There was already a cat in the General's Mansion. Now, getting a puppy to keep the kitten company would be nice.
However, Xia Lin noticed that Ling Yuan's expression seemed a bit off. Although to outsiders, Ling Yuan still looked expressionless, Xia Lin, who knew him well, could tell that he was being more serious.
"What's wrong? Could it be that the puppy's injuries are hard to treat?"
Ling Yuan shook his head. "No, Young Master. That's not a puppy at all. It's a wolf, a wolf cub."
"What!" Xia Lin gasped. He bypassed Ling Yuan and saw the "puppy" lying on the ground, basking in the sun... It was actually a wolf cub. After being cleaned and having its fur trimmed, the cub looked completely different. Moreover, it had been treated with excellent wound medicine, and at this moment, it was lazily enjoying the sun.
It was indeed a wolf cub. Although it was very cute, it was still different from a dog. It just hadn't been recognizable before because it was so dirty and its fur was so messy.
Ling Yuan asked Xia Lin, "Young Master, are you still going to keep it? If not, should we throw it away or kill it?"
Xia Lin thought for a while and nodded. His eyes even sparkled brighter. "Keep it! Of course I'll keep it! Raising a wolf cub is much cooler than raising a puppy! When other families have dogs guarding their doors, our family will have a wolf. How awesome that will be!"
Although his parents didn't quite agree, Xia Lin insisted on keeping the wolf cub. One day, Xia Lin was sitting in the winter sun, cuddling the wolf cub and having a great time when the system issued a task.
【Ding~ Prevent Jiang Yun from crippling the son of the Minister of Rites. Task reward: Reduce Jiang Yun's黑化 value by 6 points. Failure penalty: Father will be demoted.】
Xia Lin was taken aback for a moment and asked the system, "What does 'cripple' mean exactly?"
The system replied in an innocent tone, 【It means he won't be able to be a man anymore.】
Xia Lin felt a chill in his crotch. Ouch, that was too harsh. It wasn't necessary, really.
This time, Xia Lin didn't need to come up with an excuse for how he knew that Jiang Yun was going to take revenge on the son of the Minister of Rites because he had heard Jiang Yun say that he would avenge him with his own ears. Xia Lin sighed that it would be great if there were more tasks like this. Many previous tasks involved the secrets of the villain boss, things that Xia Lin shouldn't have known. Every time Xia Lin tried to persuade the boss to change his mind, the boss would ask how Xia Lin knew his secrets. At those times, Xia Lin could only try his best to make up excuses.
"Master, please stop taking revenge on them, okay?"
Xia Lin walked into Jiang Yun's room and said straight to the point. Jiang Yun didn't even lift his head and lazily said, "I knew you'd be soft - hearted. Good disciple, do you know that while you're soft - hearted and kind, others have long wanted to take revenge on you? It's thanks to your master that I stopped them!"
Xia Lin couldn't tell his master that more than half of his reason was not because he was soft - hearted but because he didn't want to implicate his father in being demoted. Xia Lin knew his general father well. He wasn't a man obsessed with power, but he was very proud and had a strong sense of self - esteem. If his father was demoted, Xia Lin didn't know how sad he would be. If his father was sad, his mother would be sad too, and his elder brother would be depressed. Xia Lin wanted to be a filial son (brother), so he definitely had to complete this task.
"Master, just give it up. My parents and I are going to attend a palace banquet in a few days. I'll talk to Uncle the Emperor then. Uncle will surely side with me. Master, just take a break."
Jiang Yun flicked Xia Lin's forehead and refused with a smile. "No! I know you're good at persuading people, but this time, it won't work no matter what you say!"