"It's that dog again!"
"Where?"
"By the trash can, see it?"
"I don't see it... Are you sure? I only see a rock."
"Not that rock... Too late, it already ran off."
"Look, look, the dog!"
"Where?!"
"Behind that dwarf privet bush... Look, isn't that its tail?!"
"Where, where? I don't see it!"
"...It already ran off!"
"Dog!"
"Where?"
"...Ran off."
After Zheng Qing pointed to a corner for the Nth time and swore to his companions that he had seen that dog, only for everyone else to find nothing, Xiao Xiao finally couldn't take it anymore. He grabbed the young publicly funded student's robe and signaled for him to stop.
"My neck is cramping from turning it so much." Xiao Xiao rubbed his neck, looking utterly helpless. Earlier, Zheng Qing had told him to turn his head faster, but no matter how fast he was, he couldn't beat the speed at which the dog vanished.
"Then turn faster!" Zheng Qing was helpless too. "Or do you have some suitable Detection Magic that can constantly scan the surroundings?"
"That would consume a great deal of magic power. A very, very great deal." Dr. Xiao first rejected the young publicly funded student's suggestion, then tactfully reminded him, "I don't know whether you've heard a story called 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf'... It's about a shepherd boy who was very bored, so he thought of a way to trick everyone for fun..."
"You think I'm playing tricks on you?" Zheng Qing angrily interrupted the Doctor's "story."
"My opinion isn't important." Xiao Xiao soothed the publicly funded student's anger. After a pause, he skipped over the well-known middle of the story and went straight to the ending:
"What matters is the ending... Because the shepherd boy lied to the farmers