Chapter 87 - Chapter 87: Chapter 87: Midnight Hungry Thief (1/2)
Chapter 87: Chapter 87: Midnight Hungry Thief
Translator: 549690339
After the banquet, Lin Jing’s life once again settled down into tranquility.
Unknowingly, the weather turned cooler, and as the autumn days passed by one after another, the flowers and plants in Lin Jing’s courtyard changed from lush green to withered yellow, including that flourishing weeping willow that lost its leaves day by day…
Until over three months later, when winter came once again, dressing the earth in silvery white and covering it with a snow-white quilt.
That morning, Lin Jing had just finished refining Elixir Medicine and came out of the System Space, stretching himself lazily outside the house.
Looking at the snow-covered ground, he noticed that the fish pond had also frozen over with a thin layer of ice, yet the fish inside swam about as if nothing was amiss.
It was then that Lin Jing, as if suddenly feeling something, abruptly looked up at the sky.
A dark shadow appeared in the distance, flying towards this direction, getting closer and closer.
Finally, the shadow landed not far away, in Huang Qingling’s courtyard.
The dark shadow was none other than Little Sparrow, but what puzzled Lin Jing was why, today of all days, it had gone out during daylight. “Could it be that something happened? It shouldn’t be that greedy, right?”
Thinking about the recent events, Lin Jing couldn’t help but murmur to himself.
Lately, Little Sparrow had been causing quite a bit of trouble in Fang Market.
Ever since that talk with it, Drunken Immortal Pavilion started experiencing theft the very next day, losing nothing but some prepared ingredients.
Since these items weren’t of much value, no one paid much attention at first.
Only when more items went missing did people start to become vigilant.
So, after going out one night, Little Sparrow returned very early; no one knew what had happened that night at Drunken Immortal Pavilion.
Since then, Little Sparrow hadn’t visited Drunken Immortal Pavilion again.
And since no one came looking for trouble with Little Sparrow, Lin Jing stopped paying attention to the matter.
Little Sparrow had been relatively well-behaved for a while.
However, before long, it started up again.
This time, it didn’t target Drunken Immortal Pavilion but began to raid other pubs and restaurants within Fang Market.
Soon, rumors of a night-time hungry thief spread throughout Fang Market because Little Sparrow was too fast for anyone lying in wait to catch.
As a result, Little visibly gained weight during this period.
While was lost in thought. “Knock, knock, knock”
A sequence of knocks on the door echoed.
Lin Jing walked over and opened the courtyard door.
There stood Huang Qingling, fuming at the entrance, but Little Sparrow was nowhere to be seen on her shoulder.
“Hmph…”
“I’m so angry…”
Huang Qingling stood with a face full of anger, holding a bright red, glossy apple and viciously took a bite.
Then, while munching, she walked into the courtyard, and when she reached Lin Jing’s side, she seemed to pull out another equally red apple from nowhere and placed it in Lin Jing’s hand.
“What’s wrong, Daoist Qing Ling?”
“Who’s upset you today?” Lin Jing asked, puzzled.
“Who else could it be but that Little Sparrow…”
As Huang Qingling said this, her mouth was puffed out in annoyance, looking very endearing.
However, Lin Jing felt guilty inside and couldn’t bring himself to look.
“Could it have been exposed?” Lin Jing couldn’t help thinking to himself.
Then, Lin Jing tentatively probed:
“What’s happened to Little Sparrow again? Wasn’t it always fine? Look, it’s even put on weight recently, and that’s all thanks to you, Daoist Qing Ling.”
“Haha…” Huang Qingling let out a cold laugh.
“How could it not get fat?”
“I only found out today that the infamous late-night hungry thief rumored in Fang Market was none other than Little Sparrow.”
“No wonder no one can ever catch it; with its speed, unless a Golden Core Immortal makes a move, who could possibly catch it?”