Xiao Xiao still hadn't figured out...
how he was going to explain to them...
why a stranger with no connection to the homeowner wanted to look inside this house...
He'd have to improvise.
Maybe he could just say he was here to see the black dog?
Xiao Xiao's ears twitched.
He knocked on the door several times in a row.
He didn't hear anyone answer.
He thought he heard...
a few barks?
They weren't loud.
They sounded a little fierce.
Of course.
But the dog's weak voice took much of the force out of its growls.
Xiao Xiao thought for a moment.
"Excuse me."
Xiao Xiao went inside.
Seeing this, Cong Cong let out a sigh of relief.
It had almost gone ahead and dragged the human inside itself.
Why was he dragging his feet?
Cong Cong started moving again.
Soon, Xiao Xiao saw the one Cong Cong had asked him to help.
A black dog.
The black dog was quite large.
But it was also terribly thin.
Its sharply defined bones showed through its skin, their edges alarmingly prominent and...
fragile.
The black dog lay on a soft mat.
It seemed to be asleep.
A gloomy air hung around it.
This was an old dog.
Xiao Xiao noticed a scar over the black dog's left eye.
With its eyes closed, the scar wasn't all that noticeable.
It had clearly been there for a long time.
Though it had never healed completely, the mark had faded considerably over the years.
Cong Cong reached out a paw and gently nudged the black dog.
Only after several nudges did the black dog seem to stir.
It slowly opened its eyes.
The first thing it saw...
wasn't Cong Cong beside it.
It