Chapter 63: Understanding Human Speech

As soon as the words were spoken, Cheng Yong immediately reacted, hurriedly shouting, "Xiao Cao, quickly close your eyes; you must not look here!"

If he knew that Hei Mao Bu Tou had brought him here to see a corpse, whatever he said would not let Xiao Cao follow along.

Even if Xiao Cao complained!

Xiao Cao wasn't frightened by the man's pitiful corpse; perhaps because she is so young that death hasn't left a deep impression on her, or perhaps because she has seen death so often, she pointed at the water buffalo leisurely grazing nearby.

"Village Chief, the water buffalo—whose water buffalo is that!"

Xiao Cao seemed to have an idea, her eyes brightening, she said proudly, "Divine Cat Hero brought us here—did he discover a lost water buffalo here and bring us to return it home?"

"Of course…"

Cheng Yong was about to deny it, but from the corpse lying nearby he roughly guessed what had happened; nine times out of ten, Divine Cat Hero had discovered someone stealing a buffalo.

He forced his way in, trying to rescue the buffalo, but either underestimated his own strength or overestimated the man's strength, which caused the man's death.

However.

When he examined the wounds on the man's corpse carefully, he realized he might be wrong, since every move of Divine Cat Hero strikes a vital point.

Although he was a bit startled by Divine Cat Hero's ruthless cruelty, on second thought, given what the man had done—stealing someone else's water buffalo and depriving a family of an essential labor force—such ruthlessness was justifiable.

He forced himself to convince his heart!

Xiao Cao suddenly spoke, interrupting Cheng Yong, her voice trembling with panic, "Village Chief, something is moving inside that sack—could it be a monster?"

"A monster, how could that be…"

Cheng Yong shook his head; a sack belonging to a buffalo‑stealing man would nine times out of ten contain things stolen from others. Before he could finish speaking, he vaguely heard a child's wailing from within the sack.

"What's going on?"

Cheng Yong's face changed dramatically; he hurried forward, opened the sack, and saw a human child about eight or nine years old. Just as he was about to ask, the child, trembling, cried out, "Bad man, you bad man, my parents will never let you go!"

Xiao Cao, angry, said, "Stop talking nonsense; our Village Chief is a good person, not a bad one!"

"Child, I am the Village Chief of Hutou Gou; where are you from, and what exactly happened? Can you tell me?"

Cheng Yong instantly realized that the man had not only stolen a water buffalo but also a child, and immediately understood why Divine Cat Hero could be so ruthless; a kindly smile spread across his face as he said.

"Mother, I want mother, I want my mother!"

The boy glanced at Cheng Yong, then suddenly wailed loudly.

Cheng Yong said, "Child, if you keep crying, you won't be able to find your mother!"

The boy stopped wailing immediately.

Cheng Yong spoke again, "Child, tell me your name and which village you're from; I will take you and your water buffalo home!"

"Water buffalo?"

The boy was first stunned, then turned his head and saw, not far away, a water buffalo leisurely grazing on weeds as if nothing had happened. He instantly rejoiced, rushed over, and exclaimed excitedly:

"Water buffalo, water buffalo, you're still here!"

Since his parents assigned him to tend the buffalo, they often said he must take good care of their water buffalo, otherwise he would never have any good fruit to eat.

Cheng Yong watched the boy pull the harness, excitedly bringing the water buffalo over, and said, "Child, now you can tell me your name and which village you're from?"

"Village Chief, my name is Yan Wenbo, I'm from Yan Family Village, and my father is Yan Jian!"

The boy said impatiently, "So you're from Yan Family Village!"

Cheng Yong didn't know Yan Wenbo's father Yan Jian, but he knew Yan Family Village was nearby, not far from Hutou Gou, and said eagerly:

"I'll take you home; meanwhile, tell me exactly what happened!"

"Alright…"

Yan Wenbo, upon hearing that, became extremely happy; just as he was about to speak, a peripheral glance caught a corpse on the ground, he let out a scream, startled, and then when he saw clearly the man's corpse, the fear on his face turned to anger.

He recognized that the man's corpse before him was the villain who had kidnapped him and his family's water buffalo!

"Bad man, bad man, I'll smash you to death!"

Yan Wenbo picked up a stone from the ground and hurled it at the corpse, smashing it repeatedly several times before his anger calmed.

Cheng Yong finally spoke, "Little Yan, that's enough, stop smashing; you've been away so long, your parents can't find you and will be very worried!"

Yan Wenbo instantly reacted, wailing, "Village Chief, at this time my parents must be at home waiting for me to come home for dinner; if they wait too long they will go to the creek to look for me, and if they can't find me they will be very sad, please take me back to our Yan Family Village quickly!"

"Alright…"

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Cheng Yong was about to agree in one breath when a peripheral glance caught Xiao Cao beside him, and the words at his mouth were swallowed, and he changed his words, saying:

"We'll first return to Hutou Gou; after I send this little girl home, I'll take you to Yan Family Village!"

Yan Wenbo wanted to refuse, but the words stuck at his lips, he couldn't say them.

"Village Chief, no need; you should quickly take this little boy home so his parents won't be left waiting anxiously!"

Cheng Yong refused, "That won't do; I can't be at ease if you go home alone!"

Xiao Cao seemed to have thought of something, giggling, her face full of excitement, she said proudly, "Village Chief, your Divine Cat Hero will take me home!"

"No…"

Cheng Yong was about to rebut, but before he could finish, Hei Mao Bu Tou's little head bobbed vigorously, as if agreeing to prepare to send Xiao Cao home, and he said with a wry smile:

"Fine, let Divine Cat Hero take you home!"

Only then did he accept, realizing that Hei Mao Bu Tou could understand human speech.

Ding! Your pet Hei Mao Bu Tou and Peregrine Falcon Little Gray teamed up to rescue a stolen water buffalo; congratulations, you have earned a reward: Merit +10!

Ding! Your pet Hei Mao Bu Tou and Peregrine Falcon Little Gray teamed up to rescue an abducted boy; congratulations, you have earned a reward: Merit +100!

Two mechanical, cold voices rang in his mind; Wang Ping'an's eyes lit up instantly, and he was about to summon the system to see if, as he suspected, he could advance from the proficient level to a higher tier.

Just as he wondered whether he needed exactly one hundred Merit points, Xiao Cao's jubilant voice rang out.

"Divine Cat Hero, let's go home!"

Wang Ping'an sighed lightly, realizing that this might be one of the few happy moments in Xiao Cao's childhood, and since Xiao Cao was their family's top‑tier enhancer, Hei Mao Bu Tou, he naturally had to fulfill her request.

Using the skill Beast Taming to drive Hei Mao Bu Tou, they slowly followed beside Xiao Cao.

At the same time, they once again drove Peregrine Falcon Little Gray to seek a new target!

However, hearing Xiao Cao's endless chatter, not knowing where she got so much talk, they hurriedly severed the connection with Hei Mao Bu Tou.

Just before leaving, they gave Hei Mao Bu Tou a look that said "good luck to you".

(End of chapter)