There is a beast in the bright morning.

Chapter 152 The Present World - The Straw Dog Demanding Wages

Although straw dogs are made of straw, they are still dogs and naturally possess canine instincts.

Therefore, he often forgets that he is just a stray dog ​​and scratches himself like an ordinary dog. As a result, due to his physical condition, he can never fully enjoy himself and often scratches himself until he is broken.

Sometimes he would go to the park and chase frisbees and fetch branches like other dogs, but occasionally he would be cut in half by the frisbee when he made a mistake.

However, he could tolerate these stray dogs, but the one thing he couldn't tolerate was that they couldn't even do the most basic thing a dog should do: mark its territory.

The inability to mark territory means that straw dogs lose their priority in choosing a mate, which makes them completely inferior among canines and they are looked down upon by other dogs whenever they go out.

Inside the deer-man shop, the straw dog that Hao Chen had brought back was crying as it recounted its ordeal to the four-legged creature.

When he got emotional, he suddenly became furious, and steam seemed to rise from his body: "I hate it so much! I feel so resentful!"

Seeing this, the four-legged creature quickly pulled out a fire extinguisher it had prepared beforehand and sprayed it all over the straw dog: "Calm down, there's no need to get so angry over such a small thing."

Seeing how dismissive the four-legged creature was of its plight, the straw dog was instantly enraged and spontaneously combusted: "A trivial matter?! Do you know how many Valentine's Days I've spent alone as a dog? Do you know how I was ridiculed when I confessed to Meimei? I even got rejected when I confessed to a male dog!"

The four-legged creature sighed. This straw dog was good in every way, except it got angry easily, and often burned itself to ashes when it did. So the four-legged creature had no choice but to pick up a fire extinguisher again and spray the straw dog.

At this moment, Hao Chen, who had been listening to Chu Gou's complaints for a long time, suddenly interrupted and asked, "Wait, who is Mei Mei?"

"My first love, but that doesn't matter anymore, we've already broken up." As he said this, smoke began to rise from Chugou's body again.

"Oh, you're really pathetic!" Hao Chen said casually, but in his heart he was thinking, "I'm still single, and you want to find someone? Dream on!"

The four-legged beast standing nearby felt great sympathy for the straw dog's plight, but inwardly it was relieved that it was a male animal, unlike the straw dog which had no clearly defined gender.

Seeing the straw dog like this, the four-legged creature offered its own suggestion: "Straw dog, since you are a straw dog, why don't you just make one yourself? It's so dry and hot these days, so take it easy and don't get angry so easily."

"Hmph, of course I've woven them myself, but what I woven was just straw, which can't be used to mark out territory at all."

Upon hearing what Chugou said, both Qibuxiang and Haochen turned their heads at the same time, their shoulders shaking and a faint chuckle escaping their lips.

Suddenly, Chu Gou pointed at Hao Chen and started cursing, "Damn it, it's all Hao Chen's fault, you heartless boss!"

Now it was Hao Chen's turn to be dumbfounded. He pointed at himself and said, "Are you talking to me?"

Seeing Chugou nod, Haochen was so angry he laughed: "Chugou, you say I'm a heartless boss, where's the evidence? If you don't have any evidence, I'll go to Xiezhi and sue you for defamation, and let you taste what it's like to be stabbed."

Before Chugou could explain, Haochen continued, "Besides, you're the one who's incompetent, so why are you trying to blame it on me? If you don't explain yourself clearly today, I'm not done with you."

Hao Chen unleashed a torrent of words, giving Chu Gou no chance to explain, which infuriated Chu Gou to the point that he spontaneously combusted for the third time.

"Here we go again, when will this end? You have to pay for the fire extinguisher later." The four-legged creature reluctantly took out the fire extinguisher again to put out the fire.

Chugou took a deep breath to calm himself down: "I'm asking you, after we escaped death at the beach, didn't you say you would help me find a job?"

"A job?!" Hao Chen vaguely guessed what Chu Gou wanted to say, but still pretended to be calm and said, "I found you a job, aren't you happy?"

Upon hearing this, the straw dog couldn't hold back any longer. Regardless of whether it could beat Hao Chen, it opened its mouth and tried to bite Hao Chen's tail. Hao Chen was so frightened that he quickly dodged to the side, thus avoiding the straw dog's mouth.

However, Hao Chen felt a little guilty, so he couldn't fight back. He could only give a verbal warning: "Are you crazy? If you keep doing this, I won't be polite."

Seeing Hao Chen's reaction, the four-legged creature immediately guessed that Hao Chen might have something to hide, otherwise, given his personality, he wouldn't be so obedient.

"Alright, you dog, stop hitting me now. Tell me, what did Haochen do to you?"

"Hmph, Haochen is a heartless boss. He said he would find me a job, but he made me make some little straw figures of mythical beasts according to his blueprints."

Upon hearing what the straw dog said, the Qilin immediately recalled that it had indeed seen some straw dolls in Haochen's cave, and they were selling quite well.

"Isn't this a good thing? It's a perfect match for your major."

"Fourth Boss, you be the judge."

The straw dog looked at the four-legged creature with a wronged expression: "There was no problem originally, but the key is that he doesn't pay me at all. I've worked for free for half a year, and I even had to pay for the materials myself. In the end, I didn't get a single penny. Can you believe there's such a boss?"

After hearing this, the four-legged creature thought to itself that Hao Chen was even more ruthless than itself. Although it paid less, at least it was paid.

When it came to Haochen, not only were they not paid wages, but the employees also had to pay for their own materials.

When Hao Chen saw the four-legged creature looking at him, he couldn't help but roll his eyes at him, letting him figure it out for himself. Why should he pay wages? Those things were all confiscated by you, the four-legged creature, and the money from selling them didn't go into my pocket. If anyone should pay wages, it should be you, the four-legged creature.

Of course, Hao Chen could only complain about these things in his heart; he dared not say them out loud, since he still wanted to sleep on the big bed of the Qilin and pet its big tail at night.

"Ahem, I admit I was wrong about this, you idiot, I apologize."

Hao Chen bowed to the straw dog, but the next moment, Hao Chen changed the subject and said: "But straw dog, putting aside the facts, aren't you also wrong?"

Hao Chen's words startled Chu Gou. He was determined to see what Hao Chen would say today: "What did I do wrong? And you're not even going to talk about the facts, what else do you want to talk about?!"

Hao Chen sneered inwardly when he saw that the straw dog wanted to hear his explanation. "I might not dare to mess with the four-no-like creature, but I dare not mess with you?!"

"You know I'm very busy every day and often forget small things. So why don't you ask me for your salary when I haven't paid you?"

"Then I need to be able to find you. Every time you finish picking up the goods, you leave so quickly that I don't even have time to mention the salary."

After pausing, Chugou continued, "And I can't reach you on your phone. I even paid your bill last time you were overdue. Oh, and remember to pay me back that money too."

Hao Chen was taken aback. He thought to himself, "No wonder my phone was out of service last time due to unpaid bills, and then I inexplicably had to pay extra to top up. I thought someone had made a mistake. It turns out that the kind-hearted Chu Gou topped it up for me so he could contact me."

"Ahem, let's put that aside for now. You didn't ask me for my wages, which makes me seem like a heartless boss. That's an insult to my reputation. But I'm magnanimous, so I won't hold it against you."

"Wait, let me sort this out. So, it's all my fault?"

Hao Chen looked at the straw dog and nodded: "Otherwise what? Anyway, I'm not wrong, and I can't be wrong."

"Fine, even if I was wrong, what about my salary? I'm asking you for your salary now." Chu Gou was furious at Hao Chen's sophistry and thought to himself that once he got his money, he would never cooperate with him again.

Hao Chen shrugged and said, "You already said you were wrong, why should I pay?"

"What?!" Chu Gou pointed at Hao Chen in disbelief. He hadn't expected Hao Chen to be so shameless.

Even the four-legged beast standing to the side couldn't stand Hao Chen's words anymore. But before the four-legged beast could speak up for the straw dog, a blue figure appeared behind Hao Chen and charged towards his rear.

"Awooo~ Which damned... Xie Zhi?!"

With a scream, Hao Chen jumped up, clutching his buttocks. But when he saw that it was Xie Zhi who had done it, Hao Chen immediately deflated and didn't dare to say anything. He could only rub his buttocks to the side.

"Haochen, it seems I need to teach you about the labor laws of the Caiyun Mountains sometime." The Xie Zhi shook its long horns and looked at Haochen's buttocks.

"No, no, no, Teacher Xiezhi, you don't need to go to such trouble. I was just joking with Chugou! I'll pay right now."

Hao Chen quickly took out his phone and transferred the wages he owed Chu Gou, as well as the money Chu Gou paid for the materials, to Chu Gou.

"The money's gone, Chugou, please collect it." After doing all this, Haochen hurriedly said, "Um, Tianlu called me to go hunting, so I'll be going now."

Before the four-legged creatures could say anything, Hao Chen dashed off in a flash, not daring to linger for a moment.

"As expected, only you can keep Haochen in check." The Qilin looked at the Xiezhi's horn and felt a chill in its heart.

"Thank you so much. If it weren't for you, that heartless boss Haochen would never have paid back the money so readily." Chugou looked at Xiezhi with shining eyes.

The Xie Zhi nodded to the straw dog: "It's good that you got the money back. If Hao Chen bullies you again in the future, just tell me and I'll help you get justice."

Hao Chen, who had run far away, naturally couldn't hear Chu Gou and the others' conversation, but even if he had, he would have been helpless against Xie Zhi.

"What has Qiongqi been doing lately? Wasn't he supposed to be keeping an eye on Xie Zhi?"

After thinking it over, Hao Chen decided to go to Qiongqi's house. Today, because Qiongqi failed to keep an eye on Xie Zhi, Hao Chen had lost some money, and he decided to get it back from Qiongqi.