The mascot of the wishing shop is a cat.

Chapter 227 Searching for someone

System, system! Come out now! This search dog is so fierce, how can we let it search for people?! ( ? ^ ? )

Lin Xiyue appeared calm on the surface, and even had time to comfort the frightened Wenli, but in reality she was panicking.

She frantically called out to the system in her mind, extremely anxious.

[Here it comes! Don't worry, don't worry, this is just a dog that looks for people, it won't eat them. In fact, it prefers dog food to humans, so you can rest assured. ┐(′?｀)┌]

The system appeared at Lin Xiyue's call, and it has been in semi-intelligent mode most of the time recently.

Simply put, the system has been slacking off lately and I don't know what it's been doing, so Lin Xiyue has to call it for ages before it comes back.

Lin Xiyue had mentioned it, but it blocked her by saying that it was always being locked in a dark room while it was guarding the place, so she just let it be.

Are you sure? It really won't bite? (′｀;)?

Lin Xiyue was still a little hesitant and asked the system again.

[Of course, as long as you call its name, and since you're the one providing the energy, it definitely won't bite you, and it will listen to you. ?(? ? ??)]

The system patiently confirmed with Lin Xiyue once again.

Phew—that's good. So what's its name? ゛('◇')?

Lin Xiyue asked.

[Just call him Doggy, it says so on the card. ┐(￣ヮ￣)┌]

The system was somewhat speechless, and extended a slender little paw to point to a line of text on the card.

Huh? Oh! I'll give it a try.

Lin Xiyue looked at the line of text on the card and felt it was a bit outrageous.

Isn't this supposed to describe its species? So who named such a fierce-looking dog "Doggy"?! It's just too cute and...uncomfortable!

Although Lin Xiyue was silently complaining about the dog in her heart, she was still prepared to try to tame it.

“(⊙o⊙)…Good boy, good doggy, don’t bark…You, come here for a second…”

Lin Xiyue was actually a little scared looking at the illusory dog, after all, it looked far too ferocious. But the system repeatedly assured her that it wouldn't bite, so she tentatively summoned the dog.

"Awooo—wooooo—"

Upon hearing Lin Xiyue's crisp yet somewhat weak command, the dog was slightly taken aback, then let out a low, somewhat aggrieved whimper from deep within its throat.

Then, like a child who has done something wrong, it slowly curled up its body, trying to minimize its presence.

This series of actions instantly transformed the dog, which originally looked ferocious and terrifying.

At this moment, it looked incredibly aggrieved, even evoking feelings of pity in people.

It obediently closed its mouth, but its round eyes remained fixed on Lin Xiyue, revealing an eager expectation, as if waiting for its owner to give it some comfort or reward.

However, despite the dog's obedient and docile behavior, its naturally ferocious appearance and uncontrollable drooling still give it a creepy feel.

Imagine if someone were to be stared at like that by this dog right now; they would probably tremble with fear and their heart would race!

(((?Д?)))

What does the system mean by this?

Lin Xiyue felt a lot of pressure being stared at by the dog, so she hurriedly asked the system for help.

It's hungry, let's give it something to eat. Hmm, dog food will do.

The system glanced at the dog and stated the reason directly.

???

Wasn't it just summoned by me? How come it's hungry already?

Lin Xiyue didn't understand.

Even if a newly bought phone isn't fully charged, it shouldn't have only one percent of battery left, almost enough to shut it down, right?

"An Qing, could you please bring me some dog food?"

Although Lin Xiyue was inwardly complaining, she still asked An Qing to get some food for the dog.

Otherwise, Lin Xiyue was afraid that even if it didn't eat people, it might eat her coffee table when it got extremely hungry.

"Awoo~ Mama mama—"

When the dog saw the large bowl of dog food that An Qing brought over, it let out a loud "woof". Only after An Qing carefully placed the bowl a little distance away from it and stepped back did the dog walk over and eat with relish.

"It, it looks starving."

Wenli, who had been watching, suddenly spoke, and it seemed that she was no longer so afraid of dogs.

"Sister Xiyue, is this our new dog? What's its name? Is it male or female?"

An Qing, who was serving dog food, quickly lowered her guard after seeing the dog happily eating it. She bombarded Lin Xiyue with questions and even seemed eager to pet the dog's head.

"Um, I guess so. Its name is Gougou (Doggy), and it's good at finding people. It's probably... a male..."

Lin Xiyue looked at the dog, whose mouth was dripping with oil, and said hesitantly.

"Wow! I need to go and prepare more food for it, it looks so hungry!"

Upon hearing Lin Xiyue's words, An Qing happily stood up and ran to the storage room, intending to take out more food.

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Anqing is like a grandmother who is always worried that you are not eating enough. Whenever she sees that the dog's food bowl is empty, she will fill it with canned food or dog food so that the dog always has something to eat.

And so, with An Qing feeding them continuously and enthusiastically, a whole hour quietly passed.

The dog devoured the mountain of food in front of it like a starving beast.

At first, the dog had an amazingly strong physique, with well-defined, powerful muscles all over its body.

However, at this moment, a very discordant sight appeared on its body—its round belly was bulging high, just like a pregnant dog several months along.

I'm really afraid that it will vomit after taking only two steps because it can't handle the amount of food in its stomach.

Clearly, it had eaten too much and was too full, so much so that even Lin Xiyue, who was watching from the side, couldn't help but feel worried.

"Ow~"

With a low growl, the dog struggled to its feet.

Clearly, it's ready to do its job.

It first sniffed the small, exquisite button on the table, as if trying to find some important clue; then it turned its gaze to the person in the photo next to it, examined it carefully for a moment, and then suddenly turned its head and called out to Lin Xiyue.

Then, it took a step and slowly walked towards the gate.

It paused after each step and looked back, clearly indicating that it was signaling to Lin Xiyue and the others to follow it; it was about to begin finding its way.

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