Chapter 76
According to the law of conservation of smiles, smiles will not disappear, they will only transfer. Among the one hundred freshmen in the auditorium, not one could smile, including Yu Tu and Gu Hongying.
When he didn't see himself in the high-definition black history vlog clip, Yu Tu was secretly glad in his heart, but he soon found out that he was too happy too early.
He is not in the vlog clip, but he has three pictures in the emoticon package. One is a screenshot of him and Gu Hongying eating noodles in a corner on the second floor of the cafeteria, called [Calm as a Group.JPG], one is him and Gu Hongying whispering in the Piranha Plant, called [Voice Conspiracy.JPG], and the last one is his prototype of a tea tree sapling dragging a package that is N times bigger than him and struggling to walk, with every leaf exerting force, called [Bearing a Heavy Life.GIF].
———The one he was based on wasn’t even a picture, it was an animated image!
Yu Tu: “…”
This terrible world should be destroyed as soon as possible!
Gu Hongying couldn't laugh either, because in addition to the two emoticons he shared with Yu Tu, he also had two solo ones. One was of him standing at the staircase entrance on the second floor of the cafeteria with a noodle in his hand, titled [I shouldn't be here, I should be under the car.JPG], and the other was a screenshot of his face being sucked into the air after throwing a small stone at the door of the auditorium, titled [Screaming and Wandering.JPG].
Gu Hongying: “…”
The seniors who stayed quietly in the sub-control room and the main control room and did not go to the front desk to communicate with the freshmen at all, looked at the screens that occupied all four walls and laughed with joy.
Someone even asked knowingly: "Why don't they laugh when they see the happy clips and pictures we carefully prepared?"
The person next to him answered: "Maybe he is born not to like to laugh."
For a moment, the room was filled with a happy atmosphere.
After the execution, a mechanical voice that could not be distinguished as male or female was heard in the auditorium. Because the hatred value was too high at this time, no one dared to use their real voice to speak to the freshmen, and all of them used distorted voices.
When the mechanical voice announced in a flat tone that this was the surprise they had prepared for the freshmen, more than a hundred freshmen below began to gnaw their teeth.
Hard! The fist is hard!
Why is there such a shameless tradition?
After teasing the freshmen's blood pressure, the mechanical voice changed the subject and mentioned that the freshmen would participate in a one-month military training.
Although I don’t know what the content of the military training in the inner world is, after what happened just now, even a fool would know that it must be very different from the outer world.
The mechanical voice read out an exaggerated speech of praise in a voice without any fluctuations, praising them as the hope of the future. After two or three thousand words, they finally heard the most crucial information: the military training will begin tomorrow night, and they have about one day and one night of rest time. However, the mechanical voice did not mention a word about the specific content of the military training - it was hard not to suspect that they were holding back bad water.
The chaotic morning finally passed. In order to comfort the wounded hearts of the freshmen, canteens one to nine prepared extra rich dishes. The freshmen had automatically divided into several small groups. The prank came suddenly, and some people were trapped in one place. After working together or suffering together, they always developed some sympathy and friendship.
The place with the most people is where Yu Tu and Gu Hongying are. They all have experience of being tableware together, so they are more familiar with each other than with others.
As they were all students who had just reached adulthood, they did not have many considerations when making friends. After thanking Yu Tu and Jin Hua (Pearl Bird) for their help, they all began to denounce the conscienceless seniors.
The second-year students who just walked into the cafeteria: "..."
They silently covered their rank badges on their chests and pretended that they heard nothing.
What do the seniors do have to do with the sophomores?
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At night, Yu Tu lay in bed unable to sleep. On the college's official website, the number of downloads of the [Gengxu Year Emoji Series] had reached three digits, and his animated picture of a tea tree carrying a package and carrying a heavy burden had also skyrocketed in number.
Of course, he noticed this because a certain scumbag tribe leader sent him this animated picture before going to bed, with the following text attached:
[Hey~ Whose little tea tree seedling is this? It's so cute. I don't know what color sack it likes? ]
Yu Tu: “…”
How come the pictures on the school's official website have been uploaded to the outside world? !
A certain clan leader who specifically asked the principal for authorization to download this year's emoticon package has hidden his merits and fame.
Yu Tu turned over angrily, still unable to fall asleep. He simply closed his eyes, and his consciousness connected the "thread" in his mind with the teahouse, and cut into the identity of the Nevernight Marquis.
When the little gray dog saw him appear, it woofed and rushed over, with its tail wagging wildly behind it like a small propeller.
Yu Tu had accidentally turned back to his original form before, and time was tight, so he could only appear hurriedly every day to prepare a large bowl of dog food and water for the little gray dog, and then hurriedly log off. It had been three or four days since Yu Tu had taken care of it.
Yu Tu originally thought that after the zombie incident was resolved, someone would come to the teahouse to find him, so that he could hand over the strange little gray dog to professionals. But he waited and waited, and everyone seemed to have forgotten his presence and there was no movement.
Yu Tu tried to hint at Elder Guiyu, but the only answer he got was, "Don't worry so much about children. Be careful of malnutrition and not growing tall. We adults will solve the problem."
Thinking of this, Yu Tu sighed. He picked up the ball that the little gray dog had brought from his knees and started playing ball throwing with it.
When the ball is thrown, the little grey dog spreads out its four paws to grab it, and then happily brings it back with its tail wagging. Although it looks weird, it cannot be denied that it is indeed very cute and healing.
After playing with it for several rounds, Yu Tu heard a "gurgling" sound coming from the little gray dog's stomach - it was hungry.
Yu Tu: “…”
He skillfully produced a bowl of dog food, and the little gray dog rushed over and started showing off wildly.
Raising a dog really burns energy, especially this dog is an exceptional eater.
After happily showing off two large bowls of food, the little greyhound finally lay down contentedly, turning over its belly and groaning, looking a bit like it was full.
Yu Tu squatted down and held it in his arms, rubbing its belly helplessly. As he was rubbing, he suddenly felt a pain in his fingertips—the little gray dog bit Yu Tu's fingertips, and bright red blood oozed out.
At the same time, a contract appeared in his mind.
After Yu Tu finished reading the contents of the contract, he looked at the little gray dog in his arms, who was staring at him with a pair of big black and wet eyes and was obviously a little nervous, and he held his forehead with his hand speechlessly.
The little gray dog used Yu Tu's blood to construct a companion contract. The content of the contract can be roughly summarized into three items. First, after signing the contract, the two people can summon each other; second, when the contract is open, the two parties share their thoughts; third, when one party is seriously injured and life-threatening, the other party can choose to share half of the injury.
There is a fourth item, which was added by the little grey dog himself - during the period of the contract, Yu Tu must ensure that it does not go hungry!
This is very important, because the little greyhound emphasized it three times at the end of the contract! In order to write the fourth item, it even made concessions on the first three items. If the first three items happened, Yu Tu could choose to unilaterally refuse.
Yu Tu did not accept this contract which was quite beneficial to him. He stared into the little greyhound's eyes and explained the pros and cons to it with a stern face: "I can reject you unilaterally, but you cannot reject me. The contract is unfair to you. Even if we do not sign the companion contract, I will not let you go hungry."
The little grey dog's eyes became even wetter: "Woof~"
Following its cry, the contract in Yu Tu's mind changed again. An extra line of words appeared after the fourth clause: "During the term of the contract, Yu Tu must ensure that it does not go hungry."
【Whoever regrets is a puppy! 】
Yu Tu: “…”
It seems like he didn't listen at all.
But...Yu Tu asked: "If you are not a puppy, what are you?"
The little gray dog barked "woof" and "aww", but because they couldn't communicate with each other, they could only stare at each other - the content of the contract was originally difficult to delete or modify, and using this to answer the question seemed too heartless.
Seeing that Yu Tu refused to sign, the contract in his mind became anxious, and began to force the deal. Then, the white line in Yu Tu's consciousness that was connected to the teahouse contract whipped it hard, and it spun like a top - much like the vine that he used to whip the zombie's face very smoothly.
The little grey dog in Yu Tu's arms cried out in pain for a moment, and then the spinning top in his consciousness, no, his companion Qie, continued to rush forward with a kind of Xiu Gou-like persistence.
In the end, the man and the dog, who could not communicate with each other, made gestures and signed the companionship contract, which stipulated that Yu Tu could unilaterally refuse under normal circumstances, but when faced with serious danger or life-threatening situations, he had to respond to the call.
After they stumbled through signing the companion contract, the little gray dog fell into a coma-like sleep. Its mental strength was not stable to begin with, and it was exhausted from chasing people to sign contracts.
The little gray puppy was sleeping soundly on Yu Tu's lap. After feeding the dog for a month, Yu Tu finally figured out its breed—the situation was really a bit complicated.
The little gray dog was just an ordinary stray puppy, living a precarious life on the edge of the city every day. Until one day when it was in danger of life and on the verge of death, it accidentally activated the almost thin Taowu bloodline. The activation of the bloodline of the divine beast changed its appearance. Its fur turned blue-gray, its ears became like cat ears, and its limbs were a bit like a tiger... In short, it no longer looked like a puppy.
但坑狗的是，因為梼杌血脈實在是太太太太淡了，在改造完它的外形後就基本用完了，小狗除了力氣比普通成年狗大上不少，小腦袋瓜變得聰明了點以外，什麽特殊能力都沒繼承下來。
小狗原本的外貌很普通，但變得怪模怪樣後就在其他流浪狗那裏被開除了“狗籍”，本來還可以在垃圾桶裏撿剩飯，憑借着乖巧溫順的性格從好心的路人身上讨吃的，現在通通化成了泡影。
小狗被熊孩子扔過石頭和垃圾，他們大聲嚷嚷着罵小狗是“怪物”，變聰明的小狗不僅能感受到他們身上的惡意，還能理解這些熊孩子話裏的意思———小狗越來越不敢出現在人前。
所以它白天避着人群，晚上小心繞開流浪狗們刨食的地點，一天到晚幾乎找不到什麽吃的，肚子從來都沒飽過，好不容易找到一份剩飯，狼吞虎咽吃完後，小狗還是覺得餓，但它的肚子又确實鼓起來了。
小狗不明白。
但有一天它醒來後，它忽然發現它變小了，很像那些流浪的狗媽媽身邊帶着的、才跌跌撞撞會走路的小狗崽。
可是那些小狗崽有媽媽，小狗沒有。
小狗變小了，它的力氣也好像随之變小了，小狗在垃圾堆裏撿不到食物，又長得怪模怪樣，它快要餓死了。
在快要餓死的那天，它鼓足勇氣從藏身的角落跑出來，一個正在撿垃圾的老頭身邊放着半個饅頭，正仰着頭在喝水，饅頭是那麽白，那麽香，小狗忽然有了力氣，它從來沒有跑過這麽快，它兇狠地撲過去，一口咬住了那半個吃剩的白饅頭。
撿垃圾的老頭狠狠給了小狗一巴掌，拍得小狗頭暈目眩，但它的嘴裏死死的叼着那半個饅頭，就算摔在了地上也沒有松開口。
撿垃圾的老頭本來還準備補上一腳的，但看了看小狗的體型，他又收回腳，最後罵罵咧咧幾句，拖着塑料瓶和紙殼箱一瘸一拐地走了。
小狗吃掉了那半個白饅頭，但它還是好餓好餓。小狗餓得睡不着，到處翻垃圾桶，沒找到殘羹剩飯，卻找到了一些零散的快遞箱和塑料瓶，他将這些破爛從垃圾箱裏運出來，運到一個隐蔽的小角落藏好。
等到第二天遇到撿垃圾的老頭時，小狗引着他看到了那一小堆它忙活了半夜的成果，老頭毫不客氣地将快遞箱和塑料瓶都踩扁塞到了自己的大編織袋裏，小狗悄悄跟在他身後，老頭翻垃圾桶時翻到有剩飯的便會丢在地上，小狗便撲上去開始狂吃。
小狗很高興，雖然它不知道自己為什麽吃飽了還會餓，但這種餓是可以忍受的。
小狗撿了好幾夜快遞箱和塑料瓶，每天早上攢起來給撿垃圾的老頭，老頭好像也默認了小狗跟在他身後，雖然他從來不會把自己吃的東西分給小狗，但垃圾桶只要有剩飯，他就會撿出來扔到地上。
就這樣過了十來天，小狗大着膽子跟在老頭身後，去了他住的老式居民樓，老頭拖着個大編織袋艱難地爬樓梯，并沒有注意到悄悄跟在他身後的小狗。
等他打開了門，腳邊忽然竄過去一個髒兮兮的東西，把老頭吓了一跳。
小狗正蹲在離他幾步遠的地方，沖着他歡樂地搖尾巴。
呆愣過後的老頭瞬間暴怒，抄起放在門邊的掃帚朝小狗打過去，将小狗趕出了門外，狠狠摔上了門。
小狗被打了好幾下，疼得直叫喚，老頭打它的過程中嘴裏罵着“怪東西”“晦氣”“滾出去”，小狗聽得半懂不懂，但它知道，它讓老頭不高興了。
小狗之前搖得歡樂的尾巴現在已經垂在了地上，像一根爛布條，小狗還以為……自己要有家了呢。
小狗從老式居民樓出去，天已經黑了，每一個垃圾房都是附近流浪動物的領地，小狗長得不像狗，也不像貓，雙方遇到它都會驅趕撲咬。
小狗無地可去，無家可歸。
它只是沉默地在路邊的垃圾桶裏撿瓶子，撿紙殼，然後在夜色中一個一個運到老式居民樓的頂層，堆在老頭的門邊。忙活了大半宿後，小狗才在紙殼子上睡着了。
第二天老頭推開門，門外零零散散堆着五六個瓶子和兩三個紙箱，他擡頭一瞅，小狗就睡在它撿回來的紙殼上。
小狗耳朵很靈敏，睡得很淺，他聽到老頭說：“畜生就是畜生。”
小狗不太懂，但小狗感覺不是什麽好話。
小狗仍舊跟在老頭身後和他一起撿瓶子紙殼，晚上跟着老頭回去睡在老式樓梯的平臺上，只是再也沒沖他搖過尾巴。
有一天小狗在路邊的花壇裏看到了一塊黑黑的小石頭，小石頭特別特別香，比它吃過的剩飯裏冷卻了的肉還要香，小狗吃掉了黑黑的小石頭。
那天晚上月光之下，小狗的肚子好痛好痛，痛得它在樓梯上打起滾來，一直發出痛苦的嗚咽聲，它實在是太痛了，所以那天晚上沒有去垃圾桶裏撿瓶子和紙殼。
老頭第二天醒來後臉色特別不好看，一瘸一拐從小狗身邊走過去的時候，嘴裏罵罵咧咧說“沒良心的小畜生”，小狗聽懂了他的嫌棄，哪怕第二天還是很痛，小狗也依然爬起來去垃圾桶裏撿瓶子了。
吞下黑黑的小石頭後，小狗的外貌也發生了變化，它身上很難看的藍灰色毛變成了手感柔軟的藍灰絨毛，脖頸那裏蓬松地炸開了一圈，頭頂多了兩個幾乎看不出來的小鼓包。小狗舔了舔自己的牙，發現自己長了一對小小的、迷你的獠牙。
雖然還是怪模怪樣，但小狗變得好看了不少，盡管流浪狗們還是排斥它，但小狗又能和往常一樣，偶爾從好心人手裏讨到吃的了。
它知道自己長得奇怪，所以盡可能地溫順，得到好心人給予的食物後，它又活潑地表達自己的感謝。
艱難的求生已經讓小狗意識到，無論得到什麽都是有代價的，所以讨食的過程中被掐被打被踢都是很正常的，如果沒有這些，只是被正常地給予食物，或者被摸一摸頭———簡直是再棒不過的事了！
小狗的生活就這樣一天天過了下來，直到它又撿到了第二塊小石頭，這次是在老式居民樓裏撿到的。小狗吃掉石頭後沒有像上次那麽疼了，它反而覺得很舒服。
唯一讓小狗覺得奇怪的是，撿垃圾的老頭已經好幾天沒出門了，但小狗仍然保留了撿半宿水瓶和紙殼的習慣。它觀察過人類社會，人類得到食物是要付錢的，小狗沒有錢，所以小狗用水瓶和紙殼來抵扣住在這裏的費用。小狗每天晚上都會用爪子拍拍門、撓撓門，意思是“今天的住宿費已經給你放在這裏了哦”。
雖然要撿半宿的垃圾才能住在樓道裏，但小狗不用遭受風吹雨淋，不用被其他的流浪狗欺負，已經很好了。
撿垃圾的老頭不出門，小狗能得到的食物急劇變少，小狗餓得整夜整夜睡不着，晚上總是在街邊悄悄晃蕩着，希望能從垃圾桶翻出點人類扔掉的食物來———直到它晃蕩到一條商店已經全部關閉的商業街上。
這條街上只有一間店鋪的門縫裏微微透出點光，裏面應該是有人在的。餓得頭昏眼花的小狗不知道哪兒來的勇氣用腦袋去頂門縫，門裏的人給它打開門後，小狗因為沖得太用力，一腦袋撞在了桌腿上，摔了個四腳朝天。
小狗顧不得自己劇痛的鼻尖，它拿出畢生的演技“汪嗚汪嗚”撒起嬌來，給它開門的人實在太好心了，小狗從來沒有吃過那麽好吃的東西！只有吃了小黑石頭後才會停止的餓，也慢慢消失了！
小狗越吃越高興，越吃越開心，一不小心就将裝食物的盆給吃掉了一大半，小狗以為自己會挨打，結果那個很好看的人類不僅沒有打他，還又給了它兩大盆食物。
小狗第一次吃到撐，它忽然萌生了一個大膽的想法，它擡起自己的前爪，在那個好心人類的膝蓋上按了兩個梅花印———它看到很多小狗都會和人類握手表示友好，可它的爪子實在太髒了，就印兩個爪印吧！
做了壞事的小狗搖了搖尾巴，迅速從門縫裏開溜了。他本來以為好心的漂亮人類會生氣，會攔住它，結果直到它跑出來，什麽都沒發生。小狗忽然有點難過，但小狗也不知道自己在難過些什麽。
回去的途中，在經過垃圾房時，小狗發現那些流浪狗不在，它決定進去找一找自己明天的飯，才找到大半盒剩飯，那些兇神惡煞的流浪狗就悄無聲息四出現，小狗很害怕。
不過……它被給他吃飯的漂亮人類救了！
後面發生的一切，小狗都覺得像是在做夢，雖然它不理解為什麽漂亮人類要把它扔給別人，但看到那種熟悉的黑石頭後，小狗就明白啦！
The beautiful human let it eat the black stone before going to find him!
The puppy ate the black stone decisively and ran to the store he had been to that night. Although he had only met this handsome human once, the puppy just wanted to believe him!
———Xiu Gou’s trust is so unreasonable!
The memories after that are all very good!
The puppies can eat and drink for free without being beaten, and can stroll around the store freely after eating. The beautiful humans who appear and disappear mysteriously seem difficult to approach, but they will patiently play games with the puppies!
The puppy loves him so much!!!
After a month of good food and drink, the puppy felt that his little head had become smarter again, and there were many strange things in his mind - for example, it seemed that it was not a puppy, but a Taowu with thin blood, and the small black stones he ate were fragments of indissoluble bones, and the thin Taowu blood and the remaining blood in the indissoluble bones were fighting in his body, so it felt so painful and its appearance changed... but none of this mattered!
Because it found a super awesome companion contract!
As long as the puppy signs a companion contract with a beautiful human, he will have a home!
…
Yu Tu watched the puppy's entire experience from its perspective. This was part of the contract signing process, and the puppy could refuse if he was unwilling.
But the puppy did not reject him. Before falling asleep, it opened up all its memories to Yu Tu, or Buye Hou. Of course, this also included all the information and inheritance left in his mind by the Taowu bloodline.
Yu Tu touched the puppy's head.
Compared to Xiaogou's honesty, he concealed too much, and all the memories related to the exposure were closed, leaving only a few fragments in the teahouse, but Xiaogou didn't mind at all—
Its happy and excited mood has been transmitted through the contract!
Its emotions, translated into human language, might be expressed in one sentence:
【I solemnly declare that I have a home! 】