Chapter 84: Two Dumbfounded Instant Noodle Lords

Entering the courtyard, Zhou Yu heard the barking of Huzi and the others, coming from near the courtyard wall. He couldn’t help but feel relieved. His biggest worry was that something had broken into the Main Spirit Gathering Array.

He switched on the big light in the yard, instantly illuminating half the courtyard. His first glance went to the not-too-distant Main Spirit Gathering Array. The Jade Dew and Immortal Flavor Fruit inside were completely intact, and the Jade Dew in the nearby Counterfeit Spirit Gathering Array was also fine.

Zhou Yu felt reassured and looked towards Huzi. He found them barking incessantly at one corner of the courtyard wall. It seemed some animal had broken in. If it were a person, they probably would have shouted for help long ago.

Having been nurtured with the Spirit Beast Pill, Dabao and Xiaobao’s abilities were greatly enhanced, nearly matching Huzi’s. Even encountering a Tibetan Mastiff, they would win steadily without loss.

He took a stick from behind the door and, with a flashlight in his other hand, headed towards that corner.

“Huzi, Dabao, Xiaobao, stop for a moment, stop barking,” Zhou Yu called out as he got closer. Huzi and the others gradually ceased their barking.

When he reached Huzi’s side, he gripped the stick tightly and shone the flashlight beam into the somewhat dark corner.

As the flashlight illuminated the corner, Zhou Yu stared at the two little creatures holding their paws high in the air and was instantly stunned. He rubbed his eyes in disbelief, took a careful look, and finally confirmed his guess.

Earlier, he thought it might be a snake, or at worst something like a weasel that had entered the yard, but he never expected it to be these two little fellows.

At this moment, the two little creatures had their paws held high, staring at them with utterly dumbfounded expressions, as if they didn’t know what was happening.

“Instant Noodle Lords, how on earth did you two get here?” Zhou Yu looked at the two little Raccoons, also feeling rather dumbfounded.

The two little creatures cornered by Huzi, Dabao, and Xiaobao were none other than the legendary Raccoons, animals known in Huaxia as Instant Noodle Lords.

The dark rings around their eyes, looking comparable to panda eyes, contrasted sharply with the adjacent white fur. Anyone could recognize these two at a glance.

Right now, these two seemed frightened. Standing in the corner, pressed tightly against the wall with their paws held high as if surrendering, Zhou Yu couldn’t help but find it amusing.

Raccoons, like giant pandas, were naturally cute creatures, looking very adorable. However, the Instant Noodle Lord wasn’t as endearingly clumsy as the giant panda; they took the trait of being ‘bratty’ to the extreme.

Zhou Yu often saw videos of Raccoons forwarded by foreign netizens on Weibo. There was even one of a family of three Raccoons fighting a nest of squirrels over food.

But this species wasn’t native to Huaxia. Zhou Yu looked at the two Raccoons still holding up their paws with confused faces, his heart filled with doubt.

These two little ones probably only a few months old, looked very clean. Could they be someone’s lost pets in Taoyuan Village? Of course, it was also possible they were pets that someone raised and later found troublesome, abandoning them here.

In some online videos, Raccoons were very bratty, stealing things for no reason and quite aggressive. But now, looking at these two surrendering by the wall, Zhou Yu couldn’t help but laugh. Perhaps these were specially bred and tamed as pets.

Just then, Zhou Yu heard a bird cry. Shining his flashlight on the courtyard wall, he saw the Golden Eagle standing there, staring intently at the two Raccoons.

A look of surprise crossed his face. He hadn’t expected the Golden Eagle, having been here for only a day, to already know how to guard the house. It was so much better than that lazy Little White Fox.

Three dogs tightly surrounding the corner on the ground, and a Golden Eagle intercepting from the air—it was like a combined-arms operation. No wonder the two tiny Instant Noodle Lords were scared stiff.

Zhou Yu thought for a moment. He couldn’t let these two stay in the corner forever. He walked to his electric bike, took out a fish from the food he brought back, and went to the corner.

He gently picked up a piece of fish meat with a chopstick and held it in front of one of the Raccoons.

The Raccoon, which was still holding up its paw in surrender, smelled the scent and quickly lowered its paw. After hesitating for a moment, it reached out a claw and took the fish meat from the chopstick.

But what surprised him was that after taking the fish meat, this Raccoon didn’t eat it all by itself. Instead, it shared it with its companion next to it.

Seeing this, Zhou Yu was somewhat moved. He handed the entire fish over. The two Raccoons didn’t hesitate anymore, pouncing on the fish and starting to eat.

“Alright, Dabao, Xiaobao, don’t guard there anymore either. Come over and eat,” Zhou Yu stood up, patted Dabao and Xiaobao’s heads, and led them back under the light. He fed them the remaining food from the electric bike.

The Golden Eagle also flew over at this time, landing not far away. Zhou Yu smiled and threw a fish over. “Almost forgot about you.”

The Golden Eagle caught the fish accurately. Placing it on the ground, it cried out towards Zhou Yu as if in thanks, then began eating heartily.

Zhou Yu sat in the courtyard, looking at the animals around him, feeling very content. With these animals for company, life had become much more colorful, and he didn’t feel lonely at all.

After a while, the two Raccoons seemed to have finished the fish. They slowly walked out of the darkness and stopped at a distance from Huzi and the others, seemingly afraid to come closer.

Zhou Yu shook his head with a smile. He decided to take in these two Instant Noodle Lords for now and inquire tomorrow if anyone had lost a pet. So, he picked up another fish and waved it towards the two little guys, signaling them to come over.

The two Raccoons hesitated for a moment, then slowly walked over. When they got near Dabao and Xiaobao, Xiaobao mischievously growled at them, scaring them so much they quickly ran to Zhou Yu’s side.

“Pfft.” Zhou Yu couldn’t help laughing. Dabao was usually quieter, but Xiaobao was very mischievous. No wonder it got stung by the Spirit Bees this morning.

While the two Raccoons ate the fish, he tried touching them with his hand. The two little ones just tensed up slightly but showed no other reaction.

They seemed completely non-aggressive, probably truly bred and tamed as pets. If someone had released or abandoned them into the wild here, they would surely die, no matter how many were set free.

One should know that the wild animals in the mountains and forests of Taoyuan Village were not vegetarians; they all ate meat.

After finishing its fish, the Golden Eagle flew back to the tree. Huzi, Dabao, and Xiaobao curiously surrounded the two Raccoons, occasionally patting them with their paws, frightening the two Raccoons so much they clutched each other tightly.

“Alright, stop playing. Everyone, go back to your beds and sleep,” Zhou Yu waved his hand, sending Huzi and the others off to bed. Then he found a small box from the room, put some old clothes in it, and placed the two Raccoons inside.