Taking Flight

"Hey? Anyone there?"

Broken Dog's reply was: Not here, ptooey!

The facts proved that not only was no one inside, but he had also been spat on by Broken Dog's molten drool, nearly getting disfigured.

Annoyed, Huai Shi simply wrapped several loops around the dog's lousy mouth and tied it tight. He truly couldn't understand where this thing had learned all that!

Fortunately, aside from liking to chew on metal objects, the dog did not cause Huai Shi any other trouble.

The only inconvenience was that it seemed determined to bind itself to him, never straying farther than three steps away. Even when Huai Shi went to the bathroom, it would paw its way atop the stall and peer down at him.

A pair of solemn dog eyes bore witness to Huai Shi's most humiliating moments.

So furious was Huai Shi that he got it an iron blindfold and welded it shut.

By the time Huai Shi got off the Border Express, the entire carriage had nearly been eaten clean by the thing.

Standing at the door, Huai Shi hesitated, then hesitated some more.

In the end, unable to suppress the hope in his heart, he asked Marcus, "Brother, um... can your post office reimburse this?"

Then Marcus's expression became truly spectacular.

Reimburse it?

We have to reimburse this thing too?!

And would this count as travel expenses or entertainment expenses?

Yet, looking at Huai Shi's hopeful eyes, Marcus was stunned for a long while before finding himself unable to refuse. His expression twitched, and he could only nod with difficulty.

"...I... I'll do my best."

Perhaps the upper ranks of the Mercury Agency had been frightened by Huai Shi's magical tendency to cause trouble whenever he rode anything. After experiencing it firsthand, they no longer dared use airplanes to