"It wasn't good to eat too much."
Xiao Xiao shook his head slightly.
"Roar!"
Little Taotie loudly insisted that it was fine.
If a little food like this could make it feel unwell, it wouldn't deserve to be called a Taotie!
Xiao Xiao's fingers didn't loosen at all.
He let Little Taotie wave its paws around.
Nor had he lied to Old Master Jiang just to get him to leave.
"Careful."
The boy blinked.
The dog leash snapped—
Thinking of what he'd just seen, he gently rubbed Big Dog's belly again. "Does it hurt?"
Though Big Dog seemed a little reluctant...
The dog's wails reached his ears.
He listened carefully to the dog's cries.
Little Brother told me to sit here and wait for him...
But since it was Xiao Xiao's wish...
Even through his shoes, it hurt a lot.
Little Brother promised he'd bring Big Dog back...
"Doggy!"
"Mm."
I won't leave!
Then a phone call threw his plans into disarray.
Perhaps something else had happened too...
"It broke..."
The boy nodded vigorously.
Then Big Dog ran off, its leash broken.
With a muffled grunt, the dog went flying backward.
Then, as if remembering something, the boy clenched his fists and obediently sat down on the stone stool.
His toe hurt badly from the impact. The boy hadn't been about to cry, but when he realized he couldn't see the dog anymore, his eyes instantly reddened.
Then he fell heavily to the ground.
"Then you'll miss Big Dog."
As Little Taotie finished its meal...
After Big Dog came back.
Xiao Xiao didn't say much.
The boy looked up at Little Brother.
He held out the leash he'd just borrowed from the boy for Big Dog to see.