The dog licker was startled himself.
The hand knife was still at Zhai Yan's neck, and he didn't know what to do.
"You, why didn't you dodge? You could have dodged, and you could have fought back. Anyway, you were just using me, so you could have fought back, right?"
"Is your anger gone after the fight?"
The dog licker: ???
Anger?
What is anger?
He didn't understand what anger was either.
Was it just that foreign body sensation in his chest?
If so, it seemed to have subsided a bit.
It didn't hurt as much, and it wasn't as sore and swollen.
Zhai Yan removed his hand, moved his shoulders, and felt a crackling discomfort. He straightened a section and rubbed it.
He sat on the grass by the lake, took out a bag of roasted cherries, and patted the empty space next to him, signaling him to sit down.
The dog licker hesitated, but still sat next to Zhai Yan. kuAiδugg
He quietly lifted his buttocks and moved closer to him.
"Eat, it'll get cold soon."
The dog licker picked up a small one and put it in his mouth. It was sour and sweet, and tasted quite good.
He ate a few, and his eyes welled up again.
"You shouldn't have lied to me..."
"Back then, you fell from the sky and wanted to kill them. As an enemy, we should have killed you. If we hadn't tricked you, would you have survived until now?"
The dog licker thought about it and shook his head.
He would have been killed like the other airborne zombies.
"The only way to let you survive and live in peace was to trick you, right? Otherwise, you would have caused trouble and would have been killed."
The dog licker pouted and gnawed on the cherry pit.
Although he was unwilling to admit it, what Zhai Yan said was true.
He would have caused trouble and would have been killed.
Zhai Yan said, "At first, I did use you. I wanted you to infiltrate other zombie groups as a spy, and then wipe them out."
"But everyone has also been helping you."
"Hiding your identity, building a force, letting you have your own group, weren't all these things done together?"
The dog licker slowly lowered his head.
In good conscience, he couldn't have done it alone.
If "Stock God" were alone outside, he would have either been eaten by other zombies or become someone else's subordinate.
He wouldn't be living as leisurely and comfortably as he is now.
Not only did he have a group and a force, but he also had Huahua by his side.
"Last time Huahua was taken away, didn't everyone help you rescue her?"
"If you get into trouble, everyone will go and rescue you. You are a very important cadre."
Important? !!
The dog licker looked at Zhai Yan with wide eyes.
Then he suddenly thought of his name.
"Then why did you name me 'Dog Licker'? Everyone laughs at my name..."
"You used to be called 'Small Dog'. Later, the way you courted Huahua was too funny, so we called you 'Dog Licker'."
"The name doesn't really matter. If you like another one, we can change it for you anytime."
The dog licker thought for a moment, and a name suddenly popped into his head.
Xiu Gou!
He seemed to have heard this name mentioned by others.
These two words had been circling in his mind frequently lately.
"How about 'Xiu Gou'? It sounds quite nice too."
Zhai Yan: ...
Are you sure that's a good name?
Of course, if you like it, I don't mind.
The dog licker leaned closer to him, "That... can I have the surname Zhai like Boss?"
"Take my surname?"
"Calling me 'Zhai Gouzi' sounds good too, haha, does it sound good?"
Zhai Yan felt speechless again.
The names the dog licker came up with were all beyond words.
Zhai Yan listened speechlessly as he came up with over a dozen names.
Gouzi, Gou Gou, Da Gou, Xiong Gou, Chao Niu Bi Li Hai Gou...
Zhai Yan couldn't listen anymore.
"Let's call you Zhai Quan. Your nickname is Brother Gou, is that okay?"
"Okay, okay, then I'll be like Yang Yang too!"
Zhai Quan's mood instantly improved. From now on, like Yang Yang, he would also have the surname Zhai.
He was a direct relative of the Boss!
Seeing that his mood had improved, Zhai Yan got up, patted the grass off his pants, and reached out to pull him up.
"Let's go home. Dinner is ready at home, and they've been looking for you everywhere."
"Looking for me? Really looking for me?"
Zhai Yan gave him a sideways glance.
Nonsense, if they weren't looking for you, would I be here?
Zhai Quan suddenly felt light and comfortable, with a warm feeling.
His eyes were better too, and there was no more blurriness.
Zhai Yan handed him a pack of wet wipes, "Wipe your face, your eyes are all swollen from crying."
Huh?
What is crying?
Zhai Quan thought about it but couldn't figure it out.
Whatever, Boss told him to wipe, so he'd wipe.
As Zhai Quan wiped his face, he said with a smile, "Boss, you're talking a lot today, and your mouth is so nimble. It's different from usual."
"Too much talk."
"Oh, are you talking so much because you're worried about me? I really am a lucky star, I've even cured the Boss's stammer! Hehe, praise me, praise me quickly!"
Zhai Yan kicked him in the side and gave him a few kicks with a thud, thud, thud.
Zhai Quan laughed heartily.
"Awesome, so awesome, happy~~"
Boss is still Boss, that's great!
On the way back, the corpses and remains had already been cleared up.
Mu Yu and Song Yan had burned everything along the way, completely incinerating the remains.
The damaged plants and trees were also cleaned up by a few people with plant-based abilities, making it look like nothing had happened.
An Nuan didn't save everyone, nor did she want to be anyone's savior.
The dog licker was her person. No matter what he did, he had to survive.
As for the people he mistakenly killed, An Nuan could only say sorry.
Zhai Quan hummed a little tune, his heart thumping in his chest, the thumping sound echoing loudly.
After hearing the process, An Nuan burst into laughter:
"Oh, I can understand fighting others when you're angry, but digging out your own heart? It hurts now, doesn't it? You're so stupid!"
"Boss's wife, you're laughing at me~"
Zhai Quan pouted, and An Nuan held back her laughter, saying:
"Alright, I won't laugh at you anymore. After dinner, I'll ask Huang Hun to restore it for you. It's not good to make thumping sounds every time you move."
An Nuan brought out a black chocolate cake, topped with pitted cherries.
The cake also had roasted fruit pulp inside.
"Today is a good day, we've decided to have a party. This is prepared for a few of you, and there's a small one for Xiao Hua. We'll take it to her when we go back tomorrow!"
"Huahua has one too?"
"Of course. You guys share it nicely."
Zhai Quan smacked his lips a few times, swallowed his saliva, and happily dug into the cake with his hands.
Sha Xing slapped his hand away.
Zhai Quan screamed, "Ouch! What are you doing?"
"Be more elegant, there are ladies here! You have to use a knife and fork to eat, just like on TV!"
Sha Xing handed him a beautiful set of silver cutlery.
Zhai Quan suddenly realized, so this is how you eat cake!
But...
The two zombies were stunned. They had the knives and forks, but how should they eat? How to divide such a large piece of cake onto their small plates?
Zhai Yan sighed speechlessly.
He cut the large cake, divided a small piece for everyone, and also gave a piece to Zhai Yangyang.
He demonstrated how to eat it first, and Sha Xing and the dog licker followed his example.
Feitian cackled silly, "Interesting, so interesting~~"