Chapter 38 - Chapter 38: Chapter 38: Searching for the Dog (1/2)

Chapter 38: Chapter 38: Searching for the Dog

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Chapter 38 Looking for the Dog

Xiang Kun frowned at Miss Yang, who was blocking the elevator door, and asked, “Are you going in or not, after several seconds of staring?

Miss Yang seemed to hesitate, then asked, “Have… Have you seen my PINKIE?” The dog is missing?

Thinking of the husky and how it behaved around Miss Yang, Xiang Kun didn’t find it strange that it might have gotten lost.

“I haven’t seen her,” responded Xiang Kun succinctly.

But Miss Yang looked like she had no intention of leaving, staring at him and saying, “If you took PINKIE, just return her. I won’t make a fuss… If it’s about money, I can give that to you.”

Xiang Kun was somewhat baffled: “Miss Yang, we don’t know each other, right? Besides meeting in the elevator the day before yesterday, we’ve had no other contact. We didn’t even talk… How could you suspect me of stealing your dog?”

Speechless, Xiang Kun looked at Miss Yang standing by the elevator, thinking that the husky must be miserable to have such an owner.

Xiang Kun did not dislike dogs, he knew very well, if a dog is annoying or bothersome, 90 percent of the time it was the owner’s fault. Just like how the behaviour of rambunctious kids largely depend on the parents.

“I didn’t take your dog, and I haven’t seen her since that day. Instead of wasting your time suspecting me, you should go off and look for her. Ask the dog owners in the neighbourhood to help, and post a “Lost Dog” notice. But let me advise you, once you find your dog, go online and research how to properly raise and train a dog. If you continue like this, both you and your dog will suffer,” he said.

Having heard Xiang Kun’s words, Miss Yang stepped back in a daze, allowing the elevator doors to slowly close.

Just as the elevator doors were about to close, Xiang Kun felt a sudden urge, pressed the open button, and the elevator doors slowly opened again.

“When did your dog go missing, and where?” Xiang Kun asked as he stepped out of the elevator.

Startled, Miss Yang absent-mindedly responded, “Yesterday… yesterday evening I took PINKIE out for a stroll while I was talking to a friend. When I glanced over, she had disappeared. I spent most of last night with friends looking but we had no luck. Do you think PINKIE could have ended up with a dog thief? I heard a lot of things online about dog thieves selling them to hot pot restaurants…” As she spoke, her eyes welled up with tears.

Xiang Kun couldn’t be bothered to console her, and simply asked again, “Where did she go missing?

“Within the large grassy area in the center of the garden bordering our complex. Most people around here take their dogs there for a walk,” she replied.

“Didn’t you leash her when you were on your phone?”

“I let the leash go once we reached there… PINKIE has gotten lost twice before, but we always found her within an hour or two. This time…. It could really be someone who took her away…” Miss Yang looked at him hopefully: “You… Will you help me find my dog? If you help me find her, I can pay you…”

Xiang Kun waved away her offer: “I don’t need your money. If I have time, I will help look for her. But if we find her, you will need to learn how to properly raise and train a dog.”

“Yes, yes. If PINKIE is found, I will take her with me to dog training classes…” Miss Yang hastily agreed. Even though she’d only met Xiang Kun once and thought he didn’t like her dog, she inexplicably trusted him and felt that he was very capable and persuasive.

Xiang Kun didn’t wish to argue further. He walked outside the building and headed towards the complex’s perimeter.

Xiang Kun certainly did not offer help just because he thought Miss Yang was pretty, nor was he bursting with compassion. He wondered if Miss Yang’s missing husky had anything to do with the peculiar scent he was trying to identify?

At the same time, he wanted to test if he could track down the missing husky using his scent tracking abilities.

The grassy area Miss Yang mentioned was not far from the complex.