A pack of dogs surrounded Huang in the middle, chattering away. Jiang Mian stood watching from afar and let out a soft sigh.
It seemed that her Huang could make a bunch of dog friends wherever it went.
Actually, she missed the dogs in Dongli Town quite a bit. Before, she thought those dogs were extremely fierce and didn't dare to provoke them easily. Who would have thought that in the end, those dogs had also contributed a lot to saving the people of Dongli Town.
It was a pity that this time, in order to escort Xiao Jingcheng back to the capital, she couldn't take them along. Otherwise, she really wanted to raise all those dogs and give them a home where they could shelter from the wind and rain.
She wondered when she would be able to return to Dongli Town.
Reminded by Xiao Jingcheng, Huang noticed Jiang Mian's arrival. Immediately, it left the dogs in Jiaowei Village and wagged its tail as it pounced towards Jiang Mian.
Huang hadn't been able to get close to Jiang Mian in its own body for a long time, so it was extremely enthusiastic. Jiang Mian could hardly handle it.
"Huang, what's wrong with you? We've only been apart for a short while. Why do you act like we've been separated for ages?" She complained with a smile while dodging Huang's tongue. It didn't take long for Huang to calm down.
Jiang Mian's arrival didn't make the dogs in Jiaowei Village disperse. They scattered around, looking at the interaction between Jiang Mian and Huang enviously, their tails wagging behind them.
Jiang Mian naturally noticed them too. She rubbed Huang's head and said with a smile, "I was just wondering why you were so well - behaved in the house and suddenly insisted on going out. It turns out you've made good friends here."
Huang barked twice loudly in response, then murmured something to the other dogs, and the dogs in Jiaowei Village all dispersed.
Jiang Mian didn't pay too much attention. She said with a smile, "Come on, let's go and see Father, Mother, and Big Brother and Second Brother."
Jiang Mian first went to check on the place where Li Zhao and Jiang Zhiqing were staying. After greeting the family who had taken them in, she then headed to the place where Mo Zhizhang and Xiao Jingcheng were.
Mo Zhizhang was standing in the yard, holding a handful of millet and feeding the chickens in the yard.
When he saw Jiang Mian, his eyes instinctively glanced at the yellow dog behind her. The yellow dog had been happily wagging its tail and sticking out its tongue. But when it met his gaze, it stopped in its tracks and instinctively tucked its tail and hid behind Jiang Mian.
Mo Zhizhang:?
Wasn't it charging at him menacingly just now, trying to bite him?
Inside the yellow dog's body, Xiao Jingcheng was also angry: [What are you being so timid for? If you act like this, he'll be even more suspicious of me... of you!]
Huang whispered: [H - Huang doesn't know why, but it's scared.]
It wasn't Huang's fault for being scared. Mo Zhizhang seemed gentle and polite, a real gentleman with a constant smile on his face. But his martial arts were unfathomably profound, and his lightness skill was as ghostly and unpredictable as a specter. His personality was also somewhat erratic. Huang, a simple - minded dog, couldn't handle him.
But knowing that Mo Zhizhang was already starting to suspect him, Xiao Jingcheng couldn't switch bodies with Huang at this moment. Otherwise, with Mo Zhizhang's sharpness, he would surely make a fuss about it. If Jiang Mian found out, that would be bad.
[Don't be scared. With Jiang Mian here, he won't do anything to you.]
Jiang Mian also noticed Huang hiding behind her. She was a bit surprised and said, "What's wrong with Huang? Why does it hide when it sees Second Brother?"
Mo Zhizhang let out an ambiguous laugh and said, "Oh, maybe it did something bad just now."
Jiang Mian asked curiously, "What bad thing did it do?"
Mo Zhizhang keenly noticed that Jiang Mian had changed her clothes, and the ends of her hair were a bit damp. He thought that she must have taken a bath just now, so he instinctively averted his eyes and didn't dare to look too much. He said, "It suddenly went crazy just now. It pounced into my room and tried to bite me. Then it chased the chickens of this family and ruined the straw stacked in the yard."
He mercilessly exposed Huang's "heroic deeds" just now.
Hearing this, Jiang Mian put her hands on her hips and turned around to glare at Huang. "Good for you! I was just wondering why you were so enthusiastic when you saw me. It turns out you did something wrong and wanted to curry favor with me!"
Huang whined and gently bit the corner of her skirt, flattening its ears back, looking like it was being coquettish.
Jiang Mian snorted, "Being coquettish won't work. You're not getting any meat tonight!"
Feeling guilty, Jiang Mian took Huang to find the old woman of this family and sincerely apologized, "I'm sorry, Granny. I didn't watch my Huang well. It caused you trouble just now. Here are twenty copper coins. Consider it my apology."
The old woman had been out of breath from chasing the yellow dog with a broom just now. But seeing that Jiang Mian had given her twenty copper coins, she generously accepted Jiang Mian's apology. "Dogs are naughty. It's their nature, but they still need to be well - disciplined. You're going to the town in the future. If the dog scares others and causes a lawsuit, that won't be good."
Mo Zhizhang glanced at Huang, which was obediently squatting beside Jiang Mian, and said with a smile, "The old lady is right. Dogs still need to be well 'disciplined'."
He especially emphasized the word "disciplined".
Huang looked at him with a pair of big, innocent eyes, as if it didn't understand his implied meaning at all.
Inside the yellow dog's body, Xiao Jingcheng's alarm bells were ringing.
[Wait, what does this guy surnamed Mo want to do?]
After apologizing, Mo Zhizhang said to Jiang Mian, "Actually, even if you didn't come to find me, I was going to look for you. Big Brother suddenly started having a nosebleed for no reason just now."
"Really?!" Jiang Mian was shocked. Immediately, she lifted her skirt and walked towards their room.
As soon as she entered the door, she saw Xiao Jingcheng lying motionless on the bed, and the two obvious dried bloodstains on his face.
Why would he suddenly have a nosebleed for no reason?
Could it be that his soul had been away from his body for too long, and there were some after - effects?
Jiang Mian was worried. Immediately, she sat on the edge of the bed and grabbed Xiao Jingcheng's wrist to feel his pulse.
Mo Zhizhang stood calmly beside them, watching her feel Xiao Jingcheng's pulse, and then looked at the yellow dog at the end of the bed.
Huang instinctively shivered. Encouraged by Xiao Jingcheng's somewhat angry voice inside its body, it bared its teeth "ferociously" at Mo Zhizhang.
Just as Mo Zhizhang was about to say something, Jiang Mian let out an "eh" and frowned.
"His pulse is steady, and his qi and blood are abundant. He doesn't seem to be ill. Why would he suddenly have a nosebleed?"
"Or is it that I'm not skilled enough and can't detect anything abnormal from his pulse?"
She turned to look at Mo Zhizhang, looking like she was seeking the truth. "Uncle, why don't you take a look?"
It's Second Brother when she needs help, and Uncle when she doesn't. She really draws a clear line.
Mo Zhizhang couldn't help but wonder if it were him lying here today, would she also be worried and feel his pulse?
Suppressing the thoughts constantly popping up in his mind, he sat in the position where Jiang Mian had just been sitting and, right in front of the yellow dog, openly held Xiao Jingcheng's wrist.