Alternate Dimension Game: Happiness is all that matters!
Chapter 496 - 324: Adopting a Dog_2

Chapter 496: Chapter 324: Adopting a Dog_2

"Oh... here they come."

Wang Hao rubbed his eyes sleepily.

When he opened his eyes, he saw three men and a dog had entered the internet cafe.

One of the companions, whose spirits seemed rather good, showed no signs of aging.

There were also two young men dressed... in Hanfu?

Well, let’s assume it’s Hanfu.

Wang Hao nodded to himself.

It seemed that the recent "Hanfu Revival Movement" in Xia Country was doing well, and how to put it—the self-censorship in the area of culture was sometimes too severe. A campaign like this one was certainly better than none at all.

Wang Hao’s thoughts wandered for a while before he noticed the white dog, looking nearly out of breath, and he frowned slightly.

"Is this dog sick?"

"I gave it some medicine for roundworms," Han Xiaoyue explained quietly into Wang Hao’s ear, her breath tickling him in a way that made him slightly itchy.

Wasn’t this girl afraid of strangers? Speaking so softly, what was she shy about?

"Is it a stray dog?"

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"Is this dog sick?"

"Is it a stray dog?"

An indescribable voice surged from all directions.

Fu Tianyuan, who had been gearing up to proactively say something, swallowed his words.

Was it the sun making this sound? Or the well? Or the mocking shadow in the sky?

Fortunately, as the Heavenly Master of the Great Qian Dynasty, elite among elites and after a series of complex thoughts and recalling the girl’s hint, he quickly grasped the key point.

"Yes!"

Fewer words meant fewer mistakes when speaking with a powerful deity ruled by strict laws. Saying less was the wise choice.

Indeed, Diting was sick, and having lost its master, it could be considered a stray dog.

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"Yes!"

Satisfied with the response, Wang Hao nodded; it was more or less what he had expected.

Looking again at the white dog wagging its tail as if it understood human nature, he saw its tongue hanging out, though its spirit seemed somewhat dampened.

He turned to Xiao Yue and said, "So that’s it. They must be community workers, probably found a stray dog, and want us to take it in."

"Do you want to adopt it?" Xiaoyue’s smile was sweet, as if she had guessed something.

"If we don’t adopt it, could it end up being turned into hotpot and eaten?"

"That’s not impossible. Its doggy brain would get chopped off, its fur skinned, its hide peeled, and eventually, turned into slices for a dog meat hotpot. And of course, in the very end, it becomes a pile of poop."

"How could a fairy speak such a word as ’poop’!" Wang Hao feigned shock and horror.

Of course, this was their usual banter.

The dog, hearing this, was horrified; its tail wagged desperately in efforts to curry favor, and even its tongue lolled out, askew.

"How about, hiring it as a receptionist, what do you think? It seems pretty smart, perhaps with some training it could work out?"

The girl’s eyes narrowed into slits, and she bent down to stroke the dog’s head.

The fluffy touch was indeed pleasant.

"Have it work at the reception desk?" Wang Hao was thrilled by the idea—it was genius, worthy of his favorite cousin!

Those cat cafes leveraged cats to attract a swath of customers, didn’t they?

So what was wrong with having a doggy receptionist?

As long as it could guide the customers and handle the cash register, it wouldn’t be too complicated.

Of course, the dog had to be smart enough. If it was too dumb and just pooped everywhere, making a mess of things— that would be disastrous.

With this in mind, he sat up straight and asked the trio, "Do you want to leave it with me for adoption?"

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"Do you want to leave it with me for adoption?"

The booming voice like a great bell echoed once more from all around, pressing down like dark clouds, making it hard to breathe.

Luckily, there was no malice.

Otherwise, their breath could have blown them all to death.

Fu Tianyuan quickly scrutinized the statement and analyzed its implications.

What did it mean? Did the Emperor of Heaven have his eye on Diting?

Indeed!

The vague premonition became a reality!

Could he refuse?

He dared not!

One refusal, and that collapsing red moon might pounce and pulverize them all into ash.

Yet, Diting was an important relic of the Kunlun lineage... no, that wasn’t right, Diting was just temporarily taken in.

It hardly counted as their property.

Moreover, this statement meant that the other party was open to communication, with a high degree of reasoning!

The kind of reasoning akin to humans’.

Such rationality was rare in the Mountain and Sea Realm. Even the West King possessed only some vague reasoning or he wouldn’t be controlled by cannibalistic urges.

After much deliberation, not wanting to make the other party wait too long yet unwilling to relinquish such an important asset, Fu Tianyuan could only voice another balanced remark, "It has to follow its own will!"

That was the extent to which he could refuse without inciting displeasure!

After all, having been taken in for so many years, Diting had earned its keep, if not its efforts. Surely it wouldn’t just run away like that.

Emperor of Heaven, as a great deity, surely a small reward was in order?

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"It has to follow its own will," the veteran stated flatly, his voice trembling slightly, clearly not eager to part with the dog.

Wang Hao found it amusing; even dogs have human rights now. The times really were too peaceful.