When they saw the Tibetan Mastiffs, they started barking, which backfired badly. Shui Miao immediately threatened them directly, “If you dare to bark again, I’ll kill your wives! I came here to talk nicely with you two pups, but you not only failed to understand me, you even dared to guess my intentions wrongly. Don’t you want to live anymore?”
“Ahh! Old Yellow, I think I misunderstood him. He’s angry and wants to go after our wives. No good, we must obey him immediately. Don’t bark anymore. Our wives’ safety is the priority.”
“Hmph! Then who the hell are you, and what do you want from us?”
They were scared and obediently lay flat on the ground.
Shui Miao patiently explained in simple terms that their master was a bad person and that he was a police friend. After hearing this, the two male Tibetan Mastiffs fell silent.
“Don’t worry, I’ll find a way to save you if you’re willing.”
After a pause, Shui Miao added.
Upon hearing this, the black Tibetan Mastiff quickly said, “You should’ve said so earlier! I thought it was a big deal, but as long as you take us away, there won’t be any problem.”
However, the yellow Tibetan Mastiff sighed and said, “After all, they raised me. I just can’t bring myself to betray my master. Here’s what we’ll do: Old Black, you take your wife and go with them. Take good care of our kids. I’ll stay here to give them a kind of explanation.”
“Oh come on!”
Shui Miao was greatly surprised, never expecting that there could actually be such a loyal and noble dog among them.
The black Tibetan Mastiff was somewhat taken aback, “Old Yellow, are you crazy? They’re the bad guys! How can you not tell right from wrong?”
“Enough! I don’t want to hear it.”
The yellow Tibetan Mastiff recalled its childhood, remembering how the old man had always loved it dearly. It couldn’t forget that deep emotional bond.
In contrast, the black Tibetan Mastiff had often been neglected and ignored.
It seems that animals, like humans, have feelings too. And their emotions are even purer, their loyalty truly touching. Shui Miao set aside the male Tibetan Mastiffs in the yard and began a spiritual communication with the female Tibetan Mastiff on the boat. Tibetan Mastiffs have very acute hearing, and she had overheard everything the male dogs had said. Before Shui Miao could even speak, the female Tibetan Mastiff expressed her willingness to leave with him.
Shui Miao was very surprised, “Why? Why did you agree so readily?”
“Very simple. I’m doing this for my unborn puppies. If it weren’t for them, I could have endured this damp and stinky place. If it weren’t for them, I might have chosen to stay like Old Yellow did. But for the sake of my babies, I have to leave!” The female Tibetan Mastiff answered decisively.
Indeed, she was a Tibetan Mastiff filled with maternal love!
Shui Miao quickly asked, “Do you know why they tied you to the boat?”
“Of course I do. They wanted the treasure in the fecal water of the cabin, and also, they knew I was pregnant and especially sensitive. So they used this trait of mine to help them guard the treasure!” The female Tibetan Mastiff growled furiously.
“I understand. I’ll rescue you now!”
Shui Miao was deeply moved, never expecting to witness such great maternal love in a Tibetan Mastiff.
It turned out animals weren’t stupid at all. They understood everything, but they were simply kind, innocent, and above all, loyal.
But when people exploit their loyalty for selfish purposes, that very loyalty suffers a painful blow, eventually leading to tragedy.
Shui Miao approached the boat, unlocked the iron chain around the female Tibetan Mastiff, and she gratefully wagged her tail, burying her head in Shui Miao’s arms, deeply touching him.
At that moment, Old Yellow helped Old Black bite through the leather collar around his neck, and Old Black escaped as well.
Shui Miao handed the Tibetan Mastiffs over to Lin Xue and led them into a taxi.
At the base of the peach tree and in the weeds near the dock, Shui Miao and Chu Miaoyi installed small surveillance cameras before everyone left together. Their purpose for coming tonight wasn’t to retrieve the gold bars from the cabin but to steal the Tibetan Mastiffs, alarming the old man and his high-ranking official son, forcing them to retrieve the boxes themselves and thus obtain evidence of their corruption.
Having successfully rescued the two Tibetan Mastiffs, Lin Xue was extremely excited.
But what pleased her most was that the female Tibetan Mastiff was carrying a litter of puppies. Lin Xue joyfully hugged the pregnant female, promising to take good care of them, and also hugged Old Black. Never having been so cherished before, Old Black was so moved that he kept trying to lick Shui Miao’s face with his tongue…
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The next morning,
The old man discovered the Tibetan Mastiffs were missing and was extremely alarmed. He quickly grabbed a bamboo stick and poked at the box inside the cabin. Seeing the box was still there, he finally relaxed a bit. But turning around, he furiously scolded the golden Tibetan Mastiff and struck it repeatedly with the bamboo, calling it useless for failing to guard properly, threatening to call his son and then kill it to make dog meat hotpot.
“Old man, stop hitting it! What’s the point of taking it out on the dog!” Seeing the golden Tibetan Mastiff’s golden fur getting dirty from the beating, the old woman couldn’t bear to watch anymore. “Old man, the box is still there. Let it go. Before, we had to feed three big dogs so much meat every day. Now it’s better, we just need to give it some bones. It saves so much money!”
“Ah! You don’t understand anything!”
The old man waved his hand and stamped his foot, “You think I like this wretched dog? I did it for the money! This dog cost 200,000 each when I bought them. I thought this one had good fur color and wanted to breed it, hoping to produce a litter of puppies to recoup my investment. But now two have run away. How can I recover my costs?”
“Hahaha, so that’s what you were thinking. I was wondering why you, a tightwad who never spends a penny, suddenly became so generous about keeping dogs. So you wanted to make money through breeding dogs!” The old woman suddenly understood and laughed, “Alright, alright. I think you’re just too upset. Who would dare to take our big dogs anyway? You should call your son and have him come back with some men to find them.”
“Oh right, right, right! How could I not think of that!”
Upon hearing this, the old man hurriedly ran to get his phone and make the call.
But just then, the golden Tibetan Mastiff suddenly lunged at the old man. It opened its blood-red mouth, revealing its sharp white teeth, and bit straight for the old man’s neck!
But in that instant, it remembered the old man taking care of it when it was little, and it stopped abruptly.
The old man was still shaken, his face pale with fear. After escaping the range of the Tibetan Mastiff’s chain, he jumped up and screamed curses at the dog, “Beast! You ungrateful beast! After treating you so well, you actually tried to kill me. If I don’t kill you today, I’ll take your name!” Trembling with rage, the old man ran back to his bedroom and pulled out a handgun. It was a weapon his son had given him for self-defense.
The old man aimed the gun at the Tibetan Mastiff and fired five shots in a row, leaving the dog lying in a pool of blood, tears streaming down its face.
“Click!”
The old man aimed at the Tibetan Mastiff’s head, but the last bullet jammed.
“Damn it! Piece of junk! Woman, quickly bring me a kitchen knife. I’m going to skin this thing alive!”
Enraged, the old man threw the gun to the ground. At that moment, the gun went off, and the bullet hit the old man’s toe. The old man immediately fell to the ground in pain, his body now within the Tibetan Mastiff’s chain range! At this moment, the golden Tibetan Mastiff struggled to its feet, baring its sharp teeth, and lunged fiercely at the old man…
“Ahh!”
A blood-curdling scream pierced the heavens!
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