After feeding the doggie to its fill with fish meat, Lin Suqing washed his hands clean, rose from his seat, and gazed upon the path from which he had come yesterday, recalling the deep, dense forest.
The doggie glanced at him, shook its head, and said with renewed spirit, "Alright, we can set off now."
"I will go by myself; you need not accompany me."
"Ah?" Doggie was greatly surprised, but the astonishment was fleeting. Then, it leisurely licked its nose and, after licking the fur around its mouth, asked, "Not afraid of being carried off by wild beasts?"
"If it happens, it happens," Lin Suqing answered, his tone and expression completely composed.
"Not worried about encountering mountain spirits and monsters?" Doggie squinted and continued to ask.
