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The main issue is that the Belgian Malinois is new, and we don't know if they are carrying any viruses. Shi Wen worried that the dogs might get infected.

At dinner, Shi Wen made a deluxe dog meal again, and even showed the dogs the special treatment. The meals for Heiwa, Le Wa, An Wa included freshly squeezed milk from home, while the Belgian Malinois' meal was just plain rice and vegetables, with less meat than the other three dogs.

In front of the dogs, he took the smaller portion of food and gave it to the Belgian Malinois.

The Belgian Malinois has a big appetite, so he gave it a little extra food.

Shi Wen thought that if they quarantined the dog for two more days, the dogs at home would accept the Belgian Malinois, and then they could let it out.

To his surprise, when he went to feed the Malinois the next morning, the outer door of the old barn was open, and the barn where the Malinois had been kept was empty; the Malinois had long since disappeared.

The Belgian Malinois ran away!

It will escape!

Shi Wen.

He never imagined that the seemingly honest and loyal Belgian Malinois could actually run away from home.

Shi Wen rode his motorcycle around the ranch, worried that the Malinois might be hiding somewhere and attack the cattle and sheep when it encountered them after they went out to graze.

There are seven pregnant cows in the family. If they are attacked, they could easily miscarry.

If you attack someone else's livestock instead of your own, that would be even more troublesome.

It's currently the peak season for livestock to go into heat and conceive, and if any animal miscarries as a result, it could lead to conflict.

Shi Wen searched around but couldn't find it, and I was just about to ask in the group.

Unexpectedly, the Malinois returned at noon looking disheveled, covered in mud and grass.

"You little rascal, how could you run away?" Shi Wen led the Malinois back to the barn with the leash, patting its rump and scolding it.

The Belgian Malinois didn't dare to whimper and sat there obediently listening to the scolding, though its expression was somewhat aggrieved.

Shi Wen smacked its big head. "You're acting all wronged?! Who told you to run away?!"

Despite this, seeing the pitiful-looking Belgian Malinois, Shi Wen still prepared a large bowl of food for it.

The Belgian Malinois looked extremely hungry and began to wolf down its food.

Shi Wen looked at the Belgian Malinois and hesitated about whether to adopt it.

Although the Belgian Malinois is a working dog, it is not a traditional sheepdog. I wonder if it can adapt to the life of a sheep herder?

It may Wanderer before, and now it feels insecure and doesn't like staying in one place?

Most importantly, the family dog doesn't seem very willing to accept this big guy.

The Belgian Malinois, perhaps sensing Shi Wen's thoughts, buried its head in its food for a while, then suddenly raised its head and nuzzled against him, nudging his hand with its big head and whimpering sweetly.

Shi Wen hear its whimpering, my heart softens. I pat its head and plan to observe it for a few more days. If it doesn't work out, I'll find it a reliable adopter.

Maybe if the environment is right, it won't run away.

However, things did not go as Shi Wen imagined.

The next morning, while Shi Wen was herding livestock outside, he received a phone call from a villager.

The villagers, who were quite familiar with him, spoke without restraint, "Shi Wen, didn't you adopt that Belgian Malinois? How come it's run away again?"

Shi Wen: "Huh?"

Villager: "It's right there at the edge of the village, wandering around under the ditch."

Shi Wen quickly said, "It might have accidentally escaped. I'll go check on it."

"That's possible. Let's see how it goes. If it keeps running away, you might as well get it dealt with." The villager sighed. "It's such a big Malinois; it's not safe to let it roam outside, especially with so many little children around."

Shi Wen, "Okay! I'll go take a look right away."

Shi Wen rode his bike back to the old livestock shed to check, and found the door wide open; sure enough, the Malinois was gone again.

He quickly rode his bicycle to the village store and retrieved the Malinois that was lying in the ditch.

The Belgian Malinois also seemed dejected this time, huddling there with its head down, motionless.

Shi Wen looked at this guy and was furious. "Playing the victim won't work. Who told you to keep running away?"

Belgian Malinois: "Woof--"

"Are you still upset?" Shi Wen squatted down and poked its big head. "If you run away again next time, I won't look for you anymore. I'll let someone else take you in as Wanderer dog."

Belgian Malinois: "Woof."

The Belgian Malinois raised its head again, its eyes slightly moist, looking as if it were about to cry.

Shi Wen was scolding, he suddenly sensed something was wrong.

He always felt that something was wrong.

The Belgian Malinois was so wronged.

This big guy doesn't seem like the type to act; something's not right.

He stopped lecturing, stroked the dog's head, and decided to go outside and think about it.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped out of the livestock shed, he saw Le Wa looking unusually guilty.

Le Wa's face clearly said, "I did something bad," and she ran away as soon as she saw Shi Wen.

Shi Wen glanced at it suspiciously, momentarily wondering what it had done wrong.

He glanced back again and saw that the door to the livestock shed was wide open.

No, he remembered closing the gate when he drove the livestock out to graze that morning, so why is the gate open again?

The barn door has to be opened from the outside; a Malinois shouldn't have the ability to open it from the inside.

So here's the question.

How exactly did the Malinois manage to escape from prison one after another?

Could it be that another dog is helping it?

Shi Wen found it both unbelievable and yet vaguely certain.

His three dogs are surprisingly smart. I wouldn't say they have extremely high IQs, but they're definitely on par with four- or five-year-old children.

Given that's the case, it's not impossible that they did something.

Dogs can't talk, so interrogating them is useless.

There are several security cameras in the village; just check them out and you'll know.

With that in mind, Shi Wen decisively called the owners of the security cameras and asked them to check the surveillance footage from this morning to see if the Belgian Malinois had been captured on camera.