving chase.
Due to the huge contrast, the onlookers were dazed.
Bai Qingqing found a restaurant whose signature dish was âRoast Suckling Pigâ and asked for a big private room. When Parker hurriedly caught up to them, Curtis was seated on Bai Qingqingâs left, and the seat on her right was vacant. The minute Parker came he dashed straight for the seat on her right.
âGo away. Itâs too humiliating being next to you.â Bai Qingqing shoved him away with a look of disdain before the latter managed to sit down.
Then, the seat that Parker had set his sights on was snatched away by Winston.
Parker froze, for it had never occurred to him that even Winston would snatch away his seat. Alarm bells went off in his head.
Parker sat down opposite of Bai Qingqing, and the minute he looked up, he saw her rolling her eyes at him. He touched his nose in embarrassment and said, âI couldnât help myself. The similarity was too shocking.â
Bai Qingqing said with a smile, âYouâve already become an Internet celebrity. Still not toning it down?â
She absolutely wouldnât admit that she herself had also hummed that classic song in her heart earlier. In fact, even before Parker started singing out loud. Strictly speaking, she was actually the one who reminded him.
Parker sat there with an expression of one being lectured. After Bai Qingqing finished speaking, he licked his lips and asked, âWhat food is there? Iâm famished.â
âRoast suckling pig. One each. It should be enough to satisfy your hunger for now. If you guys are still not full, we can go to another restaurant.â Bai Qingqing started feeling gluttonish as she spoke.
[1] a Chinese mythology TV series adapted from the classic novel with the same title
[2] the second and third disciple of Monk Tang
[3] Monk Tangâs eldest disciple