Chapter 1055 - 142: Black Dog
The young man hadn’t finished speaking when he saw the disdainful glance from the vendor.
That expression carried a kind of disgust for a lunatic, mixed with the certainty and contempt of "this guy’s mind is definitely not normal," as if looking at trash that affects the cleanliness of the city.
The young man’s words came to an abrupt halt.
He twitched the muscles at the corner of his mouth, revealing a smile devoid of any warmth, then lowered his eyelids listlessly, losing all interest in speaking.
—There are so many stupid people in this world that even if you lay the bloody truth out for them, they would only show a face full of "fool’s superiority."
Ah, humans! They’ll never understand a world beyond their cognition.
There was no disgust or anger in the young man’s expression, but instead, a hint of superior pity emerged.
He glanced at the vendor, whose mind was full only of how much money he could earn today, turned, and left.
The faint sounds of the vendor and customers came from behind:
"What was that weirdo muttering just now?"
"Who knows? A lunatic!"
...
"Ring, ring, ring..."
After walking a few steps, the young man’s phone suddenly rang.
He wiped his hand on the crumpled checked shirt, answered the call, and heard a voice inside, speaking urgently:
"Dr. Danis, the meeting is about to start, have you set off yet? You didn’t forget the time again after staying up late last night, did you? Do you need me to pick you up?"
Brian Danis held the phone away a little, rubbed his ear, and said, "I’m on my way, no need."
"Really?" the woman on the other end questioned, "then give me a specific time, how long do you need to get here?"
"Well..." Danis looked at the muddy road surface, calculating the time needed when he suddenly heard someone shouting loudly:
"—Absolutely true! The water was rushing so fast, I couldn’t stand my ground! I was about to be swept into the sewer when suddenly such a large Black Dog..."
Danis’ steps suddenly halted, he turned abruptly, looking in the direction where the voice came from.
An old man with a head full of white curls spread his arms excitedly, gesticulating and spraying spittle as he spoke: "I don’t know from where it came, but it grabbed my clothes and dragged me to the roadside!"
The old man’s companion chuckled: "I think you were dreaming, right? How could such a large Black Dog run into the flood to rescue you, when you don’t even have a single dog hair at home!"
"Ah, really!" the old man quickly said, "I couldn’t dream of such a creature! Although it’s a dog, the look in its eyes... its eyes... more human than my useless son!"
The arrogance and aloofness on Danis’ face completely disappeared, replaced by extreme focus and suspicion.
"Such nonsense!" the old man’s companion didn’t believe it at all and urged, "Stop making up stories, hurry up and go! Eggs will surely go up in price today, who knows how many we’ll be able to buy!"
"Dr. Danis! Dr. Danis! Are you still listening?" the female assistant urged repeatedly, "Brian Danis! You didn’t throw your phone on the sink again, did you? Wait, I’m coming to find you now!"
Danis didn’t hear what she was saying at all, he directly hung up the endlessly speaking phone and strode toward the old man with white curls.
The old man was mumbling "everything I said is true," when suddenly his arm was grabbed, turning to see a young man staring intently at him, saying, "Tell me in detail about the dog you just mentioned!"
"Hey! What are you trying to do? Let go of him!" The old man’s companion immediately stepped forward to separate them.
Danis had a quick idea, decisively said, "A hundred eggs!"
"What?" The two old men were simultaneously stunned.
"I’ll give you a hundred fresh eggs!" Danis decisively said, "Tell me about that dog!"
The curly-haired old man hesitated for a moment but finally, under the temptation of eggs, began to speak: "It’s just a very large Black Dog, its size is almost up to my chest, weighing at least 80 kilograms..."
"That’s not what I want to hear!" Danis impatiently interrupted him, asking, "What did its eyes look like? Were its joints not flexible enough? Did it run smoothly? Were there any artificial marks on its body?"
The curly-haired old man: "..."
His face was filled with a sense of being inexplicable, but it was obvious that he really wanted the hundred eggs promised by Danis, so he racked his brains to recall.
But memories, the more you obsessively try to remember, the more they slip away.
After a while, the curly-haired old man dejectedly let his shoulders slump, saying, "I, I don’t remember..."
His companion was twitching like an ant on a hot pot, fists clenching and unclenching, wishing to pry open his mouth and jump in to speak for him—if you don’t remember, just make something up!
But Danis across from them wasn’t disappointed; he showed an expression as if he had expected this, and continued to ask, "Then what about saliva?"
"What?" The old man was puzzled.
"Didn’t you say the dog once bit your clothes? There must be saliva sticking to your clothes."
Danis’ eyes were sharp, speaking at a rapid speed: "That sticky liquid, even if it’s washed by rain, there’d definitely be residue... Do you have any impression?"
The curly-haired old man was stunned.
He looked at his palm, then covered his shoulder again, looking more and more confused.
"Ha! I guess that’s it!"
Danis, like an exuberant child, punched the air hard and then confidently and surely laughed:
"At that time, you didn’t touch the sticky, thread-pulling liquid; nor did you smell the stench inside the dog’s mouth, right?"
The curly-haired old man said in surprise, "How do you know?"
"Brian Danis!" At that moment, a furious voice came from across the street.
The female assistant ran over, her high heels clacking on the ground, face flashing with suppressed anger: "Doctor! You’re here chatting with someone? Everyone is already there, waiting for you to start the meeting!"
It was as if Danis hadn’t heard her questioning, his eyes blankly gazing into the void, murmuring, "So it is... Just as I suspected... It’s him..."
"Who?" the assistant asked, "They keep asking why you haven’t arrived! I’ve been apologizing to everyone, keeping my voice low!"
"Becky, give them a hundred eggs!" Danis suddenly turned and said.
His assistant couldn’t believe her ears: "What? Eggs? Is this some kind of code name?"
"Eggs, just ordinary eggs." Danis repeated, "Give it now, I’m going to the meeting."
Turning immediately to leave, the assistant, left at a loss, turned and looked at the two ordinary old men beside her.
They gave her a simple smile.
The other old man glanced sideways and said, "Your doctor promised, you’re not going back on your word, are you?"
Laughing in annoyance, the assistant quickly signed a check, handed it to them, saying, "Here! This is enough for you to buy a thousand eggs!"
Then she jogged after Danis, loudly calling, "Wait, I’ll go with you! Lest you get lost halfway!"