Chapter 926: An Ungrateful Dog

Wang An extended his hand to show friendliness and tentatively took a few steps forward. Although the dog was baring its teeth and acting fierce, it still retreated a few steps.

It was obvious that the dog was currently a bit afraid of Wang An.

Just then, Captain Zhou kindly reminded him from a short distance away

"Xiao An, be careful. This dog is actually quite vicious."

Wang An looked back and smiled

"Yeah, Brother Zhou, I'm just testing it out first."

As it turned out, dogs really know how to find an opportunity. The moment Wang An looked back to answer, the dog immediately lunged forward, attempting to bite him.

Fortunately, the iron chain tethering the dog was short enough, jerking the animal straight back.

Of course, even so, after seeing the dog's movement out of the corner of his eye, Wang An still instinctively took two steps back.

In reality, when the owner isn't around, as long as you act fierce enough, dogs are generally afraid of people.

As long as you don't show cowardice and don't turn your back to them, they usually won't dare to attack you proactively.

The reason this dog suddenly attacked Wang An was precisely because he had turned around, exposing the back of his head.

Wang An raised an eyebrow and said to the dog with a chuckle

"Holy crap, you're actually pretty vicious. If I didn't look after you, you'd be a dead piece of meat sooner or later, you know that? Can't you tell who's helping you?"

Unfortunately, the dog seemed a bit dim; it completely ignored Wang An's kindness and continued to bare its teeth and bark at him.

Wang An took another step forward, positioning himself exactly where the dog couldn't reach him, but where he could touch the dog with a reach of his hand.

Wang An continued to tell the dog

"Can you damn well tell the difference between good and bad? Believe it or not, I'll smack you!"

As he spoke, Wang An seized the opportunity and delivered a hard slap right across the dog's head. The dog, which had been desperately straining against the chain to get a bite of Wang An, was instantly flattened to the ground by the heavy palm.

However, because the chain was tight around its neck, the dog failed to maintain its balance and was pulled over by the leash.

Wang An took a step back in tandem.

Mainly, he was wearing brand new prison-issue trousers and was afraid the dog might scratch them.

After the dog climbed back up from the slap, it became even fiercer, adopting a full posture as if it wanted to fight Wang An to the death.

To be honest, although the dog was this fierce and wanted to bite him, Wang An felt joyful inside.

Because this kind of dog was a genuine "good dog." As long as Wang An could win its trust, the dog would be completely obedient to him in the future.

One had to realize that the dog was currently in a state of hunger, meaning it was very weak.

Normally speaking, animals are just like humans; when they are very hungry and weak, they desperately hope for help from others and are very easy to trust.

Therefore, for this dog to maintain such a performance was actually quite impressive.

After teasing the dog for a while longer, Wang An finally realized helplessly that he couldn't handle it.

Damn, this was a bit depressing.

While Wang An was pondering how to make the dog trust him, the "hat brothers" had already loaded all the grain into the eldest sister's room.

Seeing Wang An fail, Sun Nian said with a face full of schadenfreude

"You're no good at this either. Even a dog doesn't want to deal with you, tee-hee!"

Sun Nian's words immediately made the group of hat brothers burst into laughter.

Fortunately, Wang An was thick-skinned enough not to care.

At this time, someone among the hat brothers shouted

"Brother Xiao An, if you ask me, just beat it with a stick. Once you beat it into submission, it won't dare bare its teeth at you anymore."

Another hat brother chimed in

"Yeah, I think that method works. There's a dog in our village that barks at me every day; it barks whenever I pass by. Ever since I gave it a thrashing with a stick, it hasn't dared to bare its teeth at me again."

Following that, the crowd began to agree, and some even suggested that Wang An just give the dog a shot and kill it to save the trouble.

Wang An was very confident in his ability to defeat a dog, or even beat one into submission.

However, if he did that, it would be very difficult to establish a sense of trust between man and dog, because dogs definitely hold grudges.

Especially for mountain-hunting dogs; if the human and dog cannot trust each other, bringing such a dog along while hunting in the mountains is worse than bringing no dog at all.

If that happened, such a great hunting dog would be completely wasted.

After a while, Sun Nian looked at her watch and suddenly said

"Xiao An, it's getting late, we have to go. You handle these four dogs as you see fit. If it really doesn't work, just leave them. Dogs that don't know who's helping them can just be left here to fend for themselves."

Sun Nian's words were very reasonable; after all, if the dogs wouldn't let anyone get close, they couldn't even be adopted.

Hearing this, Wang An nodded

"Yeah, Sister Nian, you guys head back. I'll try again. If it really doesn't work, I won't take them."

As they spoke, Sun Nian and the hat brothers waved to Wang An and got into the vehicles.

After seeing them off, Wang An looked at the stubborn dog and couldn't help but suck his teeth in worry.

After pondering for a long time, a flash of inspiration hit Wang An. He suddenly thought of a great idea, and he believed this method would be incredibly effective.

Thinking of this, Wang An returned to his sidecar, mounted it, and drove toward home.

On the way, Wang An imagined the scene upon his return, and a smile of successful mischief appeared at the corners of his mouth.

Three or four minutes later, Wang An drove the sidecar directly into his own courtyard.

By this time, Wang Dazhu and his wife, along with Shen Wei, had already returned from working in the fields.

Seeing Wang An, the looks in the eyes of these three were almost identical to the look Mu Xueqing had given him earlier.

Mainly, Wang An's current attire was truly eye-catching.

Consequently, Liu Guilan said with a face full of shock

"Xiao An, where did those clothes come from? Where are your own clothes? Are they ruined?"

Wang An didn't answer Liu Guilan's question, but instead said with a smug expression

"How is it, Mom? Does your eldest son look good in this outfit?"

Liu Guilan didn't speak, but Wang Dazhu said while sizing him up

"It looks good, it looks good, but it's not yours. What are you so smug about?"

Wang An chuckled and said in an even more smug tone

"They're definitely mine! Can't you see the clothes and pants are brand new?"

As he spoke, Wang An took off the peaked cap and continued to brag with a grin

"Look at this hat, it's called a 'big cover hat.' Is this something an ordinary person can just wear randomly?"

Pointing to his shoes, Wang An continued

"These are authentic military boots, hahahaha!"

Actually, this feeling of showing off to his parents was genuinely quite interesting.

(End of Chapter)