513 Funny Games (1/2)

Chapter 513: Funny Games

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The very next morning, Zhang Zian woke up, drew the window curtains, and looked outside at the good weather. It was sunny, and the strong winds from yesterday had stopped. It was a nice day for him to go on a walk.

Last night after Little Celery and Wang Yaning left, Famous had another idea—to let Zhan Tian pull the sleigh with it. This would look much better.

Zhang Zian thought this was a good idea. Dogs had a profound understanding of humanity, and for such a traumatized dog like Zhan Tian, nothing could be healthier for it than applause and cheers. People supporting it would significantly help with rebuilding its confidence.

The only problem was if he would be able to train Zhan Tian enough in these next few days, so that it would listen to all of his orders. After all, Zhan Tian wasn't an elfin.

After he finished the cleaning routine in the morning, Uncle Li delivered breakfast for the elves. Inside the insulated box were barbecue skewers and fried steak for Famous. Zhang Zian put the fried steak into Famous' food bowl, and then fetched a half empty bottle of Great Wall dry red wine. He poured Famous a glass of his own.

Famous watched the red liquid flow into its cup. Its extremely keen sense of smell made it realize that the quality of this wine was no match for the red wine from its imagined landscape. Still, it licked its tongue into the cup and sipped the wine eagerly.

Fina opened its eyes slightly and saw Zhang Zian putting on a jacket. It asked unhappily, ”Where are you going?”

Zhang Zian pointed to the back of his shop. ”The weather is nice today, so I'm planning on bringing Zhan Tian to the green field for training. Did you want to come with us and lay in the sun?”

”I'm already able to lay in the sun from the shop, so why would I want to go out?” Fina asked.

”Because the air outside feels fresh. It's even better than the air in here.” Zhang Zian advised, ”It's boring to stay inside for such a long time. You should go out for a walk, or you'll start getting fatter from doing nothing but eating and sleeping in the store. ”

”What are you talking about?” Fina was furious. ”I'm not getting fatter!”

Old Time Tea was shocked by Zhang Zian's dangerous remarks, so it quickly chimed in, ”The morning time is the best time of the day, and I think it'd be nice for us to go out on a walk. It'll help us digest our breakfast.”

Fina respected Old Time Tea so it just shut its mouth and angrily stared at Zhang Zian. Besides, Galaxy was also looking forward to playing hide and seek in the field.

As for Snow Lionet, it had always followed in Fina's footsteps, and it would follow it wherever it went.

Needless to say, Richard, who loved energetic outings, would be joining them as well.

After Lu Yiyun came into work, Zhang Zian told her to give him a call if anything happened, and that he would be back in a matter of minutes to take care of it. Then, he took Zhan Tian and the elves, and exited the pet shop from the back door, heading to the green field.

The field looked desolate. The branches and leaves from the pine and cypress trees were covered in ice and snow. The dead grass wilted on the ground. The wild cats that had been wandering around in the fall were gone. Wang Qian and Li Kun walked all the puppies from the pet shop in this field almost everyday, except when the weather was bad.

Before leaving, Zhang Zian had dug out an old baseball and a pair of baseball gloves from the storage room. When he was a child, his father would take him to the park to play with himl. When he was a naïve and stupid teenager, he made a goal to throw a sinking fastball—of course he had never succeeded. Playing baseball well required both talent and intense training, and he had neither.

But today, the baseball was not for himself, but to train Zhan Tian.

He spread a waterproof tarp over the stone bench so Fina and Snowy Lionet weren't cold lying down. Old Time Tea jumped to the top of the wall to see if there were any people nearby.

”Zhan Tian.” Zhang Zian took off Zhan Tian's leash and squatted down. He placed the baseball down in front of it. ”Would you like to play fetch with me?”

Zhan Tian stared at the baseball, came closer, and carefully sniffed it. Zhang Zian could tell that it was curious.