When the old man saw that the speaker was a pretty young girl, his tone finally softened a little. "Miss, you don't know what that little fellow beside you did. Even the dogs we raise have to be leashed. Why shouldn't his crow be leashed?"
"Oh." Zhou Xiaotong nodded, then glanced at the black dog again. "It's over forty centimeters tall, isn't it? Shouldn't a dog like that be leashed?"
"My dog doesn't bite people," the old man replied self-righteously. Then he pointed at Feng Jun and snorted resentfully. "It was only because they meddled that the property management forced us to put it on a leash. What I don't understand is, why can this crow fly around wherever it wants?"
"Old sir, that's not very well thought out," Zhou Xiaotong said, surprisingly patient as she reasoned with him. "Dogs can cause people serious harm. Crows can't cause much harm to people."
Seeing her like this, Feng Jun could not help thinking of the first time he had met her.
This woman was not only deceptively attractive in appearance; she also handled things with great propriety, making it easy for people to trust her.
But the old man had no intention of being reasonable. "Dogs are mankind's best friends, but crows are unlucky. At my age, seeing a crow annoys me. If this crow isn't leashed, I'll probably lose two years off my life."
Zhou Xiaotong's face finally darkened. "Then, old sir, haven't you seen other crows around this scenic area?"
The old man answered righteously, "Other crows are wild. I can't control them. This one is domesticated. If he doesn't leash it, I'll find an air rifle and shoot it dead."
Zhou Xiaotong did not particularly like crows, but because of Feng Jun, she could not help extending her