PCJ – Chapter 202 The puppy has a charm

Fifteen mountain dogs, as fierce as wolves, and over twenty puppies were sitting neatly in the warehouse, their bright eyes shining like gems in the dim light. The fifteen mountain dogs were silent, just squatting there, but the aura they exuded was far beyond that of ordinary dogs. No wonder Zhang Shunlin was so scared that his legs went weak. Zhang Shunlin crawled out of the warehouse, shouting, “Wolves, wolves!”

The villagers were startled too. How could there be wolves in the horticultural field? But Zhang Shunlin’s panic didn’t seem fake.

“Don’t panic! Those aren’t wolves, they’re mountain dogs!” Zhang Jiaohua shouted loudly.

Hearing Zhang Jiaohua’s shout, everyone calmed down.

Zhang Jiaohua turned back and apologized to Zhang Dechun, “I was about to say that I have some mountain dogs in the warehouse. I might have scared Uncle Shunlin.”

“Useless. Just a few mountain dogs and he got scared like that,” Zhang Dechun felt embarrassed.

Zhang Jiaohua awkwardly smiled, “Grandpa Dechun, actually, it’s not just a few. Not counting Shanbao, there are fifteen big dogs and twenty-eight puppies. A total of over forty.”

“What?” Zhang Dechun’s eyes widened. He was stunned for a long time before saying, “Why do you have so many dogs? Weren’t you raising only twenty-four mountain dogs? How did it suddenly become more than forty?”

Luo Changjun also found it strange, “Yeah, where did you get fifteen big dogs? What? Fifteen? Could it be…”

Luo Changjun immediately thought of the fifteen mountain dogs from the Zijiang Police Dog Squad.

Zhang Jiaohua nodded, “It’s not my fault, they came by themselves. They were hiding in the woods behind my house. I discovered them by accident a few days ago and moved them to the warehouse.”

Luo Changjun laughed, feeling schadenfreude, “If Zhu Kaixun finds out that not only did you take all his puppies, but also swept away his mountain dogs, he might be furious. But the mountain dogs were going to be let go anyway, so you probably solved a problem for him. Just thinking about his frustrated face makes me laugh.”

Luo Changjun’s undisguised delight showed how much he resented Zhu Kaixun for not giving him the purebred puppies. The relationship between him and Zhu Kaixun was strange: they were like brothers and enemies at the same time. This baffled Zhang Jiaohua.

“Let’s go take a look,” Luo Changjun wanted to see how the mountain dogs were under Zhang Jiaohua’s care compared to Zhu Kaixun’s.

Zhang Shunlin, dressed as a government official, was now covered in dirt and grass, looking pathetic.

“Useless!” Zhang Dechun was still very dissatisfied with Zhang Shunlin’s performance. Even if scared, couldn’t he tell the difference between wolves and mountain dogs? Zhang Dechun foresaw that Zhang Shunlin would now become a laughingstock in Meizi Village. What he hated most was that he would be known as the father of the laughingstock.

Zhang Shunlin hung his head, not daring to say a word, his legs still trembling. He had been scared out of his wits.

Luo Changjun laughed, “Secretary Zhang, you can’t blame Zhang Shunlin for this. If I suddenly encountered so many dogs, I’d be frightened too. Who would expect so many dogs in a warehouse? Those fifteen mountain dogs are not ordinary dogs, they’re excellent breeds selected by the police dog squad. They do resemble wolves.”

“Director Luo, you don’t know, this guy has been timid since childhood. I wanted him to join the army, but he was too scared. In the end, he became a substitute teacher. And now he’s still a non-formal teacher,” Zhang Dechun took the opportunity to get closer to Luo Changjun.

Zhang Jiaohua led Luo Changjun and Zhang Dechun to the pig farm’s warehouse. The door was already open, and the mountain dogs inside hadn’t moved at all, as if they were not living dogs but specimens. But their aura showed they were not to be messed with.

Luo Changjun stared at the fifteen mountain dogs for a long time. They looked like the ones he had seen before, but they seemed different. They had something they didn’t have before, something Luo Changjun couldn’t describe. It was strange.

“Are they really the police dog squad’s?” Luo Changjun asked, feeling his question was redundant. If they weren’t, how could the puppies be so harmonious with them?

Luo Changjun noticed the puppies also looked different, their fur shinier, as if a spirit enveloped them. Right! A spirit. The fifteen adult mountain dogs also had a new spirit, or rather a temperament, that elevated them.

“Of course they are,” Zhang Jiaohua pointed to the tallest male dog, “See, that’s their leader.”

“Didn’t you say these dogs were fully grown? How could they change so much?” Luo Changjun was puzzled.

“How would I know? I never tried. I didn’t say they were fully grown,” Zhang Jiaohua recalled. He had only mentioned needing puppies, not that grown dogs couldn’t change. These mountain dogs were clearly changing, although not as much as the puppies. But Zhang Jiaohua knew their potential was limited unless one day he could help them transform completely. He hadn’t even managed that himself.

“Jiaohua, can you make these mountain dogs like Shanbao? Can they help me with cases in the future?” Luo Changjun started eyeing the mountain dogs.

“Uncle Luo, don’t think about my mountain dogs. Even if you had them, you couldn’t communicate with them. They’d be useless. You’re better off getting a police dog, which might be more helpful,” Zhang Jiaohua wasn’t being selfish; he couldn’t teach Luo Changjun the Meishan magic. It wasn’t about being stingy; not everyone had the talent. Without talent, even with the Meishan water master’s manual, the magic couldn’t be performed.