Countdown to Awakening

The three followed Xiaobai.

It is not difficult to see that Xiaobai is trying his best to drag his body and stagger forward.

The three of them and the dog ran towards the hill leading to the village. There weren't many people along the way, so naturally, no one would pay attention to a dog that walked in an odd way.

Finally, Xiaobai stopped next to a slightly raised mound of earth.

Looking closely, there was no grass around the small mound, and the soil was so fresh that it looked like it was piled up by humans rather than formed naturally.

Xiaobai's body was twitching, but he didn't seem to care and just kept digging at the little pile.

"Woo...Woo...Woof..." Xiaobai's voice was almost hoarse.

None of the three had ever had a dog, so they didn't quite understand. "Could it be that it knew it didn't have much time left, so it dug a hole to bury itself?" Sun Pandi asked, frowning.

Xiaobai dug for a while and then stopped.

Its body continued to twitch, and the foam in its mouth kept increasing. Then it suddenly turned around and looked at the three people.

Xiaobai looked very impatient, his face almost distorted, but he still looked at them while jumping on the mound and making a faint "woof woof" sound.

"What does it mean? My family has never raised a dog, so I don't understand..." Zheng Haifeng looked at it, a little confused.

I just said I wanted to send it to the health center, but it didn't want to go. Now you're getting anxious?

Zheng Haifeng bent down and reached out to pick it up, but Xiaobai retreated again. It looked at the mound again, then back at the three of them. It seemed to be hinting at something.

"Let's help it dig," Zheng Haifeng said suddenly. He squatted down and dug at the small mound. The other two squatted down with him.

As they squatted down, they smelled a strange smell. They couldn't tell what it was, but it was unpleasant. They didn't pay much attention to it.

Xiaobai seemed to be relieved. His body twitched more and more severely, and the white foam in his mouth didn't just fall on his body. His eyes seemed to be slowly closing...

Then, as if time had stopped, Xiaobai closed his eyes and slowly fell down...

Qi Yuanyuan stopped digging the dirt pile after seeing this, turned around, nudged Xiaobai, and called out to it a few times. Unfortunately, there was no response.

The pile of soil was surprisingly loose and was dug up in no time.

"Ah...!" Sun Panddi exclaimed the moment the pile of earth was dug up.

Even Zheng Haifeng seemed frightened: "What's going on?"

There was nothing in the pit but three dogs that were foaming at the mouth just like Xiaobai... except that their bodies were already stiff.

"Isn't that Wangcai?!" Sun Pandi looked closely and saw Wangcai, whom Old Li had been looking for in vain!

As for the other two, they didn't recognize them.

I didn’t expect that there were several dogs buried in this lush forest…

They originally thought that Xiaobai wanted to be buried here, but now it seems that this is telling them: The Wangcai you are looking for is here!

Several people looked at each other.

"Pandi, let's go find Eunuch Li and the others," Qi Yuanyuan suggested. Zheng Haifeng agreed. After all, if two girls were left guarding here, right next to the lush green tent, it would be difficult to handle if something went wrong. As a man, he wouldn't be unable to handle anything if something happened.

……

After a while, Old Li walked towards home with tears in his eyes, holding his cold baby Wangcai.

Qi Yuanyuan and others were standing by.

None of them could understand why the usually docile and well-behaved Wangcai and Xiaobai were poisoned to death!

Xiaobai had already been buried. Eunuch Li, holding Wangcai in his arms, insisted on going to the village chief's house to seek justice.

This group of people looked very strange to others, but they were just there to watch the fun.

A man said sarcastically, "Look at this old Li. He's so concerned about a beast. Why haven't we seen him care so much about his grandson and parents?"

It seemed like his wife nudged him and reminded him, "Stop talking now! This dog was also left by his son. He only raised it for a few years before it was poisoned to death. Who would be happy about this?"

They arrived at the village chief's house in full view of everyone.

When Zhao Fu saw the commotion, he thought for a moment and knew that something big must have happened, and then he immediately called his father out.

The village chief came out with his eyes narrowed. He looked at the situation and couldn't help asking, "What's going on?"

"Village head! Please make the decision for us!" Old Li cried. Old Xue was also there, but he was calmer.

He wiped away a tear and continued, "I've raised my Wangcai for four years, and he... he was drugged! My Wangcai! The Wangcai my son bought for me... He was so well behaved, and now he's been poisoned to death! Village chief, please help me!"

Old Xue also continued, "Yes, Village Chief, my Xiaobai was poisoned to death for no apparent reason... We must find the murderer."

Fearing the village chief wouldn't do anything, Qi Yuanyuan chimed in, "Grandpa Village Chief, there's more than one dog buried in that pit. They may be animals, but they're also living beings. If nothing else, we must give their owners justice!"

The village chief didn't know what to do.

"Old Li, don't cry first." The village chief could only comfort Old Li first.

The village chief sighed and said, "This matter is difficult to investigate..." Old Li replied, "Village chief, you are the only one who can take care of this matter... You must give justice to my Wangcai!"

Old Li almost knelt down.

The other villagers discussed in low voices.

"Old Li, why are you so concerned about this little animal? Why don't you go visit your parents' graves if you have time? Why are you so nervous about a dog? Besides, if you lose this dog, you can always buy another one. Why are you crying?!"

Old Li turned back to look at the group. He stopped crying and said, "Tang's wife, what do you mean? Are you happy that my dog ​​is gone? Then I'm going to doubt you!!"

The Tang family's wife was unconvinced and said, "Hey, you old man Li, you just won't listen to anything! You deserve it! Maybe it was your dog that caused the trouble?!"

Everyone was also making a lot of noise.

"That's right. Do you think your dog is obedient? Who knows if he hurt anyone? Maybe it was your beast who started the trouble first?!" another middle-aged woman yelled.

"I don't care! I won't leave until this matter is clarified!" Old Li started to be unreasonable and he simply sat down on the ground.

"My Wangcai... my Wangcai is so well behaved... he doesn't even go out of the door, how could he be poisoned to death?! Poor my Wangcai..." As he said that, he picked up Wangcai and cried again.

The villagers had never seen Old Li like this before. He was completely different from his usual self.

How could someone cry like this over a dog?! And this guy was the usually calm old man Li? This was simply outrageous.

Another middle-aged woman said, "Old Li, why are you doing this? Look at Old Xue, why don't you just bury the dog? You're crying! Someone who doesn't know would think it's your son who died... Who cries for an animal?! Look at you, you don't even mind the dirtiness of holding this animal and crying..."

Old Li couldn't stand hearing this. He immediately retorted, "It's not a beast! It's Wangcai!"

The village chief was helpless. "Old Li, please get up first. I'll find a way to check for you."

Old Li stood up only after hearing this, but he was still muttering, "Wangcai... quickly thank the village chief..."

Old Li held Wangcai tightly in his arms. Even though its body was so stiff that it had no temperature at all, Old Li still held it tightly and refused to let go.

In his eyes, Wangcai wasn't just an animal. He was well-behaved and obedient, accompanying him to work in the fields. In his heart, he held the same status as his son. He wouldn't react to seeing people. Sometimes, he wouldn't even leave the house. He never imagined that Wangcai had been harmed by someone else!

He must find that person!