Chapter 1583 Jade Business (1/2)

This was the surprise that Li Du had prepared for Victoria: walking jack-o'-lanterns.

”You underestimate these jack-o'-lanterns. Not only can they walk on their own, but they can also run and even jump on their own. Ah Bai, jump for us,” Li Du said excitedly.

The group of them stared with their eyes wide, then turned to gaze at one another. Ah Meow, Ah Ow, Ah Bai, Ah Meng, and Crispy Noodles were very evidently dejected. They might as well have been shaking their butts in front of a camera, honestly. That might cost them their dignity, but what they were doing here cost them both their dignity and their freedom.

Victoria was elated once she got over her shock, and she started waving to the little guys. ”Ah Meow, Ah Ow, come here, you guys. Trick or treat, trick or treat!”

The little ones were wearing the pumpkins that Li Du had carved earlier in the day; Ah Bai was wearing a long one while the rest of them wore rounded pumpkins. The pumpkins had openings and the insides were decorated with colored lights. When the lights were on, the pumpkins looked like Halloween jack-o'-lanterns.

Of course, because the little guys were wearing the pumpkins, they shifted with every step they took. Ali stood by the side, pleased with himself; he was not involved in this at all. Ali was the only one who was not wearing a pumpkin because his body shape was too weird to fit into one — even Ah Fei's claws had two tiny jack-o'-lanterns attached to them.

Li Du pushed Ah Meow forward. ”Go on, go. Hurry now, Victoria's calling for you guys.”

”Meow, meow,” Ah Meow called out twice, disgruntled. Ah Meow trudged towards Victoria unwillingly. Hampered by its outfit, it could not sashay as it usually did and ended up looking a little clumsy as it trotted forward.

Halloween was a huge festival in Santa Monica; kids started knocking on their doors the moment night fell. Because the main gate to the manor was quite some distance from the house, there were many dogs roaming the area. Li Du was worried the dogs might scare the children, so he waited with Sophie at the main gate.

Two kids rode up to the mansion on their bicycles. The two — one dressed up as Batman and the other as a Dokuro — ran up to the door, hands stretched out towards the knocker. At this time, a pair of eyes and a mouth on the knocker opened. The mouth spoke, ”Hey, brats, what are you doing?”

The two kids were spooked. Why did this door have a face, and why was it speaking? They did not want the candy anymore and ran away trembling.

Li Du looked at Brother Wolf, who was all over the door, laughing uproariously. ”What do you think you're doing?”

The manor itself had a huge iron gate. Now one of its doors was sealed off with wooden planks and there was a metal knocker installed on it. Visitors could use the metal knocker and the sound of it hitting against the wood of the door planks would serve as a doorbell.

The two kids ran straight for the metal knocker, only to find it was mounted on a person's face. This person was Brother Wolf, who had his entire body wedged in close to the door. He crammed his head into the hold in the door planks and had his face painted the same shade of copper as the metal knocker and the wooden planks.

Brother Wolf said helplessly, ”I promised Elena that I'd surprise her, and this is my Halloween costume.”

Sophie burst into laughter. ”Oh my, this is too good. Brother Wolf, I really respect you. A father's love is truly a force to be reckoned with.”

Brother Wolf's idea was actually quite innovative. The kids had never seen such a Halloween costume before so initially, they were frightened. However, after word got out, more and more of them came over to knock on the door to tease Brother Wolf.

Every time the man spoke like a villain, the kids would giggle as they dispersed. There was a kid dressed as Aquaman, who shot at Brother Wolf with his water gun. The other children watched him and, seeing that it was fun, used the water gun as well. However, the kids took it a little too far. Initially, their water gun had been loaded with ordinary, warm water, but when they ran out of water they had been too lazy to run home to refill it, so the boys got resourceful and simply peed into the gun…

”D*mn, thank god it's just children's piss!” Brother Wolf scrubbed at his face vigorously.