The ‘licking dog’ himself was startled.
His hand-chop was still held at Zhai Yan’s neck, unsure of what to do next.
“You, why didn’t you dodge? You could have dodged, and you could have fought back. You were just using me anyway, so you could have fought back, right?”
“Are you done getting angry?”
The ‘licking dog’: ???
Anger?
What was anger?
He didn’t understand what anger was either.
Was it just that foreign object sensation stuck in his chest?
If so, it seemed to have eased a little.
It didn’t hurt as much, and the tightness and discomfort were reduced.
Zhai Yan removed his hand, moved his shoulder, feeling an uncomfortable clicking. He straightened a segment and rubbed it.
He sat down on the grass by the lake, took out a bag of roasted cherries, and patted the empty space next to him, gesturing for the ‘licking dog’ to sit.
The ‘licking dog’ hesitated but still sat down beside Zhai Yan. kuAiδugg
He quietly lifted his buttocks and shuffled closer to him.
“Eat, they’ll get cold.”
The ‘licking dog’ picked up a small one and put it in his mouth. It was sour and sweet, tasting quite good.
He ate a few, and his eyes became blurry again.
“You shouldn’t have lied to me…”
“When you fell from the sky wanting to kill them, as enemies, we should have killed you. If we hadn’t tricked you, would you be alive now?”
The ‘licking dog’ thought about it and shook his head.
He would have definitely been killed, just like the other airborne zombies.
“The only way to let you live and coexist peacefully was to trick you, right? Otherwise, you would have caused trouble and still been killed.”
The ‘licking dog’ pouted and chewed on the cherry pits.
Although he was unwilling to admit it, Zhai Yan was telling the truth.
He would have caused trouble and would have been killed.
Zhai Yan said, “We did use you at first, wanting you to infiltrate other zombie groups as a spy, and then destroy them.”
“But everyone has been helping you too.”
“Hiding your identity, building influence, letting you have your own group, weren’t these things we all did together?”
The ‘licking dog’ slowly lowered his head.
Honestly, he couldn’t have done it alone.
If the stock god had been out there alone, he would have either been eaten by other zombies or become someone’s subordinate.
He wouldn’t be living so freely and comfortably now.
Not only did he have influence and a group, but he also had Hua Hua by his side.
“Last time Hua Hua was captured, didn’t everyone help you rescue her?”
“If you get into trouble, everyone will go to save you. You are a very important cadre.”
Important?!!
The ‘licking dog’ looked at Zhai Yan with wide eyes.
Suddenly, he thought of his name again.
“Then why did you give me the name ‘licking dog’? Everyone laughs at my name…”
“You used to be called ‘little dog’. Later, when you were dating Hua Hua, it was so amusing that you were called ‘licking dog’.”
“The name doesn’t really matter. If you like another one, we can change it for you anytime.”
The ‘licking dog’ thought about it, and a name suddenly popped into his head.
‘Xiu Gou’!
He seemed to have heard this name mentioned before.
These two characters had been revolving in his mind frequently lately.
“How about ‘Xiu Gou’? It sounds pretty good, doesn’t it?”
Zhai Yan: …
Are you sure that’s a good name?
Of course, if you like it, I don’t mind.
The ‘licking dog’ leaned closer to him: “Um… can I have the surname Zhai, like boss?”
“Take my surname?”
“‘Zhai Gou Zi’ sounds good too, haha, does it sound good?”
Zhai Yan was speechless again.
The names the ‘licking dog’ came up with were all beyond words for him.
Zhai Yan listened speechlessly as he came up with over a dozen names.
‘Gou Zi’, ‘Gou Gou’, ‘Da Gou’, ‘Xiong Gou’, ‘Chao Niu Bi Li Hai Gou’…
Zhai Yan couldn’t listen anymore.
“Let’s call you Zhai Quan, with the nickname ‘Brother Gou’. How about that?”
“Okay, okay! Then I’ll be like Yang Yang, both surnamed Zhai!”
Zhai Quan’s mood instantly improved. From now on, he would be like Yang Yang, both surnamed Zhai.
He was a direct relative of the boss!
Seeing his improved mood, Zhai Yan got up, patted the grass off his butt, and reached out to pull him up.
“Let’s go home. Dinner is ready, and we’ve been looking for you everywhere.”
“Looking for me? Really looking for me?”
Zhai Yan rolled his eyes at him.
Nonsense, if I wasn’t looking for you, would I be here?
Zhai Quan suddenly felt light and comfortable, a warm sensation spreading through him.
His eyes were better too, with no blurry feeling at all.
Zhai Yan handed him a pack of wet wipes: “Wipe your face, your eyes are all swollen from crying.”
Huh?
Crying?
Zhai Quan thought about it but couldn’t figure it out.
Whatever, as long as boss told him to wipe, he’d wipe.
As Zhai Quan wiped his face, he said with a smile, “Boss, you’re talking a lot today, and your mouth is so quick. It’s different from usual.”
“Busybody.”
“Oh, are you talking so much because you were worried about me? I really am a lucky star, I’ve even cured boss’s aphasia! Hehe, praise me, quickly praise me!”
Zhai Yan kicked him in the waist and gave him a few kicks.
Zhai Quan burst into laughter.
“Great, so great, happy~~”
Boss is still boss, that’s great!
On the way back, the remains of the bodies had already been cleaned up.
Mu Yu and Song Yan had been burning everything along the way, incinerating all the remains.
The damaged plants and trees were also cleaned up by a few people with plant-related abilities, making it look as if nothing had happened.
An Nuan didn’t save everyone, nor did she want to be anyone’s savior.
The ‘licking dog’ was her person, and no matter what he had done, he had to survive.
For those who were accidentally killed by him, An Nuan could only offer her apologies.
Zhai Quan hummed a tune, his heart thumping in his chest, the ‘dong dong’ sound echoing loudly.
An Nuan laughed heartily after hearing the whole story:
“Oh, I can understand getting angry and hitting others, but digging out your own heart? You’re uncomfortable now, aren’t you? You’re so stupid!”
“Boss lady, you’re laughing at me~”
Zhai Quan pouted, and An Nuan suppressed a laugh, saying,
“Alright, I won’t laugh at you anymore. After dinner, I’ll ask Huang Hun to restore you. It’s not good to make a ‘dong dong’ sound every time you move, is it?”
An Nuan brought out a cake made of black chocolate, covered in pitted cherries.
The cake also had roasted fruit pulp inside.
“Today is a good day, we’ve decided to have a party. This is for you guys, and there’s a small one for Little Hua, which we’ll take to her when we go back tomorrow!”
“Hua Hua gets one too?”
“Of course. Share it nicely.”
Zhai Quan smacked his lips a few times, swallowed his saliva, and happily reached out to grab the cake.
Sha Xing slapped his hand away.
Zhai Quan shrieked, “Ouch! What are you doing?”
“Be more elegant, there are ladies here! You have to eat with a knife and fork, that’s what they do on TV!”
Sha Xing handed him a set of beautiful silver cutlery.
Zhai Quan suddenly realized, so this is how you eat cake!
But…
Both zombies were stunned. They had the cutlery, but how were they supposed to eat? Such a large cake, how to get it onto their small plates?
Zhai Yan sighed speechlessly.
He cut the large cake, first dividing a small piece for everyone, and also gave a piece to Zhai Yang Yang.
He demonstrated how to eat it, and Sha Xing and the ‘licking dog’ imitated his actions.
Fei Tian cackled foolishly, “Interesting, truly interesting~~”