The donkey had learned its lesson and grown smarter. Perhaps it had finally understood the darkness and evils present in this world after Wang Baole's repeated thrashings and scoldings. It had no choice but to shed its original naivety and learn to be cunning.
It learned to conceal itself, to sneak up on others, to wait patiently for the perfect ambush…
Like what it was doing now. After the food had appeared and it had discovered it, the donkey had become so excited it had started to tremble. But it had worried that it would frighten its food off. That was why it had hidden itself and concealed its tracks. After racing out of the Eternal Fortress, it had predicted that the food would come after Wang Baole. That was why it had practiced patience and quietly hid in a corner. It hadn't even dared to blink.