Chapter 66 Part 1
[Huh? A dog as a godfather? Doctor Wu, are you kidding?]
[Didn’t you hear? If it weren’t for Hei Bao licking the Yin qi away, that boy wouldn’t be sleeping so peacefully. Being a godfather is a privilege.]
[In our village, we have people with dogs, chickens, even the old banyan tree as godparents. It’s normal.]
[If a dog saved my child’s life, I’d call it Grandpa, it’s just a title.]
Those who considered dogs food were, however, slightly disturbed.
The couple looked at Hei Bao, then at Wu Heng, confused.
“Okay, but does Hei Bao even know how to get there?” Mrs. Wang looked at the dog worriedly, it had never been to the school before.
Mr. Wang slapped his thigh. “I’ll attach my phone to him and guide him through the live stream! He understands many commands!”
He quickly attached his phone to Hei Bao’s back, then, holding its head, he said, his voice filled with emotion, “Hei Bao, go to the third floor and bring Pengzheng back, if it’s too dangerous, just run, we won’t blame you.”
Hei Bao barked firmly, “Woof!”
The principal, seeing the desperate parents resort to sending a dog inside, thought for a moment and agreed. As long as no humans entered, it was fine, if he refused, who knew what these frantic parents would do?
The mask, designed for humans, wasn’t suitable for dogs. Mrs. Wang, resolute, tied it around Hei Bao’s snout with a hair tie.
Hei Bao, seeming to understand, didn’t paw at the uncomfortable mask and, after a final glance at the couple squeezing through the school gate, disappeared into the fog.
Mrs. Wang immediately requested a three-way live stream connection with Wu Heng, which was accepted.
With the phone attached to Hei Bao, the live stream showed its point of view.
The fog was so thick, visibility less than half a meter.
[Holy crap, you can’t even walk in this, let alone drive.]
[Hopefully, the doggy is safe, pet owners understand the worry.]
[Good doggy saving his little master. Bad fog stealing souls!]
[Even if he can’t bring the boy back, give the doggy a big drumstick as a reward!]
Hei Bao walked cautiously, stopping frequently, its ears perked up, listening.
Wu Heng, sitting at his consultation table, silently wrote a prescription.
Seeing this, many viewers felt a sense of relief. If he was writing a prescription, things must be under control.
Wu Heng glanced at the comments. “This is for Hei Bao. It licked away the Yin qi from the patient and entered the school, it’ll probably have diarrhea and lose its appetite.”
The Wang parents, initially disappointed it wasn’t for their son, then felt a pang of guilt. “We’ll make sure Hei Bao gets the best care and treatment.”
“He found the school building!” Mr. Wang exclaimed, surprised, seeing the entrance.
The fog was so thick, it was like a maze once inside, they had no sense of direction, they hadn’t even realized that was the school building from the live stream footage earlier.
They whispered encouragements, urging Hei Bao to go to the third floor.
Hei Bao carefully climbed the stairs, the fog thick, its paws slipping on the icy cold steps, and it tumbled down, whimpering in pain.
It quickly got up and continued, more cautiously now, still slipping occasionally, one of its legs injured, now hopping on three legs.
Wu Heng explained, “The fog is making the stairs slippery, combined with the lingering Yin qi from the wandering souls.”
Even those who weren’t pet owners felt a pang of sympathy.
[As a pet owner, I can’t watch this, my heart hurts!]
[My dog would have run away at the first sign of danger.]
[They were so mean to Hei Bao earlier, dogs are truly the most forgiving creatures. I would never risk my life for someone who scolded me.]
The Wang parents were filled with guilt, they weren’t cruel to their dog, they were just worried about their son.
The third floor.
Mr. Wang softly guided Hei Bao to Class 3’s door. It nudged the door with its head, the door, not fully closed, easily opened.
The fog inside the classroom was thinner, but the scene stunned everyone.
[Empty? The classroom is empty? Doctor Wu can’t be wrong…]
[My daughter is in there! Oh my god! Can Hei Bao bring her back too?! Please!]
[My idiot son, holding his book upside down! He’s there!]
[? What are you talking about? I don’t see anything.]
Mr. and Mrs. Wang’s hands trembled as they held the phone. They… they could see their son, Wang Pengzheng. And only him.
He was sitting at his desk, his eyes closed, holding a book, one hand mechanically swiping at something inside, as if browsing his phone.
Mr. Wang: “…”
So, their son did play with his phone during class, even his soul was slacking off.
Wu Heng typed in the comments, [Distorted magnetic field, irrelevant people can’t see them.]
The Jiaming High School parent group chat exploded. Initially skeptical, they had waited for the Wang family to test it out, and now, seeing their own children, they were frantic.
It wasn’t some illness, their souls were gone!
They rushed towards the school.
Hei Bao, looking at the students sitting with their eyes closed, found Wang Pengzheng.
It barked at the shadowy figure on the podium, “Woof, woof, woof—!”
The school building was empty. The sudden barking reached even the principal and the practitioners at the school gate.
‘A family emergency? Requesting a leave of absence?’ the shadowy figure asked coldly, its gaze fixed on the dog at the door. ‘Are you the student’s father?’
Hei Bao barked firmly in affirmation, “Woof!”
The shadow seemed to hesitate, then, realizing it was the parent, granted the leave, its chilling gaze turning to the boy still swiping at his “phone.” ‘Wang Pengzheng, your parent is here to take you home.’
Wang Pengzheng, still dazed, hearing his name, stood up, his eyes still closed, and stumbled out of the classroom, stopping beside Hei Bao.
Wang Pengzheng and Hei Bao bowed to the shadow, closed the door gently, and left.
Mr. and Mrs. Wang held their breaths, afraid to disturb them.
The other netizens were puzzled, seeing only Hei Bao nudge the door open, bark a few times, then return.
Ten minutes later, the dog, limping slightly, was back.
Mr. and Mrs. Wang, overjoyed to see their son’s faint soul form, forgetting about their injured dog, asked urgently, “Doctor Wu, what should we do now?”
Wu Heng instructed, “Get a branch from a Chinese scholar tree and whip him with it.”
It was cold in Beijing. The scholar trees had shed their leaves, but branches could still be found. And coincidentally, there were several near Jiaming High School.
Father Wang immediately found a branch and whipped his son, who was still mechanically swiping at his “phone.”
Wang Pengzheng’s soul cried out in pain, dropping his “phone” and rushing towards the car.
The netizens watching thought it looked like actors performing a pantomime. Even Hei Bao covered its ears with its paws.
“Ah, Dad, stop hitting me! I won’t play with my phone during class anymore…”
Wang Pengzheng, lying in the backseat, sat up abruptly, the blanket falling away.
They stared at each other, dumbfounded.
Mr. and Mrs. Wang, dropping the branch, quickly opened the car door and hugged their bewildered son, tears of joy streaming down their faces. “He’s awake! He’s really awake!”
Wang Pengzheng, still confused, murmured, “Didn’t you come to the school, Dad? Saying there was a family emergency?”
Li Hao’s voice came from nearby, “You’re still not fully awake?! If it weren’t for our Doctor Wu, your soul would still be in the classroom!”
Li Hao, Wang Dong, and the Black Hairs had come.
Li Hao scoffed. “Whose fault is it? Doctor Wu made those masks, we even distributed them, and you all thought they were ugly.”
Wang Pengzheng, his memory returning, his face burning with embarrassment, he even remembered demonstrating how to inhale the fog for He Yunxiao,
“…Hei Bao.”
He remembered the dog that came to get him, a warmth spreading through his heart, and he rushed towards it, his voice thick with emotion, “Hei Bao, tonight I’m truly…”
Before he could finish thanking it, his father slapped him on the head.
“What ‘Hei Bao’? Where are your manners?!”
Mr. Wang, although a loving father, was traditional, dogs were animals, not family. Hei Bao wasn’t allowed on the furniture, the rules were strict.
Wang Pengzheng said helplessly, “I know, I know, just a slip of the tongue. Can’t you let it go, after all that’s happened?”
Mother Wang, gently stroking Hei Bao’s head, scolded her son, “Show some respect. Now, kowtow three times and call him Godfather!”
Wang Pengzheng: “…Huh? Call him what?”
Wait, Wang Hei Bao? It had a surname now?
[Hahaha, Mr. and Mrs. Wang are serious about this, following Doctor Wu’s instructions to the letter.]
[Silly child, your parents found you a godfather, and you’re not happy?]
[Hei Bao broke its leg saving you, you’re the one who should be grateful!]
[Hei Bao is going to have a good life now, a godfather from a wealthy family. He’s a Beijing dog now, lucky!]
Wang Pengzheng looked at Hei Bao, the puppy he adopted, his godson now?
“I’ll tell the housekeeper to prepare a new dining set for Hei Bao, a new dog bed, and we’ll turn the guest room into his bedroom!”
Mother Wang continued, “And Wang Pengzheng, from now on, if your godfather isn’t at the table, you don’t eat!”
Although happy about this, Wang Pengzheng couldn’t resist saying, “…Why not just put Hei Bao in our family’s ancestral grave?”
Their expressions changed faster than a Sichuan opera face change.
Father Wang, after thinking about it, “That’s a good idea too.”
A dog that saved his son’s life, burying him in their ancestral grave, a loyal companion.
Wang Pengzheng, hearing this, was speechless. Then, his father kicked the back of his knees, and he fell to his knees.
In front of everyone, both online and offline, Wang Pengzheng kowtowed three times to the black dog and said loudly, “Godfather!”
Hei Bao barked, “Woof!”
