Elixir Supplier

Chapter 118

When he returned home, it was already close to dusk. That day, apart from the annoying matter, he had done nothing else.

"How's Senior Jianrong?" when he was home, his mother asked concernedly.

"Mom, how did you know?" Wang Yao heard her. He was surprised; he had told no one in the family and only talked about his own matters.

"I heard it from the villagers," Zhang Xiuying replied. The village was like that. A matter would spread like wildfire, let alone big news like this.

On one hand, Wang Fenghua's family had a good reputation in the village. On the other hand, Wang Jianrong's family, specifically his son's reputation in the village was lousy. In fact, he was shameless. When people in the village heard of the matter, they went to Wang Yao's home and told his mother.

"Nothing much. Some check-ups were done today, and no problems were discovered. He's hospitalized now," Wang Yao commented.

"Since there's nothing wrong, why was he hospitalized?" Zhang Xiuying heard his words and was shocked.

"They were worried and wanted to have him hospitalized for further observation," said Wang Yao.

"Why don't you take me and your father to see him tomorrow?"

"There's no need," Wang Yao said. At the moment he was quite disgusted by this family. If his parents were to visit, it would give them further credence, and they would probably behave more shamelessly and anger his parents.

Zhang Xiuying heard him and did not say anything. She lowered her head, thinking.

"Mom, you don't need to worry about this; I will handle it. Don't listen to what they say," Wang Yao reassured her.

After dinner, Wang Yao went up to Nanshan hill. The dog bounded up to greet him from afar, wagging its tail happily.

"You've brought me a lot of trouble today, do you know that?"

Woof, woof, woof!

"Why did you bite that ox?"

The dog cocked its head, as though considering the meaning of Wang Yao's question.

"That ox!" Wang Yao pointed to the place where the incident happened during the day.

Woof. The dog seemed to understand Wang Yao's words. It turned to face the place where the incident happened during the day and ran towards it. It indicated to its master that it wanted him to follow. Wang Yao saw the dog and followed it. He knew that the dog he reared had great intelligence and would not display aggressive behavior without reason. Something he did not know must have happened.

The dog stood underneath a tree, raised its head and howled. Wang Yao discovered that the not-too-tall tree's leaves showed signs of being chewed. It was likely that during the day, the ox had accidentally stumbled upon this place and chewed on the tree's leaves. The dog had discovered the ox and consequently caused the incident to happen.

"Well done!" Wang Yao was lost in thought momentarily and then gently patted the dog's head as a gesture of commendation.

Now that Wang Yao knew the cause of the incident, he turned and went into the cottage. He took out the stool, nursed a cup of tea and sat outside the cottage, looking up at the sky. The dog laid quietly by his side, also gazing at the sky.

Sitting outside for quite some time, Wang Yao got up and entered the cottage. Before entering, he said goodbye to his two old friends.

"Good night, San Xian. Good night, Da Xia."