At night, I sent Mo Li Hua to the second floor early, turned off all the lights in the shop, opened the door wide, placed the abacus on the damaged human skin, and began to divine.

I wasn't calculating where the little ghost wearing the white flower was. The little ghost was already used to erasing all traces of herself at any time. She was a very skilled veteran. With the limited information I had, I definitely couldn't directly calculate her location.

What I wanted to calculate was where Mo Li Hua, wearing the human skin, had been.

I could indeed ask Mo Li Hua directly about these things, but I didn't. Instead, I chose to use the abacus to calculate.

My calculation wasn't going smoothly. The abacus beads were heavy, and each move was very difficult, as if something was hindering my calculation.

At first, it was just a programmatic automatic counterattack, but later, that force became more and more purposeful, and someone had already started to spar with me.

Although there was only the abacus and the human skin in front of me, the one sparring with me was definitely not the abacus or the human skin, but the person who made this special human skin. She wouldn't allow me to use the human skin to find out more information.

That's exactly what I wanted. If the other party didn't make a move, I would never be able to find her traces. However, as long as she made a move to spar with me, my abacus could immediately lock onto her aura, and the appearance of a little girl slowly took shape in my mind.

Then, I saw abandoned houses, messy graves, and white bones scattered outside the graveyard.

It was Hei Ge's dog village.

After finding the location, I didn't care what time it was. I grabbed the abacus and drove to Hei Gou Cun (Black Dog Village).

The black dogs smelled the scent of strangers, and started barking loudly from a distance.

Hei Ge was soon awakened, and came out of the cabin wearing his clothes, shining a flashlight into the car window.

When he saw that it was me in the car, he opened the car door and dragged me out.

"You brat, don't you know that you need to prepare gifts when you come to Gou Cun (Dog Village)? You also need to make an appointment in advance! You suddenly ran over in the middle of the night, aren't you afraid that my dogs won't recognize you and will just bite you to death?"

I said, "It's okay, your dogs can't beat me. If they dare to bite me, I'll just set up a pot and stew them directly. I haven't eaten dog meat for a long time, and I'm really craving it."

The dogs Hei Ge raised often bite people. They are big dogs with aura, fierceness, and spirituality. When they heard me say I was going to stew dog meat, they all lowered their heads, arched their bodies, and made whimpering sounds in their throats.

I asked Hei Ge, what did this action of the dogs mean? Was it a sign of respect and welcome to me?

Hei Ge spat and said, "Welcome my ass! They are warning you to watch your tongue, or they will bite you to death."

"Is that so? It seems I think too highly of them. These beasts don't understand manners. In order to make them more polite to me, I have to let them know who I am."

Then, I suddenly turned my head and looked at the black dogs with sharp eyes. The leader of the dogs shuddered and immediately drooped his head in surrender.

Hei Ge was so angry that he kicked me directly, "You brat, what are you doing? Don't think that just because you found me someone to feed the dogs, I have to be grateful to you. If you had a better way to deal with that kid, you wouldn't have sent him to me to feed the dogs. If you dare to scare my dogs again, do you believe I'll chop you up and mix you with dog food?"

"I don't believe it," I replied calmly.

"You don't believe it, do you? Okay, I'll chop you up right now." As he said that, Hei Ge really went back to the house to get a kitchen knife.

I could only pull Hei Ge back in frustration, "Okay, Hei Ge, enough. Even if I disturbed your sleep, you've scolded enough. Can we talk about serious matters now?"

"Bullshit!" Hei Ge didn't let up. "Is this about you disturbing my sleep? This is about you disturbing my precious dogs' sleep! Also, you scared my dogs just now, making them unhappy.

Don't think you can just apologize to me. You also have to apologize to my dogs, seriously apologize to my dogs. Otherwise, I'm not done with you."

The black dogs seemed to be able to understand our words. Seeing Hei Ge standing up for them, they immediately became majestic again. Several of them were howling at me, perfectly demonstrating what it means to be a dog relying on its master's power.

I turned my head and glared at those dogs again, my eyes as sharp as before.

Then, those dogs became listless again. It was no use even with Hei Ge standing up for them.

"What the hell do you want? Running to my dog village in the middle of the night, bullying my dogs again and again. Are you full and have nothing better to do?" Hei Ge said in exasperation.

I smiled a little shamelessly and said, "Wasn't I just seeing that Hei Ge hadn't woken up yet, afraid that Hei Ge wouldn't be able to think normally about the questions I raised, and wouldn't be able to respond correctly to my requests? So I could only play with these dog babies for a while! Besides, I didn't do anything to them. I just looked at them a few times."

"Bah! Those two glances were free? My dogs are guarding the village. They need a fierce aura, okay? You have nothing to do, you looked at them a few times, and they won't be able to recover their aura for the next few days. They won't have the energy to guard the village. What if someone sneaks into the village, or a ghost escapes from the village? Are you responsible if something happens?"

Looking at Hei Ge's unrelenting attitude, I could only say, "Okay, okay, Hei Ge, I'll donate a hundred jin (approximately 110 lbs) of dog food to nourish them. Is that okay?"

"No, the dogs' aura has been taken away by your gaze. Do you think this is a small matter? Also, I was just dreaming and confiding in the peach blossom girl from Hong Yuan (Red Courtyard), and you woke me up. Do you know how many days it takes for me to dream of the peach blossom girl once? Do you know how much mental damage you've caused me by coming here?

Oh, right, I almost forgot. You're going to ask me for a favor later. How could the favor you're asking me for be a small one? How could a mere hundred jin of dog food be enough? Are you trying to send away a beggar?"

I was amused by him, after all that, wasn't he just complaining that I gave too little and wanted more?

Good, it's good that he wants things, it means he can do business with me, and today's matter can be accomplished.

I raised my eyelids and swept my gaze over the surrounding dogs again. This time, my eyes became gentle. The dogs were pleasantly surprised and quickly wagged their tails at me. That unambitious look made Hei Ge grit his teeth.

I quickly comforted Hei Ge, "Hei Ge, Hei Ge, don't worry, it's definitely not that these dogs have ulterior motives towards you. They actually don't like me at all. You are the only master in their hearts, the only dog king. They are suddenly so polite to me just because they heard me say I was going to buy them dog food.

To be honest, seeing these dogs, I feel very uncomfortable. Each and every one of them is so skinny, they must be nourished. If they aren't nourished, they won't be able to guard the graves for you properly.

How about this, in addition to the one hundred jin of dog food, I'll add another hundred jin of raw meat, and I'll have the butcher shop deliver it tomorrow."

"So generous? What exactly do you want from me?" Hei Ge's eyes immediately became wary.