"Sister Bai, look, there's a puppy here!" a tender young voice exclaimed excitedly.
An eight-year-old girl dressed in a red dress called out cheerfully to a ten-year-old girl in a white dress not far away.
Bai Yan frowned and approached, following the direction the younger girl pointed. Sure enough, she saw a small cub, covered in mud and filth, stuck in a mud trench.
The cub, disturbed by the commotion near the roadside, raised its head, revealing a pair of blood-red eyes. It let out a threatening growl at the two of them standing above the trench.
Bai Yan's expression darkened immediately. "That's not a dog; it's a Mutant Beast cub."
"Can I save it?" Xiao Jinsheng asked.
"No!" Bai Yan said coldly, her gaze sharp. "It's filthy."
"Xiao Jinsheng, are you coming or not? If you're not coming, I'm leaving." Bai Yan urged impatiently, "When the terminal shelter closes, let's see how you get back."
