Another day passed, and Ah Huang, still restless and anxious, had not yet seen Chen Chongshan. Its fear grew stronger and stronger.
It deliberately avoided the eyes of Lao Qin and the villa staff, behaving obediently and honestly in front of others. Once there was no one around the outhouse, it began to struggle fiercely. It spent the whole day in a state of accumulating strength and struggling.
The leash holding Ah Huang was very secure. Ah Huang didn't know how long this struggle would continue, but it showed no sign of stopping.
Although life at the mountain lodge was peaceful and the food was delicious, it all seemed insignificant compared to the carefree life with the owner and the exhilarating adventures in the mountains.
As night deepened, the entire backyard of the Wild Game Manor fell silent. Ah Huang no longer needed to worry about anything and began a new round of strenuous struggle, the thick iron chains rattling loudly as it pulled on them.
With each full-force pull, Ah Huang would feel a sharp pain from the collar around its neck, but it still pulled with all its might. It was calm and composed, and the accumulated strength made each struggle powerful and heavy.
Time and again, until finally, just as it was about to exhaust itself, it heard a different sound. It wasn't the rattling of the chains, but the sound of the clasp connecting the chains and the collar.
This strange sound excited Ah Huang greatly, and it felt its somewhat weak body instantly filled with strength again.
It struggled again and again, and finally, in one of its struggles, it succeeded. The iron buckle that held the chain and collar together could no longer withstand Ah Huang's powerful pull and broke off.
Freed from its restraints, Ah Huang excitedly rushed towards the wooden door containing the clutter. Without the chains binding it, the door was useless to it; it easily opened the unlocked door with a gentle push of its paw...
The quiet mountain village was not unfamiliar to Ah Huang; it had come here with Chen Chongshan more than once to deliver wild game.
It looked around and, finding no one, took off running towards the outside of the villa. Although it was dark, the way home had already circled in Ah Huang's mind countless times.
It ran smoothly towards its home in the suburbs, and after about half an hour, it arrived at the familiar gate of the yard.
But now, a large lock was hanging on this familiar door.
Ah Huang barked a few times, and the nearby stray dogs started barking too. Some of the stray dogs that were usually on good terms with Ah Huang even ran over.
But Ah Huang, who was extremely anxious, had no mind to play or talk with the other dogs. It barked several times, but there was still no response from inside the house.
Ah Huang became even more anxious. It turned around and used its canine language to ask the local dogs, who never left the village streets, if they saw the two brothers in the house for two days.
Ah Huang's heart sank to the bottom. It lowered its voice and chased away the pack of annoying stray dogs, then silently lay down by the gate.
It stubbornly believed that at dawn, its hardworking owner would come out of the house, open the door, and take it up the mountain to hunt.
It forced itself not to think about those bad things. It dared not imagine what would happen if its owner really left. It did not want to become a stray dog again.
Ah Huang's fate was not good either. When he was born, his mother only gave birth to one puppy. In folk tradition, there is a saying that "one dog and two pigs" means that either a dog will give birth to one puppy or a pig will give birth to two puppies. These are considered unlucky.
Its first owner, who was superstitious, abandoned it in a garbage dump outside the dog farm when it was only ten days old. It survived only because it was with a stray dog that had lost its puppies while nursing.
However, its good fortune did not last long. Less than a month later, its foster mother was shot away by several drug addicts with a tranquilizer gun. It was only because of its thin and small body that it managed to escape.
For a month, it wandered through various garbage dumps in the county town until Chen Chongshan found it one day after school and brought it back, finally giving it a stable home.
With the help of the two brothers, it gradually grew stronger and even learned to hunt from Chen Chongshan, helping him support the family.
But now, Ah Huang doesn't understand what suddenly happened, why his master would leave him with that fat Qin and then disappear.
It desperately hoped that the gate would open after dawn. It lay in front of the gate, its eyes fixed on the distant horizon. After an unknown amount of time, the first ray of dawn finally appeared in the dark sky...
Ah Huang stood up again and paced back and forth at the gate, occasionally banging his body against the folding wooden door while howling.
However, as dawn broke and the sun rose, until the sky was full of sunshine, Ah Huang still didn't see its master open that damned door.
Ah Huang's heart turned cold instantly. It left the wooden door, wanting to find a place to climb over the fence and enter the yard, believing that its owner would still come back.
Just as it got up, it saw Fatty Qin driving that familiar pickup truck from a distance. Startled, Ah Huang immediately crossed the street and ran towards Lianshan Bay.
Since its master wasn't there, it decided to go up the mountain. There, it could find its own battlefield and escape that damned fat man. It never wanted to go back to that mountain village again; Ah Huang never wanted to experience that feeling of losing its freedom again...
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The pickup truck soon arrived at Chen Chongshan's doorstep. Old Qin got out of the truck, panting, calling out "Ah Huang" as he searched around, but still couldn't find a trace of him.
He was somewhat worried and anxious, but mostly helpless. Even such thick iron chains couldn't restrain this guy; he didn't know whether to scold or praise him…
When Lao Qin went to deliver breakfast to Ah Huang early in the morning, he discovered that the dog had run away. After searching around the villa without finding it, he drove to Chen Chongshan's house.
He knew that many dogs could find their way home on their own, and he originally thought he could find Ah Huang here, but he still came up empty-handed.
He shook his head. He had searched all the places that should be there, but there was really no other way. After a pause, Lao Qin took out his phone, preparing to call Chen Chongshan to inform him.
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At this moment, Chen Chongshan was queuing at the hospital with Chen Chongming and Yuan Yuan. They had all received their results and were now just waiting for their turn to enter the room and await the final verdict.
The three of them fell silent, clearly extremely nervous. Just then, Old Qin called: "Chongshan, the dog ran away..."
Old Qin's voice was a little weak. Although it wasn't entirely its fault, he had been providing Ah Huang with good food and drink for the past two days. But no one expected that this guy would be so powerful that it could break such a thick iron chain.
"Old Qin, what's going on?" Chen Chongshan asked in surprise.
"I woke up early this morning and found that Ah Huang had run away; it had broken the chain," Old Qin replied.
"The chains broke too?" Chen Chongshan was also surprised. He knew Ah Huang's strength, but he underestimated Ah Huang's perseverance.
He paused, steadied himself, and said, "Old Qin, don't rush. Let's go to my house first. Ah Huang might have gone home."
"Sigh, I'm right here at your doorstep. I've searched the whole area around my wild game farm, and then I followed a road to your house. I've searched your house inside and out, but I haven't found a single dog hair," Old Qin replied angrily.
"There aren't any at home either?"
Chen Chongshan frowned. If Ah Huang wasn't home, he couldn't think of where he could be for a moment. Just then, the medical assistant in front of him had already called his number.
In his haste, Chen Chongshan could only say into the phone, "Old Qin, I'm about to take Chongming to see a doctor. Ah Huang, please keep an eye out for me and call me if you hear anything."
"Alright, you go ahead, getting medical attention is the priority. I'll go to the city later and look for him. Ah Huang is so fierce, we can't let anything happen to him."
Old Qin comforted him and then hung up the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Chen Chongshan and Yuan Yuan pushed Chen Chongming into the doctor's office. Although Ah Huang's situation worried him, it was still far away in Meishan, and there was no use in Chen Chongshan being anxious. Right now, Chongming's illness was the most important thing.
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The doctor who examined Chen Chongming was surnamed Jiang, in his forties, with a rather calm demeanor. He reviewed Chen Chongming's test results and some CT scans one by one, and then carefully observed Chen Chongming's legs. As he looked, he said, "Your legs are in pretty good condition. You must get massages often, right? Although there are some signs of muscle atrophy, it's not serious and there's not much of a problem."
"Doctor, does that mean there's hope for a cure?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Chongshan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Chen Chongming's legs are unable to walk, but Chen Chongshan has been following the doctor's instructions at the county hospital and massaging Chen Chongming's legs almost every day to keep the muscles in his legs vigorous."
"cure?"
Professor Jiang paused slightly, picked up the films again, and looked them over. Then he replied in a deep voice, "Your previous examinations were fine. The patient does indeed have congenital bilateral leg deformities, and their statement that there was no possibility of a cure isn't a major issue..."
"What? No problem?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Chongshan was stunned. Dr. Jiang's words struck them like a thunderbolt. Yuan Yuan froze on the spot, and Chen Chongming's tears began to fall instantly...
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