Chapter 53
I hadn't slept for two minutes when my cell phone rang.
Sheng Xiaoxing jumped out of Fu Yan's arms and went to bed to check. The call was from an unfamiliar number. Looking at the sleepy Fu Yan, he used his claws to fiddle with the phone and actually pressed the mute button.
After a while, the call ended.
The man on the other end of the phone stood in front of the huge instrument and clenched his fists.
The head of the experiment team asked cautiously: "Boss, can't you get through?"
A hint of gloom appeared on the man's gentle face, and he scolded: "Nonsense."
The team leader knew it was nonsense, but he just wanted to get started: "This is the third time the instrument has failed. The monitoring data is disconnected from time to time. If we don't replace it with a new device, the next failure may cause it to be permanently scrapped."
Man: "Why worry? I'll find a way."
The head of the experiment team continued, "Mr. Qin was hospitalized today. He had a heart attack. He was finally saved. He had someone give us an ultimatum. If we don't let him change his body within three months, he will not only stop investing, but also expose us. He said we should die together."
"This old man," the man cursed, "Doesn't he know that even if he dies, we can still preserve his consciousness? What good will it do him to destroy us?"
"After all, he is old and knows that his health is failing, so he is worried."
"Just do your job and I'll take care of the equipment."
"Okay boss."
The head of the experiment team called on other technicians to help with the repair. Although it seemed like they were doing the repair, they were actually concentrating on listening to their boss talking on the phone.
You know, their immortality plan is unethical. Every time a customer comes to their door, it means many young people will sacrifice for it, which is tantamount to murder. Once exposed, these people will either be shot or imprisoned for life. Although the salary is ridiculously high, he doesn't want to die. If the laboratory can't continue, he is ready to run away.
"Yes, it's me, Mr. Fu's nutritionist. We've met before..." the man walked back to his office while talking on the phone.
*
Daybreak.
Sheng Xiaoxing rushed back to the corner and lay down before Fu Yan opened his eyes, opened his mouth and yawned, pretending to have just woken up.
Fu Yan lowered his head to look at the quilt on his body and the round indentation between his legs, and said, "Duoduo, you slept on me last night."
"No!" Sheng Xiaoxing was very fierce.
Thinking of something, he threw himself on the bed and snatched Fu Yan's phone with one claw: "You had a call last night, take a look yourself, if it's important, call back."
Fu Yan picked up his phone to check the time and noticed a missed call, but he didn't recognize the number and he didn't have the habit of calling back.
Fu Yan: "Duoduo, I'll get you something to eat."
Sheng Xiaoxing: "Whatever."
After having a hearty breakfast, Sheng Xiaoxing lay by the window, squinting his eyes to bask in the sun.
Fu Yan still had a match today, so he couldn't take him with him. Of course, Sheng Xiaoxing didn't like crowded and noisy places, he preferred to be alone. Before going out, Fu Yan helped him turn on the sports channel, and the boxing match would start live on time.
"I've been watching it for so many days, I'm tired of it..." Sheng Xiaoxing focused on the scenery outside the window.
From the TV came the cheers from the crowd, the reporters' dense interviews, and the commentator's clear and fluent introductions of the contestants. The competition was about to begin.
Three minutes later.
"Swing left, return to defense!"
"Give him a combo of punches! Press him down!"
"A fake jab followed by a backswing, beautiful!"
.....
Sheng Xiaoxing was jumping in the middle of the living room, and from a distance he looked like a kangaroo with high morale.
The competition lasted for a whole day and ended successfully at four o'clock in the afternoon. The championship went to Fu Yan. However, the closer it got to the end of the competition, the stronger the opponents became, and it was not so easy to win the championship. Every time Fu Yan was punched, Sheng Xiaoxing would get nervous.
"If you are beaten to death, there will be no one to cook for me. Without food, my body will not become stronger and my wandering plan will be disrupted. This is what I am worried about." Sheng Xiaoxing thought to himself.
After the awards ceremony came the post-match interviews.
Reporters swarmed forward, camera flashes flashed continuously, and everyone asked Fu Yan how he felt about winning the championship.
Fu Yan's thoughts were shockingly simple, or rather, they were not thoughts at all. He only said one sentence: "Thank you for presenting me with the trophy."
At this time, it was Xu Rui's turn to help him supplement. He smiled and said, "Fu Yan meant that he was too excited because it was not easy to win the championship. The players we faced were very strong. To defeat them, the effort required cannot be expressed in a few words..."
They broke through the siege of reporters and the fans who followed them along the way to give them gifts and ask for autographs, so the group walked and stopped frequently. Xu Rui held a large bunch of bouquets in his arms, almost covering his face.
"Hey, Fu Yan," a girl among the boxing fans shouted.
Fu Yan noticed her because she was holding a corgi in her arms.
The girl said excitedly: "My Mino and I congratulate you on winning the championship. Oh, Mino is it, my baby. It loves your games too. We will not miss any of them. I also made a gift for you."
The girl took out a Q-version doll that was about 20 centimeters in size and said, "This is made in your likeness. You can keep it as a souvenir. If you have a baby, I mean a cute little one like it, you can give it to it to play with. Anyway, this gift is yours."
"Thank you," Fu Yan said, looking at the Corgi sticking out its tongue to cool down, "There are so many people in the gym. If it breaks free, it will easily be trampled."
"Yes, I know," the girl said, "but my baby loves socializing, and pets need enough socialization, but I will keep an eye on it."
Fu Yan nodded.
When Fu Yan and his group walked away, the girl was still there, reminiscing about the past, hugging her pet in shock: "OMG! We actually talked so much! Can you believe that I talked to the world champion?"
Foreign Corgis responded in a row: “YESYESYES.......”
The hotel they stayed in was very close to the stadium, and Fu Yan returned within an hour after the game ended.
The moment Fu Yan walked in, Sheng Xiaoxing jumped to the corner.
Xu Rui and his assistant placed all the things they were holding in their arms on the sofa. The gifts piled up into a mountain. There were souvenirs and commemorative coins from sponsors, as well as T-shirts, flowers, dolls and many unopened gifts with beautifully packaged items, which might be boxing gloves or other boxing supplies.
Fu Yan took out the doll he had just received and handed it to Sheng Xiaoxing.
"What is this? Was it given to you by a girl?" Sheng Xiaoxing thought of the scene on the screen where Fu Yan was being interviewed and was surrounded by many boxing fans, both men and women. Some gave him gifts and some wanted his autograph.
He leaned over to sniff the doll and it smelled like a girl's perfume.
"Take it away!" Sheng Xiaoxing was immediately furious and raised his claws towards the handsome features. "If you don't take it away, believe it or not, I will grab your face. Take it away from me now!"
"It's for you to play with," said Fu Yan.
"I don't want to play, go away!" Sheng Xiaoxing wrinkled his nose again, with a fierce light in his eyes, "Gu...Gu..."
Xu Rui shook his head and said with a smile: "I think your Duoduo is just impossible to tame. He keeps baring his teeth at you even when you are fed delicious food and drinks. You might as well just get a Shiba Inu instead."
"Gu..." Sheng Xiaoxing turned to Xu Rui.
Fu Yan said coldly: "It understands."
Xu Rui surrendered: "Okay, okay, no change, no change, I was just kidding."
The assistant flattered him at the right time: "Duoduo is much better looking than when I first met him. He looks more and more like a Shiba Inu. If he gets fatter, he will definitely look better. How can we change him?"
Sheng Xiaoxing: "That's more like it."
Assistant: "I also noticed that its butt is starting to grow hair, and it looks nice too."
Sheng Xiaoxing: “….”
After winning the championship, there was a celebration banquet in the evening. Sheng Xiaoxing was once again carried out by Fu Yan in a sports bag, but Fu Yan did not go to the hotel restaurant. Instead, he drove more than 30 kilometers to a dog cafe. There was a sign at the door of the dog cafe, which read: Sheng Xiaoxing was not good at English, but he could summarize it from a few familiar words and the simple drawings on it.
The dog cafe is recruiting part-time workers.
Sheng Xiaoxing stiffened his body, his ears standing straight up, listening to Fu Yan talking with the blonde proprietress. He wanted to see if Fu Yan wanted to keep him here.
After listening for a long time...
I didn't understand anything.
Sheng Xiaoxing put on a stern face, still feeling awkward and angry.
If you want to abandon the child, just say so directly. Why bother pretending to be so hypocritical?
The proprietress brought over a black Shiba Inu and introduced it with a smile, saying roughly that the black Shiba Inu was very docile and they could communicate and play together. But Sheng Xiaoxing didn't understand and sat on his seat with his head held high, proudly not moving.
Hei Chai greeted him first: "Domuhajimeimaxite. (Hello, nice to meet you)"
The language they speak is Japanese, and the language couldn't be purer.
Sheng Xiaoxing: “….”
The black Shiba Inu said something else, but Sheng Xiaoxing remained indifferent. After all, he didn't know how to respond. The proprietress took the black Shiba Inu back and chatted with Fu Yan, "It is true that it lacks communication and has a very dull personality, but it doesn't matter. You can take your time. The dogs here are very friendly. If you come a few more times, maybe it will make friends."
Fu Yan said: "Thank you."
Sheng Xiaoxing stared at Fu Yan who was walking back step by step, his eyes almost burning two holes in Fu Yan. If Fu Yan dared to tell him that he would stay in the dog cafe in the future, he would run away immediately. Even if he couldn't speak the foreign language, he could still survive by being cautious.
Fu Yan put his hand on his head.
"Gu..." Sheng Xiaoxing showed his fangs.
"There are a lot of puppies here, you can make friends, it's better than staying in a hotel," Fu Yan said.
Sheng Xiaoxing raised his head.
Fu Yan: "It's stuffy in the hotel."
The boxing fan was right in reminding that pets also need adequate socialization.
Sheng Xiaoxing was confused: "So! Doesn't it mean abandonment?!"
The proprietress brought a few more dogs over, including large dogs such as Border Collies and Golden Retrievers, and small dogs such as Pomeranians, Yorkshire Terriers, and Corgis. The dogs were very excited because they were strangers to their own kind, but they all spoke foreign languages, which was like listening to a foreign language to Sheng Xiaoxing.
Golden Retriever: "I'm not sure if it's a Japanese dog or a Japanese dog from another country. Why can't it talk?"
Yorkshire Terrier: "Scared, timid... There are many reasons. It's not familiar with us."
Pomeranian: "It's a Shiba Inu, but it doesn't understand what Xiao Hei is saying to it. I can see that it looks confused."
Corgi: "But it is the same breed as Xiao Hei, why can't it understand?"
Golden Retriever: "I can speak Japanese too, let me try."
The dogs all looked at the golden retriever. The golden retriever shook his fur and walked up to Sheng Xiaoxing: "Do you understand what we are saying?"
Sheng Xiaoxing: “…”
"Okay, it's our new friend. Give it some space to adapt," said the quietest Border Collie. From its weathered voice, Sheng Xiaoxing could tell that it was already old, equivalent to the old age of humans.
Sheng Xiaoxing asked, "Can you speak Chinese?"
Bian Mu can switch between languages fluently: "Of course, there are many foreign customers coming to this store, and I have learned a lot of languages from them."
"You were very worried about being abandoned by your owner just now," the Border Collie said again.
Sheng Xiaoxing was silent for a while and said, "No."
The coolness is back again.
Bian Mu: "Come on, let's walk together. I can tell you what your master and the landlady said. I heard everything and can translate it for you."
"I'm not interested in what he said," Sheng Xiaoxing jumped off the chair and followed Bian Mu, "I just wanted to stretch my shins."
"You're really stubborn," said the Border Collie. "Your owner said that he has been playing games every day recently and locked you in the room for fear that you would get bored, so he brought you out to relax. Humans and animals, like us, need social interaction. He's right, but he doesn't mean to abandon you."
Sheng Xiaoxing remained silent and looked back at the cold man by the window.
Bian Collie asked, "Were you a stray dog before? You look thinner than the average domestic dog."
Sheng Xiaoxing: "I woke up next to the trash can."
Bian Mu: "What do you mean?"
Sheng Xiaoxing: "I used to be a human."
He said this out loud for no apparent reason, and it was like digging out a stone that had been weighing on his heart for a long time, which made him feel much better.
Border Collie was not surprised at all: "Sometimes I also feel like I am a human being, and I dream about things I did as a human being, but I also clearly remember that I was a Border Collie since I was born. Maybe I was a human being in my previous life."
"Is this possible?" Sheng Xiaoxing became interested in this topic.
"People often say that the world is full of wonders. Maybe I was a human in my last life, and a golden retriever in the life before that. Who can say for sure?" Bian Mu raised his right paw. "Look, there is a bald spot on the back of my paw. It has been like this since I was a child. In my dreams, I also have such a spot on the back of my hand."
Sheng Xiaoxing lowered his head and looked carefully. The bald spot on the Border Collie was covered with dark skin, like a birthmark.
He thought of the scent on his body.
It happens when he is a human, and it happens when he is a dog. So if his family members come looking for him, will they be able to recognize him immediately?
As soon as he thought of this, Sheng Xiaoxing sneered in his heart. He didn't have any family at all. They had been abandoned long ago.
Bian Mu pointed to a forest outside the window and changed the subject: "Do you know why there are so many tourists coming here? Because the scenery on the mountain is a famous check-in spot for internet celebrities. From the path near our store, you can climb all the way to the top of the mountain."
Sheng Xiaoxing asked: "Have you been there?"
Bian Mu said: "I've been there many times and I'm very familiar with it. If you want to go, I can take you there."
"Let's go," Sheng Xiaoxing couldn't wait.
While herding a Shiba Inu, he walked out of the side door of the dog cafe.
Fu Yan had been looking at Sheng Xiaoxing. When he saw his puppy running away, he left his seat immediately. The proprietress brought the food and smiled slightly, "Don't worry, I know where they are going. The border collie is the smartest dog here. We call him Mr. Gary. He is very hospitable. Every time there are new puppies, he will take them to see the most beautiful scenery here."
Fu Yan nodded, but he did not return to his seat. Instead, he stood at the door where they left and waited.
Half an hour later, they came back.
The Border Collie entered through the open side door and sat down in its most common seat. It was old, and it no longer had as much energy as before to go up and down the mountain.
Sheng Xiaoxing stood at the intersection and didn't come in. He barked at Fu Yan twice: "Woof, woof!"
Fu Yan stepped forward.
Sheng Xiaoxing ran deeper into the road. Once Fu Yan called him to go back, he would lie still. If Fu Yan came forward again, he would continue running.
"You want to take me up the mountain?" Fu Yan looked at Sheng Xiaoxing's butt which kept twisting while running.
Sheng Xiaoxing turned around: "Woof!"
Having made up his mind, Fu Yan summoned up the physical energy he normally accumulated from exercise and followed Sheng Xiaoxing all the way to the top of the mountain. He was neither panicked nor out of breath, which was in stark contrast to the foreigner next to them who was pinching his own philtrum in a panic.
In addition to them, there were groups of tourists taking photos on the top of the mountain. It was just as the sun was setting, and the golden sunlight penetrated the thin clouds, presenting a beautiful sunset picture.
"You bring me to the dog cafe to socialize, and I take you to see the scenery, so we're even."
Sheng Xiaoxing lay down, panting, and licked his paws. Although he was a little fatter than before, he definitely couldn't run up the mountain twice in one breath.
"A lot," Fu Yan said.
Sheng Xiaoxing raised his head.
Click, the sound of a camera.
Fu Yan snapped a few photos, each of which was very clear, then put away his phone, picked up Sheng Xiaoxing and kissed him on his furry head: "Thank you, Duoduo, for bringing me to see the scenery."
Sheng Xiaoxing froze for a moment, then started to lose his temper again: "You kissed me again, pervert! Are you a pervert?! Kiss me again, kiss me again and try it!!!"
Fu Yan buried his mouth and nose in Sheng Xiaoxing's forehead and kissed him twice. He rubbed his nose from forehead to neck and inhaled again and again, feeling more refreshed than just looking at the scenery.
"..." Sheng Xiaoxing was completely out of temper.
The sky was already dark when they went down the mountain. The dense jungle blocked the moonlight, making it even darker than the road on the street. Fortunately, many of the travelers had flashlights. Sheng Xiaoxing was stuffed into Fu Yan's clothes, with his head sticking out of the collar of his coat, his two front paws sticking out, and he followed everyone down the mountain, staggering.
Because he had run up the mountain twice and felt comfortable, he jumped onto the bed without Fu Yan catching him when he got back to the hotel, curled up next to the pillow and fell asleep comfortably. Fu Yan took a big towel and covered him.
While Sheng Xiaoxing was asleep, Fu Yan took a few more puffs and only went to the study room when he had had enough.
He opened his notebook and found a lot of emails in the mailbox, including financial statements, meeting minutes, project progress, etc., two of which were from private people.
One letter was from his younger brother Fu Zhan, bringing him news about the person who was following him.
Wang Shaohui worked in a technology company three years ago as a technician. He became unemployed after he resigned voluntarily. In recent years, he claimed that he was only doing temporary work. In fact, he had never taken any temporary jobs in the surrounding area. When he resigned, he lived in a rental house. After being unemployed for three years, he bought a commercial house in a good location, paid the down payment, and drove a car worth hundreds of thousands of yuan.
Fu Zhan’s ending: There are serious problems, I will continue to investigate.
Fu Yan opened another email.
Lao Fu’s lawyer.
[Hello, Mr. Fu, I am Mr. Fu’s lawyer. I was the one who announced the will on his behalf. However, the public will is not all of his wishes. I also have a private property that is left to you personally. I hope you can spare some time so that we can meet privately.]
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