Wukong sat in meditation for many days. When the two Taoist Boys saw that the pepinos had been stolen, they naturally came to confront Tang Sanzang and refused to let him leave.
Feeling helpless, Tang Sanzang wanted to ask Wukong for help, but seeing him deep in meditation, he refrained from disturbing him. Zhu Bajie and Monk Sha, having witnessed Wukong enter his meditative state, dared not interrupt either. When Tang Sanzang accepted them as disciples, they had almost been turned into mincemeat by Wukong's staff, so they still harbored a sense of fear towards him.
Tang Sanzang inquired, "What should we do about this? You've stolen their fruit, and now they refuse to let us go, insisting on waiting for their master to return and deal with this matter justly!"
Zhu Bajie shifted the blame, "Those fruits were all thrown by Mr. Monkey, and they have nothing to do with me! Monk Sha knows as well that this was all Wukong's doing alone, it has nothing to do with us!"